December 2020 Archives
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Closing the Door
The Year That Was and Wasn’t
We asked some of our favorite journalists, writers, and thinkers: What were the most important events of 2020, and what were the least?
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Friday Headlines: Giving
TMN will be offline through the holidays, and the newsletter will return on Monday, Jan. 4. Until then, here's our annual round-up of some of the places we like to...
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Wednesday headlines: A tote to tote your snowpal
Pfizer and BioNTech will provide the US with an additional 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccine by mid-summer. / The Guardian The Chilean army reports 36 cases of the coronavirus at...
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Tuesday Headlines: Tiny stim.
Nine months after the CARES act, Congress has passed a second stimulus bill that’s half the size of its predecessor. / The New York Times In addition...
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Monday headlines: The Karen next door
US lawmakers agree to issue stimulus payments of $600 and distribute a federal unemployment benefit of $300 for 11 weeks. / The New York Times, The Washington Post Moderna’s Covid...
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Saturday headlines: Hot tub time vaccine
The World Health Organization says its Covid-19 vaccine program has secured 2 billion doses. / STAT Moderna’s vaccine becomes the second to receive emergency use authorization. / ...
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The Rooster
Announcing the 2021 Tournament of Books
The shortlist, judges, and Zombie poll for the 2021 Tournament of Books, presented by Field Notes.
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Friday Headlines: Password123456.
Research suggests July was the deadliest month in modern American history for people between the ages 25 and 44. / The New York Times ICU capacity in Southern California has dropped...
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Thursday headlines: A night at the blopera
Congress is closing in on a roughly $900 billion coronavirus relief deal, lacking the Democrats’ aid to states and cities or the Republicans’ liability protections for companies. / The...
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Wednesday Headlines: The Spiders Near Mars.
Citing Monday's Electoral College votes, Mitch McConnell acknowledged Joe Biden as president-elect. McConnell also urged against disputing the Electoral College tally on Jan. 6, as it would result in Republicans...
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Tuesday headlines: Panic! in the pod
The Food and Drug Administration supports authorizing Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use. / NPR Helen Branswell: A guide to who can safely get the Pfizer/BioNTech...
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Monday Headlines: Electoral college dropout.
This morning, an ICU nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center became the first person in the US to receive the Covid-19 vaccine as part of Operation Warp Speed. /...
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Saturday Headlines: Loss leader.
The Supreme Court rejected the Texas lawsuit intended to overturn election outcomes in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. / CNN US officials say Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine will start...
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Friday headlines: Stupid coup groundhog day
The FDA says it will rapidly work toward approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine now that federal advisers have endorsed it. / The Washington Post The timeline for ...
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Thursday Headlines: Half and half not.
On Wednesday, 3,054 people died from the coronavirus in the US—the highest daily death toll in the pandemic so far. / NPR We posted a link to an...
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Interview
Black Market Dub and an Alternate History of Popular Music
Turns out that reimagining the music you know and love through a dub filter makes you love it even more.
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Wednesday headlines: The answer is Elvis
More than a third of Americans live in areas where hospitals are running critically short of intensive care beds. / The New York Times Another Trump lawyer tests positive...
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Tuesday Headlines: The shot felt round the world.
The UK begins the first Pfizer Covid-19 immunization rollout. A grandmother who turns 91 next week was the first person to receive the vaccine as part of the program. / ...
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Monday headlines: indoors, five minutes, twenty-one feet
Most of California goes back under lockdown, with the latest stay-at-home order to remain in place through December. / BBC News A Korean study shows how a person can ...
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Saturday headlines: Wintering
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urges “universal mask use” anywhere outside people’s homes. / The Washington Post To visit Iowa right now is...
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Friday Headlines: The customer is always wrong.
With ICUs around the state filling up, California will issue its strictest stay-at-home order since the beginning of the pandemic. / The Guardian Despite locals' entreaties, tourists continue flocking...
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Thursday headlines: Properly aggrieved
Helen Branswell: The Covid-19 vaccines are a marvel of science. Here’s how we can make the best use of them. / STAT A factory in New York...
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Wednesday Headlines: Beg your pardon.
The CDC voted in favor of a Covid-19 vaccine schedule that prioritizes health care workers and elderly people living in long-term care facilities. / Science Related: A broad timeline...
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Tuesday headlines: The good, the bad, and the coffee
Moderna says that if its vaccine is approved for emergency use, Americans could get injections as soon as December 21. / The Associated Press Centers for Disease Control advisers...