In a world where life changed seemingly overnight, photographers transformed how they worked, trading intimacy for distance. This is what they captured. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/year-in-pictures.html Skip to contentSkip to

When Squirrels Were One of America’s Most Popular Pets

Dec 21st, 2020 5m

Benjamin Franklin even wrote an ode to a fallen one. https://getpocket.com/explore/item/when-squirrels-were-one-of-america-s-most-popular-pets wroteare currentlytin-lined cageconstitutesexplainedwidespread public attackexotic pet lawswarnpet sq

They shrugged off the pandemic, then their family and friends started dying

Dec 21st, 2020 20m 49s

Lulled into complacency by their rural county's distance from the pandemic's early days, residents of this Kansas county are now paying the price. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/12/12/coronavirus-deaths-highest-us-rural-republi

The Next Decade Could Be Even Worse

Nov 13th, 2020 32m 36s

A historian believes he has discovered iron laws that predict the rise and fall of societies. He has bad news. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/12/can-history-predict-future/616993/ Skip to content Dear Therapist Crossword Puz

The West’s Infernos Are Melting Our Sense of How Fire Works

Oct 10th, 2020 43m 15s

42,000-foot plumes of ash. 143-mph firenadoes. 1,500-degree heat. These wildfires are a new kind of hell on earth, and scientists are racing to learn its rules. https://www.wired.com/story/west-coast-california-wildfire-infernos/ Skip to main c

Are Aliens Hiding in Plain Sight?

Oct 10th, 2020 11m 11s

Several missions this year are seeking out life on the red planet. But would we recognize extraterrestrials if we found them? https://getpocket.com/explore/item/are-aliens-hiding-in-plain-sight Tianwen-1Nasa’s Mars 2020HopeEuropa Clipper probeD

A Black Belgian Student Saw a White Fraternity as His Ticket. It Was His Death.

Oct 10th, 2020 11m 43s

Sanda Dia’s death after an initiation ritual was regarded as a tragic accident. Newly released videos and photos have made it a symbol of growing intolerance. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/04/world/europe/belgium-racism-sanda-dia.html researc

‘Don’t Be Afraid of Covid,’ Trump Says. But Many Are.

Oct 6th, 2020 4m 25s

Readers discuss the president’s comments and removal of his mask upon his return from the hospital, and the “world-class care” he received compared with that available to others. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/opinion/letters/covid-trump-he

The technical and cultural changes

Aug 30th, 2020 14m 19s

The new way of work requires a new way of managing, whether you like it or not. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/08/work-from-home-05-culture/ Future of Businesshome office ergonomicscollaborating with remote colleaguesthe in

Why the Very Poor Have Become Poorer

Aug 23rd, 2020 25m 12s

When the United States first explicitly defined an official poverty line in 1969, it was supposed to be adjusted every year to ensure that it represented a constant standard of living. However, two problems arose and were never fixed. https://g

The “Narcissism and Ego” That Led to Steve Bannon’s Arrest

Aug 23rd, 2020 7m 8s

Joshua Green, the author of “Devil’s Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Nationalist Uprising,” on Bannon’s indictment on charges of fraud. https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-narcissism-and-ego-that-led-to-steve-bannons-arrest

How Four Brothers Allegedly Fleeced $19 Million From Amazon

Aug 23rd, 2020 6m 41s

The scheme involved 7,000 $94 toothbrushes, according to law enforcement. https://www.wired.com/story/how-four-brothers-allegedly-fleeced-19-million-amazon/ Amazonindictmentevery productpress releasebattledfor yearsdangerous productsstatementea

This Isn’t How Joe Biden Wanted to Win

Aug 22nd, 2020 6m 15s

What happens when the virtuoso retail campaigner can’t do any retail campaigning? https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/08/joe-biden-convention-retail-campaign-covid/615544/ he went too far in touching themhe wasn’t intentionally go

