November 2020 Archives

Headlines Edition

US approval for distributing a Covid vaccine produced by Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech may come as soon as Dec. 11. / Reuters

British company AstraZeneca says its new vaccine is up to 90% effective. / The Associated Press

How Americans can make the best of a very small holiday this week. For example, how to support Indigenous people. / Slate, VICE

Covid experts explain their Thanksgiving plans. / The New York Times

Release yourself from the pressure of having to adhere to “any notion of normalcy or tradition.” Though do not attempt to fry a frozen turkey. / Eater, Twitter

See also: “An Ode To Not Going Home For The Holidays.” / Refinery29

The coronavirus and shifting social attitudes are expected to impact the appeal of brunch. / Vox

Last week, 15 countries on the Asian continent signed the world’s biggest trade deal. / The Economist

The jobs of many professionals have become like those of influencers—less stable, less certain, more dependent on projecting “a sense of well-managed competence from afar.” / The Atlantic

TMN’s Rosecrans Baldwin on the appeal right now of chance encounters, from his newsletter about beautiful things. / Meditations in an Emergency

How $500 lamps are keeping a New York museum afloat. / Bloomberg

How a homeless refugee from Nigeria became a nine-year-old United States chess champion. / ESPN

As they try to reverse Joe Biden’s victory, President Trump and his allies specifically target the votes of Black Americans. / The New York Times

A judge in Pennsylvania calls Trump’s claim challenging Biden win’s in Pennsylvania a “Frankenstein's Monster.” / Reuters

The White House legal team steps away from Sidney Powell, a hardcore QAnon supporter. / CBS News, VICE

Even if Trump doesn’t concede, Twitter and Facebook will transfer presidential accounts to Biden on Inauguration Day. / The Verge

In rural and suburban areas, police killings have been on the rise for years, and roughly three-quarters of police homicides now occur in those areas. / The New Yorker 

NASA finds that pandemic restrictions reduced global nitrogen dioxide concentrations by nearly 20%. / NASA

Oxford Dictionaries couldn’t settle on a single word to describe 2020, so they went with “bushfires, Covid-19, WFH, lockdown, circuit-breaker, support bubbles, keyworkers, furlough, Black Lives Matter and moonshot.” / BBC News

Monday headlines: Don’t fry frozen

US approval for distributing a Covid vaccine produced by Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech may come as soon as Dec. 11. / Reuters British company AstraZeneca says its new...