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We have grown comfortable with our so-called sharing economy. We forget that Airbnb offers us a stranger’s bed for the night (or longer). Uber puts us in a stranger’s car. Those are just the ubiquitous ones. Peerspace gets you a stranger’s backyard, barn or basketball court for a bridal shower, birthday party or bat mitzvah. Outdoorsy will loan a stranger’s RV. Sniffspot caters to dog owners in need of fenced-in lawn for off-the-leash time. JustPark rents your parking space. GetMyBoat is self-explanatory.

COVID-19 deaths in Nevada fell to their lowest point of the pandemic this week, while numbers of hospitalizations and cases continued their free fall.

We usually think of shedworkers as being one-person bands, but that's becoming quite an outdated concept now as hybrid working really kicks in and garden offices have become a normal feature of working life. So it's also important to recognise that employers as much as employees have need of a decent shedworking space. There's an interesting article on just this subejct at Raconteur called 'Remote control: the rise of the hybrid CEO'. Here's a snippet:

Ukraine will likely produce half of its normal wheat crop next year, which means wheat prices are likely to remain high, a University of California-Los Angeles business administration professor says.

The resignation of Glossier CEO Emily Weiss inspired another wave of obituaries for young female founders. Nevertheless, they persist—and refuse to be put on glass pedestals again.