A Sears Of Unfortunate Events

Sears' Headquarters Was Supposed To Turn A Sleepy Suburb Into a Boomtown. It Never Happened, Where Coronavirus Hospitalizations Are Falling — And Where They're Increasing, Step Inside The Hype House, The LA Mansion Where TikTok Dreams Are Made, and more.

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DATA POINTS GOING THE RIGHT WAY Where Coronavirus Hospitalizations Are Falling — And Where They're Increasing axios.com Tracking hospital cases helps to see the severity of the virus' spread. THE GREAT DIVIDE Democrats Say The Worst Of The Coronavirus Is Yet To Come. Republicans Say The Worst Is Over fivethirtyeight.com While Americans are mostly on the same page about current social distancing measures, there are also signs that they increasingly disagree about where the crisis is headed. WITHOUT A TRACE I Enrolled In A Coronavirus Contact Tracing Academy wired.com Health experts say we need up to 200,000 more people to track down the infected and anyone who crossed their path. I took the training to learn how it works. ARE YOU PRO-BODY OR ANTIBODY? Why History Urges Caution On Coronavirus Immunity Testing scientificamerican.com Being immune was once a status symbol — and another way to segregate and divide humanity. STARTUPS WE DIGG | SPONSORED This Tiny Company is Disrupting The $27 Trillion Retirement Industry getadvisor.smartasset.com Once this startup's founder realized that only 26% of Americans are on track to retire, he launched a free tool that matches you with the right fiduciary financial advisors in your area. PICTURE THIS PICTURE THIS Teenage Runaways In The Wild, And More Of The Best Photography Of The Week digg.com Hope in hydrangeas, eerie photos of London in lockdown and more best photos of the week. CONCRETE JUNGLE IT'S SHOWtIME Step Inside The Hype House, The LA Mansion Where TikTok Dreams Are Made dazeddigital.com What happens when America's number one teenage content creators move in under one roof? This is the Hype House, through the keyhole. UP IN THEN SKIES For 200 Years, These Villagers Lived 2,600 Feet Up A Remote Cliff. Now They're In A Housing Estate cnn.com Villagers living up a remote 800-meter (2,624-foot) clifftop in southwest China that became famous for the precarious ladders connecting it to the world have been moved to a new urban housing estate. SEARS AND WHOA, BUD Sears' Headquarters Was Supposed To Turn A Sleepy Suburb Into a Boomtown. It Never Happened propublica.org To lure Sears into a Chicago suburb, officials crafted the largest tax break package ever awarded to a company in Illinois. It resulted in revenue shortfalls, disappearing jobs and unexpected tax burdens. VIDEO OF THE DAY INTO THE WOODS Man Who's Been Living Off The Grid For 16 Years Shows How He Uses A Washing Machine To Generate Electricity youtube.com This is what a picture of self-sufficiency looks like. DIGG PICKS | AFFILIATE Time Is Running Out For Early-Bird Pricing On These Tiny LED-Lit Indoor Planters kickstarter.com Have trouble keeping your plants alive? Let Pico help out. The Kickstarter ends soon though, so don't hesitate. FROM THE ARCHIVES DEUS EX MACHINA God's Lonely Programmer (2014) motherboard.vice.com TempleOS is more than an exercise in retro computing, or a hobbyist's space for programming close to the bare metal. It's the brainchild — perhaps the life's work — of Terry Davis, the founder and sole employee of Trivial Solutions. He's done this work because God told him to. THE SNOWBIRD BANDIT The Cop Who Became A Robber (2017) lamag.com Randy Adair was a celebrated LAPD detective. In his retirement, he knocked off banks. Please… don't make us go to the TikTok house. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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