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Episode 56: February 22, 2019

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  • Texas sees one of its coldest winters in decades as temperatures drop | Texas | The Guardian
  • Texas braces for historic winter storm with record cold, icy roads | Fox News
  • Winter storm brings snow and ice across southern US as temperatures plunge | US news | The Guardian
  • Winter storm: Half of America is under winter weather advisories as freezing temperatures grip the country - CNN
  • US cold snap: Why is Texas seeing Arctic temperatures? - BBC News
  • White House: China Must Release Data From The 'Earliest Days Of The Outbreak' : Coronavirus Updates : NPR
  • Texas Blackout: How the Electrical Grid Failed - Bloomberg
  • Texas freeze led to release of tons of air pollutants as refineries shut | Texas | The Guardian
  • When will the Texas power outages end? State officials don't know | kvue.com
  • Texas produces more power than any other state. Here's why it went dark anyway - CNN
  • Coldest temperatures in decades continue; more wintry weather mid-week | kvue.com
  • No, frozen wind turbines aren’t to blame for Texas’ power outages | The Texas Tribune
  • Hygiene Theater Is Still a Huge Waste of Time - The Atlantic
  • Texas weather: President Biden declares major disaster - BBC News
  • ‘System-wide failure’: Energy expert says outages could have been prevented — at a cost | KXAN Austin
  • Covid Absolutism - The New York Times
  • EU to fast track approval of vaccines targeting coronavirus mutations – POLITICO
  • CDC is not recommending a Covid-19 test requirement before domestic travel | CNN Travel
  • CDC director: Too early for states to roll back mask mandates - POLITICO
  • CDC director says schools can reopen safely 'without all of the teachers being vaccinated' | Daily Mail Online
  • US Coronavirus: Widespread vaccinations in the US won't come until the summer. Here's what's been driving down Covid-19 cases so far - CNN
  • US Coronavirus: Dr. Fauci shifts the timeline on when the general public will be able to get a vaccine - CNN
  • (3) FDA moved too fast to authorize coronavirus antibody tests, two top officials admit
  • US coronavirus: Covid-19 hospitalizations in the US dip to lowest level since November - CNN
  • New, Daily Coronavirus Cases Drop Below 100K For First Time In Months : NPR
  • Study names animals most likely to cause next big COVID outbreak | Fox News
  • (7) New CDC reports warn that variants could lead to "rapid rise" in Covid-19 cases
  • Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine sharply reduces symptomatic Covid-19 in the real world, Israeli researchers say - CNN
  • Pfizer-BioNTech Shot Stops Covid’s Spread, Israeli Study Shows - Bloomberg
  • Ted Cruz took his Princeton roommate to Cancun for the 'family vacation' | Daily Mail Online
  • Airplane debris narrowly misses Broomfield home after midair engine fire – video | US news | The Guardian
  • Some Boeing 777 airplanes likely to be removed from service, FAA says - CNN
  • Trump Acquitted During Second Impeachment Trial, McConnell Blasts Him
  • Trump attorney Michael van der Veen after impeachment win: ‘We’re going to Disney World’ | Fox News
  • Japan earthquake: 'Aftershock' of devastating 9.0-magnitude quake that hit in 2011 - CNN
  • CEOs of Reddit and Robinhood and ‘Roaring Kitty’ slated to testify in GameStop hearing - The Verge
  • Robinhood Reddit GameStop Congressional Hearing Info | HYPEBEAST
  • Bulova "666" Oceanographer Devil Diver Reissue | HYPEBEAST
  • Apple, Spotify, and the impossible problem of moderating shows - The Verge
  • Bumble Cofounder Becomes World’s Youngest Self-Made Woman Billionaire, Thanks To IPO
  • 'Bachelor' host Chris Harrison says he's 'stepping aside' temporarily after 'excusing historical racism' | EW.com
  • Amazon Delivery Truck Smashes Through Front Door of Home in Georgia
  • If you use this emoji, Gen Z will call you old - CNN
  • Watch the official premiere trailer for Zack Snyder’s Justice League - The Verge
  • Scientists are making see-through wood, and it could replace glass
  • Nissan Denies Reports of Apple Car Partnership Discussions - MacRumors
  • Jaguar will be an all-electric car brand from 2025 - The Verge
  • Machine Gun Kelly keeps Megan Fox's blood on a necklace in new Valentine's Day post | Fox News
  • Ashley Carman on Twitter: "Interesting @benthompson piece on clubhouse. He posits that if clubhouse and social audio take off, Spotify’s investment in podcasts might look like betting on blogs in the 2000s, only for Twitter to come along and kill them https://t.co/2Kb8frUXAo https://t.co/iau2sAUkmn" / Twitter
  • Parler is back online after a month of downtime - The Verge
  • Vegan KitKat: Nestlé's newest candy bar is missing a key ingredient - CNN
  • Why COVID-19 Cases Are Falling So Fast - The Atlantic
  • iHeartMedia to Acquire Triton Digital From Scripps - WSJ
  • YouTube to expand Shorts to the U.S., add 4K and DVR to YouTube TV, launch in-video shopping and more in 2021 | TechCrunch
  • Rush Limbaugh, conservative media icon, dead at 70 following battle with cancer - CNN
  • Rush Limbaugh, Radio Host Who Trafficked in Bigotry and Cruelty, Dead - Rolling Stone
  • The podcast wars will come down to ad tech, not exclusive content - The Verge
  • Texas was minutes away from monthslong power outages, officials say | The Texas Tribune
  • Diablo II Resurrected Remaster BlizzCon 2021 News | HYPEBEAST
  • Who Killed Malcolm X? New Questions Raised About Assassination of Black Leader
  • Poland fights Big Tech with push to block social media censorship | Fox News
  • Daft Punk Break Up | Pitchfork
  • Dan Benjamin is creating Videos | Patreon
  • (11) Disasterproof - YouTube
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