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 vaccine is up to 90% effective. / The Associated Press
How Americans can make the best of a 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 in Asia 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
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