Every morning, I roll over in bed, grab my phone, check my horror show of an inbox, read a couple of morning mailers like this one, and then open the New York Times app. I do their Spelling Bee, and then read about all kinds of things I didn’t know I wanted to read but am glad I have.

Like this piece (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/10/arts/music/mamie-smith-crazy-blues.html) on why 100 years ago, black American singer Mamie Smith’s song Crazy Blues shook things up. Or about how (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/world/asia/thailand-student-protest-military.html) Thailand’s students are taking on the military, borrowing from Harry Potter. Sometimes I even wade into their mostly critical commentary of Trump...

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