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- With New York City opening back up, Asian residents fear hate crimes and assaults and are stocking up on pepper spray, as well as other handheld self-defense items.
- A new Edelman poll found that people trust their own employers — and "businesses," in general — more than nonprofits, government, or the media to solve society's ills.
- The Civil War-era song, "Maryland, My Maryland," which refers to Abraham Lincoln as a "tyrant" and the Union as "Northern scum!", is no longer the official state anthem.
- Bloomberg has a fascinating account of how unemployed bartenders, amateur coders, and online hypemen are creating rapid boom-and-bust cycles for cryptocurrencies with names like A$$ Coin.
- Microsoft has announced that on June 15th, 2022, Internet Explorer will die and ascend to browser heaven.
- Yankees pitcher Corey Kluber threw a no-hitter last night, which was the team's first no-hitter since 1999 but the 6th no-hitter in Major League Baseball just this season, and that has baseball people very worried.
- Speaking of baseball people, the Boston Red Sox are excited that Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are back together.
- Magazine editors are feeling free to put anyone on their covers at any time because they're no longer subservient to Hollywood's theatrical release schedule.
- And finally, Vitamin D is good for you:
Published May 20, 2021
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