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- A bill that would create a commission to develop proposals for paying reparations to Black Americans — which has been stalled for nearly 30 years — is expected to get a committee vote in the House of Representatives today.
- When it comes to lobbying against climate-friendly policies, Big Meat is just as bad as Big Oil.
- The Wall Street Journal published a series of freaky graphics about how COVID-19 spreads during orchestra practice, and what a safer rehearsal would look like.
- Despite the MyPillow guy's professed love of free speech, his new social media platform apparently won't allow you to post swear words. (Porn and death threats are also banned.)
- Heather Havrilesky, whose advice column "Ask Polly" began on The Awl and most recently ran on The Cut, is taking her talents to Substack.
- Maybe you can afford Mr. Rogers' newly-listed $850,000 Pittsburgh home, but whom among us is even worthy?
- Minnesota Timberwolves rookie Anthony Edwards doesn't know who prospective team owner Alex Rodriguez is ... because he's 19.
- A developer who tore down a historic North London pub to build luxury condos lost a six-year legal battle and had to reconstruct the hundred-year-old pub brick by brick, and baby don't these pictures make you want to have a pint at a bar again.
- And finally, is this what's know as "a vibe"?:
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