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• 1% For the Planet - "A Growing Global Movement." Let's face it: we all have a responsibility to our planet. As businesses, consumers and global citizens, we all have a part to play. Learn how to be 1% better through everyday actions, events and commitments. Plus, enter to win sweet prizes from our network of members.
• 1 Minute of All-Out Exercise May Have Benefits of 45 Minutes of Moderate Exertion - The New York Times.
• 1 million species threatened with extinction because of humans - CNN.
• $1m treasure in Rocky Mountains has been found, says Forrest Fenn - "Artifacts dealer claims treasure he buried a decade ago has been found, Santa Fe newspaper reports."
• $1bn for empty space: the saga of the world's most valuable real estate - "Skepticism abounds over 157-acre LA-area lot once linked to Brad Pitt & Iran’s shah, amid questions over sellers’ motivations."
• 1st January: A brief history of the Times Square New Year's Eve ball drop - "How did this New Year's Eve celebration start, and why do we commemorate the occasion by watching a ball descend down a pole? Since crowds first began gathering in Times Square to commemorate New Year’s Eve over a century ago, it has been a ritual to flock to midtown’s brightly lit chaos to ring in new beginnings. At 11:59 p.m. a dazzling ball descends down a pole, while attendees - and millions of people tuning in from home - count down from 60. At the stroke of midnight, the crowd erupts into a cacophony of sound, often pulling their loved one in for a ceremonial kiss."
• 1st January: Sydney New Year's Eve - "The official Sydney New Year's Eve site: Your complete guide to experience the celebrations."
• 1st January: Sydney's plan to be ‘the New Year’s Eve Capital of the World’ - "Why this city considers itself the world's capital of New Year's Eve."
• 1st January: Who Decided January 1st Is the New Year? - TIME.
• 02/02/2020 - the first global palindrome day in 909 years - "Today is a very special occasion - the date is a palindrome, meaning it is the same when read forwards and backwards."
• 2 Americas of 2016 - The New York Times.
• 2 April - IMDb.
• £2 billion wine bunker: Disused WWII munitions dump under Wiltshire fields is used to store investors' pricey vintages - Daily Mail.
• 2 Minutes of Walking After a Meal Is Surprisingly Good for You - "A new paper suggests that it takes far less exercise than was previously thought to lower blood sugar after eating."
• 2nd most popular spoken language in each European country revealed - "Europe is home to almost 750 million people in just under 50 countries. Here are the second most popular languages for countries across the continent."
• 2 Online Security Steps You Should Stop Putting Off - The New York Times.
• 2/3 of cancers are unavoidable even if you live healthy - The Telegraph.
• 2.5 billion T rex walked the earth, researchers find - "Experts calculate the total number of the dinosaurs that lived over 127,000 generations."
• 3 Airfare Hacks for the Committed Penny-Pincher - The New York Times.
• 3-D Printed Dress That’s Almost Practical Enough to Wear - Wired.
• 3 Daily Habits that Often Drain 90 Percent of Our Potential in Life - "As you age you will learn to value your time, genuine relationships, meaningful work, and peace of mind, much more. Little else will matter."
• 3-DIGIT SCORE COULD DICTATE YOUR PLACE IN SOCIETY - Wired.
• 3 Laws of Robotics - "The First Law: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. The Second Law: A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. The Third Law: A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law."
• 3 meals a day? - "The idea that we should eat three meals a day is surprisingly modern. How many meals a day is best for our health?"
• 3 reasons the American Revolution was a mistake - Vox.
• 3-star Michelin restaurant: This man has dined at every three-star Michelin restaurant in world - "A German software engineer based in San Francisco has been on a 17-year mission to visit all 145 restaurants."
• 3 Steps to Brewing a Better Cup of Coffee - The New York Times.
• 3 Theories On How Putin Makes His Millions - "Those are mysteries Forbes has grappled with for 20 years. Figuring out Putin’s net worth is probably the most elusive riddle in wealth hunting–harder than the heirs, other heads of state and even drug lords that we’ve financially smoked out over the years. Uncovering private wealth is something we take very seriously, especially in Russia–the founding editor of Forbes Russia, Paul Klebnikov, risked his life for this cause, and was shot in the streets of Moscow in 2004 as he was investigating the fortunes of Russia’s early oligarchs. So where and how much is the fortune that Biden threatens to sanction over Russia’s aggression in Ukraine? We don’t know. But over the years, leaning on sources and expertise, we’ve developed some theories."
• 3 things you think will make you happier at work (but won't) - The Guardian.
• 3 Vaccines for Fall: What You Need to Know - "Here’s who should get the flu, Covid and R.S.V. vaccines, and when." The New York Times.
• 3 ways to avoid checking your bag at the gate - "If you’re flying soon and want to minimize your risk of having to check a bag, here are three things you can do."
• 3 Ways to Measure How Fit You Are, Without Focusing on Weight - "Exercise tests, heart rate and physical ability can tell you more about your health than the scale ever could."
• 3D-printed hydraulic robot 'can practically walk right out of the printer' - The Verge.
• 3 words that can save your life - "What3words: The app that can save your life. Police have urged everyone to download a smartphone app they say has already saved several lives. What is it and how does it work?"
• 3-year-cruise becomes ‘the cruise that never ends’ - "If the idea of spending three years on a cruise ship made you claustrophobic, it’s time to look away now."
• 3-1-1 liquids rule - "Each passenger may carry liquids, gels and aerosols in travel-size containers that are 3.4 ounces or100 milliliters. Each passenger is limited to one quart-size bag of liquids, gels and aerosols. Common travel items that must comply with the 3-1-1 liquids rule include toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner, mouthwash and lotion."
• 3.5 billion-year-old rock structures are one of the oldest signs of life on Earth - "Fossils called stromatolites from Western Australia were created by microbes 3.48 billion years ago."
• 4 alarming charts that show just how extreme the climate is right now - "Soaring temperatures. Unusually hot oceans. Record high levels of carbon pollution in the atmosphere and record low levels of Antarctic ice. We’re only halfway through 2023 and so many climate records are being broken, some scientists are sounding the alarm, fearing it could be a sign of a planet warming much more rapidly than expected."
• 4am starts & no apologies: could Anna Wintour’s masterclass transform my life & career? - "The Vogue editor-in-chief has released a video guide to creativity and leadership. I watched it to find out what I could learn from the master."
• 4am starts & spinach smoothies: Da Vinci Code's Dan Brown on how to write a bestseller - "As he sets out to spill his secrets in an online masterclass, Brown talks about bad reviews, his habit of hanging upside down and the challenge of writing fiction in the age of Trump."
• 4 Brain Workouts Will Improve Your Memory & Make You Mentally Stronger - "Brain exercises to keep your mind sharp and strong are just as important as physical exercise."
• 4 brilliant ways cats are secretly helping their owners live healthier lives - Upworthy.
• 4 cups of coffee a day could slash chance of early death< - The Telegraph.
• 4-Day Workweek? A Test Run Shows a Surprising Result - The New York Times.
• 4 July: 10 Scathing Political Satires to Stream This - Wired.
• 4 letters you don't want to find on your boarding pass - The Telegraph.
• 4 numbers Apple won’t let you engrave on your iPad in China - "‘Much of this censorship exceeds Apple’s legal obligations’. Chinese customers are not allowed to use the four numbers 8964 - which refer to the Tiananmen Square protests, which took place on June 4th, 1989."
• 4 things to demand in your next computer - The Verge.
• 4 Traits That Put Kids at Risk for Addiction - The New York Times.
• 4 Ways to Make Grilling Healthier This Summer - TIME Magazine.
• 4 Ways to Protect Against the Very Real Threat of Ransomware - Wired.
• 4 Years On, the Mysteries of Covid Are Unraveling - "Are superdodgers real? Is Covid seasonal? And what's behind its strangest symptoms? Here’s what we've learned."
• 5 Big Changes Are Key for Humanity to Survive a Warming Climate - "Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon writes that investing in improved climate resilience will not only save lives but yield trillions in benefits."
• 5 Biggest Blockchain Trends In 2022 - "Blockchain is one of the most exciting tech trends at the moment. It is a distributed, encrypted database model that has the potential to solve many problems around online trust and security. Many people know it as the technology that underpins Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general. However, its potential uses are far broader, encompassing digital 'smart' contracts, logistics and supply chain provenance and security, and protection against identity theft. There are countless others - blockchain evangelists say it can potentially be used to improve security and integrity in any system that involves multiple parties sharing access to a database."
• 5 Cheap Things To Disproportionately Improve Your Life
• 5 Cities with the Highest Homeless Population in the World - "Homelessness is a significant humanitarian concern across the globe. Although the exact number of homeless people around the globe is tricky to estimate, the World Economic Forum estimates that around 150 million people were homeless in 2021, which amounts to around 2% of the world’s population."
• 5 Companies You Thought Were Doomed But Are Actually Fine (For Now) - Wired.
• 5 Countries Where People Live The Longest - "When it comes to life expectancy, Okinawa prefecture and its semi-tropical islands off Japan’s south coast have long been referenced as the benchmark location for living a long life. According to the WHO, the global trend for how long we live increased by more than six years over the first 20 years of the 21st century, with the average global life expectancy increasing from 66.8 years in 2000 to 73.4 years in 2019."
• 5 Countries With Easy Citizenship for Retirement - "Canada - Dominican Republic - Ireland - Peru - Germany. In the short term, we're all working for the weekends; but, in the long run, we're all working with the hopes of retiring one day. While everyone has a different dream for that scenario, there is an option that feels very appealing to a lot of us: moving to another country."
• 5 doctors on the supplements they swear by, from Vitamin D to lion’s mane - "Which vitamins does a GP specialising in hormones take to help her mood? And what does a medic reach for when someone they live with has a cold?"
• 5 Exercise Habits That Destroy Your Body After 50 - "Loss of muscle mass - Loss of bone density - Reduction in balance - Increased risk of falls - Reduced mobility and balance."
• 5 Finance Tips from Ancient Greek & Roman Philosophers - "Earning, lending, borrowing, spending; money management and the wider goals of financial literacy are a minefield. Financial management is something ancient Greek and Roman philosophers thought about too."
• 5 Flight Safety Videos Worth Watching - The New York Times.
• 5 Great Reasons To Visit Denmark In 2024 - "From a new visitor center dedicated to Carlsberg to a long-distance cultural hiking trail, here are five reasons to visit Denmark in 2024."
• 5 Health Lessons We Learned in 2023 - "Ozempic was everywhere, cottage cheese made a comeback and data piled up on alcohol."
• 5 hidden symbols in Vermeer's paintings - "A major new Vermeer exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam displays the artist's evocative and serene paintings of daily life - but they harbour secret, symbolic messages."
• 5 Lean Principles Every Engineer Should Know - "The Five key principles of lean: value, value stream, flow, pull, and perfection, can be applied to any business process that contains wasteful steps, in any industry."
• 5 Longest-Lasting Empires in History - "Images that come to mind when one thinks of empires include Roman legions, territories with seemingly endless boundaries, and great wars to conquer new lands. However, what is often overlooked is the power these empires held and how that power perpetuated for centuries."
• 5-minute fix: how to improve your fitness, strength & posture at super-quick speed - "In the time it takes to make a cup of tea, you can build your core muscles, increase hip flexibility and stave off the effects of sitting at your desk all day."
• 5-piece French wardrobe philosophy - reddit.
• 5 rules for successful gift giving - "Good gift giving is an art. The perfect present can lift a mood or improve a relationship. It can repair a wrongdoing, or simply remind a loved one that you care."
• 5 richest men in the world double their money as poorest get poorer - "Oxfam predicts first trillionaire within a decade, with gap between rich and poor likely to increase."
• 5-second rule - sometimes also the three-second rule, is a western cultural food hygiene concept, that states that there is a defined window where it is permissible to pick up food (or sometimes cutlery) after it has been dropped and thus exposed to contamination.
• 5 simple daily habits that can revolutionise your health - The Telegraph.
• 5 superpowers ruling the world in 2050 - "In 30 years, most of the world’s largest economies will be those that are emerging today, surpassing current behemoths such as the US, Japan and Germany."
• 5 Tech Myths People Still Believe - The New York Times.
• 5 Tech Products That Will Be Dead in 5 Years - TIME Tech.
• 5 Things Around Your Home You Never Clean but Should - The New York Times.
• 5 ways Boeing's 747 jumbo jet changed travel - "Over 50 years after the launch of the 'queen of the skies,' the very last Boeing 747 has been rolled of the assembly line. The aircraft, a 747-8 Freighter, left the Boeing factory in Everett, Washington on Tuesday, and will be delivered to American cargo airline Atlas Air in early 2023."
• 5:2 money diet - The Telegraph.
• 5G Is a New Frontier for Mobile Carriers & Tech Companies - The New York Times.
• 5G Phone Won’t Hurt You. But Russia Wants You to Think Otherwise - "RT America, a network known for sowing disinformation, has a new alarm: the coming ‘5G Apocalypse.’"
• 5G phones: How serious is the threat to US flights? - "5G relies on radio signals. In the US, the radio frequencies being used for 5G are in part of the spectrum known as C-Band. These frequencies are close to the ones used by radio altimeters on aeroplanes, which measure the height of the aircraft above the ground, but also provide data for safety and navigation systems. The concern is that interference from 5G transmissions could stop these instruments from working properly, and cause safety problems, particularly when aircraft are coming in to land."
• 5G signal could jam satellites that help with weather forecasting - "New mobile system to be launched this year ‘will put lives at risk’."
• 5G will have an enormous impact on the world - CNN Business.
• 6 big reasons to hold off on virtual reality - The Verge.
• 6 clever ways to keep cut flowers alive - The Telegraph.
• 6 designs that bust e-waste - engadget.
• 6 Differences for Preferences of Shoulder to Hip Ratio in Men & Women - "An Eye Tracking Study".
• 6 floating buildings powered by the sun - engadget.
• 6 Giveaway Signs Of ChatGPT-Generated Content - "1. Lengthy introductions. 'Throat clearing' is where a journalist takes a long time to give (arguably) unnecessary context before diving into a piece. 2. Ethical considerations. 3. Generic thoughts and advice. 4. Lack of personal stories. 5. Specific phrases. 6. Signature structure."
• 6 Innovators Who are Shaping the World - "The editors of TIME for Kids spoke with six innovators who are making the planet a more sustainable and accessible place for future generations. From Saieshan Govinder’s work tackling the youth unemployment crisis in South Africa to Srilekha Chakraborty’s initiatives that help girls in rural India learn and talk about their health, these game-changers are leading the way to a better world."
• 6 Jobs Everyone Will Want in 2040 - TIME.
• 6 keys to keeping sharp in 2023 - "Preventing and even treating forms of dementia are largely driven by lifestyle and the choices we make daily. You are not necessarily doomed to whatever fate you think sits stuck in your genes. If there’s one fact that’s increasingly apparent in scientific circles, it’s that our lifestyle choices contribute mightily to our aging process and risk for disease, likely as much - or perhaps even more - than our genetics."
• 6 Most Expensive HermÈs Birkin Bags - "The Hermès Birkin bag is an iconic bag named after the actress Jane Birkin. It has been reinvented many times since it was first introduced to the public in the 1980s. The Hermès bag's classic elements include two rolled handles, a flap top, a touret, a clochette, and four clou 'feet'. Read on to discover the rarest and most expensive Birkin bags."
• 6 PLACES ON EARTH WHERE THE SUN NEVER SETS! - "Norway, situated in the Arctic Circle, is called the Land of the Midnight Sun, where from May to late July, the sun actually never sets."
• 6 Sites Recognized by Britain for Significance to Gay History - The New York Times.
• 6 things people assume when you're a natural blonde - The Telegraph.
• 6 things you may not know about the Korean War - "The US Army once ruled Pyongyang and 5 other things you might not know about the Korean War. Seventy years ago this week, more than 135,000 North Korean troops invaded South Korea, starting a war that cost millions of lives and left scars that linger to this day."
• 6 Things You’re Recycling Wrong - The New York Times.
• 6.1 inches is the ideal smartphone screen size - "Is it small? Is it big? Nobody can tell."
• 7 amazing Facebook 'secrets' you probably didn’t know about - The Telegraph.
• 7 Amazing Work Perks Coming to Your Office by 2028 - TIME Magazine.
• 7 apps to help your business grow on Facebook - Mashable.
• 7 Belly Fat Exercises Worth Doing at the Gym - "Incinerate tummy flab with these trainer-recommended movements."
• 7 billion people & you: What's your number? - BBC News. The world's population is expected to hit seven billion in the next few weeks. After growing very slowly for most of human history, the number of people on Earth has more than doubled in the last 50 years. Where do you fit into this story of human life? Fill in your date of birth below to find out.
• 7 books governments didn't want people to read - "The brutal attack on author Salman Rushdie in New York on August 12 has reignited discussions around censorship in literature."
• 7 countries, 7 traditional Christmas feasts - "The typical Christmas meal may be different by destination, but the idea of indulging in a feast, be it on the day itself or the night before, isn't. Here's a look at how locals celebrate Christmas through cuisine in seven countries."
• 7 countries now generate 100% of their electricity from renewable energy - "Albania, Bhutan, Nepal, Paraguay, Iceland, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo produced more than 99.7 per cent of the electricity they consumed using geothermal, hydro, solar or wind power. Scientists say we have reached an ‘irreversible tipping point’ that will see fossil fuels phased out."
• 7 Easy Steps to Protecting Your Digital Life - The New York Times.
• 7 Essential Money Questions Sure to Start a Conversation - The New York Times.
• 7 Little-Known Perks of Flying Business Class - "Flying in business class differs greatly from the standard economy class travel experience. The most attractive benefits include a more spacious and comfortable seat, not being pressed against strangers, and the ability to recline your seat much more than a few inches. But a business class ticket includes other valuable benefits that can improve your travel experience."
• 7 Luxury Items You’ll Regret Buying - "What’s the most you’d spend on one particular thing? We’re not talking houses or cars, but rather luxury items that can cost a fortune. Chances are there’s something you feel is worth an extravagant amount of money. But what specific products genuinely justify the splurge?"
• 7 mistakes to avoid with your stereo amplifier - "Common gaffes that could prevent you from getting the most out of your amp - and system."
• 7 Most Expensive Super Bowl Ads Of All Time
• 7 Most Successful Business Models Of The Digital Era - "The first two decades of this century are characterized by digital entrepreneurs upending traditional business models in search of new ways of creating revenue and serving customers."
• 7 Questions about Technology You Aren’t Even Allowed to Ask - Technology Review.
• 7 surprising benefits of taking a daily nap - The Telegraph.
• 7 tips for beginners - How to use ChatGPT - "1. Get creative with your prompts. ... 2. Ask follow-up questions. ... 3. Tell ChatGPT more about yourself. ... 4. Get ChatGPT to think again. ... 5. Share links to your conversations. ... 6. Give ChatGPT some text to work with. ... 7. Speak to ChatGPT using your voice."
• 7 Tricks to Spot Hidden Cameras in Your Next Airbnb - "Cams really may hide in Airbnb bedrooms, but there are cheap and effective ways to sniff them out: 1. Check out the local Wi-Fi network. Most Airbnbs offer some kind of guest Wi-Fi. 2. Bring up your Bluetooth. If cameras aren't connected to Wi-Fi, you can still pick them up with your Bluetooth. 3. Do a pass with a flashlight. 4. Scan for infrared eyes. 5. Use a camera-spotting app. 6. Inspect the vents. 7. Bring out an infrared scanner."
• 7 ways to tell if you’re heading for divorce - The Guardian.
• 7 Wonders of the Ancient World - "From the Statue of Zeus at Olympia to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, AI recreated the seven wonders of the ancient world."
• 7-38-55 Rule. It's Still the Secret to Exceptional Emotional Intelligence - "The classic psychological rule is often misapplied. But when understood correctly, it can radically improve your EQ."
• 8 artworks make us question value of art - "When Maurizio Cattelan taped a banana to a wall and priced it at $120,000, he sparked an age-old debate about what constitutes art."
• 8 billionth baby - 'I gave birth to the world’s 8 billionth baby‘ - "It was surreal. It was just past midnight and as soon as Vinice was delivered, we were surrounded by people."
• 8 cost-saving tips for travelers in these trying economic times - "No matter what is going on in the macro finance world, however, savvy travelers can find a way to travel well for less by adjusting their strategies. By following these tips, you can still keep your travel budget in check for that much-needed vacation."
• 8 Fitness Myths That Drive Experts Crazy - "Myth 1: You should stretch before you work out. - Myth 2: You need to lift heavy weights to build muscle. - Myth 3: Running destroys your knees. And more."
• 8 glasses of water a day excessive for most people, study suggests - "‘One size fits all’ guidance could lead to 20m litres of drinking water being wasted each day in UK, scientists say."
• 8 gold standards all Rolex watches must meet, explained - "The Swiss luxury timepiece brand tests every model according to these strict measures. Measured against eight critical characteristics, Rolex watches are designed to meet the highest standards in each area - precision, waterproofing, autonomy, robustness, simplicity, craftsmanship, comfort & durability. A commitment to precision lies at the heart of every Rolex watch."
• ‘8 hours’ sleep & you must eat breakfast!’ The truth behind 10 of the biggest health beliefs - "Should we really be aiming to walk 10,000 steps a day, or drink two litres of water? Time to sift fact from fiction."
• 8 Iconic James Bond Watches: Omega, Hamilton, Seiko & More - "Watches are an integral part of James Bond’s classic style. Here are some of the iconic watches from the films."
• 8 Ingenious Ways to Repurpose Used Coffee Grounds - "Few give a thought to its byproduct, coffee grounds, which most people unceremoniously dump into the garbage. And that's a mistake, as there are a surprising number of things you can do with used coffee grounds. Some of this versatility comes from the fact that coffee is filled with valuable nutrients. Researchers from Spain's University of Granada found coffee grounds are rich in fiber and phenols, and their antioxidant effects are 500 times greater than those found in vitamin C. The grounds' coarse texture is another advantage, as is their ability to stain. Intrigued? Here are eight creative ways to reuse your old coffee grounds."
• 8 Phenomenal Stocks Warren Buffett Plans to Hold Forever - "Whereas the benchmark S&P 500 has gained a healthy 33,000%, including dividends, since the affably named 'Oracle of Omaha' became Berkshire's CEO, Buffett has overseen just shy of a 5,000,000% aggregate return in his company's Class A shares (BRK.A), as of the closing bell on April 25."
• 8-Second Attention Span - The New York Times.
• 8 Stories You Should Read - The New Yorker.
• 8 things successful people do before 10 am every day, according to psychology - "There’s a significant difference between those who are successful and those who are not, and often it comes down to routine. Specifically, the morning routine. Successful people understand that how they start their day can set the tone for everything that follows. 1) They wake up early. 2) They engage in physical activity. 3) They practice mindfulness. ) They prioritize their tasks. 5) They connect with loved ones. 6) They practice self-care. 7) They educate themselves. 8) They practice gratitude."
• 8 Things You Can Do Now to Save Money on Travel - The New York Times.
• 8 Tips For Building Wealth - "There’s no magic formula for building wealth and getting rich. It’s simple, really: Spend less than you earn, and save as much money as you possibly can. If your goal is to get rich, check out the following eight tips on how you can sidestep the obstacles and maintain your focus. They should help you understand what it takes to build wealth and find your way to financial security. 1. Establish Financial Goals - 2. Destroy Your Debt - 3. Create a Cushion - 4. Start Investing Now - 5. Diversify Your Portfolio - 6. Boost Your Income - 7. Learn about FIRE - 8. Avoid the Schemes." Forbes.
• 9 Amazing Benefits of Technology in the Classroom (+18 Best Ways to Incorporate Technology) - Jen Reviews.
• 9 Books From Elon Musk’s Reading List That Could Change Your Life - "When he’s not building rockets, boring tunnels beneath Los Angeles, or sending cars into space, Elon Musk reads a lot. Here are 9 nonfiction books he thinks we should all read."
• 9 Different Ways to Cook Your Eggs - The New York Times.
• 9 Essential Moments on ‘The Daily Show’ - The New York Times.
• 9 Non-Threatening Leadership Strategies for Women - The Cooper Review.
• 9 out of 10 strokes preventable if people follow 10 health rules - The Telegraph.
• 9 outrageous luxury hotels coming soon - CNN.
• 9-point guide to spotting a dodgy statistic - The Guardian.
• 9 shrivelled hearts to celebrate the day of love - "Richard the Lionheart, Robert the Bruce, Queen Marie of Romania ... a whole who's who of historical figures have had their hearts removed after their death. Meet the gang!"
• 9 signs you're on a fast track to diabetes – and what you can do about it - The Telegraph.
• 9 Things Super Productive People Do Before Noon, According to Research - TIME Magazine.
• 9 to 5? The history of the eight-hour workday - "It’s just the norm, many assume. Same as it ever was. Except, it wasn’t always so. It has just held steady at that level since World War II."
• 9-volt battery emergency mobile phone charger - The Inquisitr.
• 9 ways to tell you're a 'binge-packer' at heart - like the Duchess of York - "A suite of suitcases is the ultimate symbol of old-school sophistication."
• 10 Ancient Technologies That Are Still a Mystery Today - "1. Antikythera, the Ancient Computer - 2. Timeless Durability of the Roman Concrete - 3. The Baffling Baghdad Battery - 4. The Incredible Precision ..."
• 10 Oldest Currencies Still Used Today - "The British pound, also known as the pound sterling, is the oldest currency still in use. It dates back to around 775 AD, during the Anglo-Saxon period, when silver pennies were first minted in what is now England. The pound sterling became the official currency of England in the 12th century under King Henry II, with one pound originally representing a pound of silver."
• 9/11 anniversary: How the world reacted to terror attacks - "Some grieved, some helped and some worried."
• 9/11 photos we will never forget - "These are some of the photos that have come to define that tragic day in 2001, when nearly 3,000 people were killed in terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia."
• 9/11 Timeline: How the September 11 Attacks Unfolded at World Trade Center, Pentagon, Flight 93 - "Twenty years ago, nineteen men hijacked four airplanes to carry out the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil in a mission that was orchestrated by al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden."
• 9/11 Tribute Museum closes its doors for good, citing financial losses during the pandemic - "The museum opened in 2006 and provided information about 9/11 and the 'unprecedented rescue and recovery operations and the rebuilding of both Lower Manhattan and of people's lives,' according to their website."
• 9/11 Tapestry of Grief, Loss, Life & Joy - The New York Times.
• 9-11 REVIEW - "A Resource for Understanding the 9/11/01 Attack."
• 10 Best Places to Live in the World 2022 - "These are the best places to live in the world based on health care, culture, infrastructure, and more."
• 10 Biggest Trends in educational technology - THE Journal.
• 10 birds that changed the world for ever - "Dodo, eagle, sparrow ... A veteran naturalist and writer picks the species that have played a key role for humans, from ancient civilisations to today’s climate crisis."
• $10bn question: what happened to the Marcos millions?
• 10 best gadgets for digital nomads - "Tried-and-true gear from the wandering workforce."
• 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2017 - MIT Technology Review.
• 10 celebrities with their own alcohol brands - The Telegraph.
• 10 cities with the most millionaires - "New York, Tokyo, and Paris are among the cities with the most wealthy residents, according to a new report by Henley & Partners, a firm that specializes in helping uber-rich clients invest their way into gaining residence and citizenship in various countries."
• 10 concepts that will change the way we experience the world - "Travel has come a long way since the age of Silk Road caravans, daunting sea voyages and steam locomotives - and will continue to transform in years to come. Concepts that feel plucked from sci-fi novels and films are quickly making their way into mainstream travel, shaping every step of the journey."
• 10 Daily Habits that Often Drain 90 Percent of Our Joy - "1. Focusing on how life “should be” every step of the way. Try to use frustration and inconvenience to motivate you rather than annoy you."
• 10-Digit Key Code to Your Private Life: Your Cellphone Number - The New York Times.
• 10 Downing Street's Larry the Cat Disrupts President Trump's U.K. Visit by Sitting Under His Limo - TIME Magazine.
• 10 Fastest Cars In The World 2023, Ranked - "Bugatti already broke the mythical 300-mph barrier, but it seems a few other cars are still aiming to be even faster."
• 10 Fastest Porsches Ever Made, Ranked - "For simplicity's sake, we are reporting them to you in order of one fundamental metric: how fast it can achieve 100 kilometers per hour (62 miles per hour) from a standing stop."
• 10 funniest Danish expressions and how to use them - The Telegraph.
• 10 Google Maps Features Every Daily Commuter Should Know - "Whether you're a new user or a seasoned veteran, the app's got some pretty neat tricks to empower and simplify your commutes, and it's reflected in the fact that Google Maps has over one billion active users per month."
• 10 happiest countries in the world - The Independent.
• 10 Hard Things that Are Always Worth Doing for Yourself - "(Before it’s Too Late). Even when the struggle is real, remind yourself that it almost always feels better to be exhausted from taking tiny steps forward, than it does to be tired of doing absolutely nothing."
• 10 Iconic Rock Albums from the 1970s Everyone Should Own - "The 1970s were flush with excellent - truly excellent - rock albums that icons have to be left off this list - say it ain’t so, George Harrison! Not only that but while we highlight groups like the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, they have multiple albums that could be on this list. But there is only room for one apiece. Albums everyone must not only listen to but listen to on repeat. Albums that should be owned on vinyl as well as digitally."
• 10 jobs you have to do only once a year – can you do them all in a day? - The Guardian.
• 10 lies about Black Friday's consumerist circle of hell - The Guardian.
• 10 Life Choices We Will All Regret in 10 Years (If We Aren’t Careful) - "1. Letting others tell us what we are worth. - 2. Being too busy impressing others and forgetting about our priorities. - 3. Letting uncertainty ..."
• 10 Lost Treasures of the World - Britain Explorer.
• 10 Mercedes Models That Are Built Like Tanks - "While not all Mercs are created equal, here's why these models earned a reputation for being some of the toughest cars to wear the three-pointed star."
• 10 Milestone Moments in the History of the Wristwatch - "Today it is common for a man to wear a watch on his wrist, but it was a different story around 100 years ago. World War I, which started in 1914 and ended in 1918, brought to the battlefield much that was new - airplanes, mustard gas, military tanks. It also brought something new to civilian society: wristwatches, formerly restricted to ladies, became military-issue equipment, supplanting pocketwatches in popularity among gentlemen."
• 10 Most Expensive Private Jets in The World - "Worth US$900,000,000." Luxury Zone. YouTube 12:15.
• 10 Most Iconic Hairstyles Of All Time - "Hair is more meaningful than it’s sometimes given credit for. As much a reflection of how we feel as it is a source of transformation, it’s little wonder we’re so keen to keep across the latest hair trends. From the street-style set to catwalks to salons around the world, we’re always on the hunt for new ideas."
• 10 most iconic jewellery pieces to buy now & wear forever - "From the Cartier Love bangle to the Boodles tennis bracelet, these are the classic pieces that will last a lifetime."
• 10 most iconic jewels through history - "'Cursed' gemstones, beautiful emblems of famous love affairs, and symbols of dark histories - all these dazzling jewels have intriguing backstories, writes Daisy Woodward."
• 10 Most Important Rolex Watches Ever Made - "From the Submariner to the Day-Date, these watches made history and defined a brand. 1926: The Oyster - 1945: The Datejust - 1950: The Oyster Perpetual - 1953: The Submariner - 1954: The GMT Master - 1956: The Milgauss."
• 10 most misleading American historical sites - "Historical plaques are often anything but informative. Here are some of the worst offenders."
• 10 most obedient breeds of adorable dog that should always sit, stay & walk to heel - including the loving Labrador Retriever - "As demand for cute pups continues to soar post-lockdown, here are the dog breeds that will sit, stay and walk to heel."
• 10 most popular songs to die to, from Sinatra to Cyndi Lauper - "Marie Curie says music can help the dying connect with what it means to be human. Their playlist shows some want sombre reflection and some still want to have fun. The top ten: 1. My Way, Frank Sinatra. 2. I Will Always Love, Whitney Houston. 3. The Best, Tina Turner. 4. Over the Rainbow, Judy Garland. 5. Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Cyndi Lauper. 6. Angels, Robbie Williams. 7. What a Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong. 8. Beautiful, Christina Aguilera. 9. Hey Jude, The Beatles. 10. These Are the Days of Our Lives, Queen."
• 10 Movies to Help You Envision Artificial Intelligence - "A.I. may feel like a relatively recent phenomenon, but filmmakers have been thinking about it for nearly a century."
• 10 musicians who killed their careers in seconds - "Just because your time in the spotlight is gone doesn’t mean it’s entirely over, and many artists have successfully made second acts, either on the indie circuit or building themselves back up to at least a modest position in the music industry. Some may have been able to muscle through their controversial pasts, but they would never see the heights of their glory years ever again."
• 10 of the best ways to see the Northern Lights - The Telegraph.
• 10 of the biggest house myths debunked - "High ceilings aren’t always best - and location isn’t everything."
• 10 of the most expensive animals in the world - The Telegraph.
• 10 of the strangest merch items from companies that crashed - "FTX fortune cookies and Theranos gift cards offer souvenirs from recent business disasters."
• 10 of the world's biggest aviation mysteries - The Telegraph.
• 10 of the world's most controversial foods - "From beef to cod to avocados to soya, many of our best-loved foods raise big ethical and environmental questions. What do the experts say?"
• 10 of the world's most erotic attractions - The Telegraph.
• 10 posh items that have been adopted by the proletariat - The Telegraph.
• 10 reasons iOS could be considered better than Android [Video] - "Variety is the spice of life, and even if we prefer Android, iOS has some commendable aspects that we envy. Over the past few years, the gulf between the two systems has become less pronounced. We often see features lifted directly from each side of the fence - or should that be 'walled garden' in the case of iOS? Here are a few key components of Apple’s mobile operating system we admire from afar..."
• 10 SMALLEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD - Expatify.com.
• 10 Smartest Countries In The World - "According to this World of Card Games ranking, Switzerland is the smartest country in the world based on a variety of criteria from average IQ to education levels. The U.S. also makes the top three."
• 10 Smartest Sustainable Products of 2018 - "Here's a look at some of the smartest sustainable products of the year aimed at eco-conscious consumers, from greener shoes to an intelligent thermostat."
• 10 symptoms of cancer you could be missing - The Telegraph.
• 10 Things Never, Ever To Tell Your Coworkers - Forbes.
• 10 things no one tells you before you become a professional MMA fighter - The Telegraph.
• 10 things successful people do differently every day - "Success isn’t just about luck or natural talent. In fact, it’s more of a routine - because successful people have daily habits that set them apart from the rest of us."
• 10 Things To Expect As A First Time Ferrari Owner - "Owning a Ferrari is every car enthusiast's dream, but here's why living with one may not be for everyone. Ferrari owners love the performance that they get out of their cars, but there are some things no owner wants to admit."
• 10 things you didn't know about the Vatican City - The Telegraph.
• 10 things you need to know about vaginas - The Guardian.
• 10 things you only know if you're teetotal - The Telegraph.
• 10 Unsung Heroes: Fathers of Technology - PCWorld.
• 10 useful time management tips, according to productivity experts - "We all have the same 24 hours in a day, but have you ever wondered why some people don’t seem to have a problem getting it all done while others struggle to stay on top of even the basics? The secret is a skill called time management, and like any other skill from cooking to karate, it can be learned by following a few simple tips."
• 10 ways the changing climate is creating a health emergency - "Diseases will spread faster and further, and kill more people, as the effects of record heat, floods, drought and storms escalates. Here are 10 ways the climate crisis is affecting global health: 1: Floods and disease. 2: Mosquitoes on the march. 3: Human-animal contact. 4: Severe weather events. 5: The air that we breathe. 6: The psychological cost. 7: Salty water and perilous pregnancies. 8: Food insecurity. 9: The stress of extreme heat & 10: Millions on the move."
• 10 Ways to Be a Greener Traveler, Even if You Love to Fly - The New York Times.
• 10 ways to stay fit on holiday - The Telegraph.
• 10 words that don't mean what they used to - The Guardian.
• 10 worst places to live in US for air pollution - "A Guardian analysis using cutting-edge modelling developed by researchers tracks deadly PM2.5 levels. America’s top spot is not a traffic-clogged metropolis or renowned heavy industry zone but a small town surrounded by farmland and mountains."
• 10 Years Ago Today: Apple Unveils The iPad - "Apple’s next iPad will be announced soon. The very first one was revealed by Steve Jobs at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco exactly ten years ago, at 10AM Pacific on Wednesday January 27, 2010."
• 10 years of Apple on one page - "Apple entered the 2010s just as the iPhone began to explode in popularity. The iPhone became the most successful consumer product, ever. Sales surged for another five years and still make up a majority of Apple’s revenues. However, we exit the decade with the iPhone making up a smaller portion of Apple’s business than ever before, as the company diversifies into strong lineups of wearables, tablets and services offerings."
• 10 years of Kickstarter - "A decade on from the birth of the crowdfunding platform, Tim Adams talks to cofounder Perry Chen and looks back at some of its greatest campaigns."
• 10 years of the sun in one hour - Nasa releases mesmerising space film - "The space agency gathered 425 million high-resolution images of the sun, which have now been stitched together to form the video."
• 11 Canned Foods That Are Just As Good As Fresh, According To Chefs - "Canned foods often get a bad rap, with many believing they're unhealthy or inferior to fresh options. However, this is more myth than fact, and both chefs and science can back this up."
• 11 funny responses from the iPhone's virtual assistant Siri - The Telegraph.
• 11 Lessons for Entrepreneurs From Jeff Bezos's Tremendous Success - "As the Amazon founder exits the CEO role, he leaves his successor a set of rules that might be helpful to any entrepreneur bent on conquering the known universe."
• 11 minutes of daily exercise could have a positive impact on your health, large study shows - "When you can’t fit your entire workout into a busy day, do you think there’s no point in doing anything at all? You should rethink that mindset. Just 11 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous intensity aerobic activity per day could lower your risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease or premature death, a large new study has found."
• 11 Picturesque Villages From Around The Globe - Lolwot.
• 11 Reasons We Should All Quit Our Jobs And Move To Scandinavia - BuzzFeed.
• 11 Roman Emperors Who Helped Mold the Ancient World - "These rulers were often as innovative and ingenious as they were brutal and corrupt."
• 11 September 2001: The conspiracy theories still spreading after 20 years - "The first 9/11 conspiracy theories appeared on the internet just hours after the attacks, on 11 September 2001, and with the rise of social media, have grown in scope and scale ever since."
• 11 Signs You Were Born To Be A Loner - "You might be a born loner if you find joy in curling up with a book instead of going out to brunch or prefer to spend time alone rather than socializing with others. Contrary to what some may believe, being a loner is not undesirable for many people. Loners are often of higher intelligence than their more outgoing counterparts. If you are wondering whether you were born to be a loner, here are 11 signs that may indicate that you are."
• 11 things smart people always do (but never talk about) - "We often hear about the smart things intelligent folks do every day, right? But what about the things they do in secret? Surprisingly, it’s these hidden habits that truly set them apart from the crowd. Let’s uncover the 11 things smart people always do (but never talk about). You might even recognize a few of these in yourself!"
• 11 transport fantasies that never got off the ground - from jetpacks to swan-powered paragliders - "From Leonardo da Vinci to the engineers of Bell Aerosystems, some of our finest minds have devoted themselves to finding a better form of travel. Still, anyone can have an off day ..."
• 11 ways that weight-loss drugs have changed the world - "The growing - and sometimes secret - use of drugs containing semaglutide has had a huge impact on how we live ... but where will it end?"
• 11 words that make the heart sink - The Guardian.
• 12 Best Portable Chargers for All of Your Devices - "Keep your phone, tablet, laptop, and other electronics running with these handheld power banks."
• 12 Best Uses For Old iPhones - "Here are some novel ways you can give your old iPhone the second life it deserves."
• 12 billionaires’ climate emissions outpollute 2.1m homes, analysis finds - "Research shows impact from lifestyles and investments of likes of Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Elon Musk."
• 12 cities you must visit in 2016 - a month-by-month guide.
• 12 Facebook tips that everyone should know - The Guardian.
• 12 million declassified CIA files are now available online - engadget.
• 12 Original Playboys of the Jetset Sixties - Kempt.
• 12 Survival Gear Items I Always Carry In My Day Pack, Even In The City - "When you are walking in the city’s botanical gardens, survival gear is not needed, right? How about that 3-mile trail to the waterfall? Or the guided tuck-tuck tour? None of these situations require a machete and dehydrated food in a backpack the size of a Volkswagen. But I think a few small things are essential, whether I’m in an urban park for a couple of hours or spending a few hours trekking through the forest."
• 12 Tips for Living a Longer Life - The New York Times.
• 12 Travel Apps Worth Keeping in 2016 - The New York Times.
• 12 Travel Essentials You Should Never Forget to Pack for Vacation - Traveling soon? Don't forget these items.
• 12 versions of Windows ranked, from worst to best - "It’s a bit of a meme, how bad Windows Vista was. It’s often found at the top of everyone’s “Worst Windows” lists, but we think it gets unfairly maligned — at least a little. Its hardware requirements were incredibly steep at the time, demanding a 1GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, and 15GB of storage space just to install it. It also needed a DirectX 9-supporting graphics chip with 128MB of VRAM. That might not seem like much now, but this was 10 times the storage demands of XP, and almost 20 times the RAM requirements." Digital Trends.
• 12 world wonders never heard of - The Telegraph.
• 13 crazy pricy gadgets you wish you could afford - Mashable.
• 13 dos & don'ts when taking a selfie with the earth - Mashable.
• 13 Keys Tracker - "13 Keys Tracker is a free interactive tool for predicting the 2024 Election, based on Professor Allan Lichtman's famous 13 Keys to the White House. Allan Lichtman Officially Predicts That Kamala Harris Will Win the Election!"
• 13 Nespresso Coffee Pod Flavors, Ranked Worst To Best - "Nespresso currently offers 30 original coffee varieties, 35 coffees compatible with the Vertuo design, and limited edition coffees made for both styles."
• 13 things only drunk people can do - Mashable.
• 13 times Friday the 13th lived up to its name - Metro.
• 13 Ways the World Got Better in 2023 - "As in most years, much of the media focus in 2023 was on the myriad crises people all over the world faced, from horrific wars in Eastern Europe and the Middle East to devastating natural disasters (many climate-change-related) in Turkey, Southeast Africa, Hawaii, Canada, and more. At the end of this long year, though, it's worth taking a step back and considering some of the ways things improved. Here are some examples, gathered together by TIME's climate and health journalists."
• $13.6 billion solar megaproject - "$13.6B record-breaking solar park rises from Dubai desert. Once finished, Dubai Energy and Water Authority (DEWA) told CNN the 50 billion-dirham ($13.6 billion) investment could power as many as 1.3 million homes, reducing carbon emissions by 6.5 million tonnes annually."
• 14 of the most striking images of 2022 - "Kelly Grovier picks 14 of the most startling photos from this year - including Ukrainian soldiers playing chess with Molotov cocktails, Iranian protesters and wildfires in Spain and the US - and compares them with iconic artworks."
• 14 Reasons Everyone Needs To Move To Denmark - BuzzFeed.
• 14 things that drive women mad - The Telegraph.
• 14 ways you're being ripped off at the airport - The Telegraph.
• 14 Years Ago, Steve Jobs Sent The Most Important Email in the History of Business - "A simple, one-sentence email turned Apple into the most valuable business of all time."
• 15 celebrities whose secrets could be exposed in the wake of Helen Wood claims - The Telegraph.
• 15 countries that have gone unconquered the longest - The Telegraph.
• 15 Differences Between Rich & Poor Mindset - "In our society, we often see a divide between those with financial resources and those who struggle to meet their needs. It’s not just about the money they have, but also about their mindset. Let’s delve into the differences between the rich and the poor mindset."
• 15 fun things to type into Google - The Guardian.
• 15 great William Shakespeare insults which are better than swearing - The Telegraph.
• 15 Habits That Distinguish The Poor From The Rich - "We all wonder what makes the self-made rich different from the people unable to escape being poor. How do self-made millionaires achieve their wealth, and what keeps it growing? Through extensive studies and research, I’ve been able to identify a variety of habits that distinguish the two."
• 15 maps that will change the way you see the world - The Telegraph.
• 15-Minute Pasta Will Make You Feel Like an Italian Millionaire - "One magic ingredient will send your taste buds on vacation to the Amalfi Coast."
• 15 of History's Greatest Mysteries - "From a book no one can decipher and puzzling disappearances to unsolved crimes and beyond, many of these historical mysteries still have us scratching our heads."
• 15 of the funniest Photoshop fails - The Telegraph.
• 15 Places to Learn to Code for Free in 2019 - UK Web Host Review.
• 15 Products That Defined Apple’s First 40 Years - Wired.
• 15 things you couldn't do 15 years ago - engadget.
• 15 Things You Didn’t Know Your iPhone Could Do - "No matter how long you’ve used an iPhone, there are always new (or new-to-you) features to discover. And stumbling upon a time-saving trick after so many years is, quite frankly, a delight. Here are 15 tips and tricks that Wirecutter staffers rely on all the time. If you don’t already know about them, we hope they make your life a lot easier."
• 15 Ways to Be a Better Person in 2016 - The New York Times.
• 16 Coolest Places To Eat In 2016 - Forbes.
• 16 countries that don't have an army - The Telegraph.
• 16 fascinating facts about Denmark - The Telegraph.
• 17 best Facebook Messenger tips & tricks 2016 - PC Advisor.
• 17 Best Luggage Brands On the Market - "Investing in quality luggage only makes getting there all the better. A lightweight steel case might mean you can pack a bit extra and avoid an overweight baggage fee. While an eye-catching rollaboard from Calpak in a cheerful color will ensure no one else mistakes their luggage for yours. The nostalgic set, meanwhile, will delight in leather-trimmed cases from Steamer, Globe-Trotter, and T Anthony; you may be boarding a plane, but your case will transport you right to the Orient Express. If you’re traveling in some fashion that doesn’t require a TSA Agent to handle your luggage, why not opt for an extra-luxe option? Louis Vuitton makes some lovely sets worthy of the private jet on which you may or may not be flying."
• 17 Surprising Ways You're Ruining Your Clothes - "You've been washing, folding, and storing your clothes all wrong."
• 17th Century Japanese Samurai Who Sailed to Europe, Met the Pope & Became a Roman Citizen - "We learn about intrepid Europeans who sought, and sometimes even found, trade and missionary routes to China and Japan during the centuries of exploration and empire. Rarely, if ever, do we hear about visitors from the East to the West, especially those as well-traveled as 17th-century samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga."
• 18 Health Benefits Of Tomatoes, How To Consume & Recipes - "Learn how this humble fruit helps boost your nutrition, health, and immunity. Tomatoes contain vital nutrients, such as vitamin K, folate, potassium, and vitamin C. These nutrients are involved in proper blood clotting, bone health, immune function, blood pressure, protein metabolism, digestion, and skin health."
• 19 alarming cybercrime statistics for 2019 - BroadbandSearch.
• 19 amazing untranslatable words - The Telegraph.
• 19 crazy facts about Bill Gates' $123 million mansion - Business Insider.
• 19 Feng Shui Secrets to Attract Love & Money - HGTV.
• 20 Beautiful Places in the World Ruined by Overtourism - "Overtourism is essentially the idea of a greater than optimal number of tourists visiting any area. UNWTO predicts that destinations around the world will host approximately 1.5 billion international tourists in 2024, the highest volume ever recorded."
• 20 bestselling mobile phones of all time - The Telegraph.
• 20 classic French dishes everyone needs to try - "The foundations of the country’s culinary empire were laid as early as the mid-1600s when chef François Pierre La Varenne penned his hugely influential 'Le Cuisinier François' recipe book, which emphasized regional and seasonal ingredients and highlighted complementary flavors. 'French cooking is, at its core, about making beautiful, refined food out of simple ingredients,' said Maryann Tebben, author of 'Savoir-Faire: A History of Food in France.' Whether it’s country fare or haute cuisine that inspires, take a look at 20 classic French dishes."
• 20 Countries With the Fastest Declining Populations ranked - "Visualizing Population Decline by Country. The following table ranks countries by their rate of population decline, based on projected rate of change between 2020 and 2050 and using data from the United Nations."
• 20 Highest Paid World Leaders - 24/7 Wall St.
• 20 incredible things you didn't know about North Korea - The Telegraph.
• 20 Largest Economies in the World by 2050 - "The global economy is expected to grow 130% by 2050, with China projected to possess around 20% share of the world’s GDP in purchasing power parity. India is likely to surpass the United States, which is currently the largest economy in the world. The EU’s share of the world’s GDP is projected to drop below 10%."
• 20 Most Advanced Countries in the World - "Over the past few years, the global technology landscape has witnessed a significant transformation. The two most dominant trends that emerged in 2023 were generative AI and electrification."
• 20 Most Valuable Companies of All Time - "1. Dutch East India Company: $8.28 trillion. 2. Mississippi Company: $6.8 trillion. 3. Saudi Aramco: $6.58 trillion. 4. South Sea Company: $4.5 trillion. 5. Apple: $3.29 trillion. 6. Microsoft: $3.21 trillion. 7. Nvidia: $2.86 trillion. 8. Alphabet: $1.95 trillion. 9. Amazon: $1.94 trillion. 10. META (Facebook) $1.35 trillion."
• 20 of our favorite personalized travel accessories to take along on your next trip - "Travel is in full swing once again. While your journey might face hiccups galore - think lost luggage, delays and cancellations - your travel gear is the one thing you can and should count on. And if you’re like us, your travel must-haves could use some refreshing. When investing in new accessories - from luggage and toiletry bags to travel backpacks and packing cubes - consider upgrading to personalized items with a monogram. Not only will the pieces identify their owner without a doubt, but they’ll also keep you super organized and add some swagger to your travel ensemble."
• 20 of the best films to watch in 2023 - "From Cocaine Bear and Barbie - starring Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie - to The Little Mermaid and Oppenheimer, and the latest instalments of Dune, Indiana Jones and Mission: Impossible, our critics pick the best releases slated for 2023."
• 20 of the most beautiful villages in Italy - "Fabulous food, amazing art, rich language, dramatic and gorgeous landscapes - we all know what makes Italy so special. Perhaps best of all are the scenic small towns and villages, where it's possible to enjoy all these while surrounded by picturesque coastline, mountains, valleys, rivers or volcanoes."
• 20 places you must visit before you die - Lonely Planet.
• 20 Principles You Should Live By To Get Everything You Want In Life (Master This) - The 80/20 principle is a well-known concept in business and economics. It suggests that 80% of the outcomes come from 20% of the efforts. However, this principle applies not only to business but also to life in general. In this context, the 80/20 principle suggests that 80% of the things that matter in your life are caused by 20% of your actions. The key to success is to identify this 20% of actions and focus on them. Doing so will maximize your productivity and help you achieve your goals faster. Now, let’s dive into the 80/20 principles you should follow to get everything you want.
• 20 reasons why Reinhold Messner is the world's greatest living man - The Telegraph.
• 20 Tallest Countries - "With an average height of 6 feet for men and 5 feet 7 inches for women, the Netherlands is the tallest country in the world. A quick look at the rankings reveal that many of the tallest countries are found in Northern and Eastern Europe."
• 20 things no man over the age of 40 should ever wear - The Telegraph.
• 20 Ways the World Got Better in 2019, in Charts - "Last year felt pretty awful most of the time. But if you take the long view, 2019 was actually a relatively amazing year to be alive."
• 20 years after 9/11, the US is at war with itself - "America went into battle on September 11, 2001, united in defense of its values and way of life. Twenty years on, it is at war with itself, its democracy threatened from within in a way Osama bin Laden never managed."
• 20 Years Of Google Has Changed the Way We Think. Here's How, According to a Historian of Information - TIME Magazine.
• 21 Beautiful Christmas Trees Around The World, In Photos - "Christmas trees are one of the traditions that can withstand the coronavirus and most towns and cities in the world have gone all the way to present immense, luminous, creative trees as one of the remaining ways in these trying times to symbolize the special holiday."
• 21 funniest jokes about Donald Trump - The Telegraph.
• 21 Lessons From America's Worst Moments - "As many Americans prepare to toast their country’s past on the Fourth of July, there’s no escaping that not every facet of that history has been worth celebrating. In fact, for a great number, this very moment may fall into that latter category, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rock the nation and a growing number of people confront the inescapable facts of past and present racism."
• 21 of the world’s most stunning castles - "'What makes a castle a castle is that it combines the functions of defense and dwelling - it’s a fortification and a stately home rolled into one. Creating a building which is both comfortable and defensible is difficult. The ingenious ways in which castle-designers reconciled this balance is always intriguing.' Although we normally associate castles with European history, it’s actually an architectural form found around the world - in nations as varied as Japan and India, Morocco and Mexico."
• 21 places in Africa you must see before you die - The Telegraph.
• 21 rules for dogs & their humans - "We asked experts to describe good dog manners and how our pups should behave at home, on a walk and out on the town."
• 21 Shakespearean quotes you didn't even know you were using - The Telegraph.
• 21 unusual ways to quit smoking, from changing your teeth to taking more showers - "If patches, hypnosis and self-help books don’t work, maybe it’s time to think laterally. Readers reveal the unlikely methods that encouraged them to kick the habit."
• 22 Push-Up Challenge: the internet's new favourite craze (and how to do it correctly) - The Telegraph.
• 22 reasons why it’s good to be a millennial - The Guardian.
• 22 Things That Made the World a Better Place in 2022 - "From spinal implants that allow paralyzed people to walk to smashing an asteroid off course with a rocket, this wasn’t just a year of negative headlines."
• 23 best destinations to visit in 2023 - "New year equals new outlook. Apply this formula liberally to travel planning in 2023. After nearly three years of travel disruptions and complications, many countries have dropped most of their pandemic restrictions. People are traveling internationally in large numbers, and there's plenty of pent-up demand to spread around the world. Many travelers are charging full steam ahead into the new year - with good reason."
• 23 Best Fitness Gifts for the Active People in Your Life - "From portable trampolines and treadmills to the chicest workout gear, here's what to shop."
• 23 Best Travel Gadgets That'll Make Your Next Trip Even Better - "For more organized, manageable, and unforgettable adventures."
• 23 items I don’t leave home without - "When it comes to travel, there are essentials that are guaranteed to make any journey more comfortable and enjoyable. Especially as airplane seats become smaller, planes and hotels become fuller and tickets become more expensive, we could all use a little respite from the frustrations of travel. Thankfully, that list of travel gear essentials is long - and continues to grow. Of course, every trip is different. For some, I might want to travel with just a carry-on bag, while some require more space and are a better fit for a piece of checked luggage. Here are the 23 things I travel the world with."
• 23 photos that prove America is the most epic place on Earth - The Telegraph.
• 23 Plane crashes where everyone survived The Telegraph.
• 23 Ways You Could Be Killed If You Are Black in America - The Guardian.
• 24 Brands to Watch in 2024 - "This year's most promising trends, product launches and anniversaries - and the companies behind them all."
• 24 British rabbits took over Australia - "What seemed like an innocent Christmas gift of 24 English rabbits in 1859 would go on to become Australia's 'most devastating biological invasion,' according to a new study by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences."
• 24 fascinating things you didn't know about your passport - The Telegraph.
• 24 of the world's most incredible natural phenomena - The Telegraph.
• 24 Things That Stuck With Us in 2023 - "Films, TV shows, albums, books, art and A.I.-generated SpongeBob performances that reporters, editors and visual journalists in Culture couldn’t stop thinking about this year."
• 25 amazing things you (probably) didn't know about Ukraine - The Telegraph.
• 25 Best Everyday Carry Backpacks of 2022 - "When it comes to gear of any type, everyday carry or otherwise, the bag category is one of the most ubiquitous. After all, most humans need a means of transporting items from one place to another - be that your mobile technology, school books, food, supplies, or whatever else. And there’s no denying the usefulness of a traditional backpack therein. In fact, backpacks are probably one of the most commonly available pieces of EDC gear, second perhaps only to wallets."
• 25 Expert Tips to Reading WAY More Books This Year - "Instead of trying to power through a book that you're not enjoying, put it down."
• 25 Famous Poems That Everyone Should Read - "Poetry provides the perfect way to indulge in the escapism of reading without the commitment required to finish a novel. You can read most famous poems in a single sitting, some taking just a minute or two, and they give you a window into a new way to think."
• 25 GENIUSES WHO ARE CREATING THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS - Wired.
• 25 Ideas That Will Shape the 2020s - "Fortune asked 25 of the sharpest minds to weigh in on the epic, disruptive, thrilling, terrifying, and fascinating ideas that will mold the next decade. The future is now."
• 25 Life Lessons We Learned From Robin Williams Characters - BuzzFeed.
• 25 Most Influential People on the Internet 2017 - TIME Magazine.
• 25 Most Influential People on the Internet 2018 - TIME Magazine.
• 25 Most Influential People on the Internet 2019 - "Lil Nas X, Meghan Markle and the man behind the world-record egg Instagram make the cut for TIME's roundup of the most influential people on the internet."
• 25 Most Unique Nike Shoes In The World - "Nike has created some of the world’s most expensive and unique shoes and sneakers since it was founded in 1964. With sneakers made in collaboration with incredible artists, for great causes, and for tremendous sports influences, there are more colourways and options than you can fathom."
• 25 Photos That Defined the Modern Age - "A group of experts met to discuss the images that have best captured - and changed - the world since 1955."
• 25 signs you’ve reached financial maturity - "According to a new survey, British people aren’t fully financially mature until the age of 31. But it isn’t all about having a savings account."
• 25 signs your cat could be in pain - University of Lincoln.
• 25 Smartest Countries In The World ranked - "Which people have contributed the most to our advancement as a species? Which does best at school, and which has the highest IQ. All important contributing factors when deciding where to visit next, no doubt. Luckily though, Vouchercloud has done the legwork for you and diligently researched and ranked the top 25 countries in the world by intelligence."
• 25 things to do before you die - The Telegraph.
• 25 things Travel guru Rick Steves always packs in his carry-on - "Steves spends four months out of the year traveling Europe for work, and he only brings a carry-on bag. Steves' must-haves include hemp shorts, Bose headphones, Patagonia pants, and bags he designed."
• 25 Travel Experiences You Must Have - "A pair of internationally minded writers, a chef, an architect and a landscape photographer made a list of the most extraordinary adventures a person should seek out. Here are the results."
• 26 Coffee Hacks You Need To Know For A Better Cup - "A good cup of coffee can mean the difference between an awesome morning and a so-so one. Depending on the brew style, getting the specifics down can get tricky. That's why we compiled a list of coffee hacks to help you brew a better cup. Whether a straightforward Americana or a fanciful French press, here are some tips to wake you up."
• 26 happiest, richest, healthiest, and most crime-free countries in the world - Business Insider.
• 27 best luxury tech gadgets of all time - "There are bathroom scales that know your heart health and lipstick machines that know your perfect colour. There are radars for bikes and lidars for vacuum cleaners. There are computers that fold and trainers that bounce. Most of all there are a lot of previously-inanimate objects - from tables to board games - that suddenly require bluetooth compatibility. Here is a list of some of the top luxury technology releases of recent months. And if it seems out of your reach? It soon, most likely, won’t be. The thing about gadgets is that they start off as luxury, and rapidly become necessity. Today’s luxury tech all too often becomes tomorrow’s ubiquitous tech. Better get updating your table’s wifi settings."
• 27 fascinating photographs of a London lost to time - The Telegraph.
• 27 most bizarrely impressive Lego creations of all time - The Telegraph.
• 27 ways to boost your mood for the New Year - "January isn’t easy! Energy levels are rock bottom - but fear not. Here’s how to give yourself a factory reset to boost your lust for life."
• 28 Pages - The report that holds 9/11 secrets. CBS News.
• 28 Years Ago, Steve Jobs Said What Separates Successful People From Everyone Else Boils Down to 1 Simple Word - "If you can't develop this quality, you may as well toss in the towel now."
• 29 Changes In Clothing Fashion That Made Stealing Easier Or Harder - "As Shared By Former Pickpockets And Magicians Online."
• 30 great one-liners - The Telegraph.
• 30 Most Influential People on the Internet 2016 - TIME.
• 30 Most Walkable Cities In The World ranked, According To A New Report - "There’s nothing like walking in a city, absorbing the local culture and stumbling upon hidden gems. So what are the most walkable cities in the world? A new report has the answers."
• 30 of the Best Things to Do in Copenhagen for Food & Design Enthusiasts - "Where to eat and stay, what to explore, and how to shop in Denmark's capital city."
• 30-Second Power Test - "You need more than strength to age well - you also need power. Here's how to measure how much you have. Start a timer for 30 seconds and count how many times you can move from sitting to standing. Men over 65 should be able to do 12 or more; women over 65 should do 11 or more. If you score below that, you may be low on power."
• 30 Things 'Back to the Future II' Got Right or Wrong About October 21, 2015 - CityLab.
• 31 billionaires are worth more than the US Treasury has in cash - "For context, 31 billionaires are each worth more than the federal government's $38.8 billion in cash, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Some of them, like fashion mogul Bernard Arnault - are worth a lot more. Arnault, the chairman of luxury goods maker LVMH, has a net worth estimated at $193 billion."
• 32 MOMENTS THAT MADE THE DECADE - "The last ten years, from AirPower to Google Wave."
• 33 apps that will save you money - TIME Magazine.
• 33 debut products that defined hi-fi history - "A (rather long) meander down memory lane."
• 33 of the hardest questions Apple will ask in a job interview - Business Insider.
• 33 things that will make you happy... and the seven that definitely won't - The Telegraph.
• 34 Frugal Living Tips That Really Work: Warren Buffett’s Saving Money Habits - "This guide will delve into 34 actionable frugal living tips rooted in Buffett’s financial principles, teaching, lifestyle, and quotes, helping you transform your financial habits, save money, and build wealth over time."
• 35 Best & Worst Countries To Raise A Family (You Won’t Believe America’s Ranking) - "As if things couldn’t get worse. According to a new study from the travel website Asher & Lyric, the United States is the second worst place in the world to raise a family. The country came in at a shockingly low 34th place out of 35 countries, only beating out crime-ridden Mexico. Topping the list of best places to raise a family were countries like Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland (which was recently named the happiest country in the world for the third year in a row)."
• 36 Questions That Lead to Love - The New York Times.
• 37 Reasons Why Denmark Will Ruin You For Life - The best and most underrated European country. BuzzFeed.
• 37 SIGNALS - simple small business software, collaboration, CRM.
• $38 BILLION TAX PAYMENT IS A GOOD DEAL FOR APPLE - Wired.
• 38 images that changed the way we see women (for better & for worse) - "Shocking, arresting and extraordinary photographs that shifted how women are seen in the world."
• 38 North - "Informed Analysis of North Korea." Website devoted to analysis of North Korea. While it strives to break new ground, the site’s main objective is to bring the best possible analysis to both seasoned North Korea watchers and general audiences alike.
• 40 most brutal British political insults - The Telegraph.
• 40% of Americans think civil war likely within a decade - "More than half of ‘strong Republicans’ think such a conflict is at least somewhat likely, poll finds."
• 40 of the best celebrity Halloween costumes ever - The Telegraph.
• 40 things that every man should know by the age of 40 - The Telegraph.
• 40 things every woman should know about fashion over 40 - The Telegraph.
• 40 wise & witty quotes about the French - The Telegraph.
• 40 Years Ago, This Ad Changed the Super Bowl Forever - "An oral history of Apple's groundbreaking '1984' spot, which helped to establish the Super Bowl as TV's biggest commercial showcase."
• 40 years of Apple - in pictures - The Guardian.
• 40% of the Buildings in Manhattan Could Not Be Built Today - The New York Times.
• 41 Elections - The New York Times front pages through the decades.
• 41 most shocking lines from Donald Trump's Baghdadi announcement - "On Sunday morning, President Donald Trump announced that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had died as a result of a US raid in northern Syria. And then he kept talking. And taking questions. And more questions. I went through the transcript of Trump's remarks and pulled out the most, uh, notable lines."
• 42 style tips to take from Kate Moss - The Telegraph.
• 45 things we love most about London - The Telegraph.
• 50 adventures to try in your lifetime - The Telegraph.
• 50 Best Free Workout Resources You Can Find Online - Hufftington Post.
• 50 best inventions of 2018 - "50 inventions making the world better, smarter and even a little more fun."
• 50 Highest Rated CEOs - Glassdoor.
• 50 Most Important Watches Ever - "From design landmarks to technical firsts to models that invented a whole new category, these watches have had a substantial impact on watchmaking."
• 50 MOST INNOVATIVE FINTECH COMPANIES IN 2021 - "Many of the startups on Forbes’ sixth Fintech 50 list were big pandemic winners, as Americans sped up their migration to buying and banking online and some of those stuck at home jumped into online trading of stocks and crypto."
• 50p to enter circulation for Queen's Jubilee & here's where you can get one - "The commemorative 50p coin has been personally approved by Her Majesty and will enter the hands of the public at Post Office branches nationwide from next month."
• 50 photographs that reshaped sport - "Pain, triumph, disaster - and a pair of tightly squeezed testicles. Here are some of the images that changed the way we see sport for ever."
• 50 podcasts you need to hear - The Guardian.
• 50 top Swiss Watch Companies of 2023 According to Morgan Stanley - "Rolex Breaks the CHF 10 billion Barrier. Morgan Stanley and LuxeConsult's latest industry report shows the clear winner(s) of 2023."
• 50 WEIRDEST JOB TITLES - Coburg Banks.
• 52 acts of kindness: how to spread joy in every week of 2023 - "Whether fostering kittens, donating blood or delivering boxes of biscuits to striking workers, there has never been a better time to help out. And it will improve your life too."
• 52 Places for a Changed World - "The 2022 list highlights places around the globe where travelers can be part of the solution." The New York Times.
• 52 Places to Go in 2014 - International New York Times.
• 52 Places to Go in 2023 - "Travel’s rebound has revealed the depth of our drive to explore the world. Why do we travel? For food, culture, adventure, natural beauty? This year’s list has all those elements, and more." The New York Times.
• 53 free things to do around the world - The Telegraph.
• 54 Celebrities, Executives & Allies on Trump’s ‘Close Contacts’ List - "The list included the media tycoon Rupert Murdoch and other Fox News figures, along with sports stars like Tom Brady and Serena Williams."
• 57 'Buy it for Life' products: cast-iron, tools, speakers, chairs & more - "Here's a good rule of thumb: Just because something is well made doesn't mean it doesn't require proper maintenance. Take care of your stuff, and it'll last years."
• 59 fascinating things you didn't know about Russia - The Telegraph.
• 60 greatest female singer-songwriters of all time - The Telegraph.
• 60 Minutes Overtime - CBS News.
• 60 richest countries (1980-2023) - "This is the list of UN member states only. Dependent territories or disputed areas such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, Aruba, Puerto Rico, Gibraltar, Greenland, Virgin Islands, Bermuda... are not listed." TOP 10 Channel.
• 60% of fish species could be unable to survive in current areas by 2100 - study - "Warming water temperatures lower water oxygen levels, putting embryos and pregnant fish at risk, researchers say."
• 61 Glimpses of the Future - Jan Chipchase.
• 70% of animal populations wiped out since 1970, report reveals - "Huge scale of human-driven loss of species demands urgent action, say world’s leading scientists."
• 70 years & half a trillion dollars later: what has the UN achieved? - The Guardian.
• 70 years on, Gucci’s horsebit loafer is still a coveted status symbol - "What do late former US president George H. W. Bush, ’60s muse Jane Birkin and rapper Wiz Khalifa all have in common? Despite their vastly differing personal styles and occupations, they have all been spotted in a pair of Gucci horsebit loafers. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the distinctive shoe, recognizable by its metal snaffle flourish, which has become a piece of fashion history - one so renowned that a pair entered the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s permanent collection in 1984. In mid-June, coinciding with the menswear shows at Milan Fashion Week, Gucci will stage an exhibition celebrating the legacy of its signature loafer."
• 71 Most Stylish People of 2023 - "OK, some weren’t people, but they all made us talk: about what we wear, how we live and how we express ourselves."
• 72-HOUR LIVE STREAM IS BRINGING EARTH DAY ONLINE - "The 50th anniversary of Earth Day marks a new chapter of digital resistance."
• 80 great quotes about love & romance - The Telegraph.
• 85% of Warren Buffett's $354 Billion Portfolio Is Invested in Just 10 Stocks - "The Oracle of Omaha has run circles around the S&P 500 since becoming CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Despite having stakes in close to four dozen securities, nearly $302 billion of Berkshire's invested assets are in only 10 stocks. Portfolio concentration is a big reason Berkshire Hathaway has handily outperformed Wall Street for nearly 60 years."
• 100 best Christmas songs of all time - The Telegraph.
• 100 best inventions of 2019 - "These 100 innovations in areas including health care, augmented reality and food are making the world better, smarter and even just a little more fun."
• 100 Best Inventions of 2020 - "100 innovations changing how we live." TIME Magazine.
• $100 billion club has swelled to an unprecedented 15 members - "The combined net worth for these people is up 13% this year to $2.2 trillion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, beating the pace of inflation and the broader stock market. Between them, they hold nearly a quarter of the wealth of the world’s 500 richest people."
• 100 facts guaranteed to make you the most interesting person in the pub - The Telegraph.
• 100 funny jokes by 100 comedians - The Telegraph.
• 100 greatest TV series of the 21st Century - "BBC Culture polled 206 TV experts from 43 countries in order to find the greatest TV of the 21st Century - here’s the top 100."
• 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time - "Variety breaks down the best TV shows of all time. From The Sopranos to Community, these are the best series ever aired."
• 100 Images From Cassini’s Mission to Saturn - The New York Times.
• 100 Miles, 10 Days, Three Countries and a Lot of Cheese - The New York Times.
• 100 most influential climate leaders in business 2023 | TIME - "The inaugural TIME100 Climate list includes leaders driving climate action in the businesses of energy, finance, culture, health, and more."
• 100 Most Influential Companies 2023 - "TIME's list of the world's 100 most influential businesses."
• 100 Most Influential People in AI 2023 - TIME 100/AI.
• 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD 2015 - TIME Magazine.
• 100 most influential people of 2020 - TIME Magazine.
• 100 Most Powerful People in Business - "What you’ll find on this list: leaders from 40 industries, ranging in age from their 30s to their 90s. You’ll come across very recognizable founders, chief executives of great businesses, disrupters, and innovators. What you won’t find: fossilized billionaires who are no longer active in business; nor will you find politicians, regulators, or seconds-in-command."
• 100 Most Valuable Global Brands 2014 - BrandZ.
• 100 Must-Read Books of 2023 | TIME - "The fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that entertained and enlightened us."
• 100 Notable Books of 2023 - "Each year, we pore over thousands of new books, seeking out the best novels, memoirs, biographies, poetry collections, stories and more. Here are the standouts, selected by the staff of The New York Times Book Review."
• 100 tiny changes to transform your life: from the one-minute rule to pyjama yoga - "Want more health and happiness in the year ahead - without having to work too hard? Here are tried and tested tweaks that can lead to big improvements."
• 100 tricks to appear smart in meetings - The Cooper Review.
• $100 Trillion Global Economy in One Chart - "Visualizing the $100 Trillion Global Economy in One Chart. Surpassing the $100 trillion mark is a new milestone for global economic output."
• 100-year-old fiction that predicted today - "Two cult authors both wrote about human nature - and the dystopian horrors that technology can unleash. Dorian Lynskey explores the parallel lives of the writers whose work still resonates."
• 100 years of BMW: in pictures - The Telegraph.
• 100 years of Hollywood’s corrosive, systemic sexism - The Guardian.
• 100 years of the Chinese Communist Party - "10 moments that shaped China's Communist Party." Interactive.
• 100 years on: the picture that changed our view of the universe - "Arthur Eddington’s photograph of the 1919 solar eclipse proved Einstein right and ushered in a century where gravity was king."

May 11, 2019

• 100s of Dubai's tallest buildings are 'infernos waiting to happen' - The Telegraph.
• 116 things that can give you cancer – the full list - The Guardian.
• 123 PEOPLE - a people search engine that looks into nearly every corner of the Web to help you find information on everyone you (want to) know. Using our proprietary search algorithm, you can find comprehensive and centralized people profiles consisting of images, videos, phone numbers, email addresses, social networking and Wikipedia profiles and much more.
• 150 years ago, science changed forever - "2019 marks the 150th anniversary of the invention of the periodic table of elements, which epitomizes our modern understanding of chemistry."
• 175 Very TOWN&COUNTRY People, Places & Things - "In honor of our 175th anniversary."
• £187m of Windsor family wealth hidden in secret royal wills - "Contents of dozens of royal wills have been kept private by judges in special hearings closed to the public."
• 200 Years After Waterloo, Napoleon Still Wins by Losing - The New York Times.
• 225-million-year-old mammal is the oldest ever identified - "Brasilodon quadrangularis was a small shrew-like creature, around 20 centimeters (8 inches) long, that walked the earth 225 million years ago at the same time as some of the oldest dinosaurs and sheds light on the evolution of modern mammals, according to a team of Brazilian and British scientists."
• 273 People, Places and Things Donald Trump Has Insulted on Twitter: A Complete List - The New York Times.
• $300 Million Watch Collection - "Patrick Getreide amassed the one-of-a-kind OAK Collection over five decades. Now the French entrepreneur believes the time is right to sell 142 of his rare treasures at Christie’s this month."
• 314 Things the Government Might Know About You - "Two reporters spent over a month compiling and analyzing information about the reams of data the U.S. government collects about Americans."
• £350m superyacht given to ex-wife of Putin-linked billionaire in Britain's biggest divorce case - The Telegraph.
• 350 Park Avenue: The new 62-story tower set to transform New York City’s skyline - "Stretching up 62 stories, a planned office tower at 350 Park Avenue will provide space for more than 6,000 jobs, plus 1.8 million square feet of commercial office space, according to a press release."
• 400+ CREATIVE BUSINESS CARD DESIGNS
• 460 Years Ago, Shakespeare Was Born Here. Or Somewhere - "Every year, millions flock to Stratford-upon-Avon, England, to visit the house known as Shakespeare’s Birthplace. But was he really born there? A whole industry depends on it."
• 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - "For the first time in 17 years, we've completely remade our list of the best songs ever. More than 250 artists, writers, and industry figures helped us choose a brand-new list full of historic favorites, world-changing anthems, and new classics." Rolling Stone.
• 500 Years of Jewish Life in Venice - The New York Times.
• The 503 Faces of American Power - The New York Times.
• 538 - (FiveThirtyEight) is a website that focuses on opinion poll analysis, politics, economics, and sports blogging. The website, which takes its name from the number of electors in the United States electoral college, was founded on March 7, 2008, as a polling aggregation website with a blog created by analyst Nate Silver.
• 722 biggest companies ‘making $1tn in windfall profits’ - "The world’s 722 biggest companies collectively are making more than $1tn a year in windfall profits on the back of soaring energy prices and rising interest rates, according to research by development charities. The companies made $1.08tn this way in 2021 and $1.09tn last year, according to analysis of Forbes magazine data by the charities Oxfam and ActionAid. The collective profits were 89% higher than the previous four-year average covering 2017-2020."
• 900km Amazon highway that's dividing a nation - "The BR-319 is famed as one of South America's most challenging drives, but those who attempt it are rewarded with an unfiltered experience of the Amazon that few get to see."
• 900-year-old Italian castle. Here’s what it’s like living there - "When Ludovica Sannazzaro Natta introduces herself to new people, she always leads with the key facts: She’s 21, about to turn 22. She’s Italian. She’s a 'very proud Scorpio.' She studied musical theater in Los Angeles and New York. Sannazzaro Natta moved into the 45-roomed, turreted, fairytale Castle Sannazzaro when she was four years old. Sannazzaro Natta is descended from Italian nobility and her father is a count. This medieval fortress, located in picturesque countryside near Giarole, northern Italy, has been in her family for 28 generations."
• 911 System Isn’t Ready for the iPhone Era - The New York Times.
• 1,000+ Companies Have Curtailed Operations in Russia - But Some Remain - "Since the invasion of Ukraine began, we have been tracking the responses of well over 1,200 companies, and counting. Over 1,000 companies have publicly announced they are voluntarily curtailing operations in Russia to some degree beyond the bare minimum legally required by international sanctions — but some companies have continued to operate in Russia undeterred." Yale School of Management.
• 1000 Places to See Before You Die
• 1000 Things New York - Things to do in New York.
• 1,000 Years of Art at the Edge of the Gobi Desert - The New York Times.
• 1001 CLUB - a Nature Trust that helps fund the World Wide Fund for Nature. It was established in 1970 by the then head of the WWF, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, with help from Anton Rupert, a South African entrepreneur. They persuaded 1001 individuals to join the club, where each member would contribute US$10,000 to the trust. The membership of the 1001 Club largely consists of managers of banks and multinationals from around the world. According to a 1993 Washington Monthly article, "The secret list of members includes a disproportionate percentage of South Africans, all too happy in an era of social banishment to be welcomed into a socially elite society. Other contributors include businessmen with suspect connections, including organized crime, environmentally destructive development, and corrupt African politics.
• 1795 US time capsule opened - CNN.
• 1903, New York Times predicted that airplanes would take 10 million years to develop - "Only nine weeks later, the Wright Brothers achieved manned flight. The pathologically cynical always will find a reason to complain."
• 1944: The Times Discovers Pizza - The New York Times.
• 1961 Goldsboro Nuclear Accident - New Details: The National Security Archive.
• 1968 sci-fi that spookily predicted today - "In the first of BBC Culture’s new series on fiction that predicted the future, Hephzibah Anderson looks at the work of John Brunner, whose vision of 2010 was eerily accurate."
• 1972 conspiracy that shaped the US - "Gaslit and Watergate: The enduring draw of a 1972 conspiracy. Fifty years after the Watergate scandal, a new TV series and exhibition explore the events that led to one of the biggest political crises in US history, writes Diane Bernard."
• ‘1984’ Super Bowl commercial changed advertising forever - "Apple’s iconic Macintosh advert, simply called '1984' and based on George’s Orwell’s novel of the same name, featured a 'Big Brother' figure addressing hordes of subjects from a giant screen and a woman who escapes riot police to smash the screen with a hammer. When viewed now, it is the epitome of the 1980s - CRT TVs, dramatic voiceovers and big hair. But back then, it was unlike any commercial America had ever seen."
• 2,000 People Are Stranded on a U.S. Cruise Ship After 4 Countries Reject Entry Over Coronavirus Fears - "Roughly 2,000 passengers and crew aboard the Holland America Line Westerdam are stranded on the open seas. Fears of the novel coronavirus (now officially known as COVID-19) has prompted four different nations and the U.S. territory of Guam to deny them entry despite no one on board being diagnosed with the illness that has caused global panic."
• 2,000 species of seafood from all over the world for sale in the United States - "The Seafood List (SFL) is FDA's Guidance to Acceptable Market Names for Seafood sold in Interstate Commerce."
• 2010 TIME MAGAZINE 100 LIST - the people who most affect our world.
• 2014 Legatum Prosperity Index - defining prosperity as a combination of wealth & wellbeing. The Prosperity Index ranks countries according to their performance across eight equally-weighted sub-indexes.
• 2014 World Wealth Report - Capgemini & RBC Wealth Management.
• 2015 BrandZ Top 100 Global Brands - Millward Brown.
• 2015 Global Innovation Index
• 2015 Global Luxury Residential Real Estate Report - Sotheby's International Realty.
• 2015 Global Peace Index - A Snapshot of the Global State of Peace.
• 2015 in Pictures - The New York Times.
• 2015 Likely to Be Hottest Year Ever Recorded - The New York Times.
• 2015 likely to be Warmest on Record - World Meteorological Organization.
• 2015 Property Prices Index - Numbeo.
• 2015: The Year in Visual Stories & Graphics - The New York Times.
• 2015 was the hottest year on record - engadget.
• 2015: World's Richest People Got Poorer - Bloomberg News.
• 2016 Climate Trends Continue to Break Records - NASA.
• 2016 Could Be Fact-Checking’s Finest Year - Wired.
• 2016 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE CALENDAR - the official Formula 1 website.
• 2016 most reputable companies - Reputation Institute.
• 2016 set to be the safest year in aviation history - The Telegraph.
• 2016 White House Correspondents' Dinner - CNN.
• 2016 World Monuments Watch - features 50 sites in 36 countries that are at risk from the forces of nature and the impact of social, political, and economic change.
• 2017 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE CALENDAR - the official 68th season of the Formula 1 website.
• 2017 internal displacement figures by country - Global Internal Displacement Database.
 
• 2017 person of the year: The silence breakers - TIME.com.
• 2017 Quality of Living Ranking - Mercer.
• 2017 Year in Pictures - The New York Times.
• 2017 Year in Stuff - The New York Times.
• 2017’s Best Technology Tips & Tricks - The New York Times.
• 2018 Best Countries report - U.S. News & World Report.
• 2018: The Year in Climate Change - "From dire climate reports to ravenous urchins and vanishing heritage sites, here are the climate stories you shouldn’t miss from this year."
• 2018 world's most powerful passports - The Telegraph.
 
