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🐦 1 fun thing: Texting for the birds

Illustration: Natalie Peeples/Axios A pair of new apps let users send messages at the speed of a carrier pigeon — or a snail or penguin, The New York Times reports. Carrier Pidge and Roost are meant to evoke the slower, riskier messaging styles of yesteryear. 🪦 Plot twist: On Carrier Pidge, the digital pigeons sometimes get lost or die en route, just like their physical counterparts. User Olivia Macdonald tells The Times: "The uncertainty of that, compared to the numbness that we feel receiving so many texts and notifications a day, is something that I just find really attractive about it." Gift link.