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Extra, Extra: Website Lets You Recreate Your Ideal Bar Vibe Without Ever Leaving Your Pod
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Published Feb 17, 2021
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- After going bankrupt last year, discount department store Century 21 will be brought back by the same family that has owned and operated the brand for 60 years.
- The website "I Miss My Bar" lets you recreate the aural ambience of a watering hole specifically to your liking.
- The rolling blackouts in Texas due to extreme winter weather have disproportionately impacted minority neighborhoods, the NY Times reports.
- Now officials in many Texas cities are warning residents "that water levels are dangerously low and may be unsafe to drink," the Texas Tribune reports.
- Earther argues that Elon Musk's reward offer for the best carbon capture technology is a "dangerous distraction" from the formidable challenges of the climate crises.
- A live-action spinoff off The Addams' Family called Wednesday is coming to Netflix. Directed by Tim Burton, the series is described as "a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams's years as a student at Nevermore Academy."
- Approximately 12% of the U.S. population has now been vaccinated for COVID-19, with 55.2 million doses administered, putting the Biden administration on track to easily surpass its goal of 100 million first doses in its first 100 days.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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