• 2019 concludes a decade of exceptional global heat & high-impact weather - World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
• 2019: the photographs that defined America's year – in pictures - "A look back at some of the biggest moments of the past year."
• 2019's notable deaths - "The ‘girl next door’, the only black woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, the first spacewalker..."
• 2020 best countries - Rankings, News, Country Profiles - "Best Countries is a rankings, news and analysis project created to capture how countries are perceived on a global scale. The rankings evaluate 73 countries across 24 rankings drawn from a survey of more than 20,000 global citizens, measuring 75 dimensions that have the potential to drive trade, travel and investment and directly affect national economies."
• 2020 Is Our Last, Best Chance to Save the Planet - "From our vantage point today, 2020 looks like the year when an unknown virus spun out of control, killed hundreds of thousands and altered the way we live day to day. In the future, we may look back at 2020 as the year we decided to keep driving off the climate cliff - or to take the last exit."
• 2020 smashes records in global markets - "From worst crash in a generation to record highs on news of a Covid vaccine, experts review the rollercoaster that was 2020."
• 2020: The year in pictures - CNN.
• 2022: CNN’s top 100 digital stories - "2022 was not just another year that tried patience and frayed nerves, it was historic and deadly. Russian President Vladimir Putin did what was unimaginable to many, launching the largest land war in Europe since World War II. All too common horrors were unleashed once more on American schoolchildren in Uvalde, Texas, and in many, many other mass shootings in the United States. And, inevitably, luminaries who brought light to our lives were extinguished."
• 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature - was awarded to the French author Annie Ernaux "for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory".
• 2022 Person of the year: Volodymyr Zelenskyv - "Volodymyr Zelensky's success as a wartime leader has relied on the fact that courage is contagious." TIME.
• 2022: Tech's biggest winners - "Space pictures and word games took our minds off the horrendous tech news cycle."
• 2022: unforgettable cultural moments that shaped the year - "Cultural review: From celebrity spectacle to art in conflict, here are the moments that shaped 2022."
• 2022 Well Gift Guide - "Looking for the perfect present? We’ve got 28 ways to keep your loved ones healthy and happy."
• 2022 Women of Iran: Heroes of the Year - "The movement young women in Iran are leading is educated, liberal, secular, raised on higher expectations, and desperate for normality." TIME
• 2022 Women of the Year - "12 Women Working Toward a More Equal World." Creating a better future for women means building bridges - across generations, communities, and borders. These extraordinary leaders are working toward a more equal world. TIME Magazine.
• 2022 World's 50 Best Restaurants | The best restaurants in the world - "Geranium, Copenhagen. The World's Best Restaurant 2022."
• 2022: worst of tech - "Two words: Tech bros."
• 2023: 10 CHARTS THAT DEFINED 2023 - "Some years are defined by a single event or person - a pandemic, a recession, an insurrection - while others are buffeted by a series of disparate forces. Such was 2023. The economy and inflation remained front of mind until the war in Gaza grabbed headlines and the world’s attention - all while Donald Trump's candidacy loomed in the background."
• 2023 best water bottles - "Best overall water bottle: 26-Ounce Yeti Rambler. While the Yeti Rambler is a bit on the pricier side, this water bottle is easily the best one we tested. Not only does it keep your drinks hot or cold for hours and hours, it's solidly durable and has the best lid we've ever tested."
• 2023: Biggest, Best & Worst (So Far) - "Mid-way through 2023, Swift, Musk, Nvidia, Zelda and Johannes Vermeer are all big winners."
• 2023 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE CALENDAR | F1 Schedule 2023 - "Kicking off in Bahrain on March 5 and concluding in Abu Dhabi on November 26, the season will feature a record-breaking 24 races, with China and Qatar set to return, and Las Vegas arriving as the penultimate round for a Saturday night race. Check out the Formula 1 calendar for 2023, including the inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix. Click on any Grand Prix for full F1 schedule details, dates, times & full weekend program. Subject to circuit homologation"
• 2023 in pictures: Striking photos from around the world - "A selection of the most powerful pictures taken by news-agency photographers around the world this year."
• 2023 on track to be the hottest year on record, say scientists - "Last month was hottest October since records began, with average global temperature thought to be 1.7C above late-1800s levels. Copernicus found the average global mean temperature between January and October 2023 was the highest on record. It beat the 10-month average for 2016 - the current record holder for the hottest year - by 0.1C."
• 2023: People we've lost - "Here are some of the most famous people who have died in 2023."
• 2023: The year in pictures - "It was a year filled with tragedy, historic firsts and inspiring performances."
• 2023: These were the top trending Google searches of 2023 - "The Israel-Hamas war, Damar Hamlin and 'Barbie' were among the top Google search trends of 2023. If you turned to Google these past few months to make sense of the Israel-Hamas war, you aren't alone."
• 2023: Top 10 Tech Trends Everyone Must Be Ready For - "What technologies are gaining the most traction? What are the most important trends that business leaders should be prepared for? Read on for the ten essential tech trends you should be following in 2023."
• 2023 will be hottest in history, says UN chief, as climate summit opens - "The COP28 climate change summit has opened in Dubai as the UN chief confirms that 2023 will be the hottest year on record"
• 2023 World Press Freedom Index - "Journalism threatened by fake content industry. The 21st edition of the World Press Freedom Index, compiled annually by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), sheds light on major and often radical changes linked to political, social and technological upheavals."
• 2023 World University Rankings - "The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023 include 1,799 universities across 104 countries and regions, making them the largest and most diverse university rankings to date. The table is based on 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators that measure an institution’s performance across four areas: teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook."
• 2024 Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey - "In historians' Presidents Day survey, Biden vs. Trump is not a close call."
• 2024 solar eclipse: A guide on where & how to watch it - "What to expect during Monday's total solar eclipse."
• 2024: Stunning images of solar eclipse that transfixed North America - "Millions of people across Mexico, the US and Canada looked to the skies on Monday to witness a total solar eclipse carve a narrow path of darkness across the continent."
• 2024: Total solar eclipse over Mexico, US & Canada - in pictures - "The moon blocks the sun along a path that cuts across several countries. If you missed today’s total solar eclipse just wait ... until 2044."
• 2035: Half of world on track to be overweight by 2035 - "More than half the world's population will be classed as obese or overweight by 2035 if action is not taken, the World Obesity Federation warns. More than four billion people will be affected, with rates rising fastest among children, its report says. Low or middle-income countries in Africa and Asia are expected to see the greatest rises. The report predicts the cost of obesity will amount to more than $4tn annually by 2035."
• 4,000 steps a day can cut risk of dying from any cause, analysis finds - "Study also finds each additional 1,000 steps daily are associated with a further 15% reduction in risk."
• 4,000-year history of dragons - "From dragon-like animals to Chinese tornados and quaint English villages, here are the real-life traces of an ancient myth."
• 10,000-step myth & the real health goals you should aim for - The Telegraph.
• 10,000 steps every day for a week instead of going to the gym - here are 3 things I learned - "Will walking 10k steps a day get you fit? I tried it to find out. 10,000 steps is enough to make a significant difference to your overall health if you keep it up. One 2022 study focusing on adults aged between 40 to 79 years old found that walking up to 10,000 steps per day was associated with a lower risk of mortality, cancer, and cardiovascular disease, for example."
• 10,000 steps: I've been walking 10000 steps a day for a year - "Here are five unexpected benefits I've experienced. What started as an experiment has turned into a long-term habit - here’s why."
• 10,000 steps: It’s not 10,000 steps a day anymore. Here’s how a more personalized step goal can help with weight management - "The most meaningful tracking method for daily physical activity is step counting. Counting steps is far more than a fad: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services dedicated a sizable portion of its most recent physical activity guidelines to documenting the relationship between daily step counts and several chronic diseases."
• 10,001-piece Eiffel Tower is Lego's tallest set yet - "Ambitious Lego fans who want to replicate the Parisian experience in their own homes can now do so with their very own Eiffel Tower set, which reaches 1.49 meters (4.8 ft) - the company's tallest ever build."
• 12,795 possessions! Meet the woman who photographed every single thing she owns - "Barbara Iweins spent four years taking pictures of every object in her home, from her own clothes to her kids’ toys. She realised she could live without 99% of them."
• £21,000 turned into £2m: How to invest like George Frideric Handel - The Telegraph.
• $60,000 Telegram That Helped Abraham Lincoln Abolish Slavery - TIME Magazine.
• $68,789 - The Big Number - "Bitcoin has not yet reached its previous record high - $68,789.63 - but investors are watching as it gets tantalizingly close. On Friday morning, its price hovered around $62,000."
• 95,000 Words, Many of Them Ominous, From Donald Trump’s Tongue - The New York Times.
• 300,000-year-old skull found in China unlike any early human seen before - "An ancient skull dating back 300,000 years is unlike any other premodern human fossil ever found, potentially pointing to a new branch in the human family tree, according to new research. An international team of researchers from China, Spain and the United Kingdom unearthed the skull - specifically the mandible, or lower jaw - in the Hualongdong region of eastern China in 2015, along with 15 other specimens, all thought to originate from the late Middle Pleistocene period."
• 400,000 modern slaves in the US - "Modern slavery in developed countries more common than thought."
• $1,000,000 in Buried Treasure: Find it! - Huffpost Travel.
• A $1,000 Day in Paris for $100 - The New York Times.
• A 2019 Guide to Alzheimer’s and Dementia - "What You Need To Know, And What New Research Says."
• A beginner’s guide to Mastodon, the Twitter alternative that’s on - "If you’ve heard the word 'mastodon' a lot since Elon Musk took over Twitter in late October, here’s why: The extinct mammal is also the name of a relatively small, formerly little-known social network that has skyrocketed in popularity, as many Twitter users try it out as an alternative for connecting with others online."
• a beginner’s guide to perfect ironing - "Here’s how the experts do it."
• a beginner’s guide to weight training at any age - "Strengthen your heart, bones - and maybe even your brain. A resistance workout is not just about adding muscle: it can bring a host of other proven benefits as well. So what is stopping you?"
• A brief history of the end of the world - "Every mass extinction, including the looming next one, explained."
• A Century Ago, Einstein’s Theory of Relativity Changed Everything - The New York Times.
• A City-Size Cruise, With 4,200 Friends - The New York Times.
• A Clockwork Orange: 60-year-old teen slang that still shocks - "Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange spawned an underground lexicon that seeped into pop culture and resonates now, writes Arwa Haider, in BBC Culture's new Cult Books series."
• A Flight Just Set A Record For Positive Covid-19 Cases - Here’s Why That Will Not Happen In The U.S. - "There is a new record for the number of coronavirus infections traced back to a single commercial airline flight. A whopping 47 passengers who flew on Vistara flight 6395 from New Delhi to Hong Kong on April 4 have since tested positive for Covid-19. That number represents 25% of the 188 passengers on board."
• A Garage & an Idea - What More Does an Entrepreneur Need?
• A Guide to Social Media Image Sizes in 2022 - "An up-to-date guide on the best image sizes you should upload to the most popular social media services such as Facebook and Instagram."
• A GUIDE TO LOUIS VUITTON DATE CODES - "Since the early 1980s, up until March 2021, Louis Vuitton has included date codes with their bags, small leather goods, and most accessories. These are not considered serial numbers and are not used for the purpose of verifying authenticity."
• A Healthy Diet’s Main Ingredients? Best Guesses - The New York Times.
• A History of New York Has Its Own Compelling Past - The New York Times.
• A King in His Castle: How Donald Trump Lives, From His Longtime Butler - The New York Times.
• A-list must-have? An £80,000 protection dog. Called Kevin - "Foreign royalty, billionaires and celebrities are replacing their private security with four-legged bodyguards that are also devoted family pets. Hilary Rose on the rise of the furry status symbol."
• A LITTLE WHITE WEDDING CHAPEL - on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada has been the site of many "quickie" celebrity weddings. It is noted for its Drive-Thru Tunnel of Vows. It was established in 1951, and has married about 800,000 couples.
• A look back at every iPhone ever - "Every iPhone released from the first iPhone to the iPhone 15."
• A look at what music does to your brain - engadget.
• ‘A massive betrayal’: how London’s Olympic legacy was sold out - "After so many other Olympic sites ended up left to rot, London 2012 was supposed to be different. But who has really benefited from this orgy of development?"
• A moment on the lips: the dos & don’ts of kissing - "How much tongue is too much? Linger or go straight in? Somatic sexologist - and kissing coach - Stella Anna Sonnenbaum gives us a beginner’s guide."
• A Napoleon Complex - Pinterest.
• A Neurotic’s Guide to Small Talk - The New York Times.
• A New Dimension in Home Buying: Virtual Reality - The New York Times.
• A Practical Guide for Building Ethical Tech - "Companies are hiring 'chief ethics officers,' hoping to regain public trust. The World Economic Forum's head of technology policy has a few words of advice."
• A Quick Puzzle to Test Your Problem Solving - The New York Times.
• A Short History of Cereal - The New York Times.
• A Smarter Way to Clean Your Home - The New York Times.
• A stitch in time: simple, low-skill clothes mending & alteration techniques - "Whether it’s fixing a button, darning a sock, or repairing a fallen hem - you can achieve plenty with a needle, some thread and a little patience."
• A tantalising clue to the location of a long-sought pharaonic tomb - The Economist.
• ‘A united nations of crime’: how Marbella became a magnet for gangsters - "The new international crime organisations have made Marbella their centre of operations. And as violence rises, the police lag far behind."
• A User’s Guide To Midlife - "How to navigate its aches and pains, weight gain, perimenopause, low libido, memory loss, chronic diseases and stress."
• A380 superjumbo to test experimental open fan engine - "This Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger jet, has been recruited as a demonstrator to trial new cutting-edge open fan engine architecture which could help cut carbon emissions by up to 20%."
• ABBREVIATIONS.COM - browse acronyms & abbreviations by category.
• Aberfan - "The mistake that cost a village its children."
• About the Panama Papers - Süddeutsche Zeitung.
• ABOUT US - "The Wiki Way of Websites - the editable guide to websites."
• ACRONYM FINDER - abbreviations and acronyms dictionary: find definition for over 4,219,000 abbreviations, acronyms, and initialisms.
• ACTIVEDEN - with thousands of Flash components, files and templates, ActiveDen is the largest library of stock Flash online.
• Activity Trackers May Undermine Weight Loss Efforts - The New York Times.
• Ada Lovelace - (1815-1852). English mathematician and writer chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. Her notes on the engine include what is recognised as the first algorithm intended to be carried out by a machine. Because of this, she is often described as the world's first computer programmer.
• Ada Lovelace: Letters reveal the quiet genius of Ada Lovelace - "Pioneering mathematician wrote to the astronomer Sir John Herschel ‘at the behest of her husband’, in letters newly found in the Royal Society archives."
• ADBLADE - launched in January 2008 Adblade has quickly become a major force in the Online Advertising world. With the introduction of our copyrighted "Newsbullet" ad unit, Adblade has helped both brand advertisers and premium publishers succeed in a very competitive online marketplace.
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• Addalock Portable Door Lock - since 2021. "The Original Portable Door Lock, Travel Lock, AirBNB Lock, School Lockdown Lock." The Addalock is a portable door lock that can be easily installed and removed in seconds on almost any hinged door that opens inwards giving you added privacy once you are locked behind it. Addalock can be installed on the front door or any other doors of your home where you require that additional privacy. The Addalock is an ideal travel lock that you can use on your hotel/motel or rental unit and ideal for students away at college. The Addalock is made from chrome plated carbon steel and together with its unique shape makes it adjustable to almost any door thickness. Each Addalock comes with a travel pouch. The Addalock became TikTok famous last year as an easy-to-use and inexpensive gadget for travel safety, especially for solo female travelers. For $17.95 a pop, it's a no-brainer.
• Addicted to Distraction - The New York Times.
• Adidas could take €1.2bn revenue hit if it writes off Kanye West’s Yeezy stock - "German sportswear company cut ties with rapper in 2022 over his antisemitic comments."
• Adolf Eichmann: Hangman of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann dies - "Shalom Nagar, the man who hanged Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Israel in 1962, has died in his late 80s. Nagar, a prison guard at the facility where Eichmann was kept, was chosen for the task and did not volunteer. He said he had nightmares about it for years afterwards. The hanging was the only judicial execution ever held in the state of Israel."
• Adolf Hitler house to be 'neutralised', Austria says - "Austria has unveiled plans to 'neutralise' the building where Nazi German dictator Adolf Hitler was born, by turning it into a police station."
• Adolf Hitler Sites - "This website gives information about the exact locations of historical Hitler sites. The places Adolf Hitler grew up, the houses he lived in, the trips he made and the halls he spoke in: most of them can be found back on the Hitler Pages."
• Adolf Hitler the artist: 16 Watercolours & drawings sold at auction - The Telegraph.
• Adolf Hitler's first biography written by the Fuhrer himself, according to new evidence - The Telegraph.
• Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf & other literary works penned by dictators - ABC News.
• Advent traditions around the world - "Wreaths, candles and calendars. These are sure signs of Advent for many Christian groups around the world."
• Afghanistan: Why is there a war? - "Back in 2001, the US was responding to the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, in which nearly 3,000 people were killed. Officials identified Islamist militant group al-Qaeda, and its leader Osama Bin Laden, as responsible. Bin Laden was in Afghanistan, under the protection of the Taliban, the Islamists who had been in power since 1996. When they refused to hand him over, the US intervened militarily, quickly removing the Taliban and vowing to support democracy and eliminate the terrorist threat."
• Africa's highest peak gets fast internet - "Climbers ascending Mount Kilimanjaro can now document their ascents in real-time on Instagram, following a recent move by Tanzanian authorities to install high-speed internet around the mountain's slopes."
• After 32 years, McDonald’s plans to sell its Russia business - "'This is a complicated issue that’s without precedent and with profound consequences,' said Chris Kempczinski, the chief executive of McDonald’s."
• After-dinner mint: how ex-politicians hit paydirt with public speaking - The Guardian.
• After Paris Attacks, French Cops Want to Block Tor and Forbid Free Wi-Fi - Motherboard.
• After Paris Attacks, Here’s What the CIA Director Gets Wrong About Encryption - Wired.
• Agatha Christie's race problem - "Death on the Nile and addressing racism in Agatha Christie. With Kenneth Branagh's second Hercule Poirot film out, Christie is hot Hollywood property once more. But how should adaptors navigate her books' attitude to race, asks David Jesudason."
• age matters when it comes to cancer - "Scientists are beginning to understand why our cancer risk increases as we get older. Now it's hoped that this could one day lead to new treatments."
• Agent Dale Cooper's 'Twin Peaks' hangover cure - "'Surefire cure for a hangover, Harry,' Cooper begins. 'You take a glass of nearly frozen, unstrained tomato juice. You plop a couple of oysters in there and you drink it down. Breathe deeply. Next, you take a mound and I mean a mound of sweetbreads sauteed with some Canadian bacon and chestnuts. Finally, some biscuits, big biscuits, smothered in gravy.'"
• Agent Gear USA - since 2011. "We offer custom badges, stock badges, photo ID card credentials, accessories, leather badge holders, fugitive and bail enforcement badges and much more."
• Aging can be reversed in mice. Are people next? - "Old mice grow young again in study. Can people do the same? In Boston labs, old, blind mice have regained their eyesight, developed smarter, younger brains and built healthier muscle and kidney tissue. On the flip side, young mice have prematurely aged, with devastating results to nearly every tissue in their bodies."
• ahrefs - "Site Explorer & Backlink Checker." Huge index of links, data updates every 15 minutes, friendly interface and rich data analysis have made Site Explorer the world's most powerful tool for checking links. The tool can show links (including new and internal), linking domains, anchors, and best pages of a domain.
• AI Can Tell a Wine's Vineyard With 100% Accuracy - "AI may have just replaced another profession: wine tasters. By applying machine learning tools to chemical data, researchers say they have succeeded in identifying, 'with 100% accuracy', the molecular signature of red wines from seven major estates in the Bordeaux region."
• A.I. Is Becoming More Conversant. But Will It Get More Honest? - "At a new website called Character.AI, you can chat with a reasonable facsimile of almost anyone, live or dead, real or (especially) imagined."
• A.I. Is Getting Better Fast. Can You Tell What's Real Now? - "Can You Tell What's Real Now? Artificial intelligence tools can create lifelike faces and realistic photographs - and they are getting better all the time. The phony images now appear regularly on social media, with many users seeming to believe that the images are real. Can you tell the difference? Take our quiz."
• AI is hitting a wall just as the hype around it reaches the stratosphere - "It’s been two years since OpenAI bestowed ChatGPT upon the world and set off a kind of gold rush for artificial intelligence. The key to that narrative is the promise that large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT keep improving at an exponential rate. Some AI skeptics have warned for years about 'scaling laws' - the idea that you can continually improve a model’s output just by throwing more data and computing power at it."
• A.I. Is Not Sentient. Why Do People Say It Is? - "Robots can’t think or feel, despite what the researchers who build them want to believe."
• A.I. May Book Your Next Trip (With a Human Assist) - The New York Times.
• AI newspresenters: can they be trusted? - "TV channels are using AI-generated presenters to read the news. The question is, will we trust them? A start-up is developing a news service presented by anchors created by artificial intelligence. Will it upend decades of parasocial relationships between television audiences and the people they watch on screen?"
• AI prompt engineering: learn how not to ask a chatbot a silly question - "Understanding how to interact with ChatGPT and its rivals so that their output matches your expectations will soon be a key office skill. Here’s what you need to know."
• AI Recreates the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - "From the Statue of Zeus at Olympia to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, AI recreated the seven wonders of the ancient world."
• Air conditioning: the benefits, problems & alternatives - "Amid record-breaking heat, increased access to air conditioning could save lives - but AC units are damaging the environment. Are there other options?"
• Air pollution is slashing years off the lives of billions, report finds - "Dirty air is a far greater killer than smoking, car crashes or HIV/Aids, with coal burning the leading cause."
• AIR TRAVEL OUTLOOK FOR 2016 - "Mining 2015 data to understand when to buy, expected ticket prices, and fare differentials."
• AIRBNB - "Travel like a human." Rent nightly from real people in 2555 cities in 112 countries. A new way to travel: vacation rentals, private rooms, sublets by the night.
• Airbnb is being used for hook-ups around the world - Business Insider.
• Airbus Beluga: World’s strangest-looking plane gets its own airline - "The Beluga ST’s cargo hold is 50% higher and 10% wider than regular cargo aircraft it is generally used to transport voluminous items such as satellites, helicopters, aircraft engines, flight simulators, sailing boats and army vehicles."
• Airbus reveals plans for hydrogen fuel cell aircraft - Airbus has announced it is developing a hydrogen-powered fuel cell engine - and that it plans to test it on the largest commercial airplane ever to take to the skies.
• Airfare hasn’t been this cheap since 2009 - "If you’re searching for a silver lining, look to the clouds. While the cost of living is spiraling and hitting groceries and other everyday costs hard, the price of plane tickets is at a 15-year low - in the United States, at least."
• Airline starts weighing passengers at the gate - "Finnair is weighing volunteer passengers at the gate to collect data on travelers."
• Airlines could soon shrink the size of luggage you’re allowed to carry on - The Washington Post.
• Airlines flying near-empty ‘ghost flights’ to retain EU airport slots - "Analysis from Greenpeace finds deserted flights are generating millions of tons of harmful emissions."
• airlines that have never had a single plane crash - The Telegraph.
• Airlines to Address Carry-On Bag Dilemma - IATA.
• Airplane etiquette: Dos & don’ts for your next flight - "Don’t put your bare feet on another passenger’s armrest & more etiquette tips for a smoother flight."
• Airplane Mode: You Don't Need to Use Airplane Mode on Airplanes - "Airplane mode hasn't been necessary for nearly 20 years, but the myth persists."
• AirPods are earplugs now - "Noise-canceling wireless earbuds aren’t just great for listening to music or podcasts - they are also great for turning down the volume of the world around you."
• Al Capone’s family hopes auction will humanize him - "Items for sale include photographs, firearms, jewelry and furniture belonging to gangster and his family."
• Al Capone's favorite gun, personal items head to auction - "Al Capone is infamous for having been a ruthless mob boss, but one of his granddaughters says Capone's softer side will shine through when the family auctions some of his personal belongings in October."
• Alain Ducasse On Life After Earning 21 Michelin Stars - "There are Michelin-starred chefs, and then there’s Alain Ducasse. As well as being the first chef to own three restaurants with three Michelin Stars (the institute’s highest rating) each, Ducasse is one of just two chefs in the world to be awarded over 20 stars altogether."
• Alan Alda on ‘M*A*S*H’: ‘Everybody Had Something Taken From Them’ - "As the acclaimed 'situation tragedy' turns 50, the star reflects on its innovations: 'The crazy behavior wasn’t just to be funny. It was a way of separating yourself for a moment from the nastiness.'"
• Alan MacMasters: How the great online toaster hoax was exposed - "For more than a decade, a prankster spun a web of deception about the inventor of the electric toaster. His lies fooled newspapers, teachers and officials. Then a teenager flagged up something that everyone else had missed."
• albatrosses who catch pirates on the high seas - "The wandering albatross can fly 10,000 km in a month, making these tireless birds ideal agents to catch the very same fish pirates that are killing albatrosses. The albatross data unintentionally revealed the potential extent and scale of illegal fishing in the Southern Ocean."
• Albert Einstein: he really was an egghead - The Telegraph.
• Albert Einstein's secrets for happiness - The Telegraph.
• Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity explained - The Telegraph.
• Alcatraz: 'It was the cleverest escape in the prison's 30 years': The men who broke out of Alcatraz with a spoon - "On 12 June 1962, three men escaped from Alcatraz, never to be seen again. The ultimate fate of Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers remains a mystery but the ingenuity and determination of their daring escape - from what was the US's most secure prison - continues to captivate. Two years later, the BBC returned to the scene of the crime."
• Alchetron - "Free Social Encyclopedia for the World."
• Alcohol caused 740,000 cancer cases globally last year - study - "Researchers behind estimate say more needs to be done to raise public awareness of link."
• Alcohol consumption abundant in the natural world, study finds - "Range of species have ethanol in diet, normally arising through fermented fruits, sap and nectar."
• Alcohol Consumption by Country: 25 Countries with the Highest Alcohol Consumption per Capita - "According to the 2021 European Health Report by the WHO, Europe is the continent that drinks the most alcohol in the world, with every person aged 15 and over consuming an average of 9.5 liters of pure alcohol every year. This is equivalent to around 190 liters of beer, 80 liters of wine, or 24 liters of spirits."
• Alcohol: Even a Little Alcohol Can Harm Your Health, Research Shows - "Recent research makes it clear that any amount of drinking can be detrimental. Here’s why you may want to cut down on your consumption beyond Dry January. After decades of confusing and sometimes contradictory research (too much alcohol is bad for you but a little bit is good; some types of alcohol are better for you than others; just kidding, it's all bad), the picture is becoming clearer: Even small amounts of alcohol can have health consequences."
• Alcor Life Extension Foundation - "The world leader in cryonics, cryonics research, and cryonics technology."
• Alderney: This quiet British island was once the site of Nazi atrocities. A new inquiry reveals its truths - "Alderney, a quiet British island in the English Channel known for its outstanding natural beauty, was once the site of the only Nazi camps on British soil – and a hell on Earth for its thousands of inmates."
• Alec Baldwin & others named in wrongful death lawsuit filed by family of Halyna Hutchins - "The family of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer killed on the set of the movie 'Rust' last fall, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Alec Baldwin, the film's production companies, its producers, and other key members of the crew."
• Alec Baldwin Didn’t Have to Talk to the Police. Neither Do You - "Shortly after a prop gun Alec Baldwin was holding fired a bullet that killed a cinematographer and wounded a director on the set of the movie 'Rust,' in October 2021, he told the police in New Mexico that he’d be willing to do whatever they requested, including sitting for an interview at the station."
• Alec Baldwin explains how the gun was handled on the set of "Rust" - "Actor Alec Baldwin provided some insight into how the gun used on the set of "Rust" was handled by him and armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed."
• Alec Baldwin: 'I didn't pull the trigger' of gun on 'Rust' set - "Alec Baldwin told ABC News he never pulled the trigger of the gun that shot director of photography Halyna Hutchins on the set of 'Rust.'"
• Alec Baldwin: Judge dismisses charges against Alec Baldwin after defense alleges government misconduct - "The involuntary manslaughter case against actor Alec Baldwin was dismissed in dramatic fashion on Friday after the judge overseeing the case ruled prosecutors did not properly turn over evidence to the defense."
• Alec Baldwin rejects allegations of non-compliance with shooting probe - "The actor Alec Baldwin has hit back at suggestions that he is not complying with an investigation into the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins on a New Mexico film set last year."
• Alec Baldwin sued in 'Rust' shooting - "Halyna Hutchins' family says 'to leave this unpunished is unallowable'. Attorney Gloria Allred claims Baldwin has not reached out to the family to apologize."
• Alec Baldwin to be charged with manslaughter in set shooting - "Alec Baldwin and ‘Rust’ movie armorer are to be charged with involuntary manslaughter in fatal set shooting. Here’s what to expect next."
• Alex Jones files for bankruptcy following $1 bln Sandy Hook verdict - "Alex Jones filed for bankruptcy on Friday, less than two months after a jury ordered him and the parent company of his Infowars website to pay nearly $1 billion in compensatory damages to relatives of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting. Jones filed for Chapter 11 protection from creditors with the U.S. bankruptcy court in Houston, a court filing showed. The filing said Jones has between $1 million and $10 million of assets and between $1 billion and $10 billion of liabilities."
• Alex Jones: Will a $965m damages demand crush his Infowars empire? - "Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was handed a major defeat in a Connecticut court this week. But will relatives of the Sandy Hook victims be able to collect the money - and does it mean he'll stop spreading lies?"
• Alex Murdaugh trial: Power, privilege, murder & the downfall of a dynasty - "For generations, the Murdaugh family dominated their rural swath of South Carolina - then Alex Murdaugh was accused of the brutal murders of his wife and son. What followed was the stunning unravelling of a life of power and privilege, exposing embezzlement, drug abuse and a failed hitman suicide plot."
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• Alexa vs. Siri vs. Google: Which Can Carry on a Conversation Best? - The New York Times.
• Alexander Litvinenko: the man who solved his own murder - The Guardian.
• Alexander the Great redrew the map of the world - "By the time he died, aged just 32, he had redrawn the map of the northern hemisphere, conquering land across three continents and ruling over states from Egypt to modern-day India - over 2,000 years ago."
• Alexander the Great: The Strange Things Alexander the Great Brought to Europe from Asia - "Alexander the Great brought bananas, parakeets, cotton, and sugar from India to Europe, as well as crucifixion from Persia."
• Alexander the Great’s Assassination & the Location of the Lost Tomb - "Archaeologists and scholars have spent nearly a century investigating what happened to Alexander the Great and where his tomb is located. Some argue that his tomb is in Macedonia, northern Greece, while others claim it is in Alexandria, Egypt, or even Babylon, but no one has been able to locate it. The tomb was most likely relocated more than once..."
• Alexei Navalny: a life in pictures - "Alexei Navalny, who has died in prison, was one of Vladimir Putin's most visible and persistent critics. He helped foment 2011-12 protests in Russia by campaigning against election fraud and government corruption, and a high-water mark in his political career came in 2013 when he won 27% of the vote in a Moscow mayoral contest that few believed was free or fair."
• Alexei Navalny: Patriot by Alexei Navalny review - last testament - "The late Russian activist’s memoir is an insightful, sharp, even humorous account of his fight against Putin’s regime - and a warning to the world."
• Alexei Navalny: Russia's vociferous Putin critic - "Anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny has long been the most prominent face of Russian opposition to President Vladimir Putin. A bigger counterblast to the authorities: his Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) released a video on YouTube showing a luxury palace by the Black Sea which, according to Mr Navalny, rich businessmen had built for President Putin. The Kremlin dismissed the video as a 'pseudo-investigation'."
• Alexei Navalny’s memoir due to be published posthumously in October - "The Russian opposition politician, who died in prison in February, completed an autobiography which will come out later this year."
• Alexis de Tocqueville Warned Americans About How Presidential Elections Could Go Wrong - TIME Magazine.
• Alexei Navalny's body 'found covered in bruises' - "Cops guard it in hospital morgue while no autopsy has been performed."
• Alfred Rosenberg Diary - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
• Algorithm Learns to Judge People by Their Faces - MIT Technology Review.
• Algorithms are everywhere. Here's why you should care - "Every time you pick up your smartphone, you're summoning algorithms. They're used for everything from unlocking your phone with your face to deciding what videos you see on TikTok to updating your Google Maps route to avoid a freeway accident on your way to work. An algorithm is a set of rules or steps followed, often by a computer, to produce an outcome. And algorithms aren't just on our phones: they're used in all kinds of processes, on and offline, from helping value your home to teaching your robot vacuum to steer clear of your dog's poop. Over the years they've increasingly been entrusted with life-altering decisions, such as helping decide who to arrest, who should be released from jail before a court date, and who's approved for a home loan."
• Alibaba.com International - "Global trade starts here." The leading global e-commerce platform for small businesses around the world. It aims to be the go-to English-language platform for cross-border trade and help small businesses worldwide expand to overseas markets.
• All About Birds - online bird guide, bird ID help, life history, bird sounds.
• ALL ABOUT COOKIES - "All About Cookies is a free resource to help marketers and consumers understand the issues surrounding the use of cookies."
• All modern humans have Neanderthal DNA, new research finds - "We all likely have a bit of Neanderthal in our DNA -- including Africans who had been thought to have no genetic link to our extinct human relative, a new study finds."
• All of Apple’s Products Ever, in One Glorious Infographic - Wired.
• All the Data Apple Collects About You & How to Limit It - "Cupertino puts privacy first in a lot of its products. But the company still gathers a bunch of your information."
• All the smart home products that work with Matter 2023 - "All the Matter-compatible devices you can buy now, plus what’s coming soon to the new Apple, Amazon, Google, and Samsung-backed smart home standard."
• All the Ways America Failed to Stop the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks - "These are some of the most studied days in American history, and some of the saddest. From President George W. Bush receiving his first warning on August 6 until that Tuesday of September 11, 19 Middle Eastern men methodically moved forward towards implementing their diabolical plot: unmolested by any authorities, undetected by either intelligence agencies or airlines."
• All you wanted to know about nuclear war but were too afraid to ask - The Guardian.
• Allan Lichtman's 13 Keys Tracker - "13 Keys Tracker is a free interactive tool for predicting the 2024 Election, based on Professor Allan Lichtman's famous 13 Keys to the White House. Allan Lichtman Officially Predicts That Kamala Harris Will Win the Election!"
• Alphabet Inc. - holding company being formed by Google that will serve as a holding company and conglomerate directly owning several companies that were owned by or sprung from Google, including Google itself.
• Alzheimer’s & dementia - the search for drug to treat ...
• Alzheimer’s blood test catches 90% of early dementia cases, study finds - "A combined blood test for cognitive decline has a 90% accuracy rate in determining whether memory loss is due to Alzheimer’s disease, a new study found."
• Alzheimer’s: Blood test could revolutionise diagnosis of Alzheimer's, experts say - "Study finds measuring levels of a protein could be just as good at detecting disease as lumbar punctures."
• Alzheimer’s: Can Nose-Picking Raise Alzheimer's Dementia Risk? - "Mouse Study Suggests a Surprising Link Between Nose-Picking And Alzheimer's."
• Alzheimer’s Drug May Benefit Some Patients, New Data Shows - "The drug, lecanemab, made by Eisai and Biogen, also carried risks of brain swelling and bleeding and should be studied further, a report of the findings said."
• Alzheimer’s Drug Slows Cognitive Decline in Key Study - "Biogen and Eisai reported the finding from a large late-stage clinical trial of lecanemab, a drug they are developing."
• Alzheimer’s: FDA advisers say new Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab slows cognitive decline - "Panel’s opinion could pave way for full regulatory approval next month for treatment of disease that affects 6.5m Americans."
• Alzheimer’s: F.D.A. Approves New Treatment for Early Alzheimer’s - "The drug, Leqembi, may modestly slow cognitive decline in early stages of the disease but carries some safety risks. Still, data suggests it is more promising than the small number of other available treatments."
• Alzheimer’s: FDA grants full approval to new Alzheimer's drug meant to slow disease - "The first approved drug to slow the progression of the illness will come with a strong safety warning about potentially life-threatening side effects."
• Alzheimer’s: How breathing may slow Alzheimer's - "Can slow breathing guard against Alzheimer's? There are believed to be many benefits to slow, controlled breathing. Researchers may have found another - a surprising protection against Alzheimer's."
• Alzheimer’s: How to Know if You Have a Genetic Risk for Alzheimer’s - "Here’s how to find out if you’re at risk & what to do if you are."
• Alzheimer's Rare success for Alzheimer's research unlocks hope for future therapies - "The first big breakthrough in 30 years of Alzheimer’s research is providing momentum for clinical trials of 'cocktail' treatments targeting the two hallmark proteins associated with the mind-robbing disease, according to interviews with researchers and pharmaceutical executives."
• Alzheimer's risk may be 75+ higher for people who eat trans fats - "People with higher levels of trans fats in their blood may be 50% to 75% more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease or dementia from any cause, according to a new study published Wednesday in the journal Neurology."
• Alzheimer's: Scientists develop blood test for Alzheimer’s disease - "Scientists say test could replace a costly brain scan or painful lumbar puncture and enable earlier detection of disease."
• Alzheimer's: Stop drinking, keep reading, look after your hearing: a neurologist’s tips for fighting memory loss & Alzheimer’s - "When does forgetfulness become something more serious? And how can we delay or even prevent that change? We talk to brain expert Richard Restak."
• Alzheimer's: The heretical & hopeful role of infection - "What if dormant microbes trigger the onset of Alzheimer's? It's a theory that could have profound implications for prevention of the disease, writes David Robson."
• Alzheimer's: ‘This looks like the real deal’: are we inching closer to a treatment for Alzheimer’s? - "After years of setbacks, dementia researchers are getting excited about a new antibody drug called lecanemab. No one expects it to stop cognitive decline, but even slowing it would be a breakthrough."
• AMATEUR SCIENTIST WHO DISCOVERED CLIMATE CHANGE - Wired.
• Amazing Fact Generator - Mental Floss.
• Amazon at 25: The story of a giant - "'There's no guarantee that Amazon.com can be a successful company. What we're trying to do is very complicated,' said Jeff Bezos in 1999, just five years after launching the online firm."
• Amazon dreams of a giant drone beehive in your city - engadget.
• Amazon is experimenting with a 30-hour work week for certain teams - The Verge.
• Amazon Kindle Paperwhite - "The best Kindle 2024. The best Kindle for most people." The Amazon Paperwhite is the ideal electronic book reader, and you can take it just about anywhere you might take a regular old book. You can read in the bathtub, or by the pool, with less worry than you'd have holding a paperback, because the Paperwhite can get wet, no problem. You can read in bed and the Paperwhite will adjust to a warm backlight to make your eyes more comfortable.
• Amazon Mechanical Turk - marketplace for work that requires human intelligence. The Mechanical Turk web service enables companies to programmatically access this marketplace and a diverse, on-demand workforce. Developers can leverage this service to build human intelligence directly into their applications.
• Amazon proposes drones-only airspace to facilitate high-speed delivery - The Guardian.
• Amazon's Dark Secret: It Has Failed to Protect Your Data - "Voyeurs. Sabotaged accounts. Backdoor schemes. For years, the retail giant has handled your information less carefully than it handles your packages."
• Amazon’s future depends on moving from the internet to the physical world - "Amazon’s cashier-less Go stores give us a glimpse at its vision for the future of retail."
• Amazon’s image recognition AI - The Verge.
• Amazon’s plastic waste soars by a third amid pandemic, report finds - "Online retailer disputes figures showing it produced 270,000 tonnes of packaging last year, with about 10,000 tonnes likely to end up in seas."
• Amazon.com: Dirty dealing in the $175 billion Amazon Marketplace - The Verge.
• Ambani wedding: guests from Bollywood stars to global statesmen attend lavish event - in pictures - "Guests arrive at the extravagant wedding of power couple Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant."
• Ambani wedding: The marathon Indian wedding turning heads around the world - "How much is too much? That's the question many in India are asking as the months-long wedding festivities for the youngest son of Asia's richest man enter their final phase."
• Amelia Earhart conspiracy theory - New photo reignites...
• Amelia Earhart died as castaway on desert island - International Business Times.
• America’s $1.8 Trillion Deficit - "America’s federal deficit in FY2024 has grown to $1.83 trillion, up from $1.7 trillion last year. Debt interest payments have become one of the biggest spending categories, totaling $882 billion. Interest costs have nearly tripled since 2020."
• America's 20 best views - The Telegraph.
• America's 50 Most Generous Donors of 2013 - The Chronicle of Philanthropy.
• America's $100 Million Homes - Forbes.
• America's Best Places to Work in 2023 - Ranked - "We dissect how America’s top employers have changed over the last five years based on employee reviews on Glassdoor, a website that allows current and former employees to anonymously review their employers on things like company culture, pay, benefits, diversity, and more."
• America’s dark history of presidential assassinations - "From Kennedy to Reagan, Lincoln to Roosevelt, the fate of the republic has long been dictated by gunmen, writes an Oxford professor of US political history."
• America's favorite ice-cream flavor revealed - The Guardian.
• America’s Highest Paid CEOs in 2024 - "The median pay of American CEOs reached $16.8 million in 2024, though this is largely related to equity (shares in the company)."
• America's Long Overdue Awakening to Systemic Racism - TIME Magazine.
• America's Most Expensive ZIP Codes - Forbes.
• America's national debt surpasses $30 trillion for the first time - "Government borrowing accelerated during the Covid-19 pandemic as Washington spent aggressively to cushion the economic blow from the crisis. The national debt has surged by about $7 trillion since the end of 2019."
• American Athletes Caught Doping - Fancy Bear's HACK TEAM.
• AMERICAN CITY SURVIVAL GUIDE - Wired.
• American Democracy Built to Last? - "Yascha Mounk’s new book questions deeply held beliefs about the stability of Western societies."
• American Dream Is Alive. In China - The New York Times.
• American dream - is it really dead? - The Guardian.
• American families are leaving the US for Europe - "The turmoil of the past few years has made a lot of people rethink their priorities and decide to start their lives afresh."
• American mercenaries were the heroes of China - "A one-year contract to live and work in China, flying, repairing and making airplanes. Pay is as much as $13,700 a month with 30 days off a year. Housing is included and you'll get an extra $550 a month for food. On top of that, there's an extra $9,000 for every Japanese airplane you destroy - no limit."
• AMERICAN PICTURES - Jakob Holdt: "A Danish vagabond's personal journey through the American underclass." Jacob Holdt is a Danish photographer, writer and lecturer. His mammoth work, American Pictures, gained international fame in 1977 for its effective photographic revelations about the hardships of America's lower classes.
• American travel to Cuba is leading to shortages - The New York Times.
• American Wealth Bracket Charted: How Much Income Tax Americans Pay by Wealth Bracket - "Americans paid 14.5% on average in income tax in 2022, based on the latest available data from the IRS. For the top 1% of U.S. earners, the average income tax rate was 26.1%."
• Americans Are Realizing Tesla Isn’t the Only Electric Car - "Not long ago, Tesla’s electric vehicles were far and away the best on the market. If you wanted a stylish, long-range, easy-to-charge and feature-packed E.V., Elon Musk would be your most likely supplier - even if you hated his guts. But not anymore."
• Americans can’t afford water as bills rise 80% in a decade - "Exclusive: analysis of US cities shows emergency on affordability of running water amid Covid-19 pandemic."
• Americans don't know about these secret presidential powers - "Our Founding Fathers believed constitutional checks and balances among the branches of government would prevent the concentration of political power in the hands of a dangerous few. But they did not reckon with the accumulation of secret presidential powers to be used in times of national emergencies or threats to national security. Among the most shrouded are emergency powers created by presidential administrations in response to crises, real or imagined. They fall under the heading of Presidential Emergency Action Documents, or PEADs, and they only require the president to declare a national emergency in response to a crisis, which can then result in the suspension of many of our constitutional rights."
• Americans face Digital Amnesia as connected devices are increasingly trusted to recall memories - Kaspersky Lab.
• Americans lost $1bn to Tinder-Swindler style romance cons last year, FBI says - "Americans lost more than $1bn in 2021 alone to 'romance scams' such as the one documented in the hit Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler, according to the FBI. Victims ‘financially and emotionally devastated’ by scammers who prey upon vulnerable, often older, people, bureau finds."
• Amsterdam asks 'wild' young male British tourists to 'stay away' - "The Netherlands’ capital’s new online campaign to tackle nuisance tourism launched this week and targets visitors between the ages of 18 and 35, the city’s local authority announced in a news release on Tuesday. One video shows a drunk young man being arrested. The accompanying text says: 'Coming to Amsterdam for a messy night + getting trashed = €140 fine + criminal record = fewer prospects.' It adds: 'So coming to Amsterdam for a messy night? Stay away.' Another video shows an unconscious person being rushed to the hospital in an ambulance, with text that reads: 'Coming to Amsterdam to take drugs + lose control = hospital trip + permanent health damage = worried family.' It continues: 'So coming for drugs to Amsterdam? Stay away.'"
• Amsterdam bans construction of new hotels as a way to fight overtourism - "A new hotel in Amsterdam can only be built if another hotel closes, if the number of sleeping places doesn’t increase, and if the new hotel will be better – for example, more sustainable."
• Amsterdam bans cruise ships to limit visitors & curb pollution - "It comes months after young British men were urged not to hold bachelor parties in the Dutch capital."
• Amsterdam: The European capital fighting bad tourists - "The Dutch capital is only home to about 800,000 people but draws up to 20 million tourists a year. Now, new policies are encouraging sustainable tourism to everyone."
• An Elderly Couple Sold a ‘Worthless’ African Mask for $157. Now They Are Suing the Buyer Who Auctioned It for $4.4 Million - "The couple has accused a local antiques dealer of cheating them out of a fair price for the rare object. The case has already gone through several stages. The antiques dealer initially offered to settle out of court by paying the couple €300,000, or about $315,000, for the mask but they were not able to reach an agreement because of the opposition of the couple’s children, according to court documents. Though the case remains open, the appeals court has re-ordered the seizure of the proceeds of the sale, which amounts to €3.1 million, after deduction of costs and capital gains tax - until a judgement is made."
• An Essential Guide on How to Keep Yourself Private Online in 2019 - "Online Privacy has become a major concern for every security agency and the citizens ever since the big data leak has taken place. Here is a Comprehensive Guide to Online Privacy 2019 that you must follow to stop your data being leaked to different hackers. To make this easy for you to understand we have divided this guide into three following sections."
• Anatomy of a Watch: A Guide to Watchmaking Jargon - "From the crown to the pushers to the subdials, here's what you need to know."
• anatomy of the perfect man hug - The Telegraph.
• ANCESTRY.CO.UK - family tree, genealogy and census records.
• ANCESTRY.COM - genealogy, family trees and family history records online.
• Ancient & Proven Way to Improve Memorization - The New York Times.
• Ancient Americans made epic Pacific voyages - "New evidence has been found for epic prehistoric voyages between the Americas and eastern Polynesia."
• ancient civilisation that inspired US democracy - "A 540km trail along Turkey's Mediterranean Coast introduces hikers to the rich heritage of Lycia, an ancient maritime republic that's recognised as the world's first democratic union."
• Ancient Greek Secret to Attaining Super Memory - "Science has shown that anyone can attain a super memory by using and ancient Greek and Roman technique called 'memory palace.'"
• ancient guide for uncertain times - "For many people, the world is in a state of upheaval that can feel difficult to cope with, but can the teachings of the Stoics help in these troubling times?"
• ancient symbol that was hijacked by evil - "The equilateral cross with legs bent at right angles - that looks like swirling arms or a pattern of L shapes - has been a holy symbol in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism for centuries. And, of course, the swastika (or the similar-looking hakenkreuz or hooked cross) is also a symbol of hate, embodying painful and traumatic memories of the Third Reich. The symbol of Nazism, it is associated with genocide and racial hatred after the atrocities of the Holocaust."
• Andrew Brettler: Who is Prince Andrew's Hollywood lawyer? - "In his fight against a civil sexual assault case, the Duke of York hired one of Hollywood's top lawyers - Andrew Brettler - to represent him in the US, where the case was filed. Mr Brettler has built a successful career of defending many rich and high-profile men who have been accused of sexual abuse."
• Andrew Tate detained in Romania over rape & human trafficking case - "Following the arrest, Greta Thunberg tweeted 'this is what happens when you don't recycle your pizza boxes.'"
• ANDROID: A 10-YEAR VISUAL HISTORY - The Verge.
• Andy Warhol Said He Came From ‘Nowhere.’ This Is It - The New York Times.
• Andy Warhol Was Fragrance-Obsessed - Here Are the Perfumes He Loved Most - "As if he ever left, Andy Warhol is back in the cultural consciousness. From the recently released Netflix docuseries The Andy Warhol Diaries, which explores Warhol’s enigmatic life behind the lens, to the Brooklyn Museum’s current 'Andy Warhol: Revelation' exhibit, examining the influence of Catholicism on his work, there’s never been a better time to delve deeper into the world of the iconic artist. In fact, as part of the 'Revelation' exhibition, Jessica Murphy, a fragrance culture writer, educator, and manager of visitor experience at the Brooklyn Museum, is shedding light on Warhol’s lesser-realized olfactory imagination and passion for fragrance. Through June, Murphy is hosting monthly scent tours that hone in on Warhol’s longstanding interest in scents while pairing works from the exhibit to a special collection of perfumes."
• Angela Merkel exclusive: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin & me - "In a rare interview, the former German chancellor tells Decca Aitkenhead how her ‘certain ambition for power’ kept her in the top job for 16 years."
• Anger May Help You Reach Your Goals, Research Shows - "Don’t Shut Down Your Anger. Channel It. We’re often told to focus on the positive. But new research shows a healthy dose of anger can be motivating."
• AngloINFO French Riviera - "The global expat network." Everything you need for life on the Côte d’Azur - local information you can trust. There are many reasons why people move away from their home country: career opportunities, temporary expat job assignments, study, retirement, an improved quality of life, family commitments, second-home ownership or permanent emigration. Whatever the reason for moving, life in a new place can be unusual, complicated or just difficult. Whether you have been living abroad for ten years or you are just thinking about moving, AngloINFO is here to give you dependable support - whenever and wherever you need it.
• animals: Charted: The Longest-Living Animals on Earth - "Many of the world’s most enduring species inhabit marine environments, where deep-sea conditions provide stable temperatures, fewer predators, and slow metabolic rates. Here’s a look at the animals with the longest confirmed lifespans in the wild."
• animals dream just like humans do - "It was once thought that the ability to dream was a peculiarly human trait. But a surprisingly wide range of species can do so as well."
• animals that detect disasters - "For millennia, people across the globe have reported alarmed animal behaviour in the run-up to natural disasters. Could these signals be used to warn us of impending catastrophes?"
• Animals think, therefore ... - The Economist.
• Anna Jarvis: The woman who regretted creating Mother's Day - "The woman responsible for the creation of Mother's Day, marked in many countries on the second Sunday in May, would have approved of the modest celebrations likely to take place this year. The commercialisation of the day horrified her - to the extent that she even campaigned to have it rescinded."
• Anna Wintour Answers Vogue's 73 Questions - "This isn’t the first time that Wintour has answered 73 rapid-fire questions - her last time at bat was in 2014 - but eight years later and in anticipation of Vogue World on Monday, it seemed like high time for another walk-and-talk."
• Annie Leibovitz interview: 'The Queen gave me career advice' - The Telegraph.
• Annie Leibovitz Remembers Photographing Queen Elizabeth II - "Annie Leibovitz was invited to photograph Queen Elizabeth II twice, in 2007 and in 2016. She was the first American photographer to be asked by the royal family to do so, and considered it an honor. As Leibovitz wrote in her 2008 book At Work, 'It was ok for me to be reverent. The British are conflicted about what they think of the monarch. If a British portraitist is reverent he’s perceived to be doting. I could do something traditional.'"
• Anonymous declares war on Islamic State - Mirror Online.
• Answers to Questions About Climate Change - The New York Times.
• ANSWERS.COM - online dictionary, encyclopedia & much more.
• Antarctic tourism is booming - but can the continent cope? - "In tourist hotspots cruise ships must at times queue to disembark passengers and fragile ecosystems may be at risk from visitors. But who gets to decide on who can come?"
• Antarctica: ‘Coolest job on Earth’: Antarctica welcomes new postmaster - "UK Antarctic Heritage Trust fills vacancy at world’s most southerly post office, as well as recruiting team to monitor wildlife and carry out building repairs."
• Anthony Bourdain Doc Is No Hagiography - "Roadrunner is a brilliant, sometimes troubling documentary about a brilliant, sometimes troubling man."
• Anthony Bourdain: The French Brasserie That Changed Anthony Bourdain's Life - "During one of many family vacations to France, the Bourdains would stop at a brasserie called Quick Elysee. Bourdain writes that 'a thin slice of humble rumsteak with curiously blond frites soon became a treasured taste memory.' The experiences at Quick Elysee would go on to inform the rest of Bourdain's life."
• Anthony Bourdain's last interview: Trump, Weinstein & travel - The Guardian.
• Anthony Fauci: A Message to the Next Generation of Scientists - "'Although I hesitate to use the hackneyed expression 'It seems like just yesterday,' it does feel that way as I prepare to leave the National Institutes of Healthafter over five decades. As I look back at my career, I see lessons that may be useful to the next generation of scientists and health workers who will be called on to address the unexpected public health challenges that will inevitably emerge.'"
• Anthony Fauci: A Mosquito in My Backyard Made Me the Sickest I’ve Ever Been - "What it's like to get the neglected disease. After I spent more than 50 years chasing and fighting viruses, one fought back and nearly took me down. I speak of the West Nile virus, delivered by the deadliest animal on the planet: the mosquito."
• Anti-obesity drugs can shrink more than patients - "Originally developed to tackle diabetes, they're gaining traction as treatments for obesity. In one clinical trial, patients taking Eli Lilly's soon-to-be-launched weight-loss drug lost about 50 pounds (23 kg). The benefits for public health are potentially huge."
• Anti-surveillance gadgets for protesters - Ars Technica.
• antibiotics really wipe out your gut bacteria? - "Antibiotics are a staple of modern medicine and save millions of lives every year. But they can be harming the normal bacterial system our health relies on."
• Antimicrobial resistance now a leading cause of death worldwide, study finds - "Lancet analysis highlights need for urgent action to address antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. More than 1.2 million - and potentially millions more - died in 2019 as a direct result of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections, according to the most comprehensive estimate to date of the global impact of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The stark analysis covering more than 200 countries and territories was published in the Lancet. It says AMR is killing more people than HIV/Aids or malaria. Many hundreds of thousands of deaths are occurring due to common, previously treatable infections, the study says, because bacteria that cause them have become resistant to treatment."
• ANTIWAR.COM - site is devoted to the cause of non-interventionism and is read by libertarians, pacifists, leftists, "greens," and independents alike, as well as many on the Right who agree with our opposition to imperialism.
• AP ARCHIVE & BRITISH MOVIETONE ON YouTube - includes over 1.7 million global news and entertainment stories dating back to 1895.
• AP guidelines lay the groundwork for AI-assisted newsrooms - "But there's no guarantee that other outlets will be as restrained in their use."
• aphrodisiacs really work? - "Chocolate, strawberries, oysters: we've all heard that certain foods can heighten our sexual desire and even performance. But is there any truth to the claims?"
• Apollo, a robot designed to do jobs humans don’t want - "Humanoids that handle household chores or build habitats on the lunar surface may sound like something from science fiction. But the team at Austin-based robotics startup Apptronik envisions a future where general-purpose robots will handle 'dull, dirty and dangerous' jobs so humans don’t have to. The design for Apptronik’s latest humanoid robot, named Apollo, was unveiled on Wednesday. The robot is on the same scale as a human being, standing at 5 feet, 8 inches (1.7 meters) tall and weighing 160 pounds (72.6 kilograms)."
• Apollo: How Moon missions changed the modern world - "The Apollo programme took humanity to the Moon but also changed the face of technology back here on Earth."
• APP THAT ENCRYPTS YOUR PHOTOS FROM CAMERA TO CLOUD - Wired.
• Apple & Nokia Battle Over Cellphone Patents - The New York Times.
• Apple & Other Tech Companies Tangle With U.S. Over Data Access - The New York Times.
• Apple advert to attract world's best tech talent
• Apple AirPlay 2 - everything you need to know - What Hi-Fi?
• Apple AirTags - 'A perfect tool for stalking' - "The button-sized devices are designed to work with Apple's 'Find My' network to locate lost items. But there have been multiple reports in the US of the devices being used to track people."
• Apple apologises for iPad ad criticised as ‘destruction of the human experience’ - "Advert featuring huge hydraulic press crushing cultural objects struck wrong note with many."
• Apple apologises, releases fix for iPhones with 'Error 53' - The Telegraph.
• Apple apologizes for iPhone slowdown drama - Apple.
• Apple becomes the latest tech giant under siege - "The tech giant has engineered an illegal monopoly in smartphones, according to the sweeping US Department of Justice lawsuit filed on Thursday. To understand how much the US government's new lawsuit strikes at the heart of the identity Apple has forged for itself, let's first consider the firm's fanbase."
• Apple business card signed by Steve Jobs from 1983 sells for over $180K, may have set new world record - "Business card was authenticated and is said to be in 'pristine condition'. RR Auction shared the details of the sale with FOX Business - saying the $181,183 sale is believed to have broken a world record for the highest price achieved for a signed business card."
• Apple cancels electric car project after a decade - "Apple pulls the plug on trying to create its own electric car after a decade, plans to reassign 2,000 workers to AI projects."
• Apple Car patent shows new approach to safety - "If you’re not facing forward, where do the airbags go? The so-called Apple Car isn’t coming any time soon - last we heard, it had been pushed back to 2026 at the earliest - but the company continues to work on it behind the scenes."
• Apple celebrates selling one billion iPhones - The Telegraph.
• Apple: Charted: How Apple Makes its $391B in Revenue - "This infographic breaks down Apple's $391 billion in revenue by product category and geographical region in 2024."
• Apple chief executive Tim Cook gets $750m payout - "The award depended on how well Apple's shares performed compared to other firms on the S&P 500 stock index. According to Apple's filing with the SEC, Mr Cook was eligible for the award as the company's shares had risen by 191.83% over the last three years."
• Apple considers making iPhones in America - The Telegraph.
• Apple could force a 111-year-old fruit company to change its apple logo - "Apple's aggressive trademark quest could result in a century-old fruit company being forced to change its apple logo. Apple is reportedly attempting to gain IP rights to images of apples in Switzerland. This could result in a 111-year-old fruit company being forced to change its logo."
• Apple could never recreate the success of the iPhone. But it doesn’t need to - Tim Cook – and his investors – seem confident that TV programmes, music and software are the path to the future.
• Apple defends moving offshore profits to the tax haven of Jersey - engadget.
• Apple doesn’t make iPhones in America & probably won’t - "In 2011, then-President Barack Obama pressed Apple CEO Steve Jobs on what it would take to bring iPhone production to the United States. Moving iPhone production to the US would mean shifting away from countries like China and India that have the highly specialized workforce and skills needed to produce the millions of iPhones that Apple ships each year. The result could mean price hikes or design changes for the iPhone, some analysts estimate."
• Apple Executive You’ve Never Heard Of - Bloomberg.
• Apple faces lawsuits after admitting to slowing down older iPhones - The Telegraph.
• Apple finally admits that 8GB RAM isn't enough - "It was one thing when Apple debuted its M1 series of processors in 2020 with 8GB of unified memory, but we're now years removed from that. Based on the Predictive Code Completion requirements, it seems like it's time for Apple to bump the minimum RAM up to 16GB for the next generation of Macs."
• Apple finally put together a full list of cars with CarPlay - The Verge.
• Apple, Google, Amazon & Facebook are always listening unless you change these settings - "If you want to take control of your privacy, here’s how to stop your smart devices from listening."
• Apple has 800 engineers obsessing over this one part of your iPhone - Business Insider.
• Apple has become the world's first $3 trillion company - "Apple has reached yet another major milestone. The iPhone maker topped a market value of $3 trillion Monday - the first publicly traded company ever to be worth that much. Shares of Apple (AAPL) were briefly up about 3% to a new all-time high of $182.88, surpassing the $182.85 per share it needed to be worth $3 trillion. The stock later pulled back from that level."
• Apple has hidden a bitcoin manifesto in every Mac since 2018, says a tech blogger who discovered it by accident - "Technologist Andy Baio wrote in an April 5 blog post that he found a PDF of the original bitcoin white paper on his Macbook."
• Apple helped the US government build a 'top secret' iPod, former engineer says - "David Shayer said he met with two engineers from Bechtel, a US defense contractor, and was told they would build the iPod - all he had to do was provide any assistance they required from Apple. The iPods had to look and function like regular iPods, but would contain some custom hardware that could record data and not be detected by the average user, Shayer said."
• Apple hiding a bitcoin manifesto in Macs is fueling theories that Steve Jobs was Satoshi Nakamoto, the crypto's mysterious inventor - "In an April 5 blog post, technologist Andy Baio said he accidentally stumbled upon a copy of Satoshi Nakamoto's bitcoin white paper on his Mac computer, with the revelation fueling wild theories across the internet that the mysterious creator of the world's biggest cryptocurrency was Apple co-founder Steve Jobs."
• Apple Inc., ‘After Steve’ - "A new history of the trillion-dollar company in the wake of Steve Jobs."
• Apple inventions that never surfaced: in pictures - The Telegraph.
• Apple invests US$1 billion in Chinese Uber competitor Didi Chuxing - Reuters.
• Apple iPhone review - "This is the review of the original first-generation iPhone model, released June 2007." CNET.
• Apple is about so much more than just iPhones now - "Apple will create the usual buzz on Wednesday when it holds a splashy media event, presumably to update its iPhone lineup."
• Apple is tired of making Coca-Cola & now wants to sell champagne - The Guardian.
• Apple is within striking distance of a trillion dollar market value - CNN Money.
• Apple Is Working On A Brand New Kind Of Device - "We're entering the era of a new kind of gadget, and it sounds like Apple may be getting in on the action early. It's the time of the smart ring, and a recently-surfaced patent spotted by ithome looks into how we might end up using the Apple ring."
• Apple Is Worth $1 Trillion; 21 Years Ago It Was on the Brink of Bankruptcy - The New York Times.
• Apple issues urgent iPhone software update - The Telegraph.
• Apple keeps killing off tech before you're ready. Here's why - "Why Apple killed the floppy disk and headphone jack before you were ready to give them up."
• Apple leak shows how it decides to repair or replace iPhones - The Verge.
• Apple loses attempt to halt Apple Watch sales ban - "Apple has lost its bid to delay an import and sales ban on the Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2. In a filing on Wednesday, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) denied Apple's motion to stay the ban while awaiting an appeal."
• Apple MacBook Air 15-inch review: exactly what was asked for - "Apple’s first big-screened MacBook Air addresses a long-standing need in the company’s laptop lineup. And it comes with zero surprises and no sticker shock."
• Apple Maps vs. Google Maps: Which Is Better? - "Based on anecdotal reports, Apple Maps is increasingly recommended by users for its cleaner view versus the more cluttered design of Google Maps."
• Apple Offers Free App to Teach Children Coding - The New York Times.
• Apple patenting a way to collect iPhone thieves' fingerprints - engadget.
• Apple ports: Lightning, USB-C, Thunderbolt & more - "The definitive guide to the ports on your Apple devices. From HDMI to USB-C and everything in-between, here’s our quick reference guide. The first section lists the ports on each major Apple device. The second section explains what each port does and what it’s used for."
• Apple recovered 2,204 pounds gold from broken iPhones - CNN Money.
• Apple repair videos offer a peek behind the curtain - "These may not be up for long."
• Apple Says It Will Buy Back $100 Billion in Stock - The New York Times.
• Apple sells its 2-billionth iPhone, with Steve Jobs legacy still evident - "Apple recently sold its two-billionth iPhone, according to a new analyst report, which argues that the Steve Jobs legacy is still evident in the iPhone 13. n one way, Apple has greatly departed from a principle Steve demanded when he returned to the company in 1997: simplification of the product lineup. But an analyst argues that it’s another of Steve’s beliefs that is still driving Apple’s success today ..."
• APPLE SHIPPED ME A 79-POUND IPHONE REPAIR KIT TO FIX A 1.1-OUNCE BATTERY - "'I’m starting to think Apple doesn’t want us to repair them.'"
• Apple shows off iPad split-screen multitasking in iOS 9 preview - The Verge.
• Apple Special Event. September 12, 2018 - From the Steve Jobs Theater. 1h47min.
• Apple stores' carefully managed drama - "Those ‘geniuses’ in the bright, sleek Apple store are underpaid, overhyped and characters in a well-managed fiction story."
• Apple takes a confident step into fashion with its first Met Gala - The Verge.
• Apple wants to sell you a $300 photo book about its products - engadget.
• Apple Warns Looters With Stolen iPhones: You Are Being Tracked - "Apple, among other high-end retailers, has seen its fair share of attacks and has now taken action to protect staff and prevent further damage."
• Apple was a little behind on Siri privacy, now it’s way ahead - "The default opt-out is the right call."
• Apple Watch or Fitbit may be a breeding ground for E. coli & staph bacteria. Here's how to clean your fitness tracker - "A 2023 study examined 20 different smartwatch and fitness tracker bands and found that 95% were contaminated with infection-causing bacteria."
• Apple Watch Review: Bliss, But Only After a Steep Learning Curve - The New York Times.
• Apple Watches banned from Cabinet after ministers warned devices could be vulnerable to hacking - The Telegraph.
• Apple Will Pay a ‘Bug Bounty’ to Hackers Who Report Flaws - The New York Times.
• Apple's 6 defining products - in pictures - "As Apple becomes the first company to break $1tn market cap barrier its progress from garage-based startup to the all-conquering global company it is today can be charted in six products. Here are the computers, music players, smartphones and tablets that made Apple."
• Apple's $19 Polishing Cloth Review: Seriously, What The Heck? - "When Apple started selling a $19 glorified microfiber cloth dubbed the “Polishing Cloth,” it left me with no choice. I had to drop down cash on this thing and give it a full review. Is it magical? Is it a revelation? Can it fix my broken Surface Duo 2? Can it bring about world peace? Man, I hope so."
• Apple’s ‘1984’ Super Bowl commercial changed advertising forever - "Apple’s iconic Macintosh advert, simply called '1984' and based on George’s Orwell’s novel of the same name, featured a 'Big Brother' figure addressing hordes of subjects from a giant screen and a woman who escapes riot police to smash the screen with a hammer. When viewed now, it is the epitome of the 1980s - CRT TVs, dramatic voiceovers and big hair. But back then, it was unlike any commercial America had ever seen."
• Apple's AI 'IntelliPhones' will dominate the market, analyst says - "Apple is expected to debut AI tools with iOS 18 during its Worldwide Developers Conference. Apple helped popularize smartphones. Now it’s going to push the world into the next era of telecommunications, this one characterized by a new type of device: AI-powered 'IntelliPhones,' said senior Bank of America analyst Wamsi Mohan."
• Apple's cash reserves swell to $250bn - "Apple's cash reserves swell to $250bn."
• Apple’s concessions in China reportedly include a secret $275 billion deal & one odd change in Maps - "Tim Cook has pushed Apple’s value within close range of $3 trillion, and a lot of that has to do with the former operations lead’s ability to manage a relationship with China, where many of its products are made and, increasingly, many of them are sold. A report this week from The Information relies on unnamed sources and internal documents to peel back some of the details about Apple’s ties with China."
• Apple’s iOS App Store changed the way we think about software - engadget.
• Apple's iPhone: a definitive history in pictures - The Telegraph.
• Apple's latest invention: a pizza box - The Telegraph.
• Apple’s market value breaches $3tn mark for first time since January 2022 - "Shares of Apple, which is also the world’s most valuable listed company, ended the day up 2.3%, valuing the company at just over $3tn."
• Apple’s New Campus: A Look Inside the Mothership - Wired.
• Apple's statement to Congress on the FBI warrant fight - The Verge.
• AppleTrack leaderboard - Kang: 97.1% accurate. "A mysterious but spot-on source sharing news on Weibo, Kang knows exactly what Apple is working on. To the tee."
• Apps for Keeping New Year’s Resolutions - The New York Times.
• Apps Give Journal Writers Inspiration, and Maybe a Nudge - The New York Times.
• Apps Maker Store - "Make Your Own App from Appsmakerstore!"
• April Fools’ Day 2018: the best (and lamest) pranks - The Verge.
• April Fools' Day quiz: how easily fooled are you? - "Test your knowledge of famous pranks on one of the most divisive days of the year."
• April Fools' Day: The best spoofs & pranks, in pictures - The Telegraph.
• April Fools' Day: where did tradition & pranks come from? - The Telegraph.
• aptronyms: Urologist Adam Weiner, runner Usain Bolt: can a last name determine your job? - "Some researchers claim aptronyms, or perfectly apt names, can affect what field you go into - while others are skeptical."
• Arabs believe economy is weak under democracy - "Arabs are losing faith in democracy to deliver economic stability across the Middle East and North Africa, according to a major new survey."
• Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine - The New York Times.
• ARAMEX - international courier service.
• Arctic heatwave: here's what we know - "It’s 38C in Siberia. The science may be complicated - but the need for action now couldn’t be clearer."
• Arctic: ‘It went horribly wrong’: DNA analysis sheds light on lost Arctic expedition’s grisly end - "Archaeologists have identified the cannibalized remains of a senior officer who perished during an ill-fated 19th century Arctic expedition, offering insight into its lost crew’s tragic and grisly final days."
• Arctic oil spill pollutes big lake near Norilsk - "Diesel oil from a huge spill in Russia's Arctic north has polluted a large freshwater lake and there is a risk it could spread into the Arctic Ocean, a senior Russian official says."
• Are brain implants the future of thinking? - "Brain-computer interface technology is moving fast and Silicon Valley is moving in. Will we all soon be typing with our minds?"
• Are cats or dogs smarter? - "Both are domesticated, but is one smarter? Turns out, the answer isn’t as straightforward as pet lovers might like."
• Are Cellphones Bad for You? C.D.C. Weighs Risks - The New York Times.
• Are luggage-free trips the future? - "With sustainably minded destinations and progressive tour operators advising passengers to pack less, are travellers being primed for an ultralight future?"
• Are the Amish right about new technology? - The Guardian.
• Are the Best Things in Life Free? - The New York Times.
• Are These 10 Lies Justified? - The New York Times.
• Are these robot cats cute or creepy? Watch this & decide - BBC.
• Are we on the brink of an electric car revolution? - The Guardian.
• Are YOU 'beautiful'? Try the simple 'hot or not' finger test that's taking social media by storm - Mail Online.
• Are You Rich? Updated Study Defines What It Means To Be Wealthy - "It's a common question that people ask themselves - how well off am I compared to the rest of the population? Am I earning above, below or about average for someone of my age and background? Well, a new report from L’Observatoire des Inégalités, an independent organisation which studies inequality in French society, has defined what it means to be wealthy and how many people that includes. To be considered rich, a person must have a revenue of €3,673 per month ($3,903) - this amount is double that of the average person and comprises 4.5 million people in France."
• Are You Richer Than Your Peers? The Net Worth Needed To Be In The Top 10% Of Your Age - "While the ultrawealthy 1% often dominates financial headlines, the real question for most Americans is whether their net worth is comparable to that of their peers. Understanding what it takes to be in the top 10% at your age can provide valuable insight into your financial standing and reveal the milestones for success at different stages of life."
• Area 51: Storming of secretive Nevada base to 'see aliens' fails to materialise - "Fears that thousands of people could storm Area 51 on Friday were unfounded, with just several dozen arriving at the secretive US military base."
• Aretha Franklin’s will provides cautionary tale - "The long, expensive court fight over the will of soul singer Aretha Franklin provides a cautionary tale for people who want to make sure their wishes are carried out after their death - and for their families."
• arm exercise helps you strengthen your whole body - "The hammer curl. This powerful movement not only builds impressive arm muscles but also enhances overall body strength, function, stability and resiliency. Hammer curls are a variation of regular bicep curls. Like their traditional counterpart, one of the primary muscles targeted by hammer curls include the biceps brachii, the muscle best known as 'the bicep.' However, hammer curls also emphasize two other arm muscles: the brachialis, a muscle beneath the biceps brachii that helps support the elbow joint, and the brachioradialis, a forearm muscle that enhances grip strength."
• ARMY TECHNOLOGY - the website for the defence industries - army.
• Arnold, as you’ve never seen him before - "It’s hard to find people who don’t know Schwarzenegger, the bodybuilding legend from Austria who became a Hollywood superstar and, later, governor of California. The 76-year-old remains one of the most famous people in the world."
• Arnold Schwarzenegger & Maria Shriver are officially divorced - "Shriver filed for divorce from Schwarzenegger in 2011 after 25 years of marriage."
• Arnold Schwarzenegger acknowledges he’s a mere mortal when it comes to aging - "The former California governor, action movie star and bodybuilder says he remembers a time when his body felt “powerful.” Now, at age 76, he doesn’t feel quite the same."
• Arnold Schwarzenegger explains in Netflix docuseries how he told wife about his secret son - "It sounds like Arnold Schwarzenegger struggled to tell his then wife Maria Shriver about his secret son with their housekeeper Mildred Baena. According to The Sun, Schwarzenegger revealed how the bombshell came out that Joseph Baena, now 25, was his son."
• Arnold Schwarzenegger: Heavy kettle! The making of Arnold Schwarzenegger - in pictures - "A new Taschen book traces the bodybuilder’s journey from childhood poverty to musclebound movie star - and unlikely governor of California."
• Arnold Schwarzenegger: How I fought my way back to fitness - CNN.
• ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER INVOLVED IN BAD CAR ACCIDENT - "Arnold Schwarzenegger was just involved in a bad car accident ... so bad his monster SUV rolled over on top of another car, and that driver was badly injured. Arnold was driving a Yukon SUV when it collided with a red Prius at around 5:00 PM PT. His SUV started to roll and ended up on top of the Prius, then continued rolling to the left into a Porsche Cayenne."
• Arnold Schwarzenegger rebuked for filling LA pothole that was not a pothole - "Exasperated former California governor takes action but officials say ‘giant pothole’ is actually service trench dug by utility workers."
• Arnold Schwarzenegger to replace Donald Trump as Celebrity Apprentice host - The Telegraph.
• Arnold Schwarzenegger: I swapped the gym for Schwarzenegger's two-move bodyweight workout - "It showed you can build muscle without weights. Strengthen your chest, arms and legs at home with Schwarzenegger's bodyweight challenge."
• Around the world by budget airline: 10 flights, £1,653 - here's how to do it - The Telegraph.
• Arrowhead made from meteorite 3,000 years ago found near lake in Europe - "A Bronze Age arrowhead unearthed in Switzerland was made from a meteorite, a new study has found. Dating back to between 900 and 800 BC, the 39-millimeter-long (1.5-inch-long) arrowhead was found on a pile-dwelling site in Mörigen on Lake Biel, Switzerland, during excavations in the 19th century, according to the study conducted by a team of researchers at the Natural History Museum of Bern."
• Art Basel & UBS Global Art Market Report 2017 - "Art Basel and UBS present The Art Market, an annual global art market analysis. The Art Market covers all aspects of the international market and highlights the most important developments in the previous year."
• Art Deco: How Discovery, Invention & Fashion Created a Movement - "Art Deco or Arts Décoratifs originated in the 1920's, following the Exposition Internationale des Arts DÉcoratifs et Industriels Modernes held in Paris (1925). However, it wasn’t until the 1930’s that the movement gained momentum across both Europe and the US, broadening Art Deco to cover all elements of decorative art including furniture, interior design, jewelry and architecture. Its popularity stems from its unique origins. Rather than a design movement driven by political or philosophical forces, it was created for the desire of glamorous and alluring change, a reflection of the golden age in Hollywood and a widespread economic boom."
• Art of Condolence - The New York Times.
• Art of the Protest - The New York Times.
• Art of Vulgarity - The New York Times.
• Art Quiz: Are You Smarter Than a Billionaire? - The New York Times.
• Arthur Schopenhauer thought music was the greatest of all artforms - "Music is often labelled a 'universal language,' and according to the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, there is a good reason for that."
• ‘Artificial Intelligence’ Has Become Meaningless - "It’s often just a fancy name for a computer program."
• Artificial Intelligence Swarms Silicon Valley on Wings & Wheels - The New York Times.
• Artive - "For the protection and preservation of the world's cultural heritage through the use of technology." Artive manages the world’s most technologically advanced database with integrated image recognition database and over 500 fields of searchable data.
• Asbestos: The strange past of the 'magic mineral' - "From supernatural capes to sleeping caps, asbestos fibres once had a wide range of bizarre uses."
• Asexuality: The ascent of the 'invisible' sexual orientation - "Long in the shadows, asexuality is finally becoming increasingly visible. It could help young people find themselves and their identities, and change the way we think about sexuality."
• Asia Is Home to 99 of the World’s 100 Cities Facing the Greatest Environmental Challenges - "The many environmental challenges facing the world are far from evenly shared across regions. Of the 100 cities facing the greatest environmental risks, 99 are in Asia, according to a report published today by risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft. Meanwhile, Europe is home to 14 of the 20 safest cities."
• Asian capital you've never heard of - "Putrajaya: The capital city you've never heard of. Located in the shadow of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's 'other' capital is one of the world's greenest cities."
• ask delphi: can a bot solve moral philosophy? - "Delphi, an online AI bot, promises to answer any moral question users pose. We put it to the test."
• Ask Lifehacker - "Tips, tricks, and downloads for getting things done."
• Ask.fm - since 2010. Social networking website based in Saint Petersburg, Russia, where users can ask other users questions, with the option of anonymity.
• ASKMEN.COM - free men's online magazine.
• A.S.M.R. Became a Sensation - "The brain-tingling feeling was a hard-to-describe psychological oddity. Until, suddenly, it was a YouTube phenomenon."
• Aspartame hazard & risk assessment results released - World Health Organization.
• Aspen is third U.S. city to reach 100% renewable energy - The Aspen Times.
• Assange ruling confirms US prisons' grim record, experts say - "London court ruling not to extradite WikiLeaks co-founder cites danger to his mental health and threat of suicide."
• assassination attempt on Trump unfolded - "Minute-by-minute: Visual timeline of the Trump assassination attempt."
• Association of All-Cause Mortality With Overweight and Obesity Using Standard Body Mass Index Categories - JAMA.
• Aston Martin raises £650m as Saudi Arabia takes a stake - "British manufacturer has been unable to generate cash to invest in new models and electric technology."
• astrologers quash fears over 'new' 13th sign - The Guardian.
• Astrology Of Princess Diana Will Blow Your Mind - "The Astrology Of Princess Diana Shows That Her Personality Was Both Irresistible & Incredibly Complex."
• Astronomy archaeology – finding 120-year-old observations - Niels Bohr Institute.
• ASYLUM - men's lifestyle, humor, weird news, sex tips, fashion, dating, food and gadgets.
• At Home with a Revenge Porn Mogul - Fusion.
• Athletes with the Most Olympic Medals, Ranked - "Phelps is Oceans Ahead. In this graphic, we show the top nine athletes by the total number of Olympic medals won, including one who medaled at Paris 2024."
• Atlantic wall that failed to prevent D-day - "For the 80th anniversary of the landings, AFP photojournalist Olivier Morin spent three weeks documenting the remnants of the supposedly impregnable defences designed to keep the allies at bay."
• ATOMZ SITE SEARCH - the premier free search tool for your website.
• Auroras light up skies across the world after solar storm - in pictures - "An intense solar storm has entranced stargazers across the world after it created light shows reaching beyond their usual polar boundaries. Australia and New Zealand saw a huge Aurora Australis on Monday night, while the Aurora Borealis graced skies farther south than usual across the US, Europe and Asia."
• Auschwitz: How death camp became centre of Nazi Holocaust - "It was 80 years ago that Soviet troops liberated the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Some of the last survivors will be joined by world leaders on Monday, to commemorate the 1.1 million people murdered there."
• Australia & New Zealand best placed to survive nuclear apocalypse, study finds - "Researchers say food and energy security boosts prospects for civilisation to continue, along with Vanuatu, Iceland and Solomon Islands."
• Australia’s Great Barrier Reef tries to make sustainability cool - "Australia is offering discounts to tourists who watch science videos. Will it work?"
• Australia's oldest micronation, Hutt River is no more thanks to Covid-19 - "The 50-year reign of an Australia-based micronation formed by a 'prince' has come to an end. Hutt River, a self-declared principality, issued its own passports and once even declared war on Australia. In recent years, however, it's been known as a quirky tourist attraction."
• Austria offers free rail travel for a year - if you get a tattoo - "You’ve probably heard the adage that 'there are no bad ideas.' But that was before Austria’s climate minister endorsed a campaign to give people a year’s free public transport if they got the rail card logo tattooed on their body."
• Automatic vs manual car? The winner is obvious - "The long overdue death of the stick shift car."
• AVAAZ - "The World In Action." Avaaz is a global web movement to bring people-powered politics to decision-making everywhere.
• AVERAGE BREAST CUP SIZE IN THE WORLD - world map of average breat cup size in the world by country.
• Average Working Hours by Country, ranked - "In this graphic, we’ve ranked OECD countries based on average working hours per year, as of 2023. It reveals a wide gap between the longest and shortest-working countries, to the tune of 864 hours (36 days)."
• Avicii’s dad: 'I miss him every minute, but I get angry at him for leaving' - "On April 20, 2018, the world lost a music superstar, chart-topping DJ Avicii. Aged just 28, he tragically took his own life while on holiday in Oman."
• Avocados: How Healthy Are Avocados? - "They're rich in micronutrients. Here’s a highlight reel of their biggest nutritional benefits, plus delicious recipes to help you enjoy them. The vitamin E in avocados may support healthy skin, Dr. Klingbeil said. According to Dr. Kohlmeier, the lutein in avocados may help keep your vision sharp. And while bananas tend to get all the credit for potassium, avocados contain even more of the important mineral."
• Awaken your senses! How to bring your body back to life - "Do you feel disconnected from the world? I did, too – then I discovered some easy, practical ways to enhance my sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch."
• Ayahuasca - South American psychoactive brew, traditionally used by Indigenous cultures and folk healers in Amazon and Orinoco basins for spiritual ceremonies, divination, and healing a variety of psychosomatic complaints.
• Azerbaijan's secret to long life? Mountain air - "There are a number of destinations around the world famed for the longevity of their residents. In Japan, Okinawa's sprightly centenarians have earned it the nickname 'Land of the Immortals.' Campodimele, Italy's 'Village of Eternity,' is testament to the Mediterranean diet. In the sunny Californian town of Loma Linda, a community of Seventh-Day Adventists reaping rewards of clean living. There's one long-lived corner of the globe you won't have heard talked about as much, and it's home to the world's only Museum of Longevity. That's Lerik in southern Azerbaijan."

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• Baby Boomers are living alone. One reason why: ‘gray divorce’ - "Nearly 16 million people ages 35-64 and those 65 years and older lived by themselves in 2022. There are many reasons behind this shift in our society, including the economic gains women made when they entered the workforce and changing attitudes toward marriage."
• Babe names: 'I'm a baby name expert & these 6 common names are best avoided' - "The experts scoured their website for the most 'polarizing' names and disclosed six of them in the video. Many TikTok users were shocked about the six contentious baby names."
• 'Baby Shark' becomes the first YouTube video to hit 10 billion views - "'Baby Shark,' the inescapable earworm beloved by some children and often feared by their parents, has hit a new milestone - 10 billion views on YouTube. Not only is it the most-viewed video on the platform, a record it set in November 2020, but it's now the only video on the site to reach 10 billion views, YouTube confirmed to CNN."
• Babylon – how war almost erased ‘mankind’s greatest heritage site’ - The Guardian.
• Babylonian Map of the World: The oldest known map of the ancient world - "The ancient map offers a glimpse of how the Babylonians viewed the world thousands of years ago."
• Backpacking is a rite of passage for many travelers. Covid could end it forever - "Backpacking trips have been something of a rite of passage for young people for almost 70 years. Whether you're setting off around the world, or exploring a particular region, country, or city, taking off with a few belongings and moving from destination to destination remains a hugely attractive prospect for those searching for fun and adventure."
• backwards walking any better than walking forwards? - "It places less strain on the knees and can help with coordination - as long as you do it with structure and purpose, experts say. Backwards walking is so hot right now, literally and figuratively. The practice has apparently been common in China for some time."
• Bacon: The complex mix that makes bacon taste so good - "It's the chemistry of the meat, the chemistry of the smoking and the chemistry of the cooking that combine to make bacon smell and taste irresistible. The cell membranes of the muscle tissue contain fatty acids that disintegrate during cooking to yield a bouquet of flavourful compounds like aldehydes, furans, and ketones."
• Bad behavior on planes is surging. Here’s why - "Unruly passengers were a problem before the pandemic. Now they’re even worse."
• Bad sex award 2016: the contenders in quotes - The Guardian.
• Baffling View of London’s Tube Proves Transit Maps Are (Helpful) Lies - Wired.
• Bake a Chocolate Cake in the Microwave - Wired.
• Bakhmut Is Gone: An Aerial Look at the War’s Destruction - The New York Times.
• Baku: How ‘world’s first oil town’ is wrestling with fossil fuel legacy - "Cop29 host Baku has cleaned up since its Black City days - but this summit needs to do more than whitewash the facade of a petrostate."
• Bald eagle officially declared US national bird after 250 years - "The bald eagle is now officially the national bird of the US, after President Joe Biden signed a law on Christmas Eve bestowing the honour upon the white-headed and yellow-beaked bird of prey. The bird has been a national emblem in the US for years, appearing on the Great Seal of the US - used on US documents - since 1782."
• Bali influencer backlash intensifies as island cracks down on problem tourists - "Locals on the Indonesian island have been enraged by behaviour that includes visitors driving motorbikes dangerously and posing nude at sacred sites."
• Baltimore's Key Bridge collapsed - a visual guide - "Photos and maps show how Francis Scott Key Bridge snapped after a vessel collision"
• Banana scare phobia: Does this banana scare you? The harsh reality of life with an unusual phobia - "The news that a Swedish politician has rooms swept for the fruit prompted online mockery last week. But for those who face bizarre and irrational fears - from buttons to crumpets - the everyday struggle is far from amusing."
• Bang & Olufsen is getting rid of its B&O Play branding - "Everything will just be a Bang & Olufsen product now."
• Bank of England helped in sale of looted Nazi gold - BBC News.
• bank robbery that gave the world Stockholm syndrome - "A 1973 Bank Robbery Gave the World ‘Stockholm Syndrome’ - But There’s More to the Story Than That."
• Banksy artwork shreds itself after £1m sale at Sotheby's - "A stencil spray painting by elusive artist Banksy shredded itself after it was sold for more than £1m."
• Banksy Painting Self-Destructs After Fetching $1.4 Million at Sotheby’s - The New York Times.
• Banksy publishes video detailing auction stunt plan - "Why putting £1m through the shredder is Banksy’s greatest work. Art is being choked to death by money. The only rebellion left is for artists to bite the hands that feed them - as Banksy appears to have done on Friday night."
• Banksy shredding 'did not go to plan' - "Banksy: How Love is in the Bin's shredding did not go to plan."
• Banksy unmasked? Scientists use maths & criminology to map artist's identity - The Guardian.
• Banksy's balloon girl chosen as nation's favourite artwork - "Banksy's mural of a girl letting go of a heart-shaped balloon has been voted the nation's favourite artwork."
• Banksy's shredded artwork renamed - "Banksy's 'Girl with a Balloon', which was shredded went it went up for auction, has been renamed 'Love is in the Bin'."
• banana artwork on sale again & it could now be worth $1.5 million - "For their money, the winning bidder will receive a roll of duct tape and one banana, as well as a certificate of authenticity and official instructions for installing the work. Sotheby’s confirmed to CNN that neither the tape nor, thankfully, the banana are the originals."
• Barack Obama: Emmy win for narrating Netflix documentary - "Former president Barack Obama won the best narrator Emmy Award on Saturday for his Netflix documentary series, Our Great National Parks."
• Barack Obama on science & innovation - engadget.
• Barack Obama's 2015 State of the Union address: annotated - PolitiFact.
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• Barbados becomes the world's newest republic - "Barbados has officially removed Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state and become the world's newest republic."
• Barbados’s icon: why Rihanna’s national hero status is so apt - "Honoured by her newly independent country, Rihanna has always proudly worn her Bajan heritage - broadening her sound from her Caribbean roots, while staying true to them."
• Barbara Walters, legendary news anchor, has died at 93 - "For more than five decades, Walters was a name to reckon with, whether speaking with world leaders on news programs, in celebrities’ homes for her regular Barbara Walters Specials or on The View, a daytime talk show in which a diverse panel of women discuss the latest headlines."
• ‘Barbie Botox,’ TikTok’s latest beauty obsession - "40 units of the neurotoxin injected into each trapezius, the muscle holding up her neck. The procedure was originally devised to aid the release of severely overworked trapezius muscles which could cause migraines and intense neck tension. Now, it’s being administered off-label to cosmetically diminish the size of shoulders, elongating the neck. And it’s gaining traction on social media."
• Barbie, Inc: How A $3 Toy Inspired A Multi-Billion-Dollar Dream World - "She’s here, she’s there, she’s every pinkin’-where. With Margot Robbie’s summer blockbuster arriving in theaters and ubiquitous merchandise collaborations, the world’s favorite doll is about to launch the Mattel cinematic universe." Forbes.
• Barbie trades in her pink convertible for a hoverboard drone - The Verge
• Barbie: What is patriarchy? What does it mean & why is everyone talking about it? - "Greta Gerwig's Barbie film is garnering high-profile attention for its commentary on patriarchy. The film is premised on the idea that Barbie and Ken visit the human world where men are in charge and Ken, relishing his treatment in a patriarchal society, sets out to try and turn Barbieland into one."
• Barbie, who? Kylie Jenner launches herself as a Bratz doll - "With Bratz dolls uplifting the feline-eyed, full-lipped, high-cheekboned 'Instagram-face' into a beauty standard - and an aesthetic that Jenner and her family have codified - before Instagram was even a twinkle, it’s unsurprising that Jenner has gone full uncanny valley by becoming the doll to which she’s sometimes drawn comparisons."
• Barbra Streisand gives a masterclass in how not to pay a compliment - "The singer just wanted to tell Melissa McCarthy how great she was looking. Was it a good idea to mention a weight-loss drug?"
• Barbra Streisand: ‘It’s the funniest thing to me that people still can’t get my name right’ - "In a rare interview discussing her music, the star details the highs and lows of her early career, the difficult transition into pop and how she rose above jabs at her appearance."
• Barbra Streisand Sets the Record Straight - The New York Times.
• Barcelona's famous Sagrada Familia will finally be completed in 2026 - more than 140 years after construction started, officials have confirmed. The construction of the last of six towers will mark the completion of the structure of the basilica, the organization responsible for managing the site announced last week.
• Barcelona's unloved planner invents science of 'urbanisation' - The Guardian.
• battery that could last 1,000 years - "How the world’s smelliest fruit could power your phone. The lithium-ion batteries in our devices degrade over time and come with a large environmental cost. Are there better ways to store and carry energy that are kinder to the planet?"
• Battle in the Channel: seigneur of Sark takes on Barclay dynasty - "Christopher Beaumont is attempting to buy up abandoned hotels and other buildings owned by Telegraph billionaires."
• Bauhaus Nazis: the collaborators & worse - among the design icons - "They were seen as heroes and martyrs who defied the Nazis. But a new show in Weimar reveals horrifying details about some Bauhauslers, one of whom designed the crematoriums at Auschwitz."
• BAYESIAN: Sunken superyacht believed to contain watertight safes with sensitive intelligence data - "Some of the 15 survivors, of whom nine were crew members and six were passengers reportedly told prosecutors that Lynch 'did not trust cloud services' and always kept data drives in a secure compartment of the yacht wherever he sailed."
• Bayeux Tapestry: Archaeologists uncover ‘lost’ home depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry - "Bosham is named on the Bayeux Tapestry, but the exact location of Harold’s residence depicted on the embroidery has not been clear."
• Beach Club - "Beach clubs feature on larger superyachts, where the space at the aft of the vessel is dedicated to a stylish lounge area and swim platform, creating an additional space for effortless indoor-outdoor living and entertaining."
• Bearcam is back & better than ever - The Verge.
• Beaujolais Nouveau Day - since 1951. "Beaujolais Nouveau Day is marked in France on the third Thursday in November with fireworks, music and festivals. Under French law, the wine is released at 12:01 a.m., just weeks after the wine’s grapes have been harvested. Parties are held throughout the country and further afield to celebrate the first wine of the season." November 16, 2023.
• Bedbugs: No escape from The Invasion of the Bedbugs - "Not the most exciting of pests, they don’t jump, they don’t fly, they don’t slide, slither or scuttle. No, all they do is suck blood and go back into hiding. However, France is living in dread of the bothersome creatures, which seem to have started their expansion in Paris but are now spreading south by any means possible, as they prefer daytime temperatures above 30. Or 25 will do nicely."
• Beer IS good for you! - "Research suggests two pints a day may slash your risk of dementia. Experts studied drinking habits and dementia rates among 25,000 over-60s. Drinking two pints a day slashed risk of the memory-robbing condition by a third. Non-drinkers a fifth more likely to be a dementia sufferer than biggest drinkers."
• ‘Bees are really highly intelligent’: the insect IQ tests causing a buzz among scientists - "We all know these busy insects are good for crops and biodiversity, but proof is emerging that they are also clever, sentient and unique beings."
• ‘Bees are sentient’: inside the stunning brains of nature’s hardest workers - "‘Fringe’ research suggests the insects that are essential to agriculture have emotions, dreams and even PTSD, raising complex ethical questions."
• Beethoven’s hair reveals possible cause of mysterious ailments, scientists say - "High levels of lead detected in authenticated locks of Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair suggest that the composer had lead poisoning, which may have contributed to ailments he endured over the course of his life, including deafness, according to new research."
• Beethoven's nine symphonies ranked, from worst to greatest - "From the iconic knocks of fate in Beethoven’s Fifth, to the unbridled joy of the final moments of the Ninth, Beethoven’s symphonies unquestionably define the symphonic genre."
• Beetroot juice may aid people with coronary heart disease - study - "Research suggests a daily glass reduces harmful inflammation by boosting nitric oxide levels."
• Before end of this century, robots will have taken over - The Guardian.
• Before there were tech startups, there was whaling - The Economist.
• BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO SEO - SEOmoz.
• beginner's guide to... the Formula 1 Grand Prix weekend - "As the fastest, most technically advanced motorsport on the planet, Formula 1 can seem extremely complex. But if you’re a new fan of the sport, there’s absolutely nothing to fear as we can explain it all in our beginner’s guide. Here’s everything you need to know about the Formula 1 race weekend..." Formula 1.
• beginner’s guide to decorating your home - The New York Times.
• Behavioural biometrics – the future of security - TechRadar.
• Behind this Nobel prize is a very human story - "There’s a bit of Neanderthal in all of us. Svante Pääbo deserves his accolade - palaeogenetics is an expanding field that tells us who we are."
• Beijing overtakes NYC as 'Billionaire Capital of the World' - Fox News.
• Being Bilingual Changes the Architecture of Your Brain - Wired.
• Being Dishonest About Ugliness - The New York Times.
• Beirut explosion: Before-and-after images - "The explosion at a portside warehouse in Beirut sent devastating shockwaves across the Lebanese capital, decimating seafront buildings and causing widespread destruction."
• Beirut explosion devastates Sursock Palace and Museum - in pictures - "Among the many homes and buildings damaged by the Beirut explosion were the Sursock Palace and Museum. The 19th-century palace was once one of Beirut’s grandest town houses, and the mansion housing the museum was left to the city of Beirut in 1952."
• Belgium launches new passport featuring national comic book heroes - "From 7 February, Belgium is launching a redesigned international passport, with illustrations of Belgian comic book characters, Foreign Affairs Minister Sophie Wilmès announced on Thursday."
• Belgium’s trade in Russian diamonds continues despite moral pressure - "Poland and the Baltic states are pressing for diamonds to be included in the EU’s next round of sanctions."
• Ben Johnson’s 1988 Olympic drug test contains altered lab codes and hand-scrawled revisions. And almost no one has seen it until now - "Thirty years after the Seoul Olympics, Ben Johnson finally saw the evidence used to disqualify him."
• Benching: The dating trend that could ruin your love life - The Guardian.
• Benefits of Physical Activity - "Regular physical activity is one of the most important things you can do for your health. Being physically active can improve your brain health, help manage weight, reduce the risk of disease, strengthen bones and muscles, and improve your ability to do everyday activities." CDC | U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
• Benin bronzes: ‘Africa wants to speak for itself’ - "This year marks the 125th anniversary of the British Punitive Expedition, which saw thousands of sculptures and cultural artefacts stolen during the destruction of Benin City (in present-day Nigeria). Many items ended up in museums or in private collections mainly found in Europe and North America. The anniversary has reignited the call by Africans for the return of millions of objects looted across the continent during the colonial era."
• Benin City, the mighty medieval capital now lost without trace - The Guardian.
• berberine: The Truth About ‘Nature’s Ozempic’ - "What experts know about berberine, the chemical compound purported to help induce weight loss."
• Berlin Wall: How 1989 reshaped the modern world - "World events often move fast, but is hard to match the pace and power of change in 1989. The wave of revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe helped shape the continent for decades to come."
• Berlin Wall - "Thirty years after the Cold War barrier was removed, we look at its origins and where parts of it can still be seen."
• BERLITZ - since 1878. "Learn a language. Open your world." Get the language skills, cultural understanding and confidence to open up your world with Berlitz USA.
• Berlusconi leaves control of business empire to two eldest children - "Partner Marta Fascina is left 100 million euros. Friend and Mafia convict Dell'Utri given 30 million euros."
• Bermuda Triangle mystery finally been solved? - The Telegraph.
• Bermuda Triangle: ‘Ocean Flatulence’ Could Explain Mystery - The Huffington Post.
• Bernard Arnault Just Bought Tiffany. Who Is He? - "A field guide to the man behind LVMH, who just engineered the biggest deal in luxury - and isn’t done yet."
• Bernie Ecclestone spared jail after admitting tax fraud - Ex-Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone was spared an immediate prison sentence on Thursday after he pleaded guilty to misleading Britain’s tax authority about overseas assets worth more than 400 million pounds ($492 million). Ecclestone has also agreed a civil settlement with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), under which he will pay 652.6 million pounds covering tax, interest and penalties for 18 tax years between 1994 and 2022, prosecutor Richard Wright said.
• Bernie Madoff fails in bid for compassionate release from prison - "The 82-year-old convicted fraudster has less than 18 months to live, but judge says he should die in jail."
• Bernie Madoff, infamous Ponzi schemer, has died - "Bernard Madoff, whose name became synonymous with financial fraud, died while serving a 150-year sentence in Federal Prison. He was 82 years old."
• Bernie Madoff photos of convicted fraudster in prison - The Guardian.
• Bernie Madoff says he is dying of kidney failure & seeks early prison release - "Lawyer says 81-year-old behind history’s largest Ponzi scheme uses a wheelchair and has multiple serious conditions."
• Bernie Madoff Talks review: definitive life of an ‘extraordinarily evil’ man - "Jim Campbell exchanged hundreds of emails and letters with the financier whose crimes brought him a 150-year sentence."
• Bernie Madoff’s harrowing final days: hallucinations, dire medical conditions & waiting for the end to come - MarketWatch.
• Bernie Sanders on Twitter: "In Denmark, starting pay at ... - "In Denmark, starting pay at McDonald’s is about $22 an hour. The workers there get six weeks of paid vacation, a year’s paid maternity leave and a pension plan. Like all Danes, they enjoy universal medical insurance and paid sick leave. This is what a civilized society is about."
• Best & Worst Habits for Eyesight - "Are carrots good? Is blue light bad? Experts weigh in on nine common beliefs."
• Best & Worst Places for Retirement - The New York Times.
• Best aphrodisiac recipes - The Telegraph.
• Best April Fool's Day pranks and jokes to play on your friends or your boyfriend and kids at home - if you dare - Mirror Online.
• best British political insults and putdowns - The Telegraph.
• Best Cities To Live In For A Healthy & Happy Life 2022 - "A recent study out of the United Kingdom has confirmed the impact of five major lifestyle factors - including smoking, physical activity, alcohol intake, body weight, and diet - can have on a healthy and happy life and exactly where on earth it’s the easiest to achieve a happy lifestyle that helps increase life expectancy and decrease chronic illness. The study analyzed 44 global cities across 10 metrics ranging, from sunshine hours to the average cost of a gym membership. Here, the top cities that have been ranked the highest based on the levels of happiness and health of its citizens."
• best clothing for heatwaves - What is the best clothing to keep you cool?
• Best Countries for Business - Forbes.
• BEST Countries ranking full list 2017 - "The overall ranking of Best Countries measures global performance on a variety of metrics."
• BEST Countries survey 2017 - "Major Findings: The 2017 rankings results offer a clear blueprint on how policy-makers can change perceptions of their countries."
• Best Fashion Trends Of All Time - "Top 5 Timeless Styles Most Recommended By Experts. Whether you’re a t-shirt-and-jeans type of person or someone who only wears designer labels, everyone has their own sense of style. There have been plenty of memorable fashion trends over the years, many of which made us question society as a whole."
• Best Investment Since 1926? Apple - The New York Times.
• best mouse of 2016 - 9 top computer mice compared.
• best pen 2023 - "After evaluating 26 contenders and conducting three rounds of testing, our experts found one clear winner."
• Best-Performing CEOs in the World 2015 - Harvard Business Review.
• Best-Performing CEOs in the World Harvard Business Review.
• Best Places To Retire Abroad In 2020 - Forbes.
• Best Places To Retire In 2022: Sioux Falls & Other Hot Spots - "Forbes compared more than 800 locales in America on everything from housing costs and taxes to healthcare, air quality, crime and climate change and natural hazard risk. These are the top 25 cities for retirees."
• best science long reads of 2019 - "From the search for new dinosaur skeletons in the "Badlands" of Wyoming, to the push to return humans to the Moon for the first time since 1972, here's a festive selection of the best science and environment long reads published by the BBC this year."
• Best-Selling Vehicles in the World By Country - "Each country has different preferences for goods, and vehicles are no different. This infographic from Budget Direct Car Insurance highlights the best-selling vehicles in the world, using 2019 year-end sales data."
• best sleep apps & gadgets for a better night's sleep - "Let technology help you snag more z’s this year."
• best tech & apps for your home office - engadget.
• Best Times to Visit Copenhagen for Great Weather, Lower Prices & Fewer Crowds - "These are the best times to visit Copenhagen for every type of traveler." Travel + Leisure.
• Best Trips 2016 - National Geographic Traveler.
• best VPNs for 2023 - "Don’t fall for the hyped-up, overly-marketed options."
• Best Watches in the World: Timeless Craftsmanship & Innovation - "Championing the Pinnacle of Timekeeping. While horological excellence can come from any corner of the globe, certain brands have solidified their status as makers of the best watches in the world. These brands include ..."
• Best Way to Get People to Tell the Truth, According to Science - TIME Magazine.
• Best Ways to Reuse Wine Corks Instead of Throwing Them Away - "This would-be trash can be surprisingly useful around the house."
• best website builder for small businesses - engadget.
• BEST WEBSITE BUILDERS REVIEWED - On Blast Blog.
• Bette Nash, Longest-Serving Flight Attendant in the World, Dies at 88 - "Nash became a flight attendant in 1957 and never stopped working. She liked working the 6:30 a.m. flight from Washington to Boston, which regular commuters called the 'Nash Dash' in her honor."
• Better Aging Through Practice, Practice, Practice - The New York Times.
• BETTY FORD CENTER - alcohol abusement rehabilisation center.
• Beware the smart toaster: 18 tips for surviving the surveillance age - The Guardian.
• Beyond Pluto: the hunt for our solar system's new ninth planet - "Scientists think a planet larger than Earth lurks in the far reaches of the solar system. Now a new telescope could confirm their belief and change solar system science."
• Bezos of Black Wall Street - "A century ago, O.W. Gurley built an empire of African American businesses in Tulsa. Though it all came burning down in the massacre of 1921, new generations of entrepreneurs rose from the ashes."
• Bhutan is one of the world's most mysterious countries - "Visiting the Land of the Thunder Dragon can be challenging, but there's new incentive to finally cross it off the bucket list in 2022, as its breathtaking Trans Bhutan Trail will be reopening to travelers for the first time in 60 years."
• Bidding For Good - since 2003. "Fundraising Auctions That Work For You." We provide a unique online auction platform, where nonprofits, schools, consumers and businesses converge to create dynamic and exciting fundraising events and ultimately, to raise more money for the causes we care so much about. With the help of over 8,000 customers and the 400,000+ shoppers in our Bidder Community, we have created a new category of shopping, Charitable Commerce.
• Biden: 6 takeaways from President Joe Biden’s high-stakes ABC interview - "Biden takes ownership of debate performance, but offers a new excuse."
• Biden: 25 days that unraveled Biden’s campaign - "Age had been President Joe Biden’s biggest political weakness ever since he launched his first campaign against former President Donald Trump five years ago. But his faltering debate performance on June 27 shocked many Americans in what was their most extensive exposure to the president since the last round of debates in 2020."
• Biden accuses Vladimir Putin of committing genocide in Ukraine - "US president says Russian leader is ‘trying to wipe out the idea of even being Ukrainian’ in comments welcomed by Voldymyr Zelenskiy."
• Biden calls out Elon Musk & Twitter at Chicago-area fundraiser - "President Joe Biden on Friday called out Elon Musk, saying the billionaire had purchased a social media platform that 'spews lies all across the world.' 'Elon Musk goes out and buys an outfit that spews lies all across the world,' the president said at a Democratic fundraiser in Rosemont, Illinois, just outside of Chicago, according to the pool."
• Biden: Disney heir joins other Democrat backers to pause donations until Joe Biden steps aside - "Abigail Disney says choice to suspend donations is based on ‘realism, not disrespect’, and suggests Kamala Harris as an alternative."
• Biden dog Commander bit Secret Service agents at least 24 times - "US Secret Service records show the extent to which the German Shepherd caused chaos for the presidential bodyguards."
• Biden faced internal opposition to Brittney Griner swap, reports say - "Department of Justice viewed deal to exchange basketball star for Russian arms dealer as a mistake."
• Biden: Fact-Checking Biden's ABC Interview - "The president defended his debate performance with exaggerations about polling, his recent appearances and his opponent."
• Biden fumbles his make-or-break moment - "Biden stressed that the 'UAW endorsed me, but go ahead', referring to the United Auto Workers. He then mixed up Harris and Trump, saying, 'I wouldn't have picked vice-president Trump to be vice-president if she wasn't qualified'. Biden did not immediately correct himself."
• Biden Guide to Dressing Younger - "Though much has been made of the president's age, his tailoring tells another story. There are lessons to be learned here."
• Biden: Hear Biden's full historic address on leaving 2024 race - "President Joe Biden addressed the nation from the Oval Office of the White House about his decision to drop his Democratic presidential reelection bid."
• Biden: Inside the ‘doom loop’ of Joe Biden’s campaign - "Multiple leading Democrats tell CNN they feel caught in what one described as a 'doom loop,' with every move to keep President Joe Biden in or push him out further destroying their chances against Donald Trump."
• Biden Is No Sure Thing for 2024. What About Buttigieg? Harris? Even Whitmer? - "He was already the oldest president in American history when he took office at 78. He’d be just shy of 82 on Election Day in 2024. It shows. He doesn’t project anything like the ebullience he once did. His flubs transcend malapropisms. Last month, he erroneously claimed that student loan forgiveness - which he decreed by executive action - passed Congress by a few votes. That was the most glaring misstatement of his own record but hardly the only one."
• Biden Loves to Tell Tall Tales. We Cut Them Down to Size - "By President Biden’s account, he was a fierce civil rights activist in his youth, had an uncle who fell prey to cannibals and used to drive an 18-wheeler."
• Biden says Putin is losing the war in ... Iraq - "US president adds new entry to litany of gaffes. U.S. President Joe Biden slipped up Tuesday, saying Russian President Vladimir Putin is losing the war in Iraq."
• Biden: Soaring rhetoric, thin voice - Joe Biden meets his tragic end - "The Oval Office address was a historic moment for what feels already like a historical presidency. There was no surer, sadder proof Joe Biden is not up to the task that is no longer ahead of him than the manner in which he asked the American people to take it up instead."
• Biden: The Conspiracy of Silence to Protect Joe Biden - "The president’s mental decline was like a dark family secret for many elite supporters."
• Biden: The Last Politician review: the case for Joe Biden, polling be damned - "Franklin Foer delivers the goods on a president stuck with stubbornly low ratings and ever-present worries about his age."
• Biden: The rise & fall of Joe Biden - "Biden overcame a speech impediment, early tragedy and being constantly underestimated to become the 46th US president - but only for one term."
• Biden: Warning signs: a history of Joe Biden’s verbal slips - "Signs were hiding in plain sight well before the US presidential debate against Donald Trump."
• Biden: What a Linguist Hears When Biden Speaks - "In his interview last week with George Stephanopoulos, Biden repeatedly used verbless chunks in the place of sentences, with utterances such as 'No indication of any serious condition,' 'Nobody’s fault, mine' and 'Large crowds, overwhelming response, no slipping.'"
• Biden's dog Commander leaves White House after biting incidents - "The Biden family's dog, Commander, has been moved out of the White House after a series of biting incidents. Just last week, Commander bit a Secret Service agent who required medical treatment at the scene. It was the 11th time the dog has bitten a guard at the White House complex or at the family home in Delaware."
• Biden's fist bump with crown prince - "It was a striking photograph. The US president and the man he'd called a pariah, bumping fists in the gilded splendour of Jeddah's royal palace."
• Biden’s political career across the decades - in pictures - "The oldest-ever American president’s political career is coming to an end as he yields to pressure to step aside. We look back at a journey that began in 1972."
• Biden's State of the Union: What it takes to write a speech for the president - "As US President Joe Biden puts the finishing touches to his State of the Union address, spare a thought for the behind-the-scenes toil of the White House speechwriters, the hardest-working team in Washington this time of year."
• Biden's TV interview: self-confident but in denial - "President recalls much more about his record but his attitude to poor approval ratings was more like his Republican rival. Biden said it 'depends on if the Lord Almighty comes down and tells me that, I might do that.' Democrats hope he will take the counsel of mortals.
• big beef’s climate messaging machine: confuse, defend & downplay - "A Masters of Beef Advocacy program teaches ‘scientific sounding’ arguments on cattle’s sustainability in an all-out public relations war."
• Big cats: US Senate unanimously passes bill to curb private ownership - "Conservationists estimate as many as 7,000 tigers are living in the US either in zoos or privately owned."
• Big John, largest known triceratops skeleton, goes on display before auction - "Bones found in 2014 in what is now South Dakota described as ‘miracle of nature and work of art’."
• Big Mac Index - The Economist.
• BIG THINK - "Blogs, Articles and Videos from the World's Top Thinkers and Leaders." Big Think is an online knowledge forum, founded in 2007, that features interviews, multi-media presentations, and roundtable discussions with major intellectuals from a wide range of fields. The concept for Big Think has been described as a YouTube for ideas.
• big U.S. tax dodging is done in full public view - Quartz.
• 'Biggest bang since the big bang' - " 'It just sounds like a thud': astronomers hear biggest cosmic event since big bang. Researchers believe noise was two black holes colliding around 7 billion years ago, creating a previously unseen class of stellar object."
• Biggest Brands of 2022 - "We calculated the average percentage of value retained compared to retail pricing for handbags, accessories, fine jewelry, and watches with proprietary data pulled from our very own tool, Clair." Rebag.
• Biggest British-American Tea Kerfuffle Since ... Well, You Know - "An American chemistry professor has a surprising thought about how to make the best cup of tea: Add a pinch of salt. Not everyone in Britain is eager to embrace the idea."
• Biggest Company in the World, List of Top-10 - "Apple Inc, with the market capitalization value of $2.974 trillion holds the title of the biggest company in the world. Know about the top-10 largest companies in the world."
• Biggest Tech Failures & Successes of 2017 - - The New York Times.
• biggest technology flops in history - The Telegraph.
• BILDERBERG MEETING 2024: War, AI & more war: the 2024 Bilderberg agenda is sure to set off alarm bells - "The secretive annual summit has tried to counter its arcane reputation, but its guest list still reads like a conspiracist’s who’s who of who rules the world." The 70th Bilderberg Meeting will take place from 30 May to 2 June 2024 in Madrid, Spain.
• BILDERBERG MEETINGS - "Since its inaugural Meeting in 1954, the annual Bilderberg Meeting has been a forum for informal discussions to foster dialogue between Europe and North America. Every year, approx. 130 political leaders and experts from industry, finance, labour, academia and the media are invited to take part in the Meeting. About two thirds of the participants come from Europe and the rest from North America; one third from politics and government and the rest from other fields. The Meeting is a forum for informal discussions about major issues. The Meetings are held under the Chatham House Rule, which states that participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s) nor of any other participant may be revealed. Thanks to the private nature of the Meeting, the participants take part as individuals rather than in any official capacity, and hence are not bound by the conventions of their office or by pre-agreed positions. As such, they can take time to listen, reflect and gather insights. There is no detailed agenda, no resolutions are proposed, no votes are taken, and no policy statements are issued."
• Bilinguals Are Smarter - The New York Times.
• Bill Clinton & Ghislaine Maxwell Took Undisclosed Trip Together in 2003 - Podcast - "In Chasing Ghislaine: The Untold Story of the Woman in Epstein's Shadow, investigative journalist Vicky Ward alleges that the British socialite joined the former president on a visit to the Taj Mahal. On this trip, Ward claims that Maxwell and Clinton traveled on a private jet owned by billionaire Ron Burkle, as part of the former president's work with the Clinton Foundation."
• Bill Cosby found guilty of sexually abusing minor at Playboy Mansion - "Jurors at the civil trial ruled in favor of Judy Huth who accused the comedian of forcing her to perform a sex act in 1975 at 16 years old."
• Bill Cosby freed after top court overturns sexual assault conviction - "The judges said there had been a 'process violation' by the prosecution, but admitted their ruling was unusual."
• Bill Cosby granted right to appeal against sexual assault conviction - "Decision could test legal framework of #MeToo cases. Cosby, 82, serving three- to 10-year sentence in prison."
• Bill Cosby, in Deposition, Said Drugs and Fame Helped Him Seduce Women - The New York Times.
• Bill Cosby prosecutors urge Supreme Court to restore conviction - "Prosecutors urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction, complaining in a petition released Monday the verdict was thrown out over a questionable agreement that the comic claimed gave him lifetime immunity."
• Bill Cosby: The rise, fall & release of 'America's Dad' - "Bill Cosby was once known to millions as 'America's Dad', but the comedian had his reputation shattered when he was sentenced to three to 10 years in jail after being convicted of sexual assault."
• Bill Gates aims to clean up the planet - The Guardian.
• Bill Gates-backed experimental nuclear power plant heads to tiny Wyoming city - "Officials have announced that Kemmerer, population 2,600, will be the site of a plant featuring a liquid sodium-cooled reactor."
• Bill Gates bought a Porsche, and then Elon Musk talked trash about him - "Bill Gates bought an electric car. But while he’s given Tesla credit for pushing other carmakers to go electric, it does seem notable that he didn’t buy from the company that pushed the innovation. He bought a Porsche Taycan."
• Bill Gates Car Collection: A Look Inside The Billionaire's Private Garage - "Bill Gates is a billionaire many times over. As one of the world's most influential techies, what does he drive?"
• Bill Gates, College Dropout: Don’t Be Like Me - The New York Times.
• Bill Gates explains his vision for nuclear power - "Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates talks to CNN's Fareed Zakaria about building a nuclear power plant in Wyoming and the future of nuclear energy."
• Bill Gates: He eats Big Macs for lunch & schedules every minute of his day - meet the man worth $80 billion - The Telegraph.
• Bill Gates: 'I was so jealous' of 'genius' Steve Jobs - "Bill Gates is a tech icon and the world’s second-wealthiest person. So, it’s hard to imagine the Microsoft co-founder being jealous of anyone."
• Bill Gates offered a hilarious gift to Warren Buffett on his 90th birthday - "Bill Gates offered a sweet and funny video tribute to his billionaire pal Warren Buffett Sunday in honor of his 90th birthday."
• Bill Gates offers to let anyone download the first operating system he & Paul Allen wrote 50 years ago - "‘That code remains the coolest I’ve ever written’. Even as he grows older, Microsoft founder Bill Gates still fondly remembers the catalytic computer code he wrote 50 years ago that opened up a new frontier in technology."
• BILL GATES ON 60 MINUTES - 13:28.
• Bill Gates On Advising OpenAI, Microsoft & Why AI Is ‘The Hottest Topic Of 2023’ - "The Microsoft cofounder talked to Forbes about his work with AI unicorn OpenAI and back on Microsoft’s campus, AI’s potential impact on jobs and in medicine, and much more."
• BILL GATES ON STEVE JOBS - 60 Minutes.
• Bill Gates reportedly advised to end inappropriate emails with female employee in 2008 - "A Wall Street Journal report revealed execs approached the CEO in 2008 about flirtatious emails to a female midlevel staffer."
• Bill Gates says crypto & NFTs are a sham - "Those digital asset trends are '100% based on greater fool theory,' the Microsoft co-founder said Tuesday at a TechCrunch conference, referencing the notion that investors can make money on worthless or overvalued assets as long as people are willing to bid them higher. Gates added that he's 'not long or short' crypto. And he mocked Bored Apes NFTs, joking that 'expensive digital images of monkeys' will 'improve the world immensely.'"
• Bill Gates says his ‘greatest mistake ever’ was Microsoft losing to Android - "Microsoft’s messy move from Windows Mobile to Windows Phone let Android thrive."
• Bill Gates Says Living a Happy, Successful Life Comes Down to 3 Simple Things - "Advice from Bill Gates on solving problems, using your time wisely, and why patience is a leadership superpower."
• Bill Gates: Sorry about Control-Alt-Delete - CNN tech.
• Bill Gates: The Billionaire Book Critic - The New York Times.
• Bill Gates: This Book Is 'One of the Most Important' - TIME.
• Bill Gates: Trump twice asked me the difference between HIV & HPV - The Guardian.
• Bill Gates: US 'not even close' to doing enough to fight pandemic - "Microsoft founder Bill Gates said Thursday that the current coronavirus picture, both globally and in the US, is 'more bleak' than he would have expected."
• Bill Gates wants you to know that he still doesn’t use an iPhone - "Bill Gates has said many times that he prefers Android over iPhone, and that apparently hasn’t changed. In a recent 'Ask Me Anything' on Reddit, the Microsoft co-founder revealed that he unsurprisingly hasn’t made the switch to an iPhone nor does he use an iPad, Mac, or Microsoft Surface Duo."
• Bill Gates watched ChatGPT ace an AP Bio exam & went into ‘a state of shock’ - "‘Let’s see where we can put it to good use.’" Even tech icon Bill Gates says he was caught off-guard by the rapid development of artificial intelligence programs like ChatGPT. On Thursday, Gates opened up about “the most stunning demo I’ve ever seen in my life” - a demonstration of ChatGPT’s capabilities on an AP Biology exam in August 2022, he said on an episode of his “Unconfuse Me” podcast featuring Khan Academy CEO Sal Khan.
• Bill Gates: Why I'm optimistic about the future of AI - "I believe there is huge potential to use AI to improve lives in low- and middle-income countries."
• Bill Gates’ 5 Secrets To Happiness Are Surprisingly Affordable - "It's maddening, but sometimes Forbes readers dismiss the wisdom of a life coach. You tend to pay more attention to the life lessons delivered by billionaires. The problem is that while most life coaches are not very rich, most billionaires are not tremendously happy."
• Bill Gates' Bookshelf - The Bill Gates Notes.
• Billion dollar 'doomsday' bunkers - "How the 1% are preparing for the apocalypse."
• Billion dollar+ software companies founded since 2003 - Atomico.
• billionaire addresses - "Mansions & Home Addresses of Billionaires, Millionaires, and CEO's."
• Billionaire Streakers: These 17 People Made The First Forbes 400 In 1982 - And Are On The List Today.
• Billionaire bunkers: How the 1% are preparing for the apocalypse - "Say 'doomsday bunker' and most people would imagine a concrete room filled with cots and canned goods ..."
• Billionaire Wealth by Country, ranked - "American billionaires collectively control $5.7 trillion - more than the combined wealth of the next 10 countries."
• Billionaires Are Actually Less Intelligent Than Lower-Paid People New Study Shows - "New research has shattered the myth that the ultra-wealthy are the smartest people around."
• billionaires aren’t the brainboxes they like to believe - "The obscene wealth of many CEOs is less a result of intelligence and more down to luck, background and personality."
• Billionaires Like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk & George Soros Pay Less Income Tax Than You - "And How You Can Replicate The Strategy. It's Legal. Most billionaires don’t get to where they are by earning a salary. And that also means they might pay less income tax than Americans who make a living through wages. According to a report from ProPublica, some billionaires in the U.S. paid little or no income tax relative to the vast amount of wealth they have accumulated over the years."
• Billionaires' Survivalist Bunkers Go Absolutely Bonkers With Fiery Moats & Water Cannons - "Amid 'World War III' fears, apocalypse-fearing moguls are investing millions in survival strategies including rotating fireplaces out of 'Indiana Jones' and heightened tactical systems."
• BILLIONS CLUB - playlist by Spotify - "All the songs with more than 1 BILLION streams on Spotify."
• Bin Laden's Bookshelf Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
• Bin Laden’s Bookshelf Reflects His Fixation on West - The New York Times.
• Bin Laden's 'hidden life' Report - Al Jazeera.
• Bin Laden's son 'asked for father's death certificate' - BBC.
• Bing for iOS now lets you search Web with your camera
• BINGE-WATCH EVERY APPLE IPHONE ANNOUNCEMENT HERE - Wired.
• Binge-watching may lead to depression and other health problems: study - NY Daily News.
• Bioengineered cornea can restore sight to the blind & visually impaired - "Bioengineered corneal tissue for minimally invasive vision restoration in advanced keratoconus in two clinical cohorts."
• BIOMETRICS - Wikipedia.
• Biometrics Are Coming, Along With Serious Security Concerns - Wired.
• BIOMETRIC PASSPORT - Wikipedia.
• Biotech company says it has brought an animal back from extinction for the first time - "Scientists say they have resurrected the dire wolf."
• Birds: Scientists Made a List of Lost Birds & Now They Want Us to Find Them - "Some 144 bird species had not been seen in at least a decade, but a project by conservation organizations proposes they all may still be hidden somewhere in the wild."
• Birkenstock Boston Clogs Became a Commodity - "If You Want These Birkenstocks, You May Have to Pay Up. The classic “Boston” style has become a rare commodity and nearly impossible to find in stores. Resellers are having a field day."
• Birkin bags are a better investment than the American stock market The Telegraph.
• Birkin Lawsuit, HermÈs Makes Clear What Money Alone Can’t Buy - "Very few people can spend $100,000 for a handbag. Of those who can, it still doesn’t guarantee they’ll get the handbag they want - especially if that bag is the Hermès Birkin. The Birkin lawsuit presents an opportunity for luxury brands to understand what makes Hermes such a valuable company. The crux of the Birkin lawsuit alleges Hermès requires customers to buy other products before finally given a chance to buy a Birkin."
• birthplace of the US vacation - "Roughly 150 years ago, a priest led Americans to 'vacate' cities and enjoy nature in the Adirondacks. Now, a brand-new trail connecting the US and Canada is hoping to do the same."
• Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System - "In 2008, a person using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto published a white paper explaining the basics of Bitcoin."
• Bitcoin Consumes More Electricity Than Most Countries in The World. Here's Why - "The bitcoin market now exceeds $1 trillion with its price rising tenfold in a year, but focus is shifting towards the massive power requirements needed to sustain the online currency."
• Bitcoin Forum - dedicated to the discussion of bitcoin, blockchain technology and cryptocurrency. The forum was initially created by Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous inventor of Bitcoin in November 2009.
• Bitcoin-style Blockchain initiative backed by 9 large investment banks - R3.
• Bitcoin Technology Piques Interest on Wall St. - The New York Times.
• Bitcoin’s Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Is Probably This Unknown Australian Genius - Wired.
• Bitcoin’s Energy Consumption Is A Highly Charged Debate - Who’s Right? - "How much power does bitcoin consume? It is a question that has been debated for years, especially when the price rises. The recent surge to a new high of $58,354 has certainly reinvigorated the debate. The question usually arrives with a slurry of other perennial criticisms: it’s a scam, it’s too volatile for a store of value, it’s failed as a payment vehicle, it’s used for illicit activity, it’s not backed by anything, the dog ate my bitcoin wallet..."
• Bitcoin’s mysterious inventor is now one of the world’s 50 richest people - Quartz.
• BIT.LY - "Shorten, share and track your links." A simple URL shortener.
• Black Box Thinking and Why Science Is so Successful - The New York Times.
• BLACK FRIDAY GUIDE - Best deals of Black Friday & Cyber Monday.
• Black Friday is a scam - 99% of all sneakers are cheaper on another day - "After analyzing more than 1.4 million prices of 4,024 sneakers from more than 200 retailers on RunRepeat over the past two years, it turns out just 1% of all sneakers are cheapest on Black Friday."
• Black History - "A timeline of two millennia of world-shaping individuals and momentous events that define Black history."
• black hole discovery fulfills Einstein prediction - "Light detected behind a black hole for the first time."
• BLACKBAUD - "Your Passion. Our Purpose." Fundraising software, nonprofit accounting software & nonprofit management system.
• 'BlackBerry' review: The comedy & tragedy of the innovator's dilemma - "It's funny, dramatic and one of the best movies about tech."
• BLEETBOX - "Make any site social." Browser based chat application that allows you to chat with anyone, about anything, anywhere on the Web. "We want you to be able to: Discover and share anything you find interesting on the Web. Find and chat live with other people that have the same interests as you. Find, follow and create the latest news and trends."
• Blinkist - "A smarter you in 15 minutes." Learn more, do more, be more—and still spend less time reading. We read 1,000 books a year for you and distill their key insights into powerful, actionable, 15-minute marvels.
• Blockchains, What Are They Good For? - "Growing evidence says: absolutely nothing. A year ago Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were selling at record prices, with a combined market value of around $3 trillion; glossy ads featuring celebrities - most infamously Matt Damon’s 'Fortune Favors the Brave' - filled the airwaves. Politicians, including, alas, the mayor of New York, raced to align themselves with what seemed to be the coming thing. Skeptics like yours truly were told that we just didn’t get it." The New York Times.
• BLOGGER - "Create your free Blog." Free weblog publishing tool from Google, for sharing text, photos and video.
• Blood of Exceptionally Long-Lived People Reveals Key Differences - "Twelve blood-based biomarkers related to inflammation, metabolism, liver and kidney function, as well as potential malnutrition and anaemia, were included. All of these have been associated with ageing or mortality in previous studies."
• Blood test may detect 50 types of cancer - "UK to pilot blood test that may detect 50 types of cancer."
• BLOOM ENERGY - The Bloom Box. "Clean Reliable Affordable Energy... Anywhere!"
• Bloomberg Billionaires Index - launched in March 2012. "View profiles for each of the world's 500 richest people, see the biggest movers, and compare fortunes or track returns." The Bloomberg Billionaires Index is a daily ranking of the world's richest people. Details about the calculations are provided in the net worth analysis on each billionaire's profile page. The figures are updated at the close of every trading day in New York.
• Bloomberg Game Changers - (TV Series 2010-).
• Blue Monday: is it really the most depressing day of the year? - "The third Monday in January has been coined 'Blue Monday' and is suggested to be the saddest day of the year."
• Blue-sky thinking: how cities can keep air clean after coronavirus - "Many urban dwellers have gazed in awe at their newly clean cities over the last few months. But three - Copenhagen, Oakland and Mexico City - are leading the way in making such transformations permanent. How?"
• Blue spaces: why time spent near water is the secret of happiness - "Coastal environments have been shown to improve our health, body and mind. So should doctors start issuing nature-based prescriptions?"
• blue supermoon lights up the sky - in pictures - "Stargazers around the world enjoyed a visual treat of the supermoon - which appears as red or yellow at dusk."
• Blue Zones - "Live Longer, Better." Where people live the longest.
• Blueberries have joined green beans in this year’s Dirty Dozen list - "Blueberries, beloved by nutritionists for their anti-inflammatory properties, have joined fiber-rich green beans in this year’s Dirty Dozen of nonorganic produce with the most pesticides, according to the Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit environmental health organization. In the 2023 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce, researchers analyzed testing data on 46,569 samples of 46 fruits and vegetables conducted by the US Department of Agriculture. Each year, a rotating list of produce is tested by USDA staffers who wash, peel or scrub fruits and vegetables as consumers would before the food is examined for 251 different pesticides."
• Bluetooth bandwidth set to double, opening a path for video & lossless audio - "Bluetooth, the technology that powers the wireless data connections between billions of devices, is going to become even more capable, with big increases planned for the data bandwidth of Bluetooth LE."
• Bluetooth is still headache-inducing two decades later - "Bluetooth is said to borrow its name from a ninth century Scandinavian king, Harald 'Blue tooth' Gormsson, who was known for his blueish-gray dead tooth and also for uniting Denmark and Norway in 958 AD. Early programmers adopted 'Bluetooth' as a code name for their wireless tech that connects local devices, and it eventually stuck."
• BLURB - make your own book with Blurb.
• B.M.I.: Time to Say Goodbye to the B.M.I.? - "The body mass index has long been criticized as a flawed indicator of health. A replacement has been gaining support: the body roundness index. The B.M.I. fails to capture the health risks faced by many patients. The B.R.I. is a better measure of abdominal fat, which is more closely linked to cancer, heart disease and other ailments."
• Bob Woodward's 18 interviews with Trump - "'Pretty cool. Right?' Unfiltered moments from Trump's 18 interviews with Bob Woodward."
• Bob Woodward’s New Book Will Chronicle Trump’s ‘Harrowing’ Presidency - "The famed Watergate reporter’s “Fear: Trump in the White House” will be published in September."
• body-Focused repetitive behaviors | BFRB - Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry.
• Boeing 747: The plane that shrank the world - "It became an icon of long-haul travel and exotic holidays; Boeing’s 747 could fly more people further than any plane before. Stephen Dowling looks back at an aviation classic 50 years after it was first unveiled."
• Boeing is losing the plane race. So it packed up and left for Washington - "The company's Thursday announcement that it will move once again, to Arlington, Virginia, only gives critics more fuel: By moving into the shadow of both the Pentagon and Congress, Boeing seems to be signaling it has lost the commercial race to Airbus and wants to be seen as primarily a defense and space contractor."
• Boeing 'probably shouldn't have taken' Trump-negotiated Air Force One deal, CEO says - "Boeing's CEO on Wednesday called the unusual deal his predecessor negotiated with then-President Donald Trump for the next generation of Air Force One a one-off that he hopes not to repeat."
• Boeing unveils new 777 'ecoDemonstrator' test jet - "US aircraft maker Boeing has just revealed its new 2022 ecoDemonstrator plane - a converted, 20-year-old 777-200ER that will be tasked with testing new technologies aimed at making air travel more sustainable and safer. The ecoDemonstrator will reportedly go through a six-month series of tests both on the ground and in the sky, starting this summer. Among the 30 or so technologies set for testing during the campaign include projects designed to reduce fuel use, emissions and noise, while incorporating more sustainable materials."
• Boeing's reputation for safety has been decimated - "Boeing was once known for safety and engineering. But critics say an emphasis on profits changed that."
• BØrsen fire: Denmark endures its own Notre Dame devastation - "Alarm bells first rang out early on Tuesday morning as fire ripped through Copenhagen's historic former stock exchange building, Børsen. Within no time at all the inferno had gutted large parts of the 400-year-old structure and toppled the ornate spire known for its distinctive dragons."
• Bolivia’s ruthless tin baron saved thousands of Jewish refugees - "He has been described as ‘the worst kind of businessman’, but we now know that industrialist Moritz Hochschild also rescued as many as 20,000 Jews from the Nazis."
• ‘Bomb Cyclone’? - "These storms aren’t tremendously rare, but this particular one is much more powerful than most."
• Bonaire: Why so many visitors want to move to this secret island - "Sometimes it only takes one visit to convince visitors to pack up their belongings and move to Bonaire permanently."
• Bonhams: The Making of The Crown - "Want to Live Like a Queen? This 'Crown' Auction Can Help. Bonhams is selling hundreds of costumes and props from 'The Crown,' including a horse-drawn carriage, robes of state and the queen's bed."
• Book of Life - "Developing Emotional Intelligence." The brain of the school of life.
• books are being used to train AI. No one told the authors - "Almost 200,000 books are being used to train artificial intelligence systems by some of the biggest companies in technology. The problem? No one told the authors. The system is called Books3, and according to an investigation by The Atlantic, the data set is based on a collection of pirated e-books spanning all genres, from erotic fiction to prose poetry. Books help generative AI systems with learning how to communicate information."
• books as interior design? It's a trend with a tale - "The appeal of bookshelf wealth and its ensuing outrage tells us something uncomfortable about our culture. 'Bookshelf wealth' has been named 2024’s “first major design trend”. This is the new name for a home stacked with hundreds of carefully curated books and it is situated as the interior design version of fashion’s 'quiet luxury'."
• Boom wants to bring back the days of Concorde, but for the masses - "The Colorado-based company aims to reintroduce commercial supersonic flight, which has been on hiatus since Concorde was retired in 2003. But unlike Concorde, an elitist engineering marvel that only a handful of airlines ever operated, Boom hopes its supersonic aircraft - called Overture - will democratize this type of travel, making it accessible to the masses."
• Bordeaux Wine Snobs Have a Point, According to This Computer Model - "With machine learning, scientists are trying to chemically define the murky concept of terroir. The models might be useful for detecting wine fraud."
• BORDOM - "In a sentence, Bordom is a vast collection of funny memes, strange news, and other fascinating things found on the Internet."
• BORG drinking & why is it a dangerous trend? An expert explains - "BORG, or 'blackout rage gallon,' refers to a concoction often prepared in a gallon-size plastic jug. It typically contains vodka or other distilled alcohol, water, a flavor enhancer and an electrolyte powder or drink. BORGs are often drunk at outside day parties, otherwise known as darties."
• Borgen is back: here's why you should catch up before its Netflix return - "A new series of the Danish political drama is in development, and its depiction of government is in stark contrast to our current, gloomy reality."
• Borgen: This political drama from Denmark stands out - "Borgen has a lot to say about coalitions and the people who form them." GatesNotes. The Blog of Bill Gates.
• Boris Becker faces DEPORTATION after his 30-month jail term - "Tennis ace does not have UK citizenship so could be booted out by the Home Office like any foreign criminal sentenced to more than a year."
• Boris Becker says prison was 'daily fight for survival' - "Boris Becker says best to ‘make friends with the strong boys’ as he recalls ‘very scary’ life in prison. Tennis great Boris Becker says he’s grateful just to be alive as he reflected on spending time in prison in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour."
• Boris Johnson: a guide to his road to power - "From bullied schoolboy to betrayer of women and voters, his career trajectory has been a controversial one."
• Boris Johnson aide invited No 10 staff to lockdown ‘BYOB’ party - "Police investigating reports that Martin Reynolds invited 100 employees and PM attended at time when social mixing was banned."
• Boris Johnson lays out visa offer to nearly 3m Hong Kong citizens - "UK prime minister says all eligible for BNO passport can apply if China cuts freedoms."
• Boris Johnson likens himself to Roman who returned as dictator - "Departing PM references Cincinnatus, who turned to farming after leaving Rome - but then returned to power."
• Boris Johnson resigns as MP with immediate effect over Partygate report - "Committee found former prime minister had misled the House of Commons and recommended lengthy suspension."
• Boris Johnson’s outdone Henry VIII in having his third marriage blessed by the Catholic church - "It seems like double standards when the twice-divorced prime minister can marry in church while other divorcees cannot."
• Boris Johnson's personal finances? They're as orderly as his hair - "Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Kathryn Stone, who had investigated the Prime Minister's 2019 holiday with then-fiancee Carrie Symonds to Mustique, had ruled that Boris broke the rules that say MPs must 'conscientiously fulfil' their duty to declare all financial interests."
• Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany - "The president of Botswana has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in a dispute over conservation."
• Bottled Water Is Full of Plastic Particles. Can They Harm Your Health? - "Here’s what scientists know so far about the health effects of nanoplastics, and what you can do to reduce your exposure."
• Bottled Water or Tap: How Much Does Your Choice Matter? - The New York Times.
• Boundaries are suddenly everywhere. What does the squishy term actually mean? - "The notion of ‘boundaries’ is a seductive metaphor for how our relationships should work - but where did it come from?"
• BP-owned company is selling carbon credits on trees that aren’t in danger, analysis finds - "Satellite analysis looked at credits sold by Finite Carbon, which runs some of North America’s largest offset projects."
• Brad Pitt sues Angelina Jolie over vineyard where they got married - "The couple purchased a controlling interest in Chateau Miraval in 2008 and got married there six years later. Pitt says he and his former wife agreed not to sell their stakes in the venue without the permission of the other. But Jolie sold her share to a spirits manufacturer owned by a Russian oligarch, according to the lawsuit. Jolie has not yet commented."
• Brad Templeton's Home Page - software architect, civil rights advocate, and entrepreneur.
• brain collector: the scientist unravelling the mysteries of grey matter - "Using cutting-edge methods, Alexandra Morton-Hayward is cracking the secrets of ancient brains - even as hers betrays her."
• Brain food: what to eat to keep your mind sharp - The Telegraph.
• Brain gain: 10 ways to think yourself younger - The Telegraph.
• Brain Map Identifies Nearly 100 New Regions - The New York Times.
• Brainrot: If You Know What ‘Brainrot’ Means, You Might Already Have It - "A popular term captures the condition of being terminally online, with humor and pathos. The term refers primarily to low-value internet content and the effects caused by spending too much time consuming it. Example: 'I've been watching so many TikToks, I have brainrot.'"
• BRAINY QUOTE - famous quotes and quotations.
• Brand Ivanka: inside tangled empire of the 1st daughter - The Guardian.
• Brand logos: HIDDEN MEANINGS FOUND IN FAMOUS AUTOMOTIVE & TECH BRAND LOGOS - "Toyota's ovals - Audi's rings - Mercedes-Benz's three-pointed star - BMW's propeller."
• Brand new Boeing 747 scrapped after 16 flights - "A Boeing 747 configured as a private VIP jet is being scrapped after having spent just 30 hours in service over 16 flights. The aircraft, originally intended for a Saudi royal, sat on the ground for almost 10 years at EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg, located at the border between France, Switzerland and Germany."
• Brands of the World - "Download vector logos and logotypes."
• BRANDWEEK - brand profressions count on Brandweek.com for online access to branding news and analysis.
• Braunau in the spotlight: Hitler's birthplace embraces inclusion - The Guardian.
• Brazil Carnival in pictures: Rio & SÃo Paulo - The Telegraph.
• Breakfast around the world - "It’s impossible to determine the single most-common breakfast dish for an entire nation. Trust us, we tried. In America, for example, the breakfast of choice might be bacon and eggs, or smoothie bowls, or fluffy buttermilk pancakes — all depending on who you ask. Regardless, most countries have a signature dish that stands out as uniquely theirs."
• Breaking for beginners: all you need to know about Olympics’ newest sport - "Our guide will help sort your downrock from your freeze as 60-second blasts of dance take over the Paris Games."
• Breasts?: Why Are We Obsessed With Breasts? - "As a self-proclaimed feminist, she used to think that any obsession with breasts was vain and distasteful, driven by a superficial need to please the male gaze. After her own mastectomy, sociologist Sarah Thornton sought to answer the question."
• Brew your coffee this way & you might live longer - "The healthiest way to brew your coffee - and possibly lengthen your life."
• Brian Cox reveals his all-time favorite Succession line - "I loved that line and I just thought, 'Why didn't I say that earlier?"
• BRICS 2023 - since 2006. "BRICS and Africa: Partnership for Mutually Accelerated Growth, Sustainable Development and Inclusive Multilateralism." A grouping of the world economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa formed by the 2010 addition of South Africa to the predecessor BRIC. The original acronym "BRIC", or "the BRICs", was coined in 2001 by Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill to describe fast-growing economies that would collectively dominate the global economy by 2050.
• Brigitte Bardot calls #metoo protesters 'hypocritical' - The Guardian.
• BRIGITTE BARDOT slams Kurt Zouma over cat-kicking videos - "French animal rights activist, 87, files legal action against 'imbecile' West Ham defender - as club loses SECOND sponsor over scandal."
• Brilliant Inventor Who Made Two of History’s Biggest Mistakes - "A century ago, Thomas Midgley Jr. was responsible for two phenomenally destructive innovations. What can we learn from them today? Each of these innovations offered a brilliant solution to an urgent technological problem of the era: making automobiles more efficient, producing a safer refrigerant. But each turned out to have deadly secondary effects on a global scale. Indeed, there may be no other single person in history who did as much damage to human health and the planet, all with the best of intentions as an inventor."
• ‘Bring a bag & use refills’: how to cut down on plastic waste - "An average household throws out 3,400 plastic items a year - here’s how to shrink that and save."
• Britain doesn't build - "The history of attempts to reform planning in Britain is proof that political willpower is not enough: you need to be smart, not just brave."
• Britain's bitter bread battle: what a £5 sourdough loaf tells us about health, wealth & class - "'Ideas of social status and the colour of your bread go back to Roman times.' Some complain that pricey sourdough is elitist and pretentious. Others lambast cheap sliced white as unhealthy and unsustainable. How did our most basic foodstuff become a source of conflict and division?"
• BRITAIN’S LOST RAINFORESTS - "The Lost Rainforests of Britain campaign launches a new map revealing the extent of Britain’s surviving fragments of temperate rainforest."
• British Airways could serve passengers 'digital pill' to monitor in-flight happiness - The Telegraph.
• British babies cry the most, Danish babies the least - The Guardian.
• British islands that disappear every day - "Located between Britain and France, the Minquiers have long been subject to the squabbles of dukedoms and governments, torn between Normans, Britons and French for 1,000-plus years. The southern-most building in the British Isles is not a crumbling castle, built to repel would-be conquerors; nor is it a lonely lighthouse, flashing a warning beacon to passing seafarers. It is a public toilet."
• British isle with its own language - "The secret British language that was used to outwit the Nazis. Very few people outside the island know that Jersey has its own language - or that it was cannily used as a clandestine code during German occupation in WW2."
• British monarchs are not supposed to have opinions. Charles III has already expressed many of his - "The death of Queen Elizabeth II marked the end of an era for the monarchy in more ways than one. She was the last senior royal from a generation that will soon seem alien to modern monarchists. During her 70 years on the throne, Elizabeth gave only one media interview which was limited to the subject of her coronation. She never publicly stated a strong opinion on any subject that could be considered political or controversial. She avoided any kind of public intervention into how the public institutions of the UK should be run."
• British Virgin Islands: Premier Andrew Fahie arrested in US drug sting - "The leader of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has been arrested for alleged drug smuggling and money laundering in the US."
• Britain's crumbling Houses of Parliament - in pictures - The Guardian.
• Broccoli: How to pick the perfect broccoli at the supermarket - "A professional fruit and vegetable supplier has revealed the five features you should look out for when you're buying broccoli at the supermarket."
• Broccoli: Scientists Revealed a Healthier Way to Cook Broccoli - "Unfortunately, studies have shown that common broccoli cooking methods, like boiling and microwaving, seriously reduce the amount of glucosinolates in the vegetable - even if you just zap it for a couple minutes. And myrosinase is super-sensitive to heat, too."
• brokenlinkcheck.com - "Online Broken Link Checker." This free online Checker / Validator not just tells you which of your hyperlinks are dead but it will also show to your where exactly those stale references locate in your HTML code!
• Brooke Shields & the Curse of Great Beauty - "'Pretty Baby,' a new documentary on Hulu, explores the toll that sexual and commercial objectification takes on women."
• Bruce Lee bio debunks myths about the 'kung fu Jesus' - CNN.
• Buck Moon: July supermoon appears brighter than usual in the sky - "July's supermoon is appearing full for up to three days, according to Nasa. Known as a Buck Moon, it is closer than normal in its orbit around the Earth. This is because the Moon's orbit is not a perfect circle due to the Earth's gravitational pull; instead it is elliptical, like an elongated circle or oval."
• Bruce Lee: Life without Bruce & Brandon: Shannon Lee on losing her superstar father & brother - "How do you survive when the two most important men in your life die at a tragically young age? The daughter of martial arts hero, Bruce Lee, describes what kept her going - and how she is preserving the family legacy."
• Brutal heatwaves & submerged cities: what a 3C world would look like - "Climate scientists have told the Guardian they expect catastrophic levels of global heating. Here’s what that would mean for the planet."
• BUCKINGHAM PALACE - "The King's official London residence and a working royal palace." Official website.
• Buckley vs. Vidal: When Debate Became Bloodsport - The New York Times.
• Building Blocks of Learning - The New York Times.
• buildings constructed from cannabis - "In search of sustainable materials, architects are turning to an unusual source: hemp."
• Building Your Own Personal Weather Station Is a Breeze - Wired.
• Bullet Journal - "An analog note-taking system for the digital age."
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - since 1945. Nontechnical online magazine that covers global security and public policy issues related to the dangers posed by nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, climate change, emerging technologies, and diseases.
• Bullingdon Club: Five Facts About The Super-Rich, Elite Oxford University Drinking Club - The Huffington Post.
• bunkers: Why the super rich are building super luxury bunkers - "Operating theaters, bowling alleys and home cinemas: Not happy with safe rooms, the super-rich are building luxury fortresses."
• Burgers Costs More Now - "There are dozens of different factors that go into food inflation."
• Burj Al Arab: ‘World’s most famous’ helipad on Burj al Arab turns 25 - "Dubai in 1993 was a world away from the global capital of today. That year, British architecture firm Atkins Global was approached by the Dubai ruler’s office with a brief to design a building that would 'create an identifiable link for people around the world with the UAE.' In other words: put the Emirates on the map."
• Burj Khalifa designer shares the secrets of building supertall - "How to build supertall: Designers of the world's tallest towers share their secrets."
• Burning Man festival descended into mud & chaos - in pictures - "Heavy rains turned this year’s Burning Man festival in Nevada’s Black Rock desert into a quagmire of mud. Tens of thousands of attendees were stranded for days and when the roads became dry enough for people to leave, the mass exodus produced hours-long traffic jams ten lanes wide."
• Burning Man: How much it costs to attend the Burning Man festival - "Attending Burning Man in the Nevada desert can cost big money. Veterans and first-timers reveal their economics of life on the playa - and why it's worth it."
• business jargon we want to leave behind in 2017 - The Telegraph.
• Business Plan Template & Guide for Entrepreneurs [2020 Updated] - "This business plan template and guide is the result of 20 years of research into the types of business plans that help entrepreneurs and executives raise funding and build thriving companies. It’s primarily for those who have never created a business plan, but there’s plenty of advice for those who have written one or many plans before."
• BUTLER FOR YOU - butler service & domestic staff.
• Butterflies: The ultimate icon of our fragility - "The butterfly has symbolised ephemerality - and rebirth - for millennia."
• Buy Nothing 2.0 app - "Join Buy Nothing Today!" We exist to build community. Everything shared on Buy Nothing is given freely. No strings. Free. There's never been a better time to download our app - Still free, now with more features for everyone and special features for Sustaining Members who keep the movement going and growing.
• Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) - "Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) is a type of short-term financing that allows consumers to make purchases and pay for them at a future date, often interest-free. Also referred to as "point of sale installment loans," BNPL arrangements are becoming an increasingly popular payment option, especially when shopping online. Using BNPL financing can be convenient for consumers, but there are some potential downsides to consider."
• Buy now, pay later is a huge hit with shoppers. Just how dangerous is it? - "Tens of millions of people have used buy now, pay later services. Some companies operating in the $100 billion industry charge interest on purchases, and others levy late fees, but they all offer a crucial improvement over traditional layaway: shoppers can immediately take ownership of their purchases."
• Buzz Aldrin marries for the fourth time, aged 93 - "The former US astronaut Buzz Aldrin has got married for the fourth time on his 93rd birthday."

