Weekly roundup January 18-24

24 January 2021

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I'm happy to announce the very first Zulu, Xhosa, Swati, Ndebele, Shona, and Swahili spellchecker(s) (and an Android keyboard to make it easy to write in these languages). This covers about 150+ million Bantu speakers! https://t.co/qxK1dS0cZl @MasakhaneNLP @DeepIndaba @HarareAi pic.twitter.com/PmX7hZ3Z4B
— Saɓɛ́lo -- Ukungazi kufana lokufa. (@sabelonow) January 20, 2021

Podcasts saying literally nothing for 20 minutes. pic.twitter.com/nmfka1Gjsp
— Jonathan Ogden (@jogdenUK) January 5, 2021

Weekly roundup January 11-17

17 January 2021

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How to Travel with a Goldfish The Walrus

If a billboard falls in a forest… Part 4 Spacing

Alberta’s recall legislation finally gains traction even if it’s the weakest weaksauce National Post

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Mayor describes new lockdown rules
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— Matt O'Brien (@matt_obrien) January 13, 2021

Weekly roundup December 28 - January 10

10 January 2021

New Year’s 3 Sundays in a row (Jan 1/2/3) lulled me into thinking I had done last week. So here it is for a couple weeks.

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Governments have squandered Canadians’ efforts against COVID-19 National Post

Now It Can Be Told: How Neil Sheehan Got the Pentagon Papers The New York Times

Tout le monde en parle: In Quebec, a TV show to bridge tough times The Globe and Mail

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When the @cityoftoronto skating rinks are fully booked, you've got to get creative. @Mrrichardv figured it how. This is on the Kaye Gardner Beltline. #skating #Toronto pic.twitter.com/36fHC04Qlz
— Cara Stern (@carastern) January 2, 2021

Checking a recipe carefully to see if the times are in standard clock minutes or in onion minutes
— Thomas Lumley (@tslumley) December 31, 2020

Weekly roundup December 21-27

27 December 2020

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I’ve always sought the ‘best’ of everything. But sometimes fine is good enough The Globe and Mail

Non-Māori-speaking New Zealanders have a Māori proto-lexicon Nature

This is the Stanford vaccine algorithm that left out frontline doctors MIT Technology Review

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went through old photos today and i want y’all to know that this is how my daddy rolled up to my kindergarten graduation.

just doing the absolute most for no good reason. pic.twitter.com/eSAh4ZzCEk
— EricaJoy (@EricaJoy) December 19, 2020

Why has no one written a "Christmas" rom-com about a lonely Jewish widow and the Chinese restaurant owner who serves her every year but is too shy to reveal his feelings?
— Laura LeeLun (@laleelun) December 24, 2020

Weekly roundup December 14-20

20 December 2020

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Ten tips for the cycling advocate at City Hall Spacing

How the West was lost to COVID-19 National Post

Experiencing cooking fatigue? You’re not alone. Here are some simple ways to break it Toronto Star

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What's the secret behind NSW's Covid Contact Tracing? Find out by watching this sketch i wrote with @ninaoyama for the @chaser's war on 2020. Directed by @jennaown & @vzerbst who also star in it and made it v good imo. pic.twitter.com/vDBr52gLCP
— Bec Shaw (@Brocklesnitch) December 14, 2020