Feel Good Friday

“You do not have time for this. You do not have time to sit in a 200-degree box, as if you were a slice of leftover pizza. You do not have time to spend a half-hour in a hotter-than-even-standard sauna, then immerse yourself in a bath of water that is extremely frozen if not actual ice, shocking the eggshell of your sanity from the membrane of your gelatinous insides. You — meaning I, who have lately been thinking of myself as a you — truly do not want to do what is called cold-plunging.” Taffy Brodesser-Akner: I Survived a Cold Plunge and All I Got Was Everything I Ever Wanted.

+ “Long-tenured workers like Barzar are Costco’s secret weapon. They are reliable and experienced, able to speed shoppers through a checkout line and serve as mentors to newer workers, passing down the company’s unique culture.” He Earns $33 an Hour as a Costco Cashier. Now He’s a Millionaire.

+ This program gives Black single moms $1,000 a month for a year. The results are undeniable.

+ Female US rower reflects on ‘surreal’ record-breaking journey from California to Hawaii.

+ A tiny eye implant invented by a Stanford scientist is helping blind people read again.

+ Jesse Eisenberg Explains Why His Decision to Donate a Kidney Was Very Easy.

+ How Olivia Rodrigo Is Getting Back at the Trump Administration.

+ In any language: English speakers are tuning into World Cup broadcasts in Spanish. There’s really only one word you need to know. Goooooooal.