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• California debates naming heatwaves to underscore deadly risk of extreme heat - "Experts and advocates are also exploring new ranking systems to add urgency to the growing disaster of rapidly warming landscapes."
• California's groundbreaking privacy law takes effect in January. What does it do? - "Landmark law, the ‘most comprehensive’ in the US, gives Californians an arsenal of tools to protect their data online."
• Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index - "Bitcoin network power. Updated every 30 seconds."
• Cameras That Changed Photography Forever - "What do the Kodak Brownie, the first low-cost camera, launched in 1900, and a 2022 smartphone have in common? They are both popular photographic tools that best represent the spirit of their respective time. These two devices (small, portable box cameras and smartphones with cameras) also completely changed photography forever. Despite being separated by over 100 years and being polar opposites in terms of design, each contributed immensely to the art and science of photography."
• Camino de Santiago: What it's like to experience one of the world's most famous pilgrimages - "The Camino de Santiago is arguably the world’s most famous pilgrimage. At least in terms of ones that must be taken on foot, across hundreds of miles, while carrying your simplified, reduced world in a rucksack on your back. When most people talk about 'the Camino,' they are referring to the 500-mile route from the French village of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port at the base of the Pyrenees."
• Campbell Soup hated, then embraced, Andy Warhol's soup can paintings - "Sixty years ago today, the pop artist Andy Warhol unveiled a wall of 32 Campbell Soup can paintings at a Los Angeles gallery, one for each flavor of soup then in production."
• Can a hot bath beat a bike ride for good health? - The Guardian.
• Can a meat-free filet mignon convert carnivores? - "When it comes to recreating the taste, texture and look of real meat, whole cuts have been called the 'holy grail' of plant-based products. But producing them is not easy. With its plant-based prime cut steak, Juicy Marbles thinks it’s mastered the art. The Slovenian company’s filet mignon contains many ingredients used widely in plant-based beef - soy protein concentrate, sunflower oil, beetroot powder and yeast extract, for example - but it claims to be distinct from other brands because of its marbling effect of protein and fat."
• Can certain foods suppress your appetite? - "Some foods promise the ability to stave off hunger pangs. Can any foods really suppress our appetite?"
• Can Duolingo's chatbot teach you a foreign language? - The Guardian.
• can IVF save the world's most threatened species? - "Technology, viewed as last-ditch insurance policy, this week led to first successful white rhino embryo transfer."
• Can money buy happiness? - The Guardian.
• Can Olive Oil Do All That? - "Starbucks recently announced that they’re mixing this Mediterranean staple into their coffee drinks. Nutrition experts weigh in on what we know about the health benefits of olive oil."
• Can Social Media Be Saved? - The New York Times.
• Can Too Much Exercise Harm the Heart? - The New York Times.
• Can you detect neurosis from what someone writes? Quiz - The Guardian.
• Can You Get a Full-Body Workout in 20 Minutes? - "Yes, but you have to pick the right routine."
• Can you get two viruses at once? - "How one virus can block another. This winter's 'tripledemic' is one of several recent odd trends among respiratory virus infections. Viruses, it turns out, can block one another and take turns to dominate."
• Can you make up for a bad diet by working out harder? - "What happens if you exercise but don’t eat well? The idea of eating anything you want without consequences might sound like a dream - especially if you’ve convinced yourself that you’re going to burn it off in your next cardio session. But the reality is that it doesn’t matter whether you work out longer or at a higher intensity, experts say. Exercise cannot completely reverse the effects of a bad diet."
• Can you pass the US citizenship test? - The Guardian.
• Can you solve it? Are you smart enough to work for Elon Musk? - "The favourite interview question of the world’s richest man."
• Can You Spot the Liar? - The New York Times.
• Can you stand on one leg for 10 seconds? - "Why balance could be a matter of life and death - and how to improve yours. Studies have shown poor balance can be associated with serious health problems - as well as increased risks of falls as we get older. But there are ways to make yours better."
• Cannabis discovered in tobacco pipes found in William Shakespeare's garden - The Telegraph.
• Canada & Denmark Fight Over Island With Whisky & Schnapps - The New York Times.
• Canada Questions & Answers - Everything You Need to Know About Canada. Famous Canadians. Canadian Hall of Fame.
• Canadian ice shelf area bigger than Manhattan collapses due to rising temperatures - "Last fully intact ice shelf in the Canadian Arctic lost more than 40% of its areas in two days at the end of July."
• Canceling Your Reservation Costs as Much as Dinner - "Fed up with no-shows and last-minute cancellations, restaurants are increasingly charging fees as high as $100 a head. And some diners are pushing back."
• Cancer: Blood test for 50 types of cancer could speed up diagnosis, study suggests - "NHS trial results of liquid biopsy indicate Galleri test has potential to spot cancer in people with symptoms."
• Cancer cases in under-50s worldwide up nearly 80% in three decades, study finds - "More than a million under-50s a year dying of cancer and figure projected to rise by another 21% by 2030."
• Cancer Council warns against using aerosol sunscreens - "Study finds it takes at least a minute to apply recommended amount for protection and that spraying could dilute product’s effectiveness."
• Cancer Doctors Cite Risks of Drinking Alcohol - The New York Times.
• Cancer: Why age matters when it comes to cancer - "Scientists are beginning to understand why our cancer risk increases as we get older. Now it's hoped that this could one day lead to new treatments."
• Can’t Put Down Your Device? That’s by Design - The New York Times.
• Cancun: The Mexican fishing village that became one of the world’s hottest party destinations - "21 million visitors headed here in 2023, beating tourism ministry projections and reminding everyone that it is Mexico’s ultimate must-see."
• Cannabis Has Become Upscale Chic. I Miss the Old Red-Eyed Stoners - "Widespread legalization has created a polished new market for cannabis products — one that’s trendy, spalike and weirdly unfun."
• Cannabis Tops Alcohol as Americans' Daily Drug of Choice - "A new study shows a growing number of people are regularly using cannabis, while frequent alcohol consumption has remained stable."
• Canon's new security-focused 'SPAD' camera can capture color video in complete darkness - "Designed for applications like security monitoring, it retails for around $25,000. anon has just unveiled the MS-500, an unusual model that's one of the most sensitive non-infrared cameras ever developed. It uses the highest-resolution 1-inch SPAD (Single-photon avalanche diode) sensor yet (3.2 megapixels), and an interchangeable lens mount that allows clear color shooting in light as low as 0.001 lux, according to Canon - less than a clear moonless sky. It's designed to work in 'areas with extremely high-security levels, such as seaports, public infrastructure facilities, and national borders,' the company said."
• Cape Town is one of the world’s most beguiling cities - "Cape Town is the embodiment of multicultural South Africa. Long home to nomadic pastoralists, the country’s oldest city dates its modern history to 1652, when settlers from the Dutch East India Company set up a watering station for vessels heading to Asia. Today, in spite of the dark history of apartheid and the ongoing daily struggle with blackouts, known to locals as 'load shedding,' the Mother City is in the process of raising up its vibrant and fascinating past, much of its multiculturalism a result of the slave trade which brought people from Indonesia, Malaysia and Madagascar to its shores."
• Cape Town's digital nomads: Where idyllic lifestyle clashes with local needs - "Digital nomads - the laptop-wielding new generation of remote workers - have found themselves at the sharp end of a debate in the South African city of Cape Town about whether or not they are good for the more permanent residents."
• CAPGEMINI - consulting, technology, outsourcing.
• Capitol riot: Committee to seek charges for Trump - reports - "The congressional inquiry into last year's Capitol riot will reportedly recommend three criminal charges against former President Donald Trump."
• car that can power your home for days & cut your bills - "Drivers could soon be using their electric vehicles’ batteries to power domestic appliances, lowering energy costs. Nissan, Hyundai, Volkswagen and Volvo have all previously tested bi-directional charging, where drivers can not only top up their car using home mains power but also use the energy stored in the battery to run appliances."
• Caravaggio's violent 17th Century paintings led to Goodfellas & Mean Streets - "As the record crowds flocking to see his last painting show, Caravaggio's violent life and the cinematic intensity of his work have proved to be irresistible for centuries."
• Carbon calculator: how taking one flight emits as much as many people do in a year - "Even short-haul flights produce huge amounts of CO2, figures show."
• CARBON FOOTPRINT - a measurement of all greenhouse gases we individually produce and has units of tonnes (or kg) of carbon dioxide (formula: CO2) equivalent.
• Carbon Offset Emissions Calculator for Private Jet Flights - "Calculate how much carbon emissions your private jet flight is producing and buy carbon offsets from a choice of organizations to compensate for it."
• Carbon credit speculators could lose billions as offsets deemed ‘worthless’ - "Many credits in the voluntary market going unused, with study finding some offsetting could make global heating worse. Carbon credit speculators could lose billions as scientific evidence shows many offsets they have bought have no environmental worth and have become stranded assets."
• cardiac arrest showed me what dying feels like - "How should I live in Life 2.0?"
• Caribbean nations set to demand royal family makes reparations for slave trade - "Lloyd’s of London and Church of England also to be approached over role in past exploitation."
• Caring & sharing: Global analysis of happiness & kindness - "147 country rankings by life evaluations (Gallup World Poll 2022-2024)."
• Carnival festivals around the world - "Join the parades and parties in 2019."
• Carrara Marble, Taken to New Dimensions - The New York Times.
• Carrier Information Guide - United States Documentary Requirements for Travel.
• cartographer’s deep dive into Google Maps is fascinating - The Verge.
• Casablanca at 80: a golden age classic that remains impossible to resist - "The involving and affecting romantic thriller is a sterling example of collaboration and how the studio system can often excel."
• Cashed out: a fond farewell to coins & notes - "If you’re struggling to recall the last time you handled cash, you’re not alone. As we click and tap our way to a digital world, Emma Beddington asks if we’ll miss the pound in our pocket when it’s gone."
• Cashmere country: the perils of making the world's finest fabric - "In the freezing and windswept Changthang Plateau, nestled between the Himalayas and the Karakoram mountains, traditional goat herders practise an arduous and dying trade."
• Caspian Sea: The planet’s largest lake is shrinking fast. Experts fear it may never recover - "The Caspian Sea has been shrinking since the mid-1990s, but the rate it's disappearing has sped up since 2005. The Caspian Sea is the planet’s largest inland sea and it’s largest lake, an enormous body of water roughly the size of Montana. Its looping coastline stretches more than 4,000 miles and is shared by five countries: Kazakhstan, Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia and Turkmenistan."
• cat 3D billboard & a tiny celebrity cow - "Watch our round-up of the week's more paw-sitive stories that you miaow have missed."
• cat 3D has taken over one of Tokyo's biggest billboards - "Shown between advertisements, the hyper-realistic feline comes to life on a 1,664-square-foot curved LED screen in the Shinjuku district. The 4K-resolution display shows the cat walking around high above the Japanese capital as it audibly meows."
• Cat: 13 secret signals all cat owners need to know - "From a quivering tail to aeroplane ears. Cats show their feelings from whiskers to tail. Here is how to read their body language and boost their health and happiness."
• Cat: 26 year-old Flossie crowned world's oldest living cat - "Flossie, at the age of almost 27 - which is the feline equivalent of being 120 human years old, according to Guinness World Records - has been crowned the world’s oldest living cat."
• Cat Breeds That Live Longest 2022 - "Here are 10 gorgeous cat breeds thought to have long lifespans."
• Cat Burglar Just Can’t Stop Stealing Male Neighbors’ Underwear - 60abc.
• Cat: Charity seeks home for kitten that is neither male nor female - "Fifteen-week-old Hope found to have no sex organs, possibly because of rare development failure."
• Cat: Feline uncertain? Cats do give clues if the fur’s about to fly, study finds - "Study of 105 pairs of interacting felines decodes the cat behaviour that puzzles humans - and flags up the unsubtle battle cry of claws and yowling."
• Cat Found in a Carrier with Her Kittens on Sidewalk, Is So Happy to Be Helped by Kind Neighbors - "Ellen Richter, a foster carer based in Las Vegas, was notified about a cat and her litter of six found outside in a neighborhood. Neighbors discovered two carriers, one of which had the mom and her kittens, and the other contained two adult cats believed to be the siblings of the cat mother."
• Cat jumps from fifth-floor of burning Chicago building, bounces once and runs away - "Feline survives daring leap from apartment in video captured by Chicago Fire Department."
• Cat May or May Not Love You, but It Knows Your Scent - "Scientists found a way to get 30 kitties to cooperate with a study exploring the power of the feline sense of smell."
• Cat Might Not Be Ignoring You When You Speak - "Cats have a reputation for being aloof, but a new study has found that their relationships with their owners may be stronger than we thought."
• Cat owners earn less than those who have dogs & have fewer friends, study finds - The Telegraph.
• Cat people are single, dog people are popular - The Guardian.
• Cat 'returns from dead' four days after cremation - "A cat surprised its owners by walking through the cat flap days after it was thought to have been cremated."
• Cat that went missing on Scottish holiday found 12 years later - "Rochdale-based Davies family lost Georgie on trip to Loch Lomond, but recent microchip scan revealed cat’s identity."
• Cat: Tim Dowling: I’m on my hands & knees, teaching our new cat old tricks - "Instructing our kitten to use the cat flap was hard enough ... even before it was terrified by two foxes having very loud sex."
• cat with more than 50,000 social media followers - "Pet influencers are on the rise thanks to a surge in animal adoptions during the pandemic. In the US, pets who endorse everything from e-commerce to clothing brands, are part of a $100bn market, but Asia could very well be the next big destination for these furry influencers."
• Cat's Meows Are So Misunderstood - "It's the Cat's Meow but You Just Don't Understand. A study suggests that humans often misinterpret a pet's signals; even purring doesn't guarantee a contented cat. What is the meaning of a cat's meow that grows louder and louder? Or your pet's sudden flip from softly purring as you stroke its back to biting your hand?"
• Cats: A Feline Scientist Explains Why Your Cat Might Actually Like You - "Cats are more social than they are often given credit for. Can you help yours access its inner dog?"
• ‘Cats are like mini gurus’: the feline path to inner peace - "By marrying Japanese philosophy with cat psychology, Australian author Carla Francis learned to pause, slow down and reflect."
• Cats ARE neurotic - and they're probably also trying to work out how to kill you - Daily Mail.
• Cats: Baby saber-toothed cat mummy found in Siberia with intact skin, fur & toes is ‘mind-blowing,’ scientists say - "Abundant fur and mummified flesh covered the partial corpse, and its face, forelimbs and torso were nearly intact. The cub’s dark brown fur was short but very thick, measuring about 0.8 to 1.2 inches (20 to 30 millimeters) long. Its fur was also surprisingly soft."
• Cats bond with their people too, study finds - "Scientists say felines display similar ‘attachment styles’ with caregivers as dogs and children – but not everyone is convinced."
• Cats: Can Australia curb its killer cats? - "Australia has a cat problem. Its population of just over eight million feral and domestic cats are thought to kill billions of native creatures each year, many endangered."
• Cats caused more than 100 house fires in the past 3 years, South Korea officials say - "The cats are believed to have started the fires by switching on electric stoves, the department said. Cats can turn electric stoves on by jumping on touch-sensitive buttons - and once overheated, the appliances can catch fire."
• Cats: Did My Cat Just Hit On Me? An Adventure in Pet Translation - "Entrepreneurs are aiming to put A.I.-powered pet translation tools into our pockets."
• Cats do not need their owners, scientists conclude - The Telegraph.
• Cats have nearly 300 facial expressions, including a 'play face' they share with humans - "Researchers recorded hundreds of facial expressions in cats, finding they're not quite as aloof as previously thought."
• Cats: Here's How Long It Takes A Cat To Forget A Person, According To An Expert - "You've probably heard the tales of cats' incredible homing instincts, their ability to remember their names, and where they left their last meal. Is this routine, or do cats actually boast an impressive memory? Let's dive into what an expert has to say."
• Cats: How to keep cats out of Christmas trees - "It goes without saying that pets, especially cats, are extremely sensitive to new objects in their home environment and are very curious of those new additions."
• Cats: I’ve gained a whole new insight into my personality - from a cat psychiatrist - "I need my own space and have a limited tolerance for human company ... Might I actually be a moggy?"
• Cats: Is it okay to kiss your pet? The risk of animal-borne diseases is small, but real - "It is best to not let your dog or cat lick your face - and always wash your hands after playing with your pet or cleaning up their poo."
• Cats: Is it time to end cats’ right to roam? - "Pet cats kill songbirds by the million, as well as rodents and other wildlife. But how much of a threat do they really pose, and should they be kept indoors? Expert opinion is divided."
• Cats: Is Your Cat a Psychopath? Probably, Researchers Say - "Take this quiz to find out if you are living with a cat psychopath."
• cats or dogs smarter? - "Both are domesticated, but is one smarter? Is there any truth to the saying that 'cat rule, dogs drool'?"
• Cats: Polish institute classifies cats as alien invasive species - "A respected Polish scientific institute has classified domestic cats as an 'invasive alien species,' citing the damage they cause to birds and other wildlife."
• Cats: Should New Zealand cats be kept indoors? - "New Zealand's remarkable birdlife evolved on a land without apex predators. Introduced cats have decimated their numbers. New Zealanders may have to change the way they keep cats."
• Cats: Study Confirms a Simple Trick to Communicate With Your Cat - "You just need to smile at them more. Not the human way, by baring your teeth, but the cat way, by narrowing your eyes and blinking slowly. By observing cat-human interactions, scientists confirmed that this expression makes cats - both familiar and strange - approach and be more receptive to humans."
• Cats: The big idea: Are cats really domesticated? - "Unlike dogs, our feline friends are barely different from their wild ancestors - except for a few clever tricks."
• Cats: The inner lives of cats: What our feline friends really think about hugs, happiness & humans - "They do what they want, all the time - and can teach us a lot about how to live in the present, be content and learn from our experience."
• Cats: These tiny cats are the desert’s lethal killers - "It was only seven years ago that sand kittens were photographed in the wild for the first time. Unsurprisingly, images of the tiny, furry cats went viral on the internet. Few people had seen these desert-dwelling fluffballs before and scientists knew very little about the species."
• Cats track their owners’ movements, research finds - "Findings of Japanese study back idea that cats retain a mental representation of their owners."
• Cats vs dogs: which animal owns the internet? - The Guardian.
• Cats: what our feline friends are doing when we’re not looking - "In Britain, most pet cats are free to roam, but where do they go and what do they get up to? We fitted six cats with GPS trackers and found out."
• Cats: What’s so special about orange cats? Turns out they’re freaks of nature - "A new study may have uncovered exactly what makes orange cats special - though it might not be for the reason you think. Ginger kitties are known among cat owners for being particularly friendly and feisty."
• Cats: Why cats go so crazy for catnip - "Catnip isn't just intensely pleasurable for cats. It's also practical."
• Cats: Why Are Cats Such a Medical Black Box? - "'Cats have been so understudied. They’re going to remain a black box unless something changes on the research side.'"
• Cats: Why do cats love tuna so much? Scientists may finally know - "Study identifies taste receptors that give our feline friends a craving for meat - and one fish in particular. But it wasn't just umami in general the cats craved. The felines showed a particular preference for bowls containing histidine and inosine monophosphate - compounds found at particularly high levels in tuna. 'It was one of the most preferred combinations,' McGrane says. 'It really seems to hit that umami sweet spot.'"
• Cats: World's Smallest Cats 2022 - "Here are 10 most tiny breeds of adorable cat stay looking like kittens into adulthood."
• Cats: Your Cat May or May Not Love You, but It Knows Your Scent - "Scientists found a way to get 30 kitties to cooperate with a study exploring the power of the feline sense of smell."
• Cayman Islands – home to 100,000 companies - "Here are 10 facts about the world’s most notorious tax haven."
• Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the first trans-Atlantic jetliner flight - CNN travel.
• Celebrities who demand the impossible: The outrageous travel requests of the world's most famous faces - "'Most things are available for a price.' Secrets of a celebrity travel agent."
• ‘Celebrity is religion’: How Andy Warhol kickstarted our obsession with superstars - "Kitschy unboxing videos, sunset selfies, TikTok dances: what would the man in the blonde wig make of the world he created, asks Nicole Flattery."
• CELEBRITY MUG SHOTS: 1-50 - TMZ.
• CELEBRITY NET WORTH - "CelebrityNetWorth is a website which reports estimates of the total assets and financial activities of celebrities. It is operated by the company Corte Lodato LLC, founded by CEO Brian Warner in 2008. The site has been criticized for a lack of transparency for its calculations, with no way to verify the accuracy what CelebrityNetWorth reports. Most content is written by freelance writers, rather than journalists or computer scientists to analyze data."
• Celebrity Passengers & Caviar at 55,000 Feet: What It Was Like to Fly Concorde in the '70s - "It wasn't just a jet, it was an exclusive club."
• Celebrity Z-List? Yes, It Exists - The New York Times.
• Celebs with the Worst Private Jet Co2 Emissions - "Our data reveals that the celebs have emitted an average of 3376.64 tonnes of CO2 emissions in just their private jet usage in 2022 so far. That's 482.37 times more than the average person's annual emissions. Some of the biggest offenders include Taylor Swift, Jay-Z, Kim Kardashian and Travis Scott."
• Cellebrite: The FBI got into the Trump rally shooter’s phone in just 40 minutes - "The bureau reportedly used an unreleased Cellebrite tool to open the phone."
• cellist who holds key to tracing Putin’s hidden fortune - The Guardian.
• Cellphone Imperative: If I Can’t Text, I’m Moving - The New York Times.
• Cellphone radiation poses no real harm to humans - The Verge.
• cells that can give you super-immunity - "Memory B cells were discovered more than half a century ago. But scientists are just beginning to understand the crucial role they play in protecting people from serious illness."
• cemeteries never run out of space - "Funeral director reveals truth behind the myth that cemeteries never run out of space (and what happens to the bodies when they do!)"
• CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY - "Investigative journalism from a nonprofit newsroom."
• Central Banks Consider Bitcoin’s Technology, if Not Bitcoin - The New York Times.
• Centurion Card from American Express - "A $5,000-a-year status symbol few can actually get. Those who are invited to apply will unlock an unparalleled trove of benefits. The Centurion Black card functions less like a credit card and more of an exclusive membership for the 1% of the 1%. Perhaps most importantly, its high-profile, hard-to-get status means that those who do obtain it get the ultimate bragging rights."
• CEOs: How vital is a company's CEO? - "Boeing, Nike and Starbucks have all changed their chief executives in recent months. But just how important is the person in the top job for the successful running of such huge companies?"
• Cessna 172 - the Most Successful Aircraft In History - "The Cessna 172 is the most successful aircraft in history. The first was built in 1956 and by 2015, Cessna had built over 44,000 of the aircraft. It is still in production today as a light general aviation aircraft, even though production was halted between 1986 and 1996."
• Ceuta: There’s a tiny corner of Europe in North Africa. Here’s what it’s like - "Inside the tiny corner of Spain that lies in the middle of North Africa."
• 'Chair challenge' has couples in hysterics as women easily complete the task - but men can't do it - "The bizarre challenge - involving a wall and a chair - gained notoriety on TikTok. Scientists have different thoughts on why women have success but men don't. One theory is men have bigger feet which makes them further away from wall."
• Chamonix 1924 - a look back at the inaugural Winter Olympics - "In the shadow of Mont Blanc, the French Alpine resort of Chamonix hosted the first ever Winter Olympic Games."
• Champagne’s formula is changing for the first time in 90 years - "After nearly 90 years, the French have allowed a new grape variety to be added to the sparkling wine in attempt to future-proof production of the beverage."
• Change food production & stop abusing land, IPCC climate report warns - "Land degradation, including deforestation, produces almost a quarter of the world's greenhouse gas emissions."
• Change These Default Settings & Be Happier With Your Tech - "Simple steps can make your smartphone, computer and TV work better for you."
• CHANGING MINDS - "How we change what others think, believe, feel and do."
• CHAOS COMPUTER CLUB | CCC - organization of hackers. The CCC is based in Germany and other German-speaking countries and currently has over 4,000 members.
• Charles Darwin's full correspondence is now available online - "You can read over 15,000 letters from the evolutionary science pioneer."
• Charles Darwin's other great theory - "Charles Darwin’s hunch about early life was probably right. In a few scrawled notes to a friend, biologist Charles Darwin theorised how life began. Not only was it probably correct, his theory was a century ahead of its time."
• Charles Dickens letters show author's awareness of fame - "The 11 letters reveal the author's reading habits, writing projects and his frustration at the loss of a Sunday postal service."
• Charles Manson admits to additional murders in unearthed prison phone call - "In docuseries preview, audio shows cult leader, behind 1960s killings, saying he ‘left some dead people’ in Mexico."
• Charles Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel recommended for parole - "She has been denied parole 14 times for the killings of actor Sharon Tate and four other people in 1969. She wrote 'Helter Skelter' on a wall using the blood of one of their victims."
• ‘Charlie Bit My Finger’ sold as an NFT, could vanish from YouTube forever - "Collector 3F Music spent $761,000 to possibly ruin a slice of internet history."
• Charlie Munger says stock market ‘gambling’ is as addictive as ‘heroin’ - but he sees no way to fix it - "Speculative trading boosted “meme stocks” and shares in many other risky companies during the COVID-19 lockdowns and helped retail investors profit tremendously before the market tanked. Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s lieutenant at Berkshire Hathaway and a veteran long-term investor, thinks this kind of speculative trading is akin to an addiction—one that it should be done away with."
• Charles T. Munger, Much More Than Warren Buffett’s No. 2, Dies at 99 - "A billionaire himself, he was the witty vice chairman of Mr. Buffett’s powerhouse investment firm Berkshire Hathaway. But he had far more influence than his title suggested."
• Charlotte Dujardin out of Olympics 2024 over allegedly ‘whipping horse 24 times like circus elephant’ - "Dujardin was bidding to become Britain’s most decorated female Olympian in Paris but was filmed ‘engaging in conduct contrary to the principles of horse welfare’."
• Chastity belts: The odd truth about 'locking up' women's genitalia - The Telegraph.
• ChatGPT: Optimizing Language Models for Dialogue - "We’ve trained a model called ChatGPT which interacts in a conversational way. The dialogue format makes it possible for ChatGPT to answer followup questions, admit its mistakes, challenge incorrect premises, and reject inappropriate requests. ChatGPT is a sibling model to InstructGPT, which is trained to follow an instruction in a prompt and provide a detailed response."
• ChatGPT's 'Custom Instructions' now available to free users - "Tell ChatGPT your preferences and it will remember them for future responses. ChatGPT's Custom Instructions, which lets users customize the chatbot's responses or output, is now available to free users. Users tell ChatGPT once about themselves and responses they prefer. The chatbot will apply this lens to future responses."
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• Chatham House Rule - "Under the Chatham House Rule, anyone who comes to a meeting is free to use information from the discussion, but is not allowed to reveal who made any particular comment. It is designed to increase openness of discussion. The rule is a system for holding debates and discussion panels on controversial topics, named after the London headquarters of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, where the rule originated in June 1927."
• Che Guevara's birthplace put up for sale - "The birthplace of the 20th Century leftist revolutionary icon Ernesto 'Che' Guevara has been put up for sale in the Argentine city of Rosario."
• Cheating, groupies, big money & drunken brawls: how chess went rock’n’roll - "Chess’s fusty image has been shaken by recent allegations of underhand tactics. But as any fan or player can tell you, it has long been younger, hipper - and wilder - than most outsiders realised."
• Check if a site's connection is secure - Chrome Help.
• Check if your email has been compromised in a data breach - "Have I Been Pwned allows you to search across multiple data breaches to see if your email address has been compromised."
• chefs on food waste & using leftovers - The Guardian.
• Chemical analysis & origin of the smell of line-dried laundry - "We show that the smell of line-dried laundry is due to the unique combination of traces of atmospheric hydrocarbons, sunlight and a wet fabric surface. This surface photochemistry is likely to be widespread in the environment on surfaces of natural materials."
• Chequers has offered recuperation to prime ministers for 100 years - "Boris Johnson is recovering from Covid-19 in 16th-century manor with 600-hectare estate and indoor pool."
• CHERNOBYL DISASTER MIGHT HAVE ALSO BUILT A PARADISE - Wired.
• chess variants changing the professional game for good - "From classical to bullet, the different variants of chess explained."
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• Chicken Kiev - dish made of chicken fillet pounded and rolled around cold butter, then coated with eggs and bread crumbs, and either fried or baked.
• chicken recipe so good its origin is being fought in court - "A dish beloved around the world, butter chicken is now at the heart of a legal battle being waged by two of India's oldest restaurants."
• Chimpanzees share experiences with each other - "A trait once thought to be only human."
• China building two-thirds of world’s wind & solar projects - "Country on track reach 1,200GW of installed wind and solar capacity by end of 2024 - six years ahead of Beijing’s target."
• China considering ban on clothing that ‘hurts feelings’ of nation - "China’s legislature has proposed changes to a law that if approved would allow authorities to fine and detain people who wear clothes that 'hurt the nation’s feelings,' sparking new concerns over freedom of expression in the country."
• China: Covid cases in China touch 900 million - study - "Some 900 million people in China have been infected with the coronavirus as of 11 January, according to a study by Peking University."
• China detects first human case of H3N8 bird flu strain - "Experts say widespread transmission of flu in birds is increasing scope for avian viruses to mix and mutate."
• China Has a Glass-Bridge Bubble - "What seemed like a can’t-miss tourist attraction now looks like a dangerous and debt-fueled mistake."
• China intensifies its crackdown on officials using iPhones - "Apple dominates high-end smartphone sales in the nation. China has widened a ban on the use of iPhones and other imported devices by government officials, according to The Wall Street Journal. State employees were reportedly told in chat groups and meetings not to bring foreign-branded device into the office or use them for work, according to 'people familiar with the matter.' The aim is reportedly to reduce reliance on foreign technology and improve cybersecurity."
• China International Payment System | CIPS - Reuters.
• China is building a giant laser to generate the energy of the stars, satellite images appear to show - "Images from space reveal an enormous X-shaped building rising up from rocky terrain in southwestern China. This is a huge nuclear fusion research facility, analysts say, and it could be a sign China is leaping ahead in the quest to harness this futuristic energy source."
• China is storing an epic amount of oil at sea. Here's why - "China bought so much foreign oil at dirt-cheap prices this spring that a massive traffic jam of tankers has formed at sea waiting to offload crude. The hoarding of oil at sea is a reflection of China's bargain-hunting during a time of extreme stress in the energy market."
• China Moves to Halt ‘Weird’ Architecture - The New York Times.
• China orders Alibaba founder Jack Ma to break up fintech empire - "Central bank says Ant Group governance is unsound and tells it to rectify ‘illegal activities’."
• China overtakes the US in scientific research output - "Between 2018 and 2020 China published 23.4% of the world’s scientific papers, eclipsing the US."
• China Says It Has Completed a Navigation Network That Could Rival the U.S. GPS - "China is celebrating the completion of its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System that could rival the U.S. Global Positioning System and significantly boost China’s security and geopolitical clout."
• China ‘spy balloon’ wakes up world to new era of war at edge of space - "The ‘poor man’s satellite’ offers a relatively cheap way of exploiting a previously inaccessible high-altitude level of the skies."
• China ‘spy balloon’: What it takes to build a balloon for 100,000ft - "The Chinese balloon that drifted across the US last week flew far higher than passenger jets. How high and how far can they travel?"
• China Tops List of Fastest Computers Again - The New York Times.
• China Vision - "China Prices, Western Quality." China Wholesale Electronics and Dropship: Android Tablets, Android Phones, Cheap Mobile Phones, Electronics Gadgets, Car DVD Players, GPS Devices, Portable DVD Players, Car Video, Car Accessories, MP3/MP4 Players, Digital Cameras, Computer Accessories, Digital Picture Frames, IP Cameras, and Surveillance + Security Cameras - Chinese Dropshipping Worldwide, Direct From China.
• China: Visualizing China's $18.6 Trillion Economy - "China's 2024 GDP in USD, broken down by sector. Currency conversion and data as of Jan. 19, 2025."
• China’s $18 Trillion Economy in One Chart - "China's economy reached a GDP of 114 trillion yuan ($18 trillion) in 2021, well above government targets. What sectors drove that growth?"
• China’s automakers take the world by storm with electric vehicle push - "Chinese makers of electric vehicles have come out in force for this week’s IAA Mobility auto show in Munich, Germany."
• China's critical mineral export curbs take hold - "Trump has previously signaled that China's slow pace of easing the critical mineral export ban represents a violation of the Geneva agreement."
• China’s decade under Xi Jinping explained in seven charts - "Xi has overseen rapid economic growth and rising wealth, while spending big on the military, but inequality has widened has and a demographic crisis looms."
• China's disappearing ships: The latest headache for the global supply chain - "Ships in Chinese waters are disappearing from global trackers, creating yet another headache for the global supply chain. China's growing isolation from the rest of the world - along with a deepening mistrust of foreign influence - may be to blame."
• China's discrimination against Africans - "China says it has a 'zero-tolerance policy' for racism, but discrimination towards Africans goes back decades."
• China’s economy is in trouble. Here’s what’s gone wrong - "China has long been the engine of global growth. But in recent weeks, its economic slowdown has alarmed international leaders and investors who are no longer counting on it to be a bulwark against weakness elsewhere. In fact, for the first time in decades, the world’s second economy is itself the problem."
• China’s economy rebounds faster than expected after Covid reopening - "First quarter growth rate was higher than forecast by analysts as the country’s retail sector performed better than expected."
• China’s EV growth is off the charts. It could reshape the global oil economy - "China made a bet decades ago because it couldn’t compete with the US on cars. That bet is paying off big."
• China’s Future Isn’t What It Used to Be - "Global dominance has been postponed, mayby indefinitely."
• China's GPS rival Beidou is now fully operational after final satellite launched - "To date, there are only four major GNSS networks: GPS (US), GLONASS (Russia), Galileo (European Union) and now Beidou. India and Japan operate smaller systems."
• China's leaders may be watching Ukraine with an eye on Taiwan - "As the world's attention focuses on the escalating crisis between Russia and Ukraine, a spotlight has also been turned on an island halfway around the world - self-governing Taiwan. On the surface, there may be parallels: both Taiwan and Ukraine are Western-friendly democracies whose status quo could be upended by powerful autocracies."
• China's population grows at slowest pace in decades - "The average annual growth rate was 0.53% over the past 10 years, down from a rate of 0.57% between 2000 and 2010 - bringing the population to 1.41bn."
• China’s Severed Air Links Drain $130 Billion From Global Tourism - "A familiar visitor has retreated from the world's skyways and tourist meccas. Chinese travelers, once the biggest spenders on overseas trips, have been staying close to home since the country reopened its borders 12 months ago from the Covid-19 pandemic."
• China's super-rich see fortunes plunge as economy slows - "The Hurun Rich list shows the Russia-Ukraine war and Beijing’s zero-Covid measures seriously affecting China’s most wealthy."
• Chinese city builds a motorway bridge around a tiny house - "Owner of the house refuses to budge for the government project in Guangzhou. A Chinese city has built a highway bridge around a tiny house after its owner refused to sell it to the government for a decade. The building is one of many examples of 'nail houses' in China - or 'dingzihu' in Mandarin - where homeowners reject compensation from a developer for its demolition."
• Chinese economy to overtake US 'by 2028' due to Covid - "China will overtake the US to become the world's largest economy by 2028, five years earlier than previously forecast, a report says."
• Chinese New Year Is Upon Us. Here's How to Wish Someone a 'Happy Lunar New Year' in Chinese - TIME Magazine.
• Chinese plank: I did a 7-minute Chinese plank every day for a week - here are my results - "If you’re unfamiliar with the move, it involves laying on your back in the supine position, with your upper back and heels supported on a bench or similar and the rest of your body unsupported. Below, I cover how to do the Chinese plank and what happened when I tried it every day for a week - here’s what went down (it’s killer)."
• Chinese spy balloon's capabilities - "It could monitor US communications. A senior State Department official said Thursday that the balloon “was capable of conducting signals intelligence collection operations” and was part of a fleet that had flown over 'more than 40 countries across five continents.'"
• Chinese zodiac fortune predictions: What's in store for the Year of the Dragon - "Put away those bunny ears and crank up the heat, it's time to say goodbye to the Rabbit and enter the Year of the Dragon - the only mythical creature among the 12 Chinese zodiac signs."
• Chinese zoo previously 'passed off Golden Retriever as a lion' - "Years before claim that bears at another wildlife park are 'men in suits'."
• ‘Chipageddon’: how a global tech crisis came to sound quite tasty - "First chickens, and now a worldwide shortage of microprocessors ... the word ‘chip’ is the latest word to gain an Armageddon flavour."
• Chocolate cake breakfast could help you lose weight - The Telegraph.
• Chocolate coats tongue to give melt-in-mouth sensation, study finds - "Scientists say sensual discovery could be used to design low-fat product that mimics feel of high fat."
• Chocolate: Do I Need to Avoid Dark Chocolate Now? - "A recent report found high concentrations of cadmium and lead in dark chocolate. There’s no reason to panic, experts say, but it’s worth a closer look."
• Chocolate makes you smarter, study suggests - The Telegraph.
• Chongqing, the world’s largest city - in pictures - "The largest city in the world is as big as Austria, but few people have ever heard of it. The megacity of 34 million people in central of China is the emblem of the fastest urban revolution on the planet. The Communist party decided 30 years ago to unify and populate vast rural areas, an experiment that has become a symbol of the Chinese ability to reshape the world."
• Christie’s Cancels the Heidi Horten Jewelry Sales, Following Months of ‘Intense Scrutiny’ Over the Nazi Roots of the Late Austrian Heiress’s Wealth - "Bowing to months of international pressure, Christie’s said it will not continue the sale of jewels from the estate of Heidi Horten, whose wealth was rooted in Nazi profiteering by her late husband. In May, Christie’s sold $202 million of Horten’s jewels by Cartier, Bulgari, and Harry Winston, surpassing the totals from previous record-setting troves of jewelry belonging to Elizabeth Taylor and the Al Thani family. The remaining 300 items from Horten’s collection were originally scheduled to be sold in November in Geneva."
• Christmas: 12 Vibes of Christmas - "Christmas Decorations: 12 Unique Aesthetics and Vibes. Soft lights in warm colors or bright LEDs? Handcrafted wooden ornaments or modern, minimalist baubles? Real tree or fake?"
• Christmas Around the World - "Find out how Christmas Traditions and how Christmas is celebrated in lots of different countries and cultures around the world!"
• Christmas Around the World: 10 International Destinations to Visit - "Cities all over the world celebrate Christmas in unique and memorable ways. Here are a few to consider for your last-minute Christmas trip." The New York Times.
• Christmas: Do you smell what I smell? How scents linked to Christmas have changed - "While oranges and cloves moved from medicine cabinet to kitchen, rosemary fell out of festive fashion in England."
• Christopher Columbus - "For centuries, Christopher Columbus has been celebrated as the brave explorer who 'found' the New World. But he had only found a part of the world new to Europeans. Many people with rich cultures and established languages already lived there. His treatment of indigenous communities has been left out of the history books. Now a new DNA analysis might help researchers understand the origins and the early life of this increasingly controversial historical figure."
• Churchill Solitaire - not a game for everyone. It takes patience and perseverance, cunning and concentration, and strategy and sacrifice.
• CIA controlled global encryption company for decades, says report - "Swiss government orders inquiry after revelations Crypto AG was owned and operated by US and German intelligence."
• CIA museum: Inside the world's most top secret museum - "It is the perhaps the most unusual - and exclusive - museum in the world, filled with artefacts that have shaped history. But its doors are firmly shut to the public. Located inside the US intelligence agency's headquarters in Langley, Virginia, the collection has just been renovated to mark the agency's 75th anniversary."
• CIA says 'Havana Syndrome' not result of sustained campaign by hostile power - "In about two dozen cases, however, the agency can’t rule out foreign involvement, including many of the cases that originated at the U.S. Embassy in Havana beginning in 2016."
• CIA: THE WORLD FACTBOOK - provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.
• CIA warned White House of swift Taliban takeover - "Former CIA counter-terrorism chief Douglas London says Biden was warned ‘Afghan forces might capitulate within days’."
• Cigarette butts: how the no 1 most littered objects are choking our coasts - "An estimated 4.5tn tobacco filters are littered each year and many end up in oceans with deadly consequences."
• Cities from the sea: the true cost of reclaimed land - The Guardian.
• ‘city of the future’ rising in the Middle East - "Inside Qatar’s ‘city of the future’. Touted as Qatar’s 'City of the Future,' construction of Lusail began in 2006, long before Qatar was announced as the host of the 2022 FIFA World Cup - yet you’d have been hard pushed to have found many people who had visited before the grand Lusail Stadium became the main stage for the soccer tournament."
• Civilization Is Accelerating Extinction & Altering the Natural World at a Pace ‘Unprecedented in Human History’ - The New York Times.
• Claim compensation for your flight delay or cancellation - "Flight delays happen, but that doesn’t mean you have to accept them. You may be entitled to as much as $700 in compensation if your flight has been delayed, canceled or overbooked within the last three years."
• Clara the rhinoceros - (1738-14 April 1758) was a female Indian Rhinoceros who became famous during 17 years of touring Europe in the mid-18th century.
• Classic car glossary - an A-Z of classic car vocabulary - The Telegraph.
• Classic Dishes You Should Master - The New York Times.
• CLASSIC LITERATURE LIBRARY - free public domain ebooks and classic books.
• Classic Thanksgiving Dinner Menu - The New York Times.
• Clean water is a human right. In America it’s more a profit machine - "When it comes to water infrastructure, America’s challenges resemble those of a developing country. It’s time for that to change."
• Click Farms: Photographer steps inside Vietnam's shadowy 'click farms' - "The shadowy enterprises that help clients artificially boost online traffic and social media engagement in the hope of manipulating algorithms and user perceptions."
• Climate Action Tracker - an independent science-based assessment, which tracks the emission commitments and actions of countries. The website provides an up-to-date assessment of individual national pledges, targets and INDCs and currently implemented policy to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
• climate catastrophe: Portrait of a planet on the verge of ... - "As the UN sits down for its annual climate conference this week, many experts believe we have passed the point of no return."
• Climate change & coronavirus: Five charts about the biggest carbon crash - "We're living through the biggest carbon crash ever recorded."
• Climate change: A-Z of climate anxiety: how to avoid meltdown - "With the climate emergency putting our mental health at risk, Emma Beddington presents an everyday guide to eco wellbeing."
• climate change? A really simple guide - "Scientists say global warming could have a catastrophic effect on the planet."
• Climate change: Billions of people could live in areas too hot for humans by 2070, study says - "If the planet continues to warm at current levels over the next 50 years, up to 3 billion people could be living in areas that are too hot for humans, a new study has found."
• Climate change: 'climate doomers' preparing for society to fall apart - "An article by a British professor that predicts the imminent collapse of society, as a result of climate change, has been downloaded over half a million times. Many mainstream climate scientists totally reject his claims, but his followers are already preparing for the worst."
• Climate Change Could Cause More Annual Deaths Than Infectious Disease by 2100 - "In recent decades, tens of thousands of people around the globe have died as the result of extreme heat, and yet the phenomenon of deadly heat would be easy to miss. That may not be true much longer."
• Climate change: Could the coronavirus crisis spur a green recovery? - "The Covid-19 lockdown has cut climate change emissions - for now. But some governments want to go further by harnessing their economic recovery plans to boost low-carbon industries. Their slogan is "Build Back Better", but can they succeed?"
• Climate change: Deadly heat is killing Americans: A decade of inaction on climate puts lives at risk - "Heat now causes more deaths than hurricanes, tornadoes or floods in most years, creating a new public health threat. An investigation reveals why the CDC’s prevention efforts have faltered."
• Climate change: Exxon Mobil accurately predicted warming since 1970s - "The study in the journal Science Thursday looked at research that Exxon funded that didn’t just confirm what climate scientists were saying, but used more than a dozen different computer models that forecast the coming warming with precision equal to or better than government and academic scientists."
• Climate change: gallery before-and-after images - NASA.
• Climate change: Greenland's ice faces melting 'death sentence' - "Greenland's massive ice sheet may have melted by a record amount this year, scientists have warned."
• Climate change: How laundry is spilling plastics into the ocean - "Experts are studying the samples to examine a growing but almost invisible threat to our seas: plastic microfibers. Microplastics (those measuring up to 5 millimeters in diameter) make up almost a fifth of the 8 million tons of plastic that end up in the oceans each year."
• Climate change: Inside the mission to create an army of Greta Thunbergs - video - "Melanie Harwood is an education entrepreneur and self-styled 'disruptor', who has partnered with the United Nations to educate teachers about climate change. The Guardian's Richard Sprenger joined her on a trip to Dubai, to witness her unorthodox approach first hand."
• Climate change: Oceans running out of oxygen as temperatures rise - "Climate change and nutrient pollution are driving the oxygen from our oceans, and threatening many species of fish."
• Climate change: PLANTING 1 TRILLION TREES MIGHT NOT ACTUALLY BE A GOOD IDEA - "The World Economic Forum’s plan to plant 1 trillion trees is backed by controversial science."
• Climate Change Pledges Are In. Will They Fix Anything? - The New York Times.
• Climate change: The massive CO2 emitter you may not know about - "Concrete is the most widely used man-made material in existence. It is second only to water as the most-consumed resource on the planet."
• Climate change: The rich are to blame, international study finds - "The rich are primarily to blame for the global climate crisis, a study by the University of Leeds of 86 countries claims."
• Climate change: Victoria Falls dries to a trickle after worst drought in a century - "One of southern Africa’s biggest tourist attractions has seen an unprecedented decline this dry season, fuelling climate change fears."
• Climate change: Where we are in seven charts & what you can do to help - "Representatives from nearly 200 countries are gathering in Poland for talks on climate change - aimed at breathing new life into the Paris Agreement."
• Climate change: Which airline is best for carbon emissions? - "EasyJet has come top of the league for airlines trying to cut carbon emissions to tackle climate change."
• climate change: Who is to blame for? - "We know that climate change is caused by human activity, but pinning down exactly who is responsible is trickier than it might seem."
• Climate change: Will planting millions of trees really save the planet? - "From Greta Thunberg to Donald Trump and airlines to oil companies, everyone is suddenly going crazy for trees."
• Climate change: World has six months to avert climate crisis, says energy expert - "International Energy Agency chief warns of need to prevent post-lockdown surge in emissions."
• Climate change: World's worst polluted cities - "The world's 100 worst polluted cities are in Asia - and 83 of them are in just one country."
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• Climate Clock - "The science is clear: we are in a Climate Emergency. Decades of increasing carbon emissions are harming the natural and societal systems upon which humanity depends, threatening untold ecological and human devastation if we do not #ActInTime. The good news: there is still time."
• CLIMATE CRISIS - Al Gore's new book: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis.
• climate crisis in four charts - "As much of the northern hemisphere endures blistering heatwaves and parts of Asia are deluged with rain, a number of climate records are being challenged."
• Climate emergency: 2019 was second hottest year on record - "Last decade was also hottest yet in 150 years of measurements, say scientists."
• Climate Questions? Get Answers Here - "What's causing global warming? How can we fix it? This interactive F.A.Q. will tackle your climate questions big and small."
• Clouds hold the key to forecasting climate change - "But they’re extremely difficult to understand, let alone measure. Meet the storm chasers who try to do it anyway."
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• Club des Chefs des Chefs (C.C.C.) - "If politics divides the men, a good table always reunites them." Founded by Gilles Bragard in 1977, is an international culinary organisation. The most exclusive Gastronomic Association in the world." Extremely strict membership criteria: to be accepted into this highly elite club, you need to be the current personal chef of a head of state. The main purposes of this official gathering are to promote the national kitchen, and act as diplomatic representatives. The chefs are in contact every day with their own heads of state or government and formed a unique international network. Annually, the president brings together the chefs of heads of state to meet and discuss their work. 75 ter Avenue de Wagram, 75017 Paris, France.
• Clubhouse defined a format - now it has to defend it - "The social audio era has arrived. Clubhouse had an incredible year in one most of us would rather forget. The live audio app launched during a pandemic; gained more than 10 million downloads for an invite-only, iOS-only app; and succeeded to the point that most every social platform wants to copy it. Congrats to Clubhouse."
• Clubhouse is no longer invite-only - "The app goes wide."
• Clue to Raoul Wallenberg’s Cold War Fate - The New York Times.
• CO2 levels at highest ever recorded levels - "Scientists in the United States have detected the highest levels of planet-warming carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere since records began."
• CO2 WEBSITE - the CO2 website presents background information on climate system, climate protection and climate policy, scenarios and emissions trade. The concepts of individual tradable emission quota are explained.
• CO2STATS - an easy-to-use service that makes your website carbon neutral and energy-efficient, and that provides certification that you have taken steps to make your site environmentally friendly.
• Coca-Cola breaks 130-year-old tradition with first alcoholic drink - The Telegraph.
• Coca-Cola, Pepsi & NestlÉ named top plastic polluters for third year in a row - "Companies accused of 'zero progress' on reducing plastic waste, with Coca-Cola ranked No 1 for most littered products."
• Coca-Cola produces $3 billion worth of pure cocaine per year - "Sells it to one of the world’s largest opioid manufacturers in a secretive deal with the US government that has recently been renewed."
• Cocaine production reaches record levels as new trafficking hubs emerge - "Global cocaine production has reached record levels as demand rebounds following Covid lockdowns, a new report has found."
• Cocaine ‘used in Europe two centuries earlier than thought’ - "Mummified bodies dating from 17th century reveal traces of the drug."
• COCHRANE LIBRARY - "Independent high-quality evidence for health care decision making."
• Coco Chanel exhibition reveals fashion designer was part of French resistance - "Previously unseen documents to go on display at V&A alongside evidence of her collusion with Nazis."
• Coffee & Chocolate: a Winning Combo - "Both come from the seeds of tropical plants, both contain caffeine that keeps our energy levels up and, together, they increase our concentration: we’re talking about coffee and chocolate, a winning combo in every sense, especially flavour. In higher-end cafés, coffee is often served with a glass of water and a chocolate, which poses its own slight dilemma: is it better to eat the chocolate before or after your coffee? And what about the water?"
• Coffee bad, red wine good? Top food myths busted - "We’re being bombarded with conflicting advice on what we should and shouldn’t put into our bodies. Finally, here are the definitive answers, according to the experts."
• Coffee Helped the Union Caffeinate Their Way to Victory in the Civil War - "Coffee replaced tea as the U.S. drink of choice around the time of the American Revolution. From the moment patriots tossed chests of tea into Boston Harbor in December 1773, drinking coffee - and boycotting tea - became a sure sign of loyalty to the cause of independence."
• Coffee: Is It Bad to Drink Coffee on an Empty Stomach? - "Your gut is adaptable, experts say, but there are a few facts you should keep in mind."
• Coffee may come with a cancer warning - CNN.
• Coffee May Protect Against Cancer, W.H.O. Concludes - The New York Times.
• Coffee naps are better than coffee or naps alone - Vox.
• Coffee: The truth about caffeine: how coffee really affects our bodies - "Every day, around the world, 2bn cups are consumed. But what actually happens after you swallow that first mouthful? Here is everything you need to know."
• Coffee Tied to Lower Risk of Dying Prematurely - The New York Times.
• Cognitive Researcher Explains How Male & Female Brains Aren't So Different - TIME Magazine.
• Coincidences: We can’t predict the future, but appreciating its uncertainties will make us happier - "Coincidences are more likely to happen than we think - so we should expect the unexpected and avoid magical thinking."
• cold showers good for you? What the science says - "You may have seen people jumping into frigid seas or stylish ice baths, claiming these dunks are good for heart health, muscle recovery, stress and more. 'The research is very, very thin as it pertains to cold showers itself,' said Dr. Corey Simon. But experts have ideas for why cold showers might work, based on what scientific and anecdotal evidence there is, he added."
• Cold war 2.0 - The Guardian.
• Cold War spy plane is still the world's fastest - "SR-71 Blackbird: The Cold War spy plane that's still the world's fastest airplane."
• cold war spymasters found arrogance of Carlos the Jackal too hot to handle - "Terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez was portrayed as ruthless, but research shows Iron Curtain regimes saw him as a liability."
• Cold War warning sirens are sounding across France. Here's why - "In France, on the first Wednesday of every month, sirens - initially envisaged as Cold War bombing warnings - let rip as a test of the alarms in some 2,000 towns and villages across the country."
• COLLECT SPACE - the source for space history and artifacts. Space history, space memorabilia, and space collectibles.
• Collected Papers of Albert Einstein - Princeton University.
• Colon Cancer Is Rising Among Younger Adults. Here’s What to Know - "With cases projected to continue climbing through 2023, scientists are racing to understand why."
• Colour: Scientists claim to have discovered 'new colour' no one has seen before - "By stimulating specific cells in the retina, the participants claim to have witnessed a blue-green colour that scientists have called 'olo', but some experts have said the existence of a new colour is 'open to argument'."
• Columbus probably Spanish & Jewish, study says - "Famed explorer Christopher Columbus was likely Spanish and Jewish, according to a new genetic study conducted by Spanish scientists that aimed to shed light on a centuries-old mystery."
• comeback of cursive - The Economist.
• Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–Atlas) sightings around the world - in pictures - "Named after the Chinese observatory and South African programme that detected it in 2023, the ‘comet of the century’ may have formed at a distance of up to 400,000 times that between Earth and the Sun. Its coma, or head, measures about 130,000 miles (209,000km) in diameter, with a tail extending 18m miles (29m km). The comet is not expected to return for another 80,000 years."
• Comet likely last seen when Neanderthals walked Earth could soon dazzle in the night sky - "A recently discovered comet, known as C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, will make its closest approach of Earth on Saturday. Sky-gazers won’t want to miss the event since it may be the last time the comet will be seen in the night sky for another 80,000 years."
• Companies with the Most Fossil Fuel & Cement CO2 Emissions - "Half of the world’s fossil fuel and cement carbon dioxide emissions in 2023 came from just 36 entities, according to a report by the Carbon Majors Project. If Saudi Aramco were a country, it would be the fourth-largest polluter in the world, after China, the U.S., and India. Five publicly traded oil companies - ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, TotalEnergies, and BP - together accounted for 5% of global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels."
• companiesmarketcap.com - Largest Companies by Market Cap: companies: 4,755. Total market cap: $85.973 T.
• Comparing the Cost of Living Around the World - "This graphic compares the cost of living and purchasing power of 578 cities worldwide, using New York City as a benchmark for comparison."
• COMPETE, INC. - web traffic analysis service operating in the United States that publishes the approximate number of global visitors to the top 1,000,000 web sites in the world. This number is computed from sources including internet service providers, opt-in panels, application providers, and users of the Compete toolbar.
• competitive eating: The godfather of competitive eating on secrets, success & physical stress: ‘I am always close to danger or death’ - "Takeru Kobayashi can eat 50 hotdogs, 41 lobster rolls or 159 tacos in 10 minutes - and it has brought him fame and a healthy income. As he returns to the fray after five years, what will he do next?"
• Complete Guide To Carbon Fiber - "Offering five-times the strength of steel and double the stiffness while clocking in at just one-third its weight, carbon fiber is an ultra-lightweight, incredibly-stiff material with stellar heat tolerance and minimal thermal expansion."
• Complete Guide to Facebook's Privacy & Security Settings - Wired.
• Complete Guide to Understanding Bullying in the Modern Age - "Bullying can cause serious physical, emotional and mental negative effects for the short term, but these effects can also last a lifetime. Bullying can be experienced by children and adults alike."
• Computer algorithms predict next characters to be eliminated in “Game of Thrones” - Technical University of Munich.
• Computer identifies most boring day in history - ever! - Daily Mail.
• Computer Vision Syndrome Affects Millions - The New York Times.
• Computers: 'When you're sitting, you're one step above being dead' - The Guardian.
• COMSCORE - a marketing research company that provides marketing data and services to many of the Internet's largest businesses.
• Concorde - 40 fascinating facts.
• 'Concordski': The spectacular failure of the Soviets' Concorde rival - "Concordski: What ever happened to Soviets' spectacular rival to Concorde?"
• Concrete: The material that defines our age - "There is so much concrete in the world that at some point this century it will 'outweigh' all living matter. In the latest in our Anthropo-scene series, we explore the material's global reach, occasional beauty, and unimaginable scale."
• Confessions of a superyacht stewardess - "Being chief stew you're essentially the face of the entire interior. I'm always around. If guests are up, I'm up. I'm leading every service." The role of a stewardess is broad, they work as cleaners, cocktail mixologists, waiters and even yoga teachers.
• Confidential Clients - "These are the people zipping money across the world thanks to the global banking system." By ICIJ.
• congressional report on inner workings of the Secret Service - The Washington Post.
• CONNECTED HISTORIES - Connected Histories brings together a range of digital resources related to early modern and nineteenth century Britain with a single federated search that allows sophisticated searching of names, places and dates, as well as the ability to save, connect and share resources within a personal workspace.
• Conor McGregor sends Miami Heat mascot to hospital following punch during mid-game skit, per report - "McGregor punched the performer wearing the mascot costume twice in a pre-planned skit in the third quarter during Game 4 of the NBA Finals at the Kaseya Center in Miami. The skit was meant to promote a pain relief spray, which McGregor sprayed on Burnie after the blows."
• conspiracy theory: Fake or fact: how to recognise a conspiracy theory - "Everyone is susceptible to misinformation or being led astray online. Here’s how to know when to follow your intuition or look for more facts."
• Constant craving: why we can’t shake the salt habit - "We know it’s bad for us, so why can’t we stop sprinkling it?"
• Cool Hunting - "Synonymous with seeking inspiration - our stories and videos highlight creativity and innovation in design, technology, style, culture, food and travel. With a global team of editors and contributors we create our award-winning publication, consisting of daily updates and weekly mini-documentaries."
• COOL TOOLS - "Cool tools really work. A cool tool can be any book, gadget, software, video, map, hardware, material, or website that is tried and true. All reviews on this site are written by readers who have actually used the tool and others like it."
• Consumer Dangers - Product and Drug Recall Information."
• Consumer Guides - "Know your environment. Protect your health."
• CONSUMER REPORTS - complete ratings and recommendations on appliances, cars & trucks, electronic gear, and much more. Publishes reviews and comparisons of consumer products and services based on reporting and results from its in-house testing laboratory (US).
• Contaminating Our Bodies With Everyday Products - The New York Times.
• contraceptive pill for men without side-effects! Now how about one for women? - "Making men share responsibility for preventing unwanted pregnancy would have big implications - if it ever happens."
• CONTROLLED DEMOLITION, INC. - world leader in the commercial explosive demolitions industry.
• controversial plan to redevelop Checkpoint Charlie - "Three decades after the Berlin Wall fell, the crossing is a mess of souvenir shops and fast-food restaurants - and time is running out to change things."
• conversation cards: No small talk: how conversation cards became our favorite way to connect - "Conversation card games can be entertaining at parties - and help us foster deep connections and intimacy, which can otherwise be elusive."
• Copenhagen: 30 of the Best Things to Do in Copenhagen for Food & Design Enthusiasts - "Where to eat and stay, what to explore, and how to shop in Denmark's capital city."
• COPENHAGEN CONSENCUS CENTER - think-tank in Denmark that publicizes the best ways for governments and philanthropists to spend aid and development money.
• Copenhagen: Europe's new capital of cool - Brightly colored buildings contrast with pale Scandinavian stone, locals bike along cobbled streets and the sun bounces off the water that slices the city. Welcome to Copenhagen. A big city of 1.3 million in a small country of just 5.6 million, Denmark's capital is the hottest place in Europe right now and - spoiler alert - it isn't down to the weather. The easy everyday life of Scandinavia combined with Nordic style, world-class food, and a safe, clean, green environment makes Copenhagen just as 'wonderful' as the Danny Kaye song always said.
• Copenhagen has been named the world’s safest city - "The Danish capital surpassed former frontrunners like Tokyo, Singapore and Osaka in the fourth edition of the EIU’s biennial Safe Cities Index, which for the first time included environmental security metrics."
• Copenhagen offers tourist rewards as other EU nations clamp down - "The Danish capital hopes to lure climate-friendly and well-behaved travellers with perks such as free drinks and skiing."
• Copenhagen is the world’s No. 1 city for work-life balance & pay, says new research - New York isn’t far behind - "Here are the top five cities in the world for work-life balance and pay, according to MoneyNerd."
• Copenhagen the latest city to fall victim to overtourism? - "Copenhagen has tried to face the challenge of overtourism by introducing new strategies to better manage the influx of visitors but according to some experts, it's not enough."
• Copenhagen's historic stock exchange in flames - "Denmark's historic old stock exchange building in the centre of Copenhagen has been engulfed by fire."
• Copenhagen's Little Mermaid branded 'racist fish' in graffiti attack - "Expert on Hans Christian Andersen says it is ‘hard to see what is racist’ about fairytale."
• copyleft - definition & explanation.
• copyscape - "Provides a free plagiarism checker for finding copies of your web pages online."
• COREINDEX.COM - a free businesses platform and yellow pages directory helping you to find customers, partners among importers, exporters, traders and distributors. The world global luxury marketplace. Exclusive products from dealers in over 60 countries.
• Corleone: the Sicilian town trying to break free of its mobster past - "Mood is changing in town that spent half a century terrorised into silence under mafia bosses."
• Coronation Invitation - "Buckingham Palace is pleased to share the invitation for the Coronation, which will be issued in due course to over 2,000 guests who will form the congregation in Westminster Abbey. It is also announced today that eight Pages of Honour have been chosen to attend Their Majesties during the Coronation Service." The Official Website of The Royal Family.
• Coronation Stone - "On 6 May 2023, Charles III will be crowned on the sacred Stone of Scone - an ancient symbol of Scottish sovereignty whose history is mired in controversy and legend."
• Coronavirus: 10 days of hospital building in 60 seconds - "Time-lapse footage taken from above shows the construction of Huoshenshan hospital in Wuhan city, which has been built to deal with coronavirus patients."
• Coronavirus: 10 Numbers That Show How Hard Coronavirus Hit The Stock Market This Week - "Global markets plummeted this week as fear over the potential impact of the coronavirus outbreak gripped investors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 14%, the S&P lost 13% after falling from a record high just last week, and U.S. Treasury bond yields plummeted to new record lows as traders abandoned risky assets for safer ones."
• Coronavirus: 2,000 People Are Stranded on a U.S. Cruise Ship After 4 Countries Reject Entry Over Coronavirus Fears - "Roughly 2,000 passengers and crew aboard the Holland America Line Westerdam are stranded on the open seas. Fears of the novel coronavirus (now officially known as COVID-19) has prompted four different nations and the U.S. territory of Guam to deny them entry despite no one on board being diagnosed with the illness that has caused global panic."
• Coronavirus: A visual guide to the outbreak - "A fast-moving virus originating in China and known as the 'new coronavirus' has infected tens of thousands of Chinese citizens and spread to about 30 countries."
• Coronavirus Cases Outside China Are Accelerating Rapidly. Here’s What to Know - "Countries including South Korea, Italy and Iran are seeing a significant uptick in the number of COVID-19 cases."
• Coronavirus: China, Then And Now - Why Coronavirus Is A Bigger Threat To The Global Economy Than Previous Outbreaks - "The coronavirus is likely to have a bigger economic impact than previous outbreaks thanks to a rapidly growing Chinese economy and its deeper commercial ties to the U.S. In 2003, when the SARS virus hit, China’s GDP was $1.6 trillion. Today, China’s GDP sits around $13 trillion."
• Coronavirus: Chinese Grand Prix postponed over virus fears - "The Chinese Grand Prix has been postponed as a result of the coronavirus outbreak."
• Coronavirus closures reveal vast scale of China’s secretive wildlife farm industry - "Peacocks, porcupines and pangolins among species bred on 20,000 farms closed in wake of virus."
• Coronavirus Could Cost World $1 Trillion If It Becomes a Pandemic, Analysts Predict - "The ghastly prospect that the coronavirus outbreak could become the first truly disruptive pandemic of the globalization era is renewing doubts over the stability of the world economy."
• Coronavirus: Could it become pandemic? - "New coronavirus has now reached more than 20 countries from China, where the epidemic or disease outbreak began over a month ago."
• coronavirus: Do face masks help prevent coronavirus? – video explainer - "The Guardian's health editor, Sarah Boseley, gives the lowdown on the effectiveness of wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus, explains how viruses are spread, and offers tips on staying healthy and safe as the outbreak that originated in Wuhan, China, continues to spread."
• coronavirus from China - "Stay alert, but don’t panic yet."
• Coronavirus: Hand sanitiser or hand washing - which is more effective against coronavirus? - "Supermarkets are running out of hand sanitiser as people rush to protect themselves from Covid-19. But does it beat using soap and water?"
• Coronavirus: Here Are The Destinations Affected By Coronavirus Flight Cancellations & Travel Bans - "The rapid spread of new coronavirus cases in countries around the world prompted international airlines and governments to begin cancelling flights and instituting broader travel bans to the most affected areas in an attempt to curb the epidemic, while demand for flights has dropped."
• Coronavirus: How are patients treated? - "People confirmed to have the new coronavirus are being admitted to hospital - but what kind of treatment are they getting there and how effective is it?"
• Coronavirus: How deadly is it? - "Coronavirus: What are the chances of dying? Researchers currently think that between five and 40 coronavirus cases in 1,000 will result in death, with a best guess of nine in 1,000 or about 1%."
• coronavirus: How it spread across China & the world - visual explainer - "Confirmed cases of the flu-like virus span 29 countries, with 1,300 deaths, all but three in mainland China."
• coronavirus: How to protect yourself - "World Health Organization recommends people take these simple precautions against coronavirus to reduce exposure and transmission."
• Coronavirus: How to self-isolate - "The official advice if you suspect you have coronavirus, have been in contact with someone who has it, or have been to a place where there are a lot of cases of the virus, is to self-isolate."
• Coronavirus reaches 'highest level' of risk - "Risk of global spread 'very high' warns WHO as China situation stabilizes."
• Coronavirus: Stock Market Bloodbath: S&P 500, Dow Fall Over 4 Percent On Coronavirus Fears - "The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted nearly 1,200 points to close at 26,957 on Thursday, signaling that investor anxiety about the potential impact of the coronavirus continues to worsen despite signs that China’s economic activity is beginning to pick up."
• Coronavirus: The Ongoing Mystery of Covid’s Origin - "We still don’t know how the pandemic started. Here's what we do know - and why it matters."
• Coronavirus: There Aren't Enough Medical Masks to Fight Coronavirus. Here's Why It's Not Going to Get Better Anytime Soon - "Retailers on multiple continents are running out of masks, and prices for a box of masks on online retailers like Amazon have surged to hundreds of dollars."
• coronavirus: What are super-spreaders and how are they transmitting coronavirus? - "About one in five people transmit infections to far more people than the majority do - why?"
• Coronavirus: What it does to the body - "Fighting the new coronavirus has been a battle against the unknown for doctors."
• Coronavirus: Where are we with a vaccine? - "As cases of coronavirus increase around the globe, the focus is turning to finding a vaccine."
• Coronavirus: Why are we catching more diseases from animals? - "The world is grappling with the new coronavirus, which has spread from China to at least 15 other countries."
• Coronavirus: Why Coronavirus Isn’t Such Terrible News For The S&P 500 - "With the market already down nearly 15% from its recent high, the coronavirus-triggered plunge may turn into one of the fastest bear markets to hit U.S. stocks ever. But, believe it or not, a passive investment in the S&P 500 may be the best way to ride out and ultimately profit from the storm."
• CORPORATE LIBRARY - our mission is to provide independent corporate governance research and analysis to enable our clients to enhance value.
• Corruption Perceptions Index - since 1995. Published by Transparency International: the global coalition against corruption. "What does a number mean to you? Each year we score countries on how corrupt their public sectors are seen to be. Our Corruption Perceptions Index sends a powerful message and governments have been forced to take notice and act."
• Corruption Perceptions Index 2019 - "How corruption impacts political integrity. This year’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) reveals that a majority of countries are showing little to no improvement in tackling corruption." Transparancy International.
• Cosby in His Own Words: Sex, Drugs, Deceit - The New York Times.
• COSC | Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres - since 1973. "GUARANTOR OF THE SWISS WATCHMAKING TRADITION OF PRECISION."
• COST OF LIVING CITY RANKING 2019 - "Claiming eight of the top 10 spots, Asian cities continue to dominate the list of most expensive locations for working abroad, in our 2019 ranking."
• Cost of Living Index 2018 - Numbeo.
• Cost of the American Dream in 2024 - "Today, the rising cost of living is making the American dream increasingly difficult to achieve. This graphic shows the estimated cost of the American dream per household over the course of their lifetime, based on analysis from Investopedia."
• Costco Hacked the American Shopping Psyche - "More than 100 million people visit the retailer for their groceries - and gas and TVs and gold bars and pet coffins - but saving money may not be the only motive."
• Could exercise pills help create a healthier society? - "Could exercise pills help create a healthier society? Finding drugs that mimic the benefits of a workout has long been a goal of science. As a new trial begins, the hope is to assist not just the time-poor or the lazy but elderly people and those with disease or disability."
• Counting sheep: Who came up with this old sleep tip & does it work? - "History supposedly provides the answer: It was said to be a way for medieval shepherds, devoid of human company for weeks at a time, to fall asleep each night - they counted their sheep until drowsy. Whether that’s true or not, I don’t know."
• Countries Named From the Greek Language - "1. Argentina: the land of silver. 2. Azerbaijan and the ancient city of Atropatene. 3. Egypt's name comes from two words in the Greek language. 4. Ethiopia and Eritrea. 5. Georgia, named after a Greek Saint. 6. Indonesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. 7.Malta, named after its famous honey."
• COUNTRIES OR AREAS, CODES & ABBREVIATIONS - United Nations Statistics Division.
• countries that ceased to exist - "New book 'Atlas of Extinct Countries' explores the places that fell off the map."
• Countries With the Highest Wealth Inequality - "This graphic visualizes the 10 countries with the most wealth inequality as measured by the Gini index, using figures from the UBS Global Wealth Report 2024."
• Countries With the Most Freshwater Resources - "Although a majority of the Earth's surface is covered in water, 96.5% of it is ocean water unsuitable for consumption or agriculture. It's estimated that just 2.5% of the planet's water is freshwater, most of which is found in glaciers, ice caps, and underground. The top 5 countries account for 35% of the planet’s total renewable freshwater resources"
• COUNTRY CALLING CODES - international telephoning made easy!
• COUNTRY CODES & INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES
• COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE - nationwide (USA) news service for lawyers and the news media.
• Covid Vaccine Side Effects 2024: 4 Takeaways From Our Investigation - "Soon after their arrival in late December 2020, the Covid-19 vaccines turned the pandemic around and opened a path back to normalcy. They prevented about 14.4 million deaths worldwide, according to one estimate. In a small percentage of people, they also produced side effects, say, in just 0.001 percent of patients."
• Covid’s Forgotten Hero: The Untold Story Of The Scientist Whose Breakthrough Made The Vaccines Possible - "Without Ian MacLachlan’s innovative delivery system, Moderna and Pfizer couldn’t safely get their mRNA vaccines into your cells. So why does hardly anyone acknowledge the Canadian biochemist’s seminal contributions - or pay a dime in royalties?"
• CRAIGSLIST - provides local classifieds and forums for jobs, housing, for sale, personals, services, local community, and events serving 570 cities in 50 countries.
• Craigslist's Craig Newmark: 'Outrage is profitable. Most online outrage is faked for profit' - "The founder of the online classifieds site is a survivor from the era of internet optimism. He has given significant sums to protect the future of news - and rejects the idea his website helped cause journalism’s financial crisis."
• Crash course: Aviation expert’s guide to surviving a plane crash could end up saving your life - The Sun.
• Creativity & sensory gating indexed by the P50 - ScienceDirect.
• Credit Card Processing - "We offer credit card processing and merchant account services to help you grow your business".
• Crimea head invites world’s celebrities to create new ‘Beverly Hills’ - TASS.
• criminals making millions from illegal wildlife trafficking - The Guardian.
• CROSS-BRAND COLLABORATION - definition & explanation.
• CROSSLINK BUILDER - "The art of search engine promotion." Search engine optimisation (seo) by building web links for free.
• Crossword Puzzles: Study Shows Beat Computer Games in Slowing Memory Loss - "Crossword puzzles showed an advantage over digital brain games in sharpening memory among older adults with mild cognitive impairment, according to a study in NEJM Evidence." Duke University School of Medicine.
• Crows could be the smartest animal other than primates - "Crows have long been considered cunning. But their intelligence may be far more advanced than we ever thought possible."
• Crows outthink monkeys, can grasp recursive patterns - "In cognitive tests for recognizing certain types of patterns, crows outperformed monkeys."
• Cruise Industry Is On a Course For Climate Disaster - "The cruise industry has an enormous environmental footprint. But customers don't seem concerned about climate change."
• ‘Cruisezilla’ passenger ships have doubled in size since 2000, environmental group warns - "'Today’s cruisezillas make the Titanic look like a small fishing boat,' Inesa Ulichina, sustainable shipping officer at T&E, said in a statement."
• Crunch Base - "The Free Tech Company Techbase." Free database of technology companies, people, and investors that anyone can edit.
• Cryptocurrency Crime Is Booming. Here’s How to Invest Safely - TIME Magazine.
• CRYPTOME - functions as a repository for information about freedom of speech, cryptography, spying, and surveillance. "Cryptome welcomes documents for publication that are prohibited by governments worldwide, in particular material on freedom of expression, privacy, cryptology, dual-use technologies, national security, intelligence, and secret governance - open, secret and classified documents - but not limited to those."
• CSI | COMMITTEE FOR SKEPTICAL INQUIRY - encourages the critical investigation of paranormal and fringe-science claims from a responsible, scientific point of view.
• Cuban missile crisis, 60 years on - "New papers reveal how close the world came to nuclear disaster. In 1962, a Soviet submarine commander nearly ordered a nuclear launch, newly translated accounts show, with modern parallels over Ukraine all too clear."
• cult of 5am: is rising at dawn the secret of health & happiness? - "It has been called the morning miracle - getting up before everyone else and winning the day. But does it actually make you more productive and focused?"
• cult of the expert - and how it collapsed - The Guardian.
• Cultural Capital Is The Key To Louis Vuitton’s Luxury Lead - "Louis Vuitton’s recent bombshell appointment of Pharrell Williams as its new menswear creative director may have surprised some observers, but the move makes perfect sense as luxury brands are moving from merely selling products to becoming cultural influencers."
• cultural moments that defined 2020 - "It was an unusual year marked by unusual events: an unprecedented global pandemic, youth-led protest movements, impassioned Black Lives Matter demonstrations, a divisive US Election. The list goes on."
• Culture and jihad, grimly connected through the art market's “blood antiquities” - The Economist.
• CumEx Files - "How Europe's taxpayers have been swindled of €55 billion."
• CumEx-Files - "The CumEx-Files is an investigation by a number of European news media outlets into a tax fraud scheme discovered by them in 2017. A network of banks, stock traders, and lawyers had obtained billions from European treasuries through suspected fraud and speculation involving dividend taxes. The five hardest hit countries may have lost at least $62.9 billion. Germany is the hardest hit country, with around $36.2 billion withdrawn from the German treasury. Estimated losses for other countries include at least €17 billion for France, €4.5 billion in Italy, €1.7 billion in Denmark and €201 million for Belgium."
• Cupping Has an Olympic Moment - The New York Times.
• ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Made Something Out of Nothing - "Larry David's HBO series never aimed at grand statements. But its reflection of modern grievances was pretty, pretty good."
• cure for cancer: how to kill a killer - "Revolutionary work on the body’s immune system and a host of new drug trials mean that beating cancer may be achievable."
• Cure Yourself of Tree Blindness - The New York Times.
• Cut meat consumption to two burgers a week to save planet, study suggests - "Climate crisis report says ‘we are not winning in any sector’ as experts call for urgent action on fossil fuels."
• Cute Calendar - "Holidays, observances, events, concerts and more!"
• Cute Toy Just Brought a Hacker Into Your Home - The New York Times.
• Cutting Back on One Amino Acid Increases Lifespan of Mice Up to 33% - "Isoleucine is one of three branched-chain amino acids we use to build proteins in our bodies. It is essential for our survival, but since our cells can't produce it from scratch, we have to get it from sources like eggs, dairy, soy protein and meats. But there can always be too much of a good thing."
• Cybercrime: 5 Things You Need to Know - Cloudwards.

