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Nearly 16,000 restaurants have closed permanently due to the pandemic, according to Yelp data.

There have been 26,160 total restaurant closings. July 25, 2020 1:19 AM 10 min read Share on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail this article Volatility has been a kiss of death for thousands of restaurants during the coronavirus pandemic. Abrupt closings, inconsistent reopens, changes in public health guidance for operations, and other …

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Good science fiction talks about the times, and Domain has done it twice in four years.

The email reached my inbox in mid-May. The reader kept things concise. Topic: Do you remember the domain? Body: I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/12/the-domain-review-the-internet-can-be-worse-than-humanity-ravaging-epidemics/ Two months after a global pandemic, obviously staying for a moment, I can’t say that I have given much thought to a …

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