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Food

Spies and Starbucks Cards: The Unlikely Link Between Espionage and Food
Intelligence operatives throughout history have a knack of using culinary tastes to their advantage.
Alexis Ferenczi
12.9.21
japan

New Zealand Will Ban Cigarettes for All Future Generations
Anyone born after 2008 will be prohibited from buying cigarettes in their lifetime.
Hanako Montgomery
12.9.21
Dating

I Went To A Speed Dating Night And Beat My Phone Addiction By Getting Rejected Face-To-Face
The biggest competitor to old-school human interaction is an algorithm no one understands.
Ben S. Freeman
12.9.21
relationships

How To Handle Your First Family Reunion Since the Pandemic
Family Christmas parties can be tricky, so we asked a psychologist how to keep them merry and bright.
Romano Santos
12.9.21
Identity

“I Never Felt Welcome Anywhere”: Young People Of Colour On Growing Up In Australia.
“On my second day of primary school I got called the N-word.”
Julie Fenwick
12.9.21
Jussie Smollett

Jussie Smollett’s Defense’s Closing Arguments Were Certainly a Choice
The entirety of Jussie Smollett’s trial for allegedly faking his own attack was punctuated by weirdness. Closing arguments were no different.
Emma Ockerman
12.8.21
Gifts

The Best Family Gifts for That Awkward, Random Relative You Barely Know
Who's uncle Bob, again? No one really knows, but let's gift him a heated neck massager, a wine sampler, and more neutral gifts for awkward relatives.
Mary Frances "Francky" Knapp
12.8.21
Astro Guide

Daily Horoscope: December 9, 2021
The moon enters Pisces today.
Annabel Gat
12.8.21
activision-blizzard

Activision Blizzard Employee Says She Was Retaliated Against After Reporting Sexual Harassment
“I was told not to go to HR. I was told that the harassing men were ‘just trying to be friends with me.’ I was told, ‘They did nothing wrong by law.’”
Gita Jackson
12.8.21
Tech news

Amazon’s Server Outage Took Down a ‘Decentralized’ Crypto Exchange
How decentralized is decentralized finance?
Jordan Pearson
12.8.21
Death Penalty

This Man Has Watched 133 Executions. Now He's Next.
Bigler Jobe Stouffer has spent 36 years on death row in Oklahoma and witnessed 133 executions. Now, it's his turn.
Ellie Lightfoot
Gabrielle Caplan
12.8.21
location data

Google Tells Specific Apps to Disclose Location Gathering or Be Removed
The move comes after Motherboard reported that apps working with a location data vendor called Huq were collecting data even when users opted-out.
Joseph Cox
12.8.21
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