I’ve Got Your Missing Links Right Here (9 January 2016)

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What’s the Plural of Emoji? Robinson Meyer’s investigation quickly turns into a delightful examination of borrowed words.

Nadia Drake witnesses two green sunsets and writes beautifully about them.

“If there are no polio cases in 2016, eradication might be achieved by the end of 2018.” By Maryn McKenna

The first email ever sent wasn’t even read on a monitor; it had to be printed out. This and other gems from Adrienne LaFrance’s examination of email, and why it has come to suck so much.

On polite parties and casual racism. Essential (and for me, all too

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