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• Daily Steps: Scientists Reveal Optimal Number of Daily Steps to Offset Sitting Down - "The team found between 9,000 and 10,000 daily steps were optimal to counteract a highly sedentary lifestyle, lowering incident CVD risk by 21 percent and mortality risk by 39 percent. 'Any amount of daily steps above the referent 2,200 steps per day was associated with lower mortality and incident CVD risk, for low and high sedentary time.'"
• Daimler says it has no idea how North Korea got hold of limousines - "Kim Jong-un is using stretch limousines despite UN ban on sale of luxury goods."
• Dalai Lama: Behind Our Anxiety, Fear of Being Unneeded - The New York Times.
• Dalai Lama: We Must Act as One to Preserve Our World - "This planet is our only home. Environmental experts say that over the next few decades, global warming will reach such a level that many water resources will go dry. So ecology and combatting global warming are very important."
• DAILY DOSE - drug and alcohol news from around the world.
• Dalai Lama apologizes after video asking child to ‘suck’ his tongue sparks outcry - "The Dalai Lama has apologized after a video emerged showing the spiritual leader kissing a child on the lips and then asking him to 'suck my tongue' at an event in northern India. In a statement Monday, the office for the Dalai Lama said he 'wishes to apologize to the boy and his family, as well as his many friends across the world, for the hurt his words may have caused,' adding he 'regrets' the incident. 'His Holiness often teases people he meets in an innocent and playful way, even in public and before cameras,' the statement said."
• Damien Hirst backdated at least 1,000 paintings from his NFT project, investigation reveals - "At least 1,000 Damien Hirst artworks were painted years later than claimed. Potentially thousands of signed works from Currency series were mass-produced by artist’s team after 2016, sources say."
• Damien Hirst formaldehyde animal works dated to 1990s were made in 2017 - "Three sculptures exhibited in galleries around world were artificially aged, sources claim."
• DAMN YOU AUTO CORRECT! - "Funny iPhone Fails and Autocorrect Horror Stories."
• Danes revel in ‘dancing cow day’ for first time since Covid outbreak - "National event to mark organic dairy cattle’s release from winter barns has been online only since 2020."
• Danes struggle with response to Trump Greenland threat - "Copenhagen's gloomy January weather matches the mood among Denmark's politicians and business leaders. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen downplayed Trump's own suggestion that the US might use military force to seize Greenland. 'I don't have the fantasy to imagine that it'll ever get to that,' she told Danish TV."
• 'dangerous' books too powerful to read - "Forty years on from the launch of Banned Books Week, censorship is once again on the rise. To launch a new BBC Culture series, John Self considers the long and ignoble global history of book-banning."
• Daniel Barenboim: What Beethoven's Ninth Teaches Us - "The conductor Daniel Barenboim explores the political and spiritual power of what many consider the greatest symphony."
• Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers whistleblower, dies aged 92 - "Analyst who leaked studies showing US government knew the Vietnam war was un-winnable became activist and writer."
• Danish Christmas Tradition That Comes From the Heart - "In the land of hygge, handmade paper decorations have long brought holiday cheer - and a chance to share the simple joys of crafting."
• Danish Culture Canon - consists of 108 works of cultural excellence in eight categories: architecture, visual arts, design and crafts, film, literature, music, performing arts, and children's culture. An initiative of Brian Mikkelsen in 2004, it was developed by a series of committees under the auspices of the Danish Ministry of Culture in 2006–2007 as "a collection and presentation of the greatest, most important works of Denmark's cultural heritage."
• Danish immigrant Louis Lassen invented the American Hamburger in 1900 - Louis' Lunch.
• Danish trick to “shock” your body into happiness - "A growing number of Danes choose cold water swimming as a way to invigorate the senses and combat their winter blues. Now, some companies are using it to create workplace bonds."
• Dark crystals: the brutal reality behind a booming wellness craze - "Demand for ‘healing’ crystals is soaring - but many are mined in deadly conditions in one of the world’s poorest countries. And there is little evidence that this billion-dollar industry is cleaning up its act."
• Dark patterns, the tricks websites use to make you say yes, explained - "How design can manipulate and coerce you into doing what websites want."
• dark side of being called pretty - "How your family shapes your body image. Comments about our looks from our loved ones and friends can cause lifelong insecurities. How can we teach kids to feel confident about their bodies instead?"
• Darwin Online project - since 2024. - "The world's largest resource on Darwin." The Darwin Online project released a 300-page catalog that compiles the original 7,400 titles and 13,000 volumes originally owned by Darwin. The catalog includes 9,300 links to copies of the library contents that are available for free online, inviting the public to peruse what Darwin read.
• Darwin: Researchers reveal lost library of Charles Darwin for the first time - "'Instead of basing one's understanding on the authors Darwin read that are mentioned in biographies, etc., anyone can now scroll through his whole library.'"
• Das Kapital: ‘Amusing insight’ revealed in Marx's ‘Das Kapital’ gift to Darwin - "'With most of its pages remaining uncut, it seems Darwin gave up any attempt to read it,' reads the statement, which adds that Darwin took almost three months to send a dry note of thanks to Marx. February 12 marked the 215th anniversary of Darwin’s birthday, and a research team virtually reassembled his impressive library in his honor. The Darwin Online project released a 300-page catalog that compiles the original 7,400 titles and 13,000 volumes originally owned by Darwin. The catalog includes 9,300 links to copies of the library contents that are available for free online, inviting the public to peruse what Darwin read."
• DATA PROTECTION STANDARDS NEED TO BE GLOBAL - Wired.
• David Attenborough breaks Instagram record for fastest time to reach one million followers - Guinness World Records.
• David Attenborough: 'The collapse of our civilizations is on the horizon' - "Renowned nature broadcaster David Attenborough has told world leaders that climate change could lead to collapse of civilizations, and much of the natural world."
• DAVID ICKE - "Exposing the dreamworld we believe to be real."
• David Copperfield: FBI investigated David Copperfield for two years. The claim that he was ‘exonerated’ was widely embraced. Was he? - "A woman alleged that the magician sexually assaulted her on his private island in 2007. His lawyers said he was falsely accused."
• David Copperfield: Magician accused of sexual misconduct - "Magician David Copperfield has been accused of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behaviour by 16 women. Some of the alleged offences took place when the women were under 18. The allegations date from the late 1980s to 2014."
• David Lynch: 'You gotta be selfish. It's a terrible thing' - The Guardian.
• Davos 2020: What is the World Economic Forum & is it elitist? - "Some of the world's top business people and politicians - plus a smattering of celebrities - will gather in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum (WEF) this week."
• Davos gathering prompts locals to cash-in & leave - The Guardian.
• Davos VIPs & private jets - "Davos VIPs are worried about the climate crisis. They're still using private jets."
• Davos’s elite will need to do some soul-searching in a world falling apart - "The first proper World Economic Forum for three years will take place against a humbling backdrop of crisis and conflict."
• Daylight Saving, There Are More Options Than You Might Think - "There are only so many hours of light in the day. When should we enjoy them?"
• Daylight Saving Time Should Be Permanent. The Pandemic Shows Us Why - "COVID-19 maintains a stranglehold on American life, ensuring that fall 2020 will be anything but normal. Pandemic restrictions have left our nation grappling with a severe economic recession alongside a growing mental health crisis. While there’s no panacea for these problems, one simple step by Congress could help alleviate the pain: Passing federal legislation to make daylight saving time (DST) permanent."
• D.B. Cooper - media epithet popularly used to refer to an unidentified man who hijacked a Boeing 727 aircraft in the airspace between Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, on November 24, 1971, extorted $200,000 in ransom, and parachuted to an uncertain fate. Despite an extensive manhunt and an ongoing FBI investigation, the perpetrator has never been located or positively identified. The case remains the only unsolved air piracy in American aviation history.
• D. B. Cooper & the most fascinating hijacking case in history
• Deadly heat is killing Americans: A decade of inaction on climate puts lives at risk - "Heat now causes more deaths than hurricanes, tornadoes or floods in most years, creating a new public health threat. An investigation reveals why the CDC’s prevention efforts have faltered."
• 'deadly sins' of business - BBC News.
• Dear Internet: It’s Time to Fix This Mess You Made - Wired.
• 'death cleaning' - what is it? - TIME.
• Death Masks: The lost art of the death mask - "The Western world was once obsessed with these macabre memorials."
• ‘Death of Expertise’: How Ignorance Became a Virtue - The New York Times.
• DEATH SWITCH - information insurance: an automated system that prompts you for your password on a regular schedule to make sure you are still alive.
• Death, the Prosperity Gospel & Me - The New York Times.
• DEBRETT'S - the modern authority on etiquette, taste and achievement.
• Death Valley reaches 130 degrees, hottest temperature in U.S. in at least 107 years - "On Sunday, the thermometer at Death Valley's Furnace Creek, located in the deserts of Southern California, soared to 130 degrees Fahrenheit, according to NOAA's Weather Prediction Center. If verified, it would be the hottest temperature recorded in the U.S. since 1913, and perhaps the hottest temperature ever reliably recorded in the world."
• Debt is Good - The New York Times.
• declassified CIA files are now available online - engadget.
• Decluttering tips for collectors & hoarders - how to tackle uncontrollable clutter - "If your love of stuff has tipped over into extreme clutter, our guide can help."
• Decoding Steve Jobs, in Life and on Film - The New York Times.
• Deep Dream Generator - Generate your own deep dream photos and images for free.
• Deepfakes Gets Cheaper & Easier Thanks to A.I. - "Meme-makers and misinformation peddlers are embracing artificial intelligence tools to create convincing fake videos on the cheap. Making realistic fake videos, often called deepfakes, once required elaborate software to put one person's face onto another's. But now, many of the tools to create them are available to everyday consumers - even on smartphone apps, and often for little to no money."
• Deepest ever fish caught on camera off Japan - "Scientists have filmed a fish swimming at an extraordinary depth in the ocean, making it the deepest observation of this nature that has ever been made. The species - a type of snailfish of the genus Pseudoliparis - was filmed swimming at 8,336m (27,349ft)."
• Default Tech Settings You Should Turn Off Right Away - "These controls, which are buried inside products from Apple, Google, Meta and others, make us share more data than we need to."
• Defense Industry in One Chart - "The world's most valuable defense companies. This graphic breaks down the biggest publicly-traded defense companies by market capitalization, as of May 20, 2025. 16 are located in the U.S., while 17 are based in Europe."
• DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO HOW MUCH YOU SHOULD TIP WORLDWIDE - Goodhouse Keeping.
• D.E.I. Order Creates ‘Fear & Confusion’ Among Corporate Leaders - "The executive order signals that private businesses and organizations could be investigated over their diversity policies."
• Dementia: 7 healthy habits may help cut dementia risk, study says - "Researchers present initial findings from study that followed thousands of US women for about 20 years."
• Dementia: Almost half of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed, study finds - "Researchers name 14 factors for people to address to ‘hugely’ reduce risk of developing condition."
• Dementia articles - The Guardian.
• Dementia: Bilingualism May Stave Off Dementia, Study Suggests - "People who spoke two languages daily in their youth tended to score higher on memory tests later in life, the researchers found."
• Dementia: Can you outrun DEMENTIA? Exercise-induced hormone reduces Alzheimer's plaque in lab - "The reason exercise can prevent Alzheimer's disease has been discovered and could lead to new treatments for the incurable condition. A hormone called irisin released during a workout reduces plaques in the brain."
• Dementia: Cheap Daily Supplement Seems to Boost Brain Function in Older Adults - "What's good for your aging gut may also be good for your aging brain. The first twin study of its kind suggests that taking daily protein and prebiotic supplements can improve scores on memory tests in people over the age of 60."
• Dementia: Do You Have Healthy Brain Habits? - "These 12 questions can help assess your risk for dementia, stroke and depression, and identify ways to reduce it."
• Dementia: Does the MIND Diet Prevent Dementia? - "Healthy eating might help protect your brain, experts say, but other factors play in as well." The New York Times.
• Dementia: Don’t forget to floss: the science behind dementia & the four things you should do to prevent it - "A picture is emerging of a healthy lifestyle which is key to the condition’s prevention - exercise, being sociable, and looking after your ears."
• Dementia: Experts urge health regulators to approve ‘turning point’ dementia drugs - "As results show 35% slowing in cognitive decline, health leaders say swift decisions crucial."
• Dementia: Get your eyes checked to keep your brain healthy, study says - "Regular exams and corrective measures may be easy ways to reduce dementia risk, according to the study. People with untreated visual impairments were significantly more likely to develop dementia, according to a new study. Previous studies have shown a link between cognitive and vision health. This latest research, however, was unique in the rigor with which vision was assessed and in how representative the sample was, said clinician-scientist Dr. Joshua Ehrlich, the lead author of the report published Thursday in the journal JAMA Ophthalmology."
• Dementia: How levels of 'good' cholesterol may increase dementia risk - "New research suggests that high-density lipoprotein, or HDL cholesterol, is much more complex than previously thought. High HDL cholesterol levels can stiffen veins and arteries. This impact on the cardiovascular system is a key way high levels of HDL cholesterol may increase risk of cognitive impairment - stroke is one of the leading risk factors for dementia."
• Dementia is preventable: here are 12 things that put you at risk - "Research released this week will spell out the lifestyle and environmental issues that can lead to the condition and the steps that can cut your risk of developing it. The previous edition of the Lancet Commission, published in 2020, listed 12 modifiable risk factors: blood pressure, obesity, alcohol intake, smoking, lack of exercise, diabetes, brain injury, social isolation, hearing loss, depression, keeping the brain active and air pollution."
• Dementia: Is your memory struggling? Here are 10 ways to boost your recall - "From rhymes to chunking and large displays, neurology professor Richard Restak provides key tips to improve your memory."
• Dementia: Major Study Identifies 15 Factors Linked to Early Dementia Risk - "While dementia is much more common in older adults, hundreds of thousands of people are diagnosed with young-onset dementia (YOD) each year - and an extensive new study sheds some considerable new light on why."
• Dementia: Mediterranean diet may lower dementia risk by a quarter, study suggests - "Data from more than 60,000 Britons suggests plant-rich diet may help regardless of person’s genetic risk."
• Dementia: Memory Loss Isn’t the Only Sign of Dementia - "Here are five other common red flags to look out for."
• Dementia risk may increase if you’re eating these foods, study says - "We all eat them - ultraprocessed foods such as frozen pizza and ready-to-eat meals make our busy lives much easier. Besides, they are just darn tasty - who isn’t susceptible to hot dogs, sausages, burgers, french fries, sodas, cookies, cakes, candy, doughnuts and ice cream, to name just a few? If more than 20% of your daily calorie intake is ultraprocessed foods, however, you may be raising your risk for cognitive decline, a new study found. That amount would equal about 400 calories a day in a 2,000-calories-a-day diet. For comparison, a small order of fries and regular cheeseburger from McDonald’s contains a total of 530 calories."
• Dementia risk study finds 11 key factors behind condition - "Predictive tool ‘significantly outperforms’ others available and could help avert about 40% of cases. Scientists have identified 11 risk factors for dementia and used them to develop a tool that can predict whether someone will develop the condition in the next 14 years."
• Dementia: Scientists hope weight-loss drugs could treat addiction & dementia - "Medications with semaglutide such as Ozempic and Wegovy are being studied to see if they can help other conditions."
• Dementia: Scientists Identify a Speech Trait That Foreshadows Cognitive Decline - "Can you pass me the whatchamacallit? It's right over there next to the thingamajig. Many of us will experience 'lethologica', or difficulty finding words, in everyday life. And it usually becomes more prominent with age."
• Dementia: Study Shows Crossword Puzzles Beat Computer Games in Slowing Memory Loss - "Crossword puzzles showed an advantage over digital brain games in sharpening memory among older adults with mild cognitive impairment, according to a study in NEJM Evidence." Duke University School of Medicine.
• Dementia: 'That's just normal forgetting': the difference between memory loss & dementia & how to protect your brain - "The odd memory lapse is no big deal - so when should we start to worry? Experts explain, and share the best ways to stay sharp."
• Dementia: The basics of dementia & cognitive impairment - "Dementia is the loss of cognitive functioning - the ability to think, remember, or reason - to such an extent that it interferes with a person's daily life and activities. These functions include memory, language skills, visual perception, problem solving, self-management, and the ability to focus and pay attention." National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).
• Dementia: The ‘silent’ symptom of dementia you can spot when you walk - "Until scientists discover a cure, having ways to diagnose the condition as early as possible gives people the best chance of managing the disease and alleviating symptoms. Earlier diagnosis can also give them and their families more time to understand their diagnosis and plan for the future."
• Dementia: What Types of Exercise Do You Need to Reduce Dementia Risk? - "Several large studies have confirmed that vigorous exercise, walking and even doing household chores can greatly benefit the brain."
• Dementia: Your Vision Can Predict Dementia 12 Years Before Diagnosis, Study Finds - "The eyes can reveal a lot about the health of our brain. Indeed, problems with the eyes can be one of the earliest signs of cognitive decline. Our latest study shows that a loss of visual sensitivity can predict dementia 12 years before it is diagnosed."
• Democracy Isn't Perfect, But It Will Still Prevail - TIME Magazine.
• Democratic national convention 2024: the best images from the final day - in pictures - "Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic presidential nomination on the final day of the conference in Chicago, laying out the stakes of the election and delivering a forceful rebuke of her Republican opponent Donald Trump."
• Democrats push to drop John Wayne’s name from airport over racist comments - "Democrats in Orange county, California, call for change in light of ‘racist and bigoted statements’ actor made in 1971 interview."
• Denmark & Germany now building the world's longest immersed tunnel - "Descending up to 40 meters beneath the Baltic Sea, the world's longest immersed tunnel will link Denmark and Germany, slashing journey times between the two countries when it opens in 2029."
• Denmark country profile - "The Kingdom of Denmark has, despite its relatively small size, punched above its weight internationally." BBC News.
• Denmark is the No. 1 country for quality of life - Canada & New Zealand also made the top 10 list - "To rank the 89 countries listed, U.S. News and World Report, global marketing and communication services company WPP and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania surveyed nearly 17,000 people worldwide from March 22 to May 23, 2024. Denmark rose from the No. 4 spot in 2023 to No. 1 on this year's ranking. Denmark - along with Sweden and Norway - is part of the cultural region of northern Europe known as Scandinavia."
• Denmark, Norway & Sweden should be a single country - The Washington Post.
• Denmark secret: how it became the world’s most trusting country & why that matters - "There are real benefits to a society where people feel safe enough to leave their babies and bikes on the street. How have the Danes achieved this level of faith in their fellow citizens?"
• Denmark's unique 300-year-old-homes of the future - "On Læsø, houses are thatched with thick, heavy bundles of silvery seaweed that have the potential to be a contemporary building material around the world."
• Depression, violence, anxiety: the problem with the phrase ‘be a man’ - The Guardian.
• Detectorists: Why a metal-detecting show became a global hit - "Described as 'almost Shakespearean' by the LA Times, the gentle UK comedy about metal detecting has wowed audiences worldwide. What's the secret of its success, asks Neil Armstrong."
• Devices That Deserve to Go Along on Vacation - The New York Times.
• DHL - international courier service.
• Diabetes Drug Became the New Weight Lost Trend for the Rich - "A pricey weight loss hack is making the rounds in certain social circles. It works, but is it worth it?"
• Diabetes Drug That Could Overshadow Ozempic - "Demand is mounting for Mounjaro - though like some other trendy medications, it has yet to be approved for weight loss."
• Diamond Hands - "'Diamond hands' is a slang term that refers to holding a volatile investment even when there's pressure to sell. It's popular with high-risk assets such as cryptocurrency and meme stocks. Despite the humorous intent behind it, there are select situations where it's good to have diamond hands."
• DIAMOND RINGS - find an extensive selection of quality diamond jewelry including rings, earrings, necklaces and bracelets.
• Diana's fatal injury was tiny, just in the wrong place - "UK's top forensic pathologist DR RICHARD SHEPHERD who gave evidence in major inquiry into her death reveals how a tiny vein tear had devastating consequences for the princess in his memoir."
• DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH SLANG AND COLLOQUIALISMS
• Did Prophet Muhammad Warn Us of ISIS? - Huff Post.
• Digital Dementia on the rise - Psychology Today.
• Did the vikings predict an apocalypse? - "A recent study of a mysterious stone in Sweden revealed Vikings were already concerned about a climate catastrophe more than 1,200 years ago."
• Diet coke 'may be bad for your heart' as experts say artificial sweeteners - 'Should not be considered a safe alternative to sugar.'
• Diet drinks boost risk of dangerous heart condition by 20%, study says - "Drinking two liters or more per week of artificially sweetened beverages - the equivalent of a medium-sized fast-food diet soda a day - raised the risk of an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation by 20% when compared to people who drank none, a new study found."
• Digital detox - refers to a period of time during which a person refrains from using electronic connecting devices such as smartphones and computers. It is regarded as an opportunity to reduce stress or focus on social interaction in the physical world. Claimed benefits include increased mindfulness, lowered anxiety, better appreciation of one's environment and becoming more people-oriented.
• Digital Fragments We Leave Behind After Death - "The photos, texts, playlists and to-do lists that we find after loved ones die can offer poignant glimpses into their lives."
• ‘digital literacy’ is now a workplace non-negotiable - "Digital skills once meant having a basic grasp of computers. Now, it means being able to work adaptably and strategically across tools, devices and platforms."
• Digital nomad: How has the digital nomad trend evolved over the years? - "Whether seen as a positive or a negative, the digital nomad trend continues with new visas and organisations aimed at this population popping up around the world."
• digital nomad visas luring workers overseas - "More than 25 countries have now launched visa programmes for digital nomads, enabling these travellers to work legally, longer and more freely."
• Digital nomads are choosing Bansko - "Bansko: Bulgaria's unlikely new digital nomad hub. Set scenically at the base of the Pirin Mountains, Bansko has quietly emerged as one of the world's newest remote working hubs in recent years."
• digital spring clean: how to sort out your passwords, privacy and bulging photo folder - "From those 6,000 cloud-stored selfies to your most guessable and reused passwords, here is an easy, expert guide to wielding a virtual vacuum."
• Digital surveillance 'worse than Orwell', says new UN privacy chief - The Guardian.
• DIGNITAS - "To live with dignity. To die with dignity." Swiss assisted dying group that helps those with terminal illness and severe physical and mental illnesses to die assisted by qualified doctors and nurses. Additionally, they provide assisted suicide for people provided that they are of sound judgment and submit to an in-depth medical report prepared by a psychiatrist that establishes the patient's condition, as required by Swiss courts.
• Dinosaur hunter stumbles across million-dollar find - "The first stegosaurus skeleton to go under the hammer is set to fetch millions of dollars in New York. But the extraordinary discovery was made by chance, thousands of miles away out west during one man’s birthday stroll, writes Stephen Smith."
• dinosaur Joe
• dinosaur skeleton for sale - along with the right to name species.
• Dinosaurs never really vanished from Earth - The New York Times.
• dinosaurs reached 'titanic' size - "Could dinosaurs have grown any bigger? Titanosaurs were some of the largest animals to walk the Earth, but if the reign of the dinosaurs hadn't been cut short by an asteroid, could they have evolved to be even bigger?"
• dinosaurs sound like? - "We tend to associate dinosaurs with ground-shaking roars, but the latest research shows that this is probably mistaken."
• Dinosaurs wiped out by asteroid, not volcanoes, researchers say - "Study says surge in volcanic activity could not have caused Cretaceous/Paleogene extinction event."
• dire wolf: Biotech company says it has brought an animal back from extinction for the first time - "Scientists say they have resurrected the dire wolf."
• Disney, Built on Fairy Tales & Fantasy, Confronts the Real World - "The entertainment behemoth spent decades avoiding even the whiff of controversy. But it has increasingly been drawn into the partisan political fray."
• Disney Decoded - Duke University.
• Disney, Pixar Misrepresent Class Struggle in Children's Films, Study Finds - Hollywood Reporter.
• Disparity in Life Spans of the Rich & the Poor Is Growing - The New York Times.
• Distance Calculator - tool for calculating distance between cities or places on map. Please write the origin and destination city name, choose the distance unit and press calculate. You can change the unit of distance any time you want, to miles, kilometers or meters.
• Dividend Yield Data Live For FTSE 100 - "Dividend Yield Live."
• divorce questions - SA Law.
• DIY NETWORK - do it yourself projects.
• DMZ separating North & South Korea has become a wildlife haven - "Between North and South Korea lies the demilitarized zone (DMZ), one of the world’s most heavily armed borders. The 160-mile stretch is barred with fences and landmines and is largely empty of human activity. But that isolation has inadvertently turned the area into a haven for wildlife. Google released street view images of the DMZ for the first time this week, offering a rare glimpse into the flora and fauna that inhabit this no man’s land."
• DNA | DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID - Wikipedia.
• DNA ANCESTRY PROJECT - genetic genealogy: trace your ancestry with DNA.
• DNA Deciphers Roots of Modern Europeans - The New York Times.
• DNA hunter who found humans interbred with Neanderthals wins Nobel prize - "Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo has won the Nobel Prize for medicine for pioneering the use of ancient DNA to unlock secrets about human evolution. The Nobel Committee said Monday that Pääbo 'accomplished something seemingly impossible' when he sequenced the first Neanderthal genome and revealed that Homo sapiens interbred with Neanderthals."
• DNA study offers insight into the horrific story of the trans-Atlantic slave trade - "Much of what we know about the horrors of slavery in the Americas comes from historical records. But new research shows that evidence of the slave trade's atrocities can also be found in the DNA of African Americans."
• DNA tests can predict intelligence, scientists show for first time - The Telegraph.
• Do a Gucci - is taking a traditional fashion house that has fallen off the map and reinventing it.
• Do alpha males even exist? - The Guardian.
• Do M.R.I. Scans Cause Any Harm? - The New York Times.
• Do Olympians Get Too Much Exercise? - The New York Times.
• Do our faces hold the secret to human connection? - "Why the pressure to change our faces has never been higher. We have long tried to tweak the features nature dealt us, whether with magic creams, gadgets or exercise (even Cleopatra practiced face yoga). But today, when approximately two billion images are uploaded every day to social media -- nearly 100 million of which are estimated to be selfies, according to Helfand -- the pressure to appear beautiful has never been higher."
• Do our pets ever really love us – or do they just stick around for the food? - "We dote on our cats and dogs, but is it a one-way relationship? Here’s what science tells us about how to decode their emotions, whether they are avoiding us or getting a little too amorous with our legs."
• Do this if your wrapping paper is too short - TikTok.
• Do we need a new theory of evolution? - "A new wave of scientists argues that mainstream evolutionary theory needs an urgent overhaul. Their opponents have dismissed them as misguided careerists - and the conflict may determine the future of biology."
• Do you have what it takes to be a secret agent - The Telegraph.
• Do you really want to live longer? - "A philosopher asks: Is a longer life a happier one?"
• Do Your Friends Actually Like You? - The New York Times.
• doctor to the wealthy - at $40,000 a year - "Private Medical is at the forefront of a new type of health care for the ultra-wealthy that has taken concierge medicine to a whole new level. The company, founded by Dr. Jordan Shlain, pioneered a highly personalized, all-in-one service that’s more akin to the most sophisticated family offices for investments. The rise of family office-style medical practices reflects the surge in wealth among families worth $100 million or more and growing demand for hyper-personalized, data-driven health care from an aging class of billionaires and millionaires."
• Dodging Deception & Seeking Truth Online [Survey Results] - "The sheer volume of content the internet brings into our lives on a daily basis couldn’t possibly be scrolled through in its entirety. But of the content we do manage to consume, how much of it is true? And how much of it completely misleads us?"
• Does a kettle use more electricity than a TV? How much power your gadgets use - "We test what devices consume, with households increasingly worried about rising energy prices."
• Does drinking hot tea cool you down in a heatwave? - The Telegraph.
• Does Exercise Change Your Brain? - The New York Times.
• Does hypnosis really work? - "With a history spanning the origin of psychotherapy, to bizarre experiments with snakes and acid, hypnosis is emerging as a powerful medical treatment. Can it shake off its reputation as a stage magician's trick?"
• Does the Royal Family Have Any Secrets Left? - "Last night’s Golden Globes were ... eventful! ... but the talk of the town still seems to be the rollout of Prince Harry’s memoir, Spare. Emerging details are delicious and moreish: Sibling fisticuffs! A frostbitten penis! Losing one’s virginity to a pony girl in a field! King Charles doing a headstand in his boxer shorts!?"
• Does Thinking Burn Calories? Here's What the Science Says - "While the brain represents just 2% of a person's total body weight, it accounts for 20% of the body's energy use, Raichle's research has found. That means during a typical day, a person uses about 320 calories just to think. Different mental states and tasks can subtly affect the way the brain consumes energy."
• Dog behaviour has little to do with breed, study finds - "Research shows high degree of variability between individual animals - with implications for owners."
• Dog spotted hanging out on top of ancient pyramid in Egypt - "While flying over Egypt’s famous Great Pyramids at sunrise earlier this week, US paraglider Marshall Mosher and fellow paragliders spotted the unexpected sight of a stray hound also taking in views around the summit of one of the ancient wonders."
• dog year not equivalent to seven human years, scientists find - "Study of DNA changes in labradors suggests puppies age much faster than older dogs."
• ‘dog’s haircut costs more than mine!’ A day at the groomers with Oscar, Bear, Otis & Zorro - "With more than 12 million dogs in Britain, the grooming industry is booming. But what does all this pampering say about our changing relationship with man’s best friend?"
• DOGE: How Musk Built DOGE: Timeline & Key Takeaways - "The New York Times interviewed more than 60 people familiar with Mr. Musk's effort to piece together new details about it."
• DOGE: The People Carrying Out Musk’s Plans at DOGE - "The New York Times identified 50 people within the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a group formed by Elon Musk that in a short few weeks has radically upended federal agencies. Few members have formal Washington experience. Many are software engineers. All seem to have a clear mandate: Shrink and disrupt the federal government."
• Dogs Are the Best! But They Highlight Our Hypocrisy - "Over the past couple of decades, dogs have evolved into humans. Some 97 percent of Americans consider dogs (or other pets) part of their families. A majority of dog owners celebrate canine birthdays, and nearly two-thirds report that they take more photos of their dogs than of family members."
• Dogs endure emotional difficulties in puberty like humans, says study - "Research finds animals are less responsive to instructions from their carer during adolescence."
• Dogs: How to tell if your dog’s an optimist & why it’s important - "A study of animals trained to sniff out medical conditions suggests that their emotional outlook affects how they learn."
• Dogs in Tokyo cool down with wearable fans - "Sweet Mommy, a Tokyo-based maternity clothing apparel company, is making wearable fans for pets. The battery-powered fan is designed to help pets stay cool as Japan faces unusually high temperatures."
• Dogs: Interacting with dogs may affect multiple areas of the brain, study finds - "Multiple studies have shown the emotional, physiological and cognitive benefits of interactions with animals, especially dogs - such as boosted energy, increased positive emotions or lowered risk for memory loss."
• Dogs Pay Attention to Your Looks - The New York Times.
• Dogs: Sit, stay & be a good boy: 21 rules for dogs & their humans - "We asked experts to describe good dog manners and how our pups should behave at home, on a walk and out on the town."
• Dogs: The Science of Dogs - "We explore a boom in research into our furry friends."
• Dogs: Top 5 Most intelligence Dog Breeds in 2025: The Smartest Dogs in the World - "The top 5 most intelligence dog breeds in 2025 include some of the smartest dogs in the world, known for their problem-solving abilities, emotional intelligence, and quick learning. Find out which breeds lead the pack in canine brilliance: 1. Border Collie. 2. Poodle. 3. German Shepherd. 4. Golden Retriever. 5. Doberman Pinscher."
• dogs understand more than you think (video) - Science.
• Dogs use fast-acting face muscles to help them make puppy-dog eyes - "Dogs have more 'fast-twitch' muscle fibres around their eyes and mouths than wolves do, which allows them to make more facial expressions."
• Doing Business Report 2014 - The World Bank.
• Dolby Atmos: The ins, outs & sounds of the object-based surround system - "An in-depth guide to the spatial audio technology. In brief, Dolby Atmos is a new audio format that allows you to hear sound in a 360-degree bubble. With its object-oriented audio engineering and its up-or-down-firing speakers, Atmos is changing the way home theaters are setup and, more importantly, how sound is distributed in the room."
• Dolby Atmos: what is it? How can you get it? - "Immerse yourself in a bubble of surround sound. Want to heighten your home cinema surround sound experience? You need to know about Dolby Atmos."
• DON CROWTHER.COM - "How to find free (and legal) pictures online."
• Don’t Turn Away From the Art of Life - The New York Times.
• Donald Drumpf: A Funny Label, but Is It Fair? - The New York Times.
• Donald Trump & America’s dark history of presidential assassinations - "From Kennedy to Reagan, Lincoln to Roosevelt, the fate of the republic has long been dictated by gunmen, writes an Oxford professor of US political history."
• Donald Trump & his followers could destroy America even if he loses - Quartz.
• DONALD TRUMP & THE GOLDEN AGE OF SUBTWEETING - Wired.
• Donald Trump: 5 revelations from Trump’s unsealed indictment - "Trump took classified documents including information on nuclear weapons and secret plans to attack a foreign country."
• Donald Trump: 8 takeaways from Trump’s CNN town hall in New Hampshire - "The former president repeated election lies and wouldn’t say if he wants Ukraine to win the war."
• Donald Trump: 14 promises Donald Trump has made in his campaign for a second term - "Former President Donald Trump has hit the 2024 campaign trail and is giving voters a preview of what a second Trump presidency could look like if he’s elected. He’s made many campaign promises - many of which are often vague and lacking in details or specifics - including ending the war in Ukraine, building 10 new cities and giving drug smugglers the death penalty. Here are some of the policies he says he would enact if elected for a second term."
• Donald Trump: 54 Celebrities, Executives & Allies on Trump’s ‘Close Contacts’ List - "The list included the media tycoon Rupert Murdoch and other Fox News figures, along with sports stars like Tom Brady and Serena Williams."
• Donald Trump: 2024 TIME Person of the Year - "After a political rebirth that Time labeled 'unparalleled in American history,' President-elect Donald Trump has been named the 2024 Time Person of the Year. This is the second time Trump has been chosen by Time as Person of the Year after also earning the distinction in 2016 following his victory in the presidential election. His first appearance on the cover of Time was in 1989."
• Donald Trump & Billy Bush on the Bus - The New York Times.
• Donald Trump administration plans Chinese tech crackdown - "US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has outlined the steps he wants US companies to take to deal with 'untrusted Chinese apps'."
• Donald Trump: AI-generated images of Trump being arrested circulate on social media - Twitter.
• Donald Trump Ally Suggests Trying to Purchase Greenland Again - "Georgia Representative Mike Collins, a staunch ally of President-elect Donald Trump, has appeared to float the idea of the United States once again trying to purchase Greenland."
• Donald Trump, American Monster - "A man of pure narcissistic psychopathy feels no guilt and has no sense of the damage he does."
• Donald Trump announces a White House bid for 2024 - "'In order to make America great and glorious again, I am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the United States,' Trump told a crowd gathered at Mar-a-Lago, his waterfront estate in Florida, where his campaign will be headquartered."
• Donald Trump appears at RNC with VP pick JD Vance after assassination attempt - "Takeaways from the first day of the Republican National Convention."
• Donald Trump appears to storm out of Piers Morgan TV interview in advert - "Piers Morgan Uncensored 30-second trailer apparently shows former president irritated by US 2020 election questions."
• Donald Trump arrest timeline - "How president's alleged 2006 fling with porn star Stormy Daniels sparked probe over claims he paid her $130,000 'hush money' weeks before 2016 election."
• Donald Trump as a Modern-Day Party Boss - "Hoarding cash, doling out favors and seeking to crush rivals, the former president is dominating the G.O.P., preparing for another race and helping loyalists oust officials who thwarted his attempted subversion of the 2020 election."
• Donald Trump, at Fund-Raiser, Says He Wants Immigrants From ‘Nice’ Countries - "At rallies, Donald Trump frequently laments migrants from a list of countries from Africa, Asia and the Middle East as he stokes fears around the surge at the border. Former President Donald J. Trump lamented that people were not immigrating to the United States from 'nice' countries 'like Denmark.'"
• Donald Trump blames political correctness for Kentucky Derby chaos - "Maximum Security disqualified as winner after stewards’ review. 65-1 outside Country House declared winner of race."
• Donald Trump bond: Lawyers say he is unable to get $464m guarantee in New York fraud case - "The former president must either pay the full amount in cash or secure a bond in order to continue his appeal. If he is unable to do so by 25 March, he faces the prospect of some of his real estate assets being seized by the state's attorney general."
• Donald Trump booked as inmate No. P01135809 after turning himself in on charges related to efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia - "Donald Trump surrenders in Atlanta in fourth criminal case brought against ex-president this year."
• Donald Trump Bragged He Had ‘Intelligence’ on Macron’s Sex Life - "The FBI seized a document with 'info' on the French president during the Mar-a-Lago raid, and that has officials in both countries hunting for answers."
• Donald Trump: Breakdown of the charges & evidence presented against Trump - "Takeaways and key lines from the indictment against Donald Trump."
• Donald Trump charged: How the world reacted to his arrest - "Mr Trump's dramatic day in court dominates front pages around the world."
• Donald Trump claims he ‘will be arrested’ on Tuesday in New York criminal case - "Ex-president makes remark on Truth Social without any official confirmation of the likelihood or timing of charges being brought."
• Donald Trump closes RNC with lengthy speech - "Trump formally accepts GOP nomination at RNC."
• Donald Trump clutches handwritten impeachment defense at briefing: 'I want nothing. I want nothing' - "The president relied on a note, written with a black marker in all caps, in the wake of Gordon Sondland’s bombshell testimony."
• Donald Trump: CNN obtains the tape of Trump’s 2021 conversation about classified documents - "Listen to audio exclusively obtained by CNN of a July 2021 conversation during which former President Donald Trump acknowledges he held on to a classified Pentagon document about a potential attack on Iran."
• Donald Trump commutes Roger Stone's sentence - "President Donald Trump on Friday commuted the prison sentence of his longtime friend Roger Stone, who was convicted of crimes that included lying to Congress in part, prosecutors said, to protect the President. The announcement came just days before Stone was set to report to a federal prison in Georgia."
• Donald Trump Compliments Brigitte Macron’s Body - The New York Times.
• Donald Trump: Could Trump Go to Prison? If He Does, the Secret Service Goes, Too - "Officials have had preliminary discussions about how to protect the former president in the unlikely event that he is jailed for contempt during the trial."
• Donald Trump deletes tweet of supporter shouting ‘white power’ after outrage - "Deputy press secretary claims Trump had not heard the racist language of video he tweeted that was posted for nearly four hours."
• Donald Trump denounces 'cancel culture' at Mount Rushmore - "US President Donald Trump has railed against the 'cancel culture' of those who toppled monuments during recent anti-racism protests, in a speech to mark 4 July at Mount Rushmore."
• Donald Trump: Deny, attack, reverse - Trump has perfected the art of inverted victimhood - "Trump tries to undermine allegations against him by attacking his accusers, sowing confusion and painting himself as a martyr."
• Donald Trump did not know UK had nuclear weapons, Bolton says in new book - "US president reportedly said: ‘Oh, are you a nuclear power?’ during meeting with Theresa May in a way that was not a joke, Bolton recalls."
• Donald Trump Doctor Wrote Health Letter in Just 5 Minutes as Limo Waited - NBC News.
• Donald Trump does not oppose US bid to unseal Mar-a-Lago search warrant - "In a statement, Mr Trump said he was encouraging its 'immediate release' - but repeated his claim the search was unnecessary and politically motivated."
• Donald Trump does the impossible. He sinks even lower - "Trump alarmingly stated that he would encourage Russian to do 'whatever the hell they want' to NATO allies that didn’t meet the alliance’s military spending guidelines."
• Donald Trump: Enabling a demagogue: a new film traces Republicans’ capitulation to Donald Trump - "Michael Kirk’s documentary Lies, Politics and Democracy is a chilling study in how Trump subdued the Republican party."
• Donald Trump Expands His War on Washington - "'There’s the threat that people who are not loyal are going to blow up something right before the election,' says a former White House official."
• Donald Trump: Fact check: Trump makes more than 20 false claims in RNC acceptance speech - "Former President Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday with the most dishonest speech of the four-day Republican National Convention, making more than 20 false claims by CNN’s count."
• Donald Trump Family’s Roots - "In search of the president’s forebears, the author embarked on a three-week journey through Europe, from Scotland to Slovenia."
• Donald Trump fans wear bandages on ears to show support - in pictures - "Some people plastered over ears at Republic national convention, in solidarity with Trump after assassination attempt."
• Donald Trump: FBI executes search warrant at Trump's Mar-a-Lago in document investigation - "The FBI executed a search warrant Monday at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, as part of an investigation into the handling of presidential documents, including classified documents, that may have been brought there, three people familiar with the situation told CNN."
• Donald Trump: FBI found document on foreign nuclear defenses at Mar-a-Lago - report - "Recovered records include material even senior Biden officials were not authorized to view, Washington Post reports."
• Donald Trump: FBI identifies Trump rally shooter as Thomas Matthew Crooks - "The FBI has identified Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, as the subject involved in the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump on July 13, in Butler, Pennsylvania."
• Donald Trump: FBI removed highly classified documents from Mar-a-Lago - "Judge unseals Trump Mar-a-Lago search warrant."
• Donald Trump: Fingerprints & a mugshot: This is what will happen when Trump is arrested - "Donald Trump is facing impending arrest on charges stemming from an investigation into a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016. After a grand jury in New York voted on Thursday to indict him, he will be the first former US president to face criminal charges."
• Donald Trump fired Zelensky like he was a loser on The Apprentice - "The US president set a trap in the White House and his Ukrainian counterpart walked straight into it."
• Donald Trump: From ‘Mr President’ to ‘Mr’: strongman Donald Trump cut down to size in court - "Trump has always loved beating his chest, but away from the TV cameras, the former president appeared meek and shrunken."
• Donald Trump: From Queens to the White House - "A quick guide to the life of Donald Trump. Donald Trump - businessman turned reality TV star turned president - is running again for America's highest office. We've got a quick guide to his backstory as the Republican Party's frontrunner sets his sights on returning to the White House."
• Donald Trump G7 photo becomes internet classic - The Guardian.
• Donald Trump: 'Good Idea' to Add Me to Mount Rushmore - "New York Times: White House reached out to South Dakota governor about adding Trump to Mount Rushmore."
• Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony charges - "What happens now that Trump has been convicted."
• Donald Trump Hair-raising moment: gust of wind lifts lid on mystery of Donald Trump's mane - The Guardian.
• Donald Trump Has Been Lying About Trump Tower For Decades - "As the former president tries to fend off authorities, new revelations about Trump Tower suggest that the building is - and always was - something of a fraud."
• 'Donald Trump has never read one word of the Bible' - "Late-night hosts discussed William Barr’s no-show and the president’s fumbled attempt to quote from the Bible."
• Donald Trump has reached the 'mad emperor' stage, and it's terrifying to behold - "He incites violence from the safety of a bunker, then orders peaceful people tear-gassed for the sake of a surreal photo op."
• Donald Trump has surrendered his Android phone - The Verge.
• Donald Trump Hints at His Next Trade War Target: French Wine - TIME Magazine.
• Donald Trump: How Does he Stack Up Against the Best - and Worst - Presidents? - The New York Times.
• Donald Trump: How the assassination attempt on Trump unfolded - "Minute-by-minute: Visual timeline of the Trump assassination attempt."
• Donald Trump: How will Donald Trump pay the $438m he owes in penalties from civil trials? - "Two giant penalties handed down in a matter of weeks will cost him millions - and that's only part of what he could owe."
• Donald Trump: 'I had God on my side': Trump speaks about assassination attempt - for first & last time - "'There was blood pouring everywhere, and yet, in a certain way I felt very safe because I had God on my side. "The amazing thing is that prior to the shot, if I had not moved my head at the very last instant, the assassin's bullet would have perfectly hit its mark, and I would not be here tonight.'"
• Donald Trump: I Was Trump’s Ghostwriter. A New Biopic Gets the Most Important Thing Right - "Watching 'The Apprentice' crystallized two big lessons that I learned from Mr. Trump 30 years ago and that I’ve seen play out in his life ever since with more and more extreme consequences. The first lesson is that a lack of conscience can be a huge advantage when it comes to accruing power, attention and wealth in a society where most other human beings abide by a social contract. The second lesson is that nothing we get for ourselves from the outside world can ever adequately substitute for what we’re missing on the inside."
• Donald Trump: ‘I’m Not a Racist’ - The New York Times.
• Donald Trump impeachment: How Ukraine story unfolded - "This week, millions of Americans have for the first time seen and heard evidence from the impeachment inquiry when the first public hearings were beamed into living rooms. How did we get to this point?"
• Donald Trump in Moscow: what happened at Miss Universe in 2013 - The Guardian.
• Donald Trump: In pictures: Trump injured in shooting at Pennsylvania rally - "Former President Donald Trump was injured Saturday after a shooting at his campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Blood is seen on Trump's right ear as he is helped off the stage."
• Donald Trump indicted by NY grand jury - "Trump faces more than 30 counts related to business fraud, sources tell CNN. He's the first former US president to be criminally charged."
• Donald Trump inflames tensions & justifies violence & there's a reason why - "For Donald Trump's America-on-fire campaign strategy to work, he needs violence to boil in cities right up until Election Day, or at least for enough voters to believe the nation is spiraling into an abyss of chaos and savagery."
• Donald Trump insists he’s writing ‘book of all books’ but big publishers unlikely to touch it - "Figures at major houses said book might stoke ‘staff uprising’ and it would be ‘too hard to get a book that was factually accurate’."
• Donald Trump investigation: Empty folders marked classified found at Mar-a-Lago - "FBI agents found dozens of empty folders marked as classified during a search of Donald Trump's Florida home last month, a court filing shows. The document, made public by a Florida court, provides an inventory of the contents of 33 boxes recovered from the former president's Mar-a-Lago estate."
• Donald Trump Is Finally Finished - "The only coherent explanation for Republicans' underperformance is the ex-president."
• Donald Trump is ‘nonstop’ liar who destroyed E Jean Carroll’s reputation, jury hears - "Advice columnist’s lawyer says in closing arguments jurors can believe 10 witnesses or ex-president who declined to testify."
• Donald Trump Is Selling Pieces of His Mug Shot Suit - "It’s not just a piece of political memorabilia - it’s a strategy."
• Donald Trump is suing Mark Zuckerberg & Jack Dorsey. Here's why they shouldn't worry - "Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday filed proposed class-action lawsuits targeting Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter and its CEO Jack Dorsey, as well as YouTube and its parent company's CEO Sundar Pichai, in a Hail Mary move after being removed from their platforms. Courts have typically dismissed similar suits, and these are likely doomed from the start as well."
• Donald Trump jokes about being added to Mount Rushmore - The Telegraph.
• Donald Trump: Justice Department says classified documents at Mar-a-Lago were likely 'concealed & removed' to block investigation - "US government documents were "likely concealed and removed" from a storage room at Mar-a-Lago as part of an effort to "obstruct" the FBI's investigation into former President Donald Trump's potential mishandling of classified materials, the Justice Department said in a blockbuster court filing Tuesday night. More than 320 classified documents have now been recovered from Mar-a-Lago, the Justice Department said, including more than 100 in the FBI search earlier this month."
• Donald Trump Keeps Teasing a Third Term. Here’s What to Know - "Here's how Trump could potentially seek a third term - and what legal experts say."
• Donald Trump: Key takeaways from six years of Donald Trump’s federal tax returns - "Trump had bank account in China while president, taxes show. Documents show former US President had accounts in several foreign countries and paid more in foreign taxes than US taxes in 2017. Here are other key takeaways."
• Donald Trump: Kremlin confirms Trump sent Russia Covid-19 tests, after former president denied Bob Woodward claim - "The Trump administration 'sent us several samples of test kits,' Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday, broadly supporting Woodward’s claim. His intervention comes after Trump denied the claims, telling ABC News they were 'false.' 'Please don’t tell anybody you sent these to me,' Putin said to Trump, according to Woodward. 'I don’t care,' Trump replied. 'Fine.' 'No, no,' Putin said. 'I don’t want you to tell anybody because people will get mad at you, not me. They don’t care about me.'"
• Donald Trump launches sneaker line a day after judge's order to pay nearly $355 million - "The former president unveiled 'Trump Sneakers' at Sneaker Con in Philadelphia. He placed a pair of gold sneakers, which a new website has listed for $399 and named the 'NEVER SURRENDER HIGH-TOP SNEAKER,' on the podium as he spoke."
• Donald Trump left with few defenses for hoarding top secret documents - "The sprawling indictment targeting the former president is set out like chapters in a novel easily digested by a trial jury."
• Donald Trump likened diplomacy with Kim Jong-un to dating, Bolton says - "Donald Trump compared his courtship of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un to dating and 'always wanted to be the one who broke up with the girl first', his former national security adviser John Bolton has claimed."
• Donald Trump: Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success - "'A first-rate financial thriller . . . Lucky Loser is one of those rare Trump books that deserve, even demand, to be read.' - Alexander Nazaryan, The New York Times. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters behind the 2018 bombshell New York Times exposé of then-President Trump’s finances, an explosive investigation into the history of Donald Trump’s wealth, revealing how one of the country’s biggest business failures lied his way into the White House."
• Donald Trump: Mar-a-Lago - & its owner - have long caused concerns for US intelligence - "Revealing an airstrike over 'beautiful' chocolate cake. A trespasser from China carrying flash drives and electronics. Cellphone photos of the 'nuclear football' briefcase. And now, classified documents recovered during an FBI search. Mar-a-Lago, the stone-walled oceanfront estate Donald Trump labeled the 'Winter White House,' has long been a source of headaches for national security and intelligence professionals. Its clubby atmosphere, sprawling guest-list and talkative proprietor combined into a 'nightmare' for keeping the government's most closely held secrets, one former intelligence official said."
• Donald Trump; Mar-a-Lago docs review halted in major defeat for Trump - "Appeals court halts special master review of documents seized at Mar-a-Lago in major defeat for Trump. The ruling removes a major obstacle to the Justice Department’s investigation into the mishandling of government records from Trump’s time in the White House."
• Donald Trump: master of the awkward greeting - The Guardian.
• Donald Trump may have avoided paying tax for up to 18 years - The New York Times.
• Donald Trump: Meta lifts restrictions on Trump’s Facebook & Instagram accounts - "‘Guardrails’ that previously existed removed as Meta says voters should be able to hear from presidential nominees."
• Donald Trump mounts extraordinary defence of mental stability - The Guardian.
• Donald Trump: Never Before in American History: The F.B.I. Searches a Former President’s Home - "The search of former President Donald J. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate is a high-risk gamble by the Justice Department, but Mr. Trump faces risks of his own."
• Donald Trump Never Told People Magazine That Republicans Are 'The Dumbest' Voters - BuzzFeed News.
• Donald Trump: New York civil fraud suit could bring down the Trump Organization - "Restrictions sought by Letitia James include bans on Trump and his children that would tear his real estate empire from his control."
• Donald Trump: New York judge finds Donald Trump liable for fraud - "A New York judge has found Donald Trump and his adult sons liable for fraud and canceled the Trump Organization’s business certification, saying the Trumps provided false financial statements for roughly a decade."
• Donald Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by Norwegian official, citing Israel-UAE peace deal - "Nomination was submitted by Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian Parliament."
• Donald Trump on the mafia ‘Very nice people. Just don’t owe them money’ - "Trump, who praised the mob in 2013 on David Letterman, has a habit of seeing the good in those deemed beyond the pale."
• Donald Trump on Twitter: My grandparents didn't come to America all the way from Germany to see it get taken over by immigrants - Twitter.
• Donald Trump only follows 14 women on Twitter - who are they? - The Telegraph.
• Donald Trump Organization - The New York Times.
• Donald Trump outscores Hitler on psychopathic traits test, claims University of Oxford researcher - The Telegraph.
• Donald Trump: Oval Office argument between Zelensky, Trump & Vance - "President Donald Trump’s Oval Office meeting with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky devolved into a shouting match, with the US president telling Ukraine’s leader 'make a deal or we’re out' during an angry exchange about the nature of US support, and whether Zelensky had demonstrated enough gratitude."
• Donald Trump overstated net worth by up to $3.6bn, says New York attorney general - "Donald Trump overstated his net worth by as much as $3.6bn between 2011 and 2021, the attorney general of New York state said in a court filing first reported by CNBC on Friday - a $1.4bn increase on a previous filing that put the top amount at $2.2bn."
• Donald Trump painting Having a Diet Coke With Abraham Lincoln Is Now Hanging in the White House - "President Donald Trump liked a painting of him having drinks with Abraham Lincoln and Richard Nixon so much that he put a print of it in the White House."
• Donald Trump photos of his hair are mesmerising - Business Insider.
• Donald Trump: Photos show handwritten notes that Trump apparently ripped up and attempted to flush down toilet - "Newly revealed photographs reveal two occasions on which former President Donald Trump apparently flushed documents down the toilet. Maggie Haberman, a New York Times reporter and CNN contributor, is publishing the new images in her forthcoming book, 'Confidence Man,' and the images were earlier posted by Axios. CNN has previously reported how Trump flouted presidential record-keeping laws and would often tear up documents, drafts and memos after reading them."
• Donald Trump Playing Golf: Decent Drives, Skipped Putts, Lots of Sweat - "The former president’s barge-ahead style and whim for scooping up shots too hard to make wouldn’t fly on the LIV Golf series, which his Bedminster club is hosting this weekend."
• Donald Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony counts - "Trump faces criminal charges in court after historic indictment."
• Donald Trump push a prime minister aside - CNN.
• Donald Trump puts on Churchill hat Piers Morgan gave him during interview - "President Trump briefly wore a hat resembling the ones favored by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and the reactions online were quick and ruthless."
• Donald Trump Questions Render Canada Prime Minister Trudeau Speechless for 21 Seconds - "Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that Canadians are watching what’s unfolding in the United States with 'horror and consternation' and he paused for 21 seconds when asked about U.S. President Donald Trump and the use of tear gas against protesters to clear the way for a photo opportunity."
• Donald Trump quiz of 2017 - The Guardian.
• Donald Trump raised $200m from false election claims. What happens to the money now? - "The president could use the funds to ensure he and his allies remain a powerful force in US politics."
• Donald Trump ramps up personal cell phone use - CNN.
• Donald Trump raped me, writer E Jean Carroll testifies in New York court - "Advice columnist says former president ‘shattered my reputation’ and says alleged attack left her unable to enjoy romantic life."
• Donald Trump: 'Rat' George Clooney hit with savage nine-word warning from Donald Trump - "Donald Trump had a strong warning for George Clooney as he urged him to stay out of politics."
• Donald Trump reaches for Nixon playbook after protests that have rocked America - "Styling himself as the ‘law and order’ candidate, as Nixon did in 1968, is a re-election strategy in Trump’s comfort zone."
• Donald Trump rejects calls to drop Confederate base names - "US President Donald Trump says he will 'not even consider' renaming military bases named for Confederate generals."
• Donald Trump: Report that FBI sought nuclear documents sharpens Trump showdown with Justice Department - "A report that FBI agents searched for classified documents related to nuclear weapons at Donald Trump's Florida resort could explain the urgency of the unprecedented operation at the home of an ex-President and takes his showdown with the Justice Department to a grave new level."
• Donald Trump reportedly wants to purchase Greenland from Denmark - "US president has ‘expressed interest’ in the icy territory, according to the Wall Street Journal, but the Danes have yet to weigh in."
• Donald Trump returns to X / Twitter to post his mug shot - "Elon Musk reinstated former President Donald Trump’s account months ago, and the first thing he has posted is his own mug shot."
• Donald Trump Says Biden’s Pardons are ‘Void’ & ‘Vacant’ Because of Autopen - "The use of the autopen, a device that reproduces signatures and is ubiquitous in government and business, is ordinarily uncontroversial. There is no power to undo a pardon in the Constitution or case law."
• Donald Trump Says He Has the 'Absolute Right' to Pardon Himself - TIME Magazine.
• Donald Trump says he regrets not marching on Capitol with supporters on January 6 - "Ex-president also rejects suggestions he used ‘burner phones’ on day of the assault in Washington Post interview."
• Donald Trump says Kim Jong Un is a 'pretty smart cookie' - CBS.
• Donald Trump says on Joe Rogan podcast his biggest White House mistake was hiring ‘disloyal people’ - "Three-hour long interview caused delay in ex-president’s arrival to Michigan rally, leaving attendees in cold for hours."
• Donald Trump says Putin ‘has gone absolutely crazy’ after major Russian attack on Ukraine - "President Donald Trump said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin 'has gone absolutely CRAZY' and that he is “not happy with what Putin is doing” after Moscow launched its largest aerial attack of its three-year war on Ukraine overnight."
• Donald Trump says US ‘will take over’ Gaza & Palestinians should leave - "Trump says US will take over Gaza and make it 'Riviera of Middle East'."
• Donald Trump sides with Putin as Biden tries to stop a war - "It took only 24 hours for Donald Trump to hail Russian President Vladimir Putin's dismembering of independent, democratic, sovereign Ukraine as an act of 'genius.'"
• Donald Trump signs order targeting social media giants - "Trump signs executive order targeting Twitter after fact-checking row."
• Donald Trump sought Xi's help with re-election - "US President Donald Trump tried to get China's Xi Jinping to help him secure re-election, ex-National Security Adviser John Bolton's new book says."
• Donald Trump Still Lives in the 1980s - "The greed-is-good era was the last time his preferred public image was intact, and he’s been returning there in ways large and small as he sits through his criminal trial in Manhattan."
• Donald Trump strikes $3.9 billion deal with Boeing for new Air Force One - CNNPolitics.
• Donald Trump struggles with lyrics to God Bless America - video - The Guardian.
• Donald Trump subpoena: Former president ordered to testify to January 6 committee - "The congressional panel investigating last year's Capitol riot has issued a legal summons ordering former President Donald Trump to testify to lawmakers."
• Donald Trump sues Michael Cohen for $500 million, alleging ex-attorney breached his contract - "The lawsuit, filed in a Florida federal court on Wednesday, accuses Cohen of spreading false information about Trump and breaching his contractual obligations to the former president in Cohen’s public statements, published books, podcast series and other media appearances."
• Donald Trump Suggests Delaying 2020 Election, Claiming It Will Be Fraudulent Without Evidence - "'With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history,' Trump tweeted on July 30. 'It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???'"
• Donald Trump suggests he’ll endure ‘4EVA’ in first post-acquittal tweet - "The 30-second clip, scored to Edvard Grieg’s 'In the Hall of the Mountain King,' slowly pans over the cover, which shows a series of Trump campaign signs with years in increasing increments of four."
• Donald Trump: Takeaways from the indictment of Donald Trump for efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat - "Special counsel Jack Smith unveiled his case alleging that former President Donald Trump broke several laws in his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, with a grand jury indictment returned Tuesday that illustrated the depth and breadth of the federal criminal investigation. Prosecutors said in the new charging documents that Trump 'was determined to remain in power' after losing the 2020 election, and that he and six unindicted co-conspirators orchestrated a plot to overturn the results on and leading up to January 6, 2021."
• Donald Trump Takes Hair-Growth Drug, His Doctor Says - The New York Times.
• Donald Trump tax returns to be released Friday - "The returns will be placed into the congressional record on Friday morning during a House pro forma session. That pro forma session will occur around 9 a.m. ET on Friday. There will also be a formal announcement Friday from the committee."
• Donald Trump taxes: US lawmakers get access to former president's returns - "Donald Trump's tax returns have been handed over to a committee of the US House of Representatives after the former president lost a long legal battle to keep them sealed. It is not clear if the returns will be made public, or what they will reveal."
• Donald Trump Team Didn’t Put Nominees to ‘Sex, Drugs and Rock ’n’ Roll’ Test - The New York Times.
• Donald Trump tells Georgia election official to 'find' votes to overturn Biden win - "US President Donald Trump has been recorded telling Georgia's top election official to 'find' enough votes to overturn the election result."
• Donald Trump tells Michigan rally he 'took a bullet for democracy' - "He also derided President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris at the event in Grand Rapids - his first with new running mate JD Vance and the first since he survived the assassination attempt."
• Donald Trump: The ‘Crypto Punks’ Behind Trump’s Murky New Business Venture - "The serial entrepreneurs behind Donald J. Trump’s new cryptocurrency project have left a trail of lawsuits, unpaid debt and tax liens. Mr. Herro and Mr. Folkman are the forces behind World Liberty Financial, a cryptocurrency venture that Mr. Trump and his three sons announced on a livestream last month. The company’s promotional materials, reviewed by The New York Times, called 18-year-old Barron Trump a crypto 'visionary.'"
• Donald Trump: the day a former US president was convicted - in pictures - "Donald Trump has become the first former US president to be convicted of a crime after historic hush-money trial in New York."
• Donald Trump the First President to Have a Run-In With the Law? - "A historian looks back at other moments presidents have been investigated for potential criminal activity."
• Donald Trump: the making of a narcissist - The Guardian.
• Donald Trump: ‘The obnoxious one’: new book by Trump’s nephew exposes a sordid past - "Fred Trump III’s portrayal of the Queens-born former president shows him as volatile, uncaring and racist."
• Donald Trump: The Star-Making Machine That Created ‘Donald Trump’ - "The inside story of how the producers of 'The Apprentice' crafted a TV version of Mr. Trump - measured, thoughtful and endlessly wealthy - that ultimately fueled his path to the White House."
• Donald Trump: The Unsolvable Mysteries of Donald & Melania’s Marriage - "'At the end of the day, she could probably make or break him.' But is that because Melania has command of his heart or of his secrets? It’s a mystery, like so much about their marriage and about the former first lady herself."
• Donald Trump: Time stood still, Trump says at site of assassination attempt - "Nearly three months after an assassin’s bullet came close to taking his life, former President Donald Trump returned to Butler, Pennsylvania - a place of 'tragedy and heartache' - to promise his supporters victory in the 5 November presidential election."
• Donald Trump to Howard Stern: It's okay to call my daughter ... - CNN.
• Donald Trump to launch new social media platform TRUTH Social - "He said the platform would 'stand up to the tyranny of big tech', accusing them of silencing opposing voices in the US."
• Donald Trump to wild fire responders: 'It'll start getting cooler' - "The president has mentioned improved forestry management as one way to combat wildfires - but many think climate change is also a factor in the increased frequency and intensity of recent blazes, including those in California, Washington and Oregon."
• Donald Trump told chief of staff Hitler ‘did a lot of good things’, book says - "On a visit to Europe to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the first world war, Donald Trump insisted to his then chief of staff, John Kelly: 'Well, Hitler did a lot of good things.'"
• Donald Trump 'tries to divide us', says ex-defence chief - "James Mattis: Trump's former defence secretary denounces president."
• Donald Trump turns into a pussycat on all things Putin - "President Donald Trump just removed any question that might have remained about his foreign policy prowess, while also reviving serious concerns about his attitude toward Moscow. In an interview with Axios, released on Wednesday, in which he uttered what sounded like a combination of a child's analysis of history and uncle-in-the-attic rantings, Trump confirmed that there is practically nothing that can move him to stand up to Russian President Vladimir Putin."
• Donald Trump: Unanswered in Indictment’s Details on Trump’s Hoarding of Documents: Why? - "The charging document offers some possible hints but does not establish that the former president had a goal beyond simply possessing the material." The New York Times.
• Donald Trump: Two surprising takes from Trump's tax returns - "Surprise number one is that Trump paid some federal income taxes. Surprise number two is that the IRS did nothing. At all."
• Donald Trump, Under Oath, Says He Averted ‘Nuclear Holocaust’ - "'I think you would have nuclear holocaust, if I didn’t deal with North Korea,' he explained, and then added: 'And I think you might have a nuclear war now, if you want to know the truth.'" The New York Times.
• Donald Trump: Untouchable review: Trump as ‘lawless Houdini’ above US justice - "Elie Honig offers a powerful indictment of the former president and those who have failed to bring him down."
• Donald Trump v Fox News Sunday: extraordinary moments from a wild interview - "Facing a feared interviewer, the president ended up insisting that identifying an elephant proved his mental capacity."
• Donald Trump wants to be handcuffed for court appearance in Stormy Daniels case, sources say - "People close to former president said to be unsure whether he is serious about wanting to do a perp walk."
• Donald Trump wanted to send infected Americans to Guantanamo Bay, book says - "Washington Post reporter Dan Diamond analyzes a new book that says former President Donald Trump repeatedly suggested sending Americans infected with Covid-19 to Guantanamo Bay."
• Donald Trump wasn't the worst president in US history, historians say - "On Wednesday, C-SPAN released its 2021 Historians Survey of Presidential Leadership, including for the first time former President Donald Trump. The survey organizers have assembled a broad ideological and demographic spectrum of 142 presidential historians and professional observers of the presidency invited to participate. Donald Trump is not our worst president. Instead, James Buchanan continues to hold the bottom spot. Trump ranks in 41st place, with three presidents beneath him."
• Donald Trump: What the Trump rally gunman did before the attack - "A shooting range, a gun store, and a ladder purchase: Tracking the Trump rally gunman’s movements leading up to his attack."
• Donald Trump: What to know about Trump's hush-money trial - "Donald Trump's first criminal trial is now firmly under way, with a full jury sworn in on Thursday."
• Donald Trump: What we do & don't know about the FBI search of Trump's home - "When Donald Trump's Florida home was searched by the FBI, it unleashed a political firestorm unlike anything in recent memory. The release of the search warrant shed light on why it happened. Now, a judge is weighing up whether to unseal a highly sensitive document that could give a clearer sense of how the search at Mar-a-Lago was justified. But this unprecedented story is complicated and many questions remain. Here's what we know so far."
• Donald Trump: What would cornered Trump do for Roy Cohn’s tough-guy dark arts now? - "A film debuting at Cannes charts the young developer’s relationship with the legendarily machiavellian lawyer."
• Donald Trump: Why did a grand jury vote to indict Trump & what does it mean for him? - "Indictment relates to a hush-money payment made on ex-president’s behalf to the adult film star Stormy Daniels. Donald Trump will be the first former US president to face criminal charges after a grand jury in New York has voted to indict him on charges related to hush money payments to an adult film star. Here is what Trump’s indictment means."
• Donald Trump: Why did a judge grant Trump’s request for a ‘special master’? - "Monday’s decision by a US federal judge to stop the investigation of Donald Trump’s seizure of classified documents until a “special master” reviews them has thrown the political and legal worlds into uproar - pitting those who believe the ex-president has special legal privileges against those who think he should be treated like any other citizen."
• Donald Trump: Why the Mar-a-Lago affidavit could become one of the most scrutinized documents in American politics - "The FBI search of Donald Trump's Florida resort and the removal of classified information raise a compelling need for maximum public disclosure given the involvement of an ex-president who's a likely 2024 candidate."
• Donald Trump: Why Trump's poll lead went up after criminal indictments - "Most Republican voters see charges as politically motivated."
• Donald Trump Will Release Final Docs on Kennedy Assassination - The New York Times.
• Donald Trump: Witness at Trump rally claims he saw purported shooter on nearby rooftop - "CNN's Anderson Cooper and John Miller discuss an interview with a witness who was at former President Donald Trump's rally in Pennsylvania."
• Donald Trump: WOMAN WHO LOOKS LIKE TRUMP GOES VIRAL IN SPAIN - Newsweek.
• Donald Trump, You Lucky Dog - "It's unnerving how many fortunate things have happened to this guy. There are lists of Donald Trump’s lies and lists of his alleged crimes. But the catalog of all the good things that have happened to the former president is equally unnerving."
• Donald Trump's & Macron's 25-seceond handshake - blow by blow account - The Telegraph.
• Donald Trump's 5 most memorable lines from Republican Presidential Debate on August 06, 2015 - Eyewitness News.
• Donald Trump's alpha male body language tics - Telegraph.
• Donald Trump's 30 most bizarre lines from the interview with Sean Hannity - "Out of office and having shut down his revolutionary communications site blog, former President Donald Trump has lost much of his ability to drive the daily national political conversation."
• Donald Trump's 45 most outrageous lines from interview - "The 45 most outrageous lines from Donald Trump's rambling interview with Sean Hannity."
• Donald Trump's Covfefe is a word now - The Guardian.
• Donald Trump's criminal cases, in one place - "Donald Trump is the first former president in US history to face criminal charges, and with his third presidential bid under way for 2024, the stakes are high for both him and the country. Catch up on what you need to know about Trump’s four indictments, including key evidence, charges and what’s next in the legal process."
• Donald Trump's dad bailed him out in 1970s with $8.5M in loans so he could avoid bankruptcy - New York Daily News.
• Donald Trump's Davos speech fact-checked - "President Trump made a series of claims about his record in office - on the US economy and on the environment - during his speech to the World Economic Forum at the Swiss resort of Davos."
• Donald Trump’s Deals Rely on Being Creative With the Truth - The New York Times.
• Donald Trump's dishonesty: 6 weeks, 328 false claims. - CNN politics.
• Donald Trump's distraction technique - The Guardian.
• Donald Trump's economy in six charts - "US 2020 election: The economy under Trump in six charts."
• Donald Trump’s Empire: A Maze of Debts & Opaque Ties - The New York Times.
• Donald Trump's Family Surname Was Once 'Drumpf' - Snopes.
• Donald Trump’s feud: How much damage could Donald Trump do to Elon Musk? - "Tesla stock soared in the months after the November presidential election because investors were convinced Donald Trump was about to do massive favors for his largest financial backer, Tesla CEO Elon Musk. But Trump can also do great damage to Musk’s many business interests. The risk of that damage is one reason that Tesla shares (TSLA) tumbled 14% in trading Thursday following the very nasty and public spat between Trump and Musk. But it’s not just Tesla that could be at risk. SpaceX depends on government contracts for a significant share of its revenue."
• Donald Trump’s feud: The ugliest things Trump & Musk just said about one another - "Here are the comments (so far) that really stick out - and will seemingly be hard to move past."
• Donald Trump’s feud: Timeline of Elon Musk & Donald Trump’s feud - "An intense public feud erupted on Thursday between President Donald Trump and his one-time ally, billionaire Elon Musk, with an argument about Trump’s massive tax and domestic policy bill raging across social media and in the Oval Office."
• Donald Trump's financial & legal problems just got a lot worse - "On Monday, Donald Trump's long-time accountants made a very important announcement: They no longer stood behind a decade of the former President's financial information - and would no longer be working for him."
• Donald Trump's financial records case heads to the supreme court this week. Here's what's at stake - "President Trump has refused to release his tax returns since he hit the campaign trail five years ago, breaking with a tradition of financial transparency for presidents and presidential candidates."
• Donald Trump’s First Tweet - TIME Magazine.
• Donald Trump's Fourth of July celebration - CNN politics.
• Donald Trump’s free speech app Truth Social is censoring content & kicking off users - "Nearly 500,000 people are on the app’s waitlist."
• Donald Trump’s Great Escape: How The Former President Solved His Debt Crisis - "The 45th president was chained to money-losing real estate and drowning in debt when he left office. Now, magically, he is flush with cash and free to deal - thanks to a little help from powerful friends."
• Donald Trump's hubris has brought about the downfall of his family's business empire - "Even the giant fortune Trump inherited from his father did not stop him from steering the family's dynasty on to the rocks."
• Donald Trump’s Impeachment Threat - The New York Times.
• Donald Trump’s Inaugural Speech, Annotated - The New York Times.
• Donald Trump's Inauguration as 45th President of USA - "The official account of the 58th Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC)."
• Donald Trump's inflated net worth by billions, says NY state lawsuit - "Donald Trump and three of his children have been hit with a fraud lawsuit after a New York investigation into their family company - the Trump Organization."
• Donald Trump's last days in office were worse than we thought - "Donald Trump's final days as president were defined by near-total chaos as House Democrats moved to impeach him for his action (and inaction) during the January 6 riot at the US Capitol even as the soon-to-be-former president sought to use the power of his office to settle scores and reward loyalists."
• Donald Trump’s Lies, the Definitive List - The New York Times.
• Donald Trump's Life in Photos - "As Trump is sworn in for his second term as president, take a look back at his life."
• Donald Trump's niece has written a damning memoir - "Mary Trump: Why has president's niece penned damning memoir? US President Donald Trump's niece is set to publish an unflattering tell-all memoir about him. So who is she and why has she come forward now?"
• Donald Trump's parents & siblings: What do we know of them? - BBC News.
• Donald Trump's presidential armored car - Daily Mail.
• Donald Trump’s private jet used to be owned by Danish airline - The Telegraph.
• Donald Trump’s Racism: The Definitive List - The New York Times.
• Donald Trump's return to the campaign trail went from bad to worse - "Sick staff and empty seats: How Trump's triumphant return to the campaign trail went from bad to worse."
• Donald Trump's revenge list - "Trump has sworn he'll get revenge on a long list of enemies... so who will be first in the firing line?"
• Donald Trump’s rhetoric: a triumph of inarticulacy - The Guardian.
• Donald Trump's right hand on display for all to judge in New York - 'It’s pretty small'.
• Donald Trump’s Sad, Lonely Life - The New York Times.
• Donald Trump's sexual misconduct allegations - full list - The Guardian.
• Donald Trump's showmanship is now backfiring on him - "Donald Trump's showmanship - a key ingredient in his unorthodox reality show-style approach to the presidency - is beginning to fail him, increasingly emphasizing his disconnect with many Americans and struggles to manage crises besieging the White House."
• Donald Trump's sister says he's an 'unprincipled phoney' - "US President Donald Trump's eldest sister, a former federal judge, has said her brother is a liar who 'has no principles', secret recordings reveal."
• Donald Trump’s social media app to be released in App Store on Monday: executive - "The beta version of Truth Social has been under testing since last week, with full launch date listed for 21 February."
• Trump’s TACO codename will make him so mad he’ll enforce tariffs just to make a point - "'TACO trade,' which stands for 'Trump always chickens out,' was coined by Financial Times columnist Robert Armstrong but has since spread across Wall Street and the internet, mocking the president's back-and-forth on tariff policies."
• Donald Trump’s tariffs are a $1.4 trillion gamble with the economy & prices - "The looming import taxes on Mexico, Canada and China will be a major test of Trump’s unorthodox use of tariffs, which he’s described as 'the greatest thing ever invented.'"
• Donald Trump's tax return case could alter the US presidency forever - "The stakes of Trump's tax return case couldn't be higher."
• Donald Trump's 'The Art Of The Deal': The Movie - 50:03.
• Donald Trump's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week in court - "Former President Donald Trump was 0-3 in three high-profile legal battles this week, with new rulings that boosted significant cases his opponents have brought against him. Perhaps the most significant of all the courtroom defeats suffered recently by Trump was a judge's refusal Friday to dismiss several civil lawsuits filed against him for his alleged role in the January 6 US Capitol attack."
• Donald Trump’s Truth Social Has Lost $73 Million Since Its Launch, Filing Shows - "A new SEC filing shows Truth Social's parent firm TMTG lost $50 million in 2022 and another $23 million in the first half of 2023."
• Donald Trump’s Twitter Insults: The Complete List (So Far) - The New York Times.
• Donald Trump's unusual eating habits - The Telegraph.
• Donald Trump's US election win stuns scientists - Nature.
• Donald Trump's wealth in the spotlight with new disclosure forms - "Americans get a glimpse of Trump's finances today."
• Donald Trump’s weird clothes: from shoulder pads to extremely long ties, what do they mean? - "His sartorial choices are nothing if not bamboozling – so we went in search of some logic to the strange proportions and shiny fabrics."
• Don’t charge your phone overnight: the expert guide to using electricity safely - "Can you change a lightbulb if you don’t know whether it’s on or not? And what’s the best way to remove toast stuck in the toaster?"
• DOOMSDAY CLOCK - maintained since 1947 by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists at the University of Chicago.
• Doomsday Clock announcement: Scientists reveal minutes to ‘apocalypse’ - The Telegraph.
• Doomsday Clock: How to read the Doomsday Clock - "The Doomsday Clock depicts how close humanity is to armageddon – but where did it come from, how do you read its time, and what can we learn from it? Existential risk researcher SJ Beard explains."
• Doomsday Clock Keeps Ticking - "Are humans the only beings in the universe confronting global self-destruction? Or just the last ones standing?"
• Doomsday Clock moved closest ever to destruction - "The Doomsday Clock symbolising how near humanity is to destruction has been moved one second forward to 89 seconds to midnight - the closest it has ever been."
• Doomsday Clock Moves Closer to Midnight Than Ever - "The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set the clock at 90 seconds to midnight on Tuesday, citing the war in Ukraine as well as climate change, online disinformation and other threats."
• Doomsday Clock nears apocalypse over climate & nuclear fears - "The symbolic Doomsday Clock, which indicates how close our planet is to complete annihilation, is now only 100 seconds away from midnight."
• Doomsday Clock Reaches 100 Seconds to Midnight - "Here's the bad news: we've all got just 100 seconds to live. Here's the good news: they're metaphorical seconds."
• Doomsday Clock reveals how close we are to total annihilation - "The Doomsday Clock that has been ticking for 77 years is no ordinary clock - it attempts to gauge how close humanity is to destroying the world. On Tuesday, the clock was again set at 90 seconds to midnight - the closest to the hour it has ever been, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which created the clock in 1947."
• DOOMSDAY CLOCK ticks closer to NUCLEAR WAR - "As the so-called Doomsday Clock ticks closer to midnight than it's been since 1953, a reminder that war is the default setting."
• ‘Doomsday’ plane: Former passenger jets bought by US firm tasked with creating next generation of nuclear ‘Doomsday’ planes - "They could become what amounts to a Pentagon in the sky, taking aboard the US president, secretary of defense and members of the Joint Chiefs among more than 100 other people with the ability to control US forces worldwide from the aircraft. Survivable Airborne Operations Center is the official name of the new Doomsday plane."
• Dopamine fasting is a tech fad that sounds silly – but might just work - "Depriving your brain of stimulation can rewire your frazzled neural circuits - but the problem runs deeper than that."
• Dopamine fasting: why Silicon Valley is trying to avoid all forms of stimulation - "It’s the latest trend in the world’s tech capital. But is it really possible to cut yourself off from everything in life that excites you – and can it be any good for you?"
• Dorian Gray effect: how your name alters your face - The Telegraph.
• dos & don’ts of location sharing - "Nearly every app asks for it, but most don’t need it."
• downdetector - "Realtime overview of issues and outages with all kinds of services. Having issues? We help you find out what is wrong." We like to see Downdetector as the weatherman for the digital world: we detect when technology fails. Just like the weather, service interruptions and outages can't be predicted, and just like a weatherman, we can tell you what is going on.
• DOWNLOAD.COM - free software downloads and reviews.
• Downtown Manhattan Is the New Frontier of the Car-Free City - Wired.
• 'doxxing'? A look inside the dark side of the digital world - "With personal data flooding the internet, doxxing - the release of personal information without a person's consent - has become more common. CNN explains what it is, how it happens and hears directly from women who were targeted."
• Dr. Fauci Looks Back: ‘Something Clearly Went Wrong’ - "In his most extensive interview yet, Anthony Fauci wrestles with the hard lessons of the pandemic - and the decisions that will define his legacy."
• Dr. Heimlich Uses His Own Maneuver on Choking Victim - The New York Times.
• Dracula: What was Dracula really like? 550-year-old clue to life of Vlad the Impaler emerges - "Scientists are hoping ‘historical biomolecules’ on a 15th-century missive written by Vlad Dracula, the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s vampire count, will reveal more about him."
• Dragons: Wise, lucky, terrifying: The surprising 4,000-year history of dragons - "From dragon-like animals to Chinese tornados and quaint English villages, here are the real-life traces of an ancient myth."
• Dress Codes: What to Wear at Work (and What Not) - Cleverism.
• Drinking a little each week protects your heart if you have a cardiovascular condition, study finds - "If you are living with heart disease, having a small amount of alcohol each day is linked to a lower risk of having another heart attack, stroke, angina (heart pain because of constricted arteries) or an early death, according to a new large study."
• Drinking coffee could benefit your heart & help you live longer, research finds - "Contrary to worries among some doctors and the public, drinking coffee may actually protect your heart instead of causing or worsening heart problems. Drinking two to three cups of coffee daily has been associated with a 10% to 15% lower risk of getting heart disease, heart failure or a heart rhythm problem, or dying early for any reason, according to three research abstracts published Thursday."
• Drinking coffee 'drastically reduces risk of cirrhosis' - study - The Telegraph.
• Drinking more than five glasses of wine a week 'could knock years off life' - The Telegraph.
• Drinking tea every day delays biological aging - "This finding by Chinese scientists hints at the possibility that the traditional brew, rich in certain health-promoting compounds, may play a role in enhancing longevity. Historically, black tea has been recognized for its potential health benefits, particularly in enhancing heart, gut, and brain health. Moreover, animal studies have indicated that flavonoids, abundantly found in tea, could potentially increase the lifespan of organisms ranging from worms and flies to mice."
• Drinking tea may be linked to lower risk of death, study suggests - "Data from UK Biobank suggests people who drink two or more cups of black tea a day have lower risk of mortality."
• Drinking very hot drinks 'probably' causes cancer, but coffee is okay - The Verge.
• Driverless Cars Are Like Elevators - The Atlantic.
• Drivers Can Get Porsches on Demand With a $2,000-a-Month Subscription - Bloomberg.
• Drone ships move closer to reality as Inmarsat gets on board - The Telegraph.
• Drugs, arms & terror: A high-profile defector on Kim's North Korea - "Mr Kim spent 30 years working his way to the top ranks of North Korea's powerful spy agencies. The agencies were the 'eyes, ears, and brains of the Supreme Leader', he says."
• Dry-Clean: All the Things You Don’t Need to Dry-Clean (Even If the Label Says You Do) - "You don't have to dry-clean these fabrics: Cashmere. Silk (if it's high-quality or lightly colored). Wool sweaters, blankets ..."
• 'Dry-Clean Only'? Not Necessarily - "Many textiles are better off being cleaned in the washing machine or the sink - even if the label reads 'dry-clean only.' Cashmere is thought of as a material that must be dry cleaned, but experts we've spoken to insisted that hand-washing is actually better for your garment in the long run."
• Dubai - a bolthole & a gateway - "A common refrain in Monaco when business owners are asked what happened to Russian clients after sanctions is: 'They’ve gone to Dubai.'"
• Dubai by numbers: Making sense of a city on the move - "Dubai has gone from Middle Eastern upstart to regional powerhouse in the space of a generation, buoyed by its diverse economy - from freight and finance to transport and tourism."
• Dubai: Chaos in Dubai as UAE records heaviest rainfall in 75 years - "Some areas recording more than 250 mm (around 10 inches) of precipitation in fewer than 24 hours, the state’s media office said in a statement Wednesday. Flights were canceled, traffic came to a halt and schools closed."
• Dubai is building the world’s tallest residential clock tower - "The Aeternitas Tower, officially unveiled at a launch event last week, will be the world’s tallest residential clock tower at a staggering 450 meters (1,476 feet) tall - more than four times the height of London’s Big Ben. Dubai has just unveiled its latest record-breaking architectural wonder. The Franck Muller Aeternitas Tower in Dubai, in partnership with property developer London Gate, will become the world's tallest residential clock tower when it opens in 2027."
• Dubai suspected after Princess Haya listed in leaked Pegasus project data - "Closest aides and friends of emir’s ex-wife also began to appear on database as she moved to the UK."
• Dubai: The week that life in Dubai ground to a halt - "The scenes from Dubai this week seemed apocalyptic to residents who are more used to the tranquil nature of the sunny metropolis in the desert. This city hadn’t witnessed a natural disaster of such magnitude since records began, and the destruction it left behind only became apparent after the storm cleared."
• Dubai throws open the doors for the rich Russians escaping sanctions - "Red carpet for rich Russians: Why oligarchs escaping sanctions are heading for Dubai. Roman Abramovich said to be among those looking for a luxury base in the UAE, which is unafraid to snub the west."
• Dubai's new 'GigaFarm' project will cost more than $300 million, but it could save agriculture - "'GigaFarm' in the desert could produce 3 million kilograms of food."
• Dubrovnik survived disease, war & tourists - "Lord Byron called it the Pearl of the Adriatic when he passed through on his Grand Tour in the early 19th century."
• Duck Face Is Over. The New Selfie Face Is Fish Gape - Cosmopolitan.
• Dust: Empire of dust: what the tiniest specks reveal about the world - "Nobody normally gives a second thought to dust, but it is inescapable. And if we pay close attention, we can see the biggest things - time, death and life itself - within these tiny floating particles."
• Dutch city of Haarlem may be world’s first to ban most meat ads - "Haarlem in The Netherlands is set to ban most meat ads from public spaces because of the food's climate impact."
• Dutch gallery removes racist artwork titles - The Telegraph.
• Duty Free: Is It Really Worth It? - The New York Times.
• Dying together: Why a happily married couple decided to stop living - "Jan and Els were married for almost five decades. In early June, they died together after being given lethal medication by two doctors. In the Netherlands, this is known as duo-euthanasia. It’s legal, and it’s rare - but every year, more Dutch couples choose to end their lives this way."
• Dynasty trust - "The Bezos clan and other ultra-rich American families use 1 specific legal maneuver to pass wealth up to a whopping 40 more generations - here's how they protect their hoard."
• Dyson Is the Apple of Appliances - The New York Times.

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• E-Commerce & the Influencer Economy - "How internet shopping became choked with junk. When an influencer's follower clicks a link and buys something, the influencer makes money. That's why people on your social media feed are crowing about their 10 favorite Amazon finds or talking about how an expensive gizmo has changed their life. Many influencers have another incentive: Brands pay them to hawk stuff."
• E Jean Carroll: Carroll, Clothes & Credibility - "During the E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump rape trial, every detail was part of building the case. Even the clothes. As she sat there in Manhattan federal court every day, Ms. Carroll presented the very opposite of the “wack job” Mr. Trump had described in his video deposition. She did not look 'mentally sick.' She did not look like the money- and fame-grubber Mr. Trump’s lawyers described. She was an almost perfectly calibrated study in neutrality, calm and composure, both in the way she spoke during her testimony and in the way her appearance spoke for her."
• E Jean Carroll: Jury finds Trump sexually abused writer in NY department store - "The Manhattan jury ordered Mr Trump to pay her about $5m in damages."
• Earth broke the record for the shortest day since atomic clocks were invented - "If you feel like there's less time in the day, you're correct. Our planet's rotation measured in at 1.59 milliseconds short of the normal 24-hour day on June 29, according to the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service, an organization in charge of global timekeeping."
• Earth Day 2020 could mark the year we stop taking the planet for granted - "The 50th annual call for environmental reform falls at a time when the health of people and nature has never been more urgent."
• Earth Day photos: The world's beauty is at risk - "For 50 years, Earth Day has brought attention to the impacts that people are having on the planet, and to serve as a rallying cry to protect the natural world -- from your neighborhood green space to bucket list destinations."
• Earth Day, when is it & what has it achieved? - "Millions of people across the globe are gathering to mark Earth Day and celebrate the environmental movement. The event began in 1970 in the United States, and is now marked around the world. Earth Day is a global event which aims to highlight the importance of protecting the environment. It takes place every year on 22 April."
• Earth has entered first new geological epoch in more than 11,500 years, scientists agree - The Telegraph.
• Earth is warming at a pace 'unprecedented in 1,000 years' - Nasa.
• Earth just had hottest January since records began, data shows - "Average global temperature 2.5F above 20th-century average. Antarctic has begun February with several temperature spikes."
• Earth Overshoot Day 2024 - "Country Overshoot Day Calendar & Calculations. A country’s overshoot day is the date on which Earth Overshoot Day would fall if all of humanity consumed like the people in that country."
• Earth Overshoot Day is July 29, 2019, the earliest ever - Earth Day Network.
• Earth's resources consumed in ever greater destructive volumes - "Study says the date by which we consume a year’s worth of resources is arriving faster."
• earthquakes since 1898 by magnitude - IDV Solution.
• Eastern philosophy says there is no “self.” Science agrees - “Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9 percent of everything you think, and of everything you do, is for yourself - and there isn’t one.”
• eat more food to lose weight... as long as it's fruit - The Telegraph.
• Eat the rich - political slogan associated with class conflict and anti-capitalism. The phrase is attributed to Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778).
• Eating a hot dog could take 36 minutes off your life, study says - "You may want to skip the toppings on your next hot dog, or skip it altogether: Health researchers at the University of Michigan have found that eating a single hot dog could take 36 minutes off your life. In their study, published this month in the journal Nature Food, researchers looked at 5,853 foods in the US diet and measured their effects in minutes of healthy life gained or lost."
• Eating chocolate 'improves brain function' - study - The Telegraph.
• Eating Spicy Food Linked to a Longer Life - The New York Times.
• EB-5 visa | Green Card program - immigrant Investors is a United States visa created by the Immigration Act of 1990. Under the federal program, a foreigner who invests US$500,000 — and in some instances, US$1 million - in a project that will create at least 10 jobs can apply for a green card. It generally takes from 22 to 26 months to obtain legal residency through the program, as opposed to several years for other visa programs.
• Ebook vs paper: which reading medium is better for the environment? - "Ereader makers have taken steps to make digital reading greener, but how sustainable is it?"
• eCONSUMER.GOV - since 2001. "Report international scams online!" econsumer.gov is a partnership of more than 35 consumer protection agencies around the world. Your complaint helps authorities spot trends and combat fraud.
• Educator Labs - "Request a Resource." EducatorLabs is comprised of school librarians and media specialists who volunteer as curators and conservators of the scholastic web. In previous decades, our resource collections were finite and we knew our card catalog backwards and forwards; nowadays, modern technology provides us with a seemingly infinite inventory of educational resources. Unfortunately, there simply are no comprehensive card catalogs for the internet and, sadly, many untapped resources go undiscovered by most teachers. Naturally, we feel compelled to bridge the gap. Our mission is to assist educators, for whom time is a precious commodity, in discovering valuable resources of substance for classroom use. We also seek to strengthen connections among the educational web by acting as courier: because of our high standards, our approach is grassroots and hands-on in nature.
• Edward Albee: the highs, lows & yet more highs - The Guardian.
• Edward Snowden gets Russian passport after swearing oath of allegiance - "Whistleblower is ‘happy and thankful to the Russian Federation’ for his citizenship, lawyer says."
• Edward Snowden made an app to protect your laptop - The Verge.
• Edward Snowden on Trump, surveillance & exile in Moscow - "The man whose state surveillance revelations rocked the world speaks exclusively to the Guardian about his new life and concerns for the future Edward Snowden on Trump, surveillance and exile in Moscow."
• Edward Snowden: 'The people are still powerless, but now they're aware' - The Guardian.
• Edward Snowden: The Untold Story - Wired.
• Effects of artificial sweeteners on breath alcohol concentrations in male & female social drinkers - Drug & Alcohol Dependence.
• E-cigarettes & health - here's what the evidence actually says - Vox.
• Eggs: How Long Do Eggs Really Last? - "Believe it or not: It’s longer than you think. Expiration dates are often just recommendations. Put them in the fridge as soon as you get home."
• Eggs: It’s Time for a Reality Check on Eggs - "They’re expensive, difficult to find and myths about them abound on social media. Here’s what to know."
• Egypt 'suppressing truth' over hidden chambers in Tutankhamun’s tomb - The Guardian.
• Egypt's pyramids: Scientists may have solved mystery behind Egypt's pyramids - "Scientists believe they may have solved the mystery of how 31 pyramids, including the world-famous Giza complex, were built in Egypt more than 4,000 years ago. A research team from the University of North Carolina Wilmington has discovered that the pyramids are likely to have been built along a long-lost, ancient branch of the River Nile - which is now hidden under desert and farmland."
• EHOW - "How To Do Just About Everything! How To Videos (over 150,000) & Articles."
• Eiffel Tower is reportedly badly in need of repairs - "The Eiffel Tower is riddled with rust and in need of full repairs, but instead it is being given a cosmetic 60 million euro paint job ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, according to confidential reports cited by French magazine Marianne. The wrought-iron 324-meter (1,063 ft) high tower, built by Gustave Eiffel in the late 19th century, is among the most visited tourist sites in the world, welcoming about six million visitors each year."
• Eiffel Tower: Man who spent years building Eiffel Tower with 700K matchsticks may be denied world record for using wrong matches - "Richard Plaud spent the last eight years painstakingly piecing together 706,900 matchsticks to make a 23.6-foot model of the world-famous monument."
• Eiffel Tower reopens to visitors after strike by workers who complained of rust - "Paris attraction was closed for six days after union criticised operator for seeking ‘short-term profitability’. The Eiffel Tower has reopened to visitors after a six-day strike by employees demanding changes to the landmark's business model and better maintenance of the 330m (1,083ft) structure, which is showing widespread traces of rust."
• 'Eighth World Wonder' - "The 1,300km Karakoram Highway cuts through some of the most astounding rock faces on the planet. It's a road trip of dreams, yet few have ever heard of it or how it came to be."
• Einstein atomic bomb letter to go up for auction - "A letter from Albert Einstein, which encouraged the US to develop the world's first nuclear bombs, is to go up for auction."
• Einstein handwritten letter with E=mc2 equation auctioned - "A letter written by Albert Einstein containing his most famous equation, E=mc2, has sold at auction in the US for more than $1.2m - three times more than had been expected."
• Einstein: TROUBLED TIMES FOR ALTERNATIVES TO EINSTEIN’S THEORY OF GRAVITY - Wired.
• Einstein's famous 'God Letter' is expected to fetch $1 million at auction - "Albert Einstein's 1954 letter to religious philosopher Erik Gutkind is commonly referred to as the "God letter," and it features Einstein politely but very thoroughly roasting the concept of religion and God in general."
• Einstein's letter that changed the course of history - "On 2 August 1939, Albert Einstein wrote to the US President Franklin D Roosevelt. His letter would result in the Manhattan Project, and one of history's most significant - and destructive - inventions. On 10 September 2024, Einstein's consequential and carefully worded letter will be auctioned at Christie's New York, and is expected to fetch in excess of $4m."
• EINSTEIN'S THEORY OF RELATIVITY WRECKED? - ScienceNOW.
• El NiÑo could take a $3 trillion bite out of the world economy - "El Niño is on its way, and when the warm weather pattern arrives, it could take a $3 trillion toll on the global economy, according to new research. That estimate is based on damages inflicted by El Niño in previous years, plus forecasts pointing to a potentially supercharged event this year."
• ELANCE - hire professionals, outsource work. Hire, manage, pay experts online.
• Elections tracker 2024: every vote & why it matters - "More than 80 countries, more than half the world's population, will vote this year in elections that could be pivotal for democracy."
• Electric cars already cheaper to own & run than petrol or diesel – study - The Guardian.
• Electronic recycling guide - "Everyone always has those leftover electronics - from out-of-date cell phones to old printers and computers. It's hard to know what to do with those old devices once we replace them with the latest technology. The good news is that recycling that old technology can be very easy - all it takes is knowing what to do and where to go. Check out the different sections below to see what the best practices are for recycling and places to take these different devices."
• Elephants call each other by name, study finds - "Researchers used artificial intelligence algorithm to analyse calls by two herds of African savanna elephants in Kenya."
• ‘Elephants show immense interest in corpses’ - "Susana Monsó, the philosopher examining what animals know about death. Do other species understand that life ends? Do they mourn and even bury their dead? The Spanish academic and writer is looking for answers."
• Elephants' 500km-trek across China baffles scientists - "Elephants are by nature fiercely intelligent beasts and experts who study them day in day out already know a great deal about them."
• Eliminalia - "We erase your past we help you build your future." We help you rebuild your future by deleting unwanted and erroneus information and help guarantee your right to anonimity.
• Eliminalia: The Spanish firm that uses dubious methods to ‘erase your past’ from the internet - "Cache of 50,000 files lays bare deceptive methods used by Eliminalia to clear up its clients’ cyber profiles. 'We erase your past' declares the company’s tagline. Eliminalia, which has offices in several cities including Barcelona and Kyiv, is part of a growing industry that will clean up your online profile."
• Elizabeth I: ‘Heart-stopping’: censored pages of history of Elizabeth I reappear after 400 years - "British Library uses new technique to uncover passages of Camden’s Annals, the first official account of Elizabeth’s reign."
• Elizabeth Holmes asks court to overturn fraud conviction - "Lawyers say improper procedures call for new trials for Holmes, who has an 11-year sentence, and Sunny Balwani."
• Elizabeth Holmes: Court rules Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes must go to prison while she appeals against sentence - "Holmes, who was charged with defrauding investors in her blood-testing start-up, hoped to stay out of jail while she appealed her conviction."
• Elizabeth Holmes delays start of prison sentence with last-minute appeal - "Holmes was sentenced last November after she was convicted?months earlier on multiple charges of defrauding investors while running the now-defunct blood testing startup. Earlier this month, her request to remain free while she appeals her conviction was denied by a judge, setting her up to report to prison on April 27."
• Elizabeth Holmes: Has the Theranos scandal changed Silicon Valley? - "For years Elizabeth Holmes was the darling of Silicon Valley, a woman that could do no wrong."
• Elizabeth Holmes is going to prison. Will she ever pay victims too? - "After several failed attempts to delay her time behind bars, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is set to report to federal prison this week."
• Elizabeth Holmes: Liz Holmes Wants You to Forget About Elizabeth - "As the convicted Theranos founder awaits prison, she has adopted a new persona: devoted mother."
• Elizabeth Holmes makes surprise testimony - "An entrepreneur accused of scamming investors for millions of dollars with a bogus blood test has surprised a US court by testifying in her defence."
• Elizabeth Holmes: ‘People wanted to believe the fairytale’: the downfall of Elizabeth Holmes - "Disgraced founder of fraudulent blood-testing company Theranos is expected to enter prison on Thursday."
• Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for fraud - "Judge Edward Davila imposed a sentence of 11 years and three months in prison, with another three years of supervision after Holmes is released. The sentence also includes a fine of $400, or $100 for each count of fraud. Restitution will be set at a later date. Holmes was ordered to turn herself into custody on April 27, 2023. She is expected to appeal her conviction."
• Elizabeth Holmes Trial: Live Updates - "Lawyers delivered opening statements in the highly anticipated criminal trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, who faces federal charges of defrauding patients and investors with claims of revolutionary blood-testing technology. Follow the latest developments."
• Elizabeth Holmes tried to ‘flee’ US with one-way Mexico ticket, prosecutors say - "New court filing says ex-Theranos founder booked flight departing 26 January last year, shortly after fraud conviction."
• Elizabeth Holmes: What Elizabeth Holmes’ life in prison could look like - "Once a Silicon Valley icon and paper billionaire, Elizabeth Holmes will now have to wake every morning at 6 a.m., hold a job paying as little as $0.12 an hour, and share bathing facilities at a prison camp in southern Texas."
• Elizabeth Holmes' surprising defense - "Importantly, Holmes' lawyers stated that intimate partner abuse affects its victims' 'agency' and 'state of mind' - which are critical elements of any criminal case because the government's burden is to prove not only that Holmes made materially false statements to investors, but that she knew the representations were false, and that she had the intent to deceive. In layperson's terms, the defense appears to be setting up an argument that the effects of Holmes' allegedly abusive relationship with Balwani actually bore directly on what she believed and why. In other words, in this argument, 'Holmes is not guilty.'"
• Elon Musk & Grimes change baby's name: 'Roman numerals look better' - "Tech entrepreneur and musician have changed their child’s name from X Æ A-12 to X Æ A-Xii, without much explanation."
• Elon Musk & Mark Zuckerberg say they’re ready for cage fight - "Twitter owner and Tesla (TSLA) CEO Musk recently tweeted that he would be 'up for a cage fight' with Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta. In an Instagram story Wednesday, Zuckerberg fired back by posting a screenshot of Musk’s tweet overlaid with the caption: 'Send Me Location.' Musk then responded to a tweet about the fight by Alex Heath, editor of tech news website Verge, with 'Vegas Octagon' - a reference to the Las Vegas arena that hosts the Ultimate Fighting Championship."
• Elon Musk Admits Humans Can’t Be Trusted with Tesla’s Autopilot Feature - MIT Technology Review.
• Elon Musk agrees with tweet accusing Jewish people of ‘hatred against whites’ - "Owner of X responds to antisemitic tweet calling it ‘the actual truth’ and criticizes Anti-Defamation League."
• Elon Musk becomes the first person to reach a net worth of $400 billion - "The richest person in the world just hit an even higher milestone: Elon Musk's net worth has reached $400 billion making him the first person ever to cross that mark. Behind his nearly $20 billion jump in wealth was a deal that shot up Musk's rocket company SpaceX's valuation to roughly $350 billion, Bloomberg reported Tuesday."
• Elon Musk breaks Guinness World Record for largest loss of personal fortune - "Elon Musk can add a new title to his resume: Guinness World Record holder. The 'Technoking' of Tesla made it into the record books thanks to an abysmal 2022 which saw his fortune shrink by $182 billion, the organization announced Friday in a release that cited data from Forbes."
• Elon Musk credits diabetic drug for his 'ripped' look - "What you need to know about the new treatment that’s gone viral on TikTok. Accident and emergency doctor Michael Daignault says an effective weight-loss treatment would be a game-changer for millions suffering from obesity."
• Elon Musk echoes the anti-tech take of notorious terrorist ‘the Unabomber’ Theodore Kaczynski - ‘He might not be wrong.’
• Elon Musk Gets a Crash Course in How Trumpworld Works - "The world’s richest person, not known for his humility, is still learning the cutthroat courtier politics of Donald Trump’s inner circle - and his ultimate influence remains an open question."
• Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Putin for two years, says report - "Alleged talks between billionaire and Russian president could have enormous security implications."
• Elon Musk has been inescapable in this election. How could he affect the results? - "Tesla and SpaceX chief’s behavior sets him apart from even the most politically active billionaires - serving as a Trump policy adviser and mega-donor."
• Elon Musk has lost a bigger fortune than anyone in history - "Elon Musk’s wealth destruction has become historic. The CEO of Tesla (TSLA), SpaceX and Twitter is worth $137 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, good enough for second place on the list of the world’s richest behind LVMH (LVMHF) Chairman Bernard Arnault. But at its peak in November 2021, Musk’s net worth was $340 billion."
• Elon Musk Helped Elect Trump. What Does He Expect in Return? - "The world’s richest man gave his money and time in campaigning for the president-elect and now is putting in his requests for a friendlier regulatory environment."
• Elon Musk: Inside the rural Texas town where Elon Musk is basing his business empire - "After fleeing Silicon Valley for political and business reasons, Elon Musk is building a corporate campus in rural Texas - but his new neighbours have mixed views."
• Elon Musk Is a Problem Masquerading as a Solution - "It is a perfect marriage for an age of plutocracy: Twitter with its serious problems and Elon Musk, the embodiment of those problems. What happens when the incarnation of a problem buys the right to decide what the problem is and how to fix it?"
• Elon Musk is nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by Norwegian MP - Who praises him for being a 'stout proponent of free speech' and 'enabling' Ukraine to communicate after Russia's invasion."
• Elon Musk is the richest person ever, Forbes says - "Elon Musk is worth more than twice Warren Buffett & has $100 billion on Jeff Bezos."
• Elon Musk joins #DeleteFacebook effort as Tesla & SpaceX pages vanish - The Guardian.
• Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $41.4bn - "Tech entrepreneur makes offer of $54.20 a share in cash for microblogging site."
• Elon Musk on pace to become world’s first trillionaire by 2027, report says - "In addition to world’s richest person, who has $251bn, report names others on track to receive trillionaire status."
• Elon Musk plans to quintuple Twitter revenue by 2028 - "If Elon Musk’s $44 billion bid to acquire Twitter is greenlit by shareholders and regulators in the coming months, the wealthy entrepreneur believes he’ll be able to quintuple the company’s revenue by 2028."
• Elon Musk predicts superhuman AI will be smarter than people next year - "His claims come with a caveat that shortages of training chips and growing demand for power could limit plans in the near term."
• Elon Musk says AI will take all our jobs - "Elon Musk says artificial intelligence will take all our jobs and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. While speaking remotely via webcam at VivaTech 2024 in Paris, Musk described a future where jobs would be 'optional.'"
• Elon Musk says he withheld Starlink over Crimea to avoid escalation - "Elon Musk says he refused to give Kyiv access to his Starlink communications network over Crimea to avoid complicity in a 'major act of war'."
• Elon Musk says his deal to buy Twitter is on hold - "'Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users,' Musk tweeted on Friday."
• Elon Musk Says the World Has a Bigger Problem than Global Warming - "'Population collapse due to low birth rates is a much bigger risk to civilization than global warming,' the global CEO tweeted on August 26."
• Elon Musk sells off even more Twitter collectibles as part of rebranding auction including famous blue bird logo - "Items including oil painting of Ellen DeGeneres' Oscars selfie will be available. Bidding for all items will start at $25 following Musk's controversial rebrand to X. Musk's latest auction will last two days, beginning on Tuesday September 12."
• Elon Musk, Sergey Brin reportedly taking ketamine, magic mushroom, Tesla CEO says, ‘better option than ... - "Drug use, particularly psychedelics, is becoming more common among public figures and tech executives in Silicon Valley. The global psychedelics market is estimated to reach $8 billion by 2029."
• Elon Musk set to become number-one influencer on Twitter - "Tuesday, 17 January 2023 is the day analysts predict Elon Musk will become the number-one influencer on Twitter."
• Elon Musk SUSPENDS Twitter account tracking his private jet movements - but Florida teen owner shares link to back-up pages on Facebook, Instagram and Telegram.
• Elon Musk: that’s how you pronounce X Æ A-12 - "Turns out, it’s not that difficult."
• Elon Musk unveils prototype humanoid Optimus robot - "The robot walked around gingerly onstage and is supposedly targeting a price of less than $20,000."
• Elon Musk was never really the world’s richest man - "The perverse maths of wealth meant the Tesla owner lost billions by selling shares that made up his net worth."
• Elon Musk woos world leaders, courting controversy - "He is 'very impressed' with Emmanuel Macron. Narendra Modi can count him as 'a fan'. And Benjamin Netanyahu just dropped in to see him. A parade of foreign leaders on recent US trips, including on official state visits at the White House's invitation, have added sit-downs with Elon Musk to their schedules. This year, the world's richest man has met with, to name a few, the heads of France, Italy, India, South Korea - and, in just the past two days, Turkey and Israel."
• Elon Musk’s 9-minute jet flight from San Jose to San Francisco sparks outrage - "Elon Musk’s private jet flew from San Jose to San Francisco — a 35-mile flight that lasted a total of nine minutes, according to Twitter users who track the tech mogul’s movements. The super-short flight across San Francisco Bay took place on May 6, but Twitter users widely shared the satellite map showing the plane’s flight path over the weekend, with many expressing outrage over the carbon footprint left behind by the head of an electric car company."
• Elon Musk's drug use worries Tesla, SpaceX leaders - "Musk has used LSD, cocaine, ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms, often at private parties, the Journal said, citing unnamed witnesses and others with knowledge of the matter. People close to the Tesla Inc. and SpaceX chief executive officer told the newspaper his drug use is ongoing, and that in particular he’s consuming ketamine."
• Elon Musk's extreme micromanagement has wasted time and money at Tesla, insiders say - "In conversations with 35 current and former Tesla employees, CEO Elon Musk is described as a polarizing figure who inspires but micromanages to an extreme."
• Elon Musk's Mars colonization plans - The Verge.
• Elon Musk’s Neuralink approved to recruit humans for brain-implant trial - "Company is seeking people with paralysis to test its experimental device after getting green light from independent review board."
• Elon Musk’s Plan: Get Humans to Mars, and Beyond - The New York Times.
• Elon Musk's tunnel project hit a milestone. But the future is unclear - "Three years ago, Elon Musk pitched a grandiose vision for the future of intracity vehicle travel: layers of tunnels that would efficiently speed vehicles through cities. Drivers would maneuver their own Teslas to street-level elevators, which would lower them to be whisked away on autonomous electric sleds at speeds up to 120 mph. Pedestrians and cyclists would ride in an autonomous electric vehicle that resembled a glass-plated train car."
• Elon Musk’s unmatched power in the stars - "The tech billionaire has become the dominant power in satellite internet technology."
• Elon Musk's US tax bill: $11 billion. Tesla's: $0 - "Elon Musk has repeatedly bragged (or, perhaps, complained) that he'll pay more in federal taxes for 2021 than anyone has ever paid - about $11 billion. But Tesla apparently won't pay a cent. Tesla may not plan to pay federal taxes any time in the foreseeable future - even though the company just reported by far its most profitable year ever. In 2021, Tesla recorded net income of $5.5 billion, and adjusted income of $7.6 billion."
• Email Attack Hits Google: What to Do if You Clicked - The New York Times.
• Email Is Slow & Creates Distance. That's Why It's Great - "Perhaps email will never again be the preferred form of digital communication, but much like vinyl records, it may be able to provide a pleasant ritual that slows down the flood of notifications, if only for a moment."
• EMBASSY WorldWide - "Absolutely all of the world's embassies in a searchable database." Embassies & consulates of the world.
• emergency codes you're not supposed to know about - The Telegraph.
• Emoji Become Corporate Tools - The New York Times.
• Emojipedia - since 2013. "Home of Emoji Meanings." The emoji search engine. A fast emoji search experience with options to browse every emoji by name, category, or platform.
• empire the Aztecs couldn't conquer - "The P'urhépechas were the only indigenous group in Mexico the Aztecs failed to conquer - but despite that feat, they were nearly lost to history."
• Enabling of Ad Blocking in Apple’s iOS 9 Prompts Backlash - The New York Times.
• ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA - since 1768. General knowledge English-language encyclopaedia. It is published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.; the company has existed since the 18th century, although it has changed ownership various times through the centuries. The encyclopaedia is maintained by about 100 full-time editors and more than 4,000 contributors. The 2010 version of the 15th edition, which spans 32 volumes and 32,640 pages, was the last printed edition. Since 2011, it is being published exclusively as an online encyclopaedia.
• Encyclopedia Britannica’s new Chrome extension is a simple fix to Google misinformation - The Verge.
• ENCYCLOPEDIA.COM - get facts, articles, pictures, video.
• End of grey hair in sight as scientists find gene responsible/a> - The Telegraph.
• End-of-life care should not simply be about prolonging a painful death - "We must focus on easing the exit rather than delaying the inevitable at huge expense."
• End of Moore's Law? What's next could be more exciting - The Telegraph.
• End of Neanderthals linked to flip of Earth's magnetic poles, study suggests - "Event 42,000 years ago combined with fall in solar activity potentially cataclysmic, researchers say."
• ENDAGERED LANGUAGES - project to support language preservation and documentation around the world.
• Endgame - "An unpopular king, a power-hungry heir to the throne, a queen willing to go to great lengths to preserve her image, and a prince forced to start a new life after being betrayed by his own family." The explosive new book from longtime royal journalist Omid Scobie. Amazon.com.
• Endurance: Shackleton's lost ship is found in Antarctic - "Scientists have found and filmed one of the greatest ever undiscovered shipwrecks 107 years after it sank."
• energy drink ingredient taurine ‘may slow ageing process’ - "Scientists call for major clinical trial after lifespans of mice extended by boosting levels of micronutrient."
• England's independent island kingdoms - "Piel Island in Cumbria and Sealand off the coast of Essex are sovereign monarchies with their own laws, stamps ... and enemies."
• English skills - "The world’s largest ranking of countries and regions by English skills." Based on test results of 2.2m adults in 113 countries & regions. EF Proficiency Skills Index.
• Enhanced Games: drug-friendly sports competition gains prominence even as the backlash grows - "Swimmer James Magnussen says he would 'come on board as their first athlete', but others view the proposed event as 'scary and dangerous'."
• Enigma machine sold at auction for world record $365,000 - The Guardian.
• ENVATO - "We operate marketplaces where hundreds of thousands of people buy and sell digital goods every day, and a network of educational blogs where millions learn creative skills. The Envato Marketplaces allow anyone to buy or sell digital goods like WordPress themes, background music, After Effects project files, Flash templates and much more."
• environment photographers you should be following on Instagram - The Guardian.
• ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDEX - Yale University.
• Epidemic of Worry - The New York Times.
• Epstein files: ‘It’s a bigger story than the world has ever known’ - "The paedophile financier has been linked to countless famous people but what could Trump’s task force uncover about his crimes and contacts?"
• era of freeloading is officially over - "Once upon a time, you could have yourself a nice little Saturday of stocking up at Costco (using your sister’s membership card, naturally), before hitting up a museum (free admission with your 15-year-old expired student ID) or settling into a reality TV binge sesh (streaming on your college roommate’s ex-boyfriend’s Netflix login). You wouldn’t call it stealing, per se. Mooching, perhaps. Exploiting a loophole in a system of commercialized culture you didn’t create but are forced to participate in - and what could be more capitalist than that? But thanks to the fine-tuning of the tech that Corporate America uses to police subscriptions, those freeloading days are over."
• Erasing the Past From Google Search - The New York Times.
• Escaping the Rat Race - The New York Times.
• Escobar’s hippos: ship them abroad - "Since the drug lord’s imported hippos escaped after his death in 1993, the government has repeatedly failed to tame the booming population."
• ESCROW.COM - protects online buyers and sellers from fraud.
• eSIM - what does it mean for your new iPhone or iPad Pro? - "Embedded SIMs will help you switch providers. Inside Apple Watch Series 3 & 4. Bringing dual SIM to iPhone XR, XS & XS Max, also iPad Pro."
• Estonia’s curriculum is one of the best - what can it teach us? - "Schools in the tiny Baltic state excel in reading, mathematics and science as well as fairness and happiness. The key to Estonia's success is a broad and balanced curriculum, with an emphasis on problem-solving, critical thinking, entrepreneurship and digital competence, the qualities that employers want. Pupils are expected to be active participants in their learning rather than passive recipients of facts."
• ET will 'conquer & colonise' humanity, warns Stephen Hawking - Daily Mail.
• Ethereum just completed The Merge - "Here’s how much energy it’s saving. ‘A step into a more sustainable future for cryptocurrencies.’"
• Ethical questions raised in search for Sardinian centenarians' secrets - The Guardian.
• 'Ethnicity is authenticity': how America got addicted to racist branding - "As brands like Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben face an overhaul, Jason Chambers sheds light on why it took so long."
• Eton bans smartphones for new pupils - "The school will issue boys with an offline Nokia handset instead amid wider moves to improve children’s mental health and behaviour."
• ETSY - "Buy, Sell, and Live Handmade." Your place to buy and sell all things handmade, vintage, and supplies.
• Europe is about to start charging for entry. Here’s how that works - "Everything you need to know about ETIAS and Europe’s city taxes. The ETIAS visa waiver program will allow entry into EU countries from $7.70. As the name suggests, it isn’t a visa - it’s a system for visitors from countries who don’t require visas to enter Europe, to preregister their visits. Those who currently need visas to enter will still need them."
• Europe is re-examining its colonial history - "At an old stone harbor in the English city of Bristol, young people gather at a bent railing by the water and peer into the murky deep. They're looking for the defaced statue of the 17th century slave trader Edward Colston. And just maybe, they're looking at an era gone by."
• Europe's 16 oldest cities - The Telegraph.
• Europe's 20 Poorest Countries - yahoo!finance.
• Europe’s new success stories are built on high luxury, not high tech - "This raises hard questions for the continent in an age of vast wealth inequality and slow growth."
• EUROPEAN BEST DESTINATIONS 2024 - "Discover the 20 most voted destinations (out of over 500 destinations) awarded the title of 'Best European Destinations 2024'."
• European power prices shatter records as energy crisis intensifies - "Power prices in Europe continue to smash records, intensifying the region's energy crisis and fanning fears about access to electricity and heating as the weather begins to cool. German power prices for next year, which are considered Europe's benchmark, briefly jumped above €1,000 ($999.80) per megawatt hour on Monday before falling back to €840 ($839.69) per megawatt hour."
• European Travel Information & Authorisation System (ETIAS) - Expected 2024. A planned electronic authorisation system of the European Union for visa-exempt visitors travelling to the European Union or the Schengen Area (including EFTA countries), as well as Bulgaria, Cyprus,
• EUROPEANA - since 2008. "Think Culture." Currently provides access to over 50 million objects from European libraries, museums, archives, galleries, and audiovisual collections. More than 3,500 heritage institutions contribute cultural content in Europeana. Their number and geographic coverage are steadily growing.
• Eva Braun's photo album - "Never-before-seen photos of Adolf Hitler found in an album in mistress Eva Braun's bedroom."
• Everglades Jetport: The 'world's greatest airport' that never was - "It was supposed to be the world's largest airport, a glamorous intercontinental hub for supersonic airliners with six runways and high-speed rail links to surrounding cities. But today, it's little more than an airstrip in the middle of nowhere."
• Every iOS release from worst to best - ranked - "From an App Store to Lock Screen widgets." Since the debut of the iPhone in 2007, we've seen seismic changes to how we use Apple's device, from using our fingers to interact in the first version to adding widgets to our home screens. We're currently up to iOS 16, released in 2022 which features a new lock screen, and a focus on personalization and more productivity enhancements.
• Every iPhone released from the first iPhone to the iPhone 15 - "A look back at every iPhone ever."
• Every Product Is A Service Waiting To Happen - "It used to be the case in product-focused organisations, that the logo represented the most important element of a brand’s identity."
• Every traveler should carry a luggage scale - here are 11 of our favorites - "Luggage scales can save you time, money and that annoying - and frustrating - feeling when the check-in agent announces your bag is overweight. And if travel is already stressful for you, your luggage should be one fewer thing you need to worry about. You’ll never get stuck at the airport with an overweight bag again if you weigh your bag with a luggage scale at home before traveling. Many scales are small and portable enough to slip into your bag, meaning you won’t get caught with a super-heavy bag on the way home either - no matter how many souvenirs you buy."
• Everyone has a different idea about what harassment is - The Verge.
• Everyone recommends flossing – but there's hardly any proof it works - The Guardian.
• Everyone should cover up their laptop webcams right now - says FBI.
• Everything is too complicated - The Verge.
• Everything that happens to your body when you don't get enough sleep - The Telegraph.
• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Top 10 Lists - The New York Times.
• Everything You Need to Know About Canada - Canada Questions and Answers. Famous Canadians. Canadian Hall of Fame.
• Everything you need to know about King Charles III’s coronation - "With the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, at her rural Balmoral home in September, Charles III instantly became King. In the days that followed, he was formally proclaimed Britain’s new monarch and now, after months of painstaking preparation, his coronation is upon us."
• EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LOUIS VUITTON'S DATE CODES - "Unlike brands like Chanel, a Louis Vuitton purse does not come with an authenticity card, nor a serial number. From the early 1980s, up until March 2021, Louis Vuitton used date codes that are embossed or printed on a leather tab that’s sewn into the interior linings of some of their bags, small leather goods, and most accessories. Not meant for verifying authenticity, these date codes simply help you identify the date and location in which the bag was made. With the exception of older models made before the 1980s, date codes can be found on all Louis Vuitton handbags and other accessories like sunglasses. Though even some authentic Louis Vuitton handbags may not have date codes, this is the case for older bags whose date codes have faded, or for bags that have had their linings cleaned or changed."
• Everything you need to know about Rio - The Telegraph.
• Everything You Need to Know About the State of the Union 'Designated Survivor' - ABC News.
• Everything You Thought You Knew & Why You're Wrong - "A scientist and policy analyst examines the systems that rule our world, denounces easy solutions and makes the case for uncertainty."
• Evidence Supports Artificial Sweeteners Over Sugar - The New York Times.
• Evolution Is Happening Faster Than We Thought - The New York Times.
• Evolution partly to blame for obsession with Brangelina - The Verge.
• Ex-Jehovah's Witness Deborah Frances-White on door knocking with Michael Jackson & ditching the 'cult' - The Telegraph.
• exercise pills help create a healthier society? - "Could exercise pills help create a healthier society? Finding drugs that mimic the benefits of a workout has long been a goal of science. As a new trial begins, the hope is to assist not just the time-poor or the lazy but elderly people and those with disease or disability."
• EXIT A.D.M.D. Suisse romande - "Association pour le Droit de Mourir dans la Dignité."
• EXIT INTERNATIONAL - founded in 1997. "A Peaceful Death is Everybody's Right." Leading end-of-life choices (voluntary euthanasia / assisted suicide) information & advocacy organisation.
• Experience: I accidentally bought a giant pig - The Guardian.
• Experience Queen Victoria's private summer residence Osborne House in 360° - The Telegraph.
• Experimental Weight-Loss Pill Twice as Effective as Ozempic, Trial Shows - "An experimental new weight loss pill from Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk could be twice as effective as its blockbuster Ozempic and Wegovy jabs, early results from a small trial have suggested, sending the firm's shares soaring."
• Expert Tips for Curbing Bad Breath - "Food choices, oral hygiene habits and certain health conditions can play a role - but there are ways to keep dragon breath in check."
• Experts hope new chambers could contain tomb of Nefertiti - The Guardian.
• Experts said Arctic sea ice would melt entirely by September 2016 - they were wrong - The Telegraph.
• Experts Say 'How Much' Is the Wrong Way to Assess Screen Time - "Experts say the 'just right' amount depends on what type of screen a person is looking at, why they’re looking at it, and what they’re forgoing for it."
• Experts say phones need a 'bedtime mode' to fix our sleep - engadget.
• Experts share their (mostly) hassle-free security tips - "You don't need to post from a digital bunker to stay safe."
• Explained: the toxic threat in everyday products, from toys to plastic - "Thousands of potentially harmful chemicals are in products ranging from electronics to medical equipment and carpets in the US."
• Explore 56 years of award-winning photojournalism - World Press Photo.
• Explore 671,628 items digitized from The New York Public Library's collections - The New York Public Library.
• Explore Batman v Superman's incredibly detailed Batcave in Google Street View - The Verge.
• Explosive star event will create once-in-a-lifetime sight in the sky. Here's how to see it - "Astronomers are expecting a 'new star' to appear in the night sky anytime between now and September, and it promises to be a once-in-a-lifetime celestial sight, according to NASA. The expected brightening event, known as a nova, will occur in the Milky Way’s Corona Borealis, or Northern Crown constellation, which is located between the Boötes and Hercules constellations. While a supernova is the explosive death of a massive star, a nova refers to the sudden, brief explosion from a collapsed star known as a white dwarf."
• Expo 2020 Dubai - World Expo, currently hosted by Dubai in the United Arab Emirates from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022.
• Export Dependency of Major Economies - "This infographic ranks major economies by their export dependency, measured as exports as a share of nominal GDP in 2023."
• extended iself - "The Impact of iPhone Separation on Cognition, Emotion, and Physiology."
• Extinction list: Who is at risk? - BBC News.
• Extreme weather: the climate crisis in four charts - "As much of the northern hemisphere endures blistering heatwaves and parts of Asia are deluged with rain, a number of climate records are being challenged."
• extremely detailed map of the 2016 Presidential US Election - The New York Times.

