Articles filed under Washington Post
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Amazon's creepy new health wearable analyzes your voice and bodyAug 29, 2020 6:25 am - I couldn't pick just one crazy thing to say about the Halo, Amazon's new wearable health gadget. So here are three: 1. Mirror, mirror on the wall, Amazon thinks you're f...
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Burnout, splinter factions, deleted posts: Online moderators struggle to manage divided communitiesAug 29, 2020 6:23 am - For four to six hours a day every day, Caitlin Welch busies herself as a volunteer moderator for a number of Facebook groups while her baby sleeps. Much of that time is ...
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Restoring a century-old stair rail that has been broken for yearsAug 29, 2020 6:00 am - Q: One section of the stair railing in my 1903 condominium has been broken and poorly repaired for many years. Some wood is missing, and there is filler of some sort and...
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Kyle Rittenhouse, charged with killing 2 in Kenosha, was fixated on supporting policeAug 29, 2020 1:00 am - Before he took his rifle to confront the unrest Tuesday in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and was charged in a fatal shooting at the protests, Kyle Rittenhouse seemingly idolized o...
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Reinterpreted 'David Copperfield' delights with well-acted, joy-filled taleAug 27, 2020 6:00 am - “The Personal History of David Copperfield” - ★ ★ ★ ★ If ever a match were made in cine-literary heaven it would be Charles Dickens and Armando Iannucci, each a ma...
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Half ceviche, half shrimp cocktail, this cool, bright dish is thoroughly refreshingAug 26, 2020 6:00 am - In the height of summer, my appetite often settles into a no man's land where I'm genuinely hungry but find myself stuck in a lackadaisical funk in which I just don't fe...
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Mild squash meets spicy sausage in this one-skillet pasta dishAug 26, 2020 6:00 am - I will admit I am going a little squash crazy right now. Summer squash are abundant, with readers reporting that they are getting a bounty in their CSA boxes. I cannot h...
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Pandemic canning is so popular, stores are running out of jars and other suppliesAug 26, 2020 6:00 am - Haley Lancaster, a high school teacher in Vincennes, Indiana, had always been intimidated by the idea of canning. She remembered her grandmother's shelves lined with gle...
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Book review: In a you-can't-make-this-stuff-up age, Carl Hiaasen canAug 25, 2020 6:00 am - "Squeeze Me" by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf) Nearly all of the dozens of Carl Hiaasen's hugely popular satirical novels, young people's stories, nonfiction books...
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Wearing a neck gaiter may be worse than no mask at all, researchers findAug 24, 2020 7:00 am - As the number of novel coronavirus cases continues to rise nationwide, the recurring message from many public health experts and doctors has been simple: Wearing masks s...