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- Time Magazine has named Greta Thunberg person of the year.
- Politico reports that Joe Biden is privately assuring people he wouldn't run for a second term, which seems like a terrible strategy.
- Trump plans to sign an executive order today that will effectively interpret Judaism as a race or nationality, not just a religion, in order to withhold federal money from educational institutions that fail to combat discrimination (and possibly curtail free speech). A lot of American Jews are not happy about it!
- Whatever you think about Stephen A. Smith, this is a fantastic profile of him.
- Companies like Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook are listening to our most intimate moments, and we all are willingly allowing it, what fun.
- This was the drunk text decade.
- The Times looks back at the year in photos.
- Archie Yates of Jojo Rabbit will play Kevin McCallister in the Home Alone reboot, with Rob Delaney and Ellie Kemper playing his parents.
- GQ ranked every best picture nominee of the 2010s.
- Ever wonder how Mike Bloomberg made his billions? Vox gets into the history of the Bloomberg terminal.
- Pete Wells names his top 10 favorite new restaurants in the city.
- And finally, [Tom Waits voice] what are they doing in there?
Published Dec 11, 2019
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