Mon. 11/08 - The Messy Legacy of Emily Dickinson and Her Favorite Cake

Another even more promising antiviral pill for COVID-19 has been announced, this time from Pfizer. Plus, why adults aren’t as good at learning new things as kids are, but is it such a bad thing? And the messy legacy of both Emily Dickinson and her favorite cake recipe.

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Links:

• Pfizer says COVID-19 pill cut hospital, death risk by 90% (AP) 
• Pfizer says its COVID-19 pill cuts disease's worst risks by 89% (NPR)
• Pfizer's Experimental Covid-19 Pill Found Highly Effective at Preventing Hospitalization and Death (Gizmodo)
• Why Children Learn Better Than Adults (Wall Street Journal)
• The Messy History of Emily Dickinson's Black Cake Recipe (Atlas Obscura)
• Dickinson (Apple TV+)
• Kottke.Org
• Jackson Bird on Twitter

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