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...The made-for-social-media spectacle is over in a few seconds. “It must be one of the quickest events in the Olympic calendar,” said Australia’s Tom O’Halloran....
...A sample from this year’s Wholesome Direct showcase includes games where you can play a farming cat, a photographer of dogs, a skateboarding pigeon, or, approaching wholesomeness terminal velocity, a café...
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...Matts Johansen spent much of his youth in Norway skateboarding: learning tricks and how to take risks....
...By the time the blossoms arrived, the park had become a battlefield in the social-distancing wars between joggers, cyclists and walkers....
...So far, scrutiny of tech work practices has mostly played out in social media and online....
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