February 26, 2022
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“Ukrainian servicemen walk by fragments of a downed aircraft in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 25. Oleksandr Ratushniak/The Associated Press Please log in to bookmark…”
February 22, 2022
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Cord Jefferson: “The Front House”
“Fiction The Front House Cord Jefferson Richard Risemberg, Dead Lawn and Satellite Dish , 2012. Courtesy the artist. Garrett started noticing spots on the lawn a…”
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Ada Palmer and the Weird Hand of Progress
“Dystopias rarely interest the sci-fi author Ada Palmer. They have too much moral clarity for her taste: Times are bad, the badness is well defined, and in…”
February 21, 2022
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Apocalypse When? Global Warming’s Endless Scroll
“Critic’s Notebook From “Don’t Look Up” to Greta Thunberg videos to doomsaying memes, we are awash in warnings that we are almost out of time. But the climate…”
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People need to hear the good news about climate change
“Adam McKay, the director of “Don’t Look Up,” remarked over the weekend that “We’ve got 6-8 years before the climate is so chaotic we live in a permanent state…”
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“In 1977, the artist Shigeko Kubota predicted that video’s prevalence would one day lead people to say, “I video, therefore I am,” instead of “I think, therefore…”
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The Internet Is Just Investment Banking Now
“Twitter has begun allowing its users to showcase NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, as profile pictures on their accounts. It’s the latest public victory for this…”
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NFTs aren’t as stupid as you think
“They’re much stupider. Investing is like that. If you would like an NFT of this picture, make me an offer. La.st week I was in rural Arizona, and in the course…”
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‘Paper terrorism’: Parents against mask mandates bombard school districts with sham legal claims
“Jill Griffin had a panic on her hands. Teachers and staff members of her school district in Bethalto, Illinois, a small town outside of St. Louis, were suddenly…”
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Wielding the threat of war, a new, more aggressive Putin steps forward
“He is the man with the very long table who seats world leaders and ministers at an almost comical distance. He is a lone figure in a dark coat laying a wreath…”
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A Regulator Asks My Advice on Blockchains for Musicians
“When I got the email, I thought it was from a scammer. I am an advisor to the government treasury of [name of country deleted]. . . Hey, I know this drill.…”
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“David’s essay (and Cory’s great echo) is pretty devastating re Proof-of-Work-based chains like BTC and ETH (today). However, they both dismiss two things I’d…”
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Why everything eventually becomes a crab
“SHARE Evolution is a pretty weird concept. Our family members that existed on Earth millions of years ago probably didn’t look much like today’s humans, and who…”
February 20, 2022
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Kazaa will have its revenge in the end
“The Myth Of NFT-Enabled Ownership (lol this image in YouTube’s press release was captioned, “The metaverse: making YouTube more immersive.” Which, of course,…”
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Why you can’t rebuild Wikipedia with crypto
“(Pierre Borthiry / Unsplash) Programming note: I’m planning to take Wednesday off the newsletter so I can focus on a panel I’m moderating at Pivot Con in Miami.…”
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We’re Entering the Control Phase of the Pandemic
“And just like that, the national attitude on COVID is flipping like a light switch. As the United States descends the bumpy back end of the Omicron wave ,…”
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The metaverse has a Clubhouse problem
“Good morning! A big hello to readers who signed up this week. Welcome to The Intersection , The Signal’s weekend edition. This weekend we give you a hands-on…”
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“Almost a century ago, the revolutionary idea of the biosphere gained a foothold in science. Defined as the collective activity of all life on Earth—the tapestry…”
February 16, 2022
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“Meg Yates, better known as Meg Superstar Princess, hangs outside an Office magazine party last week. Photo: The Cobrasnake This article was featured in One…”
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Maybe There’s a Use for Crypto After All
“Credit… Beatrice Sala The Shift Helium, a wireless network powered by cryptocurrency, hints at the practical promise of decentralized services. Credit……”
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Opinion | Crypto and the Power of Folk Economics
“Tressie McMillan COttom Crypto and the Power of Folk Economics Feb. 7, 2022, 5:41 p.m. ET Credit… Diana Ejaita By Opinion Writer This week, we continue our…”
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How a Virus Exposed the Myth of Rugged Individualism
“Credit: Ellen Weinstein F or countless Americans, there was a dull but persistent pain to prepandemic life: high-priced housing, nearly inaccessible health…”
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A pandemic of the overconfident
“This is Dave. He watches a lot of YouTube videos and considers himself an “expert” on Covid vaccines. He’s in the bottom 5% of the population when it comes to…”
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How to Commit Murder Inside a Locked Room
“Below is a survey of my favorite subgenre of crime story, the locked room mystery. The premise is simple. Readers are presented with an impossible crime. A…”
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Are you an empath or a deluded narcissist?
“Life & Culture Feature An investigation into the internet’s mass empath awakening 15 February 2022 Two years into a pandemic, we all need a bit more empathy –…”
February 14, 2022
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“For the past two weeks, I’ve been targeted in an extremely thorough social engineering scam that nearly cost me all of my ETH. I’m super lucky to have made it…”
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He Knows Putin Well. And He Fears for Ukraine.
“The Finnish president, Sauli Niinisto, has carved out a vital role as interpreter between East and West, and he is not optimistic about the prospects for peace.…”
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Trump Is Obsessed With Being a Loser
“D onald Trump has made clear time and time again that, in his view, the worst thing that can happen to a person is to be judged a “loser.” In the 2020…”
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Bored Apes, BuzzFeed and the Battle for the Future of the Internet
“On Friday, February 4, BuzzFeed’s Katie Notopoulos published a story that ignited an online war. The reason was simple: In it, the technology reporter revealed…”