05:02 As Russian Troops Broke Through Ukrainian Lines, Panicky Ukrainian Commanders Had No Choice But To Deploy One Of Their Least-Prepared Brigades (www.forbes.com)
23-12-12 TIL people who work at U.S. nuclear power plants are exposed to less radiation than what is given off by the granite walls inside the U.S. Capitol Building (www.pbs.org)
23-12-12 Alleged helicopter defector arrested for plotting to take a U.S. chinhock helicopter to China after they offered him $15M (www.taipeitimes.com)
23-12-12 The body of a 150 million-year-old sea monster is hidden under a British cliff, says a scientist. Time is running out to find it. (www.businessinsider.com)
23-12-12 California clean energy industry rocked with widespread jobs losses, bankruptcies, following state’s dismantling of rooftop solar program (www.ewg.org)
23-12-12 Google’s Android app store monopoly violates antitrust law, jury finds | Epic Games scores major court win; judge will decide remedies next month (arstechnica.com)
23-12-12 Tesla could still sue Cybertruck owners if they flip their vehicles too soon / The automaker has reportedly added back the controversial clause against resellers (www.engadget.com)
23-12-12 Tesla again threatens to sue Cybertruck buyers who try to resell the cars | Clause deleted from public version of terms is in the contract sent to buyers. (arstechnica.com)
23-12-12 I really can't get my head around Berkeleyen idealism, could somebody help me understand how we can have the same experience of something without there being a unique thing to prompt my experience? (www.reddit.com)
23-12-12 Among opponents of just war theory, do any accept jus as bellum (there are just causes) but reject jus in bello (but real wars can never be waged justly)? (www.reddit.com)
23-12-11 My kid said I scratched her legs in an argument but I didn't. I think she's going to tell her therapist that I did. What can I do? (www.reddit.com)
23-12-11 I'm Dr. Jim Ambuske, creator of the podcast Worlds Turned Upside Down, and a historian of the American Revolution. AMA about the coming of the American Revolution! (www.reddit.com)
04-24 50% of Billionaire Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Portfolio Is in These 3 Companies -- and They're Not Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks (finance.yahoo.com)
23-12-12 To what end do feminists believe abortion-criminalizing voters want to "control women" and why do they often conflate questioning this narrative with condoning their policy? (www.reddit.com)
23-12-12 Kate Cox’s quote of how she “never thought she’d be in this situation” made me think of women who become pro-choice only when they themselves need an an abortion. (www.reddit.com)
05:02 As Russian Troops Broke Through Ukrainian Lines, Panicky Ukrainian Commanders Had No Choice But To Deploy One Of Their Least-Prepared Brigades (www.forbes.com)
23-12-12 4 days side project brings me $1000/year! An android app with AI integration 🚀, for How much money i can sell this? Any idea guys 🤔 (old.reddit.com)
23-12-12 CEO of IBM and Chairman of Red Hat telling how they force executives to meet racial quotas in hiring. "if you lose, you lose part of your bonus.” "I could name multiple leaders ... that were held accountable to the point they are no longer with Red Hat". (twitter.com)
09:00 A Student Journalist Explains the Protests at Yale - The editor-in-chief and president of the Yale Daily News reports on the arrest of fellow-students on campus this week. (www.newyorker.com)
05:38 Donald Trump Is Being Ritually Humiliated in Court - At his criminal trial, the ex-President has to sit there while potential jurors, prosecutors, the judge, witnesses, and even his own lawyers talk about him as a defective, impossible person. (www.newyorker.com)
04:45 The Dada Era of Internet Memes - How the viral TikToks of a Chinese glycine factory elucidate our increasingly chaotic digital environment. (www.newyorker.com)
02:34 The G.O.P.’s Election-Integrity Trap - Donald Trump has spent years arguing that mail-in voting is fraudulent and corrupt. Now the Republican National Committee, which sees mail-in voting as essential, must persuade his base to embrace it. (www.newyorker.com)
04-24 Buckwheat, the Unexpected Hero of My Baking Repertoire - Cakes that usually come at you two-fisted—pure butter and sugar—begin to relax when you swap some of the usual white-wheat flour for buckwheat. (www.newyorker.com)
04-24 Board Games for Liberals - Media Charades: Can you get your teammates to pay for the information they need to guess what’s going on? (www.newyorker.com)
04-24 Flirtation and Confrontation in “Sparring Partner” - In J. J. Kandel’s short film, the lunch-break banter of a flirtatious pair of co-workers, played by Cecily Strong and KeiLyn Durrel Jones, gives way to uncomfortable revelations. (www.newyorker.com)
04-24 Love Means Nothing in Tennis but Everything in “Challengers” - Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, and Mike Faist sustain a three-way rally of romance in Luca Guadagnino’s almost absurdly sexy sports film. (www.newyorker.com)
04-23 Padma Lakshmi Walks Into a Bar - Since leaving “Top Chef,” Lakshmi has found herself in a period of professional uncertainty. What better time to try standup comedy? (www.newyorker.com)
04-23 “Civil War” Is a Tale of Bad News - Alex Garland’s grim political fantasy about secession and violence revolves around a war photographer but has little to say about the making and consumption of news images. (www.newyorker.com)
04-23 American Confinement in “We Grown Now” and “Stress Positions” - A crisis turns home into a place of constraint in two new independent features. (www.newyorker.com)
04-23 Daily Cartoon: Monday, April 22nd - “I’m denying your motion to delay because it’s Passover and Earth Day and your client doesn’t like Mondays.” (www.newyorker.com)
04-22 Jonathan Haidt on “The Anxious Generation” - The evidence implicating social-media apps, the social psychologist says, is not another moral panic over technology. “Actually, this time is different,” he insists. “Here’s why.” (www.newyorker.com)
04-22 Why You Can’t Get a Restaurant Reservation - How bots, mercenaries, and table scalpers have turned the restaurant reservation system inside out. (www.newyorker.com)
04-22 A Tamarind Tree’s Sweet and Sour Inheritance - My ancestor was gifted a huge orchard just outside Delhi. The fruits it produced were the taste of my childhood. (www.newyorker.com)
04-22 When Babies Rule the Dinner Table - In the past two decades, American parents have started to ditch the purées and give babies more choice—and more power—at mealtime. (www.newyorker.com)
23-12-12 The Bitcoin Guy at work made this Christmas ornament for our ornament contest 🙄Are you guys sure that 41k is a good time to buy? (old.reddit.com)
23-12-12 To the newcomers: ”Bitcoin crash”, ”Bitcoin plunge”, ”Bitcoin collapse”, ”Bitcoin fall”, ”Bitcoin nosedive” in media titles are far from the real meaning. Usually they mean to signal small/temporary dips (www.reddit.com)