Why exactly were McDonald’s french fries so good back in the day? Why did they change and can the secret original recipe be recreated? Plus, a new sort of post-post-punk subgenre is emerging in the post-Brexit United Kingdom. And, a completely pointless but wonderful website I discovered last week.

Links:

• My Hunt for the Original McDonald's French-Fry Recipe (Atlas Obscura)
• McMenu
• Grinding It Out by Ray Kroc (Internet Archive)
• The New Wave Of Post-Brexit Post-Punk, From Dry Cleaning To Squid (NPR)
• Sublime Text
• Kottke.Org
• Jackson Bird on Twitter

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