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- The top 25 stories curated by editors and fellow readers!

Editor's Pick

How my indoor air made me sick and dumb (and how I fixed it)

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PM2.5, humidity, CO2, and VOCs all have an effect on indoor air
quality and your health. Here are the techniques I use to keep each of
them in the ideal range.

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Editor's Note: From this chart the best combination of devices to have
complete control over your air are an air conditioner for controling
temperature, a dehumidifier and evaporative humidifier for controling
humidity, a HEPA or MERV filter for keeping PM2.5 low, and an ERV for
keeping CO2 and VOCs low.

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How Widening Israel's War Saved Benjamin Netanyahu - The New Yorker
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The political scientist Dahlia Scheindlin is a longtime expert on
Israeli public opinion and analyst of the country's domestic political
scene. With the new year upon us--and with the fall of the Assad
regime, in Syria; a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, in
Lebanon; and continued hostilities in Gaza, where more than forty
thousand Palestinians have been killed since the Hamas-led attacks of
October 7th, 2023--I wanted to get a handle on exactly what has and
has not changed in Israel in the past few months. I spoke by phone
with Scheindlin, who is also a policy fellow at the Century
Foundation, a columnist for Haaretz, and the author of "The Crooked
Timber of Democracy in Israel." During our conversation, which has
been edited for length and clarity, we discussed how her understanding
of Israel's aims for the region has shifted lately; why the popularity
of Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's Prime Minister, has ticked back up
after falling in the immediate aftermath of October 7th; and why the
immense number of Palestinian civilian casualties is still barely
registering within Israel.

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The end of fear in Syria
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Damascus and Aleppo, Syria - Until the fall of the al-Assad regime,
the word "dollar" was forbidden in public. Instead, people used
anything green - my favourite substitute was "molokhiyeh", the green
leaf eaten in a stew in Arab countries.















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A Billion Pixels a Second: I Got a Rare Look Inside Apple's Secret
iPhone 16 Camera Labs
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I'm standing on a wire mesh floor in a secluded room at Apple's
headquarters in Cupertino, California. The "floor" I'm on is suspended
over a pit filled with 4-foot foam wedges. The walls and ceiling in
the room are also covered with large triangle-cuts of foam that remove
virtually any echo.

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Getting under your skin: 3D printing technique builds structures
through tissues
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What if a clinician could 3D print something through your skin,
constructing an implant or replacement organ underneath layers of
tissue? The world of medicine would be transformed: a host of surgical
procedures, which come with a variety of risks, could be performed
without ever lifting a scalpel.














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Writing as Transformation - The New Yorker (No paywall)
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It seems to me that I have wanted to write for the whole of my life.
The intensity of this insistence, despite its implausibility, suggests
an emotional, rather than literal, accuracy. I think my life didn?t
seem my life until I started to write.

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Korean Court Rejects Yoon Appeal on Warrant, Yonhap Reports -
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A South Korean court dismissed an appeal by lawyers of Yoon Suk Yeol
against an arrest warrant for the impeached president, Yonhap reported
on Sunday.














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ECB has been too slow to cut rates, Eurozone economists warn - FT (No
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Almost half of analysts polled by the FT accuse rate-setters of being
?behind the curve?

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He?s a factory owner and friends with Trump. That makes tariffs
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Increased tariffs could boost business for Harper Trucks, a small
hand-truck manufacturer Ruffin has owned for more than four decades,
or end up raising costs of parts the factory imports from China. (A
hand truck, sometimes called a dolly or a hand trolley, is a small,
wheeled cart used to move heavy objects.)














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Global mining?s dangerous new reality: Guns, hostages, arrests - WSJ
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Mineral and metal mines in the developing world are caught up in
tensions over profits, and host countries are increasingly using force
to get a bigger share.

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How Chinese hackers graduated from clumsy corporate thieves to
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Massive ?Typhoon? cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure and telecoms
sought to lay the groundwork for potential conflict with Beijing, as
intruders gathered data and got in position to impede response and sow
chaos.














