Weekly roundup April 1-7

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Filing Taxes for 80 Days: A Window Into Brazil’s Bureaucracy Bloomberg

The rise and fall of the ’90s muffin Toronto Star

The real scandal in the Lavalin affair is Trudeau’s attempts to pretend it’s not a scandal National Post

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There should be a hotline you can call where you can safely pronounce words you've only ever read out loud for the first time, and they say "oh sweetie" and kindly explain how it's pronounced.

— potch (@potch) April 5, 2019

Weekly roundup March 25-31

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Closing the gap: what next?

Googling Strangers: One Professor’s Lesson On Privacy In Public Spaces NPR

“Our Bodies Are Our Voice”: The Killing of Marielle Franco, One Year On America Quarterly

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The moment when Capitol Police notice the swamp monster sitting behind oil lobbyist David Bernhardt is too much 😂 pic.twitter.com/0WNuuRKhWW

— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) March 28, 2019

Weekly roundup March 18-24

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Flawed analysis, failed oversight: How Boeing, FAA certified the suspect 737 MAX flight control system The Seattle Times

Why axe throwing is a women’s sport, too Maclean’s

Why turning on the federal-money hose doesn’t always put out provincial fires TVO

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I’ve never once walked into this breakfast joint called “Egglicious” and not been mad at the name. All that low-hanging fruit - Eggscellent, Eggsceptional, Eggstraordinary, ANYTHING - and you egg-pun a word that doesn’t even work. I’ve been irrationally bothered by this for years

— Justin Bourne (@jtbourne) March 22, 2019

Weekly roundup March 11-17

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TTC’s two-hour transfer has opened up the whole city Toronto Star

Montreal will reduce speed limits to make streets safer for pedestrians CBC

The hidden key to the SNC-Lavalin scandal National Observer

The Hottest Chat App for Teens Is … Google Docs The Atlantic

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Work From Home is overrated.

Instead, I propose Work From IKEA. Go to IKEA when it’s absolutely dead during the week and join a video conference from a different mock room every hour until your team notices.

— Rika (@NekomimiScience) March 10, 2019

Weekly roundup March 4-10

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Meet Amanda Cox, Who Brings Life to Data on Our Pages The New York Times

The Water Resource Right Outside the Window Governing

Doug Ford’s TTC subway upload and Margaret Thatcher’s cautionary tale Spacing

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As @romanmars would say, always read the plaque. pic.twitter.com/EGrAd6G8Ac

— Matt Galloway (@mattgallowaycbc) March 10, 2019

Weekly roundup February 25 - March 3

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Wilson-Raybould testify? Hey, what’s the worst that could happen? National Post

Meet New Orleans’s All-Female Biker Club The New York Times

The Harper government passed a measure 13 years ago to catch Liberal scandals. It worked perfectly National Post

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I’m not emotionally, physically, or financially prepared to have a 1 year old this obsessed with hoop 😅 pic.twitter.com/aAiIFPRdUG

— Bay Tu'ihalangingie (@bayharding11) March 1, 2019

Weekly roundup February 18-24

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The Deadly Spectacle of Brazil’s Gold Mines Topic

The official fast food French fry power rankings Los Angeles Times

Before Metrolink: Manchester’s lost great tram system Machester Evening News

Differential privacy, an easy case

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Yes, bats can swim! pic.twitter.com/bKSEkxtrxB

— 41 Strange (@41Strange) February 17, 2019