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Technology

‘Thought Bullies’ or Right Move: A Divide Over James Damore Firing

By LELA MOORE and BRIANNA MILORD | Aug 11th 2017

Readers debated the firing of Mr. Damore, a Google engineer who wrote a memo about why he thought there are so few women working in the tech industry.

Misogyny matters little compared to wage discrimination.

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U.S.

Video: Are Steve Bannon’s Days Numbered?

By A.J. CHAVAR and CHRIS CIRILLO | Aug 14th 2017

Steve Bannon, President Trump’s chief strategist, has been criticized as being emblematic of the far-right nationalism that turned violent in Virginia last weekend. Can he salvage his role in the White House?

I can hope so.  I doubt that they are.
Steve Bannon loves power and wants war against the Arabs.

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Food

High-Wire Feat for Single-Stem Flowers

By FLORENCE FABRICANT | Aug 14th 2017

The florist Kelsie Hayes floats flowers, dangling them above the dinner table like acrobats in flight.

A pointless feat.  Most flowers display best below the sight line.

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Style

Four Castaways Make a Family

By RENE DENFELD | Aug 11th 2017

In adopting three foster children, a woman with a fraught past of her own makes “a decision to love.”

If you wish.

I would supply them with the toys they want.
I would supply them with words.

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Real Estate

Brooklyn Prices Reach New Level

By MICHAEL KOLOMATSKY | Aug 11th 2017

2017 second-quarter sales data showed the borough’s home prices reached a new level.

Cities are not for children.

I do not want to live in the city.

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N.Y. / Region

The Daddy Longlegs: Creepy but Harmless

By DAVE TAFT | Aug 11th 2017

The arthropod has quite a myth built around it. But it is not venomous, and it’s not even a spider.

I do not believe in dowsing.

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Science

An Eclipse Chaser’s Guide to Your First Eclipse

By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR | Aug 14th 2017

The coming solar eclipse will be a wondrous sight — if you get into viewing position in time, the clouds cooperate and you’re ready to have your mind blown.

This one is not my first.  
Celestial mechanics works.

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Magazine

How to Handle a Sleepwalker

By MALIA WOLLAN | Aug 11th 2017

Speak in a quiet voice. Prepare for zombielike spookiness.

If I sleep walk I am blissfully unaware of it.

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Crosswords & Games

Variety: Cryptic Crossword

By DEB AMLEN | Aug 12th 2017

Mixing it up with Richard Silvestri.

Not a spring chicken and found in water.
Definitely not a duck.  She could be a goose though likely to be a swan.

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The Upshot

Tech’s Damag

ing Myth of the Loner Genius Nerd

By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER | Aug 12th 2017

In truth, interpersonal skills like collaboration, communication and empathy are vital to career success in technology.

Bad management can cost corporations.
Google did the right thing.


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