Lawyers say they can't find the parents of 545 migrant children separated by the Trump administration. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/lawyers-say-they-can-t-find-parents-545-migrant-children-n1244066

How Germany "worked off the past," and how America might too. https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/21405900/germany-holocaust-atonement-america-slavery-reparations

You know how dogs sometimes look like their owners? Turns out the same can be true for cats, too. https://www.insider.com/funny-photos-cats-owners-identical-2020-10

How did cannabis—a plant humans have been using for more than 10,000 years—become so vilified in the U.S.? https://www.sapiens.org/column/curiosities/archaeology-marijuana/

America’s top election official says that the shift to early and mail-in voting could become permanent. https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/10/20/1010739/election-vote-by-mail-permanent-change-record-numbers/

If you're shopping for a 2021 calendar... maybe not this one. Pretty photos, though.

Though mostly I'm feeling proud of myself for the optimism that says we'll all still be here in 2021.
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"Think about a single organizing principle that is highly effective at generating positive feelings across the board: Shift your focus outward." https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/10/14/21508422/winter-dread-covid-19-pandemic-happiness-psychology

Oh! The things we had to do to debug software!

Experienced programmers have tales to tell about the things they had to do to test and debug their applications. They agree on one thing: The bad ol’ days of development are best left in the past.

https://www.functionize.com/blog/oh-the-things-we-had-to-do-to-debug-software/

You can now hum or sing songs to search for them using Google. https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/google-hum-whistle-sing-song-search-1234806737/

Atari is back. The old-school video game company is launching its first console in over 20 years—and this one allows users to trade cryptocurrency. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/atari-seeks-cachet-crypto-return-063005033.html

"Forty-one percent of women of childbearing age would see the nearest abortion clinic close, and the average distance they would have to travel to reach one would be 280 miles, up from 36 miles now." https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/15/upshot/what-happens-if-roe-is-overturned.html

2.1 Million of the oldest internet posts are now online for anyone to read https://www.vice.com/en/article/pky7km/usenet-archive-utzoo-online

The British Library is home to a world-class collection of manuscripts dating from the time of the Tudors and Stuarts. https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2020/09/heritage-made-digital-tudor-and-stuart-manuscripts-go-online.html

Smearing Hunter Biden Failed. Now What? The Trump campaign’s long-planned October Surprise was a dud, and they look out of ideas https://arcdigital.media/smearing-hunter-biden-failed-now-what-be84aef1995b

San Francisco’s sky-high apartment rents are falling fast. The median monthly rate for a studio in the city tumbled 31% in September from a year earlier to $2,285, compared with a 0.5% decline nationally. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-13/san-francisco-studio-apartment-rents-plunge-31-most-in-u-s

"Cultural Japan uses the International Image Interoperability Framework, a database with over 500,000 digital versions of Japanese artworks from 550 institutions around the world." https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/news/this-free-virtual-gallery-lets-you-curate-your-own-online-exhibition-of-japanese-art-100920

>>If, like me, you’ve been reluctant to “waste” a masked smile, you should return to smiling as usual. It turns out, humans are really good at reading eyes. “When you encounter someone, if you’re acknowledging them as a human being,” Shiota says, you tend to look them in the eyes and they “will see that smiling in the eyes.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/smile-mask-smize/2020/10/09/25104874-099f-11eb-a166-dc429b380d10_story.html

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” —Maya Angelou

If you happen to be in a redecorating mood... https://www.messynessychic.com/2020/10/14/what-wed-bid-on-at-the-historic-waldorf-astoria-hotel-auction/