Friday, December 15, 2017

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​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Millennials are doomed, Cracker Barrel is the best chain restaurant and Waze is slowing everyone down.
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WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
Boomers Screwed Millennials, And Other Facts
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​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Millennials are doomed, Cracker Barrel is the best chain restaurant and Waze is slowing everyone down.
CAPITALISM ON WHEELS
What Being a Bike Courier Taught Me About Our Broken Economy
thewalrus.ca
When I couldn't make ends meet as a freelancer, I started delivering food to hungover teenagers.
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The FCC Just Voted To End Net Neutrality — Here's How It Will Affect You
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The move opens the possibility for ISPs like Comcast or Verizon to adjust speed, cost, and access to different websites or types of data. Here's what that could mean for you and the country.
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YOU'RE GOING THE WRONG WAY
THE HIGHWAY, HIS WAY
One Artist's Guerrilla Quest To Fix An LA Interstate Sign
99percentinvisible.org
In the early morning of August 5, 2001, artist Richard Ankrom and a group of friends assembled on the 4th Street bridge over the 110 freeway in Los Angeles. They had gathered to commit a crime — one Ankrom had plotted for years.
BAY CAUGHT THEM SPYIN'
The Secret History Of The Russian Consulate In San Francisco
foreignpolicy.com
Overflights, mapping fiber optic networks, "strange activities." Moscow's West Coast spies were busy.
'WILL THEY TAKE ME, TOO?'
What Happens To American Kids Whose Parents Are Deported
nytimes.com
More than a thousand children are counting on Nora Sándigo to become their guardian if their undocumented parents are deported. How many of those promises will she now have to keep?
BUGGING OUT
'A Different Dimension Of Loss': Inside The Great Insect Die-Off
theguardian.com
Scientists have identified 2 million species of living things. No one knows how many more are out there, and tens of thousands may be vanishing before we have even had a chance to encounter them.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
THIS IS EMBARRASSING
US District Court Nominee Struggles To Answer Basic Legal Questions In Excruciating Senate Hearing
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"What was the last time you read the Federal Rules of Evidence?" "...All the way through?"
IN THE NEWS
Each US Family Trashes 400 iPhones' Worth Of E-Waste A Year
Dustin Hoffman Accused Of Exposing Himself To 16-Year-Old
Republicans Push To Finalize Tax Bill Ahead Of Expected Vote
Hold Times Grow As ACA Enrollment Is Set To Close Tonight
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21 Gifts Your Mom Actually Wants
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Touchscreen gloves, a magic air fryer, and other gifts she genuinely wants. So take that gift-wrapped Yankee Candle in your hand and throw it in the trash.
This weekend, do something nice for your neighborhood millennial.