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To combat the new, more infectious Covid variant, Boris Johnson announces a national lockdown for England until at least mid-February. / ABC News
California, Colorado, and Florida have confirmed cases of the new, more infectious Covid variant. / CNBC
Battling a Covid surge, Los Angeles County ambulance crews have been told not to transport patients with little chance of survival. / CNN
See also: Homeless sites in LA are being "overwhelmed" by Covid cases. / Los Angeles Times
“While cases in New York were doubling every three days, and doctors were treating patients in tents in Central Park, [Trump] declared that he wanted America ‘raring to go’ by Easter.” An in-depth look back at America’s plague year. / The New Yorker
In an apparent move to pressure Biden to negotiate, Iran increases uranium enrichment to pre-2015 levels and seizes a South Korean tanker. / Associated Press
"Election results if electoral votes were apportioned by forms of gerrymandering other than Congressional districts." / McSweeney's
A physicist argues that Earth was visited by alien technology in 2017, with the observation of "Oumuamua." / Yahoo!
The average colors of various bodies in our solar system. / The Morning News
Create a Sol LeWitt-style cutout between street addresses. / Between the Places
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Violinists synchronizing while wearing noise-cancelling headphones show how human networks differ from other types of networks. / Ars Technica
Music listening increased by 8.2% during lockdown, while sales of individual albums went down. / BBC
"You've no idea of the amount of time I spent recording fans." How white-noise creators are gaming Spotify. / OneZero
“I would read with pleasure around 4 a.m., with my drugs and whiskey in cheap motels, savoring the clash of beliefs, personalities, and values.” From 1995, Iggy Pop’s review of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. / JSTOR
An AI-created album in the style of the Beatles. / The Morning News
Birds' breeding cycles are adapting to climate change—but as temperatures rise and shift, they won't be able to keep up. / The Guardian
What it sounds like when a pink oyster mushroom is attached to a modular synthesizer. / The Morning News
Flowers and greenery frozen into sculptures, by Makoto Azuma. / Colossal
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