Bill Maher Relentlessly Trolls Trump’s QAnon Nuts

Aug 22nd, 2020 3m 1s

The “Real Time” host dove into the weird online world of QAnon Friday night, whose wacko believers think Trump is stopping a cabal of elite Hollywood and Democratic pedophiles. https://www.thedailybeast.com/bill-maher-relentlessly-trolls-trumps

Jared Kushner Got Up to $3 Million From Companies That Benefited From Trump Admin Programs, Documents Show

Aug 1st, 2020 4m 11s

The Kushner windfall includes revenues from a luxury development that benefited from a real estate tax break championed by First Daughter Ivanka Trump. https://www.thedailybeast.com/jared-kushner-got-up-to-dollar3-million-from-companies-that-be

U.S. Warns Russia on Bounties While Trump Cries ‘Fake News’

Jul 31st, 2020 4m 13s

The secret warnings stand in contrast to what President Trump has said about the intelligence in question. https://www.thedailybeast.com/us-warns-russia-on-bounties-while-trump-cries-fake-news bounties to the Talibanwhat President Trump has sai

Dems Were Dying to Take Down Bill Barr. Then They Nearly Blew It.

Jul 31st, 2020 9m 46s

Tuesday’s hearing once again ignites a debate about whether the party’s old guard is equipped to handle oversight of Trump. https://www.thedailybeast.com/dems-were-dying-to-take-down-bill-barr-then-they-nearly-blew-it interrogate Attorney Gener

Regis Philbin, ‘Millionaire,’ and the price of network hubris

Jul 30th, 2020 3m 15s

Overexposure by ABC doomed a onetime blockbuster hit. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/29/arts/regis-philbin-millionaire-price-network-hubris/ [email protected]@GlobeAucoin

Team Trump’s Mounting Fear

Jul 29th, 2020 7m 51s

There’s anxiety within the upper echelons of Trumpworld that the president’s conservative base—which Trump has long touted as rock-solid—may be starting to rupture. https://www.thedailybeast.com/team-trumps-mounting-fear-his-base-will-abandon-h

Why can’t the world’s greatest minds solve the mystery of consciousness?

Jul 18th, 2020 31m 10s

The long read: Philosophers and scientists have been at war for decades over the question of what makes human beings more than complex robots https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jan/21/-sp-why-cant-worlds-greatest-minds-solve-mystery-consc

How Scientists Could Stop the Next Pandemic Before It Starts

Apr 30th, 2020 35m 38s

Researchers believe they could pre-emptively create vaccines and drugs to fight a wide range of viral threats — if they can get sufficient funding. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/21/magazine/pandemic-vaccine.html

We Are Living in a Failed State

Apr 20th, 2020 18m 40s

The coronavirus didn’t break America. It revealed what was already broken. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/06/underlying-conditions/610261/ a dysfunctional governmentwillful blindness, scapegoating, boasts, and liesfamilies,

Phineas Gage, Neuroscience’s Most Famous Patient

Mar 28th, 2020 38m 30s

Each generation revises his myth. Here’s the true story. https://getpocket.com/explore/item/phineas-gage-neuroscience-s-most-famous-patient An Odd Kind of FameDescartes’ Error*crochetedmind=blownthe picture on Flickra book about the most fascin

Oliver Stone’s ‘Natural Born Killers’ Is, More than Ever, the Spectacle of Our Time

Mar 28th, 2020 8m 28s

Yet it has never gained true respectability. https://getpocket.com/explore/item/twenty-five-years-later-oliver-stone-s-natural-born-killers-is-more-than-ever-the-spectacle-of-our Natural Born KillersOliver StoneWoody HarrelsonJuliette LewisOliv

Distributed Teams Are the Future of Work

Mar 28th, 2020 5m 51s

Distributed teams are on the rise, especially among small- and medium-sized businesses. Here are six reasons that distributed teams are the future of work. https://monday.com/blog/remote-work/distributed-teams-are-the-future-of-work/ virtual te