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• F-16 hit 50 years of flying. These photos show the Viper in action - "The F-16 Fighting Falcon celebrated the 50th anniversary of its maiden flight on January 20. The F-16 first graced the skies in 1974 at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The F-16 is still used in combat today, and is expected to be transferred to Ukraine this year."
• F Lee Bailey dies aged 87 - "Mr Bailey defended a host of notorious clients, including the Boston Strangler and the US army commander at the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. He was renowned for his dramatic style and his ability to throw reasonable doubt on the prosecution's case. But he was banned from practising law in two states and eventually filed for bankruptcy in 2016."
• F1's randiest racer who bonked 33 stewardesses in two weeks used hotel trick for romps - "James Hunt was known for being Formula 1’s biggest playboy during his racing days and even kept up his womanising while on the brink of a first world title in Japan."
• Face it, your cat doesn't care about you - Daily Mail.
• Facebook & Instagram are testing selling you blue checks for $12 a month - "‘Meta Verified’ will give you a blue badge along with several other benefits, including increased visibility, protection against impersonation, priority customer support, and more."
• Facebook & Microsoft Laying Giant Cable Across Atlantic - Wired.
• Facebook admits social media can be bad for democracy - The Verge.
• Facebook algorithm found to 'actively promote' Holocaust denial - "Similar content is also readily accessible across Twitter, YouTube and Reddit, says UK-based counter-extremist group."
• Facebook Cannot Fix Itself. But Trump's Effort to Reform Section 230 Is Wrong - "The President’s Executive Order calls for changes to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, a law created to protect the nascent Internet’s ability to moderate extreme, harmful and inflammatory content without fear of litigation. Internet platforms have interpreted Section 230 as providing blanket immunity, and the courts have concurred even in cases where their platforms directly facilitate terrorism, defamation, false information, communications between adolescents and alleged sexual predators, violations of fair-housing laws, and a range of other issues."
• Facebook Could Be Associated With a Longer Life, Study Finds - The New York Times.
• Facebook Has 50 Minutes of Your Time Each Day. It Wants More. - The New York Times.
• Facebook Has Finally Banned Holocaust Denial. Critics Ask What Took Them So Long - "Facebook updated its rules on Monday to explicitly ban any content that 'denies or distorts' the Holocaust, after years of allowing people to deny that the genocide occurred."
• Facebook has officially hit 2 billion users - Business Insider.
• Facebook just gave us one more reason never to trust it - The Verge.
• Facebook Plans New Stock Class to Solidify Mark Zuckerberg’s Control - The New York Times.
• Facebook spent $23.4 million on Mark Zuckerberg's personal security - "The CEO's protection costs far eclipsed those of other tech execs."
• Facebook to introduce new privacy controls in wake of data scandal - Reuters.
• Facebook unveils tool that lets you clear browsing history - The Guardian.
• Facebook’s $5 billion FTC fine is an embarrassing joke - "Facebook gets away with it again."
• Facebook's internal rulebook on sex, terrorism, violence - The Guardian.
• Facebook’s rocky road to the metaverse - "The CEO has changed the world - but he faces regulatory, technological and branding troubles in his push to do it again."
• Facebook’s terrible 2018 - "A year to forget for the social-media giant."
• Facial recognition, AI use, surveillance to be enshrined in law - "Monaco’s police force has been using the Principality’s 1,000 CCTV cameras for many years to check on the comings and goings of individuals and vehicles, adding significantly to public security."
• FACS | Facial Action Coding System - system to taxonomize human facial movements by their appearance on the face.
• FACTCHECK.ORG - aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics.
• Fading Art of Preserving the Dead - "A dwindling group of professionals is tasked with navigating the often fraught passage from life to death."
• Fair Split - "Divide Things, Not Families."
• FAKE NAME GENERATOR - "Generate a Random Name." The most advanced name generator. With 30 languages and 22 countries, the Fake Name Generator is the most advanced name generator on the internet.
• Fake news & a 400-year-old problem - "How can we end the ‘post-truth’ crisis?"
• Fake News Reports & Videos Seek to Undermine the Paris Olympics - "Russian propagandists are spoofing broadcasters and mimicking French and U.S. intelligence agencies to stoke fear about security at the Games."
• FAKE USA ADDRESS - random American addresses.
• Fall equinox: Why the first day of fall isn’t as equal as you might think - "Twice a year, the sun doesn’t play favorites. Everyone on Earth is seemingly on equal status - at least when it comes to the amount of light and dark that they get. On Sunday, we enter our second and final equinox of 2024."
• Fall in Denmark Is More Beautiful Seen From a Drone
• Fall of Berlin Wall: How 1989 reshaped the modern world - "World events often move fast, but is hard to match the pace and power of change in 1989. The wave of revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe helped shape the continent for decades to come."
• Fallingwater House - "The documentary film about one of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest masterpieces. In 1935, Frank Lloyd Wright designed a country house for the Kaufmann family over a small stream in rural southwestern Pennsylvania, 43 miles (69 km) southeast of Pittsburgh, built in 1936 -1939." YouTube 27:07.
• FAMOUS CANADIANS - CANADIAN HALL OF FAME - Canada Questions and Answers. Everything You Need to Know About Canada.
• Famous discontinued brands that came back from the dead - The Telegraph.
• Famous Women in History & Their Less Famous Abortions - Broadly.
• Farming DID make us weak - Bones dating back 30,000 years prove a rise in Neolithic food production caused our legs to become feeble.
• FARMING IN THE UK - Real-time info.
• Faroe Islands: The European nation ruled by sheep - "Meaning 'Sheep Islands', the Faroe Islands owe much of their unique identity to these hardy, tangle-haired creatures."
• Fashion at Versailles: French Were Good, Americans Were Great - "Billed as a divertissement à Versailles, it combined the talents of five Americans (Bill Blass, Stephen Burrows, Anne Klein, Halston and Oscar de la Rental and five French designers (Saint Laurent, Ungaro, Cardin, Dior and Givenchy), performances by stage and screen personalities, and the magnificent setting of the Palace of Versailles. The aim of it all was to raise approximately $260, 000 for the restoration of the building that once housed the French court and Government."
• Fashion Influencers of the French Revolution - "'Liberty Equality Fashion' explores radical shifts in fashion that embodied the ideas of the French Revolution and the women who led the charge."
• fast fashion & why is it so controversial? - "Fast fashion accounts for 'quick designs, quick manufacturing, quick marketing, quick retailing - it doesn't leave the time to consider these bigger needs, like ethical considerations or rights of workers,' Osnes said."
• Fast food fever: how ultra-processed meals are unhealthier than you think - "UPFs form 50% of Britons’ calorie intake - and vegans beware, this includes many plant-based meals. Now food scientists are learning more about what makes them so damaging."
• Fast food workers - What should we never order from you? - Reddit.
• fast-growing sport you've probably never heard of - "With 25 million players worldwide, padel is only tipped to get ‘bigger and bigger’ by tennis star Andy Murray."
• Fasting Diets Are Gaining Acceptance - The New York Times.
• Fat Finger Syndrome - definition & explanation.
• Fathers of Technology: 10 Unsung Heroes - PCWorld.
• Fats You Don’t Need to Fear, and the Carbs That You Do - The New York Times.
• FBI briefing senators how it cracked iPhone's passcode - engadget.
• FBI MOST WANTED LIST - Ten Most Wanted.
• FBI searches for Jimmy Hoffa’s body in New Jersey landfill after deathbed tip - "FBI confirms search for the Teamster boss, who disappeared in July 1975, had begun again after a 2020 deathbed tip from landfill worker."
• fbi tapes reveal martin luther king’s affairs ‘with 40 women' - "The MLK tapes: Secret FBI recordings accuse Martin Luther King Jr of watching and laughing as a pastor raped a woman, having 40 extramarital affairs - and they are under lock in a U.S. archive, claims author."
• FBI urges Olympic athletes to leave personal phones at home ahead of Beijing games - "The FBI is urging Olympic athletes to leave their personal cell phones at home and instead take burner phones to the Beijing Winter Olympics this month, citing the potential for 'malicious cyber activities.'"
• FBI warns consumers not to use public phone charging stations - "The FBI is warning consumers against using public phone charging stations in order to avoid exposing their devices to malicious software. Public USB stations like the kind found at malls and airports are being used by bad actors to spread malware and monitoring software, according to a tweet last week from the FBI’s Denver branch. The agency did not provide any specific examples. 'Carry your own charger and USB cord and use an electrical outlet instead,' the agency advised in the tweet."
• FBI Warns That Car Hacking Is a Real Risk - Wired.
• FBI'S UFO FILES - part 1 of 16.
• February Is the Best Month for Resolutions - "Psychologists say now is the perfect time to reflect on what you want and how to get there."
• February Smashes Earth's All-Time Global Heat Record - Weather Underground.
• Federico Fellini's 8 1/2 the coolest film ever made? - "Now 60 years old, the Italian director's fantastical masterpiece is still the essence of cool. But it's endured because of the heart beneath its stylish exterior, writes Adam Scovell."
• FEDEX - international courier service.
• Fendi: back to the future - new Roman palace of modernism.
• Ferdinand Marcos Jr urged to stop pretending he has an Oxford degree - "University has said Philippines leader was awarded ‘special diploma in social studies’ in 1978, not a BA."
• Fernande Grudet, ‘Madame Claude’ Who Ran High-Society Call-Girl Ring, Dies at 92 - The New York Times.
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• Ferrari big five star in RM Sotheby’s £36m collection of dreams - "The Gran Turismo collection is going under the hammer next month with RM Sotheby’s, and it features 18 of the finest cars ever to grace our roads. Featuring the Ferrari F40, F50, 288 GTO, Enzo and LaFerrari, the Ferrari big five alone is a collection any enthusiast could only dream of."
• Ferrari Has Plans to Make an Electric Supercar - Bloomberg.
• Ferrari unveil new SF-24 car ahead of the 2024 season - "Ferrari kept the F1 launch season rolling on Tuesday by showing off their eagerly anticipated new challenger in an online presentation."
• Feud: Capote vs the Swans: How a scandalous Truman Capote story exposed the secrets of US high society - "A star-studded new miniseries from Ryan Murphy looks at how the author betrayed the confidence of some of America's most elite women - and destroyed his career in the process."
• Figure Running - new sport that encourages you to get creative, go outside and discover new places while running and getting fit. The competition is not about your running speed or distance, it’s all about drawing.
• Fiji: They live in paradise. But everyday life is a bit more complicated - "For travelers, there’s a very specific image of Fiji that comes to mind: flawless white stretches of sand, overwater bungalows perfect for honeymooning couples and bright blue sea in every direction. For the people who live in Fiji, though, the picture is more complicated."
• Fiji’s radical plan to escape rising sea levels - "In Fiji, the climate crisis means dozens of villages could soon be underwater. Relocating so many communities is an epic undertaking. But now there is a plan - and the rest of the world is watching."
• Fiji's unusual appeal to billionaires - "Fiji markets itself as retreat for billionaires during pandemic."
• Financial Secrecy Index - "Ranks jurisdictions according to their secrecy and the scale of their offshore financial activities. A politically neutral ranking, it is a tool for understanding global financial secrecy, tax havens or secrecy jurisdictions, and illicit financial flows or capital flight."
• FIND A GRAVE - "World’s largest gravesite collection." Over 210 million memorials created by the community since 1995. Website that allows the public to search and add to an online database of cemetery records. It is owned by Ancestry.com.
• Find out who’s behind almost 320,000 offshore companies & trusts from the Panama Papers - Offshore Leaks Database.
• Fine Dining & the Ethics of Noma’s Meticulously Crafted Fruit Beetle - "Recent reports have spurred a backlash against the 1 percent of restaurants. What is the human cost of this type of eating, and will it last?"
• Finland & Sweden could soon join NATO, prompted by Russian war in Ukraine - "NATO officials told CNN that discussions about Sweden and Finland joining the bloc have gotten extremely serious since Russia's invasion, and US senior State Department officials said the matter came up at this week's NATO foreign ministerial, which was attended by the foreign ministers from Stockholm and Helsinki."
• Finland: I’m a psychology expert in Finland, the No. 1 happiest country in the world - here are 3 things we never do - "As a Finnish philosopher and psychology researcher who studies the fundamentals of happiness, I’m often asked: What exactly makes people in Finland so exceptionally satisfied with their lives? 1. We don’t compare ourselves to our neighbors. 2. We don’t overlook the benefits of nature. 3. We don’t break the community circle of trust."
• Finland is the world’s happiest nation - and I want to keep it that way, says prime minister.
• Finland's the world's happiest country. Here's how we do it - "According to the latest World Happiness Report, my country of Finland has the happiest people on Earth, a designation it has held for six consecutive years. I imagine that news might rankle some Americans, some of whom are fond of touting the American Dream and describing their country as the greatest in the world."
• 'Finns are happy because every citizen is equal' - The Guardian.
• first colour photographs of America - The Telegraph.
• First Dates: Just Be Yourself? - The Guardian.
• First day at school: Mum's before-and-after photos of daughter go viral - "Before-and-after photos of a five-year-old's first day back at school have been shared thousands of times online after her mother posted the 'really funny' images on Facebook."
• first IBM PC was released 35 years ago today - How it changed computers forever - The Telegraph.
• Fish oil supplements may raise heart disease risk in healthy people - "A study of more than 400,000 people found that fish oil supplements was associated with a 13 per cent heightened chance of developing atrial fibrillation."
• Fit for office? A brief history of leaders' illnesses - The Guardian.
• FixYa - "Solutions for Everything." Product problem support, troubleshooting help & repair solutions. FixYa is a community based trouble-shooting resource that provides consumer-generated, practical product tips to help consumers solve problems on 8 million products.
• FLAG COUNTER - "Plain old "hit counters" are boring! You need a FREE flag counter!"
• flat-Earth conspiracy is spreading around the globe. Does it hide a darker core? - "Science is wrong, flat earthers insist as conspiracy spreads around our spherical world."
• flavonols may be key for preventing memory loss, study says - "Eating more flavonols, antioxidants found in many vegetables, fruits, tea and wine, may slow your rate of memory loss, a new study finds."
• flavour begins with saliva - "The secrets inside your saliva. Saliva is more than just a way to keep your mouth comfortably lubricated. Its cocktail of substances, scientists are discovering, are the x factor behind the flavours we taste."
• Flaws in Wireless Mice & Keyboards Let Hackers Type on Your PC - Wired.
• Flexible smartphones may be coming sooner than you think - engadget.
• FLICKR - the best online image and video hosting management and sharing application in the world. In September 2010, it reported that it was hosting more than 5 billion images.
• FLIGHT ATTENDANT BLOG - The Flying Pinto. "As a Flight Attendant for a major U.S. Airline with over twenty years experience in the travel industry, I am here to offer advice on making your travels through the friendly skies..... well, more friendly! I will share my experiences with you and offer you a glimpse behind the galley curtain."
• Flight attendant explains 'how to ask' for free upgrade - "A FLIGHT ATTENDANT has revealed a few ways passengers can get free food and drinks on board, as well as an upgrade, but warned travellers about being 'dramatic' or 'lying' to the crew as this could have the 'opposite effect'."
• Flight attendant says ‘expect to get bad service’ if you hear code word - "Flight attendants 'use a seven-letter word' in communication with each other, which is code for a passenger they are becoming frustrated with."
• Flight attendants share their air travel secrets - "Navigating the world of airports and airplanes at this time can be stressful, but if anyone’s an expert in holiday travel, it’s flight attendants."
• Flipboard - social-network aggregation, magazine-format application software for Android and iOS. It collects the content of social media and other websites and presents it in magazine format and allows users to "flip" through their social-networking feeds and feeds from websites that have partnered with the company.
• Flu, cancer, HIV: after Covid success, what next for mRNA vaccines? - "The technology was viewed with scepticism before the pandemic but there is now growing confidence about its use."
• Flu Shots Should Work Well 2023/2024 - "Different strains of influenza circulate from year to year, which means making the annual flu shot is always a bit of a gamble. Twice a year, the World Health Organization consults experts from around the world to help inform its recommendations about which strains should be targeted by the shots used in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Experts' predictions aren’t always perfect, which is why flu shot efficacy varies depending on the season."
• Flying without wings: The world's fastest trains - "As the world faces up to climate change, short-haul flights look increasingly unattractive to many travelers. The flygskam (flight shame) phenomenon that started in Scandinavia is already inspiring many travelers to reduce their reliance on airlines. Until someone proves otherwise, high-speed rail is the most effective alternative to air travel for journeys of up to 1,100 kilometers (700 miles). Shuttling passengers between city centers at speeds of 290 kph (180 mph) or more, it offers a compelling combination of speed and convenience."
• Foiling Electronic Snoops in Email - The New York Times.
• FOLLOW THE MONEY - monitoring the European Union Budget.
• Food brands are phasing out racist mascots. Will sports teams follow? - "As support for Black Lives Matter spreads, attention has turned to how stereotypical images of people of color are an inherent facet of mainstream culture, right down to our breakfast option."
• food marketing myths we’ve swallowed whole - "Who says breakfast is the most important meal of the day? And why does spinach make you strong? It sounds like conventional wisdom, but most of it was cooked up by ad men."
• Food may influence cancer spread - BBC News.
• Food Trends That Shaped 2015 - The New York Times.
• Foods Loaded With Sugar, Salt & Fat? Bring It - The New York Times.
• Football Leaks - since 2015. Website that reveals transfer fees, wages and contract information about famous footballers. The website has been described as the football version of WikiLeaks.
• FOOTNOTE - the place for original historical documents online. 54,573,914 historical documents.
• For Evolving Brains, a ‘Paleo’ Diet Full of Carbs - NY Times.
• For Mobile Messaging, GIFs Prove to Be Worth at Least a Thousand Words - The New York Times.
• For Ransom, Bitcoin Replaces the Bag of Bills - The New York Times.
• For the first time this century, we are drinking less alcohol - The Telegraph.
• For the Wealthiest, a Private Tax System That Saves Them Billions - The New York Times.
• Fordlandia – the failure of Henry Ford's utopian city in the Amazon - The Guardian.
• Forensics For Dummies Cheat Sheet - For Dummies.
• ‘Forever Chemicals’ Are Everywhere. What Are They Doing to Us? - "PFAS lurk in so much of what we eat, drink and use. Scientists are only beginning to understand how they’re impacting our health - and what to do about them." The New York Times.
• ‘Forever chemicals’ mean England’s waters will miss pollution targets for decades - "Mapping project reveals standards for PFAS will not be met until 2063 in many areas."
• Forever chemicals: What We Know (& Don’t Know) About ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Food - "There’s a growing understanding of the health threats of PFAS chemicals in what we eat and drink."
• Forget eight hours of sleep a night - "We only actually need SIX, scientists declare."
• Forget hygge - Brits should be embracing 'brygge' - The Telegraph.
• Forget the Gym: Walking Is the Superior Form of Exercise - "Abandon your punishing fitness plan! For true physical and existential salvation, nothing beats a good walk, argues author Will Self."
• Forget the mega yacht - tomorrow's billionaires can buy a portable ISLAND - Daily Mail.
• Forget Taormina - Here’s Where You Should Really Be Going in Sicily - Vogue.
• “Forgetting” Might Not Be a Bad Thing - "Scientists Propose That It Could Be a Functional Feature of the Brain. Neuroscientists suggest that “forgetting” might be a form of learning that benefits flexible behavior in dynamic environments, and their experimental tests demonstrate that memories are not truly lost but are stored in engrams that can be reactivated."
• Formula For Perfect Parallel Parking - mathematician Simon Blackburn, professor at the University of London.
• Fossil of the Day awards - since 1999. "Awards given by CAN to the countries who are 'doing the most to achieve the least' in terms of the progress on climate change."
• Fossils of a dinosaur that inspired 'Jurassic Park' sold for over $12 million - "His name is 'Hector,' he's over 100 million years old, and his fossils sold for more than $12 million in auction at Christie's. Hector is the most complete skeleton of Deinonychus antirrhopus ever found, according to Christie's. The specimen, excavated in Montana in 2013, dates back to the early Cretaceous period: 115 to 108 million years ago. It's in a 'remarkable state of preservation,' the auction house says of the specimen, consisting of 126 original fossils on a custom-built frame."
• fossils unearthed in China may rewrite the human story - "A cache of human-like fossils from China has perplexed scientists for decades, defying explanation or categorization. It may be time to formally recognize a previously unknown ancient hominin, and they’ve proposed officially recognizing a species new to science."
• FOUNDATION FOR FAIR CIVIL JUSTICE - 2009 winners of the Wacky Warning Label Contest.
• Four-Pack - "City Hopping Among the Wealthiest."
• FOUR PERCENT RULE - definition & explanation.
• Fox Chased Its Audience Down the Rabbit Hole - "Rupert Murdoch built an empire by giving viewers exactly what they wanted. But what they wanted - election lies and insurrection - put that empire (and the country) in peril."
• Foxconn replaces 60,000 human workers with robots - engadget.
• Fran Lebowitz on life without the internet: ‘If I’m cancelled, don’t tell me!’ - "The writer is easy to spot if you spend long enough in New York, but interviews have to be over her landline, as she is permanently offline. She reveals why Andy Warhol wasn’t so smart, and how she learned to love a good party."
• France bans free soft drink refills in effort to tackle obesity - RT News.
• France on Trial: The Case of Marshal PÉtain review - a fallen hero in the dock - "Julian Jackson’s meticulous, engaging history of the collaborator general and his downfall is a gripping study of dishonour and denial."
• France to spend €200m destroying wine as demand falls - "The French government is allocating €200m to destroy surplus wine and support producers. It comes amid a cocktail of problems for the industry, including a falling demand for wine as more people drink craft beer. Overproduction and the cost of living crisis are also hitting the industry."
• France’s three-decade treasure hunt for golden owl has finally ended - "A 31-year-long treasure hunt that drew in thousands of enthusiasts across France appeared to have come to an end Thursday, after official social media accounts linked to the search said the token needed to claim the grand prize had been found."
• Francis Ford Coppola on why The Godfather was really about the US - "In these exclusive BBC Archive interviews, Francis Ford Coppola describes how with his masterpiece The Godfather he visualised the intricate web of influence, manipulation and violence that underpinned the world of organised crime - and showed how it reflected the US."
• FranÇois Hollande’s ‘love scooter’ fetches over €20,000 at auction - "Former French president’s bike, on which he was snapped riding to visit his lover in 2014, sells for double its listed price. It was the vehicle that sparked a French presidential scandal, the end of a secret love affair and legal action from a bodyguard nicknamed 'Croissant Man'."
• FranÇois Mitterrand's passion for secret mistress laid bare in love letters published for first time - The Telegraph.
• FranÇoise Bettencourt Meyer: L'OrÉal heiress first woman to amass $100bn fortune - "The French beauty empire founded by her grandfather is on track for its best stock market performance in decades. L'Oréal shares rose to a record high in Paris on Thursday."
• Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Guggenheim Museum & this 12-year-old boy's dog house - "Famed American architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed iconic buildings like the Fallingwater house in Pennsylvania and the Guggenheim Museum in New York - and he also designed a dog house for a 12-year-old boy who sent him a letter."
• Frank Sinatra: A Hundred Years On, the Voice Resonates Still - The New York Times.
• Frank Sinatra hated being linked to mobsters - "Frank Sinatra hated reports linking him to the Mafia - and believed that the only reason he was portrayed in the media as mobbed up was anti-Italian sentiment, his former road manager Tony Oppedisano told Page Six."
• Frankfurt to Dubai in 90 minutes? Europe enters the hypersonic plane race - "It’s now been two decades since the era of supersonic commercial flight ended with Concorde’s final touchdown in an airfield in southwest England. In recent years, numerous pretenders to the throne - supersonic, hypersonic, hydrogen-powered, with anti-boom technology - have been whizzing round, conceptually at least, but many of these projects promising seamless super-fast travel have instead stalled, sputtered out or hit delays. Now a European hypersonic startup is having a go, promising enticing journey times such as Frankfurt to Sydney in 4 hours 15, or Memphis to Dubai in 3 hours 30."
• Franz Kafka's virtual romance: a love affair by letters as unreal as online dating - The Guardian.
• ‘Frasier’ Returns, Tossed, Scrambled & Eggscruciating - Review - "One of TV’s longest-lived characters gets revived, in an anticlimactic museum reproduction of the original."
• FRAUD-PROOF CREDIT CARD POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF QUANTUM PHYSICS - University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
• FREE ADS - freeads, free classified ads for jobs, dating, housing, sales and services in the U.K.
• FREE ADVICE - free legal advice in 100+ law topics.
• free things you CAN take from your hotel room (and the ones you should never steal) - Daily Mail.
• FREE WEBSITE REPORT - website worth estimation and web information service. Website reporting services focused on estimating website advertising revenue.
• Freedom of information - extension of freedom of speech, a fundamental human right recognized in international law, which is today understood more generally as freedom of expression in any medium, be it orally, in writing, print, through the Internet or through art forms.
• Freedom of information act - "The basic function of the Freedom of Information Act is to ensure informed citizens, vital to the functioning of a democratic society."
• French baguette gets Unesco heritage status - "There are arguably few things more quintessentially French than the humble baguette. After all, the country is said to produce some 16 million a day. Now there's something to celebrate, as Unesco adds the baguette to its 'intangible cultural heritage' list."
• French Chateau, Once Owned by the Rothschild Family & the King of Morocco, Selling for €425 Million - "Château d'Armainvilliers is a timber-framed, 100-room mansion standing on 2500 acres."
• French refuse to hand Joan of Arc's ring back to Britain
• French Revolution: remains discovered in walls of Paris monument - "Experts believe up to 500 people guillotined in period may be buried in Chapelle Expiatoire."
• French Spelling Changes, 26 Years in the Making, Cause a Fracas - The New York Times.
• FRIDAY THE 13TH - Wikipedia.
• Friday 13th a disaster for business? - The Telegraph.
• Friday The 13th, Say It With Us: Paraskevidekatriaphobia - "Because we want everyone to feel safe, once again we offer this advice for how to get through another Friday the 13th: Learn how to pronounce paraskevidekatriaphobia. Successfully saying that super long word supposedly cures one of any Friday the 13th-related fears."
• Friday the 13th. Try Not to Be Spooked - "The famously unlucky date causes travelers to shudder and couples to delay marriages. But rest assured that there’s nothing to fear."
• From Da Vinci to Churchill: What our doodles can mean - "As a new exhibition shows, doodles can be a powerful form of creative expression."
• Fruit juice: Weight gain in children & adults linked to 100% fruit juice, study says - "'One fundamental problem with juice is quantity; consuming fruit this way makes it so easy to overdose. How often do we eat three oranges? Yet, a glass of OJ is about three oranges that can be consumed in a minute or two, and that will add many calories and lead to a spike in blood glucose.'"
• Fuerdai - 'rich second generation'; is a Chinese term for the children of the nouveau riche in China. This term, generally considered pejorative, is often invoked in the Chinese media and everyday discussions in mainland China as it incorporates some of the social and moral problems associated with modern Chinese society.
• Full stop falling out of fashion thanks to instant messaging - The Telegraph.
• FundRazr - since 2009. "Raise money for what matters to you." Canadian crowdfunding site and Facebook app first released in 2009. It allows users to set up crowdfunding pages and/or embed fundraising apps on their Facebook pages to raise money for a variety of causes such as medical care, memorials, and animal rescue causes. Tens of millions of dollars have been raised from over 40,000 fundraising campaigns.
• ‘fungal awakening’: how we came to love & fear fungi - "After centuries of distrust and disdain, mushrooms are having their moment. From sci-fi smash hits to drug trials, an emerging league of mycophiles are bringing fungi out of the shadows."
• FUNNYCRAVE - free funny videos, pictures and fail comedy for men.
• future of travel: 10 concepts that will change the way we experience the world - "Travel has come a long way since the age of Silk Road caravans, daunting sea voyages and steam locomotives - and will continue to transform in years to come. Concepts that feel plucked from sci-fi novels and films are quickly making their way into mainstream travel, shaping every step of the journey."
• Fyre Festival settlement reveals the true cost of schadenfreude - $7,220 a pop - "The 2017 festival became a how-not-to for the events and influencer industries."
• Fyre sale: US marshals auction off seized merchandise from ill-fated festival - "You’ve seen the Fyre Festival documentaries, read about the lawsuits, and laughed at the viral sandwich tweet - and now you can bid on the ill-fated event’s merchandise."

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• gabapentin: The Painkiller Used for Just About Anything - "In huge numbers, older people are taking gabapentin for a variety of conditions, including itching, alcohol dependence and sciatica."
• Gait speed is one of your vital signs, so make sure yours is OK - "Your walking speed can also be an indicator of your health. In fact, it's gaining traction as one of your vital signs, along with body temperature, pulse rate, respiration rate, blood pressure and oxygen saturation."
• Galapagos Islands to double tourist entry fees amid concerns over rising visitor numbers - "The entry fee will go from $100 to $200 for nationals of almost all countries, except for other members of the South American trade bloc Mercosur, which includes Argentina, Brazil, and Peru."
• Galileo Project - "Daring to Look Through New Telescopes." The Galileo Project for the Systematic Scientific Search for Evidence of Extraterrestrial Technological Artifacts.
• GALLUP - conducts public opinion polls in more than 140 countries around the world.
• Gallup's Global Law and Order index 2018 - "Tracking Progress Toward Building a More Peaceful and Secure World."
• Gallup's most admired man & woman poll - annual poll that Gallup has conducted at the end of most years since 1948. Americans are asked, without prompting, to say what man and woman "living today in any part of the world, do [they] admire most?" The result is published as a top ten list. Most years the most admired man is the sitting President of the United States and the most admired woman is or has been the First Lady of the United States.
• Game of Thrones: the 30 most hated characters - The Telegraph.
• Gardens of the galaxy: can you grow vegetables on Mars? - "With a mission to Mars on the horizon and astronauts spending longer than ever in orbit, scientists are looking for ways to grow vegetables in space ..."
• Garlic REALLY is good for you - Extract 'reverses build-up of deadly plaque that clogs arteries and triggers heart attacks'.
• Gaslighting: How To Tell If Someone Is Gaslighting You - "Spreading rumors and gossip about you, or telling you that other people are gossiping about you. Changing the subject or refusing to listen when confronted about a lie or other gaslighting behavior. Telling you that you're overreacting when you call them out."
• GATES NOTES - since 2010. "The Blog of Bill Gates."
• Gawker.com is shutting down today - 'How Tings Work' by founder Nick Denton.
• Gaza war: Where does Israel get its weapons? - "Western governments are coming under growing pressure to halt arms sales to Israel over how it is waging the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip."
• GDP Ranked: Average GDP Growth Rates for the Next 10 Years, by Country - "In this graphic, we show future economic prospects of major nations worldwide, based on analysis from Ray Dalio. We show real GDP growth projections over the next decade, based on an assessment of 81 indicators including labor productivity, innovation, debt obligations, and education."
• Gear for the Next Level of Mobile Games - The New York Times.
• Gen Z & Millennials' surprising midsummer obsession - "Summer is when folk fans - of all generations - come out in force. But is the new folk movement taking over from a culture traditionally dominated by Boomers."
• Gen Z: Are phone-addicted Gen Zers losing the ability to type? - "In 2000, 44% of American high school students had taken a keyboard skills course, but by 2019 this had fallen to 2.5%. Take the test to see how fast you are."
• Generation Beta is here - what kind of world will it inherit? - "AI might cure their diseases, or steal their jobs. And they could see the first global population decline in 700 years. So what else is in store for those born in 2025."
• Generation Z is losing a skill we’ve had for 5,500 years: 40% are losing mastery of communication - "Is Generation Z losing touch with handwriting? A shocking 40% struggle with this vital skill, risking their cognitive development and personal connections. Discover what’s at stake for future communication and the steps to bridge this gap. A recent study from the University of Stavanger has found something pretty alarming: around 40% of Gen Zers are losing their grip on handwritten communication, a skill that's been key to human interaction for about 5500 years."
• generic Top-Level Domains - ICANN: "The expansion of generic Top-Level Domains (e.g. .COM, .ORG, .NET) in the Domain Name System is underway. Over 1,300 new names or "strings" could become available in the next few years."
• genericization - with respect to a trademark, the act or process of becoming so widely identified as a reference for a type of product as to cease representing a particular brand or manufacturer of that type of product.
• GENETIC ANALOGY - trace your ancestry with DNA.
• Genius Companies 2018 - "50 businesses inventing the future."
• Gennifer Flowers, Donald Trump & Making of Sex-Scandal Culture - The New York Times.
• Geoff Capes - a life in pictures - "Britain’s greatest shot putter and World’s Strongest Man winner has died aged 75. Here we look back at his life and career."
• GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES
• George & Amal Clooney’s growing global reach - "While George is busy urging Biden to bow out of the presidential race, Amal has Netanyahu firmly in her sights."
• George Clooney, a Major Biden Fund-Raiser, Urges Him to Drop Out - "Mr. Clooney, who co-hosted a lavish fund-raiser for President Biden last month, wrote in a guest essay in The New York Times that Democrats ' are not going to win in November with this president.'"
• George Clooney hit with savage nine-word warning from Donald Trump - "Donald Trump had a strong warning for George Clooney as he urged him to stay out of politics."
• George Clooney is selling his tequila brand for up to $1 billion - "The actor is selling his Casamigos tequila brand to Diageo, the owner of Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff and Cîroc, for up to $1 billion."
• George Clooney praises 'selfless' Joe Biden - "George Clooney has praised Joe Biden's decision to quit the presidential race as the most selfless thing a president has done since George Washington."
• George Clooney Surprised 14 Of His Best Friends With $1 Million In Cash Each - "'I've slept on their couches when I was broke,' he said. 'They loaned me money when I was broke. And we're all really close, and I just thought basically if I get hit by a bus, they're all in the will. So why the f*** am I waiting to get hit by a bus?'"
• George HW Bush - a life in pictures - "George HW Bush, who has died aged 94, was the 41st president of the United States. Born in Milton, Massachusetts, he studied at Yale and worked in the oil industry before entering politics in 1964. We look back at his life and political career."
• George Santos’ Cartier Santos Watch Is Worth $7,800 - Unless It’s A Fake - "International man of mystery George Santos reported for his first day in Congress wearing what appears to be a Cartier Santos, which retails for $7,800. At least, that’s what the real ones cost. Knockoffs go for just $150. An expert in luxury watches, who independently identified the timepiece for Forbes, cautioned that it is impossible to be sure of the type of watch—let alone its authenticity—from the available photos. Santos did not respond to emails, and calls to his office went straight to voice mail, which could not accept new messages."
• George Santos’s lies are so big you almost have to admire them - "The New York congressman’s increasingly wild claims have all the thrill-seeking of a man running across a football field naked. Here’s Every Single Lie Told by George Santos."
• George Shultz: ‘Excessive loyalty’: how Republican giant George Shultz fell for Nixon, Reagan ... and Elizabeth Holmes - "The great secretary of state’s biographer, Philip Taubman, balances cold war achievements with costly political failures."
• George Soros philosophy - and its fatal flaw - The Guardian.
• George Soros Sees Crisis in Global Markets That Echoes 2008 - Bloomberg Business.
• GÉrard Depardieu Punches the ‘King of Paparazzi’ Outside Rome Cafe - "Mr. Depardieu, 75, was seen striking the 79-year-old photographer Rino Barillari on the Via Veneto."
• German Shorthaired Pointer Is Best in Show - The New York Times.
• Germany & the Nordic countries prepare citizens for possible war - ‘Would you survive 72 hours?’ - "Apps and booklets are offering advice on how to build a bunker, stockpile food and live without electricity in case the worst happens."
• Germany by far most admired country, with US, China and Russia vying for second - global poll - "Annual Gallup survey casts doubt on Mike Pompeo’s claim that the US is ‘perfectly positioned’ to lead the free world in rivalry with China."
• Germany Closes Book on World War I With Final Reparations Payment - Spiegel Online International.
• Germany coup plot: The extremists who tried to topple the state - "HQ, to a large extent, until this Wednesday, for an eclectic group of plotters, hoping to take over the German parliament and destroy the structures of modern Germany, replacing them with a monarchical system, with a Prince at its head, whose family used to rule this region for hundreds of years before World War One."
• Germany finds it hard to love Hegel 250 years after his birth - "New books try to lighten up the intimidating reputation of Germany’s ‘most difficult’ philosopher."
• Germany's railways offered a month of unlimited rides for $9. This happened - "Germany's decision this summer to offer unlimited regional travel for 9 euros per month - which comes to an end a week from today, on August 31 - has been a barnstorming success. Nearly 60 million tickets had been sold by the beginning of August, according to VDV, the Association of German Transporters - in other words, covering June and July."
• Get ready to eat bugs if you want to live beyond 2050 - "Beef won't be what's for dinner much longer."
• Get Satisfaction - since 2007. Customer Community For Social Support, Social Marketing and Customer Feedback."
• Getting a grip: a beginner's guide to shaking hands - "Young people are failing to land jobs because their embraces are all wrong, a youth mentor says. Follow these tips to make sure employers don’t palm you off."
• Getty Acquires Early Photographs of Lebanon & Syria - The New York Times.
• GETTY IMAGES - since 1995. "Royalty-Free Stock Photos, Creative Images & Vectors." Visual media company and supplier of stock images, editorial photography, video, and music for business and consumers, with a library of over 477 million assets.
• Getty Search Gateway - allows users to search across several of the Getty repositories, including collections databases, library catalogs, collection inventories, and archival finding aids.
• Ghent: Europe's beautiful walkable city that feels like a 'small town' - "A breathtaking city in Europe is one of the continent's most walkable destinations and feels like a town. Ghent, a port city on Belgium's northwest coast, has one of Europe's largest car-free zones. The city pedestrianised vast areas in 1997."
• Ghislaine Maxwell ends fight to keep eight 'John Does' secret, court to decide whether names should be unsealed - "Ghislaine Maxwell will no longer fight to keep the names of eight 'John Does' secret and will leave it to the court to decide whether the names should be unsealed, according to a January 12 letter to federal Judge Loretta Preska of the Southern District of New York. The documents containing the names are connected to a 2015 defamation case brought by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who claimed Epstein sexually abused her while she was a minor and that Maxwell aided in the abuse. The case was settled in 2017."
• Ghislaine Maxwell follows her family's footsteps into the dock - "Older brothers Ian and Kevin were acquitted of alleged conspiracy to defraud in 1990s."
• Ghislaine Maxwell: How accusers' testimony brought her down - "The damning evidence that brought Maxwell down."
• Ghislaine Maxwell is living in 'constant fear' of a brutal revenge - "Ghislaine Maxwell is living in constant fear of a brutal beatdown behind bars after she ratted out two violent Cuban inmates for trying to extort her. Now she's 'freaking out' because the two bullies have been released back into the general prison population and are out for revenge, according to sources at the low-security Florida lockup."
• Ghislaine Maxwell Records Reveal 2015 Email From Jeffrey Epstein, New Alan Dershowitz Allegations - "A highly anticipated trove of old court records from a settled defamation lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell by alleged victim Virginia Giuffre were released late Thursday evening, and reveal more information surrounding the dark saga of Jeffrey Epstein and his alleged sex ring of underage girls."
• Ghislaine Maxwell, the Demon Queen, is behind bars. Does she have a secret that could unlock her shackles? - "Our writer sat through the trial in New York and reports on the humiliation of the mwah-mwah princess, her repeated failures to end Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse and the chances of her cutting a deal with the Feds."
• Ghislaine Maxwell was present when Epstein abused me, accuser testifies - "Witness identified as ‘Jane’ alleges Epstein began sexual abuse when she was 14 and says Maxwell was sometimes in the room."
• Ghislaine Maxwell’s Haunting 40th Birthday Present to Jeffrey Epstein - "Maxwell’s former friend Christopher Mason recalls the gift - and Epstein’s strange birthday party - in Lifetime’s new docuseries 'Surviving Jeffrey Epstein'."
• Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial - in pictures - "Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty of child sex trafficking and conspiracy after a three-week trial in Manhattan’s federal court this afternoon."
• Ghislaine, Prince Andrew and the Paedophile review - a grisly story of sexual abuse & royal palaces - "How did a newspaper tycoon’s daughter become a paedophile’s accomplice? And how does the royal family fit in? Abuse survivors and others speak out in this disappointingly brief show."
• ‘Ghosting,’ ‘Orbiting,’ ‘Rizz’: A Guide to Modern Dating Terms - "The way we talk about relationships has drastically changed in recent years. Here is a glossary of some of the most popular words and phrases you should know."
• Giant Batteries Are Transforming the Way the U.S. Uses Electricity - "They’re delivering solar power after dark in California and helping to stabilize grids in other states. And the technology is expanding rapidly. To fill the gap, power companies typically burn more fossil fuels like natural gas. That's now changing. Since 2020, California has installed more giant batteries than anywhere in the world apart from China. They can soak up excess solar power during the day and store it for use when it gets dark."
• Giant Panda no longer endangered species - The Telegraph.
• Giant pandas no longer endangered but still vulnerable, says China - "The classification was downgraded as their number in the wild has reached 1,800. Experts say that the country managed to save its iconic animal through its long-term conservation efforts, including the expansion of habitats. China considers pandas a national treasure, but have also loaned them to other countries as diplomatic tools."
• Gigantic new aircraft design aims to create the largest plane ever to fly - "Meet the WindRunner airplane, whose mission will be to deliver gigantic 300-foot-long blades directly to wind farms. To help the world meet its decarbonization targets, it'll use sustainable aviation fuel and needs only a simple packed-dirt or gravel runway to land on. Radia is banking on research organisation Bloomberg NEF's estimation that up to $10 trillion will be spent on onshore wind through 2050. The development of WindRunner is to enable GigaWind, the XXL turbines made by Radia’s partners, which include five of the world's top six turbine manufacturers."
• Gigapixel timelapse captures a day in the life of London - engadget.
• GIGN | GROUPE D'INTERVENTION DE LA GENDARMERIE NATIONALE - since 1973. (National Gendarmerie Intervention Group). A special operations unit of the French Armed Forces. It is part of the National Gendarmerie and is trained to perform counter-terrorist and hostage rescue missions in France or anywhere else in the world.
• Gimp - (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free and open-source software image retouching and editing tool. There are versions tailored for most operating systems including Linux, OS X, and Microsoft Windows.
• Giorgio Armani: 'I need to forget that I'm 88, otherwise it's over' - "A lion in his winter years."
• Girlbosses: The women being demonised on screen - "Few stereotypes are more derided than the 'girlboss', a term used to refer to women focusing on self-empowerment at others' expense. Now, from TV shows like HBO's Industry and Succession to films like I Care A Lot and Don't Look Up, popular culture is weighing in, says Laura Martin."
• GisÈle Pelicot: 5 unanswered questions from the Pelicot trial - "Although the trial is over, there are still questions lingering over the Pelicot case and what happens next."
• GisÈle Pelicot said the most powerful four words I’ve heard this year - "Shame must change sides, she declared, when she spoke for the first time - the most powerful four words I have heard this year - as she set about shining a light on rape more than anyone on Earth."
• GisÈle Pelicot’s ex-husband Dominique & 50 others found guilty in mass rape trial - "All 51 defendants have been found guilty of the charges against them, but many have been handed sentences shorter than those asked for by prosecutors."
• Glacier tourism: Tourists are rushing to see glaciers before they disappear. The trips are turning deadly - "Glacier tourism has boomed in recent years. The ice attracts people for many reasons: to fulfill a bucket list dream, get up close to a natural phenomenon, or simply for adventure. But there’s also another motivation increasingly present - the desire to see the glaciers before they disappear. It’s called 'last-chance tourism' and it’s a growing market."
• GLACIER WORKS - The Mighty Himalayan Glaciers are Vanishing.
• Glamping - portmanteau of "glamorous" and "camping", and describes a style of camping with amenities and, in some cases, resort-style services not usually associated with "traditional" camping. Glamping has become particularly popular with 21st century tourists seeking the luxuries of hotel accommodation alongside "the escapism and adventure recreation of camping".
• Glass of wine or beer a day reduces risk of an early death, says new study - The Telegraph.
• Global 500 2015 - annual report on the world’s most valuable global brands.
• Global 500 2024 | The Annual Brand Value Ranking - "Apple clinches top spot as world's most valuable brand, outshining Amazon, Google, and Microsoft. Apple achieves remarkable 74% growth in brand value, reclaiming its title as the world's most valuable brand by huge margin."
• Global Age Watch Index - global rankings map.
• Global CO₂ emissions by country 2022 - "Carbon dioxide emissions of the most polluting countries worldwide in 2010 and 2022."
• Global CO₂ levels at highest ever recorded levels - "Scientists in the United States have detected the highest levels of planet-warming carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere since records began."
• Global Corruption Barometer - "Since its debut in 2003, the Global Corruption Barometer has surveyed the experiences of everyday people confronting corruption around the world."
• Global Defense Industry in One Chart - "The world's most valuable defense companies. This graphic breaks down the biggest publicly-traded defense companies by market capitalization, as of May 20, 2025. 16 are located in the U.S., while 17 are based in Europe."
• Global fresh water demand will outstrip supply by 40% by 2030, say experts - "Landmark report urges overhaul of wasteful water practices around world on eve of crucial UN summit."
• Global Gender Gap Report 2020 - "Mind the 100 Year Gap." None of us will see gender parity in our lifetimes, and nor likely will many of our children. That’s the sobering finding of the Global Gender Gap Report 2020, which reveals that gender parity will not be attained for 99.5 years. World Economic Forum.
• Global heating: best & worst case scenarios less likely than thought - "Uncertainty over climate outcomes reduced but experts warn urgent reduction in CO2 levels is essential."
• Global Innovation Index 2015 - full report.
• Global Innovation Index 2024 (GII) - "The Global Innovation Index 2024 (GII) takes the pulse of innovation against a background of steady but slow global economic growth, shrinking innovation finance and sluggish productivity. It reveals the most innovative economies in the world, ranking the innovation performance of around 130 economies while highlighting innovation strengths and weaknesses."
• global internet is disintegrating. what comes next? - "Russia is the latest country to try to find ways to police its online borders, sparking the end of the internet as we know it."
• Global Liveability Index 2023 - "EIU’s liveability index quantifies the challenges presented to an individual’s lifestyle and standard of living in 173 cities worldwide. This year’s average liveability score has risen to a 15-year high, with a return to order after the covid-19 pandemic and better healthcare and education in developing countries."
• Global Liveability Ranking 2016 - The Economist.
• Global Peace Index 2014 - Vision of Humanity.
• Global Peace Index Map - The Most & Least Peaceful Countries - "Produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), the Global Peace Index (GPI) is the world's leading measure of global peacefulness."
• global population shortage is coming, will cause economic chaos - "Earth Is Kinda Running Out of People. An economist believes the diminishing birth rate will have a detrimental impact on labor supply. The reason for our impending global population shortage is attributed to falling birth rates because of increased living standards."
• Global population to peak at 2064 before heading into ‘inexorable’ decline - "More than 20 countries will see their populations halve by the end of the century, with the world population peaking in 2064 before facing decline."
• Global recession risk rising as economic outlook ‘darkens significantly’, IMF says - "Cost-of-living crisis ‘only getting worse’ says IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva, predicting a tough 2022, and ‘even tougher 2023’."
• GLOBAL RESIDENTIAL CITIES INDEX Q4 2015 - Knight Frank.
• GLOBAL STRATEGY GROUP - a public affairs and research firm in market research, politics, communications, new media and interactive services.
• Global tax reform: 130 countries commit to minimum corporate rate - "Landmark moment for world economy with OECD plan that also covers prevention of profit-shifting."
• Global Travel Freedom at a Glance - The Henley & Partners Restrictions Index 2016.
• Global Travel Trends Report 2021 - "'As we look ahead to a return to travel later this year, we asked travelers from seven different countries including Australia, Canada, Mexico, Japan, India, the United Kingdom and the United States, about what’s on their minds as they plan for or dream about their next trip. While individual sentiments differ, one thing is clear: there’s a pent-up demand for travel and a clear appreciation for the benefits that it can bring. In fact, people miss traveling so much that 76% of respondents surveyed are creating their destinations wish list for future travel even though they might not be able to travel yet.'"
• Global Wealth 2014: Riding a Wave of Growth - Boston Consulting Group.
• Global Wealth Report 2013 - Credit Suisse.
• Global Wealth Report 2014 - Credit Suisse Research.
• Global wealth report 2021 - "The twelfth edition of the Global Wealth Report, published by the Credit Suisse Research Institute, shows continued wealth growth. Total global wealth grew by 7.4% and wealth per adult reached another record high of USD 79,952. Overall, the countries most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic have not fared worse in terms of wealth creation. The most comprehensive and up-to-date resource of its kind. Our Global wealth report analyzes the household wealth of 5.2 billion people across the globe. Multi-faceted and eye-opening."
• Global Wealth Report 2023 - "Global wealth is expected to rise by 38% over the next five years, reaching USD 629 trillion by 2027. How has global household wealth developed in 2022? What are the projections for the years ahead? Find out with the most comprehensive and up-to-date information on global household wealth."
• ‘glory days’ for global automakers in China are over - "The rapid rise of China’s homegrown electric vehicle (EV) makers, such as BYD and Xpeng (XPEV), is upending the largest passenger car market on the planet and leaving the world’s biggest carmakers on the losing end."
• Gluten Lie: And Other Myths About What You Eat - Amazon.com.
• Gmail Now Has More Than 1B Monthly Active Users - TechCrunch.
• go bag: Everything you need to prepare for wildfires, earthquakes, hurricanes & tornadoes, according to experts - "Here is a round-up of emergency supplies and preparation resources, including recommendations from experts as well as a selection of gear we’ve tested ourselves."
• go bag: What to pack in a ‘go bag’ for when disaster strikes - "When wildfires rage, hurricanes bear down, flood waters rise and that big earthquake finally strikes, it’s critical that you and your family members are ready to evacuate. A basic emergency supply kit should include: One gallon of water per person, per day, Three-day supply of non-perishable food per person and per pet."
• GOBankingRates - "We are here to guide you through every step of your financial journey. We empower our audience to live richer in your bank account, richer in your personal goal fulfillment, and richer in how you explore the world."
• ‘Godfather’ Guide: How Francis Ford Coppola’s Trilogy Has Evolved - "The newly re-edited version of 'Part III' is the latest in a string of editions of the sprawling Corleone tale. Here’s a primer."
• godfather of fake news - "Meet one of the world’s most prolific writers of disinformation."
• GOD'S PARTICLE - Cern press release July 4.
• Gold coin proves 'fake' Roman emperor was real - "The coin bearing the name of Sponsian and his portrait was found more than 300 years ago in Transylvania, once a far-flung outpost of the Roman empire."
• Gold is old, sneakers are its replacement - "The global sneaker resale market is worth $6 billion and is expected to rise to $30 billion by the end of this decade, according to Statista."
• gold watches: Everything you need to know about gold watches - "Even though we can understand innately that gold is valuable, there are a lot of factors to consider when you’re faced with a gold watch."
• golden age of the streaming wars has ended - "For a few years, there was a boon of content, and we were all wonderfully spoiled. And now that’s over."
• Golden Retrievers: Why Did 488 Golden Retrievers Gather in Scotland? - "About every five years, owners and their dogs travel to Guisachan in the Highlands to celebrate the anniversary of the breed’s founding. This year’s edition was the biggest yet." The New York Times.
• Golden Visa Programs, Once a Boon, Lose Their Luster - "Spain is the latest European country to end its program, which brought in billions of euros from real estate investors seeking residency status but worsened a housing crisis for locals. Half a dozen eurozone countries offered the visas at the height of Europe’s debt crisis in 2012 to help plug gaping budget deficits. Countries that needed international bailouts — Spain, Ireland, Portugal and Greece among them - were especially desperate for cash to repay creditors, and saw a path to bring in investors while reviving their moribund real estate markets."
• Goldendoodles: Is That Dog Actually a ... Human? - "TikTok is onto Goldendoodles, the designer dog breed that is a cross between golden retriever and poodle, noting that they exhibit quite a few person-like qualities."
• Goodbye, StumbleUpon - "One of the last great ways to find good things online."
• Google & Facebook Take Aim at Fake News Sites - The New York Times.
• Google & Facebook Team Up to Open Source the Gear Behind Their Empires - Wired.
• GOOGLE - since September 4, 1998. "Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful."
• Google 'airbrushes' out emissions from flying, BBC reveals - "Flights now appear to have much less impact on the environment than before. The company said it made the change following consultations with its 'industry partners'. It affects the carbon calculator embedded in the company's 'Google Flights' search tool."
• Google: An A to Z of search results - "Google now handles more than three billion searches a day."
• GOOGLE ANDROID - Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications.
• GOOGLE ANALYTICS OPT-OUT BROWSER ADD-ON - provide website visitors more choice on how their data is collected by Google Analytics.
• GOOGLE APPS - "More than two million businesses run Google Apps. Reliable, secure online applications wherever you work: Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Groups, Google Sites & Google Video."
• GOOGLE BOOKS - a service from Google that searches the full text of books that Google scans.
• Google boss Sundar Pichai warns of threats to internet freedom - "He says many countries are restricting the flow of information, and the model is often taken for granted."
• GOOGLE BUZZ - start conversations about the things you find interesting. Share updates, photos, videos and more with your friends.
• GOOGLE BUZZ FOR MOBILE - see what's going on nearby, post a message tagged with your location, and follow your friends on the go.
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• Google can now alert you when your private contact info appears online - "You can receive notifications when your address, phone number, or email pops up in its search results."
• GOOGLE CHROME - Google's new webbrowser for Windows.
• Google Chrome: 6 tips to make it suck less battery power - The Guardian.
• Google Chromecast devices are messing with WiFi connections - "The devices are overloading routers when they’re awakened from sleep states."
• Google claims 'quantum supremacy' for computer - "Google says an advanced computer has achieved "quantum supremacy" for the first time, surpassing the performance of conventional devices."
• GOOGLE DASHBOARD - new service that shows a summary of the data stored with a Google account.
• Google declares the end of the World Wide Web - "No company is quite so inseparable from the World Wide Web as Google, which made searching the internet an eponymous verb."
• GOOGLE DOCS - free web-based word processor and spreadsheet, which allow you share and collaborate online.
• GOOGLE DRIVE - file storage, sync and online backup service.
• GOOGLE EARTH - a virtual globe, map and geographic information program.
• Google Earth's new Timelapse feature shows chilling effect of climate change - "Google's latest feature, Timelapse, is an eye opening, technical feat that provides visual evidence of how the Earth has changed due to climate change and human behavior. The tool takes the platform's static imagery and turns it into a dynamic 4D experience, allowing users to click through timelapses that highlight melting ice caps, receding glaciers, massive urban growth and wildfires' impact on agriculture. Timelapse compiles 24 million satellite photos taken from 1984 to 2020, an effort Google (GOOG) said took two million processing hours across thousands of machines in Google Cloud. For the project, the company worked with NASA, the United States Geological Survey's Landsat program - the world's longest-running Earth observation program - the European Union's Copernicus program and its Sentinel satellites, and Carnegie Mellon University's CREATE Lab, which helped develop the technology behind Timelapse."
• Google eavesdropping tool installed on computers without permission - The Guardian.
• GOOGLE FEEDBURNER - Feeds are a way for websites large and small to distribute their content well beyond just visitors using browsers.
• Google fires engineer who said AI tech has feelings - "Last month, Blake Lemoine went public with his theory that Google's language technology is sentient and should therefore have its "wants" respected."
• GOOGLE GOGGLES - allows you to use pictures to search the web.
• Google Images - search service owned by Google and introduced in July 2001, that allows users to search the Web for image content.
• GOOGLE LATITUDE - lets you see your friends on a map. Get it on your phone or your computer.
• GOOGLE MAPS - launched February 8, 2005. Web mapping platform and consumer application offered by Google. It offers satellite imagery, aerial photography, street maps, 360° interactive panoramic views of streets (Street View), real-time traffic conditions, and route planning for traveling by foot, car, bike, air (in beta) and public transportation. As of 2020, Google Maps was being used by over one billion people every month around the world.
• Google Maps: 10 Expert Tips - "Get the most out of Google Maps with these 10 practical tips. Perfect your navigation skills and explore advanced features. Google Maps is a powerful tool that can help you navigate the world around you. Whether you’re driving, biking, walking, or taking public transportation, Google Maps can provide you with turn-by-turn directions, real-time traffic updates, and a variety of other helpful features."
• Google Maps Features Every Daily Commuter Should Know - "Whether you're a new user or a seasoned veteran, the app's got some pretty neat tricks to empower and simplify your commutes, and it's reflected in the fact that Google Maps has over one billion active users per month."
• Google Maps Glanceable navigation on iPhone - "Tapping the blue dot on the map, which pinpoints your current location, is the faster way to enable and disable Glanceable navigation. When the feature is enabled, you'll see the dot change to an arrow."
• Google Maps: How to Organize Your Travel With This Little-Known Google Maps Feature - "If you haven't spent a lot of time inside Google Maps - besides getting from A to B and finding the nearest restaurant or bar - then you might not know about all the various features stuffed into the app since it first launched in 2005. One of those features is lists. Lists can help you in your travels, and you can share them with others."
• Google Maps vs. Apple Maps: Their Strengths & Weaknesses - "To sum up, here are the differences between Google Maps and Apple Maps: 1. Google Maps is better for reviews and business information. 2. Apple Maps is better at navigation in the US. 3. Google Maps is better at navigation in Europe. 4. Apple Maps is more aesthetically pleasing. 5. Google Maps has better traffic information."
• GOOGLE MAPS WITH STREET VIEW - "Explore the world at street level." Provides 360° horizontal and 290° vertical panoramic views from a row of positions along the street (one every approximately 10 or 20 metres) for many streets in the world, from a height of about 2.5 metres.
• Google now has its own hardware security keys - "They're more secure than traditional two-factor authentication methods."
• GOOGLE OCEAN - allows users to zoom below the surface of the ocean and view the 3D bathymetry beneath the waves.
• Google overtakes Apple to become world's most valuable company - The Telegraph.
• Google patents smart lenses you inject into your eyes - engadget.
• Google Photos Now Builds Perfect Vacation Albums on Its Own - Wired.
• GOOGLE PROJECTS FOR ANDROID
• GOOGLE READER - a web-based aggregator, capable of reading Atom and RSS feeds online or offline. Read them in one place with Google Reader, where keeping up with your favorite websites is as easy as checking your email.
• Google reveals how much it paid the guy who bought Google.com last year - The Verge.
• Google Says It'll Scrape Everything You Post Online for AI - "An update to Google's privacy policy suggests that the entire public internet is fair game for its AI projects. Google updated its privacy policy over the weekend, explicitly saying the company reserves the right to scrape just about everything you post online to build its AI tools. If Google can read your words, assume they belong to the company now, and expect that they’re nesting somewhere in the bowels of a chatbot."
• Google Search: What happens when Google Search doesn’t have the answers? - "After controlling how information has been distributed for the past 25 years, Google Search faces a set of challenges that will change the company - and the internet - forever."
• GOOGLE SHARING - how to hide from Google. A special kind of anonymizing proxy service, designed for a very specific threat. It ultimately aims to provide a level of anonymity that will prevent google from tracking your searches, movements, and what websites you visit.
• Google Is Sharing Its Powerful AI With Everyone in Its Cloud - Wired.
• GOOGLE STREET VIEW - provides 360° horizontal and 290° vertical panoramic views from a row of positions along the street (one every approximately 10 or 20 metres) for many streets in the world, from a height of about 2.5 metres.
• Google thinks Google.com is a dangerous website - engadget.
• Google to Make Search & Maps More ‘Immersive’ - "From more photo-based results to neighborhood 'vibe' checks, the company announced updates meant to keep two of its most popular products on trend."
• Google to Reorganize in Move to Keep Its Lead as an Innovator - The New York Times.
• GOOGLE TRANSLATE - free translation service into 59 languages.
• Google Translate now lets you chat to anyone in a foreign language - The Telegraph.
• Google trial: US takes on tech giant in landmark case - "On Tuesday, the legal battle will begin - a high-stakes trial that pits the government against Google. The company is accused of unfairly cementing its position as the world's go-to search engine by paying billions of dollars to phone-makers like Apple and web browsers like Mozilla to be installed as the default option."
• Google Unveils Neural Network with 'Superhuman' Ability to Determine the Location of Almost Any Image - MIT Technology Review.
• GOOGLE WAVE - a new service that melds e-mail, instant messaging, online forums, and wikis into a grand messaging service.
• Google Zeitgeist 2013 - What did the world search for in 2013?
• Google’s best travel feature is an orange blob - The Verge.
• Google's biggest failures: in pictures - The Telegraph.
• Google’s Driverless Cars Run Into Problem: Cars With Drivers - The New York Times.
• Google’s emissions climb nearly 50% in five years due to AI energy demand - "Tech giant’s goal of reducing climate footprint at risk as it grows increasingly reliant on energy-hungry data centres."
• Google's New AI Can Tell Where Your Photo Was Taken Without Using Geotags - Gizmodo.
• Google's new Docs outline tool will make it easier to navigate your novel - The Verge.
• Google's new text-to-speech service has more realistic voices - engadget.
• Gorbachev & Reagan: the capitalist & communist who helped end the cold war - "Former Reagan administration officials pay tribute to unlikely pair who shared a determination to pull the world back from the brink of a superpower war."
• Gorbachev: In pictures: The life of ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev - "Mikhail Gorbachev, the man who would go on to become one of the most influential political figures of the 20th Century, was born into relative poverty on 2 March 1931 in the Stavropol region of southern Russia."
• Gordon Moore, Intel co-founder who predicted rise of the PC, dies at 94 - "Engineer, whose microchip forecast became known as ‘Moore’s Law’, foresaw mobile phones and home computers decades before they existed."
• Gorgosaurus: Ancient dinosaur skeleton sells for $6m at auction - "It was offered up by Sotheby's and sold at the firm's natural history auction in New York City on Thursday."
• Gorillas perfect their selfie style in photo with park ranger - "Two gorillas mimic human behavior in a remarkable selfie with a park ranger at Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo."
• Government Pension Fund Global - "We work to safeguard and build financial wealth for future generations." The aim of the oil fund is to ensure responsible and long-term management of revenue from Norway’s oil and gas resources, so that this wealth benefits both current and future generations. The fund’s formal name is the Government Pension Fund Global. The fund's market value: 12 876 282 696 080 NOK as of December 7, 2023.
• GPS Is Under Attack - "Satellite signals run the modern world. See just how vulnerable they are."
• Graham Greene: 'The Battle of Britain was won on Benzedrine' - The Telegraph.
• Grains of truth: what the flour shortage tells us about who we are - "The current crisis has prompted a rush on baking ingredients. It shows the daily loaf retains its ancient, essential role - providing sustenance, social bonding and satisfaction."
• Grand Theft Auto IV: the blockbuster game that dared to be truly political - "As the groundbreaking GTA instalment turns 15, Thomas Hobbs reflects on its bold decision to centre its narrative around an illegal immigrant, and its subversive portrayal of the land of the free."
• GRAPHENE - world's strongest material.
• GRAPHENE: Wafer-thin, stretchy & strong as steel: could ‘miracle’ material graphene finally transform our world? - "The material, discovered in 2004, was meant to be revolutionary. But only now is the technology coming of age."
• Grauer’s Gorillas May Soon Be Extinct, Conservationists Say - The New York Times.
• Gravitational Waves Detected, Confirming Einstein’s Theory - The New York Times.
• Great apes threatened by mining for electric vehicle batteries - "A surge of mining in some African countries for materials used to make green energy technologies puts gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos at risk. In total, 180,000 great apes - just over one-third of the entire continental population - could be threatened by mining activities, the researchers found. The West African countries Liberia, Sierra Leone, Mali and Guinea saw the largest overlap between ape populations and mining sites."
• Great Barrier Reef / A catastrophe laid bare - The Guardian.
• Great Barrier Reef has lost half of its corals since 1995 - "Australia's Great Barrier Reef has lost more than half of its corals since 1995 due to warmer seas driven by climate change, a study has found."
• Great Barrier Reef suffering ‘most severe’ coral bleaching on record as footage shows damage 18 metres down - "Marine researcher ‘devastated’ by widespread event that is affecting coral species usually resistant to bleaching."
• Great Barrier Reef suffers most extensive coral bleaching - "Australia’s Great Barrier Reef suffered its most extensive coral bleaching event in March, with scientists fearing the coral recovers less each time after the third bleaching in five years."
• Great Barrier Reef tries to make sustainability cool - "Australia is offering discounts to tourists who watch science videos. Will it work?"
• great buildings - "Architecture Week." Presenting one thousand selected classics of world architecture, and hundreds of their great designers, in the leading general architecture reference site.
• great clown panic of 2016: 'a mix of fear & contagion' - The Guardian.
• Great Pacific Garbage Patch: The plastic oceans we can't see - "Visualising the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. In 1997 Captain Charles Moore was sailing from Hawaii to California when he noticed a steady stream of plastics bobbing in the ocean. He had discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch."
• Greatest Wealth Transfer in History Is Here, With Familiar (Rich) Winners - "In an era of surging home and stock values, U.S. family wealth has soared. The trillions of dollars going to heirs will largely reinforce inequality."
• Greece: Orange Sahara dust haze descends over Athens - "A dramatic orange haze has descended over Athens as clouds of dust have blown in from the Sahara desert. It is one of the worst such episodes to hit Greece since 2018, according to officials. Greece had already been struck by similar clouds in late March and early April, which also covered areas of Switzerland and southern France. The Sahara releases 60 to 200 million tonnes of mineral dust per year."
• GREED IS TO BLAME FOR THE RADICALIZATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA - Wired.
• 'Greenest ever Games': how the Paris Olympics hopes to inspire a new era of global sporting events - "Organisers say they are setting a precedent by using existing or temporary venues for most events and focusing on low-carbon building for the rest."
• Greenland: Donald Trump Alarms Denmark in an Icy Exchange Over Greenland - "President Trump told Denmark’s leader he wanted to take over Greenland, European officials say. Denmark has asked its E.U. allies not to inflame the situation until Mr. Trump’s intentions are clearer."
• Greenland: Donald Trump Ally Suggests Trying to Purchase Greenland Again - "Georgia Representative Mike Collins, a staunch ally of President-elect Donald Trump, has appeared to float the idea of the United States once again trying to purchase Greenland."
• Greenland: Inside the race for Greenland's mineral wealth - "President Donald Trump has said he thinks the US will gain control of Greenland, underlining his persistent claim on the Arctic island, on one occasion pointing to 'economic security' as the reason. While the autonomous Danish territory has been quick to say it isn't for sale, its vast and mostly untapped mineral resources are in great demand."
• Greenland: Inside Trump’s Plan to ‘Get’ Greenland: Persuasion, Not Invasion - "The island’s population might not be easily convinced as the president tries to clinch what he may see as one of history’s greatest real estate deals."
• Greenland: JD Vance accuses Denmark of neglecting Greenland, makes highest-profile case for US control of the island - "Vice President JD Vance on Friday made the highest-profile case to date for American control of Greenland during a controversial visit to the semiautonomous island, which its residents had resisted and its leaders said was unwelcome."
• Greenland losing 30m tonnes of ice an hour, study reveals - "Total is 20% higher than thought and may have implications for collapse of globally important north Atlantic ocean currents."
• Greenland Melts, Where’s the Water Going? - The New York Times.
• Greenland: Putin nods to Trump plans to seize Greenland - "In Murmansk, the largest city north of the Arctic circle, President Vladimir Putin vowed to 'strengthen Russia's global leadership in the Arctic', while warning that 'geopolitical competition in the region' was intensifying. The first example he gave was Donald Trump's idea to acquire Greenland. But from the Kremlin leader there was no criticism of his US counterpart."
• Greenland Says Visit. But Step Lightly & Speak Softly - "Already in the geopolitical spotlight, Greenland prepares for new direct flights from the United States. In the capital of Nuuk, the expected tourism influx is both exciting and worrying."
• Greenland: US considers special status for Greenland amid Trump push for control - "Officials float idea of compact of free association (Cofa), used by US to keep close ties with Pacific Island nations"
• Greenland: What’s the American Base on Greenland? Here’s What to Know - "Once called Thule Air Base, now known as Pituffik Space Base, this U.S.-operated installation in northwestern Greenland is one of the most strategically important military sites in the world - even if most Americans have never heard of it."
• Greenland: White House studying cost of Greenland takeover, long in Trump’s sights - "It’s the most concrete effort yet to turn President Donald Trump’s desire to acquire the Danish territory into actionable policy, despite widespread international outrage."
• Greenland: Will you be going on holiday to... Greenland next year? - "Greenland is about to open up to adventure-seeking visitors. How many tourists will come is yet to be seen, but the three new airports will bring profound change."
• Greenland's ice faces melting 'death sentence' - "Greenland's massive ice sheet may have melted by a record amount this year, scientists have warned."
• Greenland's ice sheet has melted to a point of no return, according to new study - "Greenland's ice sheet has melted to a point of no return, and efforts to slow global warming will not stop it from disintegrating. That's according to a new study by researchers at Ohio State University."
• Greenland's opposition wins election dominated by independence & Trump - "Greenland's centre-right opposition has won a surprise general election victory - in a vote dominated by independence and US President Donald Trump's pledge to take over the semi-autonomous territory. The Democratic party, which favours a gradual approach to independence from Denmark - achieved around 30% of the vote, near-complete results show."
• GREENLIGHT MAGAZINE - your guide to earth-friendly living.
• Grenfell Tower fire: Deregulation & Dishonesty Led to Deadly Grenfell Fire, Inquiry Finds - "A damning final report into Britain’s worst residential fire since World War II blamed a litany of cost-cutting, dishonest sales practices and lax regulation for the blaze that killed 72 people."
• Grenfell Tower fire: How did the Grenfell Tower fire start? A visual guide to the disaster - "Just before 1am on June 14, 2017, a fire broke out in the kitchen of flat 16, on the fourth floor of the 24-storey Grenfell Tower in North Kensington, west London. It began in or around a Hotpoint fridge-freezer. A smoke alarm woke the flat's resident, Behailu Kebede, who called the fire brigade."
• Greta Gerwig makes history as Barbie has biggest opening weekend for film directed by a woman - "Barbie made $377m while Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer took home $174m, making ‘Barbenheimer’ biggest box office weekend of 2023 so far."
• Greta Thunberg & Malala Yousafzai meet at Oxford University - "Swedish climate activist visits Yousafzai’s college while in UK for Bristol youth protest."
• Greta Thunberg: Another two years lost to climate inaction - "Two years on from her first school strike, activist attacks ‘ignorance and unawareness’."
• Greta Thunberg calls on world leaders to listen to young activists - Reuters.
• Greta Thunberg changes Twitter bio after Trump dig - "Climate activist Greta Thunberg has changed her Twitter bio to mock US President Donald Trump's outrage at her winning Time Person of the Year 2019."
• Greta Thunberg changes Twitter name to 'Sharon' after game show error - "Greta Thunberg has changed her name to Sharon on Twitter, in honour of a game show contestant who appeared to have no idea who she was."
• Greta Thunberg ends year with one of the greatest tweets in history - "Thunberg’s funny exchange is a reminder of the connection between machismo, misogyny and hostility to climate action."
• Greta Thunberg files application to trademark her name - "Climate activist also applied to register name of climate movement Fridays for Future."
• Greta Thunberg flashes a smile as she arrives at court to discover if she will be JAILED - "Thunberg was detained after stopping traffic in a Swedish port's oil terminal. The charge can at most result in a six-month jail term, but a fine is more normal."
• Greta Thunberg ‘I really see the value of friendship. Apart from the climate, almost nothing else matters’ - "Interview: The transformation of Greta Thunberg. Greta Thunberg has spent three years raising the alarm on the climate crisis."
• Greta Thunberg Is the Youngest TIME Person of the Year Ever. Here’s How She Made History - "While the franchise has a long record of recognizing the power of young people, the editors have never before selected a teenager."
• Greta Thunberg is TIME's Person of the year 2019 - "Climate activist Greta Thunberg has succeeded in turning vague anxieties about the planet into a worldwide movement calling for global change."
• Greta Thunberg returns to school after year of climate activism - "Swedish environmental activist says she’s heading back to the classroom after travelling the world, spreading her conservation message."
• Greta Thunberg says Covid-19 response shows world can 'suddenly act with necessary force' - "The coronavirus pandemic proves the world can 'act with necessary force' when faced with a global emergency, teen climate activist Greta Thunberg says."
• Greta Thunberg sings Rick Astley hit at climate concert - "Greta Thunberg launched a global series of concerts highlighting climate change on Saturday, by singing Rick Astley's 'Never Gonna Give You Up'. The Swedish climate activist took to the stage in Stockholm along with Fridays for Future's Andreas Magnusson to perform the hit song."
• Greta Thunberg: Teenage climate activist nominated for Nobel Peace Prize - "Two lawmakers in Sweden have nominated Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize."
• Greta Thunberg’s charity donates £158,000 to Sami campaign - "Indigenous people in Sweden are battling UK firm over plans for iron-ore mine on reindeer-herding lands."
• Greta Thunberg's father: 'She is happy, but I worry' - "Greta Thunberg's father has said he thought it was 'a bad idea' for his daughter to take to the 'front line' of the battle against climate change."
• Greta Thunberg's FINAL 'School Strike for Climate' - "Swedish activist takes part in the protests she started one last time... because she has now graduated."
• Greta Thunberg’s mother reveals teenager’s troubled childhood - "Swedish opera singer Malena Ernman gives emotional account of daughter’s battles with autism and an eating disorder."
• Greta Thunberg's Travel Diary from the U.S. to Davos - "Six Months on a Planet in Crisis."
• Grey is great: why hair is the last bastion of vanity - The Guardian.
• Gribshunden: Significance & Preliminary Investigations - Combat Archaeology.
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• Groundhog Day: Happy Grundsaudaag! The ancient Germanic history of Groundhog Day - "You say Groundhog Day, I say Grundsaudaag: how German and Swiss settlers in Pennsylvania created a new language - and a much-loved American holiday."
• GROUPON - "Collective Buying Power." Deal-of-the-day website that is localized to major markets in the United States & U.K.
• Grumpy Cat wins $710,000 payout in copyright lawsuit - BBC News.
• GRUPPO STORICO ROMANO - Roman history site.
• Guano Islands Act - a United States federal law passed by the U.S. Congress that enables citizens of the United States to take possession of unclaimed islands containing guano deposits. The islands can be located anywhere, so long as they are not occupied and not within the jurisdiction of another government. It also empowers the President of the United States to use the military to protect such interests and establishes the criminal jurisdiction of the United States in these territories.
• Gucci, Coach & Burberry Are the Best Luxe Labels at Extending the Life of Their Clothes: Report - "The trio topped Kearney’s Circular Fashion Index for the second year in a row."
• Guide: Extreme online security measures to protect your digital privacy - The Guardian.
• GUIDE TO CLIMATE CHANGE - Wired.
• Guide to Customs: When to Shake Hands, Hug or Kiss
• Guide to digital security - Wired.
• GUIDE TO DRONES - Wired.
• guide to everything that’s annoying about Apple - The Guardian.
• guide to getting a good night’s sleep - Web-Blinds.
• guide to handling stress - The New York Times.
• GUIDE TO HYPERLOOP - Elon Musk's fever-dream train-in-a-tube.
• Guide To Midlife - "How to navigate its aches and pains, weight gain, perimenopause, low libido, memory loss, chronic diseases and stress."
• Guide to Residential Styles - "Every house has a style. Sometimes it has two or more; because of renovations and new, eclectic mixes, fitting a home into one specific category can be daunting or even impossible. Thankfully, there’s no need to memorize complicated architectural terminology. REALTOR Magazine has compiled a convenient compendium of common styles. Delve in and learn to highlight the details that give a home character, history, and romance."
• Guide to robots - Wired.
• GUIDE TO THE BLOCKCHAIN - Wired.
• Guide to the Heat - "It’s the first major heat wave of 2024. If you vacation during the heat wave, experts advise that you keep your sightseeing to the evening and early morning. 'In the mid- to late afternoon you either go back to the hotel to sit by the pool or go to the beach,' one travel agent said. To cool a home without A.C., close blinds and use stick-on solar film."
• GUIDE TO SELF-DRIVING CARS - Wired.
• GUIDE TO THE IPHONE - Wired.
• GUIDE TO THE IPHONE - "Everything you need to know about iOS & the iPhone." - The Verge.
• Guide to the 2016 Hamptons Party Social Circuit - The New York Times.
• GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS - "Home of the Longest, Fastest, Shortest, Tallest Facts and Feats."
• Gun Violence Archive - "Evidence Based Research - since 2013." Gun violence and crime incidents are collected/validated from 7,500 sources daily - Incident Reports and their source data are found at the gunviolencearchive.
• Gunther Sachs: playboys of the world RIP - "Taki Theodoracopulos mourns the passing of Gunther Sachs - and an era when gentlemen played hard and died young."
• Gut Bacteria May Be Key to Weight Loss - The New York Times.
• Gwyneth Paltrow Put Concussions On Trial - "The case against her was weak enough. Did her defense have to mock the very idea of invisible injuries?"
• Gym weights carry 362 times as many bacteria as a toilet seat. Here's how to stay healthy in the gym - The Telegraph.

