Hey! Torie's out this week, so I'm filling in as a newsletter understudy. I hadn't known about North Carolina's Medicaid pilot program until some of the program organizers wrote this sharp First Opinion outlining its successes and takeaways for other states. I learned about Lil Nas X's bipolar diagnosis — and the research debunking the link between extraordinary achievement with damaging mental illness — from this essay on the myth of creative genius. It's a privilege and a joy to have a job that allows me to learn everyday. Have a great rest of your weekend, and thanks for reading.
Recommendation of the week: It's the 25th anniversary of the 2001 film "The Fast and the Furious," one of my all-time favorite movies. Before F&F was a multibillion dollar franchise that shot Ludacris and Tyrese into space and featured Jason Statham and the Rock executing hand-to-hand combat in Samoa, it was a humble story about unexpected friendship, grief, and LA street racing at the turn of the century. If you've never watched it, what are you waiting for?
