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Friday Notes: Sports Roundup, Release Day, Neurolink, Amanda Gorman and more

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Friday Notes: Sports Roundup, Release Day, Neurolink, Amanda Gorman and more

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Sports Roundup: Reaction to Celtics Heat, Lebron James' Injury, Arsenal & Chelsea News, Davante Adams

Sports Roundup: Reaction to Celtics Heat, Lebron James’ Injury, Arsenal & Chelsea News, Davante Adams
5 takeaways from Celtics’ wire-to-wire Game 5 victory over Heat 5 takeaways from Celtics’ wire-to-wire Game 5 victory over HeatBoston’s defense rises to the challenge, Miami’s 2 stars go quiet and more as the series heads back to South Beach.NBA.comJohn Schuhmann Are the Celtics Really About
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Release Day: Lil Durk, Kodak Black, Nonso Amadi, Choplife Soundsystem & Mr. Eazi, Jay Worthy & Roc Marciano, Diddy featuring City Girls and Fabolous, Asake, Adekunle Gold

Release Day: Lil Durk, Kodak Black, Nonso Amadi, Choplife Soundsystem & Mr. Eazi, Jay Worthy & Roc Marciano, Diddy featuring City Girls and Fabolous, Asake, Adekunle Gold
Lil Durk “Almost Healed” Pain and tragedy have defined so much of Lil Durk’s life and, by natural extension, his music. The devastating losses he’s experienced since rising to hip-hop stardom from Chicago’s once nascent drill scene compound one another, to the point where even something as
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On Thursday, Elon Musk's brain-implant company Neuralink said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had given the green light to its first-in-human clinical trial, a critical milestone after earlier struggles to gain approval.

Inside Montauk’s Luxurious ‘Trailer Park’

An 800-square-foot beachfront home sold for $3.75 million in February, spotlighting a wealthy community with humble beginnings.

Inside Montauk’s Luxurious ‘Trailer Park’
An 800-square-foot beachfront home sold for $3.75 million in February, putting a spotlight on a wealthy community that has humble beginnings.
The New York TimesBy

Amanda Gorman’s poem for Biden’s inauguration barred for younger children by Florida school.

In a Facebook post on Tuesday, poet Amanda Gorman vowed to fight back. Her poem, “The Hill We Climb” was challenged by the parent of two students at Bob Graham Education Center in Miami Lakes, along with several books.

Amanda Gorman’s poem for Biden’s inauguration barred for younger children by Florida school - New York Amsterdam News
A poem written for President Joe Biden’s inauguration has been placed on a restricted list at a South Florida elementary school after one parent’s complaint.
New York Amsterdam Newsjosh.barker

Push Notifications Are Out of Control

A couple of years ago, I got a text from a friend that read simply, “This seems bad.” With it was a screenshot of something that did seem, at best, not great: an iPhone push notification from the sports-betting app DraftKings, laden with emoji and extolling the day’s promotional gambling deals. “Yikes,” I murmured at my phone screen.

Push Notifications Are Out of Control
There must be better ways of opting out.
The AtlanticAmanda Mull
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Uristocrat Tip: Turn off push notifications for all your apps, including messages and email, and instead set reminders to check them every few hours.

A $189 Airport Travel Hack Is No Longer Working Very Well

Customers ask if Clear fees are worth it if TSA lines are faster

A $189 Airport Travel Hack Is No Longer Working Very Well
Few things are more tiresome than slowly shuffling forward in an airport line with one anxious eye on the ticking clock, especially as US travel surges with the end of the pandemic.
BloombergAlan Levin

Parra "Mountain Waves" Drop

Parra “Mountain Waves” Drop
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Bodega x New Balance “The Trail Less Taken”

Bodega x New Balance “The Trail Less Taken”
Working on yourself means doing what you love unapologetically – no matter what everyone else around you is saying or doing. From hobbies and passions projects to steps necessary to get to where you want to be, individuality is often defined by a trail less taken. Sometimes this path isn’t
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