Nov 15, 2020

306 - Five Things Issue #523

By Nico Lumma • Issue #523 • View online

Trump is a sore loser. But he lost, that’s the outcome of the elections and it is good for the world. The other big news came from Mainz in Germany this week: hopefully the vaccine developed by Pfizer/BioNTech will be available soon. Here are five articles that you should read this morning.

The Rise of the Roommate

Burnt-out and debt-ridden Gen Z is poised to change the household as we know it—maybe even for the better.

thewalrus.ca • Share

How Discord (somewhat accidentally) invented the future of the internet

Discord’s founders just wanted to create a way to talk to their gamer friends. They created something much bigger.

www.protocol.com • Share

Elon Musk’s Totally Awful, Batshit-Crazy, Completely Bonkers, Most Excellent Year

Elon Musk is still Silicon Valley’s most vainglorious villain.

www.vanityfair.com • Share

'I Come Up Short Every Day': Couples Under Strain As Pandemic Upends Life At Home

Couples are struggling to redefine their own roles as they look to navigate a pandemic that has upended many aspects of domestic life.

www.npr.org • Share

When the White House Was Full of Claws, Scales, Stripes and Tails

The long tradition of presidential pets is set to resume this January with two German shepherds belonging to President-elect Joe Biden. Their predecessors weren’t always cats and dogs.

www.nytimes.com • Share

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Every Sunday Morning I send out my newsletter Five Things which features five articles I think you should read. These five articles have exactly one thing in common: I find them interesting. :)

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