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Time to finally organize your digital photos. First you have to find
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Don?t forget about old hard drives and neglected Facebook accounts.

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A weakened Iran prepares to face Trump 2.0 - WSJ (No paywall)
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Tehran is bracing for a tough confrontation with the incoming Trump
administration while holding a weak hand after setbacks in 2024.














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Elon Musk Pushes For Britain?s King Charles To Dissolve Parliament?As
Lawmakers Say Tesla CEO Is ?Misinformed? - Forbes (No paywall)
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Elon Musk on Saturday called for Britain?s King Charles to dissolve
parliament and order a new general election over complaints about the
British government?s handling of ?grooming gangs? a decade ago,
marking the Tesla CEO?s latest venture into global politics as British
officials say Musk has shared ?factually inaccurate? claims on social
media.

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Young customers in developing countries propel a boom in plastic
surgery - The Economist (No paywall)
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Like many other members of the Lebanese community in the suburb of
Boston where he grew up, Peter Makhlouf goes to Beirut every summer to
visit family. Recently the annual trip has acquired an extra purpose.
?At some point [the women] all started to do cosmetic procedures,? he
says. They began with little tweaks, such as getting their lips
plumped or teeth whitened. Then came cheekbone-lifts, nose jobs ?and
so on?. The plastic pilgrimage has become so common that Mr Makhlouf,
who is 29, says he no longer knows ?anyone who hasn?t gotten plastic
surgery?.














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Layoffs coming to US jobs market in 2025
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The final months of 2024 delivered additional blows to workers in
several sectors as numerous layoff announcements were made for 2025.
Major companies, including Amazon, aircraft manufacturer Boeing, and
budget carrier Spirit Airlines, have all announced layoffs that will
impact employees into 2025. While the number of job layoffs across the
U.S. in 2024 is not yet available, it's likely that it fared better
than in 2023, when layoffs soared by 98 percent in 2022, given
improving economic conditions.

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Why We Say Yes When We Don?t Want To
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From an early age, we are taught that obedience is good, and
disobedience is bad. Saying yes is polite and agreeable, while saying
no is often seen as selfish or disruptive. These lessons shape us
psychologically, socially, and even neurologically.













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Jeju Air's Problems Mount After Crash That Killed 179 People
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When Jeju Air's status as South Korea's biggest low-cost carrier
seemed under threat from the merger of the country's two biggest
airlines last year, the company's chief executive assured employees
that it would "actively respond," possibly by acquiring smaller
rivals.

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Memo to Trump US telecoms is vulnerable to hackers. Please hang up and
try again
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You know the drill. You're logging into your bank or another service
(Gmail, to name just one) that you use regularly.

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Handshake-gate in Syria wasn't a surprise, German foreign minister
says
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Syria's de facto leader extended a hand to France's foreign minister,
but not to Germany's Baerbock. Women's rights were a focus of the
trip.

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US Solar Manufacturing Is Soaring -- New Facts
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In Colorado, a marriage of solar energy and farming provides a model
for a more sustainable future
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The fields surrounding Byron Kominek's farm lay fallow. But on a sunny
morning in mid-December, Kominek harvests the sun's rays. The idea to
add solar panels to his family's 24-acre farm emerged out of
necessity.

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Meta is killing off its own AIpowered Instagram and Facebook profiles
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Meta is deleting Facebook and Instagram profiles of AI characters the
company created over a year ago after users rediscovered some of the
profiles and engaged them in conversations, screenshots of which went
viral.

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Rival to SpaceX's Starlink Goes Dark After Failing to Account for Leap
Year
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French satellite operator Eutelsat failed to account for last year's
leap year, leading to an embarrassing service outage that lasted for
48 hours. OneWeb's satellite constellation restored internet services
after an outage that began on December 31, 2024, Eutelsat confirmed on
Thursday.

