2.02.2021

february 2021

focused on reading books this month rather than watching tv at nights. finished 5 books, with 3 of those started this month :)

shaun of the dead (2004), the quest of alain ducasse (2017), what we do in the shadows (2014), baby God (2020), in the mood for love (2000), the fight (2020)

deborah blum - the poison squad: one chemist's single-minded crusade for food safety at the turn of the twentieth century
caitlin doughty - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
sam Harris - the end of faith: religion, terror, and the future of reason
piper kerman - orange is the new black: my year in a womans prison
danny meyer - setting the table: the transforming power of hospitality in business

Food and Wine - The Customer Is Not Always Right
Axios - The future of "smart" cities is in street lights
NYT - McDonald’s Workers in Denmark Pity Us
The Nation - Bill Gates Gives to the Rich (Including Himself)
Nautilus - Reading, That Strange and Uniquely Human Thing
Inverse - Scientists unearth a consequence of solar panels in the Sahara
Restaurant Dive - McDonald's CEO: Chain will do 'just fine' with higher wages
ProPublica - They Know How to Prevent Megafires. Why Won’t Anybody Listen?
KHN - They Pledged to Donate Rights to Their COVID Vaccine, Then Sold Them to Pharma
Vox - Why businesses can still get away with paying pennies to employees with disabilities
PBS - COVID-19 has already cut U.S. life expectancy by a year. For Black Americans, it’s worse
The 19th - Most nursing homes say they won’t be able to stay open another year due to pandemic costs
USA Today - GoFundMe CEO: Hello Congress, Americans need help and we can't do your job for you
The American Prospect - Reps Would Have to Resign From Corporate Boards Under Democrats’ Ethics Bill
Denverite - In the first six months of health care professionals replacing police officers, no one they encountered was arrested
ProPublica - People Over 75 Are First in Line to Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19. The Average Black Person Here Doesn’t Live That Long.

Gizmodo - Is Amazon Evil and Am I Evil for Using It?
Matt Ruby - Just how evil is Amazon? And am I awful for being a Prime addict?

NPR - Spurred By The Capitol Riot, Thousands Of Republicans Drop Out Of GOP
The Hill - Tens of thousands of voters drop Republican affiliation after Capitol riot

The Guardian - US police three times as likely to use force against leftwing protesters, data finds
"Law enforcement officers were also more likely to use force against leftwing demonstrators, whether the protests remained peaceful or not."