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Most office workers remain steadfastly “remote-first”, spending most of their paid time out of the office. Even though a large share of people have little choice but to physically go to work, 40% of all American working hours are still now spent at home. economist.com/finance-and-econ

Divorce is getting less nasty in wealthy countries. Legal reform and access to mediation have made the process cheaper, faster, and less traumatic for children, and cultural shifts have helped too - with more mothers in the workforce and fathers actively involved in child-raising, shared custody agreements are on the rise. economist.com/international/20

Interesting in-depth visual analysis of more than 382,000 news headlines, exploring how women are represented in written media. pudding.cool/2022/02/women-in-

“Books are weapons in the war of ideas.” —President Roosevelt
From my parent’s copy of _The Picture of Dorian Grey_

"I very rarely challenge myself to listen to music that I don’t immediately enjoy. Why would I, when I can so easily switch to something else?"

wired.com/story/you-should-lis

"The heart of the device is a piezoelectric print head, as used in some types of inkjet printer. It dispenses tiny droplets of silver nanoparticle ink, which is conductive enough to make useful electronic circuits by simply printing a schematic."
hackaday.com/2022/02/15/print-

“Duets are made for the bourgeoisie – oh, but only God can make a trio,” sang the cast of a Broadway revue “Life Begins at 8.40”.
This is fun reading... and also thoughtful.
economist.com/1843/2022/02/10/

According to the UK’s Official Charts Company, Rumours sold 34,593 vinyl copies in 2021, third only to new albums by Adele and Abba, and besting new records by Ed Sheeran and Lana Del Rey. theguardian.com/music/2022/feb

Because obviously what you need is a traffic simulator
(And this got to the top of hackernews so I guess you're not the only one.)
traffic-simulation.de/ring.htm

The Change Agent Abie Award honors an international woman or non-binary individual (non-U.S. resident with an emphasis on the Global South) who created or expanded opportunities for girls/women in tech. Does this sound like you or someone you know? anitab.org/awards-grants/abie-

The thrumming, chirring and scraping sounds from underground are so strange that “you need a whole new vocabulary to describe it,” says one researcher. knowablemagazine.org/article/l

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