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Meta's AI-generated bot profiles are not being received well
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In September 2023, Meta made a big deal of its new AI chatbots that
used celebrities' likeness: everyone from Kendall Jenner to MrBeast
leased themselves out to embody AI characters on Instagram and
Facebook.

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'The only longevity expert you need...': 92-year-old's secret Nithin
Kamath calls 'brilliant'
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At 92, Edward Thorp is still a force of nature, offering timeless
advice on longevity. Zerodha founder Nithin Kamath, reflecting on his
own health scare, called Thorp's insights "brilliant," underscoring
their relevance in a fast-paced, high-stress world.

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A whole new thing that could end the world
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Why we won't cause a mirror bacteria apocalypse -- thanks to science.
We're all inured to sensationalist headlines about some disaster or
another on the horizon.

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Are Men's Reading Habits Truly a National Crisis?
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The questionable statistic at the heart of the "men don't read
fiction" discourse.

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Facebook and Instagram Ads Push Gun Silencers Disguised As Car Parts
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A network of Facebook pages has been advertising "fuel filters" that
are actually meant to be used as silencers, which are heavily
regulated by US law. Even US military officials are concerned.

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Here's what Big Pharma could buy in 2025, from obesity drugs to
precision cancer treatments, according to a top M&A banker
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Big Pharma will hunt for more acquisitions in 2025 as industry giants
face patent expiration for some of their best-selling drugs, according
to a top M&A banker. Merck's cancer drug Keytruda, the top-selling
medication in the world, will lose patent exclusivity at the end of
2028.

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Zebrafish protein unlocks dormant genes for heart repair
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What's next? These findings open doors for safe, targeted regenerative
therapies, but there is still much work to do. "We need to refine and
test the therapy further before it can be brought to the clinic", says
Bakkers.

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I still don't think companies serve you ads based on spying through
your microphone
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One of my weirder hobbies is trying to convince people that the idea
that companies are listening to you through your phone's microphone
and serving you targeted ads is a conspiracy theory that isn't true. I
wrote about this previously: Facebook don't spy on you through your
microphone.

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One man?s attempt to get a perfect 850 credit score - WSJ (No paywall)
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The grade of financial health, once a figure tucked away on loan
applications, has become an everyday obsession for more Americans.

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Tenable CEO Amit Yoran dies
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Longtime entrepreneur and cybersecurity executive Amit Yoran passed
away Friday after a battle with cancer. Cybersecurity company Tenable,
where Yoran was CEO and chairman, announced his death in a press
release.

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US newspapers are deleting old crime stories offering subjects a clean
slate
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Civil rights advocates across the US have long fought to free people
from their criminal records, with campaigns to expunge old cases and
keep people's past arrests private when they apply for jobs and
housing.

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Generative AI funding reached new heights in 2024
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If there was any doubt, the generative AI bubble didn't burst in 2024.
Investments in generative AI, which encompasses a range of AI-powered
apps, tools, and services to generate text, images, videos, speech,
music, and more, reached new heights last year.

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Scientists debate fleeing America because of Trump -- or risk their
research being censored
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It was not easy for Dr. Kevin Trenberth to leave the United States.

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Need a spiritual lift? Try this thousand-year-old island hike in Japan
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The morning trade at Ryozen-ji temple is always brisk. It's just after
nine and pilgrims are stocking up on essential items: wooden staffs,
conical sedge hats, guidebooks, brass bells, zodiac charms, white
oizuru tunics.

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Olympic Sprinter Charged in Confrontation With Miami Beach Police
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Yale M. Sanford, a lawyer representing Mr. Kerley in this week’s
arrest, said the police were in the wrong because a simple
conversation with Mr. Kerley could have de-escalated the situation.

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As Democrats Reel, Two Front-Runners Emerge in a Leadership Battle
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At the same time, Democrats who are not directly involved in the
D.N.C. race described the field to succeed the departing chair, Jaime
Harrison, as uninspiring. Among the party’s top leaders, only
Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the majority leader, has weighed in
on the race (for Mr. Wikler). Some Democrats see the D.N.C.
contenders’ arguments about relationships with donors and their
regular promises of more money for state parties as papering over a
broader discussion of why Vice President Kamala Harris lost the
election.

