July 14, 2020
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“Destroyer and Teacher”: Managing the Masses During the 1918–1919 Influenza Pandemic
“. 2010; 125(Suppl 3): 48–62. PMCID: PMC2862334 PMID: 20568568 , PhD a Nancy Tomes a Department of History, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY Find articles…”
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What Quarantine Is Doing to Your Body’s Wondrous World of Bacteria
“We may feel isolated now, in our homes, or apart in parks, or behind plexiglass shields in stores. But we are never alone. I’ve spent much of the last 20 years…”
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Gone, But Not Deleted: Keeping Your Loved One’s Memory Alive Online | The Saturday Evening Post
“Weekly Newsletter The best of The Saturday Evening Post in your inbox! SUPPORT THE POST I don’t remember the final conversation I had with my father. Toward the…”
July 13, 2020
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The words that help us understand the world
“We use them so much in everyday language that we often don’t even notice them, but metaphors and similes help us think more deeply – and make sense of the world…”
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Linux creator Linus Torvalds puts stamp on proposal to use neutral language in kernel code and documentation.
— Read on www.zdnet.com/article/linux-team-approves-new-terminology-bans-terms-like-blacklist-and-slave/
July 11, 2020
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Ask a Sane Person: Jia Tolentino on Practicing the Discipline of Hope
“For the past decade, Jia Tolentino has been writing feverishly on the front lines of cultural warzones. As a staff writer at The New Yorker , she has…”
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The accidental invention of the Illuminati conspiracy
“The story of how the myth exploded reveals how fake stories spread today and the secrets behind the psychology of their fiercest proponents. Article continues…”
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Change in police attitude toward drugs welcomed by local observers
“Joshua Freeman , Web Content Writer, CP24 @Josh_F Published Friday, July 10, 2020 7:12PM EDT Last Updated Friday, July 10, 2020 7:13PM EDT Police observers and…”
July 10, 2020
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Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman Want to Expand the Vocabulary of Friendship
“Wenjia Tang Each installment of The Friendship Files features a conversation between The Atlantic ’s Julie Beck and two or more friends, exploring the history…”
July 9, 2020
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Why is the COVID Death Rate Down?
“The Atlantic For the past few weeks, I have been obsessed with a mystery emerging in the national COVID-19 data. Cases have soared to terrifyingly levels since…”
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Patricia Lockwood · Diary: Insane after coronavirus? · LRB 16 July 2020
“M y story will be that John Harvard gave it to me. ‘Who’s that?’ I asked, pointing at a bronze bust in the reading room where I had arrived to give my…”
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“On November 2, 2016, Microsoft announced Teams at a special event in New York City. Slack decided to mark the occasion: The text of the ad was condescension…”
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What the police really believe
“Arthur Rizer is a former police officer and 21-year veteran of the US Army, where he served as a military policeman. Today, he heads the criminal justice…”
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A First Draft of a History-Textbook Entry for the Year 2020
“Mike Kemp / In Pictures / Getty History never ends. But history textbooks must. As deadlines for new editions loom, every textbook writer lurches to a sudden…”
July 8, 2020
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“This book inspired me to continue on the journey of personal growth that I’ve been on and gave me some fresh new perspectives to consider. It is a resource and…”
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Trump, Twitter, Facebook, and the Future of Online Speech
“On March 7th, Dan Scavino, Donald Trump’s director of social media, posted a video to Twitter. It depicted Joe Biden endorsing his opponent: “We can only…”
July 7, 2020
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“Last fall, walking down Mission Street, in San Francisco, I noticed a new addition to an otherwise unremarkable parking lot at the base of Bernal Heights Hill:…”
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Americans Are Living in an Alternate History
“KangHee Kim T here’s a certain kind of movie that lets you down not because it’s bad, but because it could have been great. One of those movies, for me, is…”
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“Better hiring leads to better work environments, less turnover, and more innovation and productivity. When you understand the limitations and pitfalls of the…”
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‘Million-mile’ batteries are coming. Are they a revolution?
“Grist / CobaltMoon / Getty Images the million-mile question By on Jul 6, 2020 News on climate in the time of coronavirus Subscribe today Electric vehicles (EVs)…”
July 6, 2020
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What a Better Social Network Would Look Like
“Pattern Matching An offhand tweet sparked an outpouring of ideas to fix what’s broken about Facebook and Twitter Will Oremus Jul 3 · 9 min read Photo by Tayler…”
July 5, 2020
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How Substack has spawned a new class of newsletter entrepreneurs – Digiday
“Future of Work How Substack has spawned a new class of newsletter entrepreneurs Ivy Liu July 1, 2020 by Alicia Kennedy is like many writers these days. A few…”
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Social media has overwhelmed me lately and I’m feeling I should take a break.
July 3, 2020
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Substack’s CEO explains why we’re all obsessed with newsletters now
“If it seems like everyone is launching a newsletter these days, well, you’re not wrong. Chris Best, CEO and founder of the newsletter platform Substack, said…”
July 2, 2020
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Our Ability to Process Information Is Reaching a Critical Limit
“The result feels like a mental DDoS attack Eric Ravenscraft Jun 29 · 5 min read Photo by Tayler Smith. Prop Styling by Caroline Dorn. B uzzFeed once called 2016…”
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Rebecca Solnit: Before the Uprising, Comes the Work
“I. The Bonfire The death of George Floyd was a match that lit a bonfire, and how the fuel for the bonfire piled up is worth studying. That is, for a national…”
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Is Police Reform A Fundamentally Flawed Idea?
“In January, Philip McHarris was driving from New Haven to Boston to visit a friend when he saw a familiar sight in his rearview mirror — flashing police lights.…”
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“Last fall, Fiery Cushman and I announced a contest : We would award $1000 ($500 to the author and $500 to the author’s choice of charity) to the author of an…”
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“Covid-19 and metaphors Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, metaphors have been widely used, reflected upon and critiqued as a tool for communicating…”
July 1, 2020
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Nuclear ‘Power Balls’ May Make Meltdowns a Thing of the Past
“Triso particles are an alien-looking fuel with built-in safety features that will power a new generation of high-temperature reactors. The basic idea behind all…”