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It’s not their job to buy you cake
May 10, 2021 | Nieman Lab
Working remotely for the last year has revealed just how much of office culture is accidental, arbitrary, and sexist.
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How Pfizer Makes Its Covid-19 Vaccine
May 10, 2021 | www.nytimes.com
Behind the scenes from starter cells to a finished vaccine.
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A beloved childhood experience, or a petri dish of germs? Public ball pits will reopen in August - The Boston Globe
May 05, 2021 | BostonGlobe.com
Much of the joy once associated with ball pits has been drained over the past year, and many wonder if it will ever be the same.
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Introducing the e.e. cummings free poetry archive
May 03, 2021 | palewire
Blog. Editor and Publisher Ben Welsh.
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Will our kindergartener remember pandemic ‘garage school’? I’ll never forget it - The Boston Globe
May 02, 2021 | BostonGlobe.com
With students returning to in-person school, a mom wonders what impression remote learning with neighborhood pals left on her kid.
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The rise of self-made billionaires and the fall of economic dynamism
Apr 26, 2021 | www.slowboring.com
Economic progress has slowed down, not sped up
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An investigation into Marvel movies’ noticeable lack of kissing
Apr 22, 2021 | Polygon
Why there’s so little of it, and how it changes between MCU phases
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America reaches milestone with COVID-19 vaccine widely available to those who want it, but hesitancy still casts a shadow
Apr 20, 2021 | www.usatoday.com
USA TODAY's panel of experts celebrate the success of the U.S. COVID-19 vaccine program but worry that although most Americans can get a shot, too many won't.
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Is this heaven? No, it’s Worcester - The Boston Globe
Apr 14, 2021 | BostonGlobe.com
Polar Park is gorgeous, and the former PawSox who play there are looking good. Imagine what Rhode Island could have had if its leaders showed even a tiny sense of vision.
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SQLite is not a toy database
Apr 05, 2021 | Anton Zhiyanov
Here is why SQLite is a perfect tool for you - whether you are a developer, data analyst, or geek.
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Steer through the Suez Canal
Mar 30, 2021 | www.cnn.com
Navigating the Suez Canal is a high-stress, complicated feat that requires master piloting skills. Try your hand at it!
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A statute of limitations on stupidity
Mar 28, 2021 | Dan Gillmor
(This is adapted from my 2009 book Mediactive.) My friend and Arizona State University colleague Tim McGuire said many years ago, “The fact is one stupid mistake when you are 19 today can kill your…
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Opinion | Zack Snyder’s superhero universe is unsettling — but says a lot about our reality
Mar 25, 2021 | Washington Post
Marvel's cheerful defense of doubling down on the status quo has run up hard against a world that's far stranger and unpredictable — and a lot like the unnerving world of "Justice League."
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We Ran Tests on Every State’s COVID-19 Vaccine Website – The Markup
Mar 24, 2021 | themarkup.org
The results, measuring accessibility and privacy protections, were not always great
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The New York Times is so done with its 77,000-member Facebook cooking group. What happens now?
Mar 19, 2021 | Nieman Lab
"Food Only" turned out to be impossible.
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California State University’s student journalists launched a wire service to share their work with each other. Here’s how they did it.
Mar 17, 2021 | Nieman Lab
The wire, run via Substack, helps student reporters share knowledge and reporting.
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