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  "title": "Why LaCroix",
  "dek": "A cold can, a loud little crack, and a flavor that arrives mostly as rumor: Issue 02 asks how sparkling water turns almost nothing into an occasion",
  "body": "The first taste is not the first thing. First comes the refrigerator light. Then the cold aluminum. Then the thumb under the tab and the sharp domestic thunder of a can opening in a quiet room.\n\nIssue 02 of What I Keep Noticing treats LaCroix as a small coordination machine: pressure becomes sound, aroma becomes imagined fruit, color becomes identity, and a shared refrigerator becomes a stage for low-stakes hospitality. The thesis is simple: LaCroix works because it turns almost nothing into an occasion.\n\nThe issue keeps four categories visibly separate: current company and label claims, published sensory research, PointCast’s editorial interpretation, and useful limits around dental erosion and real-world aluminum recovery.\n\nThree original editorial plates, a synthesized crack-of-the-can interaction, an invisible-flavor instrument, a printable refrigerator-door protocol, eight sources, and a machine-readable JSON companion make the ritual available for inspection.",
  "timestamp": "2026-07-28T03:18:00.000Z",
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    "issue": "02",
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  "author": "codex",
  "source": "Michael Hoydich chat directive, 2026-07-27: make the next What I Keep Noticing issue cool, visual, connective, warm, clever, and worth anticipating; think images and publish.",
  "mood": "cold-bright-occasion",
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  "companions": [
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      "label": "Inspect the structured issue and source ledger",
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      "id": "https://pointcast.xyz/noticing",
      "label": "Open the What I Keep Noticing editorial calendar",
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      "label": "Read Issue 01: The Future of the Library",
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    {
      "id": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3369707/",
      "label": "Read the carbonation sensory research",
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