I’m breaking up with sourdough bread baking

Every word of this is true.

Sourdough, I’m breaking up with you.

It’s not you, it’s me. Actually, who am I kidding? It’s you. You’re the worst. At this point, sourdough, you have left me crying alone in my kitchen one too many late nights, my sweatpants caked in flour, and I can’t justify putting myself through the agony any longer….

Look, I wasn’t perfect. I didn’t want you to find out this way, but I have to come clean: I baked bread with yeast back in May. Only once, I swear. OK, a couple of times. And you know what, sourdough? It was great. That yeasted bread respected my time. It was so easy to get along with. The conversation just flowed. And I went to sleep that night without feeling consumed by guilt and failure.

— August 1, 2020

When Is a Nazi Salute Not a Nazi Salute?

America First rally, New York, 1941

Are Senator Wheeler, Charles Lindbergh, and Kathleen Norris giving the Nazi salute or a more benign flag salute at this 1941 America First rally, as some of their modern-day apologists argue?

This is an interesting deep dive into a contested Getty photo caption. The caption turns out to be wrong in more than one day, and Matt Seaton digs deep into the archives to piece together what is most likely true.

— August 1, 2020