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8/16/2022
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Numlock News: August 16, 2022 • Antiquities, Crime, Sulfur Hexafluoride
By Walt Hickey Antiquities A court in New York issued a warrant for the arrest of a Lebanese antiquities dealer who had been a longtime tipster for art cops over smuggled artifacts. The 81-year-old is
8/15/2022
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Numlock News: August 15, 2022 • Fizz, Tectonic, Chalk
By Walt Hickey Welcome back! Thanks again to Ali, Pat, Dave, Rachael and Olivia for covering me last week. I hope you loved reading them as much as I did, and I had a great vacation as a result. Check
8/12/2022
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Numlock News: August 12, 2022 • Sleep Deprivation, Sleep Restriction, Sleep Regularity
By Olivia Walch Today your guest host is my friend Olivia Walch. She is the writer of the new book about the mathematics of redistricting Political Geometry, the founder and CEO of sleep science
8/12/2022
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Numlock News: August 10, 2022 • Cheap Wine, Blapple, Haus
By Dave Infante Today's guest writer is Dave Infante, the writer of Fingers, a fascinating and incisive newsletter all about the alcohol business and drinking in America. “Unleashed” Monster
8/12/2022
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Numlock News: August 11, 2022 • Edtech, Golf, Sequoias
By Rachael Dottle Today's guest writer is Bloomberg visual journalist Rachael Dottle. In 2020 she was the Sigma Awards Young Data Journalist of the Year, and you definitely know her story “The
8/9/2022
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Numlock News: August 9, 2022 • Blue Blood, Flight Attendants, Soccer Stadiums
By Pat Garofalo The guest host today is Pat Garofalo. He's the author of the brilliant book The Billionaire Boondoggle, the director of state and local policy at the American Economic Liberties
8/8/2022
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Numlock News: August 8, 2022 • Noisy Subways, Reindeer, Sanitation
By Alison Griswold The guest writer today is Ali Griswold. She writes Oversharing, a newsletter on the sharing economy, sustainable cities, and urbanism in the 21st century, and is a former reporter
8/5/2022
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Numlock News: August 5, 2022 • Consoles, Days of Our Lives, Sharks
By Walt Hickey Exciting news. Next week, I'm going on my first unplugged vacation of the Numlock era. Filling in for me will be five of my favorite writer, data journalist and author friends; they
8/4/2022
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Numlock News: August 4, 2022 • Prince, Pollen, Pixar
By Walt Hickey Estate The six-year-long litigation over the fate of the Prince estate finally came to a conclusion on Monday, when a judge signed off on the deal that will divide $156 million in assets
8/3/2022
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Numlock News: August 3, 2022 • Dum Dums, Solar System, Batgirl
By Walt Hickey Lollipops The family-owned Spangler Candy Co. is at the center of a swirling issue about drop-shipping its iconic lollipop Dum Dums. The company sells a 400-pack of Dum Dums on Amazon
8/2/2022
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Numlock News: August 2, 2022 • Jazzercise, Tabletop RPGs, Macao
By Walt Hickey Admin Fees Beginning in 2013, AT&T tacked on an “administrative fee” to monthly bills of its customers, a fee it hiked to $1.99 a month in 2018. To be clear, this fee does nothing;
8/1/2022
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Numlock News: August 1, 2022 • Krypto, Midwest, Lactose Intolerance
By Walt Hickey Pets DC League of Super-Pets, an animated feature featuring the vocal contributions of Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart, won the weekend at the box office with $23 million. The film made
7/29/2022
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Numlock News: July 29, 2022 • Giant Hornets, Franchises, Amphibians
By Walt Hickey Hornets The Washington State Department of Agriculture has so far rolled out 1150 traps over 310 square miles in their attempts to eradicate the northern giant hornet, an invasive
7/28/2022
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Numlock News: July 28, 2022 • Capri Sun, Shakira, Aotearoa
By Walt Hickey Shakira In 2018, Spanish prosecutors charged pop singer Shakira with tax evasion, claiming that she failed to pay €14.5 million from 2012 to 2014. Prosecutors say she lived mostly in
7/27/2022
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Numlock News: July 27, 2022 • Biomass, Overdrafts, Crypto Mixers
By Walt Hickey Fares The average price of a round-trip domestic flight in the United States is down to $298, significantly down from the north of $400 average fare seen back in May. Overall, prices
7/26/2022
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Numlock News: July 26, 2022 • WWE, Mushroom Leather, Raises
By Walt Hickey A Family Business Involving Undertakers New York requires its cemeteries to be nonprofit, but that doesn't stop some owners from extracting significant profits from their cemeteries.
7/25/2022
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Numlock News: July 25, 2022 • Pufferfish, Robocalls, Nope
By Walt Hickey Welcome back! Sure! Jordan Peele's Nope made $44 million domestically, the biggest opening weekend for an original studio screenplay since Peele's previous film, Us, beating out
7/22/2022
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Numlock News: July 22, 2022 • AI Captains, RRR, Neopets
By Walt Hickey Have a great weekend! It's Trash San Francisco is in the midst of a $537000 bake-off pilot program to determine which of six different models of new trash can will be rolled out
7/21/2022
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Numlock News: July 21, 2022 • Quidditch, The Blob, Latin
By Walt Hickey Quadball Seeking to turn the corner as a legitimate sport and vaguely ashamed at the direction the inventor of the game has taken, US Quidditch, Major League Quidditch and soon the
7/20/2022
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Numlock News: July 20, 2022 • Pret Index, Raiders, Worm Wars
By Walt Hickey Butterfly Effect The Apple Corporation will finally make right on its awful mistakes, namely the crappy butterfly keyboards they jammed into MacBooks from 2015 to 2019 that users found