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• H&M CEO Sees ‘Terrible’ Fallout as Consumer Shaming Spreads - "The chief executive officer of fashion giant Hennes & Mauritz AB says a growing movement that shames consumers represents a very real social threat."
• Habit: How to build a habit in 5 steps, according to science - "Most of us assume those superachievers who are always able to squeeze in their workout, eat healthy foods, ace their exams and pick their kids up on time must have superhuman self-control. But science points to a different answer: What we mistake for willpower is often a hallmark of habit. People with good habits rarely need to resist the temptation to laze on the couch, order greasy takeout, procrastinate on assignments or watch one more viral video before dashing out the door. That’s because autopilot takes over, eliminating temptation from the equation. Having established good habits, little to no willpower is required to choose wisely."
• Hack Brief: 'Devil's Ivy' Vulnerability Could Afflict Millions of IoT Devices - Wired.
• Hackers Could Break Into Your Monitor To Spy on You & Manipulate Your Pixels - Motherboard.
• Hacker ‘Phineas Fisher’ Speaks on Camera for the First Time—Through a Puppet - Motherboard.
• Hackers: Huge cybersecurity leak lifts lid on world of China's hackers for hire - "A big leak of data from a Chinese cybersecurity firm has revealed state security agents paying tens of thousands of pounds to harvest data on targets, including foreign governments, while hackers hoover up huge amounts of information on any person or institution who might be of interest to their prospective clients. The cache of more than 500 leaked files from the Chinese firm I-Soon was posted on the developer website Github and is thought by cybersecurity experts to be genuine."
• Hacking Group Is Selling iPhone Spyware to Governments - Wired.
• Hadrian’s Wall Path - "Follow in the footsteps of Romans and trek alongside an ancient monument on a coast to coast walk across northern England."
• Hagi Top Index - overall market measure for exceptional historic automobiles designed to measure the rare collector's automobile market, ranging from pre-war to the new millenium.
• Haiti's Lost Billions - The New York Times.
• Halloween 2019: The best celebrity costumes - BBC News.
• Halloween Phone Fun, With Haunted Games & Zombie Selfies
• Halloween: These are 2024’s top trending Halloween costumes, according to Google - "Here are this year’s top 25 trending costumes, according to Google Trends: 1. Shrunken Head Bob, from 'Beetlejuice' ...."
• Halloween-time traditions around the world - CNN.
• Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif? - "Mohammed Deif is the head of the military wing of Hamas and one of the masterminds of the group's bloody surprise attack on 7 October which triggered the latest war in Gaza."
• Hand you write with can determine how you vote, scientists find - The Telegraph.
• Hands on one of Big Ben's four faces are pictured stuck at midday - "World's most iconic clock continues to undergo £80million refurbishment."
• Hands-on with the powerful new ipad pro 9.7-inch - The Verge.
• Hans Niemann probably cheated in more than 100 chess games, investigation finds - "The 72-page report, conducted by Chess.com and initially reviewed by the Wall Street Journal, found that Niemann 'likely received illegal assistance in more than 100 online games' as recently as 2020, including in events where prize money was at stake."
• Happiness Doesn’t Bring Good Health, Study Finds - The New York Times.
• Happiness: We’ve been wrong about a key contributor to human happiness - "Money can’t buy happiness, of course. Of course. But it can really, really help. Here’s the deal: For years, there’s been a popular theory in behavioral science research that people hit a kind of 'happiness plateau' around the $75,000 a year threshold (or around $100,000 adjusted for inflation), and above that level, more money isn’t going to make you significantly happier. But according to new research from Matt Killingsworth, a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, there is an 'ever-increasing association between more money and higher happiness.'"
• Happy Birthday, Karl Marx. You Were Right! - The New York Times.
• HAPPY CITY INDEX: 1-200 - since 2020. "'This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.' (Plato). Happy cities typically have strong relationships with their citizens, actively fostering these connections through numerous methods. Institute for Quality of Life."
• Harold Robbins's cocaine-fuelled bonkbusters sold 750 million copies — and they're far better than Fifty Shades - The Telegraph.
• Harriet Tubman, Who Will Appear on the $20 Bill - The New York Times.
• Harris or Trump? The Prophet of Presidential Elections Is Ready to Call the Race - "Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are scheduled to debate on Sept. 10, but the 2024 presidential election is already in the bag - at least according to Allan Lichtman, the American University historian who’s been dubbed the Nostradamus of presidential election predictions for his near-perfect 40-year track record."
• Harvard doctor reveals the scary truth about drinking too much water & why it is not always safe - "He begins by saying: 'If you think drinking a lot of water is always safe, you might want to think again.' There is a condition called water intoxication, where excess water accumulates in the brain, which can be very dangerous. Also, 'If you are exercising heavily and losing a lot of salt through sweat, drinking a large amount of water simultaneously can be risky.'"
• Harvard Removes Binding of Human Skin From Book in Its Library - "The decision to find a 'respectful final disposition' for human remains used for a 19th-century book comes amid growing scrutiny of their presence in museum collections."
• Harvey Weinstein: Ashley Judd leads backlash against quashed rape conviction - "Hollywood actress Ashley Judd says the overturning of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction is a 'hard day for survivors'."
• Harvey Weinstein: how the scandal that shook Hollywood unfolded - The Telegraph.
• Harvey Weinstein: New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s sex crimes conviction & orders a new trial - "The court, by a 4-3 vote, ruled the testimony of 'prior bad acts' witnesses should not have been allowed because it 'was unnecessary to establish defendant’s intent and served only to establish defendant’s propensity to commit the crimes charged.'"
• Hats Off to the Circumflex - The New York Times.
• Havana on its 500th birthday - then & now - "The Cuban government is planning a jubilee week as the capital city celebrates the anniversary of its birth, with hundreds of events at restored monuments and historic sites, a visit from the Spanish royal family and fireworks over the Malecon seaside promenade. Archive photographs show how much, and how little, the capital has changed."
• ‘Havana syndrome’ & the mystery of the microwaves - "Doctors, scientists, intelligence agents and government officials have all been trying to find out what causes 'Havana syndrome' a mysterious illness that has struck American diplomats and spies. Some call it an act of war, others wonder if it is some new and secret form of surveillance - and some people believe it could even be all in the mind. So who or what is responsible?"
• Havana Syndrome: FBI warns staff amid reports of symptoms among agents - "FBI advises employees on how to respond if they show signs of mysterious ailment which manifests as a brain injury."
• 'Havana syndrome' likely caused by directed microwaves - US report - "Mystery illness suffered by US diplomats in Cuba was most likely caused by directed microwave radiation, a US government report has found."
• 'Havana Syndrome' not result of sustained campaign by hostile power - "In about two dozen cases, however, the agency can’t rule out foreign involvement, including many of the cases that originated at the U.S. Embassy in Havana beginning in 2016."
• Have a Group Chat on an iPad - The New York Times.
• 'Have your cake & eat it' - & other office jargon we love to hate - The Telegraph.
• Hawaii governor forgot Twitter password during false missile alert crisis - The Verge.
• Hawaii has a robust emergency siren warning system. It sat silent during the deadly wildfires - "The state’s vaunted integrated outdoor siren warning system - the largest in the world, with about 400 alarms - was not activated during the fires, according to Hawaii Emergency Management Agency spokesperson Adam Weintraub."
• Hawaii is not technically covered by the NATO pact - "This US state is not covered by the NATO treaty. Because in a quirk of geography and history, Hawaii is not technically covered by the NATO pact."
• Hawaii navy base fueling Trump's quest for 'super duper' missiles - "Kauai has one of the Pentagon’s most valued testing sites. It’s an economic driver, but some residents say the military shouldn’t be on the islands at all."
• Hawaii to ban certain sunscreens harmful to coral reefs - BBC.
• Hawaii: Tourists continue to visit Hawaii’s Haiku Stairs even as it gets removed for overtourism - "The soap opera surrounding the Haiku Stairs, a disused staircase in a remote part of eastern Oahu that has become popular on social media, continues even as the local government has begun removing the famed landmark."
• Hawaii's Japanese Population Was Spared Internment During World War II - TIME Magazine.
• Hawaii's 'plastic beach', one of the world's dirtiest places - "Hawaii has long evoked images of a Pacific paradise but Kamilo Beach, located on the Big Island, presents a starkly different reality."
• Hawaii’s ‘Stairway to Heaven’ to be torn down over tourist misbehavior - "Haiku Stairs: Hawaii attraction to be removed following bad tourist behavior. A picturesque staircase leading to a Hawaiian beauty spot is being torn down as tourists continued to access the off-limits site."
• Hawaii's ultimate form of gratitude - "They're not as well-known as flower leis - but feather leis are part of a Hawaiian tradition dating back 250 years, one that a local family is working hard to bring back."
• Hawaiian Airlines wins right to weigh larger passengers before they fly - The Telegraph.
• Hawaiian crows join elite list of animals known to use tools - The Guardian.
• HDMI - HDMI Ethernet Channel technology consolidates video, audio, and data streams into a single HDMI cable, combining the unmatched signal quality and convenience of HDMI connectivity with the power and flexibility of home entertainment networking.
• He invented the web. Now he's warning of a looming 'digital dystopia' - "Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the world wide web, has warned of a 'digital dystopia' if the world fails to tackle threats such as disinformation and invasion of privacy."
• Health Benefits of Knitting - The New York Times.
• Healthy Snacks for Planes, Trains & Automobiles - "Eating well on the road takes a bit of forethought, but it’s doable."
• heart attack: Why are serious heart attacks more likely on a Monday? - “It is likely to be due to the stress of returning to work. Increased stress leads to rising levels of the stress hormone cortisol, which is linked to a higher risk of heart attack.”
• heart rate secret: what it reveals about our health - from sleep & alcohol to fight or flight - "There are more and more ways to monitor our heart rates, but what do the numbers really mean? Here is everything you need to know."
• Heart rate: What Your Heart Rate Can Tell You About Your Fitness - "Most fitness trackers offer a wealth of heart-rate data. Here’s how to make sense of it."
• Heat: A New Way to Talk About Heat - "Record-breaking temperatures are pushing experts and public health officials to come up with a new vocabulary to warn the public about extreme heat."
• Heat: How Heat Affects the Brain - "High temperatures can make us miserable. Research shows they also make us aggressive, impulsive and dull. High temperatures can have an alarming effect on our bodies, raising the risk for heart attacks, heatstroke and death, particularly among older adults and people with chronic diseases. But heat also takes a toll on our brains, impairing cognition and making us irritable, impulsive and aggressive."
• Heat: How to Stay Safe in Extreme Heat - "We asked emergency room doctors for their advice on protecting yourself from dehydration, heat stroke and other serious health problems: Go to a cooling station or mall, even if only for a couple hours, if you lack air conditioning at home. When you do go out or exercise in the heat, wear loosefitting, light-colored clothing, which will absorb less heat and help keep your body cool. Stay hydrated, even when you don't feel thirsty."
• Heat is testing the limits of human survivability. Here’s how it kills - "The world is getting so hot & humid, parts of it will be uninhabitable."
• Heatwave: How hot is too hot for the human body? - "Sometimes it can feel like the world is on fire."
• heatwave made 600 times more likely by climate change, experts find - "The prolonged heatwave in Siberia from January to June, which pushed overall temperatures 5 degrees Celsius (9 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than normal, would have been 'almost impossible' if not for human-caused climate change, a new study has found. Temperatures in Siberia have been above average since the beginning of the year, with the Russian town of Verkhoyansk recording a temperature of 38 degrees C (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in June - a record temperature for the Arctic."
• Heatwave tourism in Death Valley - in pictures - "Hundreds of Europeans touring the American west and adventurers from around the US are being drawn to Death Valley national park, even though the desolate region known as one of Earth’s hottest places is being punished by a dangerous heatwave, which was blamed for a motorcyclist’s recent death."
• Heatwaves have become longer in most of the world since 1950s - study - "Frequency of heatwaves and cumulative intensity has risen through the decades, research finds."
• Heatwaves, wildfires, air chaos & overcrowding 2023. How this year’s summer vacations fell apart - "From the litany of bad headlines surrounding the world of travel, you could be forgiven thinking it’s been the summer from hell for vacationers. Environmental disasters, aviation industry mishaps and strikes, dirty beaches, soaring temperatures, deluges, price hikes and overcrowding all seem to have conspired to ruin getaways for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people this year."
• Hedy Lamarr - 1940s ‘bombshell’ who helped invent wifi - The Guardian.
• Hegel: Manuscript treasure trove may offer fresh understanding of Hegel - "Exclusive: Library discovery of undocumented transcripts of German philosopher’s lectures like ‘finding new Beethoven score’."
• Height discrimination: How 'heightism' affects careers - "Heightism is hard to identify. Yet there’s evidence that our biases around stature help shape our careers."
• Heinz is teaching us how to pour ketchup correctly - "Heinz ketchup was first introduced in 1876, which means we've endured almost 150 years of shaking, rattling, knife-poking and centrifuge in futile attempts to get that sweet tomato nectar out of the darn bottle."
• Helvetica: The font that changed the world - "The game-changing typeface made to go unnoticed." Even if you've never heard of it, Helvetica has been part of your life. This typeface is, very literally, everywhere: computer screens, billboards, buildings, street signs and posters.
• Hemingway, Jack London & Unabomber Typewriters Go to auction - "You Can Buy Hemingway’s Typewriter. But Would You Use It? Coming to auction is a clattering collection of machines once owned by the likes of Ernest Hemingway, Shirley Temple, Andy Rooney and ... the Unabomber."
• Henley Passport Index 2006-2019 - "The Henley Passport Index is the original ranking of all the world’s passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa. The ranking is based on exclusive data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which maintains the world’s largest and most accurate database of travel information, and enhanced by ongoing research by the Henley & Partners Research Department."
• Henry Kissinger, a dominating & polarizing force in US foreign policy, dies at 100 - "Henry Kissinger, a former US secretary of state and national security adviser who escaped Nazi Germany in his youth to become one of the most influential and controversial foreign policy figures in American history, has died."
• Henry Kissinger at 100: Statesman or war criminal? His troubled legacy - in pictures - "First as US national security adviser, then as secretary of state, Henry Kissinger intervened around the world during the 1970s, shaping events in China, Africa and the Middle East, with consequences that reverberate today."
• Henry Kissinger meets with sanctioned Chinese defense minister in Beijing - "Kissinger, who turned 100 this year, played a key role in the US rapprochement with China while serving as national security adviser under the Nixon administration."
• Henry Kissinger, Social Fixture - "After leaving the White House, he returned to New York and became an in-demand guest, hitting the party circuit with the likes of Elizabeth Taylor and Madonna."
• Henry Kissinger turns 100 this week. He should be ashamed to be seen in public - "Much of the world views Kissinger as a war criminal - yet in the US, surrounded by powerful friends, he is feted as a celebrity intellectual."
• Herbert Stempel, Who Blew the Whistle on Rigged 1950s Quiz Show, Dies at 93 - "Herbert Stempel, a fall guy and whistleblower of early television whose confession to deliberately losing on a 1950s quiz show helped drive a national scandal and join his name in history to winning contestant Charles Van Doren, has died age 93."
• HermÈs: Class-Action Lawsuit Against HermÈs Threatens To Expose Luxury Trade Secrets - "Luxury leader Hermès has been hit with a class-action lawsuit claiming the company is engaged in the 'unlawful practice of tying,' requiring customers to purchase ancillary Hermès products, such as shoes, scarves, and jewelry, before being given the opportunity to purchase a Birkin or Kelly bag."
• HermÈs sued over claims it refused to sell shoppers Birkin bags - "The lawsuit calls the Birkin handbags an 'icon of fashion' - with some fetching well over $10,000. Hermès has been sued over claims it unlawfully allows only customers with 'sufficient purchase history' with the company to buy its famous Birkin bags."
• Hertz files for bankruptcy, a victim of Covid-19's effect on economy - "Hertz filed for bankruptcy Friday night, the latest victim of the sudden economic downturn sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic."
• Hezbollah used pagers & couriers to counter Israel's high tech surveillance - "Coded messages. Landline phones. Pagers. Following the killing of senior commanders in targeted Israeli airstrikes, the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group, Hezbollah, has been using some low-tech strategies to try to evade its foe's sophisticated surveillance technology, informed sources told Reuters."
• Hezbollah: What we know about the Hezbollah device explosions - "At least 32 people, including two children, were killed and thousands more injured, many seriously, after communication devices, some used by the armed group Hezbollah, dramatically exploded across Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday."
• Hidden Forest Has Been 'Trapped in Time' For 100,000 Years, Scientists Say - "There's a system of swampy red mangroves, deep in the rainforests of the Yucatan peninsula, that's a long, long way from home. What we see today is thus the freshwater relic of a coastal lagoon ecosystem some 125,000 years old."
• HIDDEN MEANINGS FOUND IN FAMOUS AUTOMOTIVE & TECH BRAND LOGOS - "Toyota's ovals - Audi's rings - Mercedes-Benz's three-pointed star - BMW's propeller."
• Hidden messages in famous logos - "Follow the arrow: Hidden designs in famous logos."
• Hidden portrait 'found under Mona Lisa', says French scientist - BBC.
• High cholesterol 'does not cause heart disease' new research finds - The Telegraph.
• High-fat cheese: the secret to a healthy life? - The Telegraph.
• High-Tech Lights To Help Baby Sleep, or Students Stay Alert - The New York Times.
• Highest-Paid CEOs 2024 - "CEO pay continues to outpace the pay of working people across the country. In the past 10 years, typical CEO pay at S&P 500 companies increased by more than $4 million, to an average of $17.7 million in 2023. Meanwhile, the average U.S. worker saw a wage increase of $18,240 over the past decade, earning on average just $65,470 in 2023. Included in the survey are the CEOs of TPG Inc. (over $198 million), Carlyle Group Inc. (over $186 million), Broadcom Inc. (over $161 million), Palo Alto Networks Inc. (over $151 million), and Coty Inc. (over $149 million)."
• 'Hillary Clinton Derangement Syndrome' is worse than ever - "There's something infecting right-wing circles, and it's showing no sign of letting up: a fixation on Hillary Clinton that I'm calling 'Hillary Clinton Derangement Syndrome,' or 'HDS' for short. The symptoms of this persistent ailment include an unhealthy obsession with the former secretary of state - from spreading lies about her past actions to blaming her for events with which she has no connection - combined with an insatiable longing to see her run for president again in 2024."
• Hillary Clinton emails - U.S. Department of State - Freedom of Information Act.
• Hillary Clinton: 'Julian Assange must answer for what he has done' – video - "Hillary Clinton told an event in New York that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's dramatic arrest on Wednesday was not about 'punishing journalism', but holding him to account for the hacking charges against him. The Australian is charged by the US with conspiring to hack into a Pentagon computer network with whistleblower Chelsea Manning. WikiLeaks released a cache of hacked Democratic party emails that embarrassed Clinton's campaign during the 2016 presidential election."
• Hilary Clinton’s 7 subtle & not-so-subtle tricks for baiting Donald Trump - Vox.
• Hilary Clinton's Wall St speeches published by Wikileaks - BBC.
• Himalaya's hidden 'paradise valleys' - "According to Tibetan Buddhists, their location will only be revealed at very specific moments in time when the world is under enormous stress and in danger of destruction."
• Hipster - subculture typically consists of white millennials living in urban areas. The subculture has been described as a "mutating, trans-Atlantic melting pot of styles, tastes and behavior" and is broadly associated with indie and alternative music, a varied non-mainstream fashion sensibility (including vintage and thrift store-bought clothes), generally progressive political views, organic and artisanal foods, and alternative lifestyles. Hipsters are typically described as affluent or middle class young Bohemians who reside in gentrifying neighborhoods.
• Hiroshima at 75: bitter row persists over US decision to drop the bomb - "Historians and military differ on whether 1945 bombing ended the war and saved countless lives - or was an unconscionable act of brutality."
• HISTORIC MYSTERIES - "Documenting the unknown." Documenting the historical mysteries of our world.
• Historic photo of Jesse James and his killer Robert Ford - Daily Mail.
• History Behind the Common New Year's Resolution - TIME Magazine.
• History Behind the Iconic HermÈs Kelly Bag - "Origins of the Kelly Bag; Grace Kelly's Influence; Breaking Down the Bag; Variations of the Kelly Bag; The Takeaway."
• history of breasts in art - "From lactating Madonnas to disembodied orbs, a new exhibition surveys the depictions of breasts and asks - what about the women who own them?"
• history of British prime ministers who got sick in office - "Boris Johnson Isn't the First British Leader to Fall Ill While in Office. Here's What Happened When His Predecessors Took Time Off."
• History of Luxury in 50 Objects, From Cleopatra's Barge to Louis Vuitton Trunks - "An alternative look at the products, ideas, and shots in the dark that shaped the modern world."
• History of Ponzi Schemes Goes Deeper Than the Man Who Gave Them His Name - "A common theme among Ponzi scheme victims is 'irrational exuberance,' a term popularized by former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan whereby people observe others making great profits from investments and determine that this means the investments are safe—even if there are no underlying reasons to support those conclusions. Irrational exuberance is nothing new and certainly was applicable as far back as during the tulipmania of the 1600s in the Netherlands, when speculation in investments in tulip bulbs led to a dramatic market crash in 1637."
• History of the bag: HermÈs Birkin - "The ultimate fashion symbol, the bag every woman dreams about; the Birkin Bag. This insanely popular Hermès bag is on many wishlists all over the world!"
• History’s Most Infamous Political Ads - TIME.
• Hit-and-run tourism is tearing the heart out of Florence - there is a better way - "As I learned from managing Michelangelo’s David, visitors can be nudged away from the joyless in-and-out mission for selfies and souvenirs."
• Hitler Diaries: 'It will be a great hoax in the history of mankind': How fake Hitler diaries fooled the British press - "In April 1983, a German magazine, Stern, and a British newspaper, The Sunday Times, claimed to have made one of the century's most extraordinary historical discoveries. In fact, it was one of the century's most extraordinary hoaxes - and the scandal that followed cost millions and ruined reputations."
• Hitler may have tested nuclear warhead during WWII - Daily Mail.
• Hitler Sites - "This website gives information about the exact locations of historical Hitler sites. The places Adolf Hitler grew up, the houses he lived in, the trips he made and the halls he spoke in: most of them can be found back on the Hitler Pages."
• Hitler wanted these embarrassing photos destroyed - Mashable.
• Hitler’s bathtub - "'I was living in Hitler’s private apartment in Munich when his death was announced.' These words came not from a high-ranking Nazi officer or a hardened Allied soldier, but from a fashion model-turned-photographer. Lee Miller - who became the muse and lover of Surrealist artist Man Ray during the early 1930s after appearing on the cover of Vogue – was one of a small number of female combat photographers embedded with Allied troops in WWII."
• Hitler's Bunker to be re-built - Daily Mail.
• Hitler's plans for Germania would have torn Berlin apart - The Guardian.
• Hitler's watch sells for $1.1m in controversial sale - "A watch said to have belonged to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler has sold for $1.1m (£900,000) at an auction in the US. The Huber timepiece, which sold to an anonymous bidder, shows a swastika and has the initials AH engraved on it. Jewish leaders condemned the auction ahead of the sale at Alexander Historical Auctions in Maryland."
• HMS Hi-tech Royal Navy's Dreadnought 2050 has space-age control room - Daily Mail.
• Hobbies & life outcomes - take our personality test - The Guardian.
• HOLA! - "Unblock censored sites with free VPN Proxy & Accelerate your Internet."
• Holograms to hoverboards: Sci-fi tech that is now real - The Telegraph.
• Hollywood &am; Booze: An Enduring Marriage - The New York Times.
• Holy Grail Cars? Get Them While They Last - "There are only a few that are considered the top of the collector world. The McLaren F1 may be the last of them."
• 'Holy Grail' of shipwrecks - "It has been hailed as the most valuable shipwreck in the world. A Spanish galleon, the San José, was sunk by the British off the coast of Colombia more than 300 years ago. It had a cargo of gold, silver and emeralds worth billions of dollars."
• ‘holy grail of shipwrecks’ off Colombia - "New artefacts have been uncovered on the 18th Century Spanish galleon dubbed the 'holy grail of shipwrecks' off the coast of Colombia. It is estimated to be laden with as much as £16bn in treasure, sea including chests of emeralds and some 200 tons of gold coins."
• Honesty & beliefs about honesty in 15 countries - David Hugh-Jones.
• Hong Kong sets $1.3m parking space price record - "It was one of several spots sold at an ultra-luxury development in the city's affluent The Peak residential area, local media reported."
• Hong Kong: This city has been ranked the most expensive for expats in 2024 - "Hong Kong has once again taken the title of most costly city for overseas workers in the 2024 Mercer Cost of Living Survey, which was released Monday."
• Hong Kong: This city is getting thousands more CCTV cameras despite being among the world’s safest. Why? - "Hong Kong plans to install thousands of surveillance cameras. Critics say it’s more proof the city is moving closer to China."
• Hong Kong's most famous fortune teller makes 2020 predictions - "What's in store for the Year of the Rat? Hong Kong's most famous fortune teller reveals all."
• Hong Kong's Sex Workers Are Ditching Their Pimps for iPhones - Motherboard.
• honking cruise ships ‘ruining’ Istanbul’s port - "Two years after Galataport opened to fanfare as a tourism success story, not everyone is happy about how it has transformed the Turkish coastline. Even if you don’t see them, the sound is inescapable. Mammoth cruise ships have become so familiar to those living near the Istanbul port that some local people have taken to studying the arrival times to avoid having to look at them. But they can’t escape the noise: a booming horn that ricochets over the surrounding hills. Ships from one particular cruise line even honk the theme to the television show The Love Boat as it pulls into port."
• Hoodies sell out in Tonga as El NiÑo brings wintry chill - "Residents on island rush to buy warm clothing and heaters amid unusually cold winter weather for the Pacific nation."
• Hotel Guest Who Wouldn't Leave - "Mickey Barreto's five-year stay cost him only $200.57. Now it might cost him his freedom."
• House Of Ye - "Chaos, Anti-Semitism, ‘White Lives Matter’ & Steady, Unbothered Sales. Ye, the billionaire music entrepreneur and fashion designer previously known as Kanye West, is having quite a few months. He’s unleashed hateful rhetoric against Jews, worn clothing that mocks the Black Lives Matter movement and used social media to harass his ex-wife and her then-boyfriend - a trifecta of nauseating behavior."
• Hovercrafts were the future of travel, then it all went sideways - "Though not rakishly streamlined like Concorde, there was an air of glamor to these machines, which would whisk you to the continent in 35 minutes and serve you a drink en route. If there was a way to replicate that experience from the UK all the way to the USA's East Coast, travel would never be the same again."
• Horseflies at your picnic? Here’s how to keep them away for ever - "The blood-sucking pests are confused by patterned rugs, according to the latest research - which means they are unlikely to land on your delectable spread."
• Hot Cereal 30 Ways at OatMeals in Greenwich Village - The New York Times.
• Hotel That Inspired ‘The Shining’ Builds on Its Eerie Appeal - The New York Times.
• House of Faberge: The story behind the world's most luxurious eggs - CNN style.
• Housing for Inclusive Cities: the economic impact of high housing costs - The Global Cities Business Alliance.
• How 4 Federal Lawyers Paved the Way to Kill Osama bin Laden - The New York Times.
• How 5G could change everything from music to medicine - CNN tech.
• How 9/11 changed travel forever - "When this century began, you could pull up to the airport 20 minutes before a domestic flight in the United States and stroll straight over to your gate. Perhaps your partner would come through security to wave you goodbye. You might not have a photo ID in your carry-on, but you could have blades and liquids."
• How '60 Minutes' played 'Telephone' with public-hacking hysteria - engadget.
• How a cosmetics bag left thousands of passengers in the lurch at Munich Airport - "It was a striking example of how no risks are taken when it comes to airport security in the 21st century. a mishap involving a cosmetics bag led to 30,000 passengers being stranded in Munich - many of whom have been left out of pocket."
• How a Fitbit May Make You a Bit Fit - The New York Times.
• How a French Bank Captured Haiti - "It helped finance the Eiffel Tower as it drained millions from Haiti."
• How a Math Genius Hacked OkCupid to Find True Love - Wired.
• How a New York Accent Can Help You Get Ahead - The New York Times.
• How a penny sold for £72,000 - The Telegraph.
• How a single comma can cost millions - "For most people, a stray comma isn’t the end of the world. But in some cases, the exact placement of a punctuation mark can cost huge sums of money."
• How a Sleep Scientist Falls Asleep - "A sleep expert shares her tips to prepare for a restful night."
• How air pollution messes with your mind - "How air pollution is doing more than killing us. The air we breathe could be changing our behaviour in ways we are only just beginning to understand."
• How Airbnb took over the world - "In just 11 years, it has grown from nothing to a $30bn firm. But critics say Airbnb’s rise has come at a huge cost to urban life - and cities across the planet are trying to find ways to rein it in."
• How alcohol can improve your memory - The Guardian.
• How America became a 1% society - The Guardian.
• How an AI Algorithm Learned to Write Political Speeches - MIT Technology Review.
• How Apple - and the Rest of Silicon Valley - Avoids the Tax Man - Wired.
• How Apple lost its way - Steve Jobs’ love of simplicity is gone.
• How Astrology Took Over the Internet - The New York Times.
• How augmented reality technology erases the human v machine boundary - The Guardian.
• How Auschwitz became centre of Nazi Holocaust - "Auschwitz: How death camp became centre of Nazi Holocaust. On 27 January 1945, Soviet troops cautiously entered Auschwitz."
• How Beauty Is Making Scientists Rethink Evolution - "The extravagant splendor of the animal kingdom can’t be explained by natural selection alone - so how did it come to be?"
• How big is Mitt Romney’s California house? Here, compare it to yours. - The Washington Post.
• How Billion-Dollar Companies Paid Nothing in Taxes - The New York Times.
• How Billionaires Like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk & George Soros Pay Less Income Tax Than You - "And How You Can Replicate The Strategy. It's Legal. Most billionaires don’t get to where they are by earning a salary. And that also means they might pay less income tax than Americans who make a living through wages. According to a report from ProPublica, some billionaires in the U.S. paid little or no income tax relative to the vast amount of wealth they have accumulated over the years."
• How Britain did Gaddafi’s dirty work - The Guardian.
• How can we stop algorithms telling lies? - The Guardian.
• How canines capture your heart: scientists explain puppy dog eyes - "Study finds animals developed a facial muscle to wield emotional power over humans."
• How China Has Added to Its Influence Over the iPhone - "Apple is taking small steps toward India. But the production of its latest phone, set for introduction on Wednesday, shows how difficult it will be to make big changes. Gradually, China nurtured homegrown suppliers that began to displace Apple's suppliers from around the world. Chinese companies began making speakers, cutting glass, providing batteries and manufacturing camera modules. Its suppliers now account for more than 25 percent of the value of an iPhone, according to Mr. Xing."
• How China Is Changing Your Internet - The New York Times.
• How clean should your home be? - "Why spring-cleaning won't benefit your health. Many of us spring clean as the weather warms up. But is there such a thing as house that's too clean? Could a little bit of dirt be good for us?"
• How 'clicktivism' changes the world - "Often derided, online activism is far more effective than it first appears - but there are big differences between how the political left and right deploy it to spread ideas."
• How climbing the social ladder could hold the key to a long & healthy life - The Telegraph.
• How close are we really to flying cars? - "What's standing in the way of the flying car? The era of the flying car appears to be coming closer - but huge challenges remain to be solved."
• How colours mess with your brain - "How your favourite colour affects how you think. Our world is awash with a rainbow of colours, but certain shades can have a surprising impact on our ability to concentrate, our mood and even the flavours we experience."
• How Daniel Craig cures a hangover - Business Insider.
• How David Geffen’s Yacht Photos Became a “Status Thing” in Hollywood - "David Geffen's superyacht the Rising Sun has become a photo op for A-list stars such as Oprah Winfrey, Chris Rock, Steven Spielberg, Leonardo DiCaprio and even Jeff Bezos."
• How did the last Neanderthals live? - "In many ways, the last surviving Neanderthals are a mystery. But four caves in Gibraltar have given an unprecedented insight into what their lives might have been like."
• How do perceptions of beauty vary across the globe? - Online Doctor.
• How do the rich & famous protect their homes? - BBC News.
• How do we tell how much snow fell in a storm? - The Verge.
• How do women know if they are having an orgasm? - The Guardian.
• How does a UNESCO World Heritage rating affect a tourist destination? - "The will-they-or-won't-they tug of war between Australia and UNESCO over the latter's discussion of whether to add the Great Barrier Reef to the official list of 'sites in danger' turned into a full-on soap opera, complete with ambassadors going on a press junket."
• How Driverless Cars May Interact With People - The New York Times.
• how ex-politicians hit paydirt with public speaking - The Guardian.
• How extreme is your life? Take the test - The Guardian.
• How Facebook Figures Out Everyone You've Ever Met - Gizmodo.
• HOW FITBIT STARTED THE WEARABLES CRAZE THAT GOT US ALL MOVING - "10,000 steps has become the standard metric by which we measure daily activity. But it was initially chosen because it sounded neat when you said it in Japanese."
• How Florence Nightingale Paved the Way for the Heroic Work of Nurses Today - TIME Magazine.
• how france created the metric system - "It is one of the most important developments in human history, affecting everything from engineering to international trade to political systems."
• How France has lost its mustard - "Why there's no 'Dijon' in Dijon mustard. France is facing a widespread dearth of Dijon mustard, which news outlets wasted no time in attributing to the war in Ukraine. But the story is a whole lot spicier than that."
• How German Condoms Funded the Russian Revolution - The New York Times.
• how Google search reveals our darkest secrets - The Guardian.
• How Google Took Over the Classroom - The New York Times.
• How has holding a World Cup changed the way the world sees Qatar? - "For Qataris, as well as putting on a well-organized tournament, the World Cup was an opportunity to expose the world to their culture, displaying everything from their architecture to their hospitality. But being in the spotlight also brings scrutiny and much of the coverage, particularly in the western world, has centered around the Qatari government’s human rights record, from the deaths and conditions endured by migrant workers to LGBTQ and women’s rights."
• How Healthy Is Hillary Clinton? Doctors Weigh In
• How hot is too hot for the human body to function optimally? - "A new study suggests that once temperatures hit 104 to 122 degrees Fahrenheit, our bodies may stop working optimally."
• how I learned to walk properly & changed my pace, posture & perspective - "When I was told I could reap huge health benefits by learning to walk better, I was sceptical. I was already pretty good at walking, I thought. It turned out I had a lot to learn."
• How Instagram became a social media giant - "Instagram has attracted a billion users since it was launched in 2010. Now, its founders have announced they are quitting the company."
• how Instagram is changing the way we eat - The Guardian.
• How Is Everyone Making Those A.I. Selfies? - "Images generated with Lensa AI are all over social media, but at what cost?"
• How Jeff Bezos took Amazon to the top - BBC Business.
• How KFC became a Christmas tradition in Japan - "Every year since the mid-1980s, life-size Colonel Sanders statues - dressed as Santa during the holiday - have welcomed droves of locals and tourists alike across the country. Almost every year since she was a child, Hokkaido resident Naomi has looked forward to her family's traditional Christmas meal: a KFC 'party barrel' brimming with salad, cake and lots of fried chicken. 'In Japan, it is customary to eat chicken at Christmas,' says the 30-something Japanese woman."
• how Kim Kardashian gamified her life & made $100 million doing it - The Verge.
• HOW LEGO CAME TO BE THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS BRICK - Wired.
• How Little Sleep Can You Get Away With? - The New York Times.
• How Living Off the Grid Works - HowStuffWorks.
• How London’s booming ‘butler class’ takes care of the wealthy elite - "The capital is home to 1,000 ‘family offices’, made up of lawyers and financiers who service every need of the super-rich."
• How long can humans live? We ask an expert - "Setting our upper limit at a mere 150 might sound daft 10,000 years from now, says Prof Richard Faragher."
• How Long Can People Live? - "The trick is not to increase life span, scientists say, but to lengthen 'health span.'"
• How Long Does It Take to Get Fit Again? - "We all stray from exercise sometimes. Here’s how your body will bounce back."
• How Many Calories We Burn When We Sit, Stand or Walk - The New York Times.
• How Many Clothes Should We Own, Exactly? - "'Buy less and buy better' has become a common refrain in fashion’s sustainability movement. But how much should we actually be buying? If a new report is anything to go by, it’s likely a lot less than you think. Researchers from Berlin’s Hot Or Cool Institute found that we should only be purchasing five new garments a year in order to stay in line with the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees celsius, if nothing else changes. That would mean shoppers in the U.K. alone would need to reduce their consumption by up to 80 percent in some cases."
• How many people can Earth handle? - "Towards the end of 2022, the human population on Earth is expected to reach eight billion. To mark the occasion, BBC Future takes a look at one of the most controversial issues of our time. Are there too many of us? Or is this the wrong question?"
• How many times can you wear pajamas, jeans & other clothes without washing them? Experts weigh in - "The number of times it’s appropriate to wear clothing items without washing them often seems based more on folklore or a person’s upbringing than professional advice. Not knowing when to wash your clothes can have consequences on both ends of the spectrum. Washing them too seldom could lead to skin problems or infections, and washing them too often could harm your clothing. The latter can also result in unnecessary laundry and use of resources. Here are some guiding principles to help you determine when a garment can be worn again without washing and when it’s time to toss it in the hamper."
• How Many Times Has Your Personal Information Been Exposed to Hackers? - The New York Times.
• How Many Ultra High Net Worth Individuals Are There in the World? - "In order for someone to be considered an 'ultra-high-net-worth individual,' they typically need to have at least $30 million worth of net investable assets to their name. However, this isn't really a legal definition."
• how Marbella became a magnet for gangsters - "The new international crime organisations have made Marbella their centre of operations. And as violence rises, the police lag far behind."
• How maths can solve Agatha Christie's whodunnits - Daily Mail.
• How Meditation Changes the Brain & Body - The New York Times.
• How Men & Women Differ When Drawing Up The ‘Perfect Body’ - TIME.
• How Millennials Became Spooked by Credit Cards - The New York Times.
• How much are Olympic medals worth? - "Each of the gold, silver and bronze medals are 85 millimeters in diameter and range in thickness from 7.7 mm to 12.1 mm. The gold medal is in fact made from gold-plated pure silver, with around 6 grams of gold out of a total weight of 556 grams."
• How Much Are We Paying for Our Subscription Services? A Lot - "The dollars are adding up fast. So here are some tips for pruning the subscriptions you no longer use."
• How much cleaner is an electric car? Depends on where you are - Automotive News.
• How Much Coffee Is Too Much Coffee? - "In most cases, you would need to consume at least 10,000 milligrams of caffeine - or the equivalent of about 50 to 100 cups of coffee, depending on the strength - for it to be potentially fatal, Dr. Hughes said." The New York Times.
• how coffee really affects our bodies - "Every day, around the world, 2bn cups are consumed. But what actually happens after you swallow that first mouthful? Here is everything you need to know."
• How much do we really want to know about our genes? - "Genetic data will soon be accessible like never before. The implications for our health are huge."
• How Much Do You Need To Join The Richest 1%? - It May Be Less Than You Realize - "According to the latest findings from the 18th edition of the Wealth Report by Douglas Elliman and Knight Frank, a person needs $5.8 million to be considered in the wealthiest 1% - a figure that, while substantial, is a far cry from the billionaire benchmark."
• How much does the Earth weigh? - "How a Scottish mountain weighed the planet. The 18th-Century quest to weigh Earth was crucial to better understanding our Universe - and it took a lonely mountain in Scotland to help achieve the task."
• How Much Energy Does Your iPhone (and Other Devices) Really Use? - Forbes.
• How Much Exercise Is Needed to Work Off Each Meal? - The New York Times.
• How Much Is a Human Life Actually Worth? - "As the US economy reopens amid a deadly pandemic, a dire question looms. Let's weigh the risks - and do the math."
• How Much Money Is Enough? - The New York Times.
• How Much Money Is Enough? Not As Much As Americans Might Think, Study Says - "'The results suggest that sustainable goals of limiting wealth and growth "may actually be more consistent with human ideals and aspirations than (is) commonly believed.' This study was published at the same time as simultaneous research by an independent organisation that studies inequality in French society, L’Observatoire des Inégalités. That study determined that to be considered rich, a person must have a revenue of €3,673 per month ($3,903)."
• How much money you need to be part of the 1 percent worldwide - "According to the 2018 Global Wealth Report from Credit Suisse Research Institute, you need a net worth of $871,320 U.S. Credit Suisse defines net worth, or 'wealth,' as 'the value of financial assets plus real assets (principally housing) owned by households, minus their debts.'"
• How much of these everyday foods can you consume before they kill you? - The Telegraph.
• How much should bosses be paid? - "The boss of privately-owned online gambling firm Bet365 Denise Coates has received a £320m payday, confirming her position as the UK's best paid executive. She was paid a £277m salary plus dividends, reigniting the debate about how much bosses should earn."
• How Much Should You Have Saved By Age? - "It’s clear that Americans feel unprepared for retirement. One in three have less than $5,000 in retirement savings, and one in five have no retirement savings at all, according to a Northwestern Mutual study."
• How Much Warmer Was Your City in 2015? - The New York Times.
• How much warmer will your city get? - "The world is getting hotter. July 2019 was one of the warmest months ever recorded - and July temperatures almost everywhere on Earth have been higher in the last 10 years compared with 1880-1900, as this globe shows. Scroll below to find out how the temperature in 1,000 major cities across the world has changed already and how much it could increase by in the coming years."
• How much would a $100 investment in Warren Buffet's company in 1964 be worth in November of 2020? - "From Berkshire Hathaway Annual Letter to investors: Overall gain from 1964 to 2019: 2,744,062%. At end of 2019, that $100 would be worth $2,744,162. Berkshire stock performance (through 11/9/20): 0.87% bringing investment's value close to $2.8 million."
• how Nasa technology uncovered the 'megacity' of Angkor - The Guardian.
• How New York City Gets Its Electricity - The New York Times.
• How New York Gets Its Water - called the champagne of drinking water.
• How not to be a 'sushi terrorist' - "The 'right' way to eat sushi: Tips from the experts on sushi rules to follow. With the recent spate of sushi pranks that have rocked Japanese society, we set the record straight on the 'right way' to eat one of the world's greatest food delights."
• How not to be average - Professor Todd Rose, The Telegraph.
• How Not to Overpay on Black Friday? Let the web be your guide - The New York Times.
• How offshore firm helped billionaire change the art world for ever - The Guardian.
• How often should we shower? Much less often than you think - The Sydney Morning Herald.
• How Old Do I Look? - Microsoft website guesses your age.
• how one drug is turning Syria into a narco-state - "Manufacture of Captagon is a growth industry so big it is starting to rival GDP of flatlining economy."
• how one man survived alone in wilderness for 27 years - The Guardian.
• How online dating made IRL coupling a thing of the past - "Why childhood sweethearts no longer measure up - and six other ways dating has changed. A new study has found that online dating is now the dominant way heterosexual people find romantic partners. What else can we learn?"
• How orange juice took over the breakfast table - "Orange juice used to be a treat you had to squeeze out yourself. More than a century ago, an overproduction of oranges helped create the morning staple we know and love."
• How our home delivery habit reshaped the world - "How our taste for Amazon and food delivery reshaped the world. The great trick of online retail has been to get us to shop more and think less about how our purchases reach our homes."
• How People Change Their Love Lives According to Money - TIME Magazine.
• How Project Goldcrest helped Amazon avoid huge sums in tax - The Guardian.
• How 'provocative clothes' affect the brain - and why it's no excuse for assault - "Here’s why the persistent idea that a woman’s outfit can make her responsible for her own assault has no basis in science."
• How Quickly Climate Change Is Accelerating, in 167 Maps - Wired.
• How Rage Giving Became Philanthropy’s New Normal - "A perfect storm of polarized politics, horrific headlines, and social media has transformed our giving habits."
• how rental fashion became big business - "‘It’s more sustainable - and I still get to wear something new every weekend.'"
• How ‘Rock Star’ Became a Business Buzzword - The New York Times.
• How role-playing shaped the Clintons' marriage - The Guardian.
• how Russia weaponised the web - The Guardian.
• How safe are the people who make your clothes? - The Guardian.
• How Safe Is Your Phone’s Fingerprint Sensor? - The New York Times.
• How Salad Can Make Us Fat - The New York Times.
• How salmon can transform a landscape - "Protecting salmon in coastal Canada could have benefits that extend beyond the water they swim in and can have profound impacts on the surrounding landscape."
• How shoplifters justify theft at supermarket self-service checkouts - The Conversation.
• How Should You Organize Your Closet? Exactly Like a Computer Organizes Its Memory - Wired.
• How Snowden escaped - National Post.
• How Small Forests Can Help Save the Planet - The New York Times.
• HOW SOCIAL MEDIA BECAME A PINK COLLAR JOB - Wired.
• How Spy Tech Firms Let Governments See Everything on a Smartphone - The New York Times.
• How Steve Jobs Steamrolled Cisco On The Name 'iPhone' - Cult of Mac.
• How Stories Drive the Stock Market - The New York Times.
• HOW STUFF WORKS - learn how everything works!
• How Switzerland inspired Frankenstein - The Telegraph.
• How tall will Mount Everest get before it stops growing? - "Arching over 8,849 metres (29,032ft) into the sky, Everest is the world’s tallest mountain. But will it always be?"
• how tattoo removal became a booming business - "‘Like being burned with cooking oil.’ As ink surges in popularity, so does regret - but despite improvements to the process, erasing body art remains difficult."
• HOW TECHNOLOGY SHAPES THE WAY WE READ - "The State of Reading: A Wired Investigation."
• How the Arab world came apart - The New York Times.
• How the Bafta Winners Do (and Don’t) Foretell the Oscars - The New York Times.
• How the Black Death make the rich richer - "When a third of Europe’s population was lost, wealth concentrated into tiny groups. Could Covid-19 trigger something similar?"
• How the ‘brainy’ book became a publishing phenomenon - The Guardian.
• How the changing weather affects our health - The Verge.
• How the Channel Tunnel changed Europe forever - "The tunnel that changed Europe forever."
• how the CIA secretly recruits academics - The Guardian.
• How the colour of your swimsuit can save your life - "Colours change to a surprising degree when submerged underwater, so what you and your children wear in the water can make a difference in an emergency."
• How the cult of quiet can change your life - The Guardian.
• How the Elephant Became the Newest Celebrity Cause - The New York Times.
• How the Internet Inflates Estimates of Internal Knowledge - Yale University.
• How the Internet Is Loosening Our Grip on the Truth - The New York Times.
• How the Internet works: Submarine fiber, brains in jars, and coaxial cables - Ars Technica.
• HOW THE IPHONE HELPED SAVE THE PLANET - "Over the last 12 years, smartphones have helped dematerialize our consumption of countless other products."
• how the plot to invade Venezuela fell apart - "Deeply flawed from the start, the audacious plan to overthrow Nicolás Maduro unravelled spectacularly."
• how the signature became a meaningless scrawl - "Written signatures will soon be redundant even for legal documents, the Law Commission says. Does anyone care?"
• How The Smell Of Cinnamon Seduces Us Into Spending Money To Feel Better - Medical Daily.
• How the Sugar Industry Shifted Blame to Fat - The New York Times.
• How the Tiananmen Square Massacre Changed China Forever - "Thirty years later, many are still waiting for the Middle Kingdom to liberalize, though the CCP's grip on power has arguably never been tighter."
• How the Transcontinental railroad forever changed the US - "It spread Anglo-European culture across the nation and caused trade to flourish, but the story of the Chinese labourers who built the track has largely been forgotten."
• How the U.S. became one of the world’s biggest tax havens - The Washington Post.
• HOW THE WORLD’S MOST COVETABLE CAMERAS GET MADE - "Have you ever wondered what goes into that ‘Handmade in Sweden’ inscription?"
• how the world’s rich & famous hide their money offshore - The Guardian.
• How They Got Their Guns - The New York Times.
• How they tried to curb Spanish flu pandemic in 1918 - in pictures - "It is dangerous to draw too many parallels between coronavirus and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, that killed at least 50 million people around the world."
• How Tim Cook has changed Apple in five years - The Telegraph.
• How TMZ gets the videos & photos that celebrities want to hide - The New Yorker.
• How to age well? We ask Singaporean photographer Chuando Tan, 58, who looks half his age - "Singaporean influencer Chuando Tan, 58, says diet and exercise are key to looking and feeling younger than our age, as is a positive outlook."
• How to Argue Fairly & Without Rancor - The New York Times.
• How to arrange for your digital legacy - "What happens to your online stuff when you’re no longer around?"
• How to Authenticate Louis Vuitton - "Authenticating Louis Vuitton bags. All authentic Louis Vuitton bags will have the words 'LOUIS VUITTON PARIS' along with the circle R trademark logo (and sometimes the country it was made in: 'made in ____')."
• How to avoid Amazon: the definitive guide to online shopping - without the retail titan - "Amazon’s sales have hit $10,000 a second, while concerns persist about its tax affairs, treatment of staff and effect on small retailers. Here’s how to buy everything from technology to beauty to books without it"
• How to avoid awkward handshakes - "How not to shake someone’s hand. We can know when a handshake feels wrong, but it can be hard to put a finger on exactly why. If it lingers too long, is too firm or pulls us too close it can define the rest of an encounter."
• How to avoid being kidnapped abroad (by someone who was) - The Telegraph.
• How to Bargain Like a Kidnap Negotiator - "One tip: Keep your cool. In Scott Walker's 15 years as a kidnap negotiator, he learned how to get his message across quickly, calmly and efficiently."
• How to be a good man: what I learned from a month reading the feminist classics - "A year after the first Harvey Weinstein revelations, how can men show solidarity with women? One Swedish professor decided it was time for some deep reading."
• How to Be Better at Parties - "Whether you love them or hate them, parties are important. They are where people meet future business and romantic partners and friends, where small talk becomes the stuff of life. Who among us, save the most self-sufficient and confident partygoer (and who is that insufferable person, anyway?), wouldn’t like to party better? This guide will teach you how to make seamless, beautiful small talk that leads to important conversations and connections. It will ease you into mingling effortlessly, and it will even demonstrate the right way to leave (without ruining your life). Go forth and party."
• How to Be Happy - "Behavioral scientists have spent a lot of time studying what makes us happy (and what doesn’t). We know happiness can predict health and longevity, and happiness scales can be used to measure social progress and the success of public policies. But happiness isn’t something that just happens to you. Everyone has the power to make small changes in our behavior, our surroundings and our relationships that can help set us on course for a happier life."
• How to be perfectly unhappy - The Oatmeal.
• How to beat Blue Monday - The Telegraph.
• How to beat hay fever with a Mediterranean diet - The Telegraph.
• How to Become a C.E.O.? - The New York Times.
• How to Become a Digital Nomad in 8 Steps (by a Digital Nomad) - Unlocking Potential.
• How to Become a ‘Superager’ - The New York Times.
• How to become a tea expert in 6 simple steps - The Telegraph.
• How to Become a Vegetarian (or Simply Eat More Plants) - "Longtime vegetarians already know: To be a vegetarian is to eat really well. But if you’re looking to make the switch to vegetarianism or just a more plant-forward diet, you may have questions, even concerns."
• How to bluff your way through the news - The Guardian.
• How to Break the Cookie Habit - The New York Times.
• How to build supertall: Designers of the world's tallest towers share their secrets - "The world's tallest building casts a long shadow. For more than a decade now, the 828-meter (2,717 ft) high Burj Khalifa has reigned over Dubai's skyline and architecture's collective conscious. It didn't just break the record; 62% taller than its predecessor, Taipei 101, it obliterated it. Its legacy has been remarkable - and remarkably useful to the man who designed it."
• How to buy a property in France - Enness.
• How to buy a Rolex, according experts - "The simple guide to getting your hands on the ultimate grail watch."
• How to buy men’s jeans: ‘The perfect pair can be your favourite garment for decades’ - "From rear-flattering fits to choosing the hardest-wearing fabric, menswear experts share their secrets for good jeans."
• How to buy the right laptop for you at the best price - "Tech experts on how to work out want you need, set a budget and find the perfect device - or upgrade an existing one."
• How to clean & organize your Mac - "Taking care of your computer doesn’t need to be complicated."
• How to Clean Those Pesky Summer Stains - The New York Times.
• HOW TO CLEAN YOUR COMPUTER INSIDE & OUT - Wired.
• How to clean your ears - "The best advice is never to put anything smaller than your elbow in them, says a hearing specialist."
• How to Complain & Get Results - The New York Times.
• How to conduct a meeting like a pro | With visual meeting tools - creately.
• How to Cope With Seasonal Affective Disorder - The New York Times.
• How to Create a 5-Piece French Wardrobe - WhoWhatWear.
• How to Create a Website - Build a Website in 4 [EASY] Steps - Website Planet.
• How to declutter your inbox & unsubscribe from unwanted emails - "Free yourself from junk mail."
• How to Delete Facebook & Instagram From Your Life Forever - "Lost faith in Facebook and Instagram after data leakages, breaches and too much noise? Here’s a guide to breaking up with the social network and its photo-sharing app for good."
• How to delete old tweets so you don't get fired - "The internet rarely forgives, but you can help it forget."
• How To Delete Your Data From Facebook Forever - TIME Magazine.
• How to delete your Twitter history - The Verge.
• How to Deal With Digital Distractions - The New York Times.
• How to delete your Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat - Wired.
• How-To: Disable iOS SpringBoard animations and make your Home screen feel faster [Video] - 9to5Mac.com.
• How to dispose of a laptop or PC - Tech Advisor.
• How to do a Coffee Milk design - YouTube 12:20.
• How to download any video online - Tech Advisor.
• how to eat the diet that will save the world - "A complete overhaul of what we eat may be the only way to meet the needs of a planet in crisis. So what’s on - and off - the menu?"
• How to Emoji-Flirt Like a Real Teenager - Wired.
• HOW TO ENCRYPT ALL OF THE THINGS - Wired.
• How to explain offshore banking to a 5 year old - The Guardian.
• How to explore the world without harming it: Guardian climate pledge 2019 - "Guardian travel editor Andy Pietrasik explains how a flexitarian approach can enable us to enjoy exploring the planet without increasing our carbon footprint."
• How to extend iPhone's battery life as long as possible - The Telegraph.
• How to Factory Reset an iPhone or iPad - "If you need to sell or give away an iPhone or iPad, you’ll need to completely wipe the device before you hand it off to a new owner so they can use it. With a factory reset, all private data gets wiped and the device acts as if it were new. Here’s how to do it."
• How to fend off your conspiracy obsessed relatives during the holiday season - "When Uncle Ted has a few drinks and starts screaming that the world is flat, have a few tactics ready to counter his bizarre rants."
• How to Fight Jet Lag (Naps Are Good) - The New York Times.
• How to find the documents behind big legal cases - "CourtListener has the receipts."
• How to Find the Hidden Files on Your Phone or Computer - "You shouldn't mess with some of them - but there are others you should be aware of."
• How to fix Hollywood's race problem - The Guardian.
• How to Float - The New York Times.
• How To Fool AI Into Seeing Something That Isn’t There - Wired.
• How to form healthy habits in your 20s - The New York Times.
• How to get away with financial fraud - The Guardian.
• How to get good vanity phone numbers for a new business or marketing campaign - Voxomate.
• How to get (great) free books on Kindle - "If you're looking for ways to get great books for your Kindle for free, we can help. But getting good books - no, great books for free is actually possible on a Kindle, and there are several ways to do it."
• How to Get Ketchup From a Bottle Without the Wait, Watery Goo & Splatter - The New York Times.
• How to Get Rich in Trump’s Washington - The New York Times.
• How to Get Rid of a Tattoo You’ve Outgrown - The New York Times.
• How to get seriously good at reading - "Are you a slow reader? Or a fast reader? Either way, here's some tips to help you get better at reading - and take more in."
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• How to get the most out of Apple Notes on the iPhone - "How to use Apple Notes like a pro." This guide is designed to show you how to get the most out of Apple Notes on the iPhone and iPad. Apple Notes has evolved significantly, becoming more than just a basic note-taking app. It’s a powerful tool for organization, productivity, and creativity, seamlessly integrating across the Apple ecosystem. Whether you’re a student, professional, or just someone looking to keep your thoughts and tasks organized, understanding how to leverage Apple Notes can significantly enhance your efficiency.
• How to Get the Most out of Visiting World-Famous Sites - The New York Times.
• How to Get the ‘Wordle’ Game on Your Android, iPhone, or iPad Home Screen - "If you’ve joined the Wordle craze, you may be wondering why the game is only available on the web. That’s because Wordle creator Josh Wardle has no intention of spinning his 'labor of love' into an app. Thankfully, it’s easy to get Wordle on your Android, iPhone, or iPad home screen, where it will act just like an app."
• How to get through chemotherapy - The Guardian.
• How to Get Your Mind to Read - The New York Times.
• How to give the speech of your life, from the man behind TED - The Telegraph.
• How to Grow Your Business - "So you have a business and business is good. Now how do you make it better? The best businesses are always looking for ways to improve, whether that’s offering better products or adopting more efficient processes. Here’s how you can take your business to the next level."
• How to Have a Better Relationship - The New York Times.
• How to have a social life - but still succeed at work - The Telegraph.
• How to hear (and delete) every conversation your Amazon Alexa has recorded - The Verge.
• How to Help Your Body Adjust to Colder Weather - TIME Magazine.
• How to Hide $400 Million - The New York Times.
• How to Hire the Right Person - The New York Times.
• How to increase your privacy in Chrome, Firefox & Safari - The Verge.
• How to invest like...Norway's £700bn oil fund - The Telegraph.
• How to Keep Alzheimer’s From Bringing About the Zombie Apocalypse - TIME Magazine.
• How to Leave a Legacy When You Don’t Have Children - "The question of what you leave behind can be especially fraught for people who do not have heirs."
• How to live like a billionaire on the cheap - The Guardian.
• How to Live Like a Bitcoin Millionaire - ValueWalk.
• How to live longer: the ultimate guide - The Telegraph.
• How to Live Wisely - The New York Times.
• How to Live With a Ghost - "Many Americans believe that their home is inhabited by ghosts, a conviction that researchers attribute to the rise of paranormal-related media, a decline in religious beliefs and the pandemic."
• How to Lower Your Blood Pressure - The New York Times.
• How to Make a Citizen’s Arrest - The New York Times.
• How to make burgers - The New York Times.
• How to make eggs - The New York Times.
• How to Make Pancakes - The New York Times.
• How To Make Pizza - a guide by Sam Sifton.
• How to make the most of that Instant Pot you just bought - "Plus our favorite accessories and recipe sources. Few kitchen appliances have reached the same cult status as the Instant Pot. The Instant Pot is one of those rare kitchen appliances to reach not just cult status, but broad mainstream appeal. An 'all-in-one' multi-cooker that promises to replace a rice cooker, a yogurt maker, a slow cooker and more, the Instant Pot has risen to fame in part thanks to its versatility and also the fact that it’s a good electric pressure cooker. This lets you cook food at an accelerated rate - think pulled pork in an hour, or chicken curry done in 10 minutes. And because it’s electric, you just press a few buttons and walk away without having to keep an eye on it."
• How to make the perfect cup of coffee - The Telegraph.
• How to master your equalizer settings for the perfect sound - "EQ settings can now be found in everything from phones and wireless speakers to home theater soundbars and streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music, but often in the form of safe presets such as 'Rock,' 'Hip-Hop,' or 'Bass Booster.' Understanding how exactly an EQ works and using it properly will put the power of sound-sculpting at your fingertips and can get you closer to the sound you want from your gear. But it can be intimidating, so we’re here to help with our top-to-bottom guide to mastering your equalizer for the perfect sound."
• How to measure distance in Google Maps on any device to help you create a personal route - "You may know Google Maps as the ubiquitous turn-by-turn navigation software on your phone, but it's surprising how much else you can do with the mapping software."
• How to Meditate - The New York Times.
• How to Meditate – The Ultimate Guide - Jen Reviews.
• How to Mine Big Data like a Pro - Wired.
• How to mine precious metals in your home - "Our modern world is dependent upon natural resources extracted from the ground, but there could be another source of rare and valuable metals by giving our houses a spring clean."
• How to Minimize Your Exposure to Microplastics - "Furniture, clothing and food packaging can all shed tiny particles that can end up in our bodies. Some experts recommend keeping items made of plastic, such as a sofa upholstered in polypropylene fabric, out of direct sunlight, or choosing options that aren't made of plastic."
• How to move a country: Fiji’s radical plan to escape rising sea levels - "In Fiji, the climate crisis means dozens of villages could soon be underwater. Relocating so many communities is an epic undertaking. But now there is a plan - and the rest of the world is watching."
• How to Move When You Have Dogs & Cats - The New York Times.
• How to Not Lose Your Data if You Forget Your iPhone Password - Wired.
• How to Overcome Your Quarter-Life Crisis - Lifehacker.
• How to Pack a First Aid Kit for Extended International Travel - "We talked to travel health experts and our own 52 Places Travelers to learn what products and medicines should go in your first-aid kit."
• How to Pack an Emergency Kit for Any Disaster - The New York Times.
• How to Pick a Cellphone Plan for Traveling Abroad - The New York Times.
• How to pick the best MacBook so you’re not overspending for what you don’t need - "Apple has five MacBook computers to choose from, which might be a little daunting if you’re in the market for a new laptop as we hit back-to-school season. There’s the new MacBook Air, for example, but Apple also sells its older 2020 MacBook Air. Then there are three different MacBook Pro computers to pick from."
• How to Pick the Fastest Line at the Supermarket - The New York Times.
• How to Pinch Pennies in the Right Places - The New York Times.
• How to Plan a Gap Year - The New York Times.
• how to plan your digital legacy - "Whether you want your information destroyed, stored or memorialised, many tech platforms now offer options for handling users’ data after death."
• How to play PokÉmon Go - The Verge.
• How to Prevent Memory Loss - "A Neurologist’s Tips to Protect Your Memory. A new book by a renowned brain expert says there are a few simple things we can do to prevent memory decline as we age."
• How to Professionally Network Without Being a Leech - The New York Times.
• How to Project Power - The New York Times.
• How to properly charge a phone’s battery - stop charging from zero to 100% and other tips.
• How to Protect Your Digital Self - Wired.
• How to Protect Your iCloud Account, Juuust in Case Those Hackers Aren’t Joking - Wired.
• How to Protect Your Information Online - The New York Times.
• How to Protect Your Privacy While Using PokÉmon Go & other apps - The New York Times.
• How to Protect Yourself From Sexual Assault on Plane - The New York Times.
• How to quit smoking: 5 actions you can take now - "5 actions you can take now to end the addiction. Cigarette smoking is very addictive and can have long-term, adverse health effects. But there is hope for those who want to quit thanks to innovative apps, help lines and proven coping strategies."
• How to read a privacy policy - "We haven’t been able to avoid privacy policies in our post-GDPR world, but figuring out what these legal documents are trying to tell us isn’t easy. They’re typically filled with legalese and boring chatter about data and how it’s handled. I get why no one wants to spend time reading them."
• How To Read A Watch Bezel - "Bezel utility doesn’t strictly count as a complication, as it works independently of the movement inside of the watch. The following article encompasses how to read a watch bezel."
• How to read the Doomsday Clock - "The Doomsday Clock depicts how close humanity is to armageddon - but where did it come from, how do you read its time, and what can we learn from it? Existential risk researcher SJ Beard explains."
• How To Recognize When A Vintage Watch Was Made At A Glance - "Can you pinpoint a decade when you see a vintage watch?"
• How to recycle the world's largest passenger plane - "After its debut in 2005, Airbus ended up building only 251 A380s - far fewer than it originally intended - and production ended in late 2021. Although most of them are still flying, amid a post-Covid resurgence of the aircraft, several have already been scrapped or recycled - way ahead of the usual schedule for a passenger aircraft."
• How to restore old photos in seven simple steps - The Telegraph.
• How to Run a More Effective Meeting - The New York Times.
• How to safely and successfully cut down on sugar - The Telegraph.
• How to Save Money (and Hassles) on Your Black Friday Shopping - The New York Times.
• How to Savor Life Like an Astronaut - "You don't have to leave Earth to appreciate being alive. There are simple ways to cherish each day. Savoring isn't limited to experiences that are happening right now. You can also try something called 'mental time travel,' Dr. Bryant said, by focusing on the future or the past. Dr. Bryant amps up his appreciation for the present by imagining himself in the future, pining for his current life."
• HOW TO SECURE YOUR ACCOUNTS WITH BETTER TWO-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION - Wired.
• How to secure your phone before attending a protest - "If you’re attending or even just watching the protests, then be aware: not only is your phone a trove of information about you and the people you communicate with, but it also functions as a tracking device. That’s why it’s important to keep your digital footprint as small as possible - any evidence placing people at protests could be enough to get them arrested. You should account for the fact that your phone may get lost, stolen, or broken. There’s also a risk of your phone being confiscated by authorities - which means that if they’re able to unlock your phone, they’ll have access to data on you and people you know. In other words, it never hurts to prepare for the worst, especially considering recent events. The steps we’ve listed here are a basic start toward protecting your privacy before you attend a protest."
• How to see every photo your friends have ever liked on Facebook - The Telegraph.
• How to see the terrifying things Google knows about you - The Telegraph.
• How to See What the Internet Knows About You - The New York Times.
• How to sell a country: the booming business of nation branding - The Guardian.
• How to sell items online safely & profitably - "Here’s how to declutter your home, from eBay to MusicMagpie - and make money in the process."
• How to sell your used & unwanted gadgets - engadget.
• How to Set Up Gmail With Aliases & Import Other Inboxes - Wired.
• How to Share Books & Movies Through Amazon Household - "The retail giant offers a way to share your Prime benefits - including Kindle titles, audiobooks, and free shipping - with others in your home."
• How to share your location using an iPhone - "Use Messages, Maps, Family Sharing and more to let people know where you are."
• How to Snag a Reservation at That Oh-So-Popular Restaurant - The New York Times.
• HOW TO SOLVE A RUBIK'S CUBE IN 5 SECONDS - OR LESS - Wired.
• How to Spend It: the shopping list for the 1% - "In an age of astonishing wealth, nothing reveals the lives of the ultra-rich like the FT’s unashamedly ostentatious luxury magazine."
• How to spot a fake Rolex: 3 dead giveaways - "Don't get duped by a fake."
• How to spot a liar: 10 essential tells - from random laughter to copycat gestures - "The Traitors has shown just how adept some people are at lying. Here, an ex-FBI agent, a psychologist and a fraud investigator share their best tips for detecting dishonesty."
• How to spot a populist - "The p-word is much misunderstood. It’s as old as democracy, and has perhaps never been as popular as it is today. So who are the key protagonists?"
• How to spot a Twitter bot - The Verge.
• How to start the Mediterranean diet - meal by meal - "Considered one of the healthiest diets in the world, the Mediterranean way of eating cuts processed foods and red meats, focusing instead on fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds, healthy whole grains and extra-virgin olive oil. Eating this way has been shown to reduce the risk for diabetes, high cholesterol, dementia, memory loss, depression and breast cancer and has been linked to stronger bones, a healthier heart and longer life. Oh, and don't forget weight loss!"
• How to stay fit forever: 25 tips to keep moving when life gets in the way - "Can you carry on exercising when your motivation slips, the weather gets worse or your schedule becomes overwhelming? Experts and Guardian readers give their best advice."
• How to stay healthy when you're eating on the go - The Telegraph.
• How to Stay Safe at the Airport - The New York Times.
• How to stay safe online: 15 ways to avoid being hacked - The Telegraph.
• How to stop arguing & actually change someone's mind on social media - The Guardian.
• How to Stop WhatsApp From Giving Facebook Your Phone Number - Wired.
• How to store data for 1,000 years - "Most current data storage systems eventually stop working. But there are alternatives on the horizon."
• how to successfully approach a woman in a bar - The Telegraph.
• How to Suppress the Apology Reflex - The New York Times.
• How to Survive the Apocalypse - The New York Times.
• How to survive the inevitable CD revival - "For better or worse, the compact disc could be making a comeback."
• How to survive working from home: 12 tips & tricks - The Telegraph.
• How to Take a Punch - The New York Times.
• How to take a screenshot on any device - "We’ve got iOS, Android, Windows, Chrome OS and more covered in this guide."
• How to talk to strangers - The Guardian.
• HOW TO TAME THE PASSWORD JUNGLE - Four dos and four don’ts for managing your PINs and security codes.
• How to think about the risks of mobile phones & Wi-Fi - The Guardian.
• HOW TO THROW A BOOMERANG LIKE A PRO - Wired.
• How to train like an Ancient Greek Olympian - "Whether it was reading philosophy, carrying heavy animals or abstaining from sex, the Ancient Greek athlete put in just as much effort as a present-day Olympian. Here's the 10-step guide to Hellenic fitness training."
• How to Travel the Earth & Protect It, Too - The New York Times.
• How to travel without destroying the planet - CNN travel.
• How to Turn Google Into the Best To-Do App Ever - Wired.
• How Trump Has Treated Women in Private - The New York Times.
• How Trump Turned the Tax Code Into a Giant Tax Shelter - The New York Times.
• How to turn your old PC into a speedy Chromebook for free - The Verge.
• How To Use a Moka Pot For Perfect Coffee Every Time - "Assemble the moka pot, ensuring a tight seal, and place it on a medium heat source. Remove the pot from the heat once you hear the coffee extraction gurgling sound to prevent over-extraction. Allow the moka pot to cool slightly before pouring and enjoy the rich flavor of moka pot coffee."
• How to use 'Check In' on iOS 17 - "Learn how to take advantage of this new iOS 17-only safety feature."
• How to use Google Maps to help someone find you - "Share your location in real time, and make meet-ups easier than ever."
• HOW TO USE SIRI TO AUTOMATE EVERY STEP OF YOUR DAILY GRIND - Wired.
• How to Use Snapchat: Critical Tips for New Users - Wired.
• How to Use Social Media in Your Career - The New York Times.
• How to Use Twitter - The New York Times.
• How to Videoconference Correctly at Work or From Home - Wired.
• How to wash your hands properly - "The bad bacteria we pick up on our fingertips can lead to infection, but we often miss them when washing. An expert from the Royal College of Nursing advises on how to maintain good hygiene."
• How to Watch a Solar Eclipse - The New York Times.
• How to watch a solar eclipse safely - The Telegraph.
• How to Watch the Total Solar Eclipse - The New York Times.
• How to Win Every Argument - TIME Magazine.
• How to write a cover letter people will actually read - The New York Times.
• How to Write the Perfect Email, According to Experts - "Crafting a good email - setting the tone, making your point and coming across professional but not out of touch - is no easy feat."
• How true are national tourist stereotypes & where do they come from? - The Telegraph.
• How two BBC journalists risked their jobs to reveal the truth about Jimmy Savile - "Listening to the women who alleged abuse, and fighting to get their stories heard, helped change the treatment of victims by the media and the justice system."
• How Uber conquers a city in seven steps - The Guardian.
• How ultra-processed food took over your shopping basket - "It’s cheap, attractive and convenient, and we eat it every day - it’s difficult not to. But is ultra-processed food making us ill and driving the global obesity crisis?"
• How U.S. Presidents Have Tried to Use Legal Action to Stop People From Insulting Them - "It is a common, and very human, response to be stung by insults. Yet Presidents and politicians recognize that being insulted is part of their profession. Almost all presidents brood in private about the insults aimed at them. George Washington complained about press 'outrages on common decency.' Richard Nixon kept an enemies list."
• How Veuve Clicquot, Louboutin & the Luxury World Fight to Protect Their Colors - "From Tiffany, to Veuve, to Louboutin, luxury brands have used signature colors be quickly identified. They have to fight to keep it their own."
• How Volkswagen Got Away With Diesel Deception - The New York Times.
• How Walking in Nature Changes the Brain - The New York Times.
• How we ended up with the 9-5 - "The evolution of the modern workday. The '9 to 5' workday we know today draws from thousands of years of history. Discover the most impactful people, technologies and ideas that have shaped our modern world of work."
• How we survive - "'I was lost in the desert for nine and a half days – and sustained myself with raw bats and urine.' In 1994, Mauro Prosperi was running an ultramarathon through the Sahara when he was blown off course by a sandstorm. Alone and dangerously dehydrated, he found nourishment in unexpected places."
• How Wealthy People Protect Their Money - The Atlantic.
• how we got addicted to weather apps - "‘We used to check every day, now it’s every minute’. As unprecedented weather leads to increasing climate anxiety, there’s a raft of different apps catering for every kind of forecast."
• How Well Do You Know Religion? - The New York Times.
• How well do you know the world? - The New York Times.
• How Whales Can Teach Us to Be Better Humans - TIME Magazine.
• How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body - The New York Times.
• How you can create space in a tiny home - The New York Times.
• How your home will know what you need before you do - CNBC.
• How Your iPhone Photos Make You Happier - TIME.
• How You’re Making Facebook a Money Machine - The New York Times.
• how your senses deceive you - The Guardian.
• HTML CHEAT SHEET - "HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) has come a long way since Tim Berners-Lee invented it in 1991. HTML5 is the latest version supported by modern web browsers. Our HTML cheat sheet has a full list of all HTML elements, including descriptions, code examples and live previews. Scroll down to browse all HTML tags alphabetically or by their category, or download it as a PDF."
• HUBBLESITE - the official website for the Hubble telescope.
• Huge oil deposit could be largest ever discovered in US - The Guardian.
• Hugh Grant settles court claim against Sun publisher for ‘enormous sum’ - "Actor had accused publisher of unlawful information-gathering in case that was due to go to trial alongside Prince Harry next year."
• Hugh Hefner: A life in pictures - The Telegraph.
• HUGH HEFNER DEATH CERTIFICATE Reveals Cardiac Arrest, Blood Infection - TMZ.
• HUGH HEFNER LAID TO REST In Ultra Private Ceremony - TMZ.
• HUGH HEFNER: The hell of being married to Hugh Hefner by his Playboy Bunny third wife: Crystal Hefner, 37 - "Describes how he took so much Viagra it made him deaf and imposed a 6pm curfew so she'd stay home and share his chicken soup."
• Hugh Hefner Who Built Playboy Empire & Embodied It Dies
• Hugh Hefner syndrome - The Telegraph.
• Hugh Hefner's Widow Crystal Breaks Her Silence: 'He Was an American Hero' - People Magazine.
• HUGO BOSS & THE THIRD REICH - the official report.
• human genome: Scientists store entire human genome on ‘memory crystal’ that could survive billions of years - "The crystal features a visual key, intended to explain what it contains to whoever finds it. The crystal is stored in the Memory of Mankind archive in Hallstatt, Austria."
• Human Health Is in the Hands of Bacteria - TIME Magazine.
• human towers of Tarragona - in pictures - "Catalans compete to build the biggest human towers in Spain."
• humans age dramatically in two bursts - at 44, then 60 - "US findings suggesting ageing is not a slow and steady process could explain spikes in health issues at certain ages."
• Humans may speak a universal language - The Telegraph.
• Humans of New York - since 2010. Photoblog and bestselling book featuring street portraits and interviews collected in New York City.
• Humidity: Why Does Humidity Make Me So Miserable? - "Heat is only part of the picture. Here’s why humid air makes us irritable and exhausted - and how you can cope."
• Hummingbirds can see an array of colors invisible to humans - "When hummingbirds make decisions regarding food, evading predators or choosing a mate, they're influenced by the diverse colors they can see that are invisible to human eyes, according to a new study."
• HUMOR HOUR - "Brighten up your day with some fun."
• Hunter Biden conviction shatters Trump’s persecution narrative - "The country’s divergent possible paths under President Joe Biden or presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump were highlighted in the way both men, their families and their political operations reacted to the twin trials and verdicts."
• Hunter Biden: what happened with his plea deal & why? - "Joe Biden’s son unexpectedly pleaded not guilty to tax and gun charges after judge raised questions over plea agreement."
• Hunter S. Thompson: The San Francisco hotel that Hunter S. Thompson feared, loathed & loved - "SFGATE contributor Christian Baba explores the history of the room where the gonzo journalist wrote 'Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72'."
• Hunting for Nazi gold in a Dutch village - "Exasperated residents have appealed to treasure-hunters to stay away after they descended on the Dutch village of Ommeren searching for riches potentially worth millions, allegedly hidden by Nazi soldiers during World War Two."
• Hurricane Milton: In pictures: Hurricane Milton heads for impact - "Less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene wrought a path of destruction that left more than 230 people dead in the Southeast, another massive hurricane is projected to barrel into western Florida. Hurricane Milton rapidly intensified earlier in the week to a Category 5 and is expected to make landfall near Tampa as a major Category 3 hurricane, bringing destructive flooding and life-threatening storm surge."
• Hurricane Milton: Mass exodus underway along Florida’s Gulf Coast as Hurricane Milton approaches - "South Florida meteorologist becomes emotional on air while speaking about Milton's incredible intensity."
• Hutt River is no more thanks to Covid-19 - "The 50-year reign of an Australia-based micronation formed by a 'prince' has come to an end. Hutt River, a self-declared principality, issued its own passports and once even declared war on Australia. In recent years, however, it's been known as a quirky tourist attraction."
• Hvaldimir, a Celebrated ‘Spy’ Whale, Is Found Dead in Norway - "The beluga whale, who was first spotted in 2019 wearing what looked like a camera harness, was seen floating in Norwegian waters on Saturday."
• Hygge: A heart-warming lesson from Denmark - BBC News.
• Hygge conspiracy - The Guardian.
• Hygge: The Danish Art of Living Well - Amazon.com.
• Hygge – why craze for Danish cosiness is based on myth - The Guardian.
• Hyperloop & our misplaced love of futuristic technology - The Guardian.
• Hyperloop tunnel in California is gone - "The test tunnel that hosted student competitions in 2018 and 2019 has been removed and replaced with parking spots for SpaceX employees."
• Hyperventilating can help clear alcohol from body faster, researchers find - "Discovery could potentially help treat patients suffering from alcohol poisoning, Canadian team says."
• Hyrox: A New Fitness Craze With Big Drama - "Hyrox, a sporting event founded in Germany, has earnd a large following for its dazzling, high-profile races."

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• I am a housesitter & stay in amazing places all over the world for free - "Fancy staying in a mansion or lakeside pad for absolutely nothing? Sign up as a housesitter and the place is yours in return for pet care and plant-watering duties."
• I Am Rich - iOS application which was formerly distributed using the App Store, and developed by Armin Heinrich. When launched, the screen only contains a glowing red gem and an icon that, when pressed, displays the following mantra in large text: 'I am rich I deserv it I am good, healthy & successful'. The application is described as "a work of art with no hidden function at all", with its only purpose being to show other people that they were able to afford it, making it a Veblen good. I Am Rich was sold on the App Store for US$999.99, €799.99, and £599.99, the highest price Apple allows for App Store content. The application was removed from the App Store by Apple Inc. without explanation the day following its release, on August 6, 2008.
• I Don’t Drink Coffee. Should I Start? - The New York Times.
• I Drink Alcohol Regularly. What Can I Do to Mitigate the Risks? - "There’s no magic antidote, but experts say certain lifestyle choices can help."
• I Found the Perfect Replacement for Twitter. It’s LinkedIn - "In a fragmented online world, the professional social network is finding mass appeal."
• I fucking love science | IFLScience! - "The lighter side of science." We're here for the science - the funny side of science. Quotes, jokes, memes and anything your admin finds awesome and strange. If you take yourself seriously, you're on the wrong page. We're dedicated to bringing the amazing world of science straight to your newsfeed in an amusing and accessible way.
• I have five digital ‘personal assistants’ and still can’t get anything done - The Washington Post.
• I never order fish on Monday - wrote Anthony Bourdain in his 1999 memoir Kitchen Confidential, explaining that restaurants typically work with supplies purchased the previous Thursday. It was a vivid insider's detail in a popular book, and it took hold.
• I never want to be apart from my home espresso machine - "Zen and the art of espresso machine maintenance."
• I text myself all day every day & you should, too - "Messaging yourself reminders, to-do lists, links, and photos is the fastest way you’ll find to make sure everything is searchable and cross-platform."
• I-TOMB - "The World Virtual Cemetery."
• I tried 5G. It will change your life - if you can find it - "Self-driving cars. Robotic surgeries. Toothbrushes that detect when you're sick. This is the future 5G technology promises in less than a decade's time; internet connections so fast they'll support an entirely new way of life."
• I tried the Light Phone for a week - could I survive on just texts and calls? - "If you spend hours a day staring at your phone screen for social media, games and reading, a new no-frills device could help nudge you back to the real world."
• I’m Going to Spoil Your Favorite TV Show - "In the past few weeks, a dramatic revelation in 'Succession' reignited the debate over how long spoilers should be suppressed on social media - and whether having advance knowledge of a momentous plot development (in this case: Logan Roy dies) ruins our enjoyment of a story. Recently, my colleagues and I conducted research to address this very question. Spoiler alert: It doesn’t."
• Ibiza locals living in cars as party island sees rents soar - "An irony of Ibiza's housing crisis is that it is now threatening to undermine the same tourism industry that is so widely blamed for causing the rental rises in the first place."
• IBM is using blockchain to confirm the origins of jewelry - engadget.
• IBM’s Century of Innovation - The New York Times.
• IBM's tiniest computer is smaller than a grain of rock salt - engadget.
• Ice cream for breakfast & Coke all day: the extreme eating habits of billionaires - The Telegraph.
• Ice cream for breakfast makes you smarter - The Telegraph.
• ice-cream: How much does an ice-cream cost around the world? - "With inflation rampant in several countries around the world, is the price of cooling down on a hot day creeping up globally?"
• Ice rink opens 100 floors above New York - "Where to go ice skating 100 floors above New York City streets. Edge at Hudson Yards, the highest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere, is opening up an ice skating rink on Tuesday. A 1,024 square foot rink has been placed in the indoor portion of the sky deck, but skaters will still be able to take in the New York City skyline as they make their way around the rink."
• Ice that took roughly 2,000 years to form on Mt. Everest has melted in around 25 - "The highest glacier on the world's tallest mountain is losing decades worth of ice every year because of human-induced climate change, a new study shows."
• Iceberg Home - "How basements of the rich cause hell for their neighbours."
• Iceland: I live better in Iceland than in the U.S. - "38-year-old American expat lives on $73,000 in one of the world’s most expensive countries: ‘I feel safe, I feel at home’."
• Iceland Is a Magnet for Tourists. Its First Lady Has Some Advice for Them - "Eliza Reid, a former U.N. tourism ambassador and the wife of President Gudni Johannesson, welcomes her country’s many visitors, and has a few suggestions on safety, respect and how to meet locals." The New York Times.
• Iceland volcano: What it's like to live with the fires of Reykjanes - "After 800 years, volcanic activity has returned to Reykjanes, Iceland, and it might last hundreds of years. Watching from Reykjavík, the writer Andri Snaer Magnason reflects on the Icelandic relationship with volcanoes - and a close encounter he had with lava."
• ICIJ OFFSHORE LEAKS DATABASE - The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
• Icon of the Seas: Can the World's Largest Cruise Ship Really Be Climate-Friendly? - "The newly christened Icon of the Seas is filled with energy-efficient technology. But some climate experts say the biggest challenge with a ship that can accommodate nearly 8,000 people is its size. With the capacity to carry nearly 8,000 people, the 20-deck, 1,198-foot-long vessel is the size of a small city. There are eight 'neighborhoods' packed with amenities that include a 55-foot waterfall, six water slides and more than 40 restaurants, bars and entertainment venues."
• iconic travel destinations criminalize homosexuality - "LGBTQ travelers are split on whether they should visit."
• ID-Art mobile app - Interpol - "Our first-ever app, called ID-Art, uses cutting-edge image-recognition software to help identify stolen cultural property, reduce illicit trafficking, and increase the chances of recovering stolen items."
• If It’s Expensive, Does That Make It a Luxury Watch? - "There are several reasons brands increased their prices in recent years, and positioning certainly was one of them." The New York Times.
• IFTTT - a service that enables customers to connect channels (i.e. Facebook, Evernote, Weather, Dropbox, etc.) with personally created or publicly shared Recipes that fit the simple statement: if this then that.
• Ig Nobel Prizes - "IMPROBABLE RESEARCH - Research that makes people LAUGH and then THINK." American parody of the Nobel Prizes and are given each year in early October for ten unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research. The stated aim of the prizes is to "honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think." The awards are sometimes veiled criticism (or gentle satire). Organized by the scientific humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research (AIR), they are presented by a group that includes Nobel Laureates at a ceremony at Harvard University's Sanders Theater, and they are followed by a set of public lectures by the winners at MIT.
• Ikea billionaire Ingvar Kamprad buys second-hand clothes to save money - The Guardian.
• Ikea Forever - The New York Times.
• IKEA-inspired emergency homes - "Home in a box: Rethinking disaster relief, IKEA style. With so many left homeless, officials and NGOs rushed to provide shelter. Rather than sending tents, however, Indian nonprofit SEEDS partnered with Sweden’s Better Shelter to distribute over 100 of its IKEA-inspired temporary houses."
• Ikea is offering a tiny apartment in Tokyo for less than $1 per month - "Swedish retailer Ikea is becoming a landlord in Japan with a tiny apartment it will rent out in Tokyo. The 10-square-meter (107-square-foot) apartment is located in the Shinjuku district and will cost just 99 yen ($0.86) per month to rent, according to details released by Ikea this week."
• IKEA takes the next step to scale down in Russia & Belarus - "The war in Ukraine has already had a terrible impact on so many people’s lives. It is a human tragedy that is continuing to affect people and communities."
• ikigai: The Japanese secret to a longer life - "Do what you love and live longer, the Japanese ikigai philosophy says."
• Illusion of control: Why the world is full of buttons that don't work - "Have you ever pressed the pedestrian button at a crosswalk and wondered if it really worked? Or bashed the "close door" button in an elevator, while suspecting that it may, in fact, have no effect whatsoever?"
• iMac G3: ‘A real stroke of genius.’ How Apple’s iMac G3 became an object of desire - "Beige, boring and a bit too complicated - in the 1990s, personal computers had about as much charisma as an underwhelming date. Compaq and IBM dominated the market, churning out homogenous boxy monitors, keyboards and modems. But, out of the (Bondi) blue in August 1998, soon after its cofounder Steve Jobs had returned to a company in crisis, Apple introduced a bold new design that drastically shifted our relationship with technology. Twenty-five years ago today, the unusual jewel-toned line of iMac G3 desktops came onto the tech scene; shaped like an egg and with a 15-inch CRT display, the intricacies of its hardware visible beneath a translucent plastic shell."
• IMAX movies still need a Palm Pilot to work - "Oppenheimer is 600 pounds of 70mm IMAX film, and it wouldn’t work so well on-screen if it weren’t for a 21-year-old PDA."
• Imelda Marcos's shoe collection gathers mould after years of neglect - The Guardian.
• Immunotherapy Offers Hope to Cancer Patient - The New York Times.
• Impeachment: how does it work & what happens next? - "Donald Trump will be the fourth president to face a formal impeachment inquiry, following Nancy Pelosi’s announcement."
• Importance of Recreational Math - The New York Times.
• Impostor Syndrome Is Real. Here's How to Deal With It - TIME Magazine.
• Improving Eyesight May Help Prevent Dementia - "New Dementia Prevention Method May Be Behavioral, Not Prescribed. As experimental drugs prove ineffective against increasing dementia cases in the U.S., researchers argue that improving eyesight can have an effect."
• In an Age of Privilege, Not Everyone Is in the Same Boat - The New York Times.
• In Busy Silicon Valley, Protein Powder Is in Demand - The New York Times.
• In Desperate Pursuit of the Zero-Stress Job - The New York Times.
• In Search of the Heart of the Online Cat-Industrial Complex - Wired.
• In the rush for the latest gimmick, we are losing the joy of ‘things’ - The Guardian.
• Inauguration of Donald Trump as 45th President of USA - "The official account of the 58th Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC)."
• Income Inequality by Country, Before & After Tax - "This chart shows how taxes offset income inequality by country, revealing differences in living standards around the world."
• Incredible places you probably never knew about - The Telegraph.
• India banned TikTok without warning. 200 million people learned to live without it - "What happened when world's most populous nation turned off TikTok overnight. As TikTok fans in the United States worry about losing access to the wildly-popular social media app, there are lessons they can learn from a country on the other side of the world."
• India has a taste for mega-weddings. This is expected to be one of the biggest yet - "The son of Asia’s richest man is getting married in one of India’s most anticipated - and lavish - weddings of the year."
• India is set to become the world’s most populous country. Can it create enough jobs? - "India will overtake China this year to become the world’s most populous country. The likelihood of India passing that major milestone within a few months shot up Tuesday, when China reported that its population shrank in 2022 for the first time in more than 60 years. This shift will have significant economic implications for both Asian giants, which have more than 1.4 billion residents each."
• India makes history as Chandrayaan-3 lands near Moon’s south pole - "India's Chandrayaan-3 becomes the first spacecraft to land near the south pole of the Moon."
• India or Bharat? G20 invitations throw up question dating back centuries - "Some say use of ‘Bharat’ is move to finally throw off colonial chains, others call it disastrous Narendra Modi vanity project. In 1947, when British rule was finally overthrown, India ostensibly had three coexisting names, each with its own history, connotation and legitimacy."
• India to surpass China as most populous country in 2023, UN report says - India is set to surpass China as the world's most populous country in 2023, with each counting more than 1.4 billion residents this year, a United Nations report said on Monday, warning that high fertility would challenge economic growth. The world's population, estimated to reach 8 billion by November 15 this year, could grow to 8.5 billion in 2030, and 10.4 billion in 2100, as the pace of mortality slows, said the report released on World Population Day.
• India's 10,000 forgotten mansions - "Once symbolic of the power and wealth of the Nattukottai Chettiar community, thousands of gigantic and glamourous mansions in Tamil Nadu now lie in ruins."
• India's $4 smartphone is too good to be true - engadget.
• India's ancient 'smart food' - "Why 2023 is the year of millets. Once a forgotten staple of traditional Indian cuisine, nutritionally dense millets are becoming popular the world over. So much so that 2023 is being dubbed 'the year of millets'."
• India's got the next big thing in tech - "And it could be worth $1 trillion."
• India's hidden dinosaur wealth - "Why India's fossil wealth has remained hidden. India has some of the most spectacular fossils on the planet, from vast beds of dinosaur eggs to strange prehistoric creatures new to science. But many are just sitting in the ground."
• India’s wedding of the year is over. Here's what happened - "Prime minister Modi’s blessing and a Kardashian cameo - here’s what happened at India’s wedding of the year."
• Indian billionaire heir Anant Ambani weds at lavish, star-studded ceremony - "After seven months of extravagant pre-wedding celebrations, Anant Ambani, the son of India’s richest man, completed his long-awaited marriage to pharmaceutical heiress Radhika Merchant before thousands of guests on Friday."
• Indiegogo - since 2008. "The world's funding platform. Fund what matters to you." International crowdfunding site where anyone can raise money for film, music, art, charity, small businesses, gaming, theater, and more.
• infrared body scanner told me some hard truths - engadget.
• Infinite Prosperity - since 2011. "#1 Online FX trading course." We are professional currency traders and trading coaches. After becoming sick of the usual "wealth creation" education, our mission is to teach our clients the skills and strategies really required to make money in the markets. We take innovative wealth creation strategies and make them easy to understand and simple to implement by diluting the mountain of information down into a manageable set of key strategies, essential risk management procedures, and excellent support services.
• Infinitelooper - "Loop YouTube Videos." The easiest way to loop full or partial YouTube videos.
• Inside $10 Million Luxury Underground Bunkers - "Inside Oppidum’s Luxury Underground Residences Where The Ultra-Wealthy Plan On Living Out The End Of The World."
• INSIDE 21ST-CENTURY CRAZE FOR REDESIGNING EVERYTHING - The New York Times.
• Inside Amazon Go, a Store of the Future - The New York Times.
• Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace
• Inside EurekAlert, the News Hub That Shapes the Science You Read - Wired.
• Inside Facebook’s Decision to Blow Up the Like Button - Bloomberg Business.
• Inside The $85,000 Oscar Nominee Goodie Bag - Business Insider.
• Inside the dark side of France's world-renowned restaurant industry plagued by violence & sex crimes - "The dark side of France's world-renowned restaurant industry came into focus when French star chef Aurelien Largeau (pictured) quit his luxury hotel job after an alleged hazing ritual."
• Inside the elite white community in Kenya - The Telegraph.
• Inside the Garrick, the Elite Men-Only London Club Rocked by Criticism - "Founded in 1831, the opulent private club has long guarded its membership list closely. A leak this month caused a scandal."
• Inside the Gigafactory, Where Tesla is Building its Future - Wired.
• Inside the lavish £300million replica of Titanic II due to set sail in 2018 - Daily Mail.
• Inside the Secretive World of Tax-Avoidance Experts - The Atlantic.
• Inside the Strange New World of DIY Brain Stimulation - Wired.
• Inside the surprisingly sexist world of artificial intelligence - Quartz.
• Inside the Trump Organization - The New York Times.
• Inside the ultimate 1970s party pad - "With its boho-luxe style and decadent atmosphere, the hedonistic home of Yves Saint Laurent in Paris still influences interiors today."
• Insights into the World’s Top 10 Wealthiest Cities & Rising Wealth Hubs - "In the dynamic global economic landscape, certain cities persistently stand as beacons of prosperity, commanding attention for their unparalleled wealth and influence, and drawing affluent investors to reside within their limits."
• Instagram & WhatsApp will add ‘from Facebook’ to names - "Facebook really wants you to know that it’s in charge."
• Instagram Rich List 2020 - Hopper HQ.
• INTEGRATE CHATGPT INTO SIRI TO MAKE YOUR APPLE VOICE ASSISTANT 100X SMARTER - "We’ve all been there: you ask Siri a question, and it responds with the ever-frustrating 'Sorry I didn’t understand that'. It could be an accent or dialect problem, the fact that Siri isn’t trained on the vast volume of data that Google’s AI is trained on, or just that Apple absolutely dropped the ball on Siri. Apple launched the voice AI as an app almost 13 years ago, although Siri today still feels noticeably dumb and unhelpful even after more than a decade. Google’s voice AI seems to overwhelmingly be the most popular choice nowadays, although there’s a new kid on the block that’s absolutely eating Google’s lunch, at least in the search department."
• Intel Got Left Behind in the A.I. Chip Boom - "Intel was for decades Silicon Valley’s dominant chip company. But missed opportunities and poor execution left it on the sidelines in tech’s latest gold rush."
• Intelligent people are genetically predisposed to be healthier, experts find - The Telegraph.
• Intellipedia - online system for collaborative data sharing used by the United States Intelligence Community (IC). It was established as a pilot project in late 2005 and formally announced in April 2006. Intellipedia consists of three wikis running on the separate JWICS (Intellipedia-TS), SIPRNet (Intellipedia-S), and Intelink-U (Intellipedia-U) networks. The levels of classification allowed for information on the three wikis are Top Secret, Secret, and Sensitive But Unclassified/For Official Use Only information, respectively.
• Interactive Graphic: Thanksgiving Flight Patterns - The New York Times.
• Interactive Map of London Tourist Attractions - "The Alternative London Tourist Attractions Map will show you all sorts of interesting sights in London that no guidebook will tell you ... The London Helicopter."
• Internal 'clock' makes some people age faster & die younger - regardless of lifestyle
• International Consortium of Investigative Journalists | ICIJ - founded in 1997. "The World's Best Cross-Border Investigative Team." Active global network of 160 reporters in more than 60 countries who collaborate on in-depth investigative stories.
• International Date Line Is 'Pretty Arbitrary.' Here's Why - "That squiggly line through the Pacific where days begin and end has no legal authority and technically doesn’t exist. A clock on a remote Pacific island strikes midnight 24 hours early on a politician's order. None of those times are empirical scientific facts."
• International Men's Day: the manliest holidays - The Telegraph.
• International Space Station to crash down to Earth in 2031 - "The International Space Station (ISS) will continue working until 2030, before plunging into the Pacific Ocean in early 2031, according to Nasa."
• International Space Station: What will replace the International Space Station? - "The International Space Station has been ever-present in our lives for more than two decades. What will happen when we lose it in 2031?"
• International Spy Museum - since 2002. Washington, DC, U.S.A. The Museum features the largest collection of international espionage artifacts ever placed on public display. It is the only public museum in the United States solely dedicated to espionage and the only one in the world to provide a global perspective on an all-but-invisible profession that has shaped history and continues to have a significant impact on world events.
• International tipping: How to cut through the chaos & confusion - "CNN Travel talked to etiquette experts and recent travelers to find out what’s generally expected in popular destinations now and help travelers find ways to make tipping more straightforward and less stressful."
• International Travel - "The highest priority of the Bureau of Consular Affairs is to protect the lives and?serve?the interests of U.S. citizens abroad.?Across the globe, we serve our fellow citizens during some of their most important moments - births, adoptions, medical emergencies, deaths, arrests, and disasters." U.S. Department of State.
• International Visa Restrictions - Henley & Partners.
• InterNations - "Connecting Global Minds." Community for expatriates & global minds. Enjoy the international experience with fellow global minds. Making life easier for expats. Helps expats to feel at home abroad, meet people and find information about their new environment.
• INTERNET ARCHIVE - since 1996. San Francisco–based nonprofit digital library with the stated mission of 'universal access to all knowledge.' It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, movies/videos, moving images, and nearly three million public-domain books. As of October 2016, its collection topped 15 petabytes. In addition to its archiving function, the Archive is an activist organization, advocating for a free and open Internet.
• Internet Archive 25th Anniversary - "From Wayback to way forward. Universal Access to All Knowledge." From the Library of Alexandria to Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press; from the First Amendment’s guarantee of the right to information to the creation of the World Wide Web, access to knowledge has always been thanks to the builders and the dreamers.
• Internet Archive Book Images' Photostream - Flickr.
• Internet Archive hosts all gifs of 90s web giant GeoCities - The Guardian.
• INTERNET BOOK DATABASE - online database with information about books and authors with an added social networking component. It currently contains information on over 300,000 books (over 910,000 ISBNs), 92,000 authors and 4,000 series making it one of the largest online databases of author and book information.
• INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM
• INTERNET GOVERNANCE PROJECT
• Internet: growing threat to the hidden network of cables that power the internet - "Last month large parts of Tonga were left without internet when an undersea cable was broken. It’s a scenario that is far more common than is understood."
• Internet personality test - what tribe do you belong to?
• Internet regulation: is it time to rein in the tech giants? - The Guardian.
• INTERNET SLANG DICTIONARY & TRANSLATOR
• Internet use is associated with greater wellbeing, global study finds - "Researcher cautions against ‘one-size-fits-all solutions’ amid growing debate over impact, particularly on young people."
• internet's obsession with brain teasers - The Guardian.
• Intuition: When is it right to trust your gut instincts? - "Intuition is often lauded as the key to decision making. Should you always follow your gut, or is it more complicated?"
• Inuit Study Adds Twist to Omega-3 Fatty Acids’ Health Story - The New York Times.
• Inventions: The UK invented the steam engine, light bulb & jet engine. Is this next? - "From underwater habitats to 'space taxis,' the UK is staking its claim to be an innovation hub."
• INVENTORS HALL OF FAME (US)
• 'Invisible effects' - The best kept secret in Hollywood - The Telegraph.
• iOS 15 Walkthrough: Guides & How Tos for Every New Feature - "While iOS 15 was in the beta testing phase, we here at MacRumors wrote up a series of in-depth feature guides to highlight everything that's new in the update, along with how tos to walk you through using those features."
• iOS 17 Features: The Ultimate Mega Guide - Lock Screen Updates - Messages - Privacy and Security - Safety - CarPlay - Siri - Safari - Phone and FaceTime. MacRumors.
• IP CODE | INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION RATING | INGRESS PROTECTION RATING
• iPhone 12, MacBook Air, Apple Watch & more Apple devices among products to keep away from pacemakers - "A number of Apple products have been found to interfere with some medical devices like pacemakers. Apple has now listed these, along with an advisory on their handling for people using such medical devices."
• iPhone 13 cost-to-price ratio indicates that Apple is focusing on better value for money - "The iPhone 13 now has a cost-to-retail price ratio for its components of around 37%, and Apple is sacrificing profits in order to make its phones better and offer more for less."
• iPhone 15 has a semi-secret menu you might be overlooking - "The Action button is almost limitless."
• iPhone at 15: Steve Jobs Revealed His Greatest Product in 2007 - "The first iPhone went on sale on June 29, 2007 and it helped Apple grow into a $3 trillion company over the next 15 years."
• iPhone at 15, through pro photographers' eyes - "This week marks 15 years since the iPhone first went on sale and ushered in a new era: the age of the smartphone. The modern smartphone has changed photography. To capture a snapshot of that change, we asked more than a dozen Associated Press photographers across the world who use iPhones - some of the most talented journalists in the business - to capture an image on their phone and submit it."
• iPhone 17 To Feature A ‘Significantly Skinnier’ Chassis - "Apple Shifts Away From Making Thicker Devices, As Shown With The M4 iPad Pro LaunchApple Shifts Away From Making Thicker Devices, As Shown With The M4 iPad Pro Launch."
• iPhone: Does what happens on your iPhone still stay on your iPhone? - "Apple’s famous slogan that suggested total privacy is being tested in the age of AI. Plus: is it time to give up on smartphones all together?"
• iPhone dubbed the ‘Holy Grail’ sold for $190,000 - "A first-edition 2007 Apple iPhone has sold for more than $190,000 at auction, far exceeding the estimate. Dubbed the 'Holy Grail' by auctioneer LCG Auctions, the 4GB model was expected to fetch in the region of $50,000-$100,000. But after attracting 28 bids online, the phone’s value quickly rose and Sunday’s final sale price was $190,372.80."
• iPhone fell from an Alaska Airlines flight & still works. Scientists explain how - "Even as serious questions emerged about why a door plug flew off one of Alaska Airlines' new Boeing jets last week and forced an emergency landing, one question was on the mind of many cellphone users: How in the world did an iPhone reportedly fall 16,000 feet from the aircraft and survive intact?"
• iPhone has a hidden iOS app you probably never knew about, here's how to find it - "iPhone users have a hidden iOS app that they won't find anywhere on their home screen. The app, which can't even be downloaded from Apple's App Store, is called Code Scanner. As the name suggests, the app is a dedicated iOS tool for scanning QR codes on an iPhone."
• iPhone Index 2021: How Many Days Do We Need to Afford the New Gadget? - "Picodi.com team juxtaposed iPhone 13 Pro (128 GB) prices and average earnings in various countries to count how many days people need to afford Apple’s latest flagship."
• iPhone Mini’s long goodbye is complete - but it’s not all bad news - "The truly small smartphone has left the building. The 6.1-inch flagship phone seems to be here to stay, and sure, it’s no Mini, but it’s proving itself to be an entirely acceptable middle ground between tiny and gigantic."
• iPhone through the ages: the original to the iPhone 13 - how much has it changed? - "Celebrate 15 years of iPhone by seeing where it all started."
• iPhone turns 10: Here are 10 ways it changed the world - The Telegraph.
• iPhone Turns 10: How It Became the Everything Machine - Wired.
• IPR | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS - confidentiality agreements.
• Iraq Inquiry - The Offcial Report.
• Irish names you're probably saying wrong & how to pronounce them - "Do you know your Gearóid from your Gobnait? Your Fearghal from your Muirgheal? To the untrained eye, Irish names can seem like a daunting ambush of rogue consonants and surprise vowels."
• Iron Dome, explained & visualized - "How it works: Israel's Iron Dome defense system." The mobile air defense system is made up of 10 batteries that each carry three to four maneuverable missile launchers. Their strategic placement provides a defense barrier against rockets, mortars and drones for up to 60 square miles of populated areas and Israel has in the past boasted of a success rate over 90%.
• Ironman World Championship Doesn’t Happen in Kona, Did It Even Happen? - "The iconic one-day world championship event has outgrown the small town on the island of Hawaii. But will triathletes follow the race outside of Kona?"
• I.R.S. Routinely Audited Obama & Biden, Raising Questions Over Delays for Trump - "The revelation that the agency had not audited Donald J. Trump during his first two years in office despite a mandatory presidential audit program raised concerns about potential politicization."
• Is civilisation about to collapse? - "Are we on the road to civilisation collapse? Studying the demise of historic civilisations can tell us how much risk we face today, says collapse expert Luke Kemp. Worryingly, the signs are worsening."
• Is Fish Oil Helpful or Harmful? - The New York Times.
• Is pollution as ageing as the sun? - The Telegraph.
• Is It Time for an Apple Watch? - The New York Times.
• Is it time we gave nuclear power another chance? - "Clean, green and capable of powering an energy-hungry future... right?"
• Is modern life ruining our powers of concentration? - "Is the ping of a text stealing our focus or do we just lack willpower? And could mindless scrolling ever be good for our brains? Elle Hunt unpacks some surprising truths."
• Is society coming apart? - "Despite Thatcher and Reagan’s best efforts, there is and has always been such a thing as society. The question is not whether it exists, but what shape it must take in a post-pandemic world."
• Is That Cappuccino You’re Drinking Really a Cappuccino? - The New York Times.
• Is the internet killing our brains? - The Guardian.
• Israel Aims to Recreate Wine That Jesus & King David Drank - The New York Times.
• Israel behind deadly pager explosions that targeted Hezbollah & injured thousands in Lebanon - "Hezbollah vows retaliation against Israel for deadly pager explosions across Lebanon."
• Israel-Hamas war: How a surprise encounter ended in the death of Hamas' leader - "Israel spent more than a year hunting Yahya Sinwar. Here’s what we know about the operation that killed a key October 7 mastermind."
• Israel-Hamas war: How a year of war laid waste the Gaza Strip - visualised - "Maps, charts and satellite images show damage to buildings across the Gaza Strip since the conflict with Israel began."
• Israel-Hamas war: How Israel has made trauma a weapon of war - "A year later, memorials to the 7 October attacks use art, virtual reality and dark tourism to stir support for limitless violence. But there is a different way to remember."
• Israel-Hamas war: How Israeli soldiers stumbled upon Israel's most wanted man - "Killing Sinwar: A chance encounter after a yearlong manhunt for the head of Hamas. Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar didn’t use cell phones and other electronic communications. Instead, he sent written notes to convey his directions."
• Israel-Hamas war: How war destroyed Gaza's neighbourhoods - visual investigation - "Satellite imagery and open-source evidence lay bare the destruction to civilian infrastructure by Israel in its war on Hamas."
• Israel-Hamas war: Marking a year since 7 October attacks - in pictures - "Candlelight vigils and memorial services in Israel and around the world mark the anniversary of the 7 October attacks by Hamas."
• Israel-Hamas war: One year in Israel since the 7 October attack - photo essay - "Photographer for Getty Images Amir Levy talks about some of his most powerful images taken throughout the year since the 7 October attack by Hamas."
• Israel-Hamas war: Who are the hostages still in Gaza? Israel’s missing & dead in photos - "A year on from October 7, nearly 100 people are still in Hamas captivity. Use the interactive graphic to read their stories."
• Israel plans to use lasers to shoot down incoming missiles - "Israel expects its 'Iron Beam' laser defense system to be operational within one year, saying it will bring 'a new era of warfare' as it engages in a war of drones and missiles with Iran and its regional partners."
• Israel tried to frustrate US lawsuit over Pegasus spyware, leak suggests - "Officials seized documents from NSO Group to try to stop handover of information about notorious hacking tool, files suggest."
• Israel's borders explained in maps - "More than 70 years after Israel declared statehood, its borders are yet to be entirely settled. Wars, treaties and occupation mean the shape of the Jewish state has changed over time, and in parts is still undefined."
• ISSUU - you publish. Turns your documents into beautiful online publications.
• It is still 90 seconds to midnight - "This year, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists leaves the hands of the Doomsday Clock unchanged due to ominous trends that continue to point the world toward global catastrophe."
• It Outage: Widespread technology outage disrupts flights, banks, media outlets & companies around the world - "A global technology outage grounded flights, knocked banks offline and media outlets off air on Friday in a massive disruption that affected companies and services around the world and highlighted dependence on software from a handful of providers."
• It's been 25 years since the first SMS message was sent - Mirror Online.
• It’s not 8 glasses a day anymore - "Here’s how much water you should drink each day. The National Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine recommends an average daily water intake of about 125 ounces for men and about 91 ounces for women. If you’re not filling up a bottle to exactly that amount every day, you’re probably still close or even over, because you also get water from food, says Scott."
• It’s not 10,000 steps a day anymore. Here’s how a more personalized step goal can help with weight management - "The most meaningful tracking method for daily physical activity is step counting. Counting steps is far more than a fad: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services dedicated a sizable portion of its most recent physical activity guidelines to documenting the relationship between daily step counts and several chronic diseases."
• It’s settled: 6.1 inches is the ideal smartphone screen size - "Is it small? Is it big? Nobody can tell."
• It’s Time for Fancy Apartments to Offer Balconies for Drone landings - Wired.
• It’s totally OK to buy the new iPhone every year - "The decision to upgrade to the new iPhone each year can feel torturous. Replacing a perfectly fine iPhone with one that’s better in one or two ways can feel like some kind of moral failure. Personally, I’ve very intrigued by and appreciate the latest experience Apple provides with the iPhone. Much less so with updating my wardrobe on a regular basis."
• it is time for some home truths about obesity - Daily Mail.
• Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English words - "Italians who use English and other foreign words in official communications could face fines of up to €100,000 ($108,705) under new legislation introduced by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party."
• Italian town sells off homes with prices starting at just over $3 - "Italy’s cheap homes hot spot puts more up for sale. Dwindling Italian towns have been pulling out all the stops to lure new residents in recent years, with several one-euro home schemes launching across the country."
• Italian village being repopulated by Americans - "As foreigners flock to buy old, inexpensive houses in Italy, one group has gone a step further, helping to revive a depopulated town. Irsina, deep in the southern Basilicata region, is home to over 300 non-Italians from 12 different countries, alongside 4,000 local residents."
• Italian village with the 'elixir' of healthy life - "It's a place of terraced lemon groves, a paradoxically warm mountain breeze, and a powerful fat-killing gene carried by a few lucky residents. Limone sul Garda, a picturesque fishing village set on the shores of Lake Garda in Italy's northern Lombardy region, is an unusual destination of barely 1,000 residents."
• Italy bans cruise ships from Venice lagoon after Unesco threat - "Spurred to act quickly after Unesco threatened to put Venice on its endangered list unless Italy permanently banned cruise ships from docking in the world heritage site, the government said on Tuesday that vessels weighing more than 25,000 tonnes would be barred from the lagoon from 1 August."
• Italy is now Europe's most backward country - Britain is a close second - "Britain risks following Italy into a spiral of permanent economic stagnation."
• Italy seeks Unesco heritage status for espresso coffee - "Italy is to apply for Unesco status for espresso coffee, claiming it is 'much more than a simple drink'. The drink quickly became an integral part of the national identity after its creation in Turin in the 19th century. It follows the art of the Neapolitan pizza-maker being added to the UN agency’s list of the world’s intangible heritage in 2017 as Italy aims to secure the worldwide status for another of its successful symbols."
• Italy wants to build the world’s longest suspension bridge. The Mafia & geography might make that difficult - "There is a popular saying in Italian - similar to how Anglophones use 'when hell freezes over' - that translates as 'I’ll do it when the bridge to Messina is finished.'"
• Ivan Boesky, Wall Street financier who coined ‘greed is good’, dies aged 87 - "Known as ‘Ivan The Terrible’, the risk arbitrage maven fell from glory in one of the biggest insider trading scandals of the 1980s."
• Ivana Trump, an ex-wife of former President Trump, dies at 73 - "Ivana Trump died after 'falling down staircase of NYC townhouse."
• Ivanka Trump almost landed one of the world's biggest jobs - "As The Atlantic reported in 2019, Trump considered putting his daughter in charge of the world's main source of financial assistance for developing countries ø he may even have been quite keen. With nearly $100 billion in loan commitments this year alone, the World Bank is a global leader in the struggle against poverty. Apparently, the former president believed this was a good mission for his eldest child. He was stopped from appointing her by the intervention of Steve Mnuchin."
• Ivana Trump Left Behind $34 Million. Here’s What Is In Her Will - "A Manhattan townhouse, a Miami Beach condo, some French property and her dog Tiger Trump are among the items to be split between Ivana Trump’s kids, a former nanny and a mysterious friend."
• Ivana Trump’s Funeral, a Gold-Hued Coffin & the Secret Service - "On Wednesday afternoon, when a funeral was held for Ms. Trump at an Upper East Side Catholic church, former President Donald J. Trump, along with his current wife, Melania, was there, seated in the front row, across from their three children: Ivanka, Eric and Donald Jr. The Trump Organization had handled the funeral arrangements, and the coffin had a gold hue. The Secret Service stood by."

