Articles filed under Washington Post
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Bartering is back: When life gives you lemons, trade them for a neighbor's hand sanitizerMay 17, 2020 6:23 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Tammy Calhoun traded a loaf of freshly baked bread and a few homegrown avocados for a neighbor's help planting a vegetable garden in her front yard last ...
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Fearing COVID-19, older people alter their living willsMay 17, 2020 6:20 am - DENVER - Last month, Minna Buck revised a document specifying her wishes should she become critically ill. "No intubation," she wrote in large letters on the form, makin...
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The 6 do's and don'ts of Zoom happy hoursMay 16, 2020 7:29 am - With no place to go on Friday nights, a growing number of those stuck at home are embracing the #zoomhappyhour. Lonely Americans who had never heard of Zoom - let alone ...
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Murder comes full circle in 'Dead to Me': Here are the biggest twists from Season 2May 16, 2020 7:28 am - Note: This discusses plot points from the second season of Netflix's "Dead to Me" - many spoilers ahead. • • • A lot has changed since we met Jen (Christina Applega...
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Women have been hit hardest by job losses in the pandemic. And it may only get worse.May 16, 2020 6:22 am - The last time Americans faced an economic crisis, it was called a "Mancession." As millions of people lost their jobs in the Great Recession, 70 percent were men, many i...
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Video-chatting tips from Al Roker and other prosMay 16, 2020 6:20 am - The transition of our personal and professional lives to video chat came swiftly and without much of an instruction manual. Suddenly, Zoom, Skype, Facebook and Google Ha...
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The limits of smartphone data are on display as the country seeks to reopenMay 16, 2020 6:19 am - Federal and state officials are using smartphone location data to inform what amounts to a high-stakes public health experiment in reopening the economy while a lethal p...
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Buzzing bracelets could become a workplace accessory in the coronavirus eraMay 16, 2020 6:10 am - Are you standing or sitting too close to your co-worker? Soon a bracelet might vibrate to let you know. Companies are rolling out wearables that will buzz or light up wh...
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Facebook is quietly helping to set up a new pro-tech advocacy group to battle WashingtonMay 16, 2020 6:00 am - Facebook is working behind the scenes to help launch a new political advocacy group that would combat U.S. lawmakers and regulators trying to rein in the tech industry, ...
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Social isolation, and video chats, are renewing attention to the art of the bookshelfMay 15, 2020 7:00 am - Bookshelves are having a moment. Not long ago, their epitaph was being written. IKEA's redesign of its Billy unit to accommodate objects other than books was cited as ev...