gwendolyn faith is not a crayon.
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It’s tempting to think of Facebook as pure entertainment — the dumb game you play when your boss looks away, or your date goes to the bathroom. But that’s underestimating how powerful the Facebook empire has become. For some, the app is more important than a driver’s license. People need it to contact colleagues, or even start and build businesses.
It’s hard to know how many people rely on Facebook for work, but NPR interviewed dozens who do. Their stories reveal an unsettling fact: This Silicon Valley giant — one that has woven its way into the lives of more than a billion people — can be a black box, silent about how it makes decisions.
While some have been frustrated about censorship, for a number of users, there is another concern — livelihood.
Building, And Losing, A Career On Facebook
Illustration: Lily Padula for NPR
somehow, after deactivating in 2012, i haven’t missed facebook at all—not even once. how can a platform so ubiquitous add so little utility?!
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Chicago police chief Eddie Johnson
Chicagoans, Ex-Gang Members, Officials: ‘No Easy Way To Stop The Violence’
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In 2017 I resolve to read instead of binging shows in bed, but I need (need!) to finish Poldark immediately. My year may be off to a rough start, y'all.
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Before Donald Trump takes the oath of office in January, there are a lot of questions about how he will decide key policy issues.
We’ve identified the top 10 issues voters care about most according to a 2016 survey from the Pew Research Center and charted what Trump has said about each of them. The issues are, in order: the economy, terrorism, foreign policy, health care, gun policy, immigration, Social Security, education, Supreme Court appointments and the treatment of racial and ethnic minorities.
Stay informed on Donald Trump’s approach to policy and act accordingly.
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I’ve fallen behind on Tumblr updates, but I’ll still post a snapshot from Andi and Graham’s wedding reception. Yes, largely because I’m so pleased with my hair.
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There’s no good estimate for how many people live with smell loss. Congenital anosmia, being born without a sense of smell, is a rare condition. Acquired smell loss is more common. That loss can be total, or what’s known as hyposmia, a diminished sense of smell.
Nisha Pradhan doesn’t know how she lost her sense of smell. She thinks she was born with it because as a child, she says she liked to eat and ate a lot. But there came a point where she lost interest in food.
“That’s actually one of the first things that people notice whenever they have a smell problem, is food doesn’t taste right anymore,” says Beverly Cowart, a researcher at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia.
That’s because eating and smell go hand in hand. How food tastes often relies on what we smell.
With No Sense Of Smell, The World Can Be A Grayer, Scarier Place
Illustration: Cornelia Li for NPR
My life, y’all.
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I’ve missed sharing some news during my unintentional Tumblr hiatus. Most notably, I’ve taken a new role at my company, helping lead prospecting and pitching efforts for the agency. Although I’m a little a lot intimidated by my new job description, I’m more than ready for a new challenge, especially one that will stretch my strategic chops and storytelling skills. (That learning curve, though.)
And outside of work, I’ve gotten to spend some quality time with friends.
For example, Sara Jane and Christian nailed the lovely little details at their Chicago Firehouse wedding, including fresh peaches and cotton in the Southern bride’s centerpieces. You must take a look at their photographer’s blog!
At the same time, after more than a year between visits, my good friend Rebba came into town for the wedding. Move back to Chicago, please? I could use more than a few days of window-shopping, restauranting, and reading on the patio, wine in hand, with one of the bests.
A few days later, I spent a long weekend in Washington, D.C., with Megan and Amanda, two of my favorite friends in the whole wide world. Although the three of us basically wined and dined through the nation’s capital, we also kayaked the Potomac River and walked the Washington Mall, singing along to the Hamilton soundtrack. Perfect!
I suspect between the new job and the return of extracurriculars, I’ll lose most of the flexibility in my schedule. Since Big Brothers Big Sisters and Bible study don’t meet over the summer, I took a six-week golf class through the city parks district to make Leslie Knope proud, but I’ve probably already lost my meager skills. Anyone in fore the driving range?!
WASHINGTON—Feeling overwhelmed and unable to take it any longer, hundreds of millions of American citizens across the country reportedly thought “I can’t do this anymore” while going quietly about their regular daily routines Wednesday.
As they commuted to work, performed household tasks, sat around with family and friends, engaged in hobbies, or watched television, each of the 320 million residents of the United States reportedly acknowledged to themselves that they simply could not continue doing any of this, not for a single moment.
According to sources, every last member of the nation’s populace further recognized this has gone on for far too long already.
“I can’t keep doing this,” each person in the country reportedly thought while shopping for groceries, replying to emails, sitting through meetings, walking to or from their parking spot, or tucking their children into bed. “Things can’t go on like this. They just can’t.”
“There’s no way,” the entire U.S. population added silently to themselves.
More.
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