NY Times: Today’s Wordle Review: August 12, 2023 - Our columnist reviews the day’s puzzle. Warning: Contains spoilers! - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/12/crosswords/wordle-review-answer-784.html -

NY Times: A.O.C. Thinks the U.S. Deserves Better Sunscreen - For years, American consumers have had to look abroad if they want the latest in sunscreen innovations. Some, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, think it’s time to revisit F.D.A. approval procedures. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/12/style/sunscreen-fda-regulation-aoc.html -

NY Times: Mi sexto lenguaje del amor: la ‘intimidad de WhatsApp’ - Para mi familia siria, dispersa por la guerra, un chat grupal —repleto de videos tontos y fotos a menudo vergonzosas— lo es todo. - https://www.nytimes.com/es/2023/08/12/espanol/sexto-lenguaje-amor-modern-love.html -

NY Times: Why Britain Needs to Build Again - It’s become difficult to build anywhere in the U.K. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/12/opinion/britain-stagnation-growth.html -

NY Times: England, Bruised but Unbowed, Reaches World Cup Semifinals - The Lionesses, champions of Europe, rallied past Colombia but now face yet another hurdle: a semifinal with host Australia on Wednesday. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/12/sports/soccer/england-colombia-world-cup.html -

NY Times: Are the Elite Anti-Trumpers the ‘Bad Guys’? - Readers react to David Brooks’s suggestion that the elite are partly to blame for Trumpism. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/12/opinion/elite-anti-trump.html -

NY Times: LK-99 May Not Be a Room-Temperature Superconductor, but What if It Were? - For a few weeks, we had a taste of what it would be like if people cared about science as much as baseball. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/12/opinion/lk-99-room-temperature-superconductor.html -

NY Times: The Brooks Running C.E.O. on Beating Cancer, and Leading With Purpose - Jim Weber, the chief executive of Brooks Running, was a devoted distance runner. Then came cancer. - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/01/business/brooks-running-jim-weber.html -

NY Times: The Unemployment Gap Between Black and White New Yorkers Is Widening - The unemployment rate for Black New Yorkers rose to 12.2 percent in the first quarter of the year, while the white unemployment rate dropped to 1.3 percent, a new report says. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/28/jobs/black-unemployment-rate-nyc.html -

NY Times: The GoFundMe C.E.O. Wants You to Ask: ‘How Can I Help?’ - Tim Cadogan helps people raise money for disaster relief and other causes. Just don’t call it a substitute for the social safety net. - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/04/business/tim-cadogan-gofundme-corner-office.html -

NY Times: Pivots That Helped Businesses Through the Pandemic Have Endured - A challenging time proved to be fertile ground for experimentation that continues to pay off. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/08/business/business-pivoting-covid.html -

NY Times: Restaurant Chain Franchises Face Scrutiny From the FTC - Troubles at the restaurant chain Burgerim highlight concerns about whether franchisees need more protection in their contracts with franchisers. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/26/business/burgerim-ftc-franchise.html -

NY Times: A ‘Period Dignity Officer’ Seemed Like a Good Idea. Until a Man Was Named. - The job in the Scottish region of Tayside was eliminated after a groundswell of anger that a man would be overseeing, or ‘mansplaining,’ menstruation policy. - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/06/world/europe/scotland-free-period-products.html -

NY Times: How African Restaurant Baobab Fare Found Success in Detroit - Hamissi Mamba, a refugee from Burundi, knew little of American culture when he arrived eight years ago and learned English watching the “Peppa Pig” cartoon. But he opened his dream restaurant, and the accolades have rolled in. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/15/dining/baobab-fare-restaurant-detroit.html -

NY Times: In Venice, a Young Boatman Steers a Course of His Own - “What I ask myself all the time is, ‘What is a man?’” says Edoardo Beniamin, a trans man training to join his father’s profession as a gondolier. - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/16/style/venice-gondolier-transgender.html -

NY Times: Day 23: On Christmas Day, No Rest for the Weary. (Or the Guy Who Feeds the Penguins.) - For a biologist in San Francisco, Dec. 25 will bring not presents and mistletoe, but beak trims and fish guts. - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/23/style/christmas-tradition-penguin-feeding.html -

NY Times: When Clothes Fly Off, This Intimacy Coordinator Steps In - Jessica Steinrock’s work on intimate scenes in film has come to prominence as the entertainment industry reels from the litany of sexual abuses brought to light by the #MeToo movement. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/02/business/intimacy-coordinator-sex-scenes-film-jessica-steinrock.html -

NY Times: How Panera Bread Navigated Covid, the Labor Market, Inflation and More - Niren Chaudhary took over as C.E.O. just before the pandemic. He now has the company focused on climate change. - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/15/business/panera-niren-chaudhary-corner-office.html -

NY Times: How Janelle Jones’s Story About Black Women and the Economy Caught On - The first Black woman to serve as chief economist at the Labor Department advanced the idea that lifting up people on the margins helps everyone else, too. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/13/business/economy-black-women-labor-union-janelle-jones.html -

NY Times: Guggenheim Museum Staff Ratifies Union Contract - The contract will provide an average salary increase of 11 percent, similar to what other museum workers across the country have obtained during the industry’s multiyear union push. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/08/arts/design/guggenheim-union-ratify.html -