It's Small Business Saturday. Here are our favorite shops

PLUS: The scienceo of stress-baking, projects for kids, and the end of Trump's attacks. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 11.28.20   FOOD FOR THOUGHT Why Stress-Baking and Cleaning Make You Less Anxious BY SARA HARRISON You're not the only one who finds #quarantinebaking so soothing. Turns out, it has a lot to do with the neuroscience of mindful meditation.   MAKERS WIRED's Guide to Turning Your Kids Into Masterful Makers BY RHETT ALLAIN Everyone should have some practice creating things rather than just consuming things. Here are some ideas to get you started with making.   BLACK FRIDAY Our Favorite Black Friday Deals for $50 or Less BY MEDEA GIORDANO AND GEAR TEAM No, you don't need to drop a boatload of money just because it's the biggest shopping day of the year. These picks won't empty out your wallet.   LOCAL AUTHORITY It's Small Business Saturday! Here Are Our Favorite Shops BY MEDEA GIORDANO AND WIRED STAFF In between scoring Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, it's also important to support locally owned businesses. Here are some of our faves. GET WIRED We just couldn't wait another week! The Pre-Cyber Week Sale is here. Get one year of WIRED for just $10 $5. Tech news and analysis you won't find anywhere else. Subscribe now   STRESS BAKING Joining the Stay-at-Home Bread Boom? Science Has Some Advice BY LAUREN GOODE Wheat breeder Stephen Jones knows a lot about baking. His first tip? Don't strive for an Instagram-ready loaf. Also, sourdough starters are easy.   ELECTION 2020 Trump's Election Attack Ends December 14—Whether He Knows It or Not BY LILY HAY NEWMAN Despite the Trump campaign's fight to overturn the election, the wheels of American democracy keep turning.   THE MONITOR Is This the Gayest Yuletide Yet? BY ANGELA WATERCUTTER Streaming services are giving LGBTQ fans a tidy package of content this holiday season.   PODCASTS Black Holes Aren't as Bad as You Think BY GEEK'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY Physicist Janna Levin is hoping to improve the reputation of the strange phenomenon with her new book The Black Hole Survival Guide.   DOT PHYSICS What's a Semi-Log Plot and How Can You Use It for Covid Data? BY RHETT ALLAIN It is very useful for showing data that span different orders of magnitude—like case numbers in South Korea compared to the numbers in the United States.     This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or Manage your newsletter subscriptions