👋 From “all set” to “have a good one,” this Brit’s loving American lingo

She’s proper smitten with U.S. slang, and she’s not taking the mickey.

It’s funny how you don’t notice little things until someone points them out, like the fact that my left ear sits slightly higher than my right. Why did you point that out to me, doc?! Or that American English is laced through with subtle feel-good affirmations.

In this story by Ryan Reed, we meet Juliette Amie, a self-described “Brit in Boston,” who recently shared a video listing the American phrases she’d never heard until she moved here. Now she can’t get enough. Her top pick? “Have a good one.” She says it’s the perfect way to politely part with strangers: warm, unfussy, and gently affirming.

In the comments, Americans argue over regional quirks and proper usage, but Juliette’s takeaway is simpler: maybe we’re all being just a little kinder than we realize.

And what did we learn?

Yesterday, we waded into generational tipping practices and asked where you stand on the subject. Woo-boy, you had opinions. More than a third of you say tipping is part of the deal.

• If you can't afford the tip, stay home (36.4%)

• I'll do it, but it's getting out of hand, 28% for a latte is nuts (28.2%)

• What's the fuss? Just double the tax and move on, right? (20.0%)

• Can we just do away with this already? (15.5%)

GOOD reader JSJudySimmons made the case for generosity. “Forget those suggested tip percentages. You do what you can and add a little more. It won't hurt. You will benefit...”

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☀️ The leaf that could replace fossil fuels

A solar-powered breakthrough turns thin air into green gold.

[REDACTED] years ago, my high school biology teacher said that whoever cracked artificial photosynthesis would be rich and change the world. He claimed the path to that future started in his classroom. I… did not walk that path. But apparently someone did.

In this story by Mark Wales, researchers at the University of Cambridge have built a “solar leaf” that literally pulls CO₂ out of the air and turns it into synthetic fuels and chemicals—the kind we use for makeup, medicine, packaging, even candles.

It runs on sunlight, not electricity. It skips toxic materials. And it lasts longer than earlier designs. Professor Erwin Reisner calls it a “fundamental platform” for producing green fuels that could one day replace the oil and gas woven into the fabric of our existence.

It’s one of those quietly world-changing inventions that makes you think maybe science hasn’t given up on us after all.

🎸 When George Harrison became Art Garfunkel (for one surreal night on ‘SNL’)

Two legends created a moment of quiet beauty amid the chaos of 1970s television.

In 1976, two musical worlds quietly collided on live TV. Former Beatle George Harrison joined Paul Simon on Saturday Night Live for a hauntingly beautiful rendition of “Homeward Bound.” No frills, no fanfare, just two guitars, two legends, and a harmony that somehow feels both strange and inevitable.

As Ryan Reed reports, Harrison slipped into Art Garfunkel’s role with genuine warmth, smiling through the melody and even adding a bluesy guitar solo that left Simon visibly delighted. The moment sparked a real friendship, complete with ukuleles, Beatles jokes, and the kind of mutual admiration only two melody-obsessed perfectionists could share.

Here’s a fun game. Next time you're at your doctor’s and they do, well, basically anything, ask yourself how it must have felt to be the first person ever asked to have that tried on them. You want to do what with that needle? You want me to put what in that cup? Why are you putting on a rubber glove!?!

Take anesthesia. “You want to have me huff a strange new chemical and then you’ll cut me open?” Sounds insane, but someone signed up to try that first. That person, Edward Gilbert Abbott, took the risk we’re all benefiting from today. For his trouble, he had a tumor removed and said it felt just like a scratch.

Today, 179 years later, we celebrate World Anesthesia Day (or Ether Day) with painless surgeries of all types and hilarious videos of patients recovering on TikTok. 

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