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162 My Year of Eating by Aircraft

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Nate Becker @ The Information 2 place · 12/02/2023 09:00 EDT

My Year of Eating by Aircraft

The first time I saw the delivery drone glide over the tree line of my backyard, I felt as if I’d been transported to the future.

I stood on my patio, bug-eyed, as the drone stopped to hover a few dozen feet above my lawn, floating there like the archangel of cheeseburgers. The trap door on the bottom opened up and a bright yellow bag holding my takeout dinner slowly reeled down on a red hook attached to a rope. The bag landed in the grass, soft as a feather, while my dog went batshit.

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