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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?

by The Morning News

More than a quarter of the Trump White House’s “1776 Report” appears to be plagiarized.

Because of course it is:

It hits at 26%. Most of what's in here is just direct quotations from sources (though not cited), but it looks like a chunk was lifted from this website: https://t.co/KWIswrITjU And a little from Wikipedia too.
— Dr. Courtney E. Thompson (@Dr_C_Thompson) January 19, 2021

↩︎ Femur 5h

A Christian fundraising site has raised more than $321,000 for efforts that promote conspiracy theories about the election.

↩︎ The Washington Post 5h

Realistic surrealism in paintings by Cinta Vidal.

↩︎ This Isn't Happiness 5h

"Replace Sly Stallone with Bart Simpson, and that’s the gist." Thirty years later, a look back at Operation Desert Storm T-shirts.

↩︎ The Baffler 5h

The internet tried to solve the case of a hiker who was found dead. Here is the true story of Vance Rodriguez—aka Mostly Harmless.

↩︎ WIRED 5h

Ten hours of the "drum technique" from the <em>Karate Kid II</em>.

via Boing Boing

"I became the go-to person to sue the president." The attorney who's ready to hit a post-presidency Trump with multiple lawsuits.

↩︎ The Washington Post 5h

The Trump baby blimp that ascended whenever the president traveled to the UK will now make its home at the Museum of London.

↩︎ The Guardian 5h

Nathan Apodaca, the skateboarding TikToker who lip-synced to Fleetwood Mac, will be part of Biden's virtual inauguration parade.

↩︎ Consequence of Sound 5h

He told Americans they shouldn’t believe their own eyes and ears, but to believe what he was telling them. He also tried to make the media the opposition so that he could chip away at our credibility. We had to be ready with facts, to push back, to make sure we were not being used.

Nearly two dozen female political journalists on what it was like covering Trump.

↩︎ Elle

"The stomachache lasts into the next day." Exploring the current crop of functional beverages that promote relaxation.

↩︎ The Verge 10h

↩︎ Reddit 11h

With digital enclosure, counter-hegemony can only thrive in the "dark forest," beyond Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple.

↩︎ Document 11h

In case you've also been documenting your lockdown Zooms with family and friends: an ode to the screenshot.

↩︎ Real Life 3d

No one seemed quite sure how to proceed. “While we’re here, we might as well set up a government,” somebody suggested.

Luke Mogelson reports on his day with the insurrectionists inside and around the Capitol.

↩︎ The New Yorker

A recent study found that self-reported symptoms of “body-focused repetitive behaviors,” such as skin-picking, nail-biting, and hair-plucking, have increased during the pandemic. When people are suffering inside, those struggles often make their way to the surface.

For many people, the physical ramifications of a year-plus of isolation will be temporary. For some, the toll will be deadly.

↩︎ The Atlantic

One of the pandemics inside the pandemic: cruiseline employees tumbling into depression during their extreme version of lockdown.

↩︎ Bloomberg 3d

Since April, police in the US are three times more likely to use force against leftwing protesters than rightwing protesters.

↩︎ The Guardian 3d

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