#108: Everyone misplaces ___ keys?
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Read an excerpt from Kevin Kwan's new novel
Watch Beauty World (till 13 Jul 11.59pm)
Work/study to this excellent playlist of intense focus music
Add meet.new as a bookmark to instantly start a Google Meet call
Prepare for the polls with CAPE's voter education portal
Try the companionship of an AI chatbot
The uncredited woman who invented the rape kit
Ms. Goddard would go on to lead a campaign to treat sexual assault as a crime that could be investigated, rather than as a feminine delusion. She began a revolution in forensics by envisioning the first standardized rape kit, containing items like swabs and combs to gather evidence, and envelopes to seal it in. The kit is one of the most powerful tools ever invented to bring criminals to justice. And yet, you’ve never heard of Marty Goddard. In many ways she and her invention shared the same fate. They were enormously important and consistently overlooked.
Such an important story but so upsetting - she let men take the credit for her invention to make it a reality, then faced doubt and gaslighting everywhere she went to promote it.
The English language's gendered pronoun problem
How do you complete the following sentence: ‘Everyone misplaces ____ keys’? There is no way to do so that is both uncontroversially grammatical and generally liked.
For anyone who wonders why this is important, do read the part of this essay about how masculine pronouns in law have been used to oppress and disenfranchise women.
How to talk about race in Singapore - a conversation with Mohd Imran Taib
Is there a religious left in US politics?
For all the opprobrium directed at the religious right, the activism of religious leftists suffers a different fate, alternately ignored and fetishized, trotted out every election cycle with a tone befitting the Second Coming: always just about to happen.
Why do we wave goodbye on Zoom?
The biggest revolution in email since Gmail?
The core insight of Hey is that, after 16 years of Gmail and Outlook and years more of Hotmail and other services before that, we now have a good idea of what email actually is. And in Hey’s view, email is basically three things. It’s things you need to respond to, things you want to read, and receipts. Each gets their own home within the app, and basically nothing else is welcome.
Can someone explain why uncle behaviour is internationally ubiquitous?
Umarell is a term popular in Bologna referring specifically to men of retirement age who pass the time watching construction sites, especially roadworks – stereotypically with hands clasped behind their back and offering unwanted advice.
How Wikipedia became a battleground for racial justice
Contributors are rethinking what Wikipedia’s commitment to neutrality actually means.
Some tips on how to WFH effectively
The challenges of working from home are myriad. There are children to tutor, dogs to walk, shows to binge on. Hallway hellos and brainstorming at the whiteboard have given way to the stilted cadence of Zoom meetings. But three months into the work-from-home era, some best practices are emerging.
Feeling kinda ???? over Masayoshi Son’s presentations. Exhibit A:
Two words: Square watermelons.
"Due to the effects of the coronavirus this year, I think there are people who are depressed because they have had to stay at home in hot weather," said Toshiyuki Yamashita, 72, one of the producers. "I hope they will have their spirits lifted when they see the square watermelons."
ME! ME!
In Australia, two skyscrapers become one
How to deal with maskne (a.k.a. mask acne)
Wirecard's €1.9bn fraud, explained
The origins of the word 'city' in various European languages
How long-haul trucking works
The Byronic hero - a staple in stories since the 19th Century
Art that was never finished
Twitter hot-take corner
That’s all folks!
Werty & Yuni