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Trump Sees the U.S. as a 'Disaster.' The Numbers Tell a Different
Story.
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“President Trump is inheriting an economy that is about as good as
it ever gets,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody’s
Analytics. “The U.S. economy is the envy of the rest of the world,
as it is the only significant economy that is growing more quickly
post-pandemic than prepandemic.”

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'A Day of Love': How Trump Inverted the Violent History of Jan. 6
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What began as a strained attempt to absolve Mr. Trump of
responsibility for Jan. 6 gradually took hold, as his allies in
Congress and the media played down the attack and redirected blame to
left-wing plants, Democrats and even the government. Violent rioters
— prosecuted, convicted and imprisoned — somehow became patriotic
martyrs.

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Earnings from BlackRock, Wells Fargo, and job data to watch this week
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Finally, on Friday, the employment report for November will be
published, detailing job creation and the unemployment rate. This
report is a key gauge of the health of the labor market. On the same
day, the preliminary consumer sentiment report for January will be
released, offering a snapshot of consumer confidence heading into the
new year.

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What Do Movie Producers Do, Anyway?
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“Everyone produces differently,” said the producer David Hinojosa,
a best picture nominee last year for “Past Lives” whose recent
films include “Babygirl,” an erotic thriller, and “The
Brutalist,” an epic immigrant drama.

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Telemedicine for Seniors Gets a Last-Minute Reprieve
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Dr. Frydman, the senior medical director at a cancer care technology
company called Thyme Care, works hundreds of miles away in a Manhattan
office. She and Mr. Manuel used a video telemedicine link — an
option that barely existed in traditional Medicare before the Covid
pandemic, thanks to restrictive federal policies.

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Italy's Prime Minister Visits Trump in Mar-a-Lago
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Since being elected, Mr. Trump has welcomed to Mar-a-Lago Prime
Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary, a champion of “illiberal
democracy,” as well as Argentina’s firebrand right-wing president,
Javier Milei. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada became the first
Group of Seven leader to visit Mr. Trump in Florida since the
election, after a threat to impose tariffs on Canada.

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Opinion | John Bolton: For Donald Trump, the Only Loyalty Is Fealty
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This is indisputably damaging to a free society, but it is a
well-established Trump habit. Neither kings nor presidents, nor their
countries, are well served if they are surrounded by sycophants and
opportunists. Truly strong presidents are not afraid of advisers with
strong views.

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Opinion | Congestion Pricing Shows the Future of the Democratic Party
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Governor Hochul can do a lot to ensure this traffic tax earns out,
both financially and politically — and if she can get it right, it
will be a model of Democratic recovery and impact. Her challenge boils
down to three things: show that it works, for whom it works and why
New York decided to do it in the first place.

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Samsung CES 2025 press conference: Watch it here Monday at 5PM ET
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One thing you shouldn't expect to see in Vegas: The presumed Galaxy
S25 smartphone line. If it follows its recent scheduling, Samsung will
likely slate that unveiling for the second half of January, when it
will have the tech news spotlight to itself. (Last year it was a
January 17 event, which was announced on January 11.)

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Invasion Day marcher stripped of $800,000 compensation as police duty
of care ruling overturned
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The decision means Cullen is no longer eligible for $800,000 in
compensation, with the court ordering her to repay $103,000 she had
been paid to cover legal costs and to cover the state’s legal fees.

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Tourism agency deletes a??pristine swimming spota?? post about
unpatrolled beach on Mornington Peninsula
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It warns visitors to be wary of tides and dangerous surf conditions.
"The sandy beach is a picturesque spot for a stroll or to sit and
watch the sunset," the website says. "The beach is not patrolled and
is recommended for experienced surfers only."

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