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• J.D. Vance: 27 Facts About J.D. Vance, Trump's Pick for V.P. - "Mr. Vance spilled scores of details about his life in his coming-of-age memoir. We’ve collected the highlights."
• Jack Smith: The special counsel investigating Donald Trump - "He is currently overseeing two separate criminal investigations into a former American president, but Jack Smith is no stranger to bringing high-stakes cases."
• Jack Teixeira's charges in full: 'Top secret' access, leak searches & the Espionage Act - "Criminal charges filed against Jack Teixeira, the man alleged to have leaked sensitive US defence documents, shed new light on his access to classified documents, his career in the military, and the timeline of events leading up to his arrest on 13 April."
• Jack the Ripper identity: mystery ‘solved’ in new book - The Telegraph.
• Jackie Kennedy Ate in a Day - "Jackie Kennedy took her breakfast in bed. Every morning, a White House butler brought a tray of toast with honey, orange juice, and coffee with skim milk. For lunch, the first lady had a cup of broth and a slim sandwich (which, on occasion, was grilled cheese.) Her dinner of choice? Cold poached salmon, followed by lamb with potatoes, string beans, and ice cream."
• Jackie Kennedy: The First Instagram First Lady - The New York Times.
• Jackie Kennedy: The Secret History of Jackie Kennedy, the Mona Lisa & the French Ambassador's Wife - "Jackie may have brought Leonardo's masterpiece to Washington in 1963, but she didn’t do it alone."
• Jackie Kennedy's favourite hotels - The Telegraph.
• Jackie Kennedy’s Former D.C. Home Is On The Market For $26.5 Million - "The storied mansion where former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy stayed following the assassination in 1963 of her husband, President John F. Kennedy, is listed for $26.5 million. She bought the 18th-century residence in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., known as the Baker House, to be her personal home, but decided to relocate a year later as the four-bedroom, four bathroom home attracted too much attention from the public and especially the paparazzi. The Georgetown home, now combined with two other homes, spans 16,300 square feet with 13 bedrooms."
• Jackie Kennedy's Pink Suit from Assassination Locked Up Until the Year 2103 - "Jackie Kennedy’s pink suit, worn on the day of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, is one of the most heartbreaking reminders of the horror of Nov. 22, 1963. But it won’t be seen again until at least 2103 - or perhaps ever."
• Jackson Hole Economic Symposium - the most elite banking conference in the world. Annual symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City since 1978, and held in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, since 1981. The symposium focuses on an important economic issue that faces U.S. and world economies. Participants include prominent central bankers and finance ministers, as well as academic luminaries and leading financial market players from around the world.
• Jada Pinkett Smith on prejudice, typecasting & the fallout from that slap - "She’s been picked apart by gossip columnists, stereotyped and had her alopecia become part of a global scandal. But now, as her new series hits our screens, the star is being zen about it all ..."
• Jamaica, Beyond the Beach - The New York Times.
• Jamal Khashoggi's body parts found - Sky News.
• James Bond Collection - "Shop James Bond shirts and ties from Turnbull & Asser. Inspired by the original pieces created for Dr. No, Casino Royale, Die Another Day and more, recreated using authentic records from the archive."
• JAMES BOND INTERACTIVE TRAVEL MAP - "See where Mr. Bond has traveled to."
• James Bond: ‘That’s Our Bond!’ - "What it took to turn a little-known, working-class actor named Sean Connery into the high-living, suave James Bond."
• James Webb telescope takes super sharp view of early cosmos - "The first full-colour picture from the new James Webb Space Telescope has been released - and it doesn't disappoint. The image is said to be the deepest, most detailed infrared view of the Universe to date, containing the light from galaxies that has taken many billions of years to reach us."
• Jane Birkin: Decades of Effortless Elegance - "The British-French singer, actress and style icon may have been known as the inspiration for the Birkin bag, but she was so much more."
• Jane Birkin: Tragic details of Jane Birkin’s last moments are revealed - "It emerges she was spending a night alone for the first time in two years when she died as she tried to regain independence during cancer battle."
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• Jane Birkin’s original HermÈs bag goes on sale - "Jane Birkin's namesake Hermès bag is up for auction for the first time in 25 years, hitting the Sotheby's block on July 10."
• 7 Secret Details About Jane Birkin's Original Birkin Revealed - "Read on to discover each of the seven unique design details that make Jane’s Original Birkin one of the most extraordinary handbags in fashion history: 1. Shoulder Strap - 2. Size - 3. Hardware - 4. Metal Rings (Pontet) - 5. Bottom Studs - 6. Inner Zip - 7. Stamped J.B. - Final Fun Fact: The Nail Clipper."
• Jane Bond - "I spy 007 actors perfect for the role."
• Jane's Defence Weekly - since 1984. (Abbreviated as JDW) is a weekly magazine reporting on military and corporate affairs. It is one of a number of military-related publications named after John F. T. Jane, an Englishman who first published Jane's All the World's Fighting Ships in 1898.
• Janet Yellen explains her ‘magic mushroom’ experience in China - "US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen ate a “magic mushroom” on a recent trip to Beijing, but the aftereffects don’t sound that special. CNN’s Erin Burnett spoke to her Monday, asking about the 'mushroom experience' that set off a social media frenzy and dramatically boosted business for a Yunnan restaurant chain, where Yellen ate the local jian shou qing. 'There was a delicious mushroom dish. I was not aware that these mushrooms had hallucinogenic properties. I learned that later,' Yellen said about the group dinner that clarified that she didn’t organize nor did she do the ordering."
• January 1st: A brief history of the Times Square New Year's Eve ball drop - "How did this New Year's Eve celebration start, and why do we commemorate the occasion by watching a ball descend down a pole? Since crowds first began gathering in Times Square to commemorate New Year’s Eve over a century ago, it has been a ritual to flock to midtown’s brightly lit chaos to ring in new beginnings. At 11:59 p.m. a dazzling ball descends down a pole, while attendees - and millions of people tuning in from home - count down from 60. At the stroke of midnight, the crowd erupts into a cacophony of sound, often pulling their loved one in for a ceremonial kiss."
• January 1st: Sydney New Year's Eve - "The official Sydney New Year's Eve site: Your complete guide to experience the celebrations."
• January 1st: Sydney's plan to be ‘the New Year’s Eve Capital of the World’ - "Why this city considers itself the world's capital of New Year's Eve."
• January 1st: Who Decided January 1st Is the New Year? - TIME.
• January 6 committee: Explaining the criminal charges January 6 committee recommended for Trump - "After 16 months of investigation, the January 6 committee recommended four separate charges for former president Donald Trump and his associates. While these referrals do not carry legal weight, the justice department may consider the House panel's recommendations as part of their own inquiry into Mr Trump's actions after the 2020 election."
• January 6 committee refers Trump to Department of Justice on 4 criminal charges - "The January 6 committee used its final public meeting Monday to summarize its 17-month investigation with a simple closing statement: All roads lead to Donald Trump."
• January 6 committee releases final report, says Trump should be barred from office - "The recommendation is among the conclusions of the panel’s final report, a comprehensive overview of the bipartisan panel’s findings on how Trump and his allies sought to overturn the 2020 presidential election, released late Thursday evening."
• January 6 may have just been a dress rehearsal - "The January 6 insurrection was both a peak of contemporary American White nationalism and a dress rehearsal for what will likely come next. Simply put, the attack on the US Capitol was the culmination of political trends in the United States that have festered for decades - and a warning from history about how the politics of the next several years may unfold."
• January 6 report review: 845 pages, countless crimes, one simple truth - Trump did it - "The House committee has done its work. The result is a riveting read, utterly damning of the former president and his followers."
• Japan just found 7,000 islands it didn’t know it had - "Japan has recounted its islands - and discovered it has 7,000 more than it previously thought. Digital mapping by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) recently found there to be 14,125 islands in Japanese territory, more than double the figure of 6,852 that has been in official use since a 1987 report by Japan’s Coast Guard."
• Japan Just Knocked The U.S. Off The Top Of A Ranking Of The World’s Most Powerful Supercomputers - "A widely followed ranking of the world’s most powerful supercomputers has put a Japanese machine called Fugaku at number one, ousting Summit, a U.S. supercomputer at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory."
• Japan's best castles to visit at least once - "During Japan's Sengoku "Warring States" era (1467-1615), castles were constructed, bolstered and fortified all across the Japanese archipelago, resulting in approximately 5,000 individual keeps."
• 'Japandi': Why Japanese-meets-Scandi design is taking over the internet - "The cozy cleanliness of Scandinavian interiors and the minimalist beauty of traditional Japanese decor have made them both staples of modern home design. Now, there's a growing trend combining the two: 'Japandi.'"
• Japanese giant Gundam robot shows off its moves - "The robot, which has been in the works since 2014, stands nearly 60 feet high and weighs 24 tons, with more than 200 pieces made from a mixture of steel and carbon fiber-reinforced plastic, according to the company that created it."
• Japanese love Hawaii - "The story behind Japan's enduring love affair with Hawaii."
• Japanese restaurants say they’re not charging tourists more - they’re just charging locals less - "Kudos to you if you can speak perfect Japanese and order food at a neighborhood sushi bar in Tokyo. If you can, chances are that on your next trip to Japan, you may be able to score a better deal by blending in as a local."
• Jay Leno details how his ‘face caught on fire’ in first interview since accident - "In an interview with Hoda Kotb from 'Today,' his first since the November 12 incident, the comedian, 72, said he was working underneath an antique 1907 car alongside his friend Dave Killackey when a series of events led to his injuries."
• JCONNECT - cheap phone & fax numbers worldwide by email.
• JD Salinger estate finally agrees to ebook editions - "Author’s son explains that wish for accessibility has persuaded trustees to look past his father’s dislike of digital media."
• JDPOWER.COM - making it easier to be a consumer.
• J Edgar Hoover & a history of white nationalism - "A new book looks back at the long-serving FBI director’s devotion to keeping America a white Christian republic and the devastating effect he had."
• Jeddah Tower: What does the world's next tallest skyscraper look like now? - "The tower will be the crown jewel of Jeddah Economic City, a commercial and residential project of 57 million square feet (5.3 million square meters), that will feature homes, hotels and offices, as well as tourist attractions. Height: 3,280ft Architect: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture."
• JEFF BEZOS & THE CLOCK THAT WILL OUTLAST CIVILIZATION - Wired.
• Jeff Bezos applauded for going public about Enquirer 'extortion' attempt - CNN Business.
• Jeff Bezos Goes to War - "Daddy Warbucks Goes to War."
• Jeff Bezos Is Buying Three NYC Condos Worth a Combined $80 Million - "The tech giant’s chief executive officer is buying three condos at Manhattan’s 212 Fifth Ave. with a total value of about $80 million."
• Jeff Bezos Made Over $7.9 Million An Hour Every Hour In 2023 - "In Under 13 Minutes, He Brought In The Equivalent Of What The Typical Person Earns In A Lifetime. Amazon.com Inc. Founder Jeff Bezos, a key figure in modern business, saw a massive increase in his net worth from $107 billion in early 2023 to $177 billion a year later, marking a $70 billion gain, according to Fortune. This equates to an increase of $191,780,822 per day or about $7,990,868 per hour."
• Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg & Sam Altman Among The Billionaires Investing In Anti-Aging Technology. Who Else Wants To Live Forever? - "Billionaires like to shape how people live, from the cars they drive to the phones they use. Many billionaires are also turning their attention to how long people live, by investing in a number of biotech startup companies and research groups."
• Jeff Bezos v the world: why all companies fear 'death by Amazon' - The Guardian.
• Jeff Bezos's empire: how Amazon became the world's biggest retailer - The Guardian.
• Jeff Bezos's phone 'hacked by Saudi crown prince' - "Exclusive: investigation suggests Washington Post owner was targeted five months before murder of Jamal Khashoggi. The Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos had his mobile phone 'hacked' in 2018 after receiving a WhatsApp message that had apparently been sent from the personal account of the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, sources have told the Guardian."
• Jeffrey Epstein details close relationship with Trump in newly released tapes - "Recordings from 2017 reveal Epstein talking for some ‘100 hours’ about the ex-president, journalist Michael Wolff says."
• Jeffrey Epstein: Dozens of documents naming Jeffrey Epstein’s victims & associates to be made public in 2024 - "The order, issued Monday by Judge Loretta A. Preska, is the latest filing in a settled case by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, an American woman who claimed Epstein sexually abused her while she was a minor and that Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s former girlfriend and longtime accomplice, aided in the abuse."
• Jeffrey Epstein files: ‘It’s a bigger story than the world has ever known’ - "The paedophile financier has been linked to countless famous people but what could Trump’s task force uncover about his crimes and contacts?"
• Jeffrey Epstein: Inside his final days in his Manhattan jail cell - "Inside Jeffrey Epstein's final days: Sleepless nights, 'calling' his DEAD mother and sitting in the corner of his cell covering his ears... as new records also reveal he'd been treated for chlamydia and admitted how many women he'd slept with."
• Jeffrey Epstein: JPMorgan allegedly processed more than $1bn for Epstein over 16 years - "Lawyers for US Virgin Islands claimed the bank reported the transactions as suspicious to the treasury following his death. JPMorgan reported the transactions as suspicious to the US treasury department following Epstein’s suicide in 2019, Mimi Liu, a lawyer for the territory, said at a hearing concerning its lawsuit against the largest US bank."
• Jeffrey Epstein: Judge orders surprise release of Epstein transcripts - "A judge in Florida has ordered the surprise release of graphic transcripts from the state's 2006 prosecution of paedophile Jeffrey Epstein - a probe that ended with the millionaire financier receiving a legal slap on the wrist."
• Jeffrey Epstein 'threatened to expose Bill Gates' 2010 affair with a Russian bridge player - after he refused to participate in a multibillion-dollar charitable fund with JPMorgan.
• Jeffrey Epstein's death really suicide? - "As questions are raised over 'missing CCTV' and 'unusual neck injuries' and Ghislaine Maxwell insists he was murdered, read our gripping account of paedophile financier’s final hours."
• Jeffrey Epstein's former pilot testifies Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Prince Andrew flew aboard Epstein's private plane - "The pilot, Larry Visoski, said he would typically be given notice if Clinton or high-profile passengers like him would be flying. He recalled renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman flew to Michigan with Epstein for the Interlochen Center for the Arts summer camp. He said he remembered Prince Andrew, Maine Sen. George Mitchell, Ohio Sen. John Glenn and actor Kevin Spacey on flights."
• Jehovah's Witnesses say goodbye to tracking proselytizing hours - "Timekeepers no more, rank-and-file Jehovah’s Witnesses say goodbye to tracking proselytizing hours. Jehovah’s Witnesses are well-known for proselytizing door-to-door and handing out their literature on city streets. Less known to the general public, their adherents have been required for the past century to make regular reports to their congregation’s leaders on how many hours they put into such ministry. But in a historic shift, that practice ended this month."
• Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Brooklyn Headquarters for Sale - The New York Times.
• Jellyfish spotted in Venice as lockdown leaves canals clear - "A biologist captured mesmerising video of a jellyfish gliding between reflections of Venetian palaces on Easter Sunday."
• Jens Stoltenberg warns against conflict spiralling into Russia-Nato war - "Nato chief says alliance working ‘every day’ to avoid the fighting turning into a wider war."
• Jeremy Strong Isn't Sure He Knows Who He Is - "For years, Jeremy Strong was a relatively anonymous, steadily gigging actor. He did theater and some recurring TV work. Then 'Succession' changed everything. The hit HBO show, a biting satire about the emotionally dysfunctional, media-conglomerate-running Roy family, became an icon of 21st-century television. Within it, Strong created an icon of his own with his portrayal of the damaged and tragically self-defeating eldest son, Kendall Roy."
• JERRY SEINFELD - Personal Archives. Showing three new film clips each day.
• Jerry Seinfeld Can No Longer Be About Nothing - "The comedian, long beloved for his apolitical riffs, has been wrestling with what it means to be Jewish amid the Israel-Hamas war. Not everyone is pleased."
• Jerry Springer, former Cincinnati mayor & talk show host, dead at 79 - "Jerry Springer, the former Cincinnati mayor and and long time TV host whose tabloid talk show was known for outrageous arguments, thrown chairs and physical confrontations between sparring couples and homewreckers, has died, a family spokesperson said Thursday. Springer was 79."
• Jerry Springer Show: his most outrageous TV moments - "The death of the controversial talk show host leaves behind a wealth of hand-to-mouth moments that defined his shock-heavy career."
• Jerry Springer Show turns 25: 10 most outrageous moments - The Guardian.
• Jerry Springer: the man who changed US television for better & worse - "The host synonymous with hand-to-mouth television was also a progressive political mind and groundbreaking changemaker."
• Jesus, a man of color? Why this question matters more than ever - "As Christians celebrate Easter, they're faced with an uncomfortable truth about the true face of Jesus."
• Jesus baptism site makeover aims to draw a million Christians in 2030 - "Today the River Jordan lacks its biblical proportions, but some 200,000 visitors still flock to the traditional spot for Christian baptisms in Jordan in a typical year."
• Jet Lag: Get Back in the Rhythm - "Insomnia, drowsiness and bain fog can all take some of the fun out of your first days in a faraway place. You can't avoid jet lag, but you can follow some tips to bounce back faster." The New York Times.
• Jet lag hits differently depending on your travel direction. Here are 6 tips to get over it - "The term 'jet lag' describes the physical and cognitive symptoms people experience when traveling quickly across several timezones. Before you leave for a trip, you’re synchronized to your local time. Once you enter a new timezone, your body’s rhythms are no longer lined up with the clock on the wall. That’s when jet lag symptoms hit. You’re sleepy when you want to be awake, and wide awake when you want to be asleep. You’re hungry in the middle of the night, and might feel bloated or nauseous if you eat during the day. Until your body clock and all the rhythms it controls line up with the new local time, you are physiologically and mentally discombobulated. Not a happy vacation vibe!"
• JETMAN - Yves Rossy (born 27 August 1959) is a Swiss military-trained pilot and an aviation enthusiast. He is known as the inventor of a series of experimental individual jet packs, the latest using carbon-fiber wings for flight. Often referred to as "Jetman", Rossy has sometimes tested and presented new versions of his jetpacks in high-profile events staged around the world.
• JetZero: Groundbreaking ‘blended-wing’ demonstrator plane cleared to fly - "A seismic shake-up is about to take place. An entirely new aircraft shape has been cleared to take off into California skies. The basic design of commercial airplanes hasn’t changed much in the past 60 years. Modern airliners like the Boeing 787 and the Airbus A350 have the same general shape as the Boeing 707 and the Douglas DC-8, which were built in the late 1950s and solidified the 'tube and wing' form factor that is still in use today."
• Jewish groups condemn $150m Nazi-linked jewel sale - "Jewish groups have condemned the multi-million dollar sale of jewels belonging to a billionaire whose husband made his fortune in Nazi Germany. Heidi Horten was an Austrian heiress whose German husband, Helmut Horten, had been a Nazi party member. Christie's auction house is now putting 700 pieces of jewellery, estimated to be worth more than $150 million, under the hammer. The proceeds will go to charity, including Holocaust research, and Christie's will also make a 'significant contribution' to good causes."
• J.F.K. Assassination Witness Breaks His Silence & Raises New Questions - "The account of Paul Landis, one of the Secret Service agents just feet away from John F. Kennedy when he was struck down, could change the understanding of what happened in Dallas in 1963. He still remembers the first gunshot. For an instant, standing on the running board of the motorcade car, he entertained the vain hope that maybe it was just a firecracker or a blown tire. But he knew guns and he knew better. Then came another shot. And another. And the president slumped down." The New York Times.
• JFK experts scour newly unsealed assassination files - "Trump said beforehand that 80,000 pages would be unsealed. Of the 1,123 documents included in Tuesday's release from the National Archives and Records Administration, it was not immediately clear how much material was new. Many documents have previously been released in partially redacted form."
• JFK files: 4 key takeaways from release of JFK files - "1) More on Oswald - but no bombshells. 2) Intelligence methods revealed. 3) Old theories resurrected. 4) Are the files completely unredacted? As many experts expected, this latest release by the Trump administration does not answer all lingering questions about one of America's historic turning points - the 1963 killing of Kennedy in Dallas."
• JFK files: ‘Everything will be revealed’ - "President also asks for documents on the assassination of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King to be made public."
• J.F.K.: The assassination of JFK: One of the US's biggest mysteries - "With new revelations calling into question the theory of the 'lone gunman', Clare Thorp explores how JFK's assassination continues to live on in popular culture."
• Jimmy Carter is setting a new record for American presidents. It’s important for everyone - "Jimmy Carter sets a new record on October 1, his birthday, when he will become the first American president to reach triple digits. It’s a milestone more and more Americans will reach in the years to come - and something the American social safety net is not prepared for."
• Jimmy Carter’s Presidency Was Not What You Think - "The man was not what you think. He was tough. He was extremely intimidating. Jimmy Carter was probably the most intelligent, hard-working and decent man to have occupied the Oval Office in the 20th century."
• Jimmy Hoffa’s body in New Jersey landfill after deathbed tip - "FBI confirms search for the Teamster boss, who disappeared in July 1975, had begun again after a 2020 deathbed tip from landfill worker."
• Jimmy Wales: I don't regret not monetising Wikipedia - The Telegraph.
• Joe Biden accuses Vladimir Putin of committing genocide in Ukraine - "US president says Russian leader is ‘trying to wipe out the idea of even being Ukrainian’ in comments welcomed by Voldymyr Zelenskiy."
• Joe Biden dog Commander bit Secret Service agents at least 24 times - "US Secret Service records show the extent to which the German Shepherd caused chaos for the presidential bodyguards."
• Joe Rogan: rise of a highly controversial cultural power - "In a row over Covid misinformation, Spotify sided with the wildly successful podcast host over Neil Young."
• Joe the dinosaur
• John Bercow on friends, enemies and the drama of Brexit - "'I was never goind to be a nodding donkey.' After a decade as Speaker, he recalls toxic times in the House of Commons and gives his no-holds-barred verdict on the key players."
• john cleese on political correctness - The Big Think.
• John F. Kennedy: National Archives releases thousands of JFK assassination documents - "The National Archives on Thursday released thousands of previously classified documents collected as part of the government review into the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The cache of over 13,000 documents is the second of two JFK assassination-related document dumps that President Joe Biden ordered last year when the White House postponed a public release because of the Covid-19 pandemic."
• John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette Kennedy's last days - "Questions swirled around John and Carolyn in the summer of 1999 - about their marriage, their careers, their futures, and most of all, what led them to make the tragic choice to board John’s tiny airplane that foggy night in July."
• John Hinckley Jr. & the Madness of American Political Violence - "Forty-three years ago, he shot the president in a delusional bid for attention - one in a long line of disturbed young men who have bent the arc of the nation’s history."
• John le CarrÉ: I was beaten by my father, abandoned by my mother - The Guardian.
• John Lennon & Yoko Ono: his affairs, binges & diet pills - "For years the radio host Elliot Mintz was the only person the former Beatle and his wife trusted. Now, he has written a book about his intense relationship with the couple: 'John, meanwhile, was every bit as charming, funny and intelligent as he came across in public. But I gradually discovered he was far from perfect. For starters, for a guy who aspired to be a world-shaking peacemaker - a thought leader on a par with Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr and Nelson Mandela - he was surprisingly uninformed about historic figures like, well, Gandhi, King and Mandela. Yoko was even more airy and ethereal in private than she was in the media. She could be a fountain of aphorisms, dispensing endless nuggets of Zen-like philosophy. Her haiku-esque homilies on manifesting one’s desires or the wisdom of the nonrational mind could be a bit much for some people.'"
• John Lennon’s Long-Lost Patek Philippe 2499 Has Been Found, Phillips Watch Exec Claims - "Has one of the great watch mysteries finally been solved? On Thursday, Phillips executive Arthur Touchot announced on his Instagram that one of the great mysteries plaguing the watch world has been solved: John Lennon’s long-lost Patek Philippe Ref. 2499 Perpetual Calendar Chronograph has been found."
• John Malkovich on (Really) Being John Malkovich - "He has played a million different parts, but somehow they’re all defined by the unmistakable, enigmatic, magnetic presence of Malkovich."
• John McAfee obituary - "Controversial antivirus software pioneer who entered US politics and became a fugitive from justice."
• John McCain's joke about Chelsea Clinton - "McCain’s 1998 joke about Clinton packed in several layers of misogyny and was dubbed ‘too vile to repeat’."
• Jon Fosse wins the 2023 Nobel prize in literature - "The Norwegian author of novels, short stories and Pinteresque drama was praised by the judges for ‘giving voice to the unsayable’."
• Jon Stewart, Sarcastic Critic of Politics & Media, Is Signing Off - The New York Times.
• Jonestown: What it’s like visiting Jonestown in Guyana, the settlement where more than 900 Americans died by murder-suicide - "Nearly 50 years ago, followers of the Reverend Jim Jones killed US Congressman Leo Ryan. He had come to the remote settlement of Jonestown to investigate claims that some of the church’s members, nearly all Americans, many from his district in San Francisco, were being held against their will."
• Jony Ive: 8 hits & 8 misses from 20 years at Apple - "Sir Jony Ive is stepping down as head of Apple’s product design after more than 20 years. We look at the key hits and big misses of the world’s largest firm, from the company-revolutionising iMac G3 to the iPhone via the iPod Hi-Fi, the butterfly keyboard and the ill-conceived Magic Mouse 2."
• Jony Ive Is Building an Empire of His Own - "Five years after leaving Apple, the iPhone designer is forging a new life in San Francisco, one imaginative building at a time."
• Jony Ive Is Leaving the Company After Nearly 3 Decades - TIME Magazine.
• Jony Ive made the entire tech world care about design - The Verge.
• Jony Ive on what he misses most about Steve Jobs - "Jony Ive pens WSJ piece in remembrance of Steve Jobs: ‘I think about Steve every day’."
• Jony Ive’s latest design is the emblem for King Charles’ coronation - "It’s actually not the first design that Ive has made for the king."
• Joseph Goebbels: Berlin wants to give away Joseph Goebbels’ countryside villa - "Berlin’s finance minister says property owned by Hitler’s propaganda minister will be demolished if taker not found."
• Joseph Goebbels’ 105-year-old secretary - The Guardian.
• Joseph Stiglitz: tax high earners at 70% to tackle widening inequality - "Nobel prize-winning economist calls for new top rate of income tax and 2-3% wealth tax on fortunes."
• Journaling for Emotional Wellness - "Journaling helps control your symptoms and improve your mood by: Helping you prioritize problems, fears, and concerns. Tracking any symptoms day-to-day so that you can recognize triggers and learn ways to better control them. Providing an opportunity for positive self-talk and identifying negative thoughts and behaviors." University of Rochester Medical Center.
• Joys & Perils of Return Travel - "For those of us who love to travel, the question of whether to revisit a place is a repeated conundrum. You go back to some places to see certain people or to visit in the company of new people. You return to see what you missed or to see it again."
• JPMorgan allegedly processed more than $1bn for Epstein over 16 years - "Lawyers for US Virgin Islands claimed the bank reported the transactions as suspicious to the treasury following his death. JPMorgan reported the transactions as suspicious to the US treasury department following Epstein’s suicide in 2019, Mimi Liu, a lawyer for the territory, said at a hearing concerning its lawsuit against the largest US bank."
• Julian Assange, a Man Without a Country - The New Yorker.
• Julian Assange lands in Australia afer leaving US court a free man - "He pleaded guilty to one charge in the court in the Northern Mariana Islands on Wednesday, bringing a years-long case to an end."
• Julian Assange launches legal action against Ecuador - "WikiLeaks founder accuses government of violating his ‘rights and freedoms’."
• Julian Assange: the WikiLeaks founder’s fight for freedom - in pictures - "Assange has been released from prison after striking a deal with the US justice department. We look back at his life so far, including his time in custody, his interactions with supporters and celebrities at the Ecuadorian embassy in London - and the global protests calling for his freedom."
• Julian Assange: US reportedly considering plea deal offer for Julian Assange - "But lawyers for WikiLeaks founder say they have been 'given no indication' Washington will change approach in espionage case."
• Julian Assange's $6M embassy stay ending? - "The house guest who overstayed his welcome?"
• Julian Assange’s mission was to change the world - but at what cost? - "Julian Assange started his WikiLeaks whistleblowing website on a quest for “radical transparency and truth,” a mission that turned an already polarizing personality into a notorious character and earned him crusaders and critics in equal measure."
• Julian Fellowes Project, ‘Belgravia,’ Treads New Digital Ground - The New York Times.
• Julius Caesar: Square where Julius Caesar was killed will open to public in Rome - "Tourists in the city will be able to examine the spot where the Roman dictator was said to have been murdered."
• July 4th: 10 Scathing Political Satires to Stream This - Wired.
• Junk mail: how one click can lead to a deluge - "When piles of unsolicited mail and catalogues thud through the letterbox, ask yourself: how do they get your details and how can you stop it?"
• Just How Much Power Do Your Electronics Use When They Are ‘Off’? - The New York Times.
• Just 2 minutes of walking after eating can help blood sugar, study says - "For centuries, people in the sunny Mediterranean would get up after long, leisurely meals and take a walk, often to the town square to see neighbors and socialize. Walking is so much a part of that lifestyle it is listed as a foundation of the Über-healthy Mediterranean diet."

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• K2 the new Mount Everest? - "K2 just had its busiest climbing season ever. The world's second highest mountain, K2 in Pakistan, has welcomed a record-breaking number of climbers this year amid a post-pandemic surge of summit fever."
• KALASHNIKOV STORE OPENS AT MOSCOW AIRPORT - Reuters.
• Kamala Harris: 5 takeaways from Kamala Harris’ one-on-one interview with ‘60 Minutes’ - "Vice President Kamala Harris faced tough questions about how she’d pay for her economic plans, whether Democrats were too slow to enact border security measures, how she’d confront Russia over its war in Ukraine and more in a wide-ranging '60 Minutes' interview that aired Monday."
• Kamala Harris: 13 Things We Learned From Harris’s Interview With Howard Stern - "In a lengthy sit-down, the veteran radio host extracted an array of new details about Kamala Harris's life."
• Kamala Harris: Key Takeaways from CNN’s interview with Harris & Walz - "In the interview, Harris explained how her positions on issues including fracking and border security have evolved since she first ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2019."
• Kamala Harris or Trump? The Prophet of Presidential Elections Is Ready to Call the Race - "Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are scheduled to debate on Sept. 10, but the 2024 presidential election is already in the bag - at least according to Allan Lichtman, the American University historian who’s been dubbed the Nostradamus of presidential election predictions for his near-perfect 40-year track record."
• Kamala Harris: What billionaire Elon Musk said after hearing Kamala Harris officially launched her campaign for president - "'Imagine 4 years of this...,' Musk quipped in posting the clip showing Harris chairing the meeting."
• Kamala Harris: Who is the real Kamala Harris & can she beat Donald Trump? - "The California-born vice-president, and frontrunner to become the Democratic nominee for the US election, has not had an easy time at Joe Biden’s side."
• KANTAR WORLDPANEL - "World leader in consumer knowledge and insights based on continuous consumer panels."
• Kanye West has a disturbing history of admiring Hitler - "Several people who were once close to the artist formerly known as Kanye West told CNN that he has long been fascinated by Adolf Hitler - and once wanted to name an album after the Nazi leader."
• Kanye West is no longer acquiring Parler, company says - "In a statement, Parler’s parent, Parlement Technologies, said it 'has mutually agreed with Ye to terminate the intent of sale of Parler. This decision was made in the interest of both parties in mid-November. Parler will continue to pursue future opportunities for growth and the evolution of the platform for our vibrant community.'"
• Kanye West Yeezy loss is hurting us, admits Adidas - "Adidas has said the ending of its collaboration with Kanye West is "hurting" the business, with sales in North America hard hit. The sportswear giant cut its ties with the designer and rapper, known as Ye, late last year after he posted anti-Semitic comments on social media. West designed trainers under the Yeezy brand and Adidas said the loss of the business cut sales by €400m in the first quarter of the year. Overall, total revenue fell by 1%."
• Kanye West's Famous video: is it art? - The Guardian.
• Kanye West's Super Bowl Masterstroke - "By choosing to run an advertisement crafted entirely on an iPhone, West not only circumvented the high production costs typically associated with such endeavors but also managed to captivate a global audience, resulting in significant financial success."
• Kardashian index - "A measure of discrepant social media profile for scientists."
• Karl Lagerfeld: Live Like Karl - "What happened when Karl Lagerfeld's last residence, where he worked and where Choupette lived, was offered at auction."
• Karl Lagerfeld's Impossibly Chic Cat, Choupette - "Fashion's favorite feline will be an honored guest at this year's Met Gala."
• Karl Lagerfeld's Karlism
• Kaspar Hauser: New DNA analysis unravels the mystery of ‘lost prince’ Kaspar Hauser - "'His birth was unknown, his death hidden.' So reads the headstone (translated from Latin) marking the grave of the enigmatic man known as Kaspar Hauser, who died in 1833. Nearly 200 years later, scientists have finally solved a longstanding mystery about Hauser’s suspected ties to German royalty."
• Kate & her Calvins: the six key turning points in the history of underwear advertising - The Telegraph.
• Kate's photo of late Queen was doctored, agency says, as princess spotted in public for first time in months - "Another official photograph involving Catherine, Princess of Wales was digitally manipulated, according to a leading photo agency, sparking a second royal retouching controversy just as Kate was spotted in public for the first time in months."
• Katie Price on survival, surgery & severe PTSD: ‘I’m good with anaesthetic - I like being put to sleep’ - "Bankrupt, three times divorced and fresh from a spell at the Priory, the model and campaigner has come out fighting. She reveals how she is returning from rock bottom."
• Kearney’s Circular Fashion Index (CFX) - since 1926. "Fashion perspective: the counterweights of traceability."
• Keeping Up Appearances is BBC's most popular overseas export - The Telegraph.
• KELKOO - "Find. Compare. Save." A European price comparison service founded in France in 1999.
• Kennedy Look - "Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a secret weapon up his rolled-up shirt sleeves. His look - skinny rep ties, button-downs, shrugged-on suits, shock of gray hair and weather-beaten tan - not only sets him apart. It also speaks directly to associations with the early 1960s, a golden age of promise that represents 'vigor, wit, charisma, change.'"
• Kennedys: ‘They always got away with it’: new book reveals Kennedys’ shocking treatment of women - "Maureen Callahan’s eye-opening exposé looks back at the Kennedy men and the women they ‘destroyed’, digging into a long and grisly history."
• Kenneth Clark: a civilised man? - "Art historian Kenneth Clark moved in the highest social and cultural circles of Britain's postwar years. And yet it is his landmark 1969 series on western art, Civilisation, he is best known for. What made this chilly patrician so keen to communicate with the masses?"
• Kentucky Fried Chicken recipe revealed? - Chicago Tribune.
• Kessler Syndrome: With space junk clouding Earth’s orbit, are we barreling toward ‘Kessler Syndrome’? - "What is ‘Kessler Syndrome’ - and why do some scientists think the space disaster scenario has already started? Since the dawn of spaceflight in 1957, there have been more than 650 'break-ups, explosions, collisions, or anomalous events resulting in fragmentation,' according to the European Space Agency."
• ‘Keto-like’ diet may be associated with a higher risk of heart disease, according to new research - "A low-carb, high-fat 'keto-like' diet may be linked to higher levels of 'bad' cholesterol and double the risk of cardiovascular events such as blocked arteries, heart attacks and strokes, according to new research."
• KEVIN KELLY - "Lifestream. The technium. Cool tools. True films. Quantified self. New rules. Street use. Asia Grace."
• Key to Longevity Is Boring - "'The other day, someone at my gym approached me and lamented that he could spend nearly every waking hour of his life executing the countless viral health and longevity recommendations popularized by internet influencers and podcast hosts, and he’d still feel that he is falling behind.'"
• KFC Just Made Edible 'Finger Lickin' Good' Nail Polish That, Yeah, Tastes Like Chicken - Adweek.
• KFC’s top secret '11 herbs & spices' was leaked by Colonel Sanders’ nephew - "The secret recipe was revealed by Colonel Sanders' own family. KFC is one of the world's most popular fast-food joints and a lot of its success is down to the hype of its 'finger-lickin' chicken. The classified information of what exactly goes into the mysterious '11 herbs and spices' has been leaked - and from an unlikely source. Down to precise measurements, keep on reading to find out just what those top-secret ingredients are."
• KHAN ACADEMY - "Watch. Practice. Learn almost anything for free." The world's totally free virtual school!
• KICKSTARTER - "A New Way To Fund & Follow Creativity." A funding platform for artists, designers, filmmakers, musicians, journalists, inventors, explorers.
• Kickstarter lists 100 facts from 100,000 funded campaigns
• ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’: A Guide to the Osage Murders - "Martin Scorsese’s epic traces a real plot by white men to kill dozens of Native Americans who held oil rights in 1920s Oklahoma. Here is the back story."
• kilogram is about to be redefined - "Scientists vote on new way to measure a kilogram."
• KILOGRAM REDEFINED. THE METRIC SYSTEM OVERHAUL IS COMPLETE - Wired.
• Kim & Kanye divorce poised to be glitzy, messy & very public - "Epic split between Kim Kardashian and rapper now known as Ye, with wealth, parenting disputes and trolling is perfect divorce for the Instagram Age."
• Kim Dotcom sues the New Zealand government for $6.8 billion - engadget.
• Kim Dotcom to be extradited from New Zealand to US - "Justice minister signs extradition order for Megaupload founder 12 years after FBI-ordered raid over file sharing site."
• Kim Jong Un Fast Facts - "Here is a look at the life of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un."
• Kim Jong-un in pictures: Bizarre photoshoots of North Korea's leader - The Telegraph.
• Kim Jong Un Inspects Terminal of Pyongyang International Airport - Rodung Sinmun.
• Kim Jong Un makes public appearance, state media says - "North Korean state media reports Kim Jong Un made first public appearance in weeks."
• Kim Jong-un says economic plan a near-total failure at rare political meeting - "Ruler begins second Workers’ party congress by admitting strategy fell short in ‘almost all areas’."
• Kim Jong-un: The transformation of Kim Jong Un’s sister - "The most dangerous woman in the world." Since stepping into the international spotlight in 2018 with a history-making visit to the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea - the first member of her family since the end of the Korean War to set foot in the South - she has become a key mouthpiece of the regime.
• Kim Jong Un wants you to meet his daughter - "With his young daughter at this side at two splashy military events this week, Kim Jong Un told the world two things – the Kim family will rule North Korea for another generation and it will have the nuclear weapons to make sure no one can challenge that."
• Kim Jong Un's new appearance raises questions - "How Kim Jong Un's weight could have geopolitical consequences."
• Kim Jong Un's sister - "Here are the few things we know about Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong."
• Kim Jong Un’s Sister Is in the Spotlight. But Could a Woman Ever Lead North Korea? - "Kim Yo Jong, who is thought to be in her early thirties, is one of several children of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il."
• Kim Jong-un’s Swiss childhood home identified - "A former neighbour has identified the house where North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is likely to have lived during his time in Switzerland. It’s in a suburb of the capital Bern, where a group of people from the North Korean diplomatic mission kept to themselves and where four young boys were 'constantly playing basketball'."
• Kim Jong-un's unbelievable life of luxury - msn.
• Kim Kardashian & Kendall Jenner mocked for Emmys speech - CNN entertainment.
• Kim Kardashian has a second sex tape: Ray J speaks after '14 years in the shadows' - "In a bombshell exclusive interview Ray J lays bare the truth about the sex tape with Kim Kardashian that became an international sensation."
• Kim Kardashian Has Her Own Emojis Now - Elite Daily.
• Kim Kardashian shows off private 747 - "Kim Kardashian West and husband Kanye West were criticized on social media after posting Instagram videos of their private 747 flight."
• Kim Kardashian Takes Marilyn Monroe's “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” Dress Out for a Spin - VOGUE.
• Kim Kardashian West Returns to Social Media With a Lesson in Image Control - The New York Times.
• Kim Kardashian’s budding law career takes celebrity hubris to a whole new level - "A-listers have a habit of thinking they are gifted at everything - and not always to other people’s benefit."
• Kim Kardashian's hottest selfies ahead of her new book 'Selfish' - New York Daily News.
• Kim Kardashian's lifestyle by numbers - The Telegraph.
• Kim Philby: British Library wanted to buy archive of double agent Kim Philby from his widow - "National Archives files show officials were troubled by idea of institution enriching widow of Cambridge Five agent."
• Kim Philby, Lecturing in East Berlin in ‘81, Bragged of How Easy It Was to Fool MI6 - The New York Times.
• Kim Philby: new revelations about spy emerge in secret files - "UK government launched campaign to block memoirs being published fearing damaging disclosures."
• King Charles has shown us how he wants to reign - "Clues to the king’s aspirations can be seen in the ‘informal formality’ of his royal receptions, reforms to his household and his upcoming anti-food waste project."
• King Charles is fist bumping all over the place, should we be doing it too? - "The gesture has become racially complicated over the years, sending white progressives into flurries of awkwardness."
• King Charles secretly profiting from the assets of dead citizens - "Assets of thousands of people in north-west England used to upgrade king’s property empire via archaic custom."
• King Charles signals first explicit support for research into monarchy’s slavery ties - "Buckingham Palace makes public statement after Guardian presents evidence of royals’ long history of involvement in transatlantic trade."
• King Charles' Parmigiani Fleurier Toric Chronograph Is A Real Collector's Choice - "What's a watch fit for a king? As the newly ascended King Charles III has shown over the past few days of public mourning over the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, it might not always be the watch you expect. But for the new king, who's always been stylish, with a taste for the artisanal, the watch he's been wearing just makes sense."
• King Charles’s coronation invitation confirms use of title of ‘Queen Camilla’ - "Royal coronation invitation realises king’s ambition for title of partner currently known as queen consort."
• King Charles III’s $25 Billion Real Estate Empire - "The new British monarch lords over seven palaces, 10 castles, 12 homes, 56 cottages, and 14 ancient ruins where he can hang up his crown."
• King Charles III's Coronation Jewels Will Be Worth Nearly $4 Billion - "Charles will be decked out in nearly $4 billion (!!) of coronation regalia. Yes, billion, with a B. 'How could one man possibly wear that much jewelry?' you might ask. But the collection is comprised of the St. Edwards Crown, Sovereign's Ring, Imperial State Crown, Sovereign’s Sceptre with dove, Sovereign’s Sceptre with the cross, Sovereign’s Orb, Gold Ampulla, the Spurs, and the Sword of Offering, all littered with gem stones like diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and pearls."
• King Charles III's Coronation on Saturday, May 6, at Westminster Abbey - "Everything you need to know. When is King Charles III Coronation, what happens during the ceremony, will Prince Harry and Meghan Markle be there, and when is the extra bank holiday? Q&A on historic day for UK."
• King Charles III's coronation: The surprising power of pomp & ceremony - "The lavish spectacle of a state ritual is far more than gilded carriages and foreign dignitaries. It brings broader benefits to society that shouldn't be overlooked."
• King Charles III's coronation: Watch the moment King Charles III is crowned - "The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby places the St Edward's Crown on King Charles's head, during the coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey."
• King Charles III's new official portrait: What the butterfly means - "As a new official portrait of King Charles III is unveiled, a guide to the messages in recent royal iconography."
• king of Pyongyang - The story of Kim Jong-un.
• Kissing: Humanity's earliest recorded kiss adds new twist to the history of locking lips - "No one knows for sure when humans first figured out that mouth-to-mouth contact could be used for romance and erotic pleasure, but scientists reported in May 2023 that people were locking lips at least 4,500 years ago."
• kissing: Where did kissing come from? New theory may make your skin crawl - "It argues that the origins of kissing can be traced back to how our evolutionary ancestors groomed one another millions of years ago - in particular, to how they used their lips to remove ticks and lice from one another's fur."
• Kissinger Warns World Unprepared if Putin Uses Nukes - "Former U.S. Secretary of State warns we are in a ‘totally new era.’"
• kiwi fruit: Eating more kiwi fruit could boost your mental health in just a few days - "A recent study found that eating kiwi fruit can help boost mood within days among people with low vitamin C levels."
• Klete Keller: why did an Olympic champion invade the US Capitol? - "The swimmer won gold medals for his country in Athens and Beijing. Then his patriotism took an ugly turn."
• Klitschkos used fame to aid Ukraine's war effort - "Vitali Klitschko was only a year into his retirement from boxing when he was elected mayor of Ukrainian capital Kyiv in 2014."
• KLOUT - "Discover and be recognized for how you influence the world." Provides social media analytics to measure a user's influence across his or her social network. The analysis is done on data taken from sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and Google+, and measures the size of a person's network, the content created, and purports to measure how other people interact with that content.
• Knights Templar caves beneath a Shropshire field - Shropshire Star.
• Knock knock. Who's there? a new generation of doorbells - The Guardian.
• Know Your Meme - "Internet Meme Database." Website dedicated to documenting Internet phenomena: viral videos, image macros, catchphrases, web celebs and more.
• Krautrock: The 1970s bands which helped post-war Germany overcome its dark history - "Fifty years ago, German rock groups including Neu!, Can and Kraftwerk created an eclectic sound that had never been heard before. It remains as exhilarating as ever."
• Kremlin confirms Trump sent Russia Covid-19 tests, after former president denied Bob Woodward claim - "The Trump administration 'sent us several samples of test kits,' Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday, broadly supporting Woodward’s claim. His intervention comes after Trump denied the claims, telling ABC News they were 'false.' 'Please don’t tell anybody you sent these to me,' Putin said to Trump, according to Woodward. 'I don’t care,' Trump replied. 'Fine.' 'No, no,' Putin said. 'I don’t want you to tell anybody because people will get mad at you, not me. They don’t care about me.'"
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• Kuxiu's new foldable 3-in-1 wireless charger - "KU XIU Foldable Magnetic Charger, Aluminum Alloy 3 in 1 Charging Station for Apple, 15W Fast Wireless Charger for iPhone 15 14 13 12 Pro/Max/Plus, for AirPods 3/2/Pro, iWatch, with 20W Adapter-Black." KU XIU 3 in 1 wireless charging station combines the advantages of all other wireless charger devices, from flat-lay to dock charging, and has developed into an excellent work to meet all your needs: 1. wireless charging 3 in 1 at the same time; 2. half size of your phone after foldable; 3. N52 magnetic function 4. Free QC 3.0 adapter included; 5. all aluminum alloy, high-end texture. The innovative design of three roll axes makes the charger functional in charging styles. Fold it up for horizontal charging. Unfold it to be a stand for vertical charging. After being folded, this charging station has only half size of the iPhone and less than one inch thick. Only 0.43lb, Small enough, portable enough. You can take it anywhere without taking up space. A huge stride in portability and angle adjustment opens up a new wireless charging world.
• KÜBLER-ROSS MODEL - definition & explanation.
• Kyiv Nightlife Comes Back Amid Urge for Contact. ‘This Is the Cure’ - "Frenzied raves. Crowded bars (with free therapy). And of course, cuddle parties. Nightlife is returning to Ukraine’s capital. But revelers still have to reckon with guilty feelings. Plus curfew."
• Kystriksveien: Earth's most beautiful road trip? - "Bucking and weaving along the rugged contours of Norway's fractured coastline, the 670km road to the Artic is a triumph of human ingenuity and perseverance."

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• Lab-grown 'beef rice' could offer more sustainable protein source, say creators - "Scientists made the experimental food by covering traditional rice grains in fish gelatin and seeding them with skeletal muscle and fat stem cells which were then grown in the laboratory."
• Labyrinth walking: An ancient activity that could help ease anxiety - "Walking labyrinths has become an increasingly popular global method of reducing stress by integrating the mind and the body."
• ‘Lachlan Murdoch is a Hamlet figure’: Michael Wolff unpicks the real-life succession drama - "The author has returned to the Murdoch empire for his latest book, after a bestselling trilogy on Trump. He discusses power, politics, the media and why a person can be a moron and a genius."
• Lady Lucan, Last Witness to a Murder Most Lurid, Dies - The New York Times.
• Lakshadweep: Can India's 'alternative Maldives' handle mass tourism? - "Many locals say that what they need is responsible tourism in which they are stakeholders, not large-scale development plans that will overturn their way of life."
• Landmark ruling could change reality TV as we know it - CNN.
• Langya virus tracked after China reports dozens of cases - "Virus, which causes symptoms including fever, fatigue, cough, loss of appetite and muscle aches, is believed to have spread from animals to humans."
• Laptop, wifi, wanderlust: the rise of the digital nomad - "From copywriters to computer programmers, people with online-based jobs are seizing the chance to take their work on their travels."
• Larry David Brings His Own Eggs to Country Club Meals - "'Sometimes the difference between real Larry and TV Larry is vast. And sometimes, there's no difference at all,' says executive producer Jeff Schaffer."
• Larry David, Philosopher King - "Larry David's long-running show was hilarious, but it also revolved around a complex view of modern philosophy. 'Curb' is full of observations about societal strictures that might otherwise go unspoken. Rules such as: You tiptoe at night; you always accept your friend’s invitation to tour her new house; you never steal from roadside memorials or caskets; you don’t go over your caviar allotment at a dinner party; you ask to split the check when you eat out with friends."
• Larry Page is quietly amassing a ‘flying car’ empire - "Google co-founder revealed to be owner of Opener, a Canadian startup that just came out of stealth."
• Larry Page's dream of building a 'Google Island' could be coming true - The Verge.
• Larry the Cat: Downing Street’s plan for when Larry the Cat runs out of 9 lives - "He’s seen off a few mice — and five prime ministers. At the ripe old age of 17, arrangements have been made (when the time comes) to break the news to a grateful nation. Senior officials working in Downing Street over the past year have drawn up a plan for announcing the death of Larry the Cat."
• Larry the cat has a young rival in Downing St - "Sir Keir Starmer’s new family pet, a Siberian kitten, faces a unique challenge - there is no cat flap in Downing Street’s bomb-proof doors."
• Larry the Downing St cat is a little s****, says Scottish secretary - "Larry the Downing Street cat is 'the most miserable animal you'll ever meet in your life', according to the Scottish secretary of state. Ian Murray took a swipe at the chief mouser to the Cabinet Office after revealing it had shunned a photo-op with new Labour MPs."
• Lars von Trier defends ‘Russian lives matter also’ comment - "Danish film-maker and provocateur Lars von Trier has defended himself from backlash after writing a social media post that criticised Denmark’s donation of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. 'Russian lives matter also!' he wrote on Instagram on Tuesday after Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s visit to Denmark, where he and Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, inspected the F-16s to be delivered to his country."
• Las Vegas lake reveals more human remains - "More human remains have been found in Lake Mead, just one week after the body of a suspected murder victim was found in the rapidly shrinking reservoir."
• 'last paradise on Earth' - "Indonesia's Raja Ampat: 'The last paradise on Earth'. Located in the heart of the Coral Triangle, the Raja Ampat Marine Protected Area Network spans over 4 million hectares and includes around 1,500 islands. Credited with having the richest marine biodiversity on Earth and a relatively remote location that has allowed it to escape mass tourism, it's no surprise that Raja Ampat is often marketed as 'the last paradise on Earth.' It's home to more than 1,600 species of fish, while some 75% of the world's known coral species can be found there."
• last time the sun was this quiet, Earth had an ice age - "The sun is experiencing a less active phase called 'solar minimum,' but it won't cause an ice age. Scientists at NASA say we're currently in a 'Grand Solar Minimum.' The last time this occurred was between 1650 and 1715, during what's known as the Little Ice Age in Earth's Northern Hemisphere, 'when combination of cooling from volcanic aerosols and low solar activity produced lower surface temperatures.'"
• Latecomer’s Guide to TikTok - "TikTok has become massively influential. We’re here to help you understand how it all works."
• Latest Celebrity Diet? Cyberbullying - The New York Times.
• laughing gas: Revolution in the air: how laughing gas changed the world - "Since its discovery in the 18th century, nitrous oxide has gone from vaudeville gimmick to pioneering anaesthetic to modern party drug."
• Laura Loomer: Who is conspiracy theorist travelling with Trump? - "Ms Loomer is well-known for her anti-Muslim rhetoric and for spreading conspiracy theories, including that the 9/11 attacks were an 'inside job' carried out by the US government."
• Laurel or Yanny debate explained: why do some people hear a different word? - The Guardian.
• LAW.COM - "Law.com is the industry-leading media platform powering over 18 online U.S. national and regional award-winning legal publications that deliver news, rankings, reports, and strategy all designed with one purpose in mind: to give you the competitive intelligence to prepare for today and anticipate opportunities for future success."
• Laziness is a sign of high intelligence, suggests new study - The Telegraph.
• Laziness isn’t why you procrastinate. This is - "Laziness is like, ‘I have absolutely no desire to even think about this.’ Procrastination is, ‘It troubles me to think about this. And therefore, it’s hard for me to get the job done.’ That’s a big difference."
• Leap year: What would happen if we didn't have leap years? - "CNN answers the question on many people's minds this February 29: Why do we add an extra day? Over the course of centuries, a calendar with no leap years would eventually become totally out of sync with the seasons as we know them. Let's see what would happen."
• Learjet: Why the legendary plane is no match for today's jets - "Learjet. For generations, the name has been synonymous with business jets, with more than 3,000 of the small private jet planes delivered since the first Learjet 23 flew in 1963. In February this year, Learjet's parent company, Bombardier, announced it's ending mainstream production of the iconic plane, instead refocusing its efforts on its more roomy Global and Challenger business jets."
• Learning to Think Like a Computer - The New York Times.
• LEARNIT LISTS - power up your learning.
• Leave no traces - "Leave No Trace is an ethical framework designed to help conserve wild spaces. It is not only important for the people who visit these places, but for the habitats themselves. And this includes all of the plants, animals, trees, rocks and microbes dwelling in them."
• LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY - legal resources & definitions.
• Left behind because of Covid-19, a tiny dog travels 10,000 miles to rejoin her owners - "All the best dogs find their way home eventually. Sometimes, like Pipsqueak the wiener dog, they've got to embark on a journey of more than 10,000 miles to get there."
• Left-Handers Day! 13 facts about the wonderful left - The Telegraph.
• LEGACY.COM - "Where life stories live on." Newspaper and online obituaries. Collaborates with more than 800 newspapers in North America, Europe and Australia to provide ways for readers to express condolences and share remembrances of loved ones.
• Legion: life in the Roman army - one of 'the most powerful' British Museum exhibitions - "This 'gripping' new exhibition explores how Rome built its vast empire 'on military might'. The only complete surviving legionary long shield on display."
• Lego a 'better investment than shares and gold' - The Telegraph.
• Lego Billionaire Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen Builds New ‘Campus’ - With Bricks - "Lego has announced the opening of a new campus in Billund, Denmark, inspired by a painting of the toymaker’s famous plastic blocks in billionaire owner Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen’s office."
• LEGO has reimagined Van Gogh's 'The Starry Night' in 2,316 little bricks - "When New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) bought 'The Starry Night' from a private collector in 1941, the painting was not well known. In the 81 years since, Vincent van Gogh's masterpiece has gone on to inspire everything from a hit single for singer Don McLean in 1971 to mass-produced merchandise including scarves, umbrellas and water bottles."
• Lego Makes a Hundred Billion Bricks a Year - "CEO Niels Christiansen on Why They’re Now More Important Than Ever."
• Lego offers £100m to find innovations tackling ‘global childhood crisis’ - "Lego is launching a £100m competition to find solutions that will make a positive impact on the lives of children in response to what the toymaker said was a 'global early childhood emergency'. Competition seeks entries supporting children’s play, health and education in wake of Covid pandemic."
• Lego plans to make half the plastic in bricks from renewable materials by 2026 - "Toymaker hopes to bring down oil-based plastic it uses by paying up to 70% more for certified renewable resin to encourage production."
• Lego: The case of the Lego Bandit - "Playing with Star Wars Lego bricks made them famous. Then a mysterious crime drove them apart."
• Lego’s new $200 Concorde is a fantastic homage to the supersonic passenger jet - "Lower the nose and deploy the landing gear with clever Lego tricks."
• Lego to sell bricks coded with braille to help vision-impaired children read - "Bricks with studs corresponding to braille numbers and letters will be available to buy from September. The Danish toymaker has been providing the specialist bricks, which were tested and developed in partnership with blind organisations around the world, free of charge to a selection of schools and services catering for vision-impaired children since 2020."
• Lego’s new Minifigure Factory lets you create a $12 minifig of yourself - "Customize your very own minifigure."
• Lehman Brothers collapse: where are the key figures now? - "Ten years ago this weekend the investment bank’s bankruptcy caused panic in US and UK."
• Leica M4: The story of one of Leica’s most popular rangefinders - "The Leica M4 was fifty years old five years ago. We published this article at the time and it throws a light on the complicated history of the M4, a camera that was superseded by the M5 and then reinstated in Canada as the saviour of Leica. The article was subsequently published in the LHSA’s magazine and attracted great interest. So, let’s have another look at the story of the M4."
• Lenin Lab: the team keeping the first Soviet leader embalmed - The Guardian.
• Leonardo Da Vinci project finds 14 living male descendants - "Researchers hope to understand genius of artist by reconstructing his genealogical profile."
• Leonardo Da Vinci's living relatives found: painter, engineer, Oscar nominee - The Guardian.
• Leopold & Loeb: The grisly 'crime of the century' that fascinated Hitchcock & others - "One hundred years ago, wealthy Chicago students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb brutally murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks. Why is popular culture obsessed with this horrific case?"
• Leopold II: Belgium 'wakes up' to its bloody colonial past - "Inside the palatial walls of Belgium's Africa Museum stand statues of Leopold II - each one a monument to the king whose rule killed as many as 10 million Africans."
• LES LANCIERS - a Square, or a Quadrille, which is the pan-European term for a set dance performed by four couples.
• Lessons in the Delicate Art of Confronting Offensive Speech - The New York Times.
• 'Let's go Brandon,' explained - "On Friday night, a Southwest Airlines pilot allegedly said 'Let's go Brandon' over the plane intercom, causing a stir on board and prompting an investigation by the airline - which has become right-wing code for 'F**k Joe Biden."
• letter to my American friends: when did the dream die? - The Guardian.
 
• LETTERHEADY - interesting letterhead designs.
• LETTERS OF NOTE - "An attempt to gather and sort fascinating letters, postcards, telegrams, faxes, and memos. Scans/photos where possible. Fakes will be sneered at."
• Levi’s Celebrates 150 Years of the 501 Through The Greatest Story Ever Worn - "With an icon comes stories - historical, cultural and personal."
• Liberica: The bean that could change the taste of coffee - "The industry is now pinning hopes on another coffee species to sustain production - liberica. Native to western and central Africa, commercial cultivation is centred on the Philippines and currently accounts for only 2% of the global coffee bean harvest. Liberica has in the past been considered an inferior crop to arabica. Its large beans are harder to harvest and process due to their thick skin and pulp, and the taste is widely regarded as more bitter. Like the world's second-most traded coffee bean, robusta, it is considered more of a supplementary species than the main act. However, researchers are focusing on a subspecies of liberica with a smaller bean - called excelsa - which they believe has an improved flavour profile. Regardless, the spread of liberica may not be a matter of popularity, but necessity."
• Liberland - sovereign state located between Croatia and Serbia on the west bank of the Danube river.
• Lie detection systems go high-tech - "Methods of lie detection have probably been around for as long as tall tales have been told. One of the first documented examples comes from 1000BC in China, where a suspect would have to fill his or her mouth with dry rice. The early 20th Century saw the invention of the first lie detection machines or polygraphs. The most well-known of these is the "analogue polygraph", which typically has three or four ink-filled needles that dance round on a strip of moving paper."
• Life after death: How will you handle your digital legacy? - engadget.
• Life after Veganuary: the ethical guide to eating meat, eggs & dairy - "If you have slunk back to burgers after a month of avoiding meat, all is not lost. Here’s how British shoppers can track down high-welfare, eco-friendly produce."
• Life-Cycle Economic Analysis of Distributed Manufacturing with Open-Source 3-D Printers - Mechatronics.
• life expectancy: Rises in life expectancy have slowed dramatically, analysis finds - "An analysis of death data from the world's longest-lived populations reveals that the rapid improvements in life expectancy achieved in the 20th century have slowed dramatically in the past three decades."
• LIFE GEM - is a certified, high-quality diamond created from the carbon of your loved one as a memorial to their unique life.
• Life is richer when we talk to strangers - The Guardian.
• LIFE LENGTH - "Our vision is to be the world’s leader in telomere analysis."
• 'Life Review' Can Be Powerful, at Any Age - "Reflecting on the past, through writing or conversation, can help us better appreciate where we are - and where we’re going."
• Life span of an airplane: From birth to death - CNN travel.
• Lifegooroo - lifestyle website with general interest articles ranging from relationship advice to travel tips to information on the latest and trendiest of diets and exercise programs. We supply you with all the tips and tricks you need in order to improve your life one step at a time in any area you wish.
• Lifehacker - "Tips, tricks, and downloads for getting things done."
• Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping: A Grisly Theory & a Renewed Debate - "New speculation about the toddler's death and pressure to force DNA testing of evidence have revived scrutiny of what was known as the 'crime of the century.'"
• LINKS TO LANDMARKS AROUND THE WORLD - Wikipedia.
• LINOTYPE - download fonts from classic to cool.
• 'lipstick index' says people buy more makeup when times get tough - "Here's where it comes from - and whether it can really predict a recession. The lipstick index is the theory that sales of 'affordable luxuries' rise during economic downturns. The phrase was coined in the early 2000s by Leonard Lauder, heir to Estée Lauder cosmetics. It played out during the 2008 recession and the pandemic, and it seems to be happening now too."
• Lipizzaner horses at the Spanish Riding School of Vienna – photo essay - The Guardian.
• Liquid assets: how the business of bottled water went mad - "How did a substance that falls from the air, springs from the earth and comes out of your tap become a hyperactive multibillion-dollar business?"
• Lisa Marie Presley to be laid to rest at Graceland - "'Lisa Marie’s final resting place will be at Graceland, next to her beloved son Ben,' said a representative for her 33-year-old daughter, Riley Keough. She is also survived by twin 14-year-old daughters Finley and Harper."
• Lisa Marie Presley's final week - "Elvis's daughter, 54, 'had become a recluse' and looked 'incredibly sad' as she gave poignant speech to fans at Graceland just days before her death."
• LISA'S HISTORY ROOM - "Where the past is always present." I primarily write about people – fascinating people, people you can lie awake at night and think about. I agree with Ralph Waldo Emerson who said, "There is properly no history; only biography."
• Lisbon revealed as best-value location for a European city break - "The Portuguese capital wins top spot ahead of budget-friendly eastern European destinations, according to new poll."
• List of films with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes - To date, Leave No Trace holds the site's record, with a rating of 100% and 252 positive reviews.
• List of hoaxes on Wikipedia - Wikipedia.
• List of Latin phrases - Wikipedia.
• List of most popular websites - Wikipedia.
• List of oldest companies - includes brands and companies, excluding associations and educational, government, or religious organizations. To be listed, a brand or company name must remain operating, either in whole or in part, since inception.
• List of prizes known as the Nobel of a field - Wikipedia.
• List of scandals with "-gate" suffix - Wikipedia.
• List of search engines - Wikipedia.
• list of the best TV shows on YouTube - The Telegraph.
• List of web directories - Wikipedia.
• LIST OF THE WORLDS MUSEUMS - Wikipedia.
• LIST OF TROPICAL CYCLONE NAMES - Wikipedia.
• LISTVERSE - "Ultimate Top 10 Lists. We are focused on lists that intrigue and educate, specializing in the bizarre or lesser-known trivia. Every day we present a new unique list in any one of our twenty-two categories, from art to travel."
• Literature Infographics - "A unique way to learn about the characters, themes, authors, and literary devices of your favorite books - visually!"
• Lithium batteries' big unanswered question - "As the world looks to electrify vehicles and store renewable power, one giant challenge looms: what will happen to all the old lithium batteries?"
• Lithium study helps scientists unlock ageing puzzle - BBC News.
• LIVE SCIENCE - science, technology, health & environmental news. The trusted and provocative source for highly accessible science, health and technology news for people who are curious about their minds, bodies, and the world around them.
• Living the Italian dream just got easier, thanks to a new visa - "Packing up your life and making a fresh start abroad is a dream for many, and new visa programs and tax incentives are making it a bit more achievable. Portugal, Spain and Costa Rica are some of the countries with popular digital nomad visas, and now there are two new options for remote workers."
• Living With Cancer: Curses & Blessings - The New York Times.
• LLOYD'S OF LONDON - the world's leading insurance market providing specialist insurance services to businesses.
• Loch Ness monster enthusiasts gear up for biggest search in 50 years - "Using drones and acoustic equipment, hundreds of volunteers from around the world with take part in the surface watch."
• Loch Ness Monster may be a giant eel, say scientists - "The creatures behind repeated sightings of the fabled Loch Ness Monster may be giant eels, according to scientists. Researchers from New Zealand have tried to catalogue all living species in the loch by extracting DNA from water samples."
• Loch Ness, Scottish Highlands - "Explore the surface and dive underwater in the freshwater lake of Loch Ness." Google Maps. Street View.
• Loch Ness: The Quest to find Nessie begins with the biggest search of the Loch for more than 50 years - "The Loch Ness Centre."
• Lockheed's 'Son of Blackbird' spy plane might already be here - engadget.
• London almost got its own Eiffel Tower - "Somewhere beneath the pitch of England's national stadium in Wembley, London, lie the foundations of what could have been the city's tallest building. Inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Great Tower of London was poised to surpass it in height and reach almost 1,200 feet."
• London At Risk Of Becoming A ‘Ghetto Of Wealth’ - "London has been labelled an 'epicentre of the elites' and a 'ghetto of wealth' as social mobility in the U.K. capital plummets to new lows."
• London’s Best & Most Secretive Address - The New York Times.
• London goes 24-hour - Countdown to a non-stop capital.
• London’s Best & Most Secretive Address - "The longstanding rules governing life at Albany - the stately Georgian pile situated surprisingly, if conveniently, in the heart of Piccadilly - are mercifully straightforward: no pets, no children, no whistling, no noise and absolutely no publicity. Photographers have found themselves escorted from the premises, London’s oldest block of flats and one of its most exclusive addresses, for snapping off a frame of the interior courtyard. Residents who are deemed indiscreet risk a ritual scourging by the trustees."
• London's blue plaques - since 1866. "Across the capital over 950 plaques, on buildings humble and grand, honour the notable men and women who have lived or worked in them." Permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom and elsewhere to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site, serving as a historical marker.
• London’s remaining men-only gentlemen’s clubs discuss female membership - "Club secretaries at some institutions are understood to be consulting lawyers after vote at Garrick. Discussions are under way over whether to admit women at several of London’s remaining gentlemen’s clubs after this week’s vote by Garrick club members to allow women to join after 193 years."
• Loneliness Can Change the Brain - "Feeling chronically disconnected from others can affect the brain’s structure and function, and it raises the risk for neurodegenerative diseases."
• Lonely Planet reveals its top 30 destinations for 2023 - "30 places to inspire you. Uniquely curated by local experts around the world. Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2023 offers a comprehensive set of itineraries to help you explore the world. For the first time ever, we've sorted the list by trip type - eat, journey, connect, learn, or unwind - to help you find your next adventure."
• Lonely Planet’s top places to go in 2024 - Best in Travel 2024.
• Long covid: New Report Underscores the Seriousness of Long Covid - "The National Academies said the condition could involve up to 200 symptoms, make it difficult for people to work and last for months or years. The report cited data from 2022 suggesting that nearly 18 million adults and nearly a million children in the United States have had long Covid at some point. At the time of that survey, about 8.9 million adults and 362,000 children had the condition."
• Long-lost jewelry from King Tut's tomb rediscovered a century later - "Some of this jewelry may have been taken out of Egypt by Howard Carter, the British archaeologist who led the excavation that uncovered the tomb."
• Long term vegetarian diet changes human DNA raising risk of cancer & heart disease - The Telegraph.
• Longest Lasting Cars, in Miles - "When properly maintained, well-built cars can last an impressive amount of miles."
• longest living animals on Earth - "Tortoises don't even make the top 10 longest-living animals."
• Longest Living People In the World All Abide by the 'Power 9' Rule - "Here's how to structure your days, so that you're setting yourself up for a long and healthy life. 1. Move naturally, 2. Say yes to happy hour, 3. Take time to down shift."
• LONGREADS - posts links to new stories every day, including long-form journalism, magazine stories from your favorite publications.
• Looking at van Gogh, 125 Years Later - The New York Times.
• Looking Beyond the Internet of Things - The New York Times.
• Looking for the Real Mata Hari - The New York Times.
• Looking for the Sublime? It’s in This Swiss Valley - The New York Times.
• Looking For Tom Lehrer, Comedy’s Mysterious Genius - BuzzFeed.
• Lord Lucan & the Enduring Mystery of Who Killed Sandra Rivett - "It has been 50 years since the 7th Earl of Lucan disappeared after allegedly killing his children's nanny. Is there something about this age old tale of rich people getting off scot-free that keeps us all obsessed?"
• Lord Lucan case - "Facial recognition expert claims aristocrat who vanished after nanny was bludgeoned to death in London 48 years ago has 'EXACT facial match' with an 87-year-old Buddhist living in Australia."
• Lord Lucan death certificate granted - The Guardian.
• Lord Lucan 'shot himself & was fed to a tiger in zoo' - The Telegraph.
• Lord Norman Foster - "‘I still get the same buzz from designing buildings.’"
• Lord’s Prayer opening may be ‘problematic’, says archbishop - "The archbishop of York has suggested that opening words of the Lord’s Prayer, recited by Christians all over the world for 2,000 years, may be 'problematic' because of their patriarchal association."
• Louis Armstrong: The US jazz icon with a controversial legacy - "With the release of new, previously unheard live recordings from the BBC, questions remain over Louis Armstrong's complicated and controversial career and persona. More than half a century after the death of Louis Armstrong, fans and critics are still arguing over his name. Is it pronounced Lewis or Louie?"
• Louis Vuitton & Christian Dior Follow the Scent of Opportunity - The New York Times.
• Louis Vuitton: Cultural Capital Is The Key To Louis Vuitton’s Luxury Lead - "Louis Vuitton’s recent bombshell appointment of Pharrell Williams as its new menswear creative director may have surprised some observers, but the move makes perfect sense as luxury brands are moving from merely selling products to becoming cultural influencers."
• Louis Vuitton Information Guide
• Louis Vuitton: The Secret (and not so secret) Places - Louis Vuitton Malletier, 18 Rue Louis Vuitton, 92600 Asnières-sur-Seine, France. It was here that Louis Vuitton set up his workshop in 1859. Until 1977, the Asnières workshop was actually the sole Louis Vuitton production facility in the world.
• Louis Vuitton Watchmaking Factory Tour - "A Visit To La Fabrique Du Temps, Louis Vuitton's Audacity-Inspiring Temple To Fine Watchmaking. The world's largest luxury brand has an eye for detail."
• Louis Vuitton's Family Home & Atelier, Just Outside Paris - "At the French fashion house's workshop, meticulous craftsmanship is a way of life. In the mid to late 19th century, Asnières-sur-Seine's streets, lined with elegant brick villas, became a charming refuge from city life for the burgeoning middle class. This was the appeal for a trunk maker named Louis Vuitton, who built a workshop here in 1859. From this base, Vuitton, who became the official packer and box maker for Empress Eugénie de Montijo, wife of Napoleon III, established his leather-goods empire - helped by the advent of train travel and his ingenious courier trunks."
• Louvre's missing pyramid & the magic of trompe l’oeil - The Guardian.
• Love Letter to Drinking in Bars - The New York Times.
• LoveFrom, - "LoveFrom is a creative collective of designers, architects, musicians, filmmakers, writers, engineers and artists." The design firm co-founded in 2019 by Apple's former design chief Jony Ive and fellow designer Marc Newson, this week unveiled its official website.
• Low-carb & Mediterranean diets beat low-fat plans for losing weight - The Guardian.
• 'low CO2, high-protein diet' - "What is the lowest-carbon protein? Finding protein-rich foods that are good for the climate can be complex. Isabelle Gerretsen digs into the data to understand which food choices can help us curb emissions."
• LSD's impact on the brain revealed in groundbreaking images - The Guardian.
• Luanda Leaks Documents - "We’ve published emails, contracts, organizational charts, meeting videos, loan agreements and more from our investigation into Isabel dos Santos."
• Lucy at 50: How the world’s most famous fossil was discovered - "Lucy, a fossilized skeleton unearthed 50 years ago this month, transformed scientists’ understanding of human evolution, offering proof that ancient hominins were able to walk upright on two feet 3.2 million years ago - a trait once thought to have evolved more recently in tandem with big brains and tool use."
• Luggage: Why You Should Always Put Your Luggage in the Hotel Bathtub - "'The bathtub not only proves itself to be an efficient use of space if you have a small room, but I have found no unwanted bugs or insects have stowed away in my bags since storing my luggage there. When you check into a hotel room, do not - under any circumstances - put your luggage on your bed.'"
• luggage-free trips the future? - "With sustainably minded destinations and progressive tour operators advising passengers to pack less, are travellers being primed for an ultralight future?"
• Lunar Eclipses: 2011 - 2020 - NASA.
• Lunar new year 2024 around the world - in pictures - "From China to India and from Russia to the UK, people ring in the year of the dragon."
• Lunar new year 2025: Chinese zodiac predictions: What’s in store for 2025 as we enter the Year of the Snake - "Bidding farewell to the mythical Dragon, the world welcomes the Year of the Snake on January 29 - the first day of the Lunar New Year. For those who celebrate this ancient festival, starting the year on a positive note is essential. In addition to eating auspicious foods and taking part in luck-enhancing activities, many people turn to the stars for hints about what lies in store for the months to come."
• Lunar new year 2025: In pictures: Welcoming the Lunar New Year - "Millions of people across Asia and the world are welcoming the Lunar New Year which coincides with the first new moon of the lunar calendar. Fireworks, music, fairs, lanterns, dragon and lion dancing filled streets across Asia as celebrations that typically last about 15 days began."
• Luxembourg makes all public transport free - "With a population of 602,000, Luxembourg is one of Europe's smallest countries - yet it suffers from major traffic jams. But that could be about to change. As of March 1, 2020 all public transport - trains, trams and buses - in the country is now free."
• Luxembourg: The richest country in Europe is celebrating three years of free public transport - "If you've been living in the tiny EU state of Luxembourg you will already have had access to free public transport for the last three years."
• Luxury Investments Around the World Compared - infographic - "Do you enjoy the finer things in life? For many of the world’s wealthy individuals, acquiring luxury goods such as art, fine wine, and watches is a passion. Unlike traditional investments in financial assets, luxury goods can be difficult to value if one does not have an appreciation for their form. A rare painting, for example, does not generate cash flows, meaning its value is truly in the eye of the beholder. To gain some insight into the market for luxury goods, this infographic takes data from Knight Frank’s 2021 Wealth Report to compare the preferences of nine global regions."
• Luxury Sneakers Are The New Social Currency - "Sneakers used to be functional and typically cheap. Now, they’re a luxury item coveted worldwide. How did this happen - and what can it tell us about the future of fashion?"
• Luxury watch shortage drives growth of $20 billion secondhand market as start-ups rush to cash in - "A rush of companies are vying to become the eBay of high-end horology - including the storied online marketplace itself. Demand for high-end watches exploded during the Covid-19 pandemic. But the Big Four watch brands - Rolex, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet and Richard Mille - are holding firm on the limited production runs that make their timepieces so rare. The result is an online boom in the business of buying, selling and flipping pre-owned and vintage watches and a growing number of start-ups competing to become the dominant digital marketplace."
• Luxury Is About To Become More Sustainable & Inclusive: Here Is How - "Executives across luxury sectors have been working around the clock to mitigate the immediate effect of the downturn and to articulate what will change."
• Luxury watches crafted from paper - in pictures - "Canadian artist Gabriel Lau fell in love with luxury watches while studying product design at university. Like most of us, he can’t afford them, so he drew his dream Rolex - purposefully skew-whiff, but completely accurate in dimension and design - and photographed it stuck on his wrist for Instagram. That was the start of his paper watch collection. He has now made Patek Phillipes, Cartier timepieces and Omega Seamasters out of cardboard."
• LVMH Acquires Patek Philippe Shaking the Luxury Watch World - "In an unexpected twist of horological fate, luxury conglomerate LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, renowned for courting the crème de la crème of opulence and art, has wrapped its corporate hands around Swiss royalty: Patek Philippe."
• LVMH Has Already Won Gold at the Paris Olympics - "LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE has spent €150 million ($163 million) to be one of the premium sponsors of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. With top-end demand in the doldrums, Bernard Arnault is sponsoring what amounts to the first luxury games."
• LVMH hits 400 billion euro in market value - "LVMH (LVMH.PA) shares rose to a fresh record high on Tuesday, giving the luxury goods group a market capitalisation of 400 billion euros ($434 billion) for the first time and cementing its lead as Europe's most valuable company. Like other luxury companies which are heavily exposed to China, LVMH has benefited this year from the fast reopening of the world's second biggest economy. However, some analysts said further gains in the share price could become harder to achieve."
• Lyst Index - Fashion's Hottest Brands & Products - "The Lyst Index is the industry's quarterly report that ranks fashion's hottest brands and products."

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• Mac mini M2 review: Apple’s cheaper, tiny but mighty computer - "Power upgrade makes smallest Mac desktop more adaptable and better value alternative to iMac."
• MACBOOK AIR M2 IS THE START OF A WHOLE NEW AIR-A - "New design, new display, new processor, new price."
• Machu Picchu: Inca site ‘has gone by wrong name for over 100 years’ - "Peruvian historian and US archaeologist say the pre-Columbian town was called Huayna Picchu by the Inca people."
• ‘Mad Dog’ surfer dies riding giant waves in NazarÉ, Portugal - "Freire was one of the three Brazilian surfers who became known as the 'Mad Dogs' after conquering the giant wave 'Jaws' in Hawaii. They featured in the 2016 documentary Mad Dogs."
• MAD FOR MONACO - "The history, current events and personalities of the monarchy of the Principality of Monaco and the House of Grimaldi."
• Mad Men at 15: how the genius advertising drama foresaw the death of the American dream - "From the micro-aggressions toward Black, female and LGBTQ characters to its depiction of a worrying narcissist named Donald, this forward-thinking drama was a warning from history."
• Mad Men to Seinfeld – TV's most criminally overrated shows - The Guardian.
• Madame Claude & Her High-Profile Client List - Vanity Fair.
• Made-in-China.com - "Leading B2B Porpoal for China Manufacturers & Global Buyers. Connecting Buyers with China Suppliers."
• ‘Made in Russia’ goods are the new craze in China - "Waist-high Russian dolls greet customers at the entrance. In China, pop-up stores specializing in Russian-made products have become an increasingly common sight. Their proliferation has left some residents puzzled, with many on Chinese social media questioning why these stores seem to have sprung up overnight."
• Made to measure: why we can’t stop quantifying our lives - "From ancient Egyptian cubits to fitness tracker apps, humankind has long been seeking ever more ways to measure the world - and ourselves. But what is this doing to us?"
• Madeleine McCann case: tabloids and trolls fill vacuum as wait goes on - "Two weeks after Germans identified a suspect, there is no further clarity but much slander and speculation."
• Madeleine McCann: German paedophile identified as new prime suspect - "Man in jail on another charge was living near where toddler vanished in Portugal in 2007."
• MADELEINE MOMENT - involuntary autobiographical memory, is a subcomponent of memory that occurs when cues encountered in everyday life evoke recollections of the past without conscious effort.
• Madoff Talks review: definitive life of an ‘extraordinarily evil’ man - "Jim Campbell exchanged hundreds of emails and letters with the financier whose crimes brought him a 150-year sentence."
• Madonna's free Brazil concert at Rio's Copacabana beach attracts more than 1.6 million fans - "Madonna put on a free concert in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday night with throngs of fans flocking to see the pop idol on Brazil's famous Copacabana beach. The signer performed some of her greatest hits, including Nothing Really Matters, Like a Prayer and Vogue, and was joined on stage at one point by Brazilian singer Anitta."
• Maersk turns record profit & predicts supply chain chaos will continue - "Maersk, the world's largest container shipping company, predicts that global supply chain chaos will continue into next year. That could benefit the company, which just reported its best quarter in 117 years."
• Maersk warns of looming global recession - "AP Møller-Maersk says Ukraine war, Europe’s energy crisis and high inflation are hitting demand, as UK consumers face record food inflation."
• Maga says Pope Leo may be American, but he's not 'America first' - "Any jubilation on the American Make America Great Again right about the new Pope this week quickly dissipated as key voices from Donald Trump's Maga movement came to a disappointed conclusion: the first American Pope does not appear to be 'America first'."
• Magicians less prone to mental disorders than other artists, finds research - "Aberystwyth University study first to show a creative group with lower scores on psychotic traits than general population. Creative types - musicians, painters, writers - are often regarded as a tormented and difficult bunch but a study has revealed that at least one subsection of the artistic community may have grasped the trick of staying well balanced."
• MAGNA CARTA
• Magna Carta 165 collection items - The British Library.
• Magna Carta, Still Posing a Challenge at 800 - The New York Times.
• MAIL A MAFIA THREAT STRAIGHT FROM CORLEONE
• Make Algorithms Accountable - The New York Times.
• Make Sure You’re Using That Sunscreen Correctly - The New York Times.
• MAKEUSEOF.com - booming daily blog that features cool websites, computer tips, and downloads that make you more productive. The aim of MakeUseOf is to guide you through the web and tell you about hot websites that you have never heard of, best software programs, and all kinds of "how to" tips for Windows, Mac and Linux computer users.
• Malacca Strait: How one volcano could trigger world chaos - "It's only a few hundred miles long, but when a natural disaster strikes near the Malacca Strait, the consequences could be global."
• Maldives faces existential threat from a climate crisis it did little to create. We need the world’s help now - "'Small islands like ours face an uncertain future. We can adapt – but climate finance that we badly need must be unlocked.' - Mohamed Muizzu, president of the Maldives."
• Maldives Is a Tiny Paradise. Why Are China & India Fighting Over It? - "Asia's two giants are crowding the island nation with building projects, tossing its newborn democracy to and fro."
• Maldives shelters sanctioned Russian billionaires’ yachts - "The cautious approach by authorities in Maldives to enforcing the sanctions imposed after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine means that the Indian Ocean island nation has emerged as an attractive destination for yacht-owning Russian oligarchs."
• Maldives: The new ‘private jet’-style airline set to fly to Maldives - "Traveling to Maldives - the 1,000-island archipelago off the western coast of India that’s one of the world’s most glamorous beach destinations - is always a special occasion. Now, a new airline aims to make it even more so. Beond - pronounced 'beyond' - aims to create a 'private jet' experience by using narrow-body aircraft (rather than the wide-body often used on routes to the Maldives), and offering an all-premium cabin with lie-flat seats which share components with Ferrari cars."
• Maldives: Why Time Is Running Out Across the Maldives' Lovely Little Islands - "Global tourism brought a modern economy to the country's thousand islands. For many Maldivians, the teeming capital beckons."
• Maldives’ plan to reclaim atoll land for tourist resorts may ‘choke ecosystem’ - "Vulnerable island nation split over project to dredge millions of tonnes of sand to create land for resorts and industry at Addu Atoll, made a Unesco reserve for its seagrass and mangroves."
• Male & female brains wired differently, scans reveal - The Guardian.
• Malta wants to become 'Blockchain Island' - CNN tech.
• man in the iron lung: How Paul Alexander lived life to the full - "Paul Alexander was six years old when he woke, terrified, to find himself inside a large metal tube, with only his head sticking out. When he died recently at the age of 78, Paul had spent more than seven decades using his iron lung, longer than anyone else in history."
• Man moobs? Scientists warn they can raise risk of men dying young - "Gynaecomastia, also known as man boobs, causes the breasts to swell. Sufferers 37% more likely to die by 75 compared to those without condition."
• Man Ray's 'Le Violon d'Ingres' photograph sells for record $12.4 million - "The original print of the masterpiece, widely considered to be Man Ray's most famous work, sold for $12.4 million, smashing sale estimates. Prior to the sale, it was expected to fetch between $5-7 million, the highest estimate for a single photograph in auction history, according to Christie's, which sold the work."
• Man watches from his phone as robbers break into his apartment - New York Post.
• Man who claims he invented iPhone in 1992 sues Apple for $10bn - The Telegraph.
• man who 'saved the world' dies - The New York Times.
• Man who’s lived on cruise ship for more than 20 years reveals cost of his unusual lifestyle - "Living on a cruise ship is getting more appealing in these recent (and very expensive) times, and a man who has done it for decades has broken down his cost of living."
• Man Whose Weather Forecast Saved the World - "Getting the troops to Normandy on D-Day was a tremendous logistical undertaking. And it almost didn’t happen."
• manna: The return of Sicily's ancient 'white gold' - "Along the bark of each tree are thick lines of manna, a white mineral-rich resin referenced in the Bible 17 times that has been used as a natural sweetener and medicinal aid for centuries. Now, a farmer is reviving this ancient 'superfood'."
• Manson family member dies aged 73 - "Linda Kasabian was lookout on night five were killed across LA - including Roman Polanski's wife Sharon Tate and her unborn child - before dodging jail by testifying against cult and changing her name."
• map can show the exact location of every pokÉmon around you - The Verge.
• map shows europe's most expensive countries from switzerland to iceland - "According to recent statistics, the most expensive country in Europe is Switzerland. In fact data from Numbeo, the world’s largest cost of living database, suggests that Switzerland is second only to Bermuda in terms of the most expensive countries in the world."
• Mapped: All the world's 1,031 World Heritage Sites - The Telegraph.
• Mapped: How the entire planet's internet is linked by cables under the sea - The Telegraph.
• Mapped: the countries that consume the most electricity - The Telegraph.
• Mapped: The countries that eat the most meat - The Telegraph.
• Mapped: the countries with the highest divorce rate - The Telegraph.
• Mapped: The Income a Family Needs to Live Comfortably in Every U.S. State - "This visualization illustrates the income necessary for two working adults with two children to maintain a comfortable lifestyle in each state."
• Mapped: The world according to life expectancy - The Telegraph.
• Mapped: The world's most - and least - crowded countries - The Telegraph.
• Mapped: Where in the world is safe from terror? - The Telegraph.
• Mapping the Migration of the World's Millionaires - "This graphic maps out the migration of millionaires across the globe, showing the top 10 countries the ultra-rich are moving to and from."
• Mapping the World's Prices 2015 - Deutsche Bank.
• Mapping the world's prices 2019 - "This is the 8th annual Deutsche Bank survey of global prices and living standards from various countries and cities around the world. We’ve focussed the analysis on 50 cities relevant to global financial markets."
• Marble Arch Mound: London's newest attraction is a heap of earth - "It's the home of Tower Bridge, the Houses of Parliament and that great big wheel spinning beside the Thames, but London's newest tourist attraction might just eclipse them all -- at least, in notoriety."
• Marc Andreessen’s plan to win the future - The New Yorker.
• Marcel Proust at 150 - "As Proustophiles the world over commemorate the 150th anniversary of the author’s birth on July 10 and look ahead to the centenary of his death in November next year, the time is ripe to reflect on Proust and his writing and to take stock of his status in contemporary literature and culture."
• Marcel Proust on What Writing Is - "In the last volume of 'In Search of Lost Time,' Proust famously describes the transformation of himself as an author."
• Marcel Proust’s different home addresses - Hôtel Littéraire le Swann.
• March blood moon lights up the sky - In pictures - "The moon shone a dramatic red Thursday evening into Friday morning, as it passed into Earth's shadow during a total lunar eclipse."
• Marcos Jr: how a dictator’s son has changed the Philippines - "Marcos has stood up to China, and he remains popular, despite running the country ‘under cruise control’, according to one expert."
• Marie Antoinette Chair Sells for a Record US$2.8 Million - "A royal chair created for the boudoir of Marie Antoinette achieved €2.6 million (US$2.8 million) Thursday evening at Sotheby’s in Paris, setting a record for a single 18th-century chair."
• Marie Antoinette's bracelets sell at auction for $8m - "Two diamond bracelets once owned by the queen of France, Marie Antoinette, have sold at auction in Switzerland for more than $8m. They were bought by an anonymous telephone bidder. They sold for more than double than expected."
• Marie-Antoinette's torrid affair with Swedish count revealed in decoded letters - The Telegraph.
• marijuana: How marijuana impacts pain, sleep, anxiety & more, according to the latest science - "Are you using - or considering using - marijuana to help with anxiety, pain, muscle spasms, nausea during pregnancy, poor sleep and more? You may be surprised to discover there is little quality evidence on the benefits of marijuana, according to a new analysis of more than 100 clinical trials and meta-analyses."
• Mark Zuckerberg is building one of the biggest homes in US history - "$270M Hawaiian compound will include its own village and huge underground bunker."
• marilyn monroe & 10 other jfk mistresses: photos - The Daily Beast.
• Marilyn Monroe: 7 rarely seen pictures & the stories behind them - The Telegraph.
• Marilyn Monroe auction: Man buys crypt near film star's for $195,000 - "Beverley Hills tech investor Anthony Jabin said he had 'always dreamt' of being next to Monroe. The space is also close to the crypt of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, who bought the vault next to Monroe's in 1992."
• Marilyn Monroe Auction Online Catalog 2014 - Julien's Auctions.
• Marilyn Monroe & Bobby Kennedy 'were an item', letters to the Hollywood icon suggest - The Telegraph.
• Marilyn Monroe: the unseen files - The Telegraph.
• 'Marilyn Monroe was impossible to work with' - The Telegraph.
• MARITIME INJURY CENTER - "While working in the maritime industry can be exciting and lucrative, it can also be highly dangerous. If you’ve been injured on the job, you have rights and we’re here to help."
• Mariupol before & after: updated Google maps reveal destruction in Ukraine city - "New satellite images offer a window into the aftermath of prolonged Russian shelling."
• Mark Zuckerberg & the tech tycoons carving up Lake Tahoe - "Silicon Valley billionaires are driving a property boom on the California-Nevada border. But vast mansions and crystal clear waters aren’t the only draw."
• Mark Zuckerberg: advertisers' boycott of Facebook will end 'soon enough' - "We will not change our policies or approach, says Zuckerberg. More than 500 companies are protesting against hate speech."
• Mark Zuckerberg concealed his kids’ faces on Instagram. Should you? - "When Mark Zuckerberg shared a photo on Instagram of his family on July 4, two things stuck out: the billionaire CEO wore a striped souvenir cowboy hat, and the faces of his children were replaced with happy face emojis. Zuckerberg’s post was promptly criticized by some who saw the decision to obscure the faces as a reflection of his privacy concerns for sharing pictures of his children online, despite his creating massive platforms that allow millions of other parents to do just that."
• Mark Zuckerberg has to go. Here are 25 reasons why - "It’s time we dethrone Mark Zuckerberg and prove that Silicon Valley kings are not gods."
• Mark Zuckerberg is ready to fight Elon Musk in a cage match - "A tech billionaire brawl for the ages that needs to happen."
• Mark Zuckerberg on billionaires: 'No one deserves to have that much money' - "Mark Zuckerberg, the fifth richest person in the world with many billions of dollars to his name, said he 'understands' where Bernie Sanders is coming from when the Democratic presidential candidate says billionaires shouldn't exist."
• MARK ZUCKERBERG ON TAKING HIS MASSIVE WORKFORCE REMOTE - "‘We’re going to be the most forward-leaning company on remote work at our scale’."
• Mark Zuckerberg proves he is Facebook's editor by allowing Trump's hate speech - The Guardian.
• Mark Zuckerberg Quietly Buries the Metaverse - "Mark Zuckerberg Quietly Buries the Metaverse. The CEO of social-media giant Meta has sworn by AI, popularized by the chatbot ChatGPT."
• Mark Zuckerberg Says He Strongly Disagrees With "The Ugly" Memo By Top Facebook Exec - BuzzFeed.
• MARK ZUCKERBERG SAYS IT WILL TAKE 3 YEARS TO FIX FACEBOOK - Wired.
• Mark Zuckerberg tapes over his webcam. Should you? - The Guardian.
• Mark Zuckerberg: The Recode interview - The Verge.
• Mark Zuckerberg’s Long March to China - MIT Tech Review.
• Mark Zuckerberg's old Facebook posts have vanished. The company says it 'mistakenly deleted' them - "Facebook won't restore the posts, saying the work to do so would be 'extensive' and not guaranteed to work. Facebook has also made changes to the way it saves its archives of previous corporate announcements and blog posts that make it that much harder to parse the company's historical records."
• Marmite good for you? - "As everyday staples including Marmite, wholemeal sliced bread and baked beans are classed as potentially risky to our health... Can ultra processed foods EVER be good for you?"
• Marriage Equality Around the World - "Marriage Equality Legal in 34 Countries."
• Mars: How mapping Mars could help us live there - "Understanding daily and seasonal weather patterns can help researchers identify the safest time and location to land. Landing is just one challenge that accurate atlases can help to overcome: identifying the best locations for human settlements in terms of landscape, temperature and resources is another. 'If there is ice available, we can convert it to water which can be used for habitation,' explains Atri."
• Marseille: France's 'good natured' city - "A French city that doesn't feel French. 'The city of 100 neighbourhoods' has long been overlooked for the same reasons that make it so great: it's not like Paris, Lyon or Aix."
• Marshall Islands: Endless fallout: the Pacific idyll still facing nuclear blight 77 years on - "The film Oppenheimer has shone a global spotlight on the dawn of US nuclear weapons tests. In the Marshall Islands, where 23 of those earth-shattering blasts happened, people have never been able to forget."
• Martha Stewart Has 'Never-Ending Curiosity' (& a Few Regrets) - "This year I made time to grow the best vegetables, monster vegetables, that I've ever grown in my life. My houses are never done."
• Martha Stewart Is the Original Influencer - "The DIY trailblazer remains as relevant as ever thanks to her relentless reinvention, shrewd branding, and the occasional thirst trap."
• Martha Stewart Is the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Cover Star - "The domestic diva talks about shedding her inhibitions, and (most of) her clothes, for the cover shoot."
• Martha Stewart reveals why she broke it off with Anthony Hopkins - "Martha Stewart has revealed she ended her romance with Anthony Hopkins because she couldn't separate the actor from his most notorious film role."
• Martha Stewart Welcomes You to Generation Ageless - "The octogenarian is the new face of skin care on TikTok."
• Martin Luther King Jr.: The New Definitive Biography of Martin Luther King Jr. - "'King: A Life,' by Jonathan Eig, is the first comprehensive account of the civil rights icon in decades."
• Martin Luther King: Ten little-known facts - "As America pauses to honour Dr Martin Luther King, Jr's legacy, experts say his fight against poverty and inequality is still just as relevant today as it was during the US civil rights movement."
• martin luther king’s affairs ‘with 40 women' - "The MLK tapes: Secret FBI recordings accuse Martin Luther King Jr of watching and laughing as a pastor raped a woman, having 40 extramarital affairs - and they are under lock in a U.S. archive, claims author."
• Martin Luther King's 1964 Nobel Peace Prize Lecture audio released - The Telegraph.
• Marty Cooper, the father of the cellphone - "There wouldn't be Uber or Lyft or Google Maps or FaceTime or Instagram or Tinder or Snapchat or TikTok or iPhones or Android phones if someone hadn't invented the cellphone. Fortunately, somebody did."
• Mary Todd Lincoln: The truth about America's most vilified first lady - "'She thought of herself as the Queen of America': Why Mary Todd Lincoln became the US's most vilified First Lady. Abraham Lincoln's wife was long attacked for everything from her spending to her lack of emotional restraint. But with two new plays about her, she is finally getting better press."
• Mary Trump on her Uncle Donald: ‘I used to feel compassion for him. That became impossible’ - "She is a psychologist who used to deny being related to Donald – now she has written an explosive bestseller about him. She discusses his racism, incompetence, cruelty and why he never laughs."
• Mary Trump says President 'is not going to get better' - "Mary Trump says President 'is not going to get better and he is without question going to get worse'."
• Mary Trump thumps Donald - "The president’s niece follows John Bolton’s right hook with a sharp left to the ribs. Revenge Trump-style is grimly engrossing."
• Mary Trump's book breaks record with mammoth sales - "Mary Trump's tell-all book had sold a staggering 950,000 copies by the end of its first day on sale, publisher Simon & Schuster said Thursday."
• Mary Trump’s book: eight of its most shocking claims about the president - "Trump ‘paid someone to take his exams’. President emotionally ‘scarred’ by abusive father. Trump shaped by ‘sociopath’ father, niece writes in memoir."
• Mask Mandates Did Nothing. Will Any Lessons Be Learned? - "'Do something' is not science, and it shouldn't have been public policy."
• Maslow’s hierarchy of needs? A psychology theory, explained - "Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is the kind of 'see it everywhere, can’t remember where you learned it' concept that pops up every so often in conversations about psychology, social issues and self-improvement."
• Mass Shootings: 'This is What Normal Has Come to Be Like in America' - TIME Magazine
• Mastodon - since 2016. "Social networking that's not for sale." Your home feed should be filled with what matters to you most, not what a corporation thinks you should see. Radically different social media, back in the hands of the people. Free and open-source software for running self-hosted social networking services. It has microblogging features similar to the Twitter service, which are offered by a large number of independently run Mastodon nodes (technically known as instances), each with its own code of conduct, terms of service, privacy options, and moderation policies.
• matcha: Should you switch to matcha or stick with coffee? - "Considered by many to be superior to coffee, Matcha has been treasured for centuries for its restorative powers."
• Math.Answers.com - informative guide for both students and educators with extremely helpful articles on many forms of mathematics.
• maths problem that could bring the world to a halt - "Our hectic, on-demand lifestyles rely upon allocating finite sets of resources to constantly changing numbers of people. As this task grows ever harder, it will require solutions to a little-known mathematical riddle."
• Matt Hancock’s secret affair with aide Gina Coladangelo is exposed after office snogs while Covid raged on - "Mr Hancock, 42, and millionaire lobbyist Gina were caught on camera in a steamy clinch at his Whitehall office."
• Matter - since 2019. "The Foundation for Connected Things." One protocol to connect compatible devices and systems with one another. Smart home devices should be secure, reliable, and seamless to use. And with Matter, they are. Formerly Project Connected Home over IP (CHIP), is a royalty-free home automation connectivity standard, with manufacturers only incurring certification costs. Version 1.0 of the specification was published 4 October 2022. The Matter specification is provided at no charge upon request after providing full name, company name, email address and consenting to their privacy policy, but cannot be redistributed without permission from CSA. The Matter software development kit is open-source under the Apache license. Offcial website.
• Maui fire: 93 killed as governor warns of 'significant' death toll rise - "Ninety-three people have been confirmed killed in the Maui fire that razed the historic town of Lahaina, marking the most deadly US fire in a century. The number of victims could rise 'significantly', Hawaii Governor Josh Green warned on Saturday, as forensic work continues to identify the victims. Hundreds remain unaccounted for while hundreds of others fill shelters across Maui after fleeing the flames."
• Maui fire: Aftermath of the Hawaii wildfire - in pictures - "The fire that tore across Lahaina in Maui caught many by surprise, claiming dozens of lives and burning more than 1,000 buildings. Aerial photographs reveal the extent of the damage."
• Maui fire: Devastating Hawaii fires made ‘much more dangerous’ by climate change - "Global heating is causing vegetation to dry out, priming it as fuel for an outbreak of fire, says scientist at Nature Conservancy."
• Maui fire: Bare electrical wire & leaning poles on Maui were possible cause of deadly fires - "Experts who watched videos showing downed power lines agreed wire that was insulated would not have arced and sparked, igniting a line of flame."
• Maui fire: Hawaii congresswoman says state underestimated lethality of wildfires - Jill Tokuda says Hawaii ‘did not learn lesson’ from previous hurricane as death toll from devastating fires reaches 89.
• Maui fire: Hawaii has a robust emergency siren warning system. It sat silent during the deadly wildfires - "The state’s vaunted integrated outdoor siren warning system - the largest in the world, with about 400 alarms - was not activated during the fires, according to Hawaii Emergency Management Agency spokesperson Adam Weintraub."
• Maui fire: How Climate Change Turned Lush Hawaii Into a Tinderbox - "Declining rainfall, rising temperatures and invasive species have left the islands more susceptible to wildfires." The New York Times.
• Maui fire: How Fire Turned Lahaina Into a Death Trap - "When a historic coastal town in Hawaii was overrun by fire, many residents fled for their lives - but there was nowhere to go." The New York Times.
• Maui fire: Investors cashing in purchasing scorched Hawaiian land - "'Shame on you!': Hawaii resident slams investors she says are already calling distraught families offering to buy their scorched land while they pick over the ashes of their homes as death toll rises to 99 and hundreds more are still missing."
• Maui fire: Maui county sues Hawaiian Electric over wildfires that killed more than 100 - "Maui county sued the Hawaiian Electric company on Thursday over the fires that devastated Lahaina, saying the utility negligently failed to shut off power despite exceptionally high winds and dry conditions. Witness accounts and video indicated that sparks from power lines ignited fires as utility poles snapped in the winds, which were driven by a passing hurricane. The 8 August fire killed at least 115 people and left an unknown number of others missing."
• Maui fire: Nearly 400 remain unaccounted for in Maui after wildfires, new list shows - "As hundreds remain missing after Maui wildfires, electric company admits evidence on how blaze started may be compromised."
• Maui fire: Why the Maui wildfires spread so devastatingly fast - video - "Unprecedented wildfires burning on the Hawaiian island of Maui have killed at least 53 people, displaced thousands of residents and destroyed parts of a centuries-old town. The disaster is one of the deadliest US wildfires in recent years."
• Max Verstappen dominates Mexican GP to set record for wins in a season - "Verstappen has won 14 out of 20 races this season."
• Mayflower 400 years: How many people are related to the Mayflower pilgrims? - "There are a few estimates out there, all of them quite high. According to the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, there are '35 million Mayflower descendants in the world'."
• Mayflower at 400: What we all get wrong about the Pilgrim Fathers - "At a time when America is straining under the weight and contradictions of its history, along comes the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower dropping anchor off these shores. Already this year the country has been forced to confront the baleful legacy of slavery, and the systemic racism that grew from that Original Sin."
• MAYLE - Diavolina offers a large selection of Mayle blouses, dresses, jackets and more.
• MAYO CLINIC - a non-profit organization and internationally renowned group medical practice headquartered in Rochester, MN, U.S.A.
• MBS | Mohammed bin Salman: Power, oil & a $450m painting - insiders on the rise of Saudi's Crown Prince - "In January 2015, Abdullah, the 90-year-old king of Saudi Arabia, was dying in hospital. His half-brother, Salman, was about to become king - and Salman’s favourite son, Mohammed bin Salman, was preparing for power."
• McDonald's is testing a new Big Mac recipe Business Insider.
• McDonald's launches Nutella burger - The Independent.
• McDonald’s let you order & pay from your smartphone - BusinessInsider.
• McDonald’s plans to sell its Russia business - "'This is a complicated issue that’s without precedent and with profound consequences,' said Chris Kempczinski, the chief executive of McDonald’s."
• McDonald's removes AI drive-throughs after order errors - "A trial of the system - which uses voice recognition software to process orders - was announced in 2019. It has not proved entirely reliable however - resulting in viral videos of bizarre misinterpreted orders. ranging from bacon-topped ice cream to hundreds of dollars worth of chicken nuggets."
• McDonald's restaurant in Russia - "Russia has relaunched McDonald's under new branding and ownership. CNN's Fred Pleitgen visited Moscow's Pushkinskaya Square, the same location where McDonald's first opened in Russia in 1990."
• McDonald’s Workers in Denmark Pity Us - "Danes haven’t built a 'socialist' country. Just one that works."
• McMillan TAC-50 Bolt-Action Rifle .50BMG - Tactical-Life.
• Meal of a lifetime: what to eat at every age - "From training toddlers to socialising septuagenarians - here are the ideal ingredients to eat healthily at every stage of life."
• Measles cases surge nearly 80% in wake of Covid chaos, with fears other diseases could follow - "Unicef says virus is ‘canary in the coalmine’ that shows up the gaps in vaccination campaigns for preventable illness."
• measuring worth - Relative Worth Calculators & Data Sets.
• Meat as a Cause of Cancer - The New York Times.
• Medication Mistakes Pharmacists Want You to Stop Making - "Common habits like storing pills in your medicine cabinet can reduce their effectiveness, experts say."
• Medieval Murder Maps - "The interactive Medieval Murder Maps give unique insight into violence, and justice in late medieval London, York, and Oxford." Discover the murders, sudden deaths, sanctuary churches, and prisons of three thriving medieval cities. Click on a pin to read the story based on the original record written down in the rolls of the coroner.
• Meditation Apps That’ll Keep You From Losing Your Mind - Wired.
• Mediterranean diet better for the heart than taking statins, major study suggests - The Telegraph.
• Mediterranean diet helps women live much longer, a large new study finds - "Women who closely followed a Mediterranean diet lived much longer than those who did not, according to a new study that followed more than 25,000 women for 25 years."
• Mediterranean diet may lower dementia risk by a quarter, study suggests - "Data from more than 60,000 Britons suggests plant-rich diet may help regardless of person’s genetic risk."
• Mediterranean diet named best diet for 2022 - "It's a winning streak that just won't quit. For the fifth year in a row, the Mediterranean diet was first across the finish line in the annual race for best diet, according to ratings announced Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report. Coming in a close second, in a tie: The DASH diet, which stands for dietary approaches to stop hypertension and emphasizes reducing salt intake; and the flexitarian diet, which encourages being a vegetarian most of the time - but is flexible enough to allow a burger once in a while."
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• Mediterranean diet pyramid today. Science & cultural updates - "Adopting a healthy lifestyle and preserving cultural elements should be considered in order to acquire all the benefits from the MD and preserve this cultural heritage. Considering the acknowledgment of the MD as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO (2010), and taking into account its contribution to health and general well-being, we hope to contribute to a much better adherence to this healthy dietary pattern and its way of life with this new graphic representation."
• Mediterranean Diet Really Is That Good for You. Here’s Why - "It has become the bedrock of virtuous eating. Experts answer common questions about how it leads to better health."
• Medium - "A place to share your stories and ideas."
• meet Japan's 'hardcore' minimalists - The Guardian.
• Meet the masseuse who bites Kanye & Steven Tyler - New York Post.
• Meet the Snowden of Swiss Banking - ICIJ.
• Meet Windows 10, a Throwback With Upgrades in Software & Security - The New York Times.
• Meeting of Styles - since 1997. "Worldwide Graffiti-Gatherings." The world´s largest Graffiti-Festival.
• Meghan Markle was 'surprised & disappointed' that Prince Harry 'had very little money', royal expert claims - "Royal expert Tom Bower branded the Duchess of Sussex 'money-obsessed'. The author claimed Meghan has imagined Prince Harry was 'worth billions'."
• Meghan 'mocks' the Queen with her curtsey - "Meghan compared meeting the Queen to a night at America's Medieval Times."
• ‘Mein Kampf,’ Hitler’s Manifesto, Returns to German Shelves - The New York Times.
• Melania & Me: Ivanka Trump sought to undermine first lady, new book says - "Details from ex-aide’s memoir revealed before key convention speech. Author suggests Trump daughter behind 2016 plagiarism fiasco."
• Melania by Melania Trump review - a blame-dodging masterclass - "Ex-first lady strategically avoids many key subjects in memoir seemingly at odds with Republican party."
• Melania Trump has a memoir coming out & she’s acting pretty strangely - "There has been surprisingly little fanfare about the book, which is published next month. Is the former first lady about to reveal all?"
• Melania Trump has a transactional marriage, says former aide - "Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, Melania Trump's former friend and assistant, talks to BBC Newsnight about her relationship with the First Lady."
• Melania Trump is 'counting the minutes until divorce' when Donald leaves the White House after their 15-year 'transactional marriage', former aides claim - "Ms Wolkoff alleged the Trumps had separate bedrooms in the White House and 'a transactional marriage'. Fellow ex-aide Omarosa Manigault Newman claimed the couple's 15-year marriage was over, adding: 'Melania is counting every minute until he is out of office and she can divorce. 'If Melania were to try to pull the ultimate humiliation and leave while he's in office, he would find a way to punish her.'"
• Melania Trump jacket: 5 things 'I don't care' could mean - BBC News.
• Melania Trump like you’ve never seen her before - New York Post.
• Melania Trump sculpture in Slovenia set on fire on US Independence Day - "A quirky wooden sculpture of US First Lady Melania Trump is reported to have been set on fire near her hometown in Slovenia, prompting its removal."
• Melania Trump spent one day in Cairo and the hotel bill was over $95,000 - Quartz.
• Melania Trump’s auction of NFT, hat & painting fall short of $250,000 opening bid - "Steep dive in crypto market resulted in final bid of about $170,000 - $80,000 short of the starting bid threshold."
• Melania Trump's new official portrait - "US First Lady Melania Trump's new official portrait has been released. Shot in the White House one day after her husband was sworn in as president, the black and white photo shows her wearing a dark business suit and white shirt as she rests her hands on a reflective table in the Yellow Oval Room."
• Melbourne to Dallas in 17 hours: Qantas announces latest ultra long-haul flight to US - "As global travel continues to reopen in 2022, there will soon be another addition to the 'world's longest flights' list - a direct route between Melbourne, Australia and Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) operated by Qantas."
• Melting ice sheets changing the way the Earth wobbles on its axis, says Nasa - The Guardian.
• Meme Stocks - "Meme stocks became all the rage among retail investors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Meme stocks are created when a company's shares catch fire with individual investors on social media platforms such as Reddit and quickly skyrocket in price. But, as many traditional investors and analysts point out, these viral stocks can be very risky since they rely on high interest from small investors to sustain the stock prices' liftoff 'to the moon.'"
• Memorise this: how to remember everything - The Telegraph.
• Memory: A Leading Memory Researcher Explains How to Make Precious Moments Last - "Our memories form the bedrock of who we are. Those recollections, in turn, are built on one very simple assumption: This happened. But things are not quite so simple. We update our memories through the act of remembering."
• Memory of Mankind archive: Scientists store entire human genome on ‘memory crystal’ that could survive billions of years - "The crystal features a visual key, intended to explain what it contains to whoever finds it. The crystal is stored in the Memory of Mankind archive in Hallstatt, Austria."
• Memory of Mankind (MOM) - "Help us to preserve the 1000 most important books of humanity in the MOM Archive." Preservation project funded in 2012 by Martin Kunze. Its main goal is to preserve the knowledge about present human civilization from oblivion and collective amnesia. Information is printed on ceramic tablets and stored in the salt mine of Hallstatt, Austria. The project aims to create the 'time capsule of our era', letting anyone participate by allowing them to submit texts and images. In contrast to national archives, content for MOM is collected by those who take part. It is a collective, "bottom-up" history.
• Men are better at multitasking than women, study claims - Daily Mail.
• Men Feminists Left Behind - The New York Times.
• Men may not ‘perceive’ domestic tasks as needing doing in the same way as women, philosophers argue - "By adding a gender dimension to the theory of 'affordance perception' and applying it to the home, a new hypothesis may help answer questions of why women still shoulder most housework, and why men never seem to notice." University of Cambridge.
• men really are the weaker sex, Scientists confirm - The Guardian.
• Men’s Locker Room Designers Take Pity on Naked Millennials - The New York Times.
• mental rigours of being US president - "Donald Trump is not the first president to be called unhinged, by political enemies and medical professionals alike. But some of his predecessors were manic depressives, bipolar and even psychopathic, say experts."
• Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Van’s Glamorous Turn - "Famous actors, singers, athletes and housewives are fans of the Mercedes-Benz van, which has become a staple in streets outside events like the Met Gala."
• Mercenary 'Mad Mike' Hoare dies aged 100 - "Michael 'Mad Mike' Hoare, widely considered the world's most famous mercenary, has died aged 100."
• MERCER - quality of living surveys.
• Merlot Vs Pinot Noir: 8 Key Differences & Similarities - "Merlot wine is soft, medium-bodied, with low tannin and acidity. It has charming plum and pomegranate with red fruit and earthy flavors. Pinot Noir is the smoothest red wine with a velvety texture and raspberry and plum flavors. It also seduces you with strawberry and red cherry aromas."
• Merry Christmas. I Got You a Tiny Cow - "Miniature livestock are a hot-ticket item this holiday season."
• Met Gala 2024: Everything You Need To Know - "What’s the dress code, who’s hosting, who’s going and how to watch. Guests have been instructed to dress for 'The Garden of Time,' so named after a 1962 short story by J.G. Ballard about an aristocratic couple living in a walled estate with a magical garden."
• Met Gala 2024 fashion: The best looks from the red carpet - "Celebrities descended on New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday night for the annual Met Gala. The extravagant event raises money for the museum's Costume Institute. Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny and Chris Hemsworth were co-chairs alongside Anna Wintour."
• Met Gala 2024: The 'delicious irony' of the Met Gala's Garden of Time theme - "In JG Ballard's dystopian story The Garden of Time - which has inspired this year's dress code - the super-rich hide themselves in Arcadian splendour while the 'great unwashed' riot. It seems an unlikely choice of theme for fashion's event of the year."
• META FILTER - general-interest community weblog, founded in 1999. "Metafilter is a weblog that anyone can contribute a link or a comment to. A typical weblog is one person posting their thoughts on the unique things they find on the web. This website exists to break down the barriers between people, to extend a weblog beyond just one person, and to foster discussion among its members."
• Meta lifts restrictions on Trump’s Facebook & Instagram accounts - "‘Guardrails’ that previously existed removed as Meta says voters should be able to hear from presidential nominees."
• Metaverse: RIP Metaverse. The Metaverse, Zuckerberg's tech obsession, is officially dead. ChatGPT killed it - "An obituary for the latest fad to join the tech graveyard."
• Meteorologists say 2020 on course to be hottest year since records began - "Global lockdowns have lowered emissions but longer-term changes needed, say scientists."
• Method Dressing - "At its core, method dressing is when actors take aspects of a film - like the plot, the scenery, and the characters - and apply them to their red-carpet or street-style ensembles. Simply put, it's sartorial storytelling at its finest."
• MH370: one of aviation's biggest mysteries remains unsolved 10 years on - "A decade has passed since the plane veered wildly off course during a routine flight to Beijing and disappeared but, despite one of the largest and most expensive multinational searches in history, one of aviation’s greatest mysteries remains unsolved. Relatives of passengers lost onboard ill-fated flight wonder whether a repeat disaster could happen, and if they will get an answer in their lifetime."
• MH370 theory: Data analysis points to new probable crash site - "The MH370 search doesn’t add up. An engineer has found a new possible crash site - and inferred a sinister end for passengers."
• MI5 chief Ken McCallum accuses Facebook of giving ‘free pass’ to terrorists - "Facebook has given terrorists a 'free pass' by allowing stronger encryption on its network, the head of MI5 has said in his first criticism of Mark Zuckerberg’s company. Ken McCallum said that the social media giant’s plans to install end-to-end encryption would block hundreds of counterterrorism investigations by the Security Service."
• MI5 missed early chance to expose Soviet agent Kim Philby, files reveal - "British intelligence viewed Flora Solomon as ‘inconsequential’ in 1951 but her evidence later ‘clinched’ case against Philby."
• M.I.C. GADGET - M.I.C (like "made-in-china") is a blog about life in China and subculture which includes knockoffs, funny gadgets, chinese food, events and everything else that comes under the genre.
• Michael Jackson Died With $500 Million in Debt - "Jackson owed about $40 million to the tour promoter A.E.G. in 2009, his estate’s executors said in a court filing. They said all the debts have been eliminated."
• Michael Jordan Is Now Worth $3 Billion & Joins The Forbes 400 - "Thanks to his sale of the Charlotte Hornets, the NBA legend is in rare air—becoming the first professional athlete to rank among America’s 400 wealthiest people."
• Michael Jordan was offered $100 million to appear at an event for two hours. He said no, his agent says - "NBA superstar Michael Jordan may have retired years ago, but his off-court appeal remains as strong as ever."
• Michael Jordan's Forgotten New Balance Moment - "This old photo of Jordan led to the creation of the Jumpman logo and, years later, a lawsuit."
• Michael Moore on how Harris-Walz can defeat Trump: ‘Do weird & cringe until the debate, then nail him’ - "Progressive film-maker says he’s more optimistic than he’s ever been since Trump announced first run eight years ago."
• Michael Moore: Trump does not want to be president - Huffington Post.
• Michael Schumacher health update: "Hope" ruled out after son Mick's devastating admission - "Michael Schumacher, the seven-time world champion and arguably the greatest Formula 1 driver ever, has been out of the public eye for almost a decade after a horror skiing accident which caused life-changing injuries. Speaking on Schumacher's condition and recovery recently, son Mick simply replied: 'No. There is only one answer to this question and that is what his son Mick gave in one of his rare interviews in 2022, 'I would give anything to talk to dad.' 'This sentence says everything about how his father has been doing for over 3500 days. A case without hope.'"
• Michael Wolff on Donald Trump - "It's all explosive."
• Michelin stars could be the ultimate kiss of death for restaurants - "A report says that because the accolade brings higher costs and more stress, restaurants that have been awarded stars are more likely to close than those without."
• michelle obama 2016 Presidential Race October 13, 2016 - YouTube 23:47. ‘When they go low, we go high’.
• Michelle Obama opens up about menopause - "'We’re living like it’s not happening'. The former first lady used her podcast to also draw attention to other issues affecting women such as weight, ageing and image."
• Michelle Obama ‘couldn’t stand’ Barack for first 10 years of marriage - "The former first lady candidly discussed the early years of the couple’s union, during which they were raising two young daughters, explaining that she was doing the heavy lifting while the eventual president was often absent."
• Mickey Mouse Plays Football In The Latest Gerald Genta Collectible watch - "Gerald Genta Mickey Mouse watches are the most cheerful collectibles in the world of horology. But that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be taken seriously. The genre was created by the world’s most famous watch designer - Genta designed the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, the Patek Philippe Nautilus and the Cartier Pasha - and like these pieces (though not quite to the same extent), Gerald Genta’s Mickey Mouse watches fetch respectable prices at auction. They are always limited editions, and they contain mechanical movements, most of which include complications."
• Mickey Mouse Returns On A GÉrald Genta Minute Repeater For Only Watch - "A special timepiece in more ways than one."
• Micronations: How To Rule Your Own Country: Inside The Outrageous World Of Micronations - "With political turmoil worldwide, divided beliefs, and mandates facing ordinary citizens, the idea of creating your own country might seem like a dream. But with micronations launching around the world, this dream has become a reality despite not being recognized by governments. According to legal experts, a micronation is a political entity whose representatives claim that they belong to an independent nation or sovereign state, but which lacks legal recognition by any sovereign state. Micronations are classified separately from states and rebel movements and are not considered autonomous or self-governing as they lack the legal basis in international law for their existence."
• Microplastic pollution in oceans vastly underestimated - study - "Particles may outnumber zooplankton, which underpin marine life and regulate climate."
• Microplastics detected in clouds hanging atop two Japanese mountains - "Findings regarding clouds above Mount Fuji and Mount Oyama highlight how microplastics are highly mobile. The cloud's mist contained about 6.7 to 13.9 pieces of microplastics per litre, and among them was a large volume of 'water loving' plastic bits, which suggests the pollution 'plays a key role in rapid cloud formation, which may eventually affect the overall climate', the authors wrote in a press release."
• Microplastics have made it into our brains. Should we be worried? - "A growing problem for the planet has become one for the body too, as a new study shows a build-up of plastic where we least want it."
• Microplastics: Premium teabags leak billions of particles - study - "Some premium tea bags might be leaving billions of microscopic plastic particles in your cup, new research suggests."
• Microsoft beats Apple as most valuable company for first time in two years - "With market capitalizations neck-and-neck at $2.887tn and $2.875tn, Microsoft pulls ahead due to worries about iPhone sales."
• Microsoft calls for facial recognition technology rules given 'potential for abuse' - The Guardian.
• Microsoft Excel: Our 40-year love affair with Microsoft Excel - "From planning weddings to organising dates, the spreadsheet program has become a part of our lives."
• Microsoft four-day work week 'boosts productivity' - "Microsoft Japan said sales had been boosted by nearly 40% during an experiment in which staff worked a four-day week on full pay."
• Microsoft Office’s new default font: Aptos - "Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel all get a new default font today. Microsoft is replacing its Calibri default font with Aptos, a new sans-serif typeface that’s inspired by mid-20th-century Swiss typography. Previously known as Bierstadt, Microsoft has been on the hunt for its new Aptos default font over the past couple of years. The software giant commissioned five new custom fonts for Office in 2021, and the Aptos font was picked as the default after years of feedback."
• Microsoft Safety Scanner - "Do you think your PC has a virus?"
• Microsoft co-founder’s collection poised to raise $1bn in ‘largest art auction in history’ - "Proceeds from sale of 150 works owned by the late billionaire Paul Allen will go to charity."
• Middle East crisis: visual guide to Iran’s attack on Israel - "Iran launched drones and missiles towards Israel, most of which were intercepted by Israel and its allies."
• Midlife crisis? It’s a myth. Why life gets better after 50 - "We don’t peak in middle age, say the experts. So forget about the stereotypes and embrace change."
• Midsummer: The mystical pagan traditions still celebrated in Sweden at Midsummer - "Midsummer is the quintessential Swedish celebration and a highlight in the cultural calendar. Typically, it’s spent with friends and family at someone’s summer house."
• Mikhail Gorbachev - a life in pictures - "The last leader of the Soviet Union, who started a process of liberalisation and reform that eventually led to its dissolution, has died at the age of 91 in Russia."
• Mikhail Khodorkovsky: What comes after Vladimir Putin is one of my biggest concerns - "Once Russia’s richest man, the oligarch-turned-dissident talks to Samuel Lovett about the current state of war in Ukraine, stopping Vladimir Putin’s war machine, and succession in the Kremlin."
• MILE HIGH CLUB - since May 1993. "The term 'Mile High Club' refers to two people engaging in sexual activity (sexual intercourse) at an altitude of no less than 5,280 ft (a mile high above the earth) in an airplane."
• MILITARY EQUIPMENT GUIDE - Military.com.
• Milky Way photographer of the year 2024 - in pictures - "The Milky Way season ranges from February to October in the northern hemisphere and from January to November in the southern hemisphere."
• Milton: In pictures: Hurricane Milton heads for impact - "Less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene wrought a path of destruction that left more than 230 people dead in the Southeast, another massive hurricane is projected to barrel into western Florida. Hurricane Milton rapidly intensified earlier in the week to a Category 5 and is expected to make landfall near Tampa as a major Category 3 hurricane, bringing destructive flooding and life-threatening storm surge."
• Milton: In pictures: Hurricane Milton unleashes its fury - "Less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene left more than 230 people dead in the Southeast, another massive hurricane is now lashing Florida. Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key on Wednesday night as a Category 3 storm, bringing extreme rainfall, high winds and widespread power outages. It could become one of the most destructive storms on record for Florida’s Gulf Coast, and its disastrous impacts are being felt over much of the state."
• Milton: Maps & charts: Visualizing Milton’s historic impact across Florida - "With the storm now moving into the Atlantic Ocean, roughly 10 million residents remain under threat from dangerous coastal conditions through Friday. The storm’s dramatic and rapid intensification set a record as the fastest-ever Atlantic hurricane to escalate from a tropical depression to Category 5 status in just over 48 hours, according to NASA."
• Milton: Mass exodus underway along Florida’s Gulf Coast as Hurricane Milton approaches - "South Florida meteorologist becomes emotional on air while speaking about Milton's incredible intensity."
• Milton restrengthens to Category 5 as residents flee Florida - "Hurricane Milton barrels toward Florida, could be one of most destructive storms on record."
• Milton: See the Ocean Heat Fueling Hurricane Milton, in One Chart - "The waters of the Atlantic Ocean have been abnormally warm, providing copious amounts of energy that can intensify storms."
• MILWARD BROWN - 100 most valuable global luxury brands 2009.
• MINDSIGN NEUROMARKETING - MRI brain response market research for product improvement. "We look at the subject brain response to your ad, game, speech, or film. We look at how well and how often it engages the areas for attention/emotion/memory/and personal meaning (importance)."
• MIND Diet: Does the MIND Diet Prevent Dementia? - "Healthy eating might help protect your brain, experts say, but other factors play in as well." The New York Times.
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• MIND Diet Review | The Nutrition Source - "The Mediterranean-DASH Diet Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay, or MIND diet, targets the health of the aging brain. Dementia is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, driving many people to search for ways to prevent cognitive decline." Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
• Minecraft Generation - The New York Times Magazine.
• Missing Picasso Found? Photo Suggests Philippines’ Imelda Marcos Might Still Have It - "What might be a lost painting by Pablo Picasso was spotted at the home of Imelda Marcos, the former first lady of the Philippines and the widow of dictator Ferdinand Marcos–who allegedly embezzled billions of dollars from the Philippines before he was ousted–after her son Ferdinand Marcos Jr. won the presidential election this week. The Marcos family is believed to have embezzled as much as $10 billion from the Philippines, the majority of which has never been recovered."
• Mist in the cabin isn’t smoke. Here’s what’s really going on - "Fog in the airplane? Here’s why you shouldn’t worry."
• mistakes that nearly caused WWIII - "The nuclear mistakes that could have ended civilisation. From invading animals to a faulty computer chip worth less than a dollar, the alarmingly long list of close calls shows just how easily nuclear war could happen by mistake."
• MMA Fighter’s Pummeling of Tai Chi Master Rattles China - The New York Times.
• ‘Moai designs are getting lost’: extreme weather chips away at Easter Island statues - "Experts call for conservation action as the features on Rapa Nui’s famous monoliths are eroded by fire and rain."
• Mobile broadband is faster than Wi-Fi in 33 countries - "And with the promise of 5G, this may soon be true in the US as well."
• MOBILE EXHIBITS - Barrett Displays draws upon years of logistic knowledge to gear the exhibits around minimizing install and dismantle costs on site.
• Mobile phones & brain cancer: ‘no evidence of health risk’ is not the same as 'safe' - The Guardian.
• modern humans have Neanderthal DNA, new research finds - "We all likely have a bit of Neanderthal in our DNA -- including Africans who had been thought to have no genetic link to our extinct human relative, a new study finds."
• modern humans needed three tries - and 12,000 years - to colonise Europe - "Homo sapiens forced out Neanderthals between 54,000 and 42,000 years ago, according to controversial new research."
• Mohamed Al Fayed accused of rape & sexual assault by 20 women - "The BBC has heard testimony from more than 20 female ex-employees who say the billionaire, who died last year aged 94, sexually assaulted or raped them. The documentary and podcast - Al-Fayed: Predator at Harrods - gathered evidence that, during Fayed’s ownership, Harrods not only failed to intervene, but helped cover up abuse allegations."
• Mohamed Al Fayed dies aged 94: Former Harrods & Ritz Paris Hotel owner - "Passes away nearly 26 years to the day since his son Dodi was killed in car crash with Princess Diana."
• Mohamed Al Fayed: perennial outsider, savvy businessman & grief-broken father - "The larger-than-life ex-Harrods owner, who has died aged 94, was never far from the headlines or controversy but was an indomitably bold figure."
• Mohammed bin Salman - "How Saudi Arabia's crown prince rose to power. Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, known as MBS, is transforming and modernising a deeply conservative country. Yet at the same time, he has dragged Saudi Arabia into a war in Yemen, and locked up women’s rights protesters, Islamic clerics and bloggers. He is also widely suspected of being behind the murder of critic Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul a year ago. So just who is the man they call MBS?"
• Mohammed bin Salman named prime minister ahead of Khashoggi lawsuit - "New role likely to grant prince sovereign immunity in case concerning journalist murdered in Saudi Arabian embassy."
• Molly the magpie reunited with 'best friend' after public outcry - "An Australian magpie has been returned to a Queensland couple after an intense debate that gripped the nation."
• Mona Lisa's Tuscan villa on sale for £16 million - The Telegraph.
• Monaco: Facial recognition, AI use, surveillance to be enshrined in law - "Monaco’s police force has been using the Principality’s 1,000 CCTV cameras for many years to check on the comings and goings of individuals and vehicles, adding significantly to public security."
• Monaco named best place in world to live but it isn't cheap - "A tiny little European country has been named the best place to live in the world, but it isn't cheap. Monaco is a city-state on the French Riviera, bordered by France on three sides and the sea on the other. It is home to almost 40,000 people."
• Monaco officially added to ‘money laundering’ grey list - "The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global anti-money laundering watchdog, announced on Friday, June 28 that Monaco has been added to its ‘grey list’ of countries subject to increased monitoring. The Principality is the highest profile European jurisdiction to be added to the FATF grey list in years."
• Monaco: The princely family's financial secrets revealed - "Inside Charlene's 'dangerous' spending: Monaco Princess hired 'illegal immigrants' on £90 a day including nannies she handed her newborn twins to and a woman who 'ties up dogs in the shower', former palace accountant claims. Albert's former accountant Claude Palmero shared the claims in his notebook. Prince Albert's son Alexandre Grimaldi-Coste, 20, says he's 'really close' with the Monaco royal family."
• Monaco to host inaugural World Yachting Summit - "Inspired by major international summits such as COP and Davos, the World Yachting Summit aims to foster meaningful dialogue, encourage debate, and drive concrete actions for the industry."
• Monaco's inhabitants' average life expectancy is 89.52 years - the longest in the world - The World Factbook.
• Monica Lewinsky reclaims office power dressing in new campaign - "The image is part of a new campaign Lewinsky is fronting for LA-based apparel brand Reformation. Throughout, she is a statuesque figure, striking power poses in a monochrome red twinset or a tailored vest and tie."
• Monica Lewinsky revisits scandal on her own terms in new docuseries - "Lewinsky opened up about relationship with Bill Clinton in 20 hours of interviews for A&E’s The Clinton Affair."
• Monica Lewinsky Shares the Worst Career Advice She Ever Received. And It's Exactly What You Think - TIME Magazine.
• Monica Lewinsky: ‘The internet is vicious & toxic, but I’d never go back to the 90s’ - "The millennial tech journalist speaks with the activist about surviving merciless harassment, the media’s double standards on gender, and why they still have hope."
• Monica Lewinsky: ‘The shame sticks to you like tar’ - The Guardian.
• Monica Lewinsky 'wins the internet' with joke about internship - "Lewinsky made light of affair with Bill Clinton in ‘I have a joke’ tweet that quickly went viral."
• Monitoring how we use a keyboard and mouse is the next line of security defence - V3.co.uk.
• Monkeypox: Cases detected in three more countries for first time - "The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has became the first Gulf state to record a case of monkeypox."
• Monkeypox cases investigated in Europe, US, Canada & Australia - "Cases of Monkeypox are being investigated in European countries as well as the US, Canada and Australia, according to health authorities and local media reports. The latest new cases were reported in France, Italy, Sweden and Australia."
• Monkeypox: Cases outside Africa rise to 780 in three weeks - "There have been 780 confirmed cases of monkeypox in countries where the virus is not usually found, the World Health Organization says."
• Monkeypox: C.D.C. Dismisses Airborne Transmission of Monkeypox. Some Experts Disagree - "The virus 'is not known to linger in the air,' agency officials said. But the research is far from definitive."
• Monkeypox: First deaths outside Africa in Brazil & Spain - "Brazil and Spain have reported their first monkeypox deaths."
• Monkeypox has made its way to Monaco - "A first case of monkeypox has been discovered in the Principality, Dr Olivia Keïta-Perse, head of the epidemiology and hygiene department at the Princess Grace Hospital said on Thursday evening. Transmission is by close contact, skin to skin or mucous membrane-to-mucous contact. Transmission can also be by air droplets. On July 5, there were 577 confirmed cases in France, 387 in the Paris region. The vast majority of cases were in men, with only three women and a child contaminated, according to Public Health France."
• Monkeypox: how does it spread & what are the symptoms? - "The monkeypox virus is a less severe cousin of the smallpox virus. Dr. Sanjay Gupta says it has been spreading among younger people as they are less likely to have been inoculated against Smallpox, which was eradicated in 1977."
• Monkeypox outbreak could be just ‘the peak of the iceberg’, WHO warns - "Pandemic preparedness chief Sylvie Briand says ‘unusual’ spread of virus can be easily contained with the right measures."
• Monkeypox outbreak was waiting to happen, say scientists - "Proportion of people protected has fallen substantially in decades since smallpox vaccination ended."
• Monkeypox: Roche develops unique PCR tests to detect the monkeypox virus - "Roche and its subsidiary TIB Molbiol have developed three different LightMix Modular Virus kits for the detection of the monkeypox virus."
• Monkeypox: San Francisco declares emergency as monkeypox cases rise - "California city has recorded 261 cases so far and declaration will allow authorities to mobilize more staff and resources."
• Monkeypox: Three Pressing Questions About Monkeypox: Spread, Vaccination, Treatment - "Containing the outbreak, scientists say, will depend on better understanding the virus’s transmission and how well available tools work."
• Monkeypox: Time to worry or one to ignore? - "If you're still reeling from the Covid pandemic, well sorry but there's another virus to get to grips with. This time it's monkeypox and there are around 80 confirmed cases in 11 countries, including the UK, that would not normally expect to have the disease."
• Monkeypox: Unlikely monkeypox outbreak will lead to pandemic, WHO says - "The World Health Organization does not believe the monkeypox outbreak outside Africa will lead to a pandemic, an official said on Monday, adding it remains unclear if infected people who are not displaying symptoms can transmit the disease."
• Monkeypox virus outbreaks are containable - WHO - "Monkeypox can be contained in countries outside of Africa where the virus is not usually detected, the World Health Organization (WHO) says."
• Monkeypox: WHO declares monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern - "The decision was announced Saturday morning after WHO convened its second emergency committee on the issue on Thursday. 'I have decided that the global monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern,' WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on Saturday morning."
• Monkeypox: Who Is Protected Against Monkeypox? - "Older people who received smallpox vaccinations may yet have some immunity, researchers say. Healthy children and adults generally do not become severely ill."
• Monocle Quality of Life Survey 2013
• Monotasking Gets a Makeover - The New York Times.
• Mont Blanc: French mayor wants Mont Blanc climbers to pay €15,000 rescue & funeral deposit - "Anyone wanting to summit Europe's tallest peak, Mont Blanc, may soon have to put up a €15,000 (about $15,300) deposit to cover possible rescue and funeral costs under plans announced by a local mayor fed up with the 'contempt' of risk-taking climbers. Jean-Marc Peillex, mayor of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, a town on the French side, says too many unqualified climbers are gambling with their lives on the mountain, where recent hot weather has made conditions more treacherous."
• Mont Blanc panorama becomes the world’s largest ever photograph - an international team led by photographer Filippo Blengin publishes an enormous 365 gigapixel panoramic photograph of Europe’s highest mountain setting a new record for the world's largest photo.
• mont blanc shrinks over two metres in height in two years - "Mont Blanc at lowest level in 22 years as hot summers shrink snowpack. The Mont Blanc, Western Europe's highest peak, has lost more than two metres (6.5 ft) in two years and shrunk to its lowest level since precise measurements started 22 years ago as warmer summers reduced snowpack size, researchers said on Thursday."
• Mont-Saint-Michel's 1,000-Year History, in Photos - "Photos show how France's tidal island treasure of Mont-Saint-Michel has endured for 1,000 years."
• Montblanc’s MeisterstÜck Fountain Pen Is a Masterpiece - "What's more, it's currently celebrating 100 years at the summit of luxury. Distinctively chunky and cigar-shaped, with a smooth body of black resin edged in precious metal, it is technically not 'a Montblanc' but a Meisterstück - 'masterpiece' in German."
• Monte-Carlo Legend - "The Legendary Story of Monte-Carlo." The history of the Principality of Monaco.
• Montenegro: Oasis on the Adriatic where Ukrainians & Russians have gone to escape war - "Beyond the EU, Montenegro has let in in more than 200,000 Ukrainians, making it the highest per capita Ukrainian refugee population in the world. Since February 2022, Ukrainian refugees and Russian exiles have fanned out across Europe, fleeing war, conscription and Vladimir Putin’s rule."
• Monuments of Slave Traders, Genociders & Imperialists Are Becoming Flashpoints in Global Anti-Racism Protests - "Protesters in Bristol pulled down an Edward Colston statue—and now there's a movement to get rid of other monuments that serve as reminders of racial injustice."
• moon hoax not - Why 1969 Moon Landing Was Not Fake.
• Moon May Get Its Own Time Zone - "As different countries plan lunar missions, the European Space Agency says that creating a time zone up there may simplify things."
• Moon: Scientists finally confirm what’s inside the Moon & it’s not cheese - "That's one mystery about the Moon we can take off of the list. According to the latest mathematical models, the moon has a fluid outer core and a solid inner core, similar to Earth's. The inner core is made up of a metal with a density similar to that of iron and measures about 500 kilometers in diameter, which is about 15% of the Moon’s total diameter."
• Moore’s Law Running Out of Room, Tech Looks for a Successor - The New York Times.
• Moore’s Law Turns 50 - The New York Times.
• More & more travelers are visiting every country in the world. Some are having second thoughts about it - "While the number of people who've been able to achieve this is still relatively small - reportedly estimated at around 400 or so - more and more are going all out to achieve this feat."
• More Consensus on Coffee’s Benefits Than You Might Think - The New York Times.
• More than 5,000 worlds exist beyond our solar system. There could be billions more - "NASA has confirmed that we know of more than 5,000 worlds outside of our solar system. It's a groundbreaking moment for the fairly young field of exoplanet science - and experts estimate that there are likely billions of exoplanets waiting to be found."
• Morgan Stanley: Prices for Rolex, Patek Philippe & Audemars Piguet watches will keep plunging due to a flood of supply - but these 3 real assets remain scarce and coveted.
• Moses Farrow Defends Father Woody Allen, Claims Mia Farrow Was Abusive
• Mossack Fonseca: inside the firm that helps the super-rich hide their money - The Guardian.
• Mossad: From Munich 72 to 7 October attack: the chequered history of the Mossad - "Hezbollah device blasts add to reputation for audacious espionage, but Israeli spy agency has had numerous failures."
• Most Dangerous & Safest Countries Index - "Travel Safe - Abroad. Click on the name of the country to see more information regarding its safety."
• Most Googled Person in Each Country in 2015 - TIME.
• Most Iconic Watches of All Time - "The most notable timepieces ever designed, all in one place. They're trendsetters, travel companions, personal keepsakes and indispensable pieces of kit. These are the most iconic watches ever made."
• Most of your Facebook friends couldn't care less about you - engadget.
• most overrated tourist attractions based on TripAdvisor reviews - INSIDER.
• Most Popular Color On The Internet Is.... - Wired.
• Most Powerful Countries in the World: 2024 Rankings - "The most powerful countries in the world command the global stage with a unique mix of economic strength, military power, cutting-edge technology and cultural reach. These nations influence international policy and hold significant sway over global affairs, using their resources, strategic positions and diplomatic skills to maintain dominance."
• Most Successful Excuses For Getting Out Of A Speeding Ticket - Forbes.
• most successful Olympic nations of all time - The Telegraph.
• most valuable substances in the world by weight - The Telegraph.
• Moths Were Destroying My Clothes. Tiny Parasitic Wasps Saved Them - "A 'weird city version' of common countryside wisdom saved my favorite outfits."
• Mount Etna: Huge eruption on Italy’s Mount Etna leaves tourists fleeing volcano - "A massive eruption at Mount Etna forced tourists to flee the volcano on Monday after a plume of high temperature gases, ash and rock 'several kilometers high' billowed into the air above them, Italian authorities said."
• MOUNT EVEREST - gigapixel image of the Khumbu glacier.
• Mount Everest: China & Nepal agree on new, taller height - "Countries have decided it is 8,848.86m, which is higher than either’s previous measurements."
• Mount Everest to be declared off-limits to inexperienced climbers - The Guardian.
• MOUNT EVEREST: Dead bodies are left behind on Mount Everest - "Why are hundreds of climbers heading into the ‘death zone’ this spring?"
• MOUNT EVEREST: Human foot found on Everest may hold key to one of mountaineering’s greatest mysteries - "A name label still stitched onto the woollen sock read 'A.C. Irvine,' revealing that it probably belonged to British climber Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine. Irvine’s disappearance on Everest in 1924, alongside his compatriot George Mallory, is one of mountaineering’s biggest mysteries - with a solution that has the potential to change history."
• Mount Fuji in trouble: How Japan’s highest peak fell victim to overtourism - "They are scenes few would associate with Japan’s highest peak: human traffic jams, foothills littered with garbage and inappropriately attired hikers - some attempting the ascent in sandals. When Mount Fuji was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites in 2013, the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), UNESCO’s advisory organ, urged mountain officials to manage the crowds."
• Mount Fuji: Japan blocks iconic view to deter tourists - "The snowy 3,776m-peak forms a stunning backdrop for those in search of their next favourite selfie or instagrammable moment. The once-busy vantage point - the pavement - is now behind a black mesh screen, about the same length as a cricket pitch."
• Mount Fuji: Peak Japan: why foreign tourists are going mad for Mount Fuji - "An unencumbered view of Fuji is something to treasure - so much so that a real estate developer this week agreed to tear down a nearly completed apartment block in western Tokyo because it blocked residents’ view of the mountain."
• Mount Fuji snowless for longest time on record after sweltering Japan summer - "As of 29 October, the iconic mountain was still without snow, marking the longest period since records began 130 years ago."
• Mountain climbing: Why do people risk their lives to summit the world's deadliest mountains? - "Historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela explores life, love and death on Earth's second-tallest peak in the new season of Extreme."
• Mountain gorilla who posed for selfie dies - "Ndakasi, beloved mountain gorilla whose photobomb went viral, dies aged 14. She died on September 26, 2021 after a prolonged illness, according to a statement published Tuesday by the Virunga National Park, in the Democratic Republic of Congo."
• ‘Mountain of trash’: how Gibraltar was almost buried under post-Brexit rubbish pile - "As the territory grappled with post-EU paperwork, 6,000 tonnes of waste were left with nowhere else to go."
• mountain that reaches higher than Everest - "Climbing the world’s other highest mountain – no sherpas required. Mount Chimborazo is the highest peak in Ecuador. It's also the closest point on Earth to the stars."
• Mouratoglou Tennis Academy - "World Academy of Tennis." The world's most successful tennis academy founded in 1996 by Patrick Mouratoglou. 3550 Route des Dolines, 06410 Biot, France.
• MOVABLE TYPE - "Professional publishing platform." Free software weblog publishing system.
• Move Over, Millennials, Here Comes Generation Z - The New York Times.
• Moving Wikipedia From Computer to Many, Many Bookshelves - The New York Times.
• MP3 HISTORY
• MPEG HOME PAGE
• MQ-9 Reaper: what is the US drone that collided with a Russian jet & how is it used? - "The US air force operates a number of unmanned aircraft or UAVs, with the MQ-9 Reaper the most common."
• M.R.I. Scans Cause Any Harm? - The New York Times.
• Mriya: Restoring a Giant Plane: Ukrainian Resilience or Folly? - "Ukraine, with far more pressing needs, plans to rebuild the colossal Mriya cargo plane, a symbol of pride that was destroyed last year in a battle for its airfield." The New York Times.
• MSC Standards - since 1996. "When you see fish or seafood products with the blue MSC label, you can be sure they come from a sustainable fishery that has met the MSC Fisheries Standard. Businesses trading in these products have met our Chain of Custody Standard for traceability." The MSC Standards meet international best practice guidelines for certification and ecolabelling. The Standards were developed through consultation with the fishing industry, scientists, conservationists, experts and stakeholders.
• Mueller report - "Read & search the full Mueller report."
• Mueller report contains nearly 1,000 redactions – live updates - "Analysis counts up attorney general William Barr’s redactions, as House issues subpoena for version of the report without anything removed."
• Muhammad Ali Dies at 74: Titan of Boxing and the 20th Century - The New York Times.
• Muhammad Ali up close & personal from inside the boxing fraternity - The Guardian.
• Muhammad Ali's tangled love life leaves troubled legacy - The Telegraph.
• Muhammad Ali's 'Thrilla in Manila' shorts expected to smash auction records - "Bids for trunks from 1975 fight against Joe Frazier could reach $6m in online Sotheby's auction."
• Multivitamins, Memory & Aging: Everything to Know - "New research finds a cognitive benefit in daily vitamins for older adults. Here's some more context."
• MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE
• Murder In The House Of Gucci - "The call that would change everything came late in the evening of January 8, 1997. The anonymous caller asked to speak to Filippo Ninni, the head of police for the Italian region of Lombardia, and demanded a meeting. The caller did not want to say too much over the phone: 'I’m going to say just one name: Gucci.'"
• MURPHY'S LAWS - adage or epigram that is typically stated as: Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
• museum culture: take your time - "The crowds being hurried through galleries too often miss out on the experience they came for - but opportunities remain."
• Music for Cats - Kickstarter.
• music industry battles the Internet Archive - "The big music labels, led by Sony and Universal, are filing a lawsuit against the Internet Archive to stop the non-profit’s Great 78 Project. It’s an effort to digitize and preserve recordings on old 78 RPM records, a format discontinued in 1959. The labels feel the Archive, the closest thing the web has to a public library, is infringing its copyrights after digitizing tracks from big names like Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday. And the labels are asking for damages of $150,000 per still-copyrighted recording - the better part of $372 million in total."
• Music to Cats’ Ears - The New York Times.
• Music to die for: how genre affects popular musicians' life expectancy - The Conversation.
• Muslims could outnumber Christians globally beyond the year 2070 - NPR.
• Mussolini message to future revealed under Rome obelisk - BBC.
• MWRI | MOBILE WEALTHY RESIDENCY INDEX - see the 11 preferred jurisdictions.
• MY FREE COPYRIGHT - FREE copyright protection. "How to Protect Your Creation in 3 Minutes."
• MY HERO - "Celebrate the best of humanity." The mission of MY HERO is to use media and technology to celebrate the best of humanity and to empower young people to realize their own potential to effect positive change in the world.
• MY PLATE - the current nutritional guideline icon published by the United States Department of Agriculture, consisting of a diagram of a plate and glass divided into five food groups. It replaced the USDA's MyPyramid diagram on June 2, 2011, ending 19 years of food pyramid iconography.
• MY PR GENIE - the only, Do-It-Yourself, PR platform and newswire that gives you access to over 540,000 journalist contacts. Using MyPRGenie, you can create a business profile on search engines and directories, upload your press release in any language and significantly increase your exposure online!
• MY WEB FACE - "A world of fun. All in one toolbar. Turn yourself into a cartoon! See how you'll look old! Use it on Facebook and other social networks!"
• MYBO.COM - the best search links on the net.
• MYLIFE - people search. "Find everyone. All in one place. Get up-to-date info for anyone from over 100 social networks & public records sources!"
• Myers-Briggs personality tests: what kind of person are you? - "The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is used by firms worldwide to test their employees. In her new book, Merve Emre looks at the system’s curious origins."
• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) - "The purpose of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality inventory is to make the theory of psychological types described by C. G. Jung understandable and useful in people's lives. The essence of the theory is that much seemingly random variation in the behavior is actually quite orderly and consistent, being due to basic differences in the ways individuals prefer to use their perception and judgment."
• ‘Mystery object’: space junk moved from Western Australia beach to secret location but origin still unknown - "Australian Space Agency working to identify unknown origin of the mysterious cylinder that washed up on a remote beach near Green Head, 250km north of Perth."
• Mystery of Van Gogh's ear revealed - Doctor's note shows he severed his ENTIRE lobe – and he sent it to a cleaner, not a prostitute.
• Mystery of why Roman buildings have survived so long has been unraveled, scientists say - "They found that white chunks in the concrete, referred to as lime clasts, gave the concrete the ability to heal cracks that formed over time. The white chunks previously had been overlooked as evidence of sloppy mixing or poor-quality raw material."
• myth of the ‘lone wolf’ terrorist - The Guardian.
• myus.com - since 1997. "#1 International Shipping, Mail and Package Forwarding Service." Shop the USA & Ship Anywhere in the World - Faster, Safer, & Less Expensively! With MyUS you can now easily buy from stores in the USA! Save 80% on International Shipping and get your goods faster with 2-4 day delivery worldwide!

