Month: December 2020
December 29, 2020
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Google Maps’ Moat is Evaporating
“The views expressed in this newsletter are solely my own, and do not represent the views of my employer. Well, they aren’t solely my own, because I’ve stolen…”
December 21, 2020
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What Happened to the Democrats Who Never Accepted Bush’s Election
“Magazine The 2004 vote-fraud conspiracy movement never really died. What does that mean for Trump’s true believers—and America? AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster By…”
December 20, 2020
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Sorry, Wham! haters: The only thing wrong with ‘Last Christmas’ is how you’ve been listening to it
“Earlier this month, I offered some musical stocking stuffers : a set of piano miniatures that seemed to me particularly suited to this holiday season, eschewing…”
December 19, 2020
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Closest relatives found for pterosaurs, the first flying vertebrates
“In 1812, Georges Cuvier, the incomparable anatomist at the Museum of Natural History in Paris, produced the first comprehensive book to be published on the…”
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Covid-19 vaccine side effects, explained
“After months of waiting, we finally have detailed information on the safety and efficacy of the first Covid-19 vaccines that will be distributed in America. On…”
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Alien Hunters Discover Mysterious Signal from Proxima Centauri
“The 64-meter radio telescope at Parkes Observatory in Australia, which detected potential signals from Proxima Centauri last year. Credit: Daniel John Reardon ,…”
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“The Apple product line-up for 2023 is almost completely decided. This is not conjecture but simply an observation of the lead times for developing the types of…”
December 17, 2020
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We need to learn how to talk to (and about) accidental conspiracists
“I want to talk about Ruby Freeman. Really, I want to talk to Ruby Freeman, but I can’t. She has been, bravely and correctly, off the grid since some psychopaths…”
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Astronomers Get Their Wish, and the Hubble Crisis Gets Worse
“On December 3, humanity suddenly had information at its fingertips that people have wanted for, well, forever: the precise distances to the stars. “You type in…”
December 16, 2020
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Journalists will learn influencing isn’t easy
“In 2020, we saw the lines between journalists and digital creators continue to evaporate. Traditional writers have adopted influencer tactics , growing their…”
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The Rise (and Fall) of Citizen Kane As the Greatest Movie Ever Made
“This article was featured in One Great Story , New York ’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. How did Orson Welles’s film become…”
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How 2020 Shattered Shared Reality
“Ideas Americans don’t just bowl alone anymore. We watch alone. 6:30 AM ET Derek Thompson Staff writer at The Atlantic Shutterstock / Katie Martin / The Atlantic…”
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What If You Could Do It All Over?
“Once, in another life, I was a tech founder. It was the late nineties, when the Web was young, and everyone was trying to cash in on the dot-com boom. In…”
December 15, 2020
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Why I’m so excited about solar and batteries
“William Gibson wrote a story in 1981 called “ The Gernsback Continuum ”, in which a photographer has visions of an alternate America filled with retrofuturist…”
December 13, 2020
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America Is About to Enter Vaccine Purgatory
“Health The next six months will be a strange and confusing time, as certain groups of people get vaccinated but others have to wait. Sarah Zhang 10:37 AM ET…”
December 12, 2020
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Memory Labs, Toronto – Canadian Interiors
“Photography: Scott Norsworthy How do you sell something that has no tangibility? How do you sell emotions? That is what the design team had to figure out in…”
December 6, 2020
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“A government-commissioned report provides the most definitive explanation yet for “Havana syndrome,” which struck scores of American employees, first in Cuba…”
December 4, 2020
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Bring Ted Lasso Energy Into Your Life!
“In the final month of this terrible year, I’m here to celebrate the achievements of a white man who is manifestly unqualified for his job. No, I did not expect…”
December 3, 2020
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Lab-grown chicken to be sold in Singapore after ‘world’s first’ approval for cultured meat
“SINGAPORE: Consumers in Singapore can soon get a taste of lab-grown or cultured chicken after food technology start-up Eat Just received the go-ahead to sell…”
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The 89 Best Book Covers of 2020
“It may actually be mandatory at this point to begin any kind of 2020 roundup with an acknowledgement of how shit the year was, and how impossible it was to…”