On the frontlines of the world's most stressful desk job
[{"sender": "editorialstaff@flipboard.com", "recipients": ["jeevacation@gmail.com"], "timestamp": "7/16/2019 8:00:39 PM", "subject": "On the frontlines of the world's most stressful desk job", "body": "Interesting stories worth your time.\n\nGoing Down the Pipes\ntopic.com / Darcy Frey, Johanna Walderdorff By the mid-’90s, the American air traffic control system was on the verge of a nervous breakdown: broken equipment, insane overtime, and impossibly… read more \n\nPROMOTED BY BookBub\n\nBook Lovers Are Obsessed With This Site\n\nhttps://bookbub.com Earlier this year, the prices on blockbuster books were slashed for a limited time. A select group of readers were able to take advantage of them.\n\nHow the women of NASA made their mark on the space program\nlatimes.com / Molly Hennessy-Fiske The Civil Rights Act had just passed and the slide rule was giving way to computers when Frances “Poppy” Northcutt arrived at NASA’s Houston campus in… read more \n\n'Go Back Where You Came From': The Long Rhetorical Roots Of Trump's Racist Tweets\nnpr.org / Colin Dwyer , Andrew Limbong When President Trump tweeted his racist remarks Sunday, asking why certain Democratic congresswomen don't just \"go back and help fix the totally broken… read more \n\nThe rise and fall of French cuisine\ntheguardian.com / Wendell Steavenson French food was the envy of the world – before it became trapped by its own history. Can a new school of traditionalists revive its glories? By Wendell… read more \n\nRory McIlroy, two Irelands and a complicated Open homecoming\nespn.com / Ian O'Connor Ian O'Connor has won numerous national awards as a sports columnist and is the author of three books, including the bestseller, \"The Captain: The … read more \n\nMayor Rapinoe? Senator Rapinoe? President Rapinoe?!? In America’s World Cup Heroine, a Political Star Is Born\nvanityfair.com / Claire Landsbaum Megan Rapinoe has been honing her message for most of her career. Now her vision intersects perfectly with the political moment. Insiders calculate… read more \n\nTransgender Opera Singers Find Their Voices\nnytimes.com / MICHAEL COOPER AUSTIN, Tex. — Holding his whiskey in one hand and his Stetson in the other, the opera’s hero — a tough stagecoach driver — offered an unhappy barmaid… read more \n\nSufjan Stevens and the Curious Case of the Missing 48 States\ntheringer.com / Zach Schonfeld Remember when indie rock turned into a whimsical, state-by-state geography lesson? Sufjan Stevens was our banjo-plucking pied piper, traversing the … read more \n\nShould You Pay for TSA Precheck, Global Entry, or Clear?\nlifehacker.com / Lisa Rowan You’ve seen the special lines at the airport: People just breezing on through routine security measures while you’re waiting behind a family of … read more \n\nShoot the Stars: The Best New Smart Telescopes\nmensjournal.com / by Eric Adams These smart telescopes let you travel the universe from your yard—and bring back photographic souvenirs. read more \n\nCheck out The Daily Edition for the biggest stories in news, business, tech, sports and entertainment.\n\nREAD MORE"}]