What is slow internet and is it a thing we should still be striving towards? What about slow email? Plus, in some very pressing news, the US Food & Drug Administration has officially deregulated French dressing. And Welsh scientists have determined that masks make people look more attractive.

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Links:

• The Subversive Genius of Extremely Slow Email (The Atlantic)
• The US Federal Government Deregulates French Dressing (Wall Street Journal)
• FDA drops regulations on French dressing (NPR)
• FDA revokes French dressing standard of identity (The Takeout)
• Face masks make people look more attractive, study finds (The Guardian)
• Face masks 'make wearers look more attractive', study suggests (Cardiff University)
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