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Headlines Fast Company Compass Fast Company Compass on October 16th 2021
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The middle class is being crushed by the housing crisis—and a solution is hiding in plain sight Fast Company Compass 9:47 AM (12 hours ago) to me Good morning! If you lived in New York and owned a Mac in the previous century, there’s a pretty good chance you were a customer of Tekserve, a legendary independent Apple repair shop. If you didn’t, you can still enter its world courtesy of LaserWriter II, a new novel by Tamara Shopsin. Though she worked at Tekserve for only three months, the experience moved her to turn the experience into a work of fiction that recreates its unique, much-loved culture. Glenn Fleishman interviewed the author and gave her book an enthusiastic thumbs up. — Harry McCracken ---------------------- BOOK REVIEW This new novel is a love letter to a whole era of Apple nerdery Tamara Shopsin’s ‘LaserWriter II’ captures the feel of Tekserve, the best-loved Apple repair shop in the Tri-State region—and maybe the world. READ MORE ---------------------- CO.DESIGN The middle class is being crushed by the housing crisis—and a solution is hiding in plain sight Vacant lots in Chicago are being turned into housing that the middle class can actually afford. READ MORE ---------------------- TECH REVIEW Apple Watch Series 7 review: For runners, this is the best smartwatch yet If you use a watch to track your runs and keep yourself entertained on the go, the new watch’s bigger screen and faster charging make a difference. READ MORE ---------------------- This is how we survive climate change What happens this decade will determine whether we can avoid the worst of climate change in the future. It’s a challenging task, but humans are adaptable, and innovative—and the clock is ticking. READ MORE ---------------------- CLIMATE CHANGE SURVIVAL PLAN Reasons to hope: 16 companies, people, and ideas that might save the planet No single solution is likely to rescue us from the climate crisis, but four decades of intensive research and development have yielded innovation that could lead us to a cleaner and less volatile future. READ MORE ---------------------- CLIMATE CHANGE SURVIVAL PLAN If 100 companies are responsible for 70% of emissions, what can you do? If most of the problem is caused by enormous corporations and slow-moving governments, what am I supposed to do about it? Here’s what. READ MORE ---------------------- CLIMATE CHANGE SURVIVAL PLAN How can we get more people to care about the climate crisis? Thirty-five years ago, four words from Stevie Ray Vaughn mobilized an entire state to clean up its act. Now we need a simple, powerful climate crisis message to mobilize the masses. READ MORE ---------------------- CLIMATE CHANGE SURVIVAL PLAN What does our climate-changed future look like? Here are three possibilities Our future may look bleak, but it’s not a reason to give up on curbing climate change. Bold and aggressive moves now could still save us from absolute catastrophe. READ MORE ---------------------- CLIMATE CHANGE SURVIVAL PLAN ‘We watched our house get destroyed’: One story of life with extreme weather Recounting the winter storm that destroyed his home, one victim of extreme weather contemplates an uncertain future. READ MORE ---------------------- TECH REGULATION Klobuchar: After Haugen testimony, ‘the switch flipped’ on legislating big tech The Minnesota Democratic senator about the effects of the whistleblower hearing in Congress and other new developments on the antitrust front. READ MORE ---------------------- VIDEO: BRAND HIT & MISS OF THE WEEK Why Coca-Cola's new ad has gamers upset Coke takes an epic swing at the esports community and misses with its latest ad titled 'Real Magic,' and late advertising legend David Kennedy, cofounder of Wieden+Kennedy, gives us a stylish and provocative history lesson. This is Fast Company's brand hit and miss of the week. WATCH NOW ---------------------- Thanks for reading! Have questions or comments? Email us at newsletters@fastcompany.com. Have a great weekend! ---------------------- 7 World Trade Center, 29th Floor, New York, NY 10007-2195

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