In case you missed it: a power ranking of fast-food fish sandwiches for Lent.
In case you missed it: a power ranking of fast-food fish sandwiches for Lent.
↩︎ Catholic News Agency
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Another Peter Hessler report on daily life in China. “Almost seventy per cent of my students said that it had been a good year.”
Another Peter Hessler report on daily life in China. “Almost seventy per cent of my students said that it had been a good year.”
↩︎ The New Yorker
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Singapore lacked enough asset managers to meet its billionaires’ needs, so it started training 16-year-olds.
Singapore lacked enough asset managers to meet its billionaires’ needs, so it started training 16-year-olds.
↩︎ Bloomberg
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Accounting for what the pandemic has cost young people, particularly our teenagers and their mental health.
“An entire generation between the ages of 5 and 18 has been effectively removed from society at large. They do not have the same ability to vote or speak out.”
↩︎ ProPublica
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Until October, the most the digital artist Beeple had sold a print for was $100. An NFT of his work just went for $69 million.
Until October, the most the digital artist Beeple had sold a print for was $100. An NFT of his work just went for $69 million.
↩︎ The Verge
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The media narratives around prosthetic limbs are meant to be reassuring—“but actually using a bionic arm can really suck.”
Prosthetic arm technology is still so limited that I become more disabled when I wear one… mostly what it does is helps me mimic two-handed people.
↩︎ INPUT
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A new study provides the strongest evidence yet for a mysterious layer inside Earth, dubbed the inner-inner core.
A new study provides the strongest evidence yet for a mysterious layer inside Earth, dubbed the inner-inner core.
↩︎ Popular Mechanics
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Reflections of a New York City medic. “It was a terrible blessing to be an EMT at a time when the city was in desperate need.”
Reflections of a New York City medic. “It was a terrible blessing to be an EMT at a time when the city was in desperate need.”
↩︎ The New York Times
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Photographs of homelessness in Covid-era Los Angeles.
Photographs of homelessness in Covid-era Los Angeles.
↩︎ The Los Angeles Times
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