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Elon Musk hasn't changed anything about Twitter yet, but the site already feels different. It's a "free speech" placebo effect, @kait_tiffany writes.http://on.theatln.tc/VrkmbmK 

If your partner always does the laundry and you always do the dishes, you might forget how much they’re contributing. A new study suggests that couples who share every chore may be more satisfied, @jpinsk reports:http://on.theatln.tc/4ncVCFY 

"With the legislature at his beck and call, [Ron] DeSantis has managed to push through a series of laws that have made his national reputation among conservatives even greater, creating a feedback loop for himself," @GrahamDavidA writes:http://on.theatln.tc/777HhTx 

Ten years ago, Netflix was in the vanguard of streaming. Today, the challenge is not to grow at all costs, but to make its existing service still seem valuable to audiences who have more choices than ever, @davidlsims writes.http://on.theatln.tc/fjgFiXE 

"Children are sophisticated thinkers, more than capable of abstract thought. They’re creative too. Indeed, in some ways, kids make better philosophers than adults," @shershovitz writes:http://on.theatln.tc/fhvftce 

Eliminate trending topics. Only show users what they choose to see. @Yair_Rosenberg offers straightforward solutions for Elon Musk to make Twitter better, not worse:http://on.theatln.tc/9HniEVY 

“I am a writer who tends to think and plan and draft quickly, but when I revise, I’m just slow; there is no other word for it.” @nicolesjchung shares her writing advice for what comes after the first draft:http://on.theatln.tc/CSJhiPK 

“I’ve gotten pretty cynical,” @MollyJongFast writes. “But I want to believe that American democracy can be saved by normal citizens doing the right thing.”http://on.theatln.tc/4qauJj3 

Like Hong Kong's other once-respected institutions, the city's Foreign Correspondents' Club has capitulated to a new repressive regime, @TMcLaughlin3 writes. It is—like so much else in Hong Kong—hoping that people will believe in a fiction.http://on.theatln.tc/X3bq0eN 

Even a starry cast including Viola Davis playing Michelle Obama cannot redeem Showtime’s deeply uninspiring “The First Lady,” @shirklesxp writes:http://on.theatln.tc/iMBBO3e 

"If you wonder why we are a self-absorbed … neurotic society, it might have something to do with a barrage of ads meant to turn us into hypochondriacs who are determined to make our doctors prescribe us the thing we just saw,” @RadioFreeTom writes:http://on.theatln.tc/u3CXekA 

A strange meat allergy called alpha-gal syndrome has been spreading through tick bites in the U.S. Some people hadn't had pork in years—until a solution appeared from somewhere unexpected, @sarahzhang reports.http://on.theatln.tc/AoskTLn 

More Americans are getting infected than are showing up in our official COVID numbers. Just how bad is the pandemic right now? @yeahyeahyasmin investigates:http://on.theatln.tc/EhiG4IV