Sunday, March 21, 2021

Great article on the use of semicolons

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/09/magazine/the-case-for-semicolons.html?action=click&module=Editors%20Picks&pgtype=Homepage

Problems with police responses to BLM protests

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/20/us/protests-policing-george-floyd.html

Interesting post about a climate scientist coming to terms with not being represented truthfully

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/an-evangelical-scientist-on-reconciling-her-religion-and-the-realities-of-climate-change/2021/02/26/f757d1c2-40b7-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html

Why people are vaccine hesitant, and the long conversations needed to change their minds

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/nursing-home-skip-vaccine/2021/02/12/4d31d17a-6bfa-11eb-9f80-3d7646ce1bc0_story.html?outputType=amp

TLDR – take their concerns seriously and go back to the point of misunderstanding.

Any exercise is better than nothing

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/well/move/exercise-heart-health.html

Under privileged students doing well in intro Harvard classes

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/us/politics/college-admissions-poor-students.html

Tale of Syrian chemical scientist and his downfall

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/cia-spy-syria-chemical-weapons/2021/02/18/77a6892c-55ee-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html

Hilarious book review

BookTok

https://www.tiktok.com/@aymansbooks/video/6927732409303665925?sender_device=pc&sender_web_id=6942192680567014918&is_from_webapp=v1&is_copy_url=0

Things teachers did to gain respect

https://www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/victoriavouloumanos/teachers-gain-automatic-respect

A window into what it's like to be poor

https://www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/stephenlaconte/people-who-grew-up-poor-rules-reddit


We can't keep working like this...

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/05/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-cal-newport.html? 

Very interesting and insightful discussion.

Persuading Trump voters to get the vaccine

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/03/15/vaccine-hesitant-republicans-focus-group/

Teacher shared with students why having camera on would help her

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/zoom-classes-felt-like-teaching-into-a-void--until-i-told-my-students-why/2021/03/11/024afb2c-81e5-11eb-81db-b02f0398f49a_story.html

Post from my childhood friend Jenny Van Leeuwen (now Harrington)

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/08/op-ed-to-thrive-in-the-world-of-money-management-women-may-need-to-go-it-alone.html

COVID-19 spread in reopened restaurants

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/05/health/coronavirus-restaurant-dining-masks.html

AI is coming for Phil in Accounting

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/business/the-robots-are-coming-for-phil-in-accounting.html?action=click&module=Editors%20Picks&pgtype=Homepage

Warp drive physics that is actually "possible"

https://www.sciencealert.com/engineers-have-proposed-the-first-model-for-a-physical-warp-drive/amp

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/amp35718463/scientists-say-physical-warp-drive-is-possible/

9/11 survival tale doesn't stand up to scrutiny

Article notes that deception related to tragedies are often most easy to perpetuate since no one wants to press.

Eyes may provide early warning to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/retiina-changes-in-early-alzheimers/2021/02/26/24c57bfa-6bba-11eb-9ead-673168d5b874_story.html?outputType=amp

Neighbors standing guard of asian neighbor's home.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/02/26/asian-american-harassment-neighbor-guard/