Start your weekend off right

Hi there, Baltimore. It’s Friday. You’re almost through the first month of the new year. If staying attached to your resolutions feels like a slog as we hop over this hump week, here’s a reminder to be kind to yourself.

Dropping gems

• Here's an illuminating thread on finding value in therapy and how people knew they found the right therapist.
• If you’re searching for jobs on LinkedIn here’s a thread on how to best write about your experience on a resume.

In other news

• Blood supply levels are dangerously low in Maryland. Here’s how you can help.
• Check out these updates on Baltimore’s state attorney indictment, including campaign funds used for lawyers fees.
• The federal site to order at-home test kits is live. If you can’t wait for the mail, all 22 Enoch Pratt libraries are distributing rapid COVID-19 home test kits on Saturdays this month from 10 a.m. to noon while supplies last.
• The bipartisan antitrust bill targeting big tech was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday. If passed, it would prevent large tech firms from giving preference to their own services. 
• A partnership between the SBA and Business Forward, Inc. announced they had launched the Small Business Digital Alliance (SBDA) this week. The initiative is a joint public-private co-sponsorship that will connect small businesses with tech resources to start and expand their ecommerce business to "scale for success."
• The Federal Reserve shared a 40-page study on a digital dollar, which discussed the potential pros and cons of launching it, and asked for further public comment. Despite advantages in making electronic payment systems more efficient, the study also acknowledged the risks it could pose to financial stability and privacy.

Random tech fact of the week

Via @browniepoints: “your car's bluetooth broadcasts its unique id into the ether as you drive around. Traffic signals and ez-pass booths use that id to track traffic flow (how long it takes to get from one beacon to the next).”
 
— Technical.ly reporter Donte Kirby (donte@technical.ly)

P.S. Beyond this Friday roundup of national tech news you need to know, we're trying something new with our Technical.ly newsletters. Below, you'll spot an update on our shift in Delaware reporting to a weekly model, as well as a nationally focused story by our Delaware-based reporter, Holly Quinn, on why new entrepreneurs have reason to be optimistic in today's unpredictable economy. The idea here is to share lessons from across all of the markets we cover, especially in our increasingly remote — and therefore, largely place-agnostic — professional world. Check them out and let us know what you think about expanded regional coverage within this newsletter!