💬 Quoted…​​ “Insensitivity.”

• The reason Capitol Records severed ties with AI rapper FN Meka.

✈️📈 Stat of the Day: The TSA screened 8.76 million airline passengers this past Labor Day weekend, 106% of checkpoint volume from the same period in 2019, an agency spokesperson said yesterday.

🌎 Around the World: Liz Truss was officially appointed as the UK’s new prime minister yesterday in a meeting with Queen Elizabeth II. (☝️)

• In her first acts in office, Truss appointed senior members of her new Cabinet, including the first Black Treasury chief and first female deputy PM in UK history.
• Truss also delivered a speech promising to cut taxes, bolster the country’s National Health Service, and “deal hands on” with the ongoing energy crisis.

🤯 Did You Know?... Prior to the pandemic, there was one deadly road crash in India every four minutes. Which is good for ~11% of all crash-related deaths globally, even though the South Asian nation accounts for ~1% of the world’s vehicles.

📖 Worth a Read: When Every Ketchup But One Went Extinct → (Atlas Obscura)