August 3, 2020
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How the Pandemic Defeated America
“Dina Litovsky / Redux Image above : A masked worker cleans a New York City subway entrance. H ow did it come to this? A virus a thousand times smaller than a…”
August 2, 2020
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Michaela Coel’s Chaos and Charisma in “I May Destroy You”
“Who hasn’t been there? A deadline looms, but inspiration won’t come. In the pilot of “I May Destroy You,” a mesmerizing twelve-episode series for HBO and BBC…”
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We Need to Talk About Ventilation
“Millennium Images / Gallery Stock I recently took a drive-through COVID-19 test at the University of North Carolina. Everything was well organized and…”
August 1, 2020
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The Power of Flawed Lists | Elizabeth Della Zazzera
“Lapham’s Quarterly is running a series on the history of best sellers, exploring the circumstances that might inspire thousands to gravitate toward the same…”
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“Over the last week, as the idea of banning TikTok in the U.S. has shifted from a fringe idea to a seeming inevitability (thanks in no small part to India’s…”
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The Gig Economy Is Failing. Say Hello to the Hustle Economy.
“Top highlight Illustrations: Arne Bellstorf Unemployed teachers, cooks, dancers are turning to Patreon, Twitch, and OnlyFans Caitlin Dewey 3 days ago · 12 min…”
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Spelling Variation in This Is How You Lose the Time War (Part 2) – Shelf Potential
“In part 1 of this case study, we determined that what initially appears as spelling inconsistency in This Is How You Lose The Time War is actually a pattern.…”
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Spelling Variation in This Is How You Lose the Time War (Part 1) – Shelf Potential
“Ensuring an author has been consistent with their spelling is a big part of copy editing. We editors are usually told to follow a particular dictionary or a…”
July 31, 2020
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“Aaron Bernstein / Reuters On the same morning that the United States government reported the steepest economic collapse in U.S. history, President Donald Trump…”
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States are scrambling to stop a slow-motion 2020 election disaster
“People wait in line to vote in Georgia’s primary election on June 9, 2020, in Atlanta. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images President Donald Trump escalated his false…”
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“Oliver Munday / The Atlantic Editor’s Note: Read an interview with Marisa Silver about her writing process. Evelyn hadn’t wanted to visit Helene. The women were…”
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Why Guys Are Tricking Out Their Desk Chairs With Rollerblade Wheels
“Before the pandemic hit and a large swath of the population retreated to their home offices , 37-year-old Justin had already outfitted the spare bedroom of his…”
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“Photographs by Devin Yalkin D etective Elliot Stabler walks into an empty interrogation room with purpose. He’ll soon be questioning a perp who beat murder and…”
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If You Want A Billion-Dollar Startup Idea, Take A Look At This Chart
“Pinterest is the new Craigslist. That’s what Kevin Ryan, a serial entrepreneur believes. Ryan co-founded multiple startups, including Gilt Groupe, wedding site…”
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The 80 Best Single-Operator Newsletters on the Internet
“BY ELI LONDON | JULY 22, 2020 In 1971, MIT grad and computer engineer Ray Tomlinson sent the world’s first official email . Tomlinson, who passed away in 2016,…”
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Dutch city redraws its layout to prepare for global heating effects
“Measures include replacing 10% of Arnhem’s asphalt with grass to better cope with heat
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Virologists divided over plans to change virus-naming rules during the pandemic
“Particles of a coronavirus, seen under a transmission electron microscope. Credit: AMI Images/Science Photo Library Virologists are debating whether to…”
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How the world made so much progress on a Covid-19 vaccine so fast
“N ever before have prospective vaccines for a pathogen entered final-stage clinical trials as rapidly as candidates for Covid-19. Just six months ago, when the…”
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FCC says Amazon can proceed with Kuiper satellites but will have to work with rivals
“An artist’s conception shows a constellation of satellites in orbit. (Credit: OneWeb) The Federal Communications Commission has authorized Amazon’s plans for a…”
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A dizzying deepfake video turns an iconic American moment into a horror story
“A new short film begins with one of the most legitimate news sources in world history: Walter Cronkite. We seen him reporting on the launch of Apollo 11 for…”
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Why Protest Tactics Spread Like Memes
“Race and America Protesters Return to Other Cities Portland at the Center Podcast: Showdown in Portland 45 Days in Louisville When items like umbrellas and leaf…”
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July 30, 2020
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folklore Isn’t a Return to Taylor Swift’s Roots, But Somewhere She’s Never Been
“Loosed from the responsibility of piquing the audience’s interest with a rollout dotted with attention-grabbing gestures, Swift is left with just her feelings…”
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The World Is Finally Losing Its Taste for Meat
“Source: Getty Images Source: Getty Images Global consumption of animal proteins has been rising, apparently inexorably, for the past six decades. The…”
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“Let’s look briefly at several true stories from the annals of developmental science. Pay attention : There is a test at the end. 1. In the early 70s,…”
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Unbundling Work from Employment
“Sometimes in the economy, monolithic entities that serve many needs disintegrate into an ecosystem of single-purpose entities. When that happens, there’s a huge…”
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What’s Next for Marketplace Startups? – Andreessen Horowitz
“Goods versus Services: The next trillion dollar opportunity Marketplace startups have done incredibly well over the first few decades of the internet,…”
July 27, 2020
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The Blue Fairy’s Manifesto – Lightspeed Magazine
““Do you want to live free or die like a slave in this toy factory?” The drone hovered in front of RealBoy’s face, waiting for an answer, rotors chopping gouts…”
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“Write It A series about finding the words. Photo-Illustration: by Preeti Kinha; Photos: Getty Images In the many, many years I spent wanting to be a writer but…”
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Regulating technology — Benedict Evans
“Technology was a small industry until very recently. It was exciting and interesting, and it was on lots of magazine covers, but it wasn‘t actually an important…”