Links of the Week, vol. 1

The following are links to interesting content we’ve read recently. If you would like to recommend a piece to share with our readers (no paywalled content, please), please use the contact form on our About page.

────────────── ● ──────────────

Six Verbs That Make You Sound Weak (No Matter Your Job Title).

I’m guilty of oh, 5 of out the 6.

Judith Humphrey | Fast Company

────────────── ● ──────────────

What Caused the Stock Market Crash of 1929—And What We Still Get Wrong About It.

Olivia B. Waxman | Time

────────────── ● ──────────────

This Is the Most Bizarre Grammar Rule You Probably Never Heard of.

But I’ve been following it all my life, and so have you.

Minda Zetlin | Inc,

────────────── ● ──────────────

Europe’s Last Soviet Economy Approaches Its ‘Hour of Reckoning’.

Insights on Belarus.

Marc Champion and Aliaksandr Kudrytski | Bloomberg Businessweek

────────────── ● ──────────────

The Tricks to Make Yourself Effortlessly Charming.

Tiffanie Wen | BBC Worklife

────────────── ● ──────────────

Sweatpants Forever

Even before the pandemic, the whole fashion industry had started to unravel. What happens now that no one has a reason to dress up?

Irina Aleksander | NYT Magazine