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Hiding in plain sight: How one of the country’s most-wanted fugitives led a quiet life in Lynnfield - The Boston Globe
Nov 30, 2021 | BostonGlobe.com
To those who knew him, Tom Randele had all the hallmarks of a regular guy. He was an avid golfer and car enthusiast. His wife worked for the town, and they owned a modest home on a quiet cul-de-sac. But Randele had a secret — something he’d been...
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Star Wars is better with no new movies coming out
Nov 30, 2021 | Polygon
The Star Wars films have stalled — and that’s great news for the franchise and its fans
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Who Owns a Recipe? A Plagiarism Claim Has Cookbook Authors Asking.
Nov 29, 2021 | www.nytimes.com
U.S. copyright law protects all kinds of creative material, but recipe creators are mostly powerless in an age and a business that are all about sharing.
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The Question the I.O.C. Is Too Weak to Ask
Nov 20, 2021 | www.nytimes.com
Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai went missing after publicly accusing a former government official of sexual assault. Tennis stars, led by Naomi Osaka, and the WTA have all asked #whereispengshuai?
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The Easiest Part of the Pandemic? Getting My Kid the Covid Vaccine
Nov 19, 2021 | Esquire
Every turn in the pandemic has offered enough false hope that I’d simply stopped hoping entirely. But this was different.
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The Bad Guys Are Winning
Nov 15, 2021 | The Atlantic
If the 20th century was the story of slow, uneven progress toward the victory of liberal democracy over other ideologies—communism, fascism, virulent nationalism—the 21st century is, so far, a story of the reverse.
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The Man Who Freed Me From Cant
Nov 13, 2021 | The Atlantic
Tony Judt said that there is darkness in this world, and that darkness often triumphed—and liberated me to do the same.
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The Case for Bad Coffee
Nov 12, 2021 | Serious Eats
Lately, something has changed. Lately, I've been reacting to fancy coffee the same way a child reacts to an accidental sip of red wine mistaken for grape juice. I don't know when it happened, but I've devolved into an unexpected love affair with bad...
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‘You shall not pass’ is classic Gandalf, but his greatest line is key to Lord of the Rings
Nov 12, 2021 | Polygon
Peter Jackson and his collaborators knew when to push the fantasy and when to hold back
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Aaron Rodgers Didn't Just Lie
Nov 09, 2021 | kareem.substack.com
His lies, his illogical defense, and his hubris damage all professional athletes.
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Backwards Ran The Sentences
Nov 03, 2021 | (Re)Structuring Journalism
A very short post, sparked by a single paragraph. It was in a NYT story about the debate over language on the left (BIPOC/Latinx/ Microagression/AAPI/LGBTQIA+ and more); the story overall was smart…
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Stanley Tucci Is Savoring It All
Nov 02, 2021 | The New Yorker
The actor and food-show host discusses writing a memoir, surviving oral cancer, and his most memorable terrible meal.
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Police Say Jiu-jitsu Can Make Them Less Violent During Arrests
Oct 22, 2021 | The Marshall Project
But will cops training in martial arts lead to struggles that didn’t need to happen?
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Opinion | Humanity needs big plans. ‘Dune’ and ‘Foundation’ show how hard it is to make them.
Oct 21, 2021 | Washington Post
It's infuriating to watch Congress fiddle while it feels like the world is burning. But there are more human reasons why it's difficult to tackle millennia-sized problems.
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Beef Has Issues. This Seattle Steakhouse Agrees.
Oct 20, 2021 | www.nytimes.com
Bateau aims to reinvent the steak restaurant by showing how to sidestep the waste and environmental damage caused by the meat industry.
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It's time to rethink how we report election results
Oct 20, 2021 | source.opennews.org
From early counts and early calls to maps that reinforce bias, our traditions are contributing to a democratic crisis
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Every would-be mayor promises to blow up the BPDA. Will the next one actually do it? - The Boston Globe
Oct 16, 2021 | BostonGlobe.com
Both Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi George want to create a more predictable and inclusive process for approving big projects. They also want to address the housing crisis, climate resiliency, and equity with a new sense of urgency that will most...
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Money laundering evident at collapsed Surfside condo building
Oct 14, 2021 | www.usatoday.com
Buried Treasure: Weeds, Seeds, and Zombies - Gastropod
Oct 14, 2021 | Gastropod
Listen in now for zombie seeds, a midnight treasure hunt, and the wild ways that weeds have outwitted us for millennia.
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