Author: timbatchelder
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The Best Standing Desk Is Actually a Workbench Meant for the Garage
New York Magazine: The Best Standing Desk Is Actually a Workbench Meant for the Garage. http://nymag.com/strategist/article/husky-adjustable-work-table.html?utm_source=undefined&utm_medium=undefined&utm_campaign=feed-part
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Study identifies European cities with highest mortality due to air pollution, Nordic lowest
Medical Xpress: Study identifies European cities with highest mortality due to air pollution. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-01-european-cities-highest-mortality-due.html
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Fed-Up Executives Plot a Faster Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout
Problems with government efforts to vaccinate Americans are spawning experiments to test if the private sector can do it better, including a plan to inoculate 10,000 people a day in a football stadium. Source: Fed-Up Executives Plot a Faster Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout – WSJ
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Why Bernie Sanders wears wool mittens
“Vermont jacket, Vermont gloves, Vermont common sense!” Source: Here’s the story behind Bernie Sanders’s very Vermont inauguration outfit | Boston.com
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Sidney’s SeaSuite Staycation
With travel still uncertain due to COVID-19, and overseas vacations out of the question, “staycations” within BC have regained importance. The whole idea is to getaway without going far, and SeaSuites on Vancouver Island’s southern shoreline has nailed it. Mark Philbrook designed the 26-foot aluminum houseboat that is now docked at Port Sidney Marina. Its…
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What It Means to Look at Paintings of Snow
The New York Times: What It Means to Look at Paintings of Snow. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/t-magazine/paintings-snow-winter-art.html
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Burlington VT listed as closest to Copenhagen by Fodors
https://www.boston.com/travel/travel/2021/01/11/vermont-city-feels-like-international-travel-fodors
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Climate Change Is Turning Cities Into Ovens
WIRED: Climate Change Is Turning Cities Into Ovens. https://www.wired.com/story/climate-change-is-turning-cities-into-ovens
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Computational folklorists reveal how conspiracy theories emerge, fall apart
Rumors swirling around 2016 Wikileaks dump was glue that held “Pizzagate” together. Source: Study: Folklore structure reveals how conspiracy theories emerge, fall apart | Ars Technica
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America Can’t Even Produce the Things It Invented
The New York Times: Opinion | America Can’t Even Produce the Things It Invented. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/04/opinion/manufacturing-united-states-masks.html
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George and Willy’s Urban Cabin House Remodel—in the New Zealand Suburbs
How to transform a nondescript suburban house into an urban cabin? Take a look at this DIY remodel by the self-taught designers behind George & Willy. Source: George and Willy’s Urban Cabin House Remodel—in the New Zealand Suburbs
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The Error of Fighting a Public Health War With Medical Weapons
WIRED: The Error of Fighting a Public Health War With Medical Weapons. https://www.wired.com/story/the-error-of-fighting-a-public-health-war-with-medical-weapons
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