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Daily Skimm: Fold in the cheese

Skimm'd with gifts for bridesmaids July 28, 2022 Read in browser Daily Skimm Skimm'd with gifts for bridesmaids "Green bottle" — What Sprite is retiring after more than 60 years to be more environmentally responsible. She's here, sheer, and ready to pop off. We Don't Talk About This Getty Images The Story Today may or may not be Recession Day . Oh today? Sure, let me just clear my cal and stare at my bank account... Hold that thought. Economists have been predicting that today's GDP numbers would indicate a recession . Gross domestic product tracks the overall health of the economy, kind of like an Apple Watch…but for American business. Now, if the report  — set to be released at 8:30 am ET — shows a second straight month of quarterly losses, it could mean we're in a recession. It comes a day after the Fed increased interest rates for the fourth time this year to try to crack down on out-of-control prices. None of this sounds good. No one want...

Daily Skimm: He's nice, bit of a close talker

Skimm'd with tried-and-tested recs July 27, 2022 Read in browser Daily Skimm Skimm'd with tried-and-tested recs "Invoke the Defense Production Act" — A senator , joking about bringing back the discontinued Choco Taco . What wouldn't we do for a Klondike bar?  Taking Some Space Getty Images The Story Russia's handing in its two years' notice .     And this is about...? Space. Yesterday, Moscow's new space chief said Russia will be leaving the International Space Station after 2024. The ISS has been jointly run by Russia, the US, Europe, Japan, and Canada since it was first launched in 1998. And it became a symbol of post-Cold War cooperation between the two largest space superpowers (the US and Russia). Over the last 20+ years, the space station has given scientists the ability to research things like cosmic particles and black holes, and to support responses to Earth's natural disasters from afar. But now, Russia's saying 'peace out....