Super-Spreader Wedding Party Shows COVID Holiday Dangers
Karen Kaplan, science and medicine editor for The L.A. Times: If you want to know why public health officials are so nervous about how much worse the COVID-19 pandemic will get as the holiday season unfolds, consider what happened after a single, smallish wedding reception that took place this summer in rural Maine.
Here in Los Angeles, the true stars have single name recognition and are skilled at evading the limelight. Fitting then, that the biggest star in town should be known merely by a designation and be…
Review | Leave It As It Is: A Journey Through Theodore Roosevelt’s American Wilderness
Leave it as It Is is the most engaging and powerful book about Western public lands that I have read in a long time. Gessner published a terrific book in 2015 titled All the Wild That Remains: Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West, and I find some Abbey and Stegner in this new book, both in style and content. He traveled the West in search of Abbey and Stegner
My wife @RebeccaSittler, a Nebraska native, reminded me today of why NE splits its electoral votes. If Biden does not win PA, NE's single electoral vote (from districts around Omaha) will be why he has 270. THIS lone blue dot. The reason is Ernie Chambers. pic.twitter.com/z2YVfannpi— Dr. Andrew R. Schrock (@aschrock) November 4, 2020
How to Talk to Your Kids About the Election — Creating a Unique Opportunity To Connect
Many parents are dreading this awkward and challenging conversation. This article will help you to use this challenging time as an opportunity to connect with your kids.
Road trippers can rejoice as RVshare raises over $100 million to grow its RV rental business
As continentally confined Americans look for domestic vacation options that won’t expose them to too much risk of infection from the pandemic that’s still raging across the country, the RV rental company RVshare has raised more than $100 million to capitalize on its historic opportunity. The company’s new cash has come from the private equity […]
Over 100 years later — the company now with over 200 locations in 86 countries in 32 languages and 9 million graduates — our current pandemic has driven the company to reinvent itself as their business.
We need to talk about using pet names for women at work
Pet names like “missy,” “kiddo,” and “girl” aren’t cute or funny. Two researchers contend that language like that in the workplace is unprofessional and sexist.
Keep your iPhone 12 mini pristine with a great case
The iPhone 12 mini fits more easily in your hand, but that doesn't mean drops can't happen. Just in case, we've rounded up some of the best iPhone cases for your iPhone 12 mini.
What People Really Love (and Hate) About Remote Work
Seven months into the pandemic, many professionals say they like flexible schedules, but miss colleagues and clients and cite frustrations such as Zoom fatigue.
Wynton Marsalis performs Amazing Grace at Federal Hall: Dedication to the Cause of Democracy
September 30, 2020 Federal Hall - New York, NY Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis plays America's "unofficial anthem” — Amazing Grace — and explains how listening, im...
Joseph Solomon - "Microaggressions" @WANPOETRY @WhatIsJoeDoing
Subscribe for more great poetry videos: http://bit.ly/WANPoetrySubscribe Social Media with us! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wanpoetry Instagram: https://instagram.com/wanpoetry/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/WANPoetry Tumblr: https://wanpoetry.tumblr.com Website: https://www.wanpoetry.com Joseph Solomon performing "Microaggressions" at Write About Now Poetry at AvantGarden in Houston, Texas. Tweet at Joe! https://twitter.com/WhatIsJoeDoing Write About Now: WANPOETRY is a community-oriented collective of poets that meet at AvantGarden in Houston, Texas every Wednesday at 7:30 PM with th...
Pinkcast 4.04. This is how to smash bureaucracies.
Pinkcasts: short, informal, low-fi videos offering tips, recommendations, or whatever happens to be on my mind. Sent on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of every month.