Friday’s online finds: Cozy up and dig in.

• Dear Younger Me: Lauren Fleshman (MileSplit USA)
• Not great news (NYT) and this too (NYT)
• And even more bad news: The banana is dying. The race is on to reinvent it before it’s too late. The world’s most popular fruit is facing extinction, and scientists are racing to use gene-editing to save it. (Wired)
• BUT GOOD NEWS for one of banana’s friends (Time)
• The title of the article made me laugh, then it made me wonder if I’ve reached the age of her target audience? (NYT)
• Every year I think THIS WILL BE THE YEAR I nail the costume… yet to happen but the Beetlejuice couple is inspiring (Hither & Thither)
• I’d love this job, maybe (The New Yorker)
• They’re just like chewy sugar cookies, with brown sugar. They’re also just like chocolate chip cookies, without chocolate chips. Wrap your brain around those deep depth thoughts (Joy The Baker)
• Part of my thinks I could do this, the other part of me knows I have a serious addiction to athletic wear (Young House Love)
• This strange, broken font is designed to help you remember what you read (CBC)
• By far the biggest predictor of whether something gets done is whether it’s fun to do. The secret of productivity is simple: just do what you enjoy (The Guardian)
• This obituary is great (Delaware Online)

HaaAaaAAaaahAAHahhhAAaahhAAahhAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!: APPROPRIATE MOMENTS TO RESPOND WITH LADY GAGA’S GUTTURAL HOWL FROM THE SONG “SHALLOW” (McSweeney’s)

Happy weekend! I’m cold.