June 2021 Archives
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Camp ToB 2021
Week Five: Klara and the Sun
As we leave June behind for hot, sunny July, this week we discuss the first half of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun.
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Headlines edition
Wednesday headlines: $ is for parents
TMN is heading out early to beat the traffic. See you Tuesday. TK NEWS TK NEWS For escape during the next pandemic? A new "yacht liner" is stocked with three...
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Tuesday Headlines: Wool in motion.
The UN calls for global action on reparations, citing institution racism against people of African descent in North America, Europe, and Latin America. / BBC In a victory for...
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Monday headlines: Nineteen eighty-war
As of Sunday night, 152 people are unaccounted for and 134 are accounted for in the collapse of Surfside's Champlain Towers. / CNN Surfside's chief building official told residents...
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Saturday Headlines: What does the stork say?
The Pentagon has released its long-awaited UFO report, detailing 143 sightings, most—but not all—of which are probably equipment malfunctions. / VICE X-Files creator Chris Carter says...
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Friday headlines: Zonked
Rescuers search for survivors trapped in the rubble of a collapsed 12-story residential building north of Miami. / BBC News"It just doesn't happen. You don't see...
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Thursday Headlines: A chrysalis of crud.
The US intelligence community thinks Afghanistan's government may collapse as soon as six months after US troops withdraw. / The Hill Related: Ahead of US troops' departure, some...
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Camp ToB 2021
Week Four: Detransition, Baby
We wrap up the discussion on our second book of June—and it’s time to vote for which of this month’s books you want to send to our end-of-summer finale!
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Headlines edition
Wednesday headlines: That sidekick hustle
The Chinese government has organized a campaign to produce and spread thousands of videos in which citizens deny Beijing’s abuses against their communities. / ProPublica Morgan Stanley plans to...
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Tuesday Headlines: Tuna, or not tuna.
The Supreme Court unanimously agreed that the NCAA's limits on the ways schools compensate athletes violate antitrust laws. / BuzzFeed News A new report finds algorithmic bias in...
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Monday headlines: Eat your dayplanner
A new poll shows a majority of Americans are open to a progressive police reform bill. / Vox Politicians around the world are borrowing Trump’s “Stop the...
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Friday Headlines: Brain data dump.
We're off tomorrow in observance of Juneteenth, and will return on Monday. The Delta variant is on the rise in the US, and could further cleave the nation by...
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Thursday Headlines: I do not think it means what you think it means.
Biden is now set to sign into law the bill that will make Juneteenth a federal holiday. / Associated Press How will teachers explain to students why they have...
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Sweepstakes
Everything Now, the Skateboard Edition
To celebrate the release of Everything Now by TMN co-founder Rosecrans Baldwin, we’re partnering with his publisher to give away a skateboard.
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Camp ToB 2021
Week Three: Detransition, Baby
This week we begin discussing our second book of the summer, Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters.
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Headlines Edition
Wednesday headlines: Invasion of the puriteens
An emboldened President Biden meets an unbothered Vladimir Putin—but they both find themselves craving some predictability. / The Washington PostUnrelated: A new computer simulation shows that a...
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Tuesday headlines: Everything. Now.
President Biden and European Union leaders reach a deal to end a 17-year-old trade dispute. / The Washington Post The uncrewed aerial vehicle business is booming thanks to regulators starting to...
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Monday Headlines: So close.
Covid cases are no longer falling in the US, due to a slowing vaccination rate as well as the more contagious and severe Delta variant. / The New York...
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Saturday Headlines: Big league goo.
Between Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, four shooting incidents killed at least two people and injured at least 34 in Austin, Dallas, Savannah, and Chicago. / CNN Trump's Dept....
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Friday headlines: The 200 hour rule
A new outbreak of the coronavirus suggests that lockdown measures could be a part of Chinese life for some time to come. / The New York Times More children and adolescents...
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Thursday Headlines: Cave life.
The number of undocumented migrants at the US-Mexico border has reached its highest number—180,034—since April 2000. / BBC These are the countries the State Dept. says vaccinated...
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Camp ToB 2021
Week Two: No One Is Talking About This
In which we discuss the conclusion of Patricia Lockwood’s No One Is Talking About This, in which we became very invested.
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Headlines edition
Wednesday headlines: Taxes mundi
ProPublica publishes tax and income details of people like Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffett to expose how the wealthy avoid income tax. / ProPublica As a result, internal and external investigations...
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Tuesday Headlines: Johnny Utah calling.
According to the NOAA, there was "no discernible" change in carbon emissions during the pandemic. / USA Today A sinking ship near Sri Lanka carried 78 metric tons of plastic...
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Monday headlines: Three paths forward
Major Indian states that were virus hotpots are easing restrictions as Covid numbers continue to fall. / BBC News A study of federal pandemic aid finds the largest benefits going to...
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Headlines edition
Saturday headlines: The age of reopening anxiety
As the vaccination rollout continues, many people have embraced group activities, while many others are entering a new phase of anxiety. / The New Yorker Related/unrelated: “‘I took...
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Friday Headlines: Flying spaghetti better.
The NIH director says states with vaccination rates below 70% are at increased risk for future outbreaks. / CNN See also: Charts and maps show how Covid cases are declining...
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Thursday headlines: Percent planning
The president of Tokyo 2020 says the Olympics will go ahead “100 percent,” though perhaps without spectators. / BBC News American and Southwest Airlines won’t resume serving alcohol until...
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Camp ToB 2021
Week One: No One Is Talking About This
Camp ToB 2021 is officially in session! This week, we’re discussing the first half of Patricia Lockwood’s No One Is Talking About This.
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Headlines edition
Wednesday headlines: The great American city-state
Innovative shifts in manufacturing processes have resulted in huge profit windfalls—and now, massive supply shortages globally. / The New York Times A recruiter explains why restaurants really can&rsquo...