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By establishing better boundaries we can do what Slack and email can’t: Reclaim the workday and get to the work that matters most. Threads, file sharing, endless notifications: Slack set out to solve the email problem, but in reality we’ve traded one overstuffed inbox for another.

The largest fireworks show of the year will ignite from barges on New York City’s Hudson River. The problem with staging the biggest Fourth of July fireworks show in the country? You’re essentially in a perpetual small arms race with yourself. At the Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks show in New York City, the metropolitan canvas is the same every year.

Imran Amed talks about the tumult at Shein and fashion’s role in the climate crisis on the latest episode of the ‘Rapid Response’ podcast. The fashion world is at a sudden inflection point. Big luxury players are struggling, e-commerce markets are floundering, and ultrafast players like Shein are disrupting. The Business of Fashion’s Imran Amed takes us inside the tumult, providing a framework to understand the trends and their larger economic impact.

Hugues Bruyère shows how human-machine collaboration can produce wondrous things. I’ve spent the last hour glued to the screen, mesmerized by the art of Hugues Bruyère. I kept looking at his video loops again and again, scrolling down his Threads homepage, hypnotized. I’ve never seen anyone merge physical media and artificial intelligence like this—turning the technology into a true artistic tool that actually makes sense and is pretty.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, when people were stuck in their homes and social distancing was common, fireworks use shot up. It’s almost the Fourth of July—a day of parades, barbecues, and, of course, fireworks. But while parades and barbecues are still very popular, shockingly, this year fireworks are less so.

Any major highway project in the state must work to limit emissions and boost alternative modes of transportation. Highway planners consider a lot of factors when building out new roads: What’s the landscape like? How many drivers will the road serve? What will it cost? How will it affect the local economy?