Weekend Reads #226

Weekend Reads #226

Weekend Reads ‘Alexa, thank my driver’: Here’s the simple way Amazon customers can show delivery drivers appreciation this holiday season. (Amazon) The White Lotus’s Portia is TV’s best-dressed character. (Harper’s Bazaar) The murky path to becoming a New York Times best seller. (Esquire) We all use phones on the toilet. Just don’t sit more than 10 minutes. (Washington…

Weekend Reads #224

Weekend Reads #224

Weekend Reads Say hello to Viva Magenta, the color no one asked for, coming to a world where no one lives. (New York Times – gift article) Do you really need a new kitchen counter? (The Atlantic) Why America’s railroads refuse to give their workers paid leave. (The Intelligencer) Half of all Americans now die…

Weekend Reads #223

Weekend Reads #223

Weekend Reads Young women broke hard for Democrats in the midterms. (The Hill) You might go through hell for your post-Ozempic body. (The Cut) Steve Comes Home: How the ‘Blue’s Clues’ host overcame death rumors and depression to return to his beloved TV pup. (Variety) Thousands were released from prison during covid. The results are…

Weekend Reads #222

Weekend Reads #222

Weekend Reads Who is Wes Moore, the first Black governor of Maryland? (The Guardian) Medicare for All is not enough. (The New Republic) How a viral teen app became the center of a sex trafficking hoax. (Washington Post – gift article) And for my local yokels… Bladensburg Peace Cross honoring veterans rededicated yesterday. (Patch) Female…

Weekend Reads #221

Weekend Reads #221

I know many folks in the U.S. who treat voting the way some do church. They only go to Easter and Christmas services, and they only vote when it’s to determine the next president. But this election happening this coming Tuesday is a big one, bigger than a lot of recent elections. These midterm elections…