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Bedrock: The SQLitening · Mozilla Marketing Engineering & Operations
Jul 03, 2021 | mozilla.github.io
Why does it cost so much to build things in America?
Jul 03, 2021 | Vox
This is why the US can’t have nice things.
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Still Flowing at 14
Jun 30, 2021 | FlowingData
FlowingData turned 14 years old last week. Is that old? It feels old. The site started as a sandbox to put class projects. Flat HTML files. JPEG files. Google Maps placemarkers. Flash. Vanilla Java…
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A Few Tennis Pros Make a Fortune. Most Barely Scrape By.
Jun 29, 2021 | www.nytimes.com
The superstars of pro tennis get paid staggeringly more than everyone else. Can a new players’ association help level the court?
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Perspective | Why it’s so important that UNC trustees give Nikole Hannah-Jones the tenure she deserves
Jun 29, 2021 | Washington Post
It’s not always easy to make the right decision when you find yourself in the middle of a culture war.
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Opinion | Ken Burns is an optimist. But he’s very worried about America.
Jun 28, 2021 | Washington Post
The documentarian wants us to rediscover the delights of humbling ourselves before the past — and the courage to engage with our national failures honestly.
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Everyone Is Beautiful and No One Is Horny - Blood Knife
Jun 27, 2021 | Blood Knife
The human body has become a strange contradiction at the heart of the modern blockbuster. Sexy, yes. But sexual? No.
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Alden Global Capital and Tribune’s board are dancing at the edge of the law
Jun 25, 2021 | Nieman Lab
Tribune board members acted in their own interests, not their newspaper chain’s, while Alden failed to disclose a secret investor meeting and misrepresented its cash position.
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How to run a small social network site for your friends
Jun 22, 2021 | runyourown.social
This document exists to lay out some general principles of running a small social network site that have worked for me. These principles are related to community building more than they are related to specific technologies.
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Lockdown was not a sabbatical
Jun 22, 2021 | Vox
Don’t worry if you haven’t grown as a person during the pandemic.
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Does the Air Fryer Deliver on Its Golden Promise? (Published 2019)
Jun 21, 2021 | www.nytimes.com
Melissa Clark cooks with an air fryer, the kitchen appliance of the moment, to see if it really provides deep-fried taste without the fat.
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Mapbox Faces Union Drive as Labor Organizers Extend Push in Tech
Jun 15, 2021 | www.bloomberg.com
A Little More Remote Work Could Change Rush Hour a Lot
Jun 12, 2021 | www.nytimes.com
Peak commute time has long ruled our lives, our cities, our tax dollars. But it doesn’t have to.
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Oldies Are Goodies
Jun 11, 2021 | (Re)Structuring Journalism
So it’s been a while. OK, a very long while. OK, a very very long while. But since this post is about the value of old stuff, perhaps it’s appropriate it’s been three years or so …
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A Top Editor Becomes Her ‘True Self’
Jun 05, 2021 | www.nytimes.com
Gina Chua is returning to the Reuters offices post-pandemic as one of the most senior transgender journalists in the country.
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The Space Force is unsure of who the good guys are in ‘Star Wars’
Jun 03, 2021 | Task & Purpose
The (Space) Force is strong with this one.
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