Today is National Pizza Day. Please support your local pizza shop.
Mardi Gras is next Tuesday, February 16, 2021.
New Orleans canceled this year’s parade, so thousands of people across the city are decorating houses and whole blocks to look like parade floats. If you’re looking for a different safe way to celebrate Mardi Gras, watch this WXPN documentary about Haitian influences on New Orleans music.
Watch List
View recent footage of a section of the white cliffs of Dover tumbling into the sea.
On the Lighter Side
Vanilla (tub) ice cream, ranked. This is something you can try at home!
From the Quarter Pounder to floppy disks, so many things (and people) are marking 50th birthdays in 2021.
What’s Puzzling Us: Wasn’t this obvious?
A lesson about diamonds, just in time for Valentine’s Day.
Thread Recommendations
National food writers suggest trying these Philadelphia
restaurants.
Audio Files
Forest
sounds may help you forget the snow.
Despite all the celebrations February offers, the outlook for
many businesses remains problematic.
Businesses continue to experience distress. Whether
troubles are caused by a boardwalk fire,
inattention to underlying
business or credit facilities, or changes in the retail chocolate
marketplace, owners and parties in interest must stay alert. Even
after bankruptcy, some proceedings that require forensic analysis may reveal fraud or complicated insurance
schemes.
If you need assistance to position and protect your
business from adverse circumstances, the professionals at Asterion can
help.
FYI
Here is a state-by-state visualization of the average cost of health insurance.
Trends We’re Watching
Twitter has expanded access to its’ archives.
What Doesn’t Surprise Us At All
The movie rights to the Gamestop/Wall Street Bets story have been sold already, prompting quarrels among Reddit moderators. Meanwhile, the Official Robin Hood Society in Nottinghamshire has a position on recent market events, as well as many new followers. Even though no one likes them, traffic roundabouts reduce accident fatalities .
The Lunar New Year begins Friday, February 12, 2021. According to the Chinese Zodiac, this will be the year of the year of the Metal Ox.
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