Secret Service Struck Again by Coronavirus Outbreak

At least 30 officers in the agency’s Uniformed Division have tested positive in recent weeks. Another 60 or so were asked to isolate.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/us/politics/secret-service-coronavirus.html
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Mr. President, Pack Your Bags and Be Gone

The ruler broods, alone with his rage and shame, undone by rejection, his mind, like Macbeth’s, “full of scorpions,” plotting to overturn facts and destroy American democracy. His lackeys, and only they remain, try to humor the master in his labyrinth. Mr.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/opinion/donald-trump-election-democracy.html
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Google pulls the plug on Expeditions VR app, migrates tours to Arts & Culture

Google today announced that it is ending support for Expeditions. The VR app will also be pulled from its own Play Store and Apple’s App Store in June of next year.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/13/google-pulls-the-plug-on-expeditions-vr-app-migrates-tours-to-arts-culture/
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How to End ‘Women’s Work’

New Zealand is pursuing a century-old idea to close the gender pay gap: not equal pay for equal work, but equal pay for work of equal value. Ms. Sussman is a journalist.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/opinion/women-pay-gender-gap.html
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A Good Deal for California Gig Companies Is Bad for Their Workers

What happened in California? Despite the state’s liberal reputation, voters there last week approved Proposition 22, a ballot initiative exempting many gig companies from state workplace laws and stripping their workers of basic, essential protections.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/opinion/prop-22-california-gig-workers.html
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Leave Fat Kids Alone

I will remember the pediatrician’s words forever: It’s probably from eating all that pizza and ice cream. It tastes good, doesn’t it? But it makes your body big and fat. There was more: Just imagine that your body is made out of clay.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/opinion/childhood-obesity-health.html
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What Happens if Trump Doesn’t Concede?

Hosted by Ross Douthat and Michelle Goldberg.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/opinion/polls-trump-transition-concede.html
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