Today is the last work day of 2017, and also the last day of my team's current sprint. So I'm trying to chase down requirements and draft stories before I lose everyone for the weekend. These articles will just have to wait:
- The New York Times interviewed President Trump; Josh Marshall has some thoughts about it.
- The Times also describes how a small section of the 2nd Avenue Subway is the most expensive mile of subway track on earth.
- Mother Jones has a video tribute to Trump Administration staffers who left their jobs in 2017.
- Joe Scarborough has an op-ed predicting "2018 will be the most consequential political year of our lives."
- Citylab investigates where urban fauna go when their habitat changes.
- The Chicago Tribune summarizes 200 new Illinois laws that take effect Monday, rounds up the biggest brand fails of 2017, and predicts a lot of restaurant closings in 2018 (starting with Glazed and Infused tomorrow).
- Also on Monday, the work of several notable artists including René Magritte passes into the public domain.
- And finally, did you know that PowerPoint is Turing-Complete?
We now return to "working through lunch," starring The Daily Parker...