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Extra Extra: "Contagion" Is The Best Movie For Coronavirus Panic Viewing
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Published Feb 4, 2020
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- We may be getting some of the Iowa caucus results today...at some point...I'm sure they're coming...is anyone there...
- Vice got an up close look at the Shadow app which was apparently to blame for data reporting errors.
- And The Outline spoke to an employee of Acronym, Shadow's parent organization, who said that the company hired people to "churn out digital content" only for them to ”sit in a room for at least a week, given no direction about what to do. There wasn’t a clear understanding about what the content strategy was supposed to achieve."
- Macy's says it will close 125 stores in the next three years, nearly a fifth of its total location.
- This is not a joke: Susan Collins said she thinks Trump has learned a "pretty big lesson" from impeachment and will be "much more cautious" about seeking foreign assistance in the future.
- GQ caught up with Wayne Diamond to talk about Uncut Gems and Diamond District.
- Is vaping the solution to weaning people off cigarettes, or a serious problem in its own right?
- If you're going to carry drugs around with you in a bag, maybe don't have the phrase “Bag Full of Drugs” printed on the bag.
- Steven Soderbergh's film Contagion isn't relevant just because of the coronavirus—it has a lot to say about rumors and fake news.
- A family has turned a "medieval ghost village" into a gorgeous home for themselves.
- Ray Donovan spent seven seasons fixing problems, and now he's up against his toughest job yet: getting canceled by Showtime.
- Amazon Dating is a V-Day themed joke...at least for now...
- And finally, having kids seems swell:
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