Weekly News Update

Coronavirus News & Resources  

  • The Washington Post noted that Walmart is selling more shirts more than pants these days. (After all, on the internet, no one knows that you're a dog you're wearing dog-print pajama pants.)
  • Consumer Reports detailed Zoom's troubling privacy and security issues. (Also, check out this important Zoom tip.)
  • Above the Law has been reporting extensively on the pandemic's effect on the legal field, including layoffs, law school developments, and more. (Related: We were happy to hear that founder David Lat was released from the hospital on Wednesday after an ICU stay for complications from coronavirus.) 
  • Harvard Business Review explained how to manage your team remotely.
  • Worried about chest pain? Self looked at potential causes. 
  • The New York Times instructed readers to temper their coronavirus stockpiling. 
  • Eat This, Not That! knows you're missing your favorite restaurant — they provided a big list of copycat recipes to make at home.
  • WIRED gave readers a guide to cleaning during the pandemic. 
  • The Wall Street Journal detailed five workouts to do at home.
  • Apartment Therapy got real about the toilet paper shortage. 

In Other News… 

  • The Guardian reported on a major victory for the #KuToo movement: Japan Airlines will no longer require female flight attendants to wear skirts or high heels.
  • Vox took a close look at the FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early) movement. 
  • For your Laugh of the Week, The New Yorker offered “frivolous coronavirus graphs.”

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3 Comments

  1. This is silly but if you’re so inclined you can download different background to use on Zoom. West elm has a bunch (with instructions): https://www.westelm.com/pages/features/zoom-virtual-backgrounds/

    Curious – what are people using for their ‘virtual hangs’ – I’m a little overwhelmed by all the different things friends want me to download and would love to just find something easy to use with good privacy features.

    1. Thanks for these backgrounds! My friends and I just discovered virtual backgrounds on Zoom last weekend and one of my friends somehow had a Chippendales-style background as one of the presets…

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