They receive thousands of letters every day. They read them all. And they select ten for the President to read. This is a truly wonderful profile of the staff of the White House mailroom.

From Weekly Filet #224, in January 2017.

To Obama With Love, and Hate, and Desperation

The New York Times

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What is code?

Bloomberg Business

Not even wrong – ways to dismiss technology

Benedict Evans

Is Coding the New Literacy?

Mother Jones

You May Want to Marry My Husband

The New York Times

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