Our Vanished Year

<p>Naomi Osaka won the US Open while <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/terrycarter/naomi-osaka-black-lives-matter-masks-us-open">wearing facemasks</a> featuring the names of Black victims of police brutality. TikTok has chosen its US partner and uh, sure, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/14/21436035/tiktok-oracle-deal-bytedance-president-trump-safety">that was a choice</a>? Big Plastic apparently has been <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/09/11/912150085/waste-land">lying to us about recycling</a> for decades. The best TikTok currently on your timeline is from an <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/olivianiland/meteor-meatier-tiktok-dinosaurs-paleontology">actual paleontologist</a>. And 2020 is shaping up to be a<a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/lost-year-coronavirus-six-people"> lost year</a> for people of all ages, something BuzzFeed News explored in <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/lost-year-coronavirus-six-people">six profiles </a>of average Americans. We talk to editor David Mack about the series. </p><br><p> </p> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>