A Sunday link roundup
This week, I’m visiting family for Thanksgiving so I’ve got a shorter newsletter — but lots of links to great things to read from this past week. Happy Thanksgiving!
Good things to read
The worst of both worlds: Zooming from the office, New York Times.
‘You are mommy tracked to the billionth degree',’ Politico.
Will real estate ever be normal again? New York Times Magazine.
Drugmakers pushed aggressive diabetes therapy. Patients paid the price, Reuters.
Why staring at screens is making your eyeballs elongate, and how to stop it, The Guardian. 😬
Unfriended: Frances Haugen on her Facebook testimony and what comes next, Vogue.
How the week organizes and tyrannizes our lives, The New Yorker.
The art of Botox, New York Times.
The sneaky way Tiktok is connecting you to real-life friends, Wired. After reading this I immediatley opened Tiktok and opted out of this feature, which of course I had no idea existed before, because that’s how social media companies roll.
Who is Sam Asghari? New York Times. Finally, the profile we needed!
How our system revenges rest, Culture Study.
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