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As the COVID public health emergency ends, prepping for a new pandemic is next

2 years 5 months ago

WASHINGTON — After more than three years and 1.1 million deaths, the United States on Thursday will end the public health emergency for COVID-19 — and Congress is attempting to better prepare for a possible resurgence of that virus or another. The expiration of the designation, originally put in place in January 2020, means alterations to how […]

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Jennifer Shutt

Time To Rethink Aloe Plaza

2 years 5 months ago
Eighty-three years ago today a new urban plaza was opened across Market Street from Union Station. The decennial census taken the previous month would later show the city’s population had declined slightly. Carl Milles’ ‘Meeting of the Waters’ is the focal point of Aloe Plaza. 2011 St. Louisans of the ...
Steve Patterson

Twitter Launches Not-Actually-Encrypted Encrypted DMs

2 years 5 months ago
For many months now, Elon has been promising encrypted DMs. And, indeed, we’ve pointed out that he’s absolutely correct that this is an important feature, and one that social media services should offer. The fact that he’s brought it up a bunch and it seemed to be a priority was definitely a good thing, and […]
Mike Masnick