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The exact height of Mt. Everest, the Earth’s highest peak, has been the subject of debate for over a decade. Now, she was determined to be several feet taller than previously believedhttps://nym.ag/3lZO27D 

.@jonathanchait spoke with @BarackObama on his advice for Biden, his critics on the left, and what he learned about the GOPhttps://nym.ag/39VuhvB 

#AskABoss: "My boss has announced that while we’re all working from home, the entire company will now be spending the whole work day on a Zoom call with video"https://nym.ag/2VYpQbg 

.@JTfirstman, Instagram’s premier impressionist, talks sex, drugs, and getting famous in social isolation. @KTHeaney reportshttps://nym.ag/3gueCEz 

“Learning pods” have become a much-discussed educational alternative in recent months. @annaesilman reports on what really happens when parents who barely knew each other are suddenly running makeshift schools togetherhttps://nym.ag/3mjy8F9 

The vanguard of “pro-worker conservatism” has a clear-eyed view of the Trump-era’s lessons — but little hope of making the GOP learn them. @EricLevitz writeshttps://nym.ag/3m3nPVu 

“When I was younger, I would just purchase any new ‘It’ product that claimed to solve all of my skin-care problems. Now, I know the importance of researching your ingredients to make sure they will be effective for your skin type” #WhyIsYourSkinSoGoodhttps://nym.ag/2VVvpHi 

Democrats need a clear and broadly appealing national identity. @EricLevitz makes the case for “Workers, Wages, Weed”https://nym.ag/2IRECgY 

The leagues have muddled through 2020, doing what they can to keep the plane in the air. But eventually they need fans in the stands, reliable schedules, and healthy playershttps://nym.ag/3qIgzlK 

#AskPolly: "Do I have to resign myself to the fact that just being quietly myself instead of overeager will be misinterpreted by some?" @hhavrilesky respondshttps://nym.ag/3m7f39m 

These directors made the choice to recall the way movies used to look with an emotional immediacy that forces contemporary viewers to see all the shades of grayhttps://nym.ag/3oI2WBk 

“After a decade, Instagram was suddenly one of the main portals to the rest of the outside world, and it simply wasn’t adequate for expressing the range of emotional experiences we were going through”https://nym.ag/3m1fQs0 

Sex workers all over the country are barely eking by in our new socially distanced economy, while shut out from receiving (the already measly) government support for lost wages because their profession is criminalizedhttps://nym.ag/3oE4xrw 

Five people who lost work in the pandemic share how they’ve gotten creative with supporting themselveshttps://nym.ag/3m6XtlB 

The ‘21’ club was famously, comically expensive — but unlike other pricey Manhattan restaurants, a meal there came with endless layers of atmosphere and pure, unfiltered New York historyhttps://nym.ag/37WAZ1y 

"For just this instant, Elle is all id: imperfect and free." @WklyJDrinkard writes on Elle Woods’s meltdown in "Legally Blonde"https://nym.ag/2K5eakn 

Intensive-care nurse Sandra Lindsay became the first New Yorker to receive the COVID vaccinehttps://nym.ag/34dY0w6 

There’s no place like home, but maybe there’s a candle that can help ease the pangs of homesicknesshttps://nym.ag/2K7BmhH