Weekly roundup December 28 - January 10

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

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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

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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

Weekly roundup December 7-13

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Alberta said it was removing ‘underutilized’ parks from its system. This data suggests otherwise CBC

The Myth of North America, in One Painting The New York Times

What if Quebec anglophones aren’t the problem some think they are? CultMTL

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wtf montréal? pic.twitter.com/9r3wvlvJmA

— Simon Coulombe (@CoulSim) December 11, 2020

Weekly roundup November 30 - December 6

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‘Plazas are gold.’ Why the neighbourhood strip mall has all the delicious eats you are looking for Toronto Star

The Mockumentary: A Very Real History JSTOR Daily

Tiny owl rescued from New York Rockefeller Center Christmas tree BBC

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when you need to confirm you're not a robot pic.twitter.com/nueeljlewl

— Stevie Martin (@5tevieM) November 29, 2020

Weekly roundup November 23-29

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Venice Boulevard Through the Lens of the Coast Realty Archive The Center for Land Use Interpretations

Dupont Street was once the backbone — and graveyard — of industrial Toronto. Now it’s a hostile highway in need of a serious safety fix Toronto Star

Our Long-Running Love Affair with Pigeons JSTOR Daily

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I've been attacked https://t.co/vrgE970drr

— The Layman's Linguist (@LaymansLinguist) November 26, 2020

Weekly roundup November 16-22

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Without More Enforcement, Tax Evasion Will Spread Like a Virus The New York Times

Think public toilets are icky? They’re actually an effective tool to fight viral infections — and Toronto needs more of them Toronto Star

The future is virtual? Nope. Maclean’s

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— R (@underthenettle) November 17, 2020