Thursday, February 1, 2018

@21:55, 1/31/18

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1
Opinion

Trump’s Birth Control Problems

Plus: the night the porn star yawned.

If enough republicans are impeached they will be a minority.

2
Technology

A ‘Gadget Junkie,’ Wearing His Tech and Covering Deals

Andrew Ross Sorkin, DealBook columnist and all-day wearer of AirPods headphones, talks about the technology he uses for work and in his life.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/technology/personaltech/worried-about-the-privacy-of-your-messages-download-signal.html

https://signal.org/download/

OK   Wilco.

3
Travel

The Woven Art of Laos

For nearly three decades, the American master weaver Carol Cassidy has been working with Laotian silk weavers on the grounds of a grand old colonial mansion in Vientiane.

Governments fall.   Craft continues.

Some children will need the work if it pays.

4
Magazine

Why Koreans Are So Good at Speedskating

Can culture explain a nation’s success at racing around a hockey rink (and archery and women’s golf and e-sports and breakdancing)?

Constant attention.

5
Obituaries

Connie Sawyer, Film’s Oldest Working Actress, Dies at 105

Ms. Sawyer performed in vaudeville and acted on stages and screens for more than eight decades. “Just keep me workin’,” she said.

Working.

6
Well

Pelvic Massage Can Be Legitimate, but Not in Larry Nassar’s Hands

A form of physical therapy called pelvic floor physical therapy uses internal vaginal soft tissue manipulation to relieve pelvic pain and other problems.

I will not try to defend Larry Nassar.

7
Food

What to Cook Right Now

Eat sensibly today, for the days ahead will be filled with dips.

The supper bowl isnot part of my life.

8
World

Hong Kong Moves to Ban All Ivory Sales, Closing a Loophole

The city had long permitted the sale of antique ivory, which activists said ultimately created an incentive for poaching.

Elephants are worth more than ivory.

9
Business Day

‘Dr. Alexa, I’ve Been Sneezing and My Throat Is Sore’

Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase offer no details on how they plan to remake health care. Some experts attempt to imagine what they’ll do.

Let the doctors use the expert systems

I want a skilled human being in control.

Machines cannot care.

10
Opinion

Trump’s Besotted Republicans

The president and his party are getting exactly what they want from each other.

The world continues.

The speech has been presented.

I know nothing good about it.

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