So what the heck is a soft skill, anyway? Well, by contrast, hard skills are teachable, quantifiable abilities like the basics you learned i...
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Latest hoarding sim: Manic Toilet Paper Shopping Simulator
Too soon? By way of Donald Bell's Maker Update comes this game where you send a shopping cart into a market in search of TP. The simu...
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Why tabloid reporters are like Donald Trump
Donald Trump has proudly proclaimed that he knows “more than anybody” about the economy, the US government, campaign finance, ISIS, social m...
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Astronaut and artist Nicole Stott has advice for us about social distancing
Nicole Stott is a talented artist and retired astronaut who spent more than 100 days living in space on the Space Shuttle and Internationa...
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Comparing COVID-19 to other causes of death
As the number of COVID-19 deaths in the United States blows past 60,000 faster than officials predicted, STAT [statnews.com] compares the 2...
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Condoms sales are down because the pandemic is affecting people sex lives
Condom manufacturer Durex say sales are down because the Coronavirus lockdown is “having a toll on the number of intimate occasions," r...
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Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has coronavirus
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has been diagnosed with coronavirus, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported Thursday, as se...
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Wall shelf converts into desk
I'm not usually a fan of furniture that converts from one thing into another, because it's usually better to just use the two dif...
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Virtual tourism: 7 of the world's most beautiful, unique libraries
Atlas Obscura has rounded-up seven different libraries that offer online virtual tours. There's Harvard University’s Harry Elkins Wide...
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Newly released documents show that the FBI used standard FBI tactics on Michael Flynn
MAGA world is very up-in-arms about some newly unsealed court documents involving the case of Michael Flynn, the US Army Lieutenant Genera...
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Watch a video of my prison and opioids play "Streets Like This," performed by actors who have all dealt with incarceration
In 2018 , I was commissioned by Civic Ensemble of Ithaca, New York to help devise and write a new play based on their ReEntry Theatre Prog...
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These cool prints are made from the soundwaves of songs, and the sales help COVID-19 charities
Soundwaves Art is the brainchild and handiwork of Austin-based visual artist Tim Wakefield, who creates digital prints based on the visuali...
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Entrepreneurs are seeing mini-empires of Airbnb properties collapse
People who launched mini-empires of Airbnb rental properties are experiencing extreme financial hardship as a result of the coronavirus pand...
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Cool-looking DIY synth
Otemrellik made this "100% homemade" nifty modular synthesizer. Here's his video about how he built it and how it works. Ima...
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Outdoor pet cats kill more animals than wild cats do in the same size area
Wild cats certainly kill many more other animals than outdoor pet cats. After all, they have to hunt for their food instead of just bug thei...
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Watch Queen's unreleased promotional video for the Flash Gordon theme (1980)
Flash Gordon (1985) is a fantastic and camptastic film thanks in no small part to Queen's wonderful soundtrack. Above is Queen's u...
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Social media platforms back off misinformation crackdown after Trump touts quack cures
At The New York Times , Sheera Frenkel and Davey Alba report that Trump's remarks about hydrochloroquine, injecting disinfectant and lig...
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The social distancing of Wes Anderson
For anyone who has ever dreamed of living in a Wes Anderson film, social distancing goes a long way toward making that a reality. LuÃs Azev...
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Inspector Gadget theme performed on 8 cellos
Here's Shuki Levy's theme from Inspector Gadget performed on an 8-pack of cellos by Samara Ginsberg. The gadget theme is a variati...
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New York cop had tow truck driver arrested for legally repossessing his car
In this segment from last year, CBS News reported on Jose Rodriguez, a tow truck operator arrested and charged with a felony while legally ...
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Unemployment passes 30m with last week's 3.8m new filers
3.8m workers signed on for the first time last week , bringing America's unemployed headcount to 30m. The number of new filers was down ...
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Here’s a truckload of Mother’s Day options for the Mom who loves her kitchen
If you usually find yourself a last-minute shopper when it comes to a gift honoring the woman who brought you into this world, this is proba...
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