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New top story on Hacker News: How to write good prompts: using spaced repetition to create understanding

New top story on Hacker News: Reverse Engineering Source Code of the Biontech Pfizer Vaccine: Part 2

New top story on Hacker News: Are you a “harbinger of failure”? (2015)

A man was hospitalized with the virus after attending a controversial ‘Covid conga line’ party in Queens.

The U.S. reaches 20 million cases.

Justice Dept. Asks Judge to Toss Election Lawsuit Against Pence

New top story on Hacker News: The Design of the Roland Juno Syntheziser's Oscillators

New top story on Hacker News: When Nintendo fought a device that gave Mario 'new superpowers'

New top story on Hacker News: Shigeru Miyamoto Wants to Create a Kinder World

Resolving to live a lot better than in 2020.

New Year’s Eve in Dakar, Senegal

Grapes, yellow underwear and a scarecrow: Colombia preserves its traditions.

Macron promises to speed up France’s vaccine rollout after frustration over sluggish start.

New top story on Hacker News: Tesla Short Sellers Lost $38B in 2020 as Stock Surged

New top story on Hacker News: UK formally leaves European Union after 48 years

In Montreal, at least there is still (takeout) poutine, a hangover antidote of choice.

Minneapolis Police Release Body Camera Video of First Killing Since George Floyd

Israel could become the first country to vaccinate all of its citizens.

Things Will Get Better. Seriously.

For a grieving family, 2020 cannot end soon enough.

The Morning

Citing pandemic, prosecutors in case against officers in George Floyd’s death want trial delay.

Georgia Republicans Deliver Persistent Message: Fear the Democrats

Squirming, Maybe

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: AWS Lambda Terraform Cookbook with working examples

New top story on Hacker News: Shortformer: Better Language Modeling using Shorter Inputs [pdf]

New top story on Hacker News: Distilleries that made hand sanitizer charged $14k surprise fee by FDA

2020: The Year in Visual Stories and Graphics

Over half of Ohio’s nursing home workers are refusing to get a Covid-19 vaccine, the governor says.

Forever Is Never

New York will allow in-person fans at Buffalo Bills home playoff game.

After Breonna Taylor Case, Louisville Police Face Precarious Next Chapter

PM-covid-update

Critics Say Nashville Police Could Have Done More With Tip About Bomber

The Small Colorado Town Shrugged Off the Pandemic. Then Came the Coronavirus Variant.

A Dallas-Fort Worth air traffic control center was closed for disinfection, and big flight delays soon followed.

Closing of Air Traffic Control Center for Virus Cleaning Halts Flights in Dallas

New top story on Hacker News: HTML5 still doesn't replicate what mattered about Flash

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Diffgram – Human Supervision of AI Data

New top story on Hacker News: Uber will charge 25% starting Jan. 1 in Seattle as per minimum wage law

The Morning

The Bomb That Struck the Heart of Nashville

Life went on as it always had in Simla, Colo., until the virus came to town. And then the variant.

‘No Realistic Path’ for Quick Vote on $2,000 Stimulus Checks, McConnell Says

To get young students back in classrooms, California plans to offer a financial incentive to districts to reopen.

This New Year’s Eve, Times Square Will Be Filled With Hope. But Not People.

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: The Agora is an experimental social network

New Year’s Resolutions for the Planet

2 Cleveland Police Officers Avoid Federal Charges in Killing of Tamir Rice

New top story on Hacker News: Messengers of hope: two mRNA Covid-19 vaccines herald a new era for vaccinology

New top story on Hacker News: Apple loses copyright claims in lawsuit against U.S. security bug startup

New top story on Hacker News: Lying to Bill Gates to get the Xbox project approved

New top story on Hacker News: Learn 3D Computer Graphics Programming from Scratch

Cutest Couple, Class Clown and a Competitive Year for D.C. Superlatives

China is set to vaccinate millions, but without any proof that its vaccines work.

McConnell Blocks Vote on $2,000 Checks Despite G.O.P. Pressure

Biden Criticizes Trump on Vaccine Distribution and Pledges to Pick Up Pace

Alaska Airlines Clamps Down on Emotional Support Animals on Flights

Howard J. Rubenstein, Public Relations Impresario, Dies at 88

New top story on Hacker News: Tesla: Soaring share price creates army of 'Teslanaires'

New top story on Hacker News: Visa Advertising Solutions (VAS) Opt Out

Moderna will give its Covid-19 vaccine to its workers, board members and some relatives.

Nursing Home Patients Are Dying of Loneliness

More Contagious Coronavirus Variant Found in Colorado

Treasury will begin sending the $600 stimulus checks.

China Has All It Needs to Vaccinate Millions, Except Proof Its Vaccines Work

Pompeo Weighs Plan to Place Cuba on U.S. Terrorism Sponsor List

When Nashville Bombing Hit a Telecom Hub, the Ripples Reached Far Beyond

Stimulus Checks, Virus Variant, Breonna Taylor: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing

New top story on Hacker News: Coinbase to Suspend Trading in XRP

New top story on Hacker News: Email providers – which one to choose?

A New Source for Alcohol-Free Libations

Green Chutney From a Minneapolis Family Recipe