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editor of the Quartz Obsession : a daily digression into the most fascinating corners of the global economy

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    Today's obsession — survival crackers — includes a little-known bit of underground DC history.

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  2. 17 hours ago

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  3. Jan 31

    👀 from today's obsession on the IKEA catalog

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  4. Jan 31

    🐰+ 🕳️ = 💯-22

    A look at our newest daily email, the Quartz Obsession, which is very, very good and has a 78% open rate to show for it.
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    Jan 30

    I got to write today's QZ Obsession email on wearing black. It's a subject close to my heart

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  6. Jan 30

    Only black will ever be the new black.

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    Jan 30

    Shout out to the Obsession email about eels for the headline ‘Eel communication’

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    Jan 29

    Eels: Humans somehow managed to figure out that these eerie creatures are delicious, and we’ve almost fished them into extinction. via

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  9. Jan 19

    i love the fact that the founders of GeoCities were inspired by the webcam of a coffeepot. via Obsession

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    Jan 17

    Today's Obsession newsletter is bonkers. It includes lava lamps, digital encryption and girlie films all in one fascinating origin story.

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    Jan 17

    Whaaaaaat? – How the random motions of a lava lamp can be used to encrypt digital data Obsession

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  12. Jan 17

    The institutionalization of square dancing isn’t just about the joy of dance. It’s also about America’s legacy of racism and anti-Semitism. Obsession

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  13. Jan 17

    🤔🚿 Shower thoughts: The dirty truth about our best ideas Obsession

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    Jan 13

    I used to buy this (& occasionally, doomed goldfish) at Woolworth's, in the mall: by

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  15. Jan 12

    ✏️✏️✏️✏️✏️✏️ Inside One of America’s Last Pencil Factories

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    Jan 11

    Interesting Quartz Obsession newsletter today on the Diet Coke sweetener Ace-K via includes fun facts about zany past mistakes that led to discoveries of other sweeteners.

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    Jan 11

    I wrote about the weirdness of artificial sweeteners for the latest obsession...

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    Jan 11

    There are pretty much only two ways to say "tea" in the world. Early globalization in action

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  19. Jan 10

    How pasta primavera ushered in a new way of thinking about food.

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    Jan 8

    latest obsession: dowsing (divining is how i've always heard it). fav part: space-dowsing technology

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