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The Typical American Lives Only 18 Miles From Mom – The New York Times

Quoctrung Bui and Claire Cain Miller9 years ago8 years ago016 mins

The Typical American Lives Only 18 Miles From Mom By QUOCTRUNG BUI and CLAIRE CAIN MILLER ====================================================== THIS IS A GENERATED TEMPLATE FILE. DO NOT EDIT. ====================================================== this is generated from src/style.css Median Distance From Mother Pipeline: 2015-12-21-mom-distance | December 23, 2015, 12:09AM | ac7c3a166344d65a18411af46e246ea418d2a9d2 Families traveling from far-flung places, returning home for the holidays….

Have Bad Handwriting? The U.S. Postal Service Has Your Back | Innovation | Smithsonian

Mollie Bloudoff-Indelicato9 years ago09 mins

Christmas is the busiest time of year for both Santa and the United States Postal Service. But while Santa has magic on his side, the USPS must rely on technology to make its deliveries. The service expects to distribute about 15.5 billion pieces of mail during the 2015 holiday season, which is more than 2 times the number of people on Earth. What…

Billionaire’s Row Duplex Breaks Record For Most Expensive Apartment Sold In NYC: Gothamist

BEN YAKAS 9 years ago05 mins

A mock-up of the view $100 million could buy you (Extell). We mentioned this in passing yesterday (because we immediately passed out from the numbers involved), but it’s worth diving into the nitty-gritty: a mystery buyer has shelled out over $100 million to buy a duplex in One57, one of the luxury skyscrapers on…

This One GIF Says Everything About Midtown’s Future Skyline: Gothamist

REBECCA FISHBEIN9 years ago03 mins

Midtown Manhattan will soon be teeming with luxury skyscrapers, thanks to all the development underway on 57th Street’s so-called Billionaires’ Row. But it appears that the rich people shopping for homes in these monsters might not know about all the other needle buildings that’ll be their neighbors, since developers have been conveniently erasing fellow skyscrapers…

The Secret Service Basically Just Giving Guns Away Now

Gabrielle Bluestone9 years ago9 years ago02 mins

This holiday season, one lucky D.C. thief nabbed him or herself a Secret Service starter pack, complete with a gun, badge, radio, handcuffs and flash drive. It’s a Christmas miracle, in that our president is still alive. According to CNN the items were stolen “in broad daylight” out of the agent’s personal vehicle, if you…

Kim Davis Won

Gabrielle Bluestone9 years ago9 years ago03 mins

In Kentucky, county employees will no longer be required to suffer the indignity of their names signifying love and equality. This is the legacy of Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis. Davis, infamously, railed against the Supreme Court’s order legalizing gay marriage this summer by refusing to issue marriage licenses altogether, categorizing her arguably bigoted views…

How America went from the land of opportunity to the bastion of the frantic – The Washington Post

Tom Toles 9 years ago04 mins

(Tom Toles) In 1973 everything changed. The postwar boom went missing. Jobs were suddenly less plentiful. The 1970’s became a decade of inflation and foreign imports flooded in. In 1980 everything changed again. Supply-side economics looked like it might be the answer. Taxes were cut, we started running giant deficits, and capitalism was reinvigorated in…

Gun Dealers May Actually Have To Pay For Some Of The Carnage They Cause In Seattle | ThinkProgress

IAN MILLHISER9 years ago04 mins

Justice Gun Dealers May Actually Have To Pay For Some Of The Carnage They Cause In Seattle by Ian Millhiser Dec 23, 2015 10:37 am CREDIT: AP Photo/Brennan Linsley A National Rifle Association lawsuit seeking to immunize gun dealers from a recently enacted tax was rejected by a state trial court on Tuesday. If…

Virginia’s Wise Move on Concealed Carry – NYTimes.com

ANNA NORTH9 years ago9 years ago04 mins

In a step toward gun safety, the attorney general of Virginia, Mark Herring, announced on Tuesday that his state would stop recognizing concealed-carry permits from states whose permit laws don’t meet Virginia’s standards. Virginia law bars anyone convicted of or facing charges for stalking, currently under a restraining or protective order, convicted of assault or…

The Story Behind Hess Triangle, Once The Littlest Piece Of Land In NYC: Gothamist

JEN CARLSON9 years ago9 years ago05 mins

The Hess Triangle outside of Village Cigars this week. (Photo by Sai Mokhtari/Gothamist) There is a small plot of land located outside of Village Cigars at Seventh Avenue and Christopher Street that’s got a big story behind it—it involves a headstrong landlord, the 7th Avenue subway extension, and the City of New York. The story…

What Peter Thiel, J.D. Vance, and Others Are Learning From Curtis Yarvin and the New Right | Vanity Fair

Mark Zuckerberg Finally Admits Facebook Content Is Worthless, Glasses are the new phones or whatever

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What we know about Google’s upcoming adtech antitrust trial – and how it might play out | The Drum

Fortune 500 brand ads seen next to porn & racial slurs, with IAS & DoubleVerify in the mix | The Drum

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The Typical American Lives Only 18 Miles From Mom – The New York Times

Have Bad Handwriting? The U.S. Postal Service Has Your Back | Innovation | Smithsonian

Billionaire’s Row Duplex Breaks Record For Most Expensive Apartment Sold In NYC: Gothamist

This One GIF Says Everything About Midtown’s Future Skyline: Gothamist

The Secret Service Basically Just Giving Guns Away Now

Kim Davis Won

How America went from the land of opportunity to the bastion of the frantic – The Washington Post

Gun Dealers May Actually Have To Pay For Some Of The Carnage They Cause In Seattle | ThinkProgress

Virginia’s Wise Move on Concealed Carry – NYTimes.com

The Story Behind Hess Triangle, Once The Littlest Piece Of Land In NYC: Gothamist