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She said she had become "intoxicated by that idea" that if she and her loved ones stayed hydrated and ate "whole foods" then "we could just feel so much better".

But last year, dozens of people across the country who ate slickly branded Diamond Shruumz products—whose tongue-in-cheek labels promise “great vibes” with a “powerful effect”—were hospitalized with seizures, respiratory failure, and other health problems.

Vance hit his usual mark—would-be humor that lands in the dead stillness of the uncanny valley—by telling onlookers that his two young sons ate a combined 14 eggs each morning.

Last year GLS made a profit of £320m, compared to Royal Mail, which lost £348m as letter volumes continued to plunge and new competitors ate into its market share of the more profitable parcels business.

Last fall, I bought a used film camera, and now I slip real photographs of real restaurants into my letters — the kind of personal touch that feels miles away from the performative posts on Instagram: "Hey, I ate at this place, and it made me think of you."