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Ramez Naam
(Books: Nexus Series / The Infinite Resource. Teach @SingularityU. Climate / Energy Innovation Wonk. Optimist.)
Twitter announced a pair of big upcoming features today: the ability for users to charge their followers for access to additional content, and the ability to create and join groups based around specific interests. They're two of the more…
At least one baseball-bat wielding man tied to the far-right militia group has been arrested for his alleged role in the insurrection. A pickup truck parked at the United States Capitol and bearing a Three Percenter militia sticker on the day of…
The Washington Post
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Chris Mooney, Andrew Freedman
– Feb 25, 8:00 AM
A growing body of evidence suggests that a massive change is underway in the sensitive circulation system of the Atlantic Ocean, a group of scientists said Thursday. The strength of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC), a system…
The New York Times
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Kevin Roose
– Feb 25, 2:00 AM
A few nights ago, after my weekly trip to the grocery store, I sat in my car glued to Clubhouse, the invitation-only social audio app. While my ice cream thawed in the trunk, I dropped in on a room where Tom Green, the former MTV shock comedian and…
The New York Times
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Joshua Sokol
– Feb 24, 8:12 AM
Most of the world maps you've seen in your life are past their prime. The Mercator was devised by a Flemish cartographer in 1569. The Winkel Tripel, the map style favored by National Geographic, dates to 1921. And the Dymaxion map, hyped by the…
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