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Social reading in the time of social distancing! August in Camp ToB 2020 means much about writers & lovers & waitresses & orthodontia.

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As we continue to think about appropriation, here's Chicano チカーノ, a short documentary from 2016 about how Chicano culture has been embraced in Japan—less for gang style than family values.

For a more recent take, see Walter Thompson-Hernández in the New York Times, "How My Southeast L.A. Culture Got to Japan."

Feb 19, 2019
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Global funding for police training from the United States has increased to about $146 million in 2019 from $4.3 million in 2001.
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A different shot of the explosions in Beirut: "As bride Dr. Israa Seblani stood smiling in a square close to the couple's wedding venue, the blast could be heard and the bouquet and the bottom of her dress were blown away in the aftermath that saw damage to buildings and smoke in the street. Seblani quickly ran away towards a building."

Via NextDraft

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As a racist term, "master bedroom" is on its way out among realtors. Many home builders dropped it years ago for "primary suite."
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With Trump, the GOP totally abandoned its 2013 "autopsy" for short-term gains and long-term failure.
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A survey of rents during the pandemic: falling in San Francisco, Denver, New York; rising in Cleveland, Indianapolis, and Reno.
↩︎ Wolf Street 1d

NPR's "Code Switch" does a good video episode to explain why, until recently, it's been a lot easier in the running community to talk about safety for white women than for runners of color.

Via Drawing Links

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“Tarahumara runners are just as challenged as Western ultramarathoners,” the authors write, “and they too suffer from injuries, cramps, nausea, and other problems when racing long distances.”

A new study says the 2009 hit Born to Run suffered from “the fallacy of the athletic savage.”
↩︎ Outside
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Better than Trump's National Garden would be a monument to American nothingness, similar to Roman altars to the "Unknown God."
↩︎ The New York Times 1d
The modern radiator was invented to fight epidemics like 1918's Spanish Influenza, heating housing without sharing airflow.
↩︎ Bloomberg CityLab 1d

Why do we have so few big telecom companies? Because Robert Bork once wrote a book.

Some good podcast episodes we discovered recently, thanks to the (always good) weekly links roundup by Innovations for Poverty Action, that explain why your cable and phone bills are so high.

And, related/unrelated:

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For academics and business travelers: An analysis from July of methods to decarbonize conference travel after COVID-19.
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How long have you been reading TMN? When did you discover the Tournament of Books? Is today the day you become a Sustainer?
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Reformist Republicans are divided over how to remake their party after Trump, but one problem unifies them: the Republican voter.
↩︎ The Week 2d

I’m heading into the kind of rural emptiness where you double-check the gas level and rearview mirror. I’m outdoorsy enough to find all of this achingly romantic, but my less generous city friends might call it serial killer country.

Sarah Hepola hits the road for some pandemic-era travel. Destination: Uncertain, Texas.
↩︎ Texas Highways
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“The job loss has made us talk about the future more. Not just our future together, but our goals and what we want for ourselves as individuals.”

Three African American couples discuss how they’ve strengthened their bonds despite unemployment due to the coronavirus.
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Chemicals used for making nonstick or water-resistant products can be found in the blood of an estimated 99 percent of Americans.
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