Articles filed under Washington Post
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Effective altruism: The rise of the rational do-goodersSep 27, 2020 6:22 am - Brian Ottens wished he could buy his 8-year-old daughter a better iPad. The first-generation one she'd inherited from her great-grandmother didn't support the game she w...
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My co-workers won't wear face masks and it's stressing me outSep 27, 2020 6:18 am - Q: I recently started an entry-level job at a small nonprofit after two months of being unemployed. We work with students, and masks are strictly enforced for them. In m...
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Google employee suing for discrimination wants to know if Google can use his data against himSep 26, 2020 6:00 am - Lawyers representing a Google employee suing the company want to know whether the search engine giant believes it's allowed to view his digital communication, a case tha...
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Amazon's new security drone, car camera and swiveling speaker push boundaries of surveillance, againSep 26, 2020 6:00 am - Amazon appears undeterred by its emerging reputation in consumer technology: creep. At a virtual launch event on Thursday, Amazon's new product lineup again pushed the b...
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Review: The new Apple Watch says my lungs may be sick. Or perfect. It can't decide.Sep 26, 2020 6:00 am - Sometimes the new Apple Watch Series 6 reports my lungs and heart are the picture of health, pumping blood that's 100% saturated with oxygen. At other times, it reports ...
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Review: Ken Follett's 'Pillars of the Earth' prequel is just as transporting — and lengthy — as his famous epicSep 26, 2020 6:00 am - “The Evening and the Morning” by Ken Follett (Viking) Ken Follett came to prominence in the 1970s with a string of international best-sellers, chief among them the ...
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There's a little too much 'Fargo' in the new season of 'Fargo,' but the trip is still worth takingSep 26, 2020 6:00 am - Three years have passed since we last saw “Fargo,” creator Noah Hawley's captivating FX anthology series that greatly expanded on the darkly comedic Coen brothers film, ...
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A platter of crisp, Cajun-spiced fried green tomatoes is a fitting coda to summerSep 23, 2020 6:00 am - Many times I've tried to replicate the taste or flavor of a specific dish I've had. Sometimes, though, the memory is so distant that it turns out all I'm trying to captu...
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Every fall, I celebrate the Moon Festival with mooncakes. This year, I'm ordering them online.Sep 23, 2020 6:00 am - People may be all about pumpkin spice lattes for fall, but for me, it's not complete without mooncakes. Chinese people around the world eat them in celebration of the Mo...
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How to build better tacos at home, from the tortillas to the toppingsSep 23, 2020 6:00 am - I have read a lot of fine literature in my day, full of beautiful turns of phrases and imagery. One of my favorites, though, is one you, too, may be familiar with if you...