Here’s a sweet, soothing single from the Irish folk singer Fionn Regan. The standout on his new album, Cala, is even better in the acoustic video that Regan recorded in his home close to Dublin; with the production stripped out, you connect directly to the sweetness of his voice and the cushion of the Spanish guitar around it. Listen for a quick weekend wind-down.

The stock market may be down, but dog vitamin sales are up, which can only mean good things for us as a society. That’s right, the numbers reflect record proportions of dog parents feeding their pups glucosamine, probiotics, CBD, anything to make their owners feel that psychosomatic boost in the morning. And if that news wasn’t upsetting enough, a good chunk of these sales appear to be coming from direct-to-consumer startups like Goodboy, which 1. doesn’t  mind a casual dose of sexism in the quest to help dogs “live their best lives” (where the good girls at) and 2. appears to have stolen a brand book from Chobani. Somebody start a company called Badboy that just sells grass.

Perhaps you’d like to know whether pets understand when you’re celebrating their birthdays. The pet media also had that question, and the quick answer is, “no.” This may come as a surprise to those of you whose pets have a patchy response to commands and only occasionally recognize their own names. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

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