Five Stories for Thursday
1 // New data shows that banning Trump from Twitter had no impact at all on Twitter usage. (OneZero)
2 // The Biden administration has been starting the difficult work of reuniting parents and children split up as part of Trump’s family separation policy — but it’s a complicated process that is sure to take a long time. (Business Insider)
3 // That $1,400 relief check? There’s a long road ahead, and Congress may not be able to pass the stimulus bill until March. (Slate)
4 // An analysis of the past decade of Academy Awards shows a clear pattern: 89% of the nominees were White. (Insider)
5 // Life at 432 Park Avenue, one the wealthiest addresses in the world, doesn’t sound like luxury. Residents and the developer are arguing over “millions of dollars of water damage from plumbing and mechanical issues; frequent elevator malfunctions; and walls that creak like the galley of a ship — all of which may be connected to the building’s main selling point: its immense height.” (New York Times)
One more thing: On this day in 2004, a sophomore at Harvard named Mark Zuckerberg launched a new website he’d built called The Facebook.
