New York Times Front Page; 31 December 2019

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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It was a simpler, more innocent time. -=Link=-

  1. Protesters Attack U.S. Embassy in Iraq, Chanting ‘Death to America’
  2. F.D.A. Plans to Ban Most E-Cigarette Flavors but Menthol
  3. From the Brig to Mar-a-Lago, Former Navy SEAL Capitalizes on Newfound Fame
  4. Trump Warns Iran as Risk of Wider Armed Conflict Grows
  5. Trump Warns Iran as Risk of Wider Armed Conflict Grows
  6. Impeachment Trial Looming, Chief Justice Reflects on Judicial Independence
  7. North Korea Is No Longer Bound by Nuclear Test Moratorium, Kim Says
  8. California Wanted to Protect Uber Drivers. Now It May Hurt Freelancers.
  9. Why Abolishing Bail for Some Crimes Has Law Enforcement on Edge
  10. 12 Things Our Critics Are Looking Forward to in 2020
    Greta Gerwig onstage, Jack London on film, Broadway revivals and an opera celebrating the 19th Amendment are just a few of their choices.
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Oh, and from one of the inner pages:

Was 2019 the ‘Best Year Ever’?

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Those were the days.

Not to be nit-picking, but did you realize #4 and #5 are the same?

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This story is darkly hilarious in the time of Covid and social distancing.
Another Benefit to Going to Museums? You May Live Longer

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Jesus. :eek:

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Even news up till mid-Feb seems innocent now. Political cartoons before them are so quaint. And current travel magazines still arriving point to a fantasy world.

I read the NYT email bulletins from the end for obits. IIRC the year-end news sites show that year’s list of prominent croakers. The 31 Dec 2020 list will likely be many times the usual.

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No, I did not notice. Further, this is the sort of simple mistake that appears more and more frequently in my writing. Honestly, I wonder if it is my eyes or something worse. All in all, I am considering posting less here.
OTOH, mistakes like that matter less on lesser parts of the Internet.

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Don’t post here less. If anything post more.

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We received a supermarket magazine a week or two ago encouraging us to “celebrate spring” by inviting friends over and cooking together.

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It’s amazing how “the good old days” were so recent.

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This video is clever and very well done:

“Explaining the Pandemic to my Past Self” (3 mins)
She travels back in time from April to January to give advice.