Wed. 07/08 - No Change For America (literally, there's a coin shortage)

A plutonium mishap in New Mexico. The popular YouTube musician bringing awareness to indigenous languages. What’s up with the coin shortage in the US? And Spotify’s new personalized workout playlists.

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Links:

• US nuclear lab investigates breach at plutonium facility (ABC News)
• Hanford Disaster: What Happens to Someone Who's Exposed to Plutonium? (Live Science)
• The Indigenous Peruvian Trap Music of Renata Flores (Kottke)
• Renata Flores Brought Quechua to YouTube, and Then Everything Changed (Vice)
• The Latest Pandemic Shortage: Coins Are The New Toilet Paper (NPR)
• A Penny for Your Thoughts Could Be a Lot Harder to Find (NY Times)
• Spotify will now make you a custom workout playlist (The Verge)