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• 9/11: Two more victims of the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks are identified by cutting edge DNA - the first in two years - "New York City officials have identified the remains of two more victims who died during the 9/11 attacks, 22 years after the tragedy."
• Nalanda: The university that changed the world - "More than 500 years before Oxford University was founded, India's Nalanda University was home to nine million books and attracted 10,000 students from around the world."
• Naming Jack the Ripper: The Biggest Forensic Breakthrough Since 1888 - Amazon.com.
• Nancy Pelosi, House Speaker - in pictures - "A look back at the career of Nancy Pelosi, 82, who is stepping down as the Speaker of the House of Representatives."
• Naomi Campbell’s charity reported to commission over Unicef link-up claims - "The model Naomi Campbell’s Fashion for Relief project was the subject of a 'serious incident' report filed with the Charity Commission after it claimed to be a fundraising partner of Unicef, it has emerged. Unicef UK said it had never been a partner of Fashion for Relief."
• 'Napalm Girl' at 50: The story of the Vietnam War's defining photo - "The girl, since identified as Phan Thi Kim Phuc, ultimately survived her injuries. This was thanks, in part, to Associated Press photographer Nick Ut, who assisted the children after taking his now-iconic image. Fifty years on from that fateful day, the pair are still in regular contact - and using their story to spread a message of peace."
• Napoleon complex, revisited - "Those high on the Dark Triad traits are dissatisfied with their height and are short."
• Napoleon: History According to Ridley Scott - "Ultimately what we learn in Napoleon says far more about the director than it does about Napoleon."
• Napoleon: Meet The Man Behind The Largest Napoleonic Collection In History - "There is no greater collector or no greater fan of Napoleon Bonaparte than Yacht Pierre-Jean Chalençon. He is easily the most prolific collector of Napoleonic material, reportedly estimated to be more than 1,000 items."
• Napoleon on St. Helena: the man keeping his spirit alive - "Despite its remoteness, St. Helena is known all over the world for its most famous visitor, who died there 200 years ago. Napoleon Bonaparte - the first emperor of France, and conqueror of much of Europe - died at his home, Longwood House, on May 5, 1821."
• Napoleon's gravity-defying 325km road - "The Route Napoleon gives visitors the chance to put themselves in the boots of the emperor, deep dive into Gallic culture and unlock the beauty of unspoiled natural landscapes."
• Napoleon’s Hat, Dropped at Waterloo, Is Picked Up at Auction for $400,000 - "The hat is one of about 120 two-cornered military dress hats that Napoleon was said to have worn during his rule between 1799 and 1815, as first consul and then emperor, minus a period of exile on the Mediterranean island of Elba."
• Napoleon's incendiary legacy divides France 200 years on - "On a busy street in the centre of Montauban in southern France, with roadworks blasting the pavement nearby, there is a spot earmarked for a new statue of France's last national dictator."
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• Napoleon’s invasion of Russia - Charles Minard's cartographic depiction of numerical data on a map of Napoleon's disastrous losses suffered during the Russian campaign of 1812 named one of the "best statistical drawings ever created."
• Napoleon’s Kindle: Discover the Miniaturized Traveling Library That the Emperor Took on Military Campaigns - "'The Emperor wishes you to form a traveling library of one thousand volumes in small 12mo and printed in handsome type.'"
• Napoleon's pistols sell for €1.69m at auction - "Two pistols owned by the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, with which he once intended to kill himself, have been sold at auction for €1.69m."
• Napoleon's Waterloo hat sold on anniversary of battle - BBC News.
• Napping regularly linked to high blood pressure & stroke, study finds - "'This may be because, although taking a nap itself is not harmful, many people who take naps may do so because of poor sleep at night. Poor sleep at night is associated with poorer health, and naps are not enough to make up for that,' said clinical psychologist Michael Grandner in a statement."
• NASA 60th anniversary: All about the space agency's past, present & future - "Oct. 1 marks six decades since the space agency opened its doors. Here's a quick rundown of where it's been and what's next."
• NASA Adds to Evidence of Mysterious Ancient Earthworks - The New York Times.
• NASA baffled by mysterious ice circles in the Arctic - The Washington Post.
• NASA images show a decrease in China's pollution related to coronavirus shutdown - "From January 1 to 20 the images show higher levels of nitrogen dioxide over China, but from February 10 to 25, traces of the gas are hardly visible."
• Nasa images show extreme withering of Lake Mead over 22 years - "The pictures from 2000, 2021 and 2022 offer a new view into its dramatically low water levels, now at just 27% capacity."
• NASA is getting serious about UFOs - "NASA's new chief is setting up an effort to further study unidentified flying objects within his first month in office."
• NASA is working with Tom Cruise to shoot a film in outer space. Yes, really - "Tom Cruise wants to fly into outer space in the name of filmmaking, and NASA says it's happening."
• Nasa map of Earth's seasons over 20 years highlights climate change - "The visualization shows spring coming earlier and the Arctic ice caps receding over time."
• Nasa 're-masters' the greatest ever 'selfie' - "Nasa 're-masters' classic 'Pale Blue Dot' image of Earth. It is unquestionably one of the greatest space images ever."
• NASA: Rover's Eye View of Three-Year Trek on Mars
• NASA supersonic passenger jet could fly from NYC to London in 90 minutes - "Oh for the glory days of travel, when the seats were bigger, the food was better, and you could jet across the Atlantic in less than three hours. Since the 2003 end of Concorde, of course, flitting quickly across the Atlantic has been a thing of the past. Flights between London and New York take around eight hours, or closer to seven in the other direction. The record currently stands at just under five hours from New York to London, pushed on by a favorable jetstream."
• Nasa to test nuclear rockets that could fly astronauts to Mars in record time - "Project, in concert with US government agency Darpa, aims to develop pioneering propulsion system for space travel."
• NASA's app turns your Apple TV into an ISS observation deck
• NASA’s DART mission successfully slams into an asteroid - "The impact occurred at 7:14 p.m. ET greeted by cheers from the mission team in Laurel, Maryland. The DART mission, or the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, launched 10 months ago."
• Nasa’s Dart probe to smash into asteroid in first Earth defence test - "Aim is to see whether space rocks can be deflected should one threaten humans with same fate as dinosaurs."
• National Archives releases thousands of JFK assassination documents - "The National Archives on Thursday released thousands of previously classified documents collected as part of the government review into the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The cache of over 13,000 documents is the second of two JFK assassination-related document dumps that President Joe Biden ordered last year when the White House postponed a public release because of the Covid-19 pandemic."
• National Balance Sheet, 2015 Estimates - Office for National Statistics.
• National Geographic: The Cool List 2024 - "The 30 most exciting destinations to visit in 2024. From Argentina to Australia and Norway to Nova Scotia."
• National nonprofits - since 2017. "Find Nonprofit Job." National Nonprofits is a socially conscious company committed to helping the nonprofit sector thrive in the United States.
• NATIONMASTER - world statistics, country comparisons.
• NATO: How bad would it be if the US withdrew from NATO? - "Can NATO survive without the United States?"
• Natural doesn't always mean better - "How to spot if someone is trying to convince you with an 'appeal to nature'. Suggesting that natural products or ingredients are inherently superior to those that are synthetic is a common flaw in reasoning used by influencers, brands and politicians alike."
• Natural redheads may need more anesthesia - "This was followed by a small study published in the journal Anesthesiology, which found that women with red hair required up to 20% more anesthesia to keep them sedated than did women with dark hair."
• Natural Resources: Top 10 Countries by Value of All Their Natural Resources - "This visualization shows the top 10 countries by the value of all their combined natural resources, from oil to gold."
• Navalny expected to die in prison, memoir reveals - "Russia's most prominent opposition leader for a decade, Alexei Navalny, believed he would die in prison, according to his memoir. A fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin, he died in an Arctic Circle jail in February while serving 19 years on extremism charges that were widely seen as politically motivated."
• Navalny: Patriot by Alexei Navalny review - last testament - "The late Russian activist’s memoir is an insightful, sharp, even humorous account of his fight against Putin’s regime - and a warning to the world."
• Navalny was poisoned through his underpants - "Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny dupes spy into revealing how he was poisoned."
• Nazi bunker turned into hotel & leisure complex in Germany - "At 58 meters tall - just a little taller than the Leaning Tower of Pisa, but with considerably more heft - the St. Pauli bunker in Hamburg, Germany, has dominated the city skyline for just over 80 years. The relaunched Hamburg Bunker is now packed with two restaurants, a five-story Hard Rock Hotel and a newly built pyramid-like rooftop bar and garden from which greenery flows abundantly over the concrete facade."
• Nazi-Occupied Norway Offers a Glimpse of What Hitler Wanted for the Entire World - "The German occupation of Norway from 1940 to 1945 witnessed a remarkable building campaign to align this northern land with Hitler’s New Order. From gleaming highways and ideal cities to maternity centers for a purified Nordic race, plans to remake Norway into a model 'Aryan' society fired the imagination of Nazi leaders."
• Nazis’ Atlantic wall that failed to prevent D-day - "For the 80th anniversary of the landings, AFP photojournalist Olivier Morin spent three weeks documenting the remnants of the supposedly impregnable defences designed to keep the allies at bay."
• Ndakasi, beloved mountain gorilla whose photobomb went viral, dies aged 14 - "She died on September 26 after a prolonged illness, according to a statement published Tuesday by the Virunga National Park, in the Democratic Republic of Congo."
• Neanderthal aesthetics - "Surprising new insights into the minds of this extinct human species suggest they may have been far more cultured than their outdated brutish reputation once suggested. But getting into the minds of a long-dead species is no easy task."
• Neanderthal extinction not caused by brutal wipe out - "New fossils are challenging ideas that modern humans wiped out Neanderthals soon after arriving from Africa."
• Neanderthal: Study casts doubt on Neanderthal ‘flower burial’ theory - "Bees may be source of pollen near remains but evidence still suggests bodies were buried with care."
• Neanderthals: Study reveals striking differences in brains of modern humans & Neanderthals - "Results believed to be first compelling evidence that modern humans were cognitively better than Neanderthals."
• Neanderthals were painting caves in Europe long before modern humans, study finds - "Whether Neanderthals thought symbolically and had an artistic sensibility has been a question that has vexed experts in human evolution. But evidence is mounting that our Stone Age cousins were our cognitive equals and created forms of art in Europe long before Homo sapiens were on the scene."
• near-extinct species our children may never see - The Telegraph.
• 'near-perfect' blue that reflects heat & doesn't fade - The Sydney Morning Herald.
• Need More iPhone Storage? You Can Get It Without Deleting Anything - "Stop removing photos, videos and apps from your phone to free up more storage on iOS."
• Nefertiti’s Undiscovered Tomb May Be Near Tutankhamun’s Burial Place, Former British Museum Curator Says - "Speaking to the Guardian, Nicholas Reeves, who formerly worked in that London institution’s Egyptian antiquities department, argued that Nefertiti may have buried in a hidden area near the burial chamber of her stepson Tutankhamun. His suggestion is still only just a theory, however, as radar scanning failed to prove it as the truth."
• Neiman Marcus Christmas Catalog: Extravagant Fantasy Gifts For 2022 - "Neiman Marcus is famous for its outrageous annual Christmas Book catalog, where money is often no object, and the gifts offer the ultimate bragging rights. Every year, the luxury store offers up many ridiculously priced items and a few affordable luxury products we can all enjoy."
• NEOM: Saudis Scale Back Ambition for $1.5 Trillion Desert Project Neom - "Humiliation for Saudi Arabia as it's 'forced to scale back $1.5trillion plans for 106-mile-long city The Line to just 1.5miles with workers already being laid off at desert construction site.'"
• NEOM: Video shows progress on Saudi Arabia’s US$500 billion mega-project - "Saudi Arabia’s NEOM has unveiled a new video showing rapid progress being made on the futuristic $500 billion mega business and tourism project and a key part of the Kingdom’s 2030 diversification plans. With NEOM having moved to the building phase of the project and the first destination - Sindalah - due to open its doors in 2024, the progress film shows real-world footage of the large-scale construction across NEOM regions including THE LINE, TROJENA, OXAGON and Sindalah Island."
• Nepal issues record number of permits to climb Mount Everest - "Nepal has issued permits for a record 463 climbers so far for this spring season’s expeditions to Mount Everest even as experts worry about dangerous overcrowding at the summit. Some 367 male and 96 female climbers from 65 countries have received permission so far to scale the tallest mountain in the world from Nepal’s side, Yubaraj Khatiwada, the director of Nepal’s Tourism Department, told CNN. American and Chinese mountaineers top the list."
• Nepo Baby: How a Nepo Baby Is Born - "Hollywood has always loved the children of famous people. In 2022, the internet reduced them to two little words."
• nepotism: more prevalent in US than in other countries? - The Guardian.
• Nespresso is launching paper coffee capsules & they're going to change how you drink coffee - "It's the moment we've all been waiting for. Here's everything you need to know."
• NET NEUTRALITY IS DEAD - WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? - The Verge.
• Netflix explains how & why it's switching to HTTPS streaming - engadget.
• Netflix for billionaires - Daily Mail.
• Netflix password crackdown boosts new subscribers to highest level since Covid began - "Netflix added 100,000 new accounts on both May 26 and May 27, shortly after the crackdown went into effect, Antenna’s data found. In the following days, Netflix has seen a more than 100% increase in sign-ups from the prior 60-day average. Netflix (NFLX) shares popped on the news, rising nearly 2% in early trading Friday. Shares have climbed over 27%, to about $415, over the last month."
• NetFlix Streaming by Alternate Genres - Ogre's Crypt.
• Netflix's biggest competitor? Sleep - The Guardian.
• NetMarketShare - "Market share for mobile, browsers, operating systems and search engines."
• Neuralink: Can Musk's brain technology change the world? - "Elon Musk is no stranger to bold claims - from his plans to colonise Mars to his dreams of building transport links underneath our biggest cities. This week the world's richest man said his Neuralink division had successfully implanted its first wireless brain chip into a human."
• Never-before-seen footage reveals Russian-backed rebels arriving at the wreckage of MH17 - News Corp Australia.
• Never give a straight answer: talk like a politician - The Guardian.
• Nevis: how the world’s most secretive offshore haven refuses to clean up - The Guardian.
• New Colour: Scientists claim to have discovered 'new colour' no one has seen before - "By stimulating specific cells in the retina, the participants claim to have witnessed a blue-green colour that scientists have called 'olo', but some experts have said the existence of a new colour is 'open to argument'."
• New Establishment List 2015 - Vanity Fair.
• New mathematical record: what’s the point of calculating pi? - "The famous number has many practical uses, mathematicians say, but is it really worth the time and effort to work out its trillions of digits? Swiss researchers have spent 108 days calculating pi to a new record accuracy of 62.8tn digits."
• New Palmyra - "Join us in making #NEWPALMYRA reality!"
• New Rules to Know for Your Carry-On Luggage - The New York Times.
• New Ways Into the Brain’s ‘Music Room’ - The New York Times.
• New Year's resolutions really work? - "January might be a good time to set a new goal." Live Science.
• New Year's Resolutions That Changed Your Lives - "We asked about the goals and intentions you set for yourselves. Here are some of our favorites." The New York Times.
• New York Above 800 Feet - The New York Times.
• New York Builders Paying Huge Buyouts to Tenants in Their Way - The New York Times.
• New York City is sinking due to weight of its skyscrapers, new research finds - "City is sinking approximately 1-2mm each year on average, worsening effects of sea level rise and flooding threat."
• New York City mayor helps paint 'Black Lives Matter' outside Trump Tower - "Slogan painted on Fifth Avenue a week after president tweeted it would be ‘a symbol of hate’."
• New York City Self Storage Market Statistics - "Rent Prices, Local Inventory and Development Trends (June 2023). Self storage has become crucial for navigating major life events. It can be particularly useful for events such as moving, downsizing and when changes in household composition occur, as well as when engaging in home remodeling projects and organizational endeavors. New York City offers plenty of self storage options to cater to all needs and budgets. Currently, the average cost of a 10×10 storage unit in New York City is $255/month, a decrease of 0.4% compared to last year. Nationally, self storage street rates for 10×10 non-climate-controlled units saw a 3.8% year-over-year decrease, registering an average of $128 in June, 2023."
• New York Times runs Wordle now & stats are getting m-e-s-s-y - "Its FAQ says your win streak info should just transfer - but that’s not the case for everyone."
• New York tragedies exposed the failure of politics in a fraught American moment - "Two New York tragedies gripping America show how politics is failing to address some of the most fundamental economic and societal problems and reflect the nation’s mood ahead of Donald Trump’s second presidency."
• New York's New Year's Eve secret - "The invention that inspired a New York tradition. A British Royal Navy officer named Robert Wauchope is credited with creating the time ball, an ingenious Victorian-era contraption that inspired New York’s New Year’s Eve ball drop."
• New Yorkers don't feel safe at home anymore - "Residents say they're overwhelmed with fear and anxiety, as the NYPD struggles to rein in crime."
• New Zealand is no safe haven from the climate crisis - "Water carved New Zealand’s stunning landscape. Now too much is risking lives."
• New Zealand loses appeal to rich foreigners as investor visa numbers plunge - "Arrival of super wealthy in country had previously left government facing awkward questions."
• New Zealand's craziest experiment yet? - "The Pacific nation's audacious bid to become the world's first dark sky nation might provide a blueprint for the rest of the world."
• Newcomb's problem divides philosophers. Which side are you on? take the test yourself - The Guardian.
• NEWSER - founded in 2007. "Read Less. Know More." Web-native news site, seeking to speak to the new online news behavior—the need to survey multiple news brands—and to combine the machine search capabilities used in sites like Google News and Yahoo News with the newsroom oversight of traditional news organizations. Searching hundreds of news sites, Newser’s goal is to provide an efficient and entertaining one-stop shop for headlines and news summaries throughout the day. Newser has pioneered a summary form which compresses traditional, often repetitive, news exposition into a more stream-lined, compact, fact-oriented form tailored to web browsing. Newser marries these short takes to photographs and relevant videos.
• NEWSPAPERS.com - since 2012. "The largest online newspaper archive consisting of 525 million+ pages of historical newspapers from 13,400+ newspapers from around the United States and beyond. Newspapers provide a unique view of the past and can help us understand and connect with the people, events and attitudes of an earlier time."
• NEWSVINE - updated continuously by citizens like you. Newsvine is an instant reflection of what the world is talking about at any given moment.
• Next Big Sound - "Analytics and Insights for the Music Industry." Launched in 2009, Next Big Sound is the leading provider of online music analytics and insights, tracking hundreds of thousands of artists around the world. Provides a dashboard, charts, and reports to monitor popularity, activity, and metrics for musicians across social media, sales and events.
• NFT, explained - The Verge.
• NFT News - "NFTs are seemingly everywhere - and now they're all right here."
• NFT: The vast majority of NFTs are now worthless, new report shows - "Two years after tech trend that swept up artists and celebrities, researchers estimate 23 million people hold worthless investments."
• NFTs Are Shaking Up the Art World - But They Could Change So Much More - "NFTs are having their big-bang moment: collectors and speculators have spent more than $200 million on an array of NFT-based artwork, memes and GIFs in the past month alone, according to market tracker NonFungible.com, compared with $250 million throughout all of 2020. And that was before the digital artist Mike Winkelmann, known as Beeple, sold a piece for a record-setting $69 million at famed auction house Christie’s on March 11 - the third highest price ever fetched by any currently living artist, after Jeff Koons and David Hockney."
• NFTs market hits $22bn as craze turns digital images into assets - "Critics of non-fungible tokens say they are symptomatic of unsustainable digital gold rush."
• Nicky Haslam: I know Meghan’s ghastly but she’s got guts - "With the release of his perennially bitchy 'what I find common' tea towel, the interior designer is still showing his claws at 85 ... but putting the boot into rescue dogs?"
• Nicole Brown Simpson’s sisters hope film sheds light on domestic violence - "New documentary tells story of woman emotionally and physically abused by husband OJ Simpson, who was acquitted of her murder."
• NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH - American firm that measures media audiences, including television, radio, theatre, films and newspapers.
• Nigella Lawson’s 20 Most Popular Recipes - The New York Times.
• Night lights: can you identify these cities from space? - The Guardian.
• Night owls’ cognitive function ‘superior’ to early risers, study suggests - "Research on 26,000 people found those who stay up late scored better on intelligence, reasoning and memory tests."
• Nixon Grand Jury Records - U.S. Government Printing Office.
• NNDB | NOTABLE NAMES DATABASE - tracking the entire world.
• ‘Nixon is much more serious than Trump’: Michael Dobbs & the tale of the White House tapes - "To some, the president who resigned has become a Shakespearean figure. To most, the successor who was impeached twice will bear no such scrutiny."
• No amount of alcohol is good for the heart, new report says, but critics disagree on science - "In a bold move, the World Health Federation released a policy brief Thursday saying that no amount of alcohol is good for the heart."
• No amount of alcohol is healthy if you're under 40, global study says - "Global study finds surprising results for alcohol consumption. No amount of alcohol is healthy if you are younger than 40, mostly due to alcohol-related deaths by auto accidents, injury and homicide, according to a new global study."
• No Pain, No Gain? Your Body Would Like a Word - "Experts say it's crucial to listen to your body to avoid injury. But what does that really mean, and how can you put it into practice?"
• No pain, plenty of gain: why taking it easy can be the key to getting fitter & happier - "Whether you’re running, working out in the gym or lifting weights, the perfect workout doesn’t have you gasping for breath. Here’s why less can be more."
• 'no-wash' movement - "Designer Stella McCartney caused headlines by detailing her low-clothes-cleaning habits. There's a growing cohort of people who believe in washing clothes less - or not at all."
• No-wash movement: Can you wear sweaty gym clothes twice? How to join the no-wash revolution - "If you’re tempted by the thought of doing less laundry, here is everything you need to know, from spot-cleaning to moths to staying odour-free."
• Noise: Are You Exposed to Too Much Noise? Here’s How to Check - "Noise can damage your heart as well as your hearing, but there are ways to measure your exposure and reduce your risk." The New York Times.
• Noise Could Take Years Off Your Life. Here's how - "When we hear the whooshing din of a freeway or the thundering of a low-flying plane, the sound alerts the stress detection center in our brain, which then sets off a cascade of reactions in our body that, over time, can take a serious toll on our health."
• Noma Australia Is a Wild Ride With a 27,000-Person Wait List - Bloomberg Business.
• Nord Stream 1: Russia shuts major gas pipeline to Europe - "Russia has completely halted gas supplies to Europe via a major pipeline, saying repairs are needed."
• Nordic Food Court Rises at Grand Central, With an Order to Leave No Trace - The New York Times.
• Norman Foster - "‘I still get the same buzz from designing buildings.’"
• North Korea arrests four over failed warship launch as images show vessel shielded from prying eyes - "Kim had ordered the destroyer to be restored before the late June plenary session of the ruling Workers’ Party, calling the matter one of national honor."
• North Korea breaks ground on 10,000-home residential project in major housing drive - "North Korea has started work on a sprawling 10,000-apartment residential project as the country embarks on a housing drive in its capital, Pyongyang."
• North Korea Claims It Has Found Cure For MERS, Ebola, SARS & AIDS - The Huffington Post.
• North Korea country profile - Provides an overview of North Korea, including key events and facts.
• North Korea: Cyber-attacks by North Korea raked in $3bn to build nuclear weapons, UN monitors suspect - "Report is said to show that attacks on cryptocurrency-related companies helped development of dictatorship’s weapons programme."
• North Korea deployed thousands of it workers to get remote jobs in us with fake ids - "Thousands of remote IT workers sent wages to North Korea to help fund weapons program, FBI says."
• North Korea hackers stole $400m of cryptocurrency in 2021, report says - North Korean hackers stole almost $400m worth of digital assets in at least seven attacks on cryptocurrency platforms last year, a report claims. Blockchain analysis company Chainalysis said it was one of most successful years on record for cyber-criminals in the closed east Asian state.
• North Korea has decided to ‘expel’ US soldier Travis King, state media reports - "North Korea has decided “to expel” US Army Private Travis King, who had crossed into the North from South Korea during a tour of the joint security area in July, state media KCNA reported on Wednesday. 'The relevant organ of the DPRK decided to expel Travis King, a soldier of the U.S. Army who illegally intruded into the territory of the DPRK, under the law of the Republic,' KCNA said."
• North Korea hints at tourism reopening, but doubts remain - "North Korea may be known as the hermit kingdom, but the isolated nation could be edging toward opening its borders to small numbers of tourists for the first time since the pandemic."
• North Korea is reopening to tourists after almost five years, but will anyone go? - "After the isolated country closed its borders to keep out Covid-19, tour companies are celebrating the resumption of travel. Experts have warned that the long-awaited opening up could fall victim to political tensions and the country’s brutal winters."
• North Korea: Kim Jong-un says economic plan a near-total failure at rare political meeting - "Ruler begins second Workers’ party congress by admitting strategy fell short in ‘almost all areas’."
• North Korea Placates Elite With Parks & Pizza - The New York Times.
• North Korea: Tourists have returned to North Korea for the first time since the pandemic. Here's what they saw - "Many Russian tourists have found themselves locked out of tourism destinations. But North Korea - as a key Russian ally - offered a rare opportunity to travel."
• North Korea unveils new 10,000-home showpiece residential district - "Photos of the 10,000-apartment development, released by state news agency KCNA after the country’s leader Kim Jong Un inspected the site Saturday, show residential skyscrapers spilling out from a wide boulevard in the new district, Hwasong."
• North Korea: What it’s like to go to summer camp in North Korea - "Russian teen shares his experience at North Korea summer camp."
• North Korea's jails - "Torture, forced abortions and insects for food: Life inside North Korean jails, says this NGO."
• North Korea's 'pink lady' off air as state TV revamped with younger faces - "The melodramatic appearances of North Korea’s most famous television broadcaster may soon be consigned to the past as the regime’s state-controlled channel, KCTV, undergoes a modern makeover."
• North Korea’s ‘pink lady’: the newscaster set to announce the end of the world - "For decades, Ri Chun-hee has been one of the few trusted to inform the people about great moments in the country’s history. What do we know about her?"
• North Korea's sand bank - "North Korea might be making millions - and breaking sanctions - selling sand. Yes, sand."
• North Korean clichÉs debunked - The Guardian.
• northern & southern lights appear to be so active right now - "The breathtaking dancing shimmer of the aurora borealis and its counterpart in the southern hemisphere, aurora australis, dazzles those lucky enough to catch a glimpse of Earth’s greatest light show. Auroras are caused by activity on the sun - particularly a type of solar storm called a coronal mass ejection, which emits electrified gas and particles into space. When these electrified particles reach magnetic field lines at the north and south poles, which usually takes around three days, they enter into Earth’s atmosphere."
• North Pole: Was ‘the first man to reach the North Pole’ a fraud? - "Frederick Cook claimed to have reached the top of the world, but a new book says he was lying."
• Northern lights dazzle during solar storm, In pictures - "Increased solar activity causes auroras that dance around Earth’s poles, known as the northern lights, or aurora borealis, and southern lights, or aurora australis. When the energized particles from coronal mass ejections reach Earth’s magnetic field, they interact with gases in the atmosphere to create those different colored lights in the sky."
• Northern Lights explained - The Telegraph.
• northern lights replace street lights in Reykjavik, Iceland - The Guardian.
• Norway blows up hydro dam to restore river health & fish stocks - "Campaign by local angling club to free fishes’ migratory routes is part of move across Europe to create free-flowing rivers."
• Norway faces debate about gas & oil wealth - "Russia’s war in Ukraine has earned Norway billions - and caused controversy."
• Norway is shying away from tourism & other countries could learn from it - "Norwegians are putting their natural environment (and weekend activities) ahead of tourism’s economic benefits."
• Norway to 'completely ban petrol powered cars by 2025' - Independent.
• Norway's Government Pension Fund Global - market value as of August 14, 2024: 18,045+ billion NOK.
• Norway's new ad has attracted nearly 20 million views since its release in late June - "How a viral ad campaign is teaching us to 'life-see', not sightsee. In a summer of overtourism, a viral Oslo travel advert with nearly 20 million views is turning the tables on what travellers want."
• Norway’s New Dual Citizenship Law Attracts 26,000 Applicants - "In January 2020, Norway became the latest country in western and northern Europe to introduce the concept of dual citizenship. The move resulted in a surge of new applications. 26,000 people applied for citizenship in a matter of months, increasing the citizenship waiting list from 14,000 to 40,000."
• Norway's oil fund tops 10.000.000.000.000 NOK market value (US$1.092 billion) - since 1996. "We work to safeguard and build financial wealth for future generations." The aim of the oil fund is to ensure responsible and long-term management of revenue from Norway’s oil and gas resources in the North Sea so that this wealth benefits both current and future generations. The fund’s formal name is the Government Pension Fund Global.
• Notable Deaths of 2022 - "Remembering Queen Elizabeth II, Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Sidney Poitier, Bill Russell, Loretta Lynn, Jiang Zemin, Madeleine Albright, Jean-Luc Godard, Shinzo Abe, Régine, Meat Loaf, Ivana Trump, Vin Scully and many others who died in 2022." The New York Times.
• (NOTOC) Notification to Captain - "The NOtification TO Captain (NOTOC) is an essential document. It is the sole regulatory source of information provided to the flight crew as to the nature and quantity of the Dangerous Goods (DG) carried as cargo, and serves to assess the severity of an inflight incident."
• Notre-Dame Cathedral on track to reopen in 2024 - "The Notre-Dame Cathedral is on track to open its doors to worshippers and the public in 2024, says France's culture minister. The 13th Century Paris monument caught fire in April 2019, sparking a vast outpouring of emotion. Since then, a huge restoration project has been carried out aiming to restore it to its previous design."
• Novak Djokovic: rise of padel is putting tennis at risk - "Wimbledon star calls for the ‘king of racket games’ to be more accessible at club level to ensure its survival. Novak Djokovic has warned that grassroots tennis is 'endangered' by the rise of more accessible options such as padel. Padel is easier to master and is already played by 200,000 amateurs in the UK. It is also more profitable for tennis clubs."
• Novak Djokovic set to surpass $160 Million in career prize money - "He already has the most career prize money in ATP or WTA history, and he’s about to hit another milestone."
• nuclear football is a lot like a Denny's menu - "'In a fit of pique, [Trump% decides to do something about Kim Jong Un, there's actually very little to stop him. How accurate is that?' 'It's entirely accurate - at least once a launch order is given.'"
• ‘nuclear football’ - the deadly briefcase that never leaves the president’s side - The Guardian.
• nuclear fusion: What you need to know about nuclear fusion breakthrough - "The discovery could take us closer to unleashing an infinite source of clean energy that could help end dependence on fossil fuels."
• nuclear weapons held by major powers rising, says thinktank - "There are now an estimated 12,512 warheads across the globe, with most of the new ones in military stockpiles said to be China’s."
• Nudes Are Old News at Playboy - The New York Times.
• NUREMBERG TRIALS - Wikipedia.
• Nutella campaigns to be labeled a 'spread', not a 'topping' - The Guardian.
• Nutella maker fights back on palm oil after cancer risk study - Reuters.
• Nutrition Takeaways from 2024, So Far - "Is red wine good for your heart? Are ultraprocessed foods really that bad for you? We have answers to these questions and more: 1. A Mediterranean eating pattern may be worth a try. 2. A glass of wine a day will not keep the doctor away. 3. Avocados really are that good for you. 4. Don't fall for the myth that you should delay your morning caffeine."
• Nvidia overtakes Microsoft to become the most valuable company again - "AI chip-giant Nvidia Corp. reclaimed the throne of being the world's most valuable company for the first time after January 24 on Tuesday. A 24% rally in the last one month meant that Nvidia closed Tuesday's trading session with a market capitalisation of $3.45 trillion, higher than Microsoft's $3.44 trillion."
• Nvidia rides big tech’s AI investment to beat Wall Street’s sky-high expectations - "Chipmaker, third most valuable company in world, records $30.04bn in revenue, showing AI demand continues to rise."

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• Obama & Trump rip into each other's record - "Barack Obama accused Donald Trump of treating the US presidency like 'one more reality show', in a withering speech to the Democratic convention."
• Obama cancels 60th birthday party with hundreds of guests after concern that it could spread COVID-19 - "Obama was due to have hundreds of people for an outdoor birthday party at Martha's Vineyard. Citing Delta variant concerns, a spokeswoman said it will now be 'only family and close friends.'"
• Obama on His Legacy, Trump's Win & the Path Forward - Rolling Stone.
• Obama, Pelosi privately expressed concerns over Biden - "Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi have spoken privately about Joe Biden and the future of his 2024 campaign. Both the former president and ex-speaker expressed concerns about how much harder they think it’s become for the president to beat Donald Trump. Neither is quite sure what to do."
• Obesity changes the brain, with ‘no sign of reversibility,’ expert says - "Obesity may damage the brain’s ability to recognize the sensation of fullness and be satisfied after eating fats and sugars, a new study found. Further, those brain changes may last even after people considered medically obese lose a significant amount of weight - possibly explaining why many people often regain the pounds they lose."
• Obesity not defined by weight, says new Canada guideline - "Obesity should be defined by a person's health - not just their weight, says a new Canadian clinical guideline."
• Obesity rates likely to double by 2030 with highest rises in lower-income countries - "More than half of women in South Africa projected to have condition, with no country expected to meet WHO target of halting rise, according to World Obesity Atlas figures."
• Obesity: WHO urges all countries to tax sugary drinks - The Guardian.
• Ocean temperatures hit record high as rate of heating accelerates - "Oceans are clearest measure of climate crisis as they absorb 90% of heat trapped by greenhouse gases."
• ocean’s largest mystery - why has no one seen a whale shark give birth? - "A world-first ultrasound and chance sightings of potential mating rituals could help in the urgent work to save these gentle giants from extinction."
• OcomtÚn: A long-lost Maya city that was just discovered - "Archaeologist Ivan Šprajc has spent nearly 30 years uncovering long-lost cities buried deep in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. His latest discovery is capturing the world's attention."
• October theory: How To Change Your Life With ‘October Theory’ - By A Psychologist - "For many, October symbolizes a transition: the leaves are browning, the sun is waning and the realization that the year is slowly coming to an end is dawning. This is part of what inspired the viral 'October theory,' a motivational trend that suggests the final three months of the year is prime time to change your life for the better."
• Octopus Is Smart as Heck. But Why? - "It has eight arms, three hearts - and a plan. Scientists aren’t sure how the cephalopods got to be so intelligent."
• ODDEE - an entertainment blog on oddities focused on the odd, bizarre and strange things of our world. Its daily articles and sections explore subjects from science to advertising and technology.
• Odysseus becomes first US spacecraft to land on moon in over 50 years - "Artist Jeff Koons makes history with a sculpture on the moon."
• ODYSSEY MARINE EXPLORATION - world leader in deep-ocean shipwreck exploration.
• OECD Income Distribution Database (IDD): Gini, poverty, income, Methods and Concepts
• Ötzi the Iceman’s true appearance revealed by new DNA analysis - "Ötzi the Iceman, whose frozen remains were found in a gully high in the Tyrolean Alps by hikers in 1991, is perhaps the world’s most closely studied corpse. 'The application of new methods makes Ötzi a scientific gift that just keeps on giving.'"
• Off the Grid, Extremely Online - "In corners of the internet - and in wooded, undeveloped parts of the country - young men are documenting their efforts to to live off the land."
• Office of the Historian - office of the United States Department of State within the Bureau of Public Affairs. The Office is responsible, under law, for the preparation and publication of the official historical documentary record of U.S. foreign policy in the Foreign Relations of the United States series.
• Oh No! My Boarding Pass Has the Dreaded SSSS! - Frugal Travel Guy.
• oil-soaked bird photo that shocked the world - "On 20 April 2010, the oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded. A photograph of an oil-soaked pelican came to epitomise the environmental disaster and helped galvanise the clean-up."
• O.J. Simpson Found Acceptance, No Questions Asked - "Las Vegas became a refuge that many believe Mr. Simpson did not deserve in his final years. There, he found an unlikely group of friends."
• O.J. Simpson granted parole - Watch live - CNN.com.
• O.J. Simpson is once again a free man - "O.J. Simpson was granted an early parole discharge last week, according to a statement from the Nevada Department of Public Safety. Simpson had been on parole after being released from prison in 2017 for a Las Vegas kidnapping and armed robbery in 2007."
• O.J. Simpson obituary (1947-2024) - "Former American footballer and actor who was acquitted of the murder of his former wife, Nicole Brown, and her companion, Ron Goldman, in the 1995 ‘trial of the century’."
• O.J. Simpson speaks about life after prison - "Ex-NFL player tries to ‘focus on the positives’ since release from prison in 2017 after serving sentence for kidnapping and robbery."
• O.J. Simpson walks out of prison after 9 years - CNN.
• O.J. Simpson’s life from NFL stardom to legal jeopardy - in pictures - "The NFL player was a star until he was charged with murder, and after his acquittal in 1995 he faced further legal troubles in the ensuing decades."
• O.J. Witness Who Never Testified Fears His Parole - Hollywood Reporter.
• OK gesture - the OK or ring gesture is performed by connecting the thumb and index into a circle, and holding the other fingers straight or relaxed away from the palm. Commonly used by divers, it signifies "I am OK" or "Are you OK?" when underwater. In most English-speaking countries it denotes approval, agreement, and that all is well or "okay". In other contexts or cultures, similar gestures may have different meanings or connotations including those that are negative, offensive, financial, numerical, devotional, political, or purely linguistic.
• "OK" hand sign added to list of hate symbols for white supremacy - "The 'OK' hand gesture has been added to an expanding list of hate symbols used by white supremacists. The Anti-Defamation League announced dozens of new additions to its database Thursday."
• O.K. to Tinker With Environment to Fight Climate Change? - The New York Times.
 
• Okinawa: The island of almost-eternal youth - "A highly unusual percentage of seniors on Japan’s Okinawa island live to 100. Their secret is 'ikigai', a unique sense of purpose."
• Oktoberfest - "The official site for the 188th Oktoberfest from September 16 to October 3, 2023." The Oktoberfest is the largest folk festival in the world, a unique synthesis of the arts, a piece of Munich's soul. It is tradition that customs and the Bavarian way of life experience a lively renewal here in particular. The Oktoberfest stands for a sense of home and the hospitality of the people of Munich - a funfair for everyone, with a variety of pleasurable moments for all the senses at the highest level of quality. The brand essence of the Oktoberfest stands for encounters, shared experiences and the joy of life.
• Oktoberfest: Germany's sophisticated alternative to Oktoberfest - "Every September, millions of tourists flock to Munich for Oktoberfest. However, the true centre of German beer culture lies three hours north in the medieval town of Bamberg."
• Old Scam With a New Twist - "If you have gotten a message from someone who claims to have dirt on you - and shows off, as proof, a password you’ve previously used - here’s what happened."
• oldest watches in the world - "The Pomander Watch, also known as the Watch 1505, is heralded as the world's first watch. Crafted by Peter Henlein, a German locksmith and watchmaker, this timepiece from the early German Renaissance period represents the dawn of portable timekeeping."
• olive oil: How to know if the olive oil you're buying is actually good for you - "Olive oil has many health benefits, including lowering the risk for dementia, poor heart health, cognitive decline or early death. Here’s what you need to know to select the best possible olive oil for your diet."
• Olof Palme: Who killed Sweden's prime minister? - "On a Friday night more than thirty years ago, Sweden's prime minister went to the movies."
• Olympic athletes will sport Visa's new payment ring in Rio - engadget.
• OLYMPIC BODIES CAN YOU GUESS THEIR SPORT? - The New York Times.
• Olympic Odyssey: Where the Games Began - The New York Times.
• Olympic Swimming in the Seine? How Paris Is Remaking a River -"Organizers of the 2024 Summer Games promised a waterway clean enough for Olympic swimmers and then Parisians to swim in. The job was bigger than anyone knew."
• Omaze - since 2012. "Dream Big! You could be next! Enter for Your Chance to Win." Omaze Offers Dream-Come-True Experiences Online That Anyone Has the Chance to Win. Thanks To You, Omaze Has Given Over $100 Million To Charity! Fun & Easy Giving. Incredible Causes. Support Charity. Find Your Winning Moment. American for-profit fundraising company which partners with charities in fundraising events. Omaze's events feature prizes, such as material goods, property, or celebrity experiences, usually with one grand prize and several lesser prizes. In order to enter the draw for the prizes, financial contributions are encouraged, with 80% of the money going to the partner charity and Omaze receiving 20%.
• omega-3 oil good or bad for us & does it matter where it is from? - "Research shows fish oil may increase risk of people developing a heart condition or stroke."
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• OMYSTYLE Purse Organizer Insert for Handbags, Felt Bag Organizer for Tote & Purse - "Tote Bag Organizer Insert with 5 Sizes, Compatible with Neverful Speedy and More." [AWAY FROM MESS]: Our purse inserts are designed with 13 different compartments and 5 sizes to best meet your daily needs, and help you make reasonable use of your handbag's space. Everything stays neat and organized with this felt bag insert and you no longer have to dig around for your phone, cards, lipsticks or keys. [5 SIZE OPTIONS]: There are 5 sizes of our bag insert which is compatible with Neverfull, Speedy, Longchamp Le Pliage Tote, Goyard, MK, Katespade, Coach, etc. Medium:9.6(W)x5.1(D)x5.9(H) Slender Medium:11.1(W)x3.2(D)x6.4(H) Large: 11.4(W)x5.9(D)x6.9(H) Slender Large:13.7(W)x3.6(D)x5.9(H) X-Large: 13.4(W)x6.7(D)x7.1(H) NOTE: PERFECTLY-means space within 1.5", LOOSELY means space within 2.5 inch.
• 'Once they're gone, they're gone': the fight to save the giant sequoia - "A conservation group plans to buy the largest privately owned sequoia grove as the climate crisis threatens the species’ future."
• oncologists on the simple, doable, everyday things they do to try to prevent cancer - "Cancer doctors know better than anyone how you can give yourself the best possible chance of avoiding a disease that one in two of us will get. Here, they share the 15 tips that they live by."
• One hour of activity needed to offset harmful effects of sitting at a desk - The Guardian.
• One in five bosses is a psychopath - The Sydney Morning Herald.
• One Mile at a Time - "Beginners Guide To Miles & Points: What’s The Point?"
• One million species threatened with extinction because of humans - CNN.
• One Password to Rule Them All - The New York Times.
• One-percenters take to the air - "Flying accounts for about two percent of the worlds greenhouse gas emissions, but some passengers’ impact is far greater than others. In a week when the great and good are flying into the World Economic Forum at Davos we have decided to take stock."
• ONE POLL - "Research specialists - investigating the opinion of the people. OnePoll conducts online surveys. Once you’re registered - for free - your account opens and you start earning."
• One Second | Every Nation - Graham Hughes - the first person to visit all 201 nations of the world without flying. YouTube, 4:01.
• One-Two-Two - was one of the most luxurious and illustrious brothels of Paris in the 1930s and 1940s. The name was taken from the address, 122 Rue de Provence, 8th arrondissement of Paris. The numbers were translated into English to ensure that foreign tourists would be able to find the brothel and as a password for French people.
• online data that's being deleted - "For years, we were encouraged to store our data online. But it's become increasingly clear that this won't last forever - and now the race is on to stop our memories being deleted."
• ONLINE DATING MADE THIS WOMAN A PAWN IN A GLOBAL CRIME PLOT - Wired.
• ONLINE SLANG DICTIONARY
• ONLINE STOPWATCH - "Everybody needs a stopwatch at some point -- and there's never one around! Well... Now there is! Online Stopwatch! A Simple, Fast Flash Online Stopwatch and Online Countdown timer always available when you need it."
• Online tracking - A 1-million-site measurement and analysis Draft: July 11th, 2016. Princeton University.
• ONPOINT TACTICAL - "Legendary Skills for Today's Professionals." Offers superior training for military, law enforcement, and select professionals & civilians who require advanced outdoor skills.
• OPEN CULTURE - "The best free cultural & educational media on the web."
• OPEN DIRECTORY PROJECT - the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors.
• OPEN ID - OpenID eliminates the need for multiple usernames across different websites (nearly ten-thousand), simplifying your online experience.
• OPENLEAKS - "Here and there and everywhere." The new whistleblowing website. "We are using our collective experience in an attempt to support, and help others to support whistleblowers; thus making the leaking of information more widespread, while simultaneously reducing the personal risk to those who fight corruption."
• Operation Car Wash: Is this the biggest corruption scandal in history? - The Guardian.
• Operation Condor: the illegal state network that terrorised South America - "During the cold war, eight US-backed military dictatorships jointly plotted the cross-border kidnap, torture, rape and murder of hundreds of their political opponents. Now some of the perpetrators are finally facing justice."
• Operation Trump - "Inside the most unorthodox campaign in political history." New York Magazine.
• opium’s part in imperial history - "How a mind-altering, addictive substance was used as a weapon by one empire to subdue another."
• Oppidum - since 2015. "ULTRA-LUXURY FORTIFIED UNDERGROUND RESIDENCES." We are an engineering, technology and development company specializing in ultra-luxury fortified underground residences. We create spaces that are totally secure and utterly discreet yet sumptuously appointed and entirely bespoke - all underground, within your own domain. You can be sure that you, your family and your most treasured possessions have a place of safety and comfort close at hand for as long as you need, whatever happens in the world outside.
• Oprah, Ozempic & Us - "Oprah's back and she wants to talk about losing weight. Again. On Monday, Oprah's ABC special, 'Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution,' promised to answer some of the biggest questions around the new weight-loss drugs."
• Oprah Proves Diet Culture Spares No One - "Oprah's legacy will include the ideas that every woman's body is a battleground and that our appetites are to be mistrusted and subdued."
• Oprah Talks Apple Plans, '60 Minutes' Exit, 'Leaving Neverland' Backlash and Mayor Pete 'Buttabeep, Buttaboop' - "What's left for the media empress and icon of inspiration? In a wide ranging interview, Winfrey explains her streaming strategy (including a possible interview series), who she's eyeing for 2020 ('I'd like to see what's up with Butta' - aka Pete Buttigieg) and the creative fire that fuels her now."
• Oprah Winfrey Said Lifelong Success, Happiness & Fulfillment Come Down to Just 5 Words - "Oprah's insight on how to achieve long-term happiness is so simple, anyone can do it. Happiness in five words: 'Do something for someone else.'"
• Oprah Winfrey’s Golden Globes Speech - The New York Times.
• Oprah with Meghan & Harry interview - the facts - Wikipedia.
• Oprah’s Favorite Things 2023 list has arrived: Here’s what to buy - "Her list can get quite long, but we rounded up our favorites so you know exactly what we think is worth buying. (You can check out the whole thing over at Oprah Daily, though.)"
• Orson Welles memoir found 30 years after great director's death - The Guardian.
• Osama bin Laden: 'Bring me his head' - the spy sent to get Bin Laden - "Obituary: Gary Schroen, the CIA spy sent to get Osama Bin Laden. On 19 September, 2001 - with the ruins of the World Trade Center and Pentagon still smouldering from the 9/11 attacks - CIA officer Gary Schroen stepped into his boss's office and received a set of orders: 'Capture Bin Laden, kill him, and bring his head back in a box on dry ice'."
• Osama bin Laden: the al-Qaida leader’s mother speaks for the first time - "Nearly 17 years since 9/11, Osama bin Laden’s family remains an influential part of Saudi society – as well as a reminder of the darkest moment in the kingdom’s history. Can they escape his legacy?"
• Osama Bin Laden's Head Had To Be Put Together For Identification - New York Daily News.
• Oscar Pistorius is handed security warning ahead of his release - "Paralympic gold medallist was convicted of murdering his girlfriend in 2013. There are fears the disgraced Paralympian could now become a target for underworld assassins."
• Our world in data - "Research & data to make progress against the world’s largest problems."
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• Oura Ring vs. Apple Watch: A side-by-side comparison - "Why I’ll never go back to an Apple Watch after switching to Oura Ring. I wore them at the same time for a month to really test them out."
• Oura’s third-generation Ring is more powerful, but not for everybody - "It's the perfect wearable for people who don't like wearables."
• Oval Office: Flags, figurines & gold everywhere: Trump transforms the Oval Office into a gilded gallery - "Nearly eight weeks since returning to office, Trump has tripled the number of paintings hanging on the office walls. Shelves and surfaces are adorned with flags, statues and ornaments. And in keeping with the style he has adhered to for decades, there is gold everywhere."
• Oval Office argument between Zelensky, Trump & Vance - "President Donald Trump’s Oval Office meeting with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky devolved into a shouting match, with the US president telling Ukraine’s leader 'make a deal or we’re out' during an angry exchange about the nature of US support, and whether Zelensky had demonstrated enough gratitude."
• Oval Office Is a Gilded Rococo Nightmare - "Lately the American president has been spending quite a bit of time redecorating the Oval Office. The results can only be called a gilded rococo hellscape. If our leader’s appearance is a depiction of the country ..."
• Overweight people lost 35 to 52 pounds on newly approved diabetes drug, study says - "A weekly dose of a medication recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat type 2 diabetes may help adults without diabetes lose weight as well, a new study found."
• Owls may actually be able to turn their heads a full 360 degrees - "Owls are famously good at rotating their heads, but now anatomical findings suggest they really could go a full 360 degrees without injuring themselves."
• Oxfam points to 5 likely candidates to be the world's first trillionaire - "Here's where the fortunes of Musk, Arnault, Bezos, Ellison and Buffett stand today. The world might see its first trillionaire sooner than you think. And that puts a spotlight on today's richest 1%. In an annual assessment of global inequalities published earlier this week, Oxfam International said the first trillionaire could emerge within the next decade - as the anti-poverty organization pointed to the growing wealth gap that skyrocketed globally during the COVID-19 pandemic."
• Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2015 is ... - OxfordWords blog.
• Oxford English Dictionary finds space for 1,000 new words - The Guardian.
• Oxford Scientists Have an AI That Can Read Your Lips - Futurism.
• Oxford university admissions questions - "Brainteasers for budding philosophers."
• Oxford University releases sample interview questions - The Guardian.
• Ozempic: An Extreme Risk of Taking Ozempic: Malnutrition - "The diabetes medication has gained attention for its dramatic weight loss effects - but doctors worry that it can go too far."
• Ozempic: Blindness fears over weight-loss drug Ozempic - "A Harvard study found people taking semaglutide were significantly more likely to develop a rare and irreversible eye condition."
• 'Ozempic Butt' Is Increasingly Impacting Those Using Weight Loss Medication - "The term 'Ozempic butt' is becoming more common as some patients didn't intend to experience loose, sagging skin after losing weight."
• Ozempic Can Cause Major Weight Loss. What Happens if You Stop Taking It? - "As more patients turn to diabetes medications for other uses, a shortage has taken hold. But doctors say going off these drugs can take a toll."
• 'Ozempic Face'? Doctors Explain Why It Happens and How to Fix It - "It's just one of the possible side effects from using the popular drug."
• Ozempic is taking China by storm. Drugmakers are scrambling to boost supplies - "Ozempic, originally a medication for treating diabetes, is in high demand worldwide with celebrities and social media users touting it as a miracle drug for weight loss, despite some concerns from medical experts. Now the frenzy is sweeping through China, where being 'wafer thin' is a prevailing beauty standard, leading to shortages in the country."
• Ozempic: The Race to Stop Ozempic Muscle Loss - "Gym chains, nutrition startups and drugmakers all want to solve a common issue among people who take weight loss drugs."
• Ozempic: Weight-loss drugs may help smokers quit - "Semaglutide has been shown to protect against heart disease and may also stave off Alzheimer’s. Now it could also be of use in easing tobacco addiction."

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• Pablo Escobar: The cocaine kingpin’s wildest legacy: what can be done with Pablo Escobar’s marauding hippos? - "The Colombian drug lord’s exotic menagerie fell apart after his death, and now wild hippos are breeding out of control."
• Pablo Escobar’s hippos to cost Colombia $3.5m - "Animals to be sent overseas in effort to contain growing population that risks upsetting local ecosystem."
• Pablo Escobar's former home demolished in Colombia - "A crowd of 1,600 people including the families of some of Pablo Escobar's victims, watched as his former home in Medellin, Colombia, crumbled to the ground. It is to be replaced by a memorial to the victims of the notorious drug lord's reign of terror."
• Pablo Picasso: women are either goddesses or doormats - The Telegraph.
• Packing Tips From Travel Pros - The New York Times.
• Painkillers such as aspirin 'do more harm than good' for chronic pain - "NHS health officials say paracetamol, ibuprofen and opioids also unsuitable for chronic pain."
• Palantir is secretly changing the face of warfare - "The system used by commanders in Ukraine will allow UK top brass to strengthen the service by bringing ‘rotten old databases’ up to date."
• Pale Blue Dot - photograph of planet Earth taken on February 14, 1990, by the Voyager 1 space probe from a record distance of about 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles, 40.5 AU), as part of the Family Portrait series of images of the Solar System.
• #PalindromeDay: Geeks around the world celebrate 02/02/2020 - "Maths geeks around the world are celebrating a day so rare that - unless they're very, very young - it's certain to happen only once in their lifetimes."
• Palm Jumeirah, Dubai's iconic man-made islands, turns 20 - "Those islands make up Dubai's iconic Palm Jumeirah - a man-made, palm tree-shaped archipelago home to luxury hotels, pristine beaches, and nearly 80,000 people."
• Pamela Harriman: 'Churchill's secret weapon' in the fight against the Nazis - "Winston Churchill's aristocratic daughter-in-law and confidante Pamela Harriman is considered 'the greatest courtesan of her era'. Decades after her death, she still divides opinion - was she a smart power player, or 'shameless' and'repellent'?"
• PANAMA CANAL - Completed: August 15, 1914. Artificial 82 km (51 mi) waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean and divides North and South America.
• Panama Canal: Can the Panama Canal save itself? - "The most famous waterway in the Americas is running dry. Unlike the Suez Canal, the Panama Canal is fed by a freshwater lake, Lake Gatún, and its water level is falling critically low. A lack of rain and the El Niño weather phenomenon have contributed to the second driest year in the canal's 110-year history."
• Panama Canal: Marine traffic jam - More than 200 ships waiting to cross the Panama Canal - "After facing the drought of the century, the Panama Canal has limited daily transfers in order to ensure safe operation."
• Panama faces pressure to come into the fold - "Panama is one of just four jurisdictions — along with Bahrain, Nauru and Vanuatu — that have refused to sign up."
• Panama Papers source breaks silence - The Guardian.
• Panama papers: the names - "Search our database of 37,000 names linked to Mossack Fonseca companies in the tax haven of Panama." The Sunday Times.
• Panda Factories - "In the 1990s, China began sending pandas to foreign zoos to be bred, in the hope that future generations could be released into nature. It hasn’t gone as planned."
• Panda pair arrive to VIP welcome in Hong Kong, as Beijing marks 75 years of communist China - "Hong Kong rolled out the red carpet Thursday to receive two giant pandas gifted by the Chinese government to mark 75 years of Communist Party rule, part of a citywide push by authorities to deepen patriotism."
• Pandas: Here Are 5 Things China Demands in Return - "Normally confidential contracts show that U.S. zoos are accepting increasingly strict terms governing panda cams and public statements."
• Pandas evolved their most perplexing feature at least 6 million years ago - "Giant pandas are notoriously fussy eaters. They only munch on bamboo and each day spend 15 hours eating up to 99 pounds (45 kilograms) of the stuff. But their ancestors, like most bears, ate a much wider diet that included meat, and it was thought that modern pandas' exclusive diet evolved relatively recently. However, a new study finds that pandas' particular passion for bamboo may have originated at least 6 million years ago - possibly due to the plant's wide, year-round availability."
• Pandas: Is That a Panda? Or a Dog in Disguise? - "Zoos around the world have occasionally used a little dye, or just brazenness, to pass off one animal as another."
• pandemic is messing with our concept of time - "It's become a common refrain during the coronavirus pandemic, a reflection of both how all of the days seem to blur together and how lately, we find ourselves forgetting even the simplest of details. Our internal clocks are shot. Tuesdays are Thursdays are Wednesdays are Sundays. There are no weekdays, or weekends. There is only yesterday, today and tomorrow."
• Pandora Papers - "The largest investigation in journalism history exposes a shadow financial system that benefits the world’s most rich and powerful. Read more." International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).
• PANTONE - world-renowned authority on color and provider of color systems and leading technology for the selection and accurate communication of color across a variety of industries.
• Pantone Announces Living Coral Is the 2019 Color of the Year Because We Need 'Optimism and Joyful Pursuits' - "It said the choice symbolizes an 'innate need for optimism and joyful pursuits.' Here's what to know about the shade you'll be seeing everywhere soon."
• Pantone expert reveals the best colors to use at home - "Color boost: How vivid hues in your home can lift your mood."
• Pantone unveils Color of the Year for 2022 - "On Wednesday it unveiled Very Peri, a periwinkle hue that the company says combines the steady tranquility of blue with an energetic infusion of red. It's the first time the company has manufactured a color instead of delving into their pre-existing archive, a decision that was a vital element of this year's selection process."
• Pantone's 2023 Color of the Year revealed - "Described as 'a nuanced crimson tone' that balances warm and cool, Viva Magenta is 'an unconventional shade for an unconventional time,' Pantone said in a statement unveiling its pick."
• Pantone's color of the year for 2024 - "Embrace the Warmth." Peach Fuzz is a gentle, pinkish-orange hue was chosen to reflect a collective desire for respite.
• Pantone's Color of the Year Is a Comforting Start to 2020. Here’s What to Know About the Choice - "Pantone felt that the color highlighted dependability, trustworthiness, credibility and constancy - all traits that are valued in the fast-paced, high-stress situations of the current world."
• Paracelsus Recovery - since 2012. "Luxury Rehab Clinic in Switzerland | A Place of Healing, Safety & Care." The world's most private and discreet addiction and mental health clinic, with a team of over 15 doctors and therapists focusing solely on one client at a time. Two centers, one in Switzerland and one in the United Kingdom, where teams of renowned experts ensure your recovery. Offering private and luxurious residences that can be used as a home away from home. Utoquai 43, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland.
• PARADIGM RESEARCH GROUP - political activism of Stephen Bassett in service to the politics of disclosure - exopolitics.
• Paramedics Share One Tip That May Save Your Life - "Every second counts, experts say: Step one: Write down your details. Step two: Keep the sheets somewhere that's easy to find."
• Paris 2024: How is France preparing for the Olympics & Paralympics? - "The Olympic torch is being lit in Greece on Tuesday, ahead of its journey to Paris for the start of the Games on 26 July. Security has become a major concern for the French government, and plans for the opening ceremony are being reconsidered. The summer Olympics are from 26 July to 11 August, with 10,500 athletes competing in 329 events."
• Paris 2024 Olympics: After Tokyo’s Covid Olympics, Paris has been reframed as the Conflict Games - "Any relief at moving back to normality has disappeared but at least there will be fans (and no bears) this time."
• Paris 2024 Olympics: Charlotte Dujardin out of Olympics 2024 over allegedly ‘whipping horse 24 times like circus elephant’ - "Dujardin was bidding to become Britain’s most decorated female Olympian in Paris but was filmed ‘engaging in conduct contrary to the principles of horse welfare’."
• Paris 2024 Olympics: McDonald's has been BANNED for athletes as the Paris Olympics goes for vegetarian 'not dogs' instead - "Usain Bolt claimed he gorged on 1000 McDonald's chicken nuggets when he won Olympic gold in 2008, but today's Olympians will get none after the Paris Games banned the fast food giant as part of a health kick."
• Paris 2024 Olympics: The Olympic Flame Isn’t a Flame at All - "Two torches may have lit it to open the Paris Games, but that’s not a fire in the cauldron."
• Paris got it right on scooters - "The people of Paris have spoken loud and clear: get electric scooters off of our streets."
• Paris Hilton says it's 'hard' for her to be normal in new documentary - "According to Paris Hilton, she's been playing Paris Hilton all of these years. One of the first celebs to become famous for being famous, Hilton is sharing her story in a new documentary titled 'This Is Paris.'"
• Paris Hilton testifies to US Congress about childhood abuse - "Paris Hilton has called for change to youth treatment facilities and described her own traumatic experience of alleged abuse before a US congressional committee."
• Paris Hilton's cooking show is a rare work of comic genius - "In Cooking with Paris, the heiress and her dog dressed as a French maid struggle to make a lasagne. It’s either a baffling vanity project – or an instant classic."
• Paris hopes €1bn revamp of Les Halles can become city's 'beating heart' - The Guardian.
• Paris mayor swims in Seine as river is cleaned up just in time for Olympics - "Anne Hidalgo fulfils pledge after cleanup operation makes water quality safe enough to host events at Games."
• Paris Olympics medals are made with pieces of the Eiffel Tower - "A hexagonal, polished chunk of iron taken from the iconic landmark is being embedded in each gold, silver and bronze medal that will be hung around athletes' necks at the July 26-Aug. 11 Paris Games and Paralympics that follow."
• Paris Olympics: OFFICIAL TICKETING WEBSITE OF THE PARIS 2024 GAMES - "Welcome to the official ticketing website of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games! To log in to your account or create one, click 'Log-in/Register' below."
• Paris Olympics Promise to Be Stunning. The Prices Already Are - "Want a prime spot to watch 10,000 athletes float by on the Seine or to catch beach volleyball in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower? Get ready for sticker shock."
• Paris Olympics, Sex Testing Will Be in Full Force. How Did We Get Here? - "The requirements for female athletes have shifted over the eras, from crude strip searching to chromosome testing to hormone testing."
• Paris Olympics: Super-rich spending up to $500,000 on exclusive Paris Olympics packages - "Third-party hospitality packages are outlawed, yet agency part-owned by associates of Rafael Nadal and LeBron James promises access to top events as well as to stars."
• Paris Olympics: Why people are threatening to poo in Paris' River Seine - "Sunday was supposed to be the date Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo would swim in the Seine to prove the water was clean enough for Olympic athletes."
• Paris slams on the brakes & sets 30 kph speed limit to reduce pollution - "Authorities in the French capital of Paris are forcing drivers to slow down, setting a speed limit on almost all the city's roads, in a bid to reduce pollution and improve road safety."
• Paris: The secret vineyard in the middle of Paris where the wine has ‘an air of mystery’ - "The vineyards of Paris were lost centuries ago. One survives hidden in the heart of the city. The Clos Montmartre vineyard is tucked away in the center of Paris, the last remnant of an ancient wine-making region."
• Parisian car ban now planned for 2024 - "Paris officials plan to ban private vehicles from the historic heart of the city by early 2024 in a move designed to decrease congestion and improve air quality in the French capital, the city has announced. Targeting 2024 represents a two year delay on the original 2022 timeline, which was announced last May by the city’s mayor, and French presidential hopeful, Anne Hidalgo. The ban is part of a wider push to improve conditions in the city ahead of it hosting the 2024 Olympic Games."
• Parisians take part in free picnic on the Champs-ÉlysÉes - "Event aims to reverse decline in local people visiting boulevard, which has become hub for wealthy tourists and designer stores."
• parrot problem: why Zoom calls are forcing people to abandon their pets - "During lockdown, a lot of people found it hard being trapped at home with a noisy bird that never shuts up - and rehoming is tricky as some of them really don’t like women."
• Parrots Are a Lot More Than ‘Pretty Bird’ - The New York Times.
• Parthenon: Colourful beauty of Parthenon marbles revealed in scientific analysis - "Innovative scanning techniques show painting of sculptures was potentially as intricate as their carving. Though the Parthenon marbles were admired for centuries for their stark white brilliance, it has long been known that the sculptures were originally brightly painted, before millennia of weathering, cannon bombardment, rough handling and overenthusiastic cleaning scoured them clean."
• PASSENGER SHAMING - "Are these assholes serious? Photos taken by anonymous flight attendants & passengers from all over the world. Don't end up here."
• Passenger Shaming humiliates inconsiderate travellers on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram - The Independent.
• Passport Index 2017 - "Passports of the world ranked by their total visa-free score."
• Passports for purchase: Open citizenship doors around the world - "Need a new passport? These countries will sell you one -- if you can afford it."
• Password Meter - How Secure is my Password? Free Online Tool - SafetyDetectives.
• Patek Philippe Is Not Happy Sylvester Stallone Flipped That $5.4 Million Grand Master Chime - "Sly selling his watch after a few years of ownership seems to have angered Thierry Stern and the collecting community. It’s well understood that if a brand like Rolex or Patek Philippe learns you’ve sold a hot watch you bought at retail, then you’re most likely not going to get an opportunity to buy from that brand again."
• Patek Philippe is the king of high watchmaking - "We look at two key models that demonstrate how and why Patek Philippe is the very best when it comes to high watchmaking."
• Patriot by Alexei Navalny review - last testament - "The late Russian activist’s memoir is an insightful, sharp, even humorous account of his fight against Putin’s regime - and a warning to the world."
• Patti Wood analyzed Obama & Trump's body language - Daily Mail.
• Paul Allen: Largest art auction ever to sell Microsoft co-founder's $1bn collection - "An estimated $1bn worth of art belonging to the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen will be sold at the largest art auction in history. The collection includes masterpieces by Botticelli, Renoir, David Hockney and Roy Lichtenstein. Christie's auction house said proceeds of the November sale would be given to charity, as Mr Allen wished."
• Paul Bocuse, Celebrated French Chef, Dies at 91 - The New York Times.
• Paul Newman Rolex Sells at Auction for Record $17.8 Million - The New York Times.
• Paul Pelosi: Who is spreading false claims about attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband? - "Within hours of the attack, a series of unsubstantiated claims began circulating in fringe far-right circles that contradicted the official police account of how the attack unfolded."
• Pavel Durov: A Russian Elon Musk with 100 biological children: Meet Pavel Durov - "Pavel Durov, the elusive founder of Telegram, is a lot of things to a lot of people. Programming prodigy. Billionaire entrepreneur. Kremlin stooge. Free-speech fighter. Biological father to at least 100 kids."
• PAY PAL - since 1998. "Send Money, Pay Online or Set Up a Merchant Account with PayPal."
• Paypal founder launches tirade against ‘gerontocracy’ over bitcoin - "Peter Thiel, the libertarian tech investor, says figures such as Warren Buffett are hindering cryptocurrency."
• PAYSCALE - salary comparison, salary survey, search wages.
• Pearl Harbor water poisoning: US military families say they continue to fall ill - "When second world war-era storage tanks leaked into Hawaiians’ water supply in December thousands got sick."
• Pebbling: the viral romance trend that humans have stolen from penguins - "While the birds pick up stones and offer them as a gift to the object of their desire, people are displaying similar behaviour online."
• Pegasus - since 2016. Spyware developed by the Israeli cyber-arms company NSO Group that is designed to be covertly and remotely installed on mobile phones running iOS and Android.
• Pegasus scandal: Are we all becoming unknowing spies? - "The allegations that spy software known as Pegasus may have been used to carry out surveillance on journalists, activists - and even perhaps political leaders - highlights that surveillance is now for sale."
• Pegasus Spyware: Does Apple Have ‘Major’ iMessage Security Problems? - "iPhone spyware made by $1 billion surveillance company NSO has exposed 'major' issues in Apple iMessage security, according to a security expert who has spent years researching the Israeli business’ hacks."
• Peloton really wants you to know that what happened to Big isn’t because of its bike - "Peloton says it was unaware of the shocking plot point in HBO Max’s Sex and the City reboot."
• Pencil Pushups - one of the major vision therapy exercises for Convergence Insufficiency and other binocular deficiencies.
• Peng Shuai: WTA prepared to pull out of China over tennis star’s disappearance - "WTA chairman willing to pull out of China if tennis star Peng Shuai not fully accounted for."
• Penguin swims 5,000 miles each year to man who saved it - Daily Mail.
• Penguin Whose Gay Love Story Earned Global Fame, Dies - "For six years, Sphen and Magic were devoted partners, adoptive parents and queer icons. After Sphen died this month at age 11, Magic began singing."
• Penn Station Reborn - The New York Times.
• pensions: Which countries have the highest & lowest pensions in Europe? - "The future adequacy of pensions remains under pressure in the EU. Women continue to receive significantly lower pensions than men. Large disparities in pension levels persist across countries."
• Pentagon halts deliveries of F-35 fighter jets after discovering a component manufactured in China - "The Pentagon says it's temporarily stopping deliveries of Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 aircraft after learning from the manufacturer an alloy made in China was in a component of the stealth fighter jet, violating federal defense acquisition rules."
• Pentagon officially releases UFO videos - "The videos show what appear to be unidentified flying objects rapidly moving while recorded by infrared cameras. Two of the videos contain service members reacting in awe at how quickly the objects are moving. One voice speculates that it could be a drone."
• Pentagon Paid for Fake ‘Al Qaeda’ Videos - The Daily Beast.
• Pentagon warns troops eating poppy seeds could lead to failed drugs tests - "A memo distributed on Friday from Gilbert Cisneros, the under secretary of Defense for personnel and readiness, directed military service leaders to 'notify service members to avoid consumption of all poppy seeds to include food products and baked goods containing poppy seeds.'"
• PEOPLE FINDERS - "Find anyone, anywhere." People search. Find people. Search public records.
• PEOPLE SEARCH PRO - free people search, search people, phone numbers, or public records for free.
• PEOPLE SMART - people search & background checks by name, phone, email or address. Find contact information, social networking data, and public records in a way that respects privacy.
• People try to steal Banksy mural in Ukraine - "Police make arrests and secure image of gas-masked woman in dressing gown sprayed on Hostomel wall."
• People who grew up with very little affection tend to develop these 10 traits later in life - "Growing up without much affection can leave a profound impact on people. It often shapes their personalities, and can create certain traits that stick with them all the way into adulthood."
• PepsiCo bans mentioning Ukrainian army, support for Kiev in advertising - "The list of restrictions indicated that there should be no mentioning of hostilities, the Ukrainian armed forces, calls to support Ukraine and its army and other negative connotations creating a feeling of danger."
• Perceptions of Perfection - How do perceptions of beauty vary across the globe?
• Period After Opening Symbol - "The Period After Opening symbol identifies the useful lifetime of a cosmetic product after its package has been opened for the first time."
• Periodic Table of Elements Is More Important Than Ever - "Mendeleev’s 150-year-old periodic table has become the menu for a world hungry for material benefits."
• Perseid Meteor Shower 2023 Guide | When & How to See It - "In 2023 the Perseid meteor shower is active between 17 July and 24 August. The shower will peak 12-13 August."
• Persian Rug May Not Be Long for This World - The New york Times.
• Person of the Year 2023: Taylor Swift - "This was the year Taylor Swift perfected her craft—not just with her music, but in her position as the master storyteller of the modern era."
• PERSONAL ROBOTICS - portal to the world of personal robotics.
• Personality Test: Your Favorite Color Reveals These Personality Traits - Which color do you love the most? Red or blue or green or yellow or black or white? Know what your favorite color says about you. Check out bonus colors: Pink, Purple, and Orange.
• Pesticides explained: the toxic chemicals in up to 70% of produce - "Studies have linked long-term health issues, while regulators insist breaches of safe limits are rare."
• pesticides impair our senses - "Pesticides are widely used worldwide to boost plant growth. Although effective, they contain toxic chemicals that can seriously impair our senses and nervous system."
• Peter Beard (1938-2020): reckless playboy photographer whose life was as wild as his work - "He got trampled by elephants, swam in crocodile-infested waters and was painted by Francis Bacon - while making images revealing man’s plunder of the natural world."
• Peter Higgs obituary - "Theoretical physicist whose name was attached to the Higgs boson, a sign of the mechanism underlying the structure of atoms."
• PETITION SPOT - "Start a Petition for free at Online Petition Spot."
• pets alter your immune system - "Living with animals is thought to have profound effects on our immunity - potentially reducing the risk of allergies, eczema and even autoimmune conditions."
• Pets can boost your brain power, study says - "Having a long-term pet companion may delay memory loss and other kinds of cognitive decline, a new study has found. Pet ownership was especially beneficial for working verbal memory, such as memorization of word lists, according to the preliminary research."
• Pets in China are earning ‘snack money’ in cafes as their owners send them to work - "Pet cafes are a big business in China. Visitors get to interact with the animals that roam the shop, allowing the venue owners to charge more for the experience."
• Pets on Pot: the Newest Customer Base for Medical Marijuana - The New York Times.
• Pets: The case against pets: is it time to give up our cats & dogs? - "A growing number of people argue that owning pets is unethical - and that animals can never really have a good life in a human home."
• Pfizer/BioNTech boosters reduce infections tenfold & Covid deaths by 90% - studies - "Mounting evidence highlights the importance of Covid-19 boosters. On Wednesday, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that preliminary lab studies show a third dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine can improve protection against Omicron."
• PGP | PRETTY GOOD PRIVACY - data, email & hard drive encryption.
• Philanthropy 50 2022: Who Gives the Most to Charity - "The Chronicle’s 23rd annual ranking of America’s biggest donors features a number of donors making their Philanthropy 50 debut, including Edward Avedisian, a professional clarinetist with the Boston Pops, and Tilman Fertitta, the world’s richest restauranteur. Two of Airbnb’s co-founders gave to help Ukrainian refugees, and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates took the top spot by giving $5.1 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation last year. Altogether, the donors on the list contributed $16 billion." The Chronicle of Philanthropy.
• Phone accessories are becoming more interesting than phones - The Verge.
• PHONE NUMBERS WERE NEVER MEANT AS ID - Wired.
• 'phone walk' – the next stage in human evolution - The Guardian.
• Phone wet & won’t turn on? Here’s what to do with water damage (hint: putting it in rice won’t work) - "While many smartphones are advertised as ‘water resistant’, this doesn’t mean they’re immune from water damage."
• Photos from NASA that will change the way you look at the planet - The Telegraph.
• Photoshop 25th anniversary - YouTube 11:28.
• philosophy behind Jeff Bezos' Amazon success - "As Bezos leaves his role as CEO, those who have worked with him ponder the lessons learned."
• Piaget, The Art of Ultra-Thin Watchmaking & Miniaturization - "A closer look at Piaget's archives reveals how ultra-thin has shaped the brand and why it has to be considered a true complication."
• Picasso pilgrimage: a Spanish art trail marking 50 years since his death - "From Málaga to Madrid, there’s a fiesta of special exhibitions this year in the places where the artist lived and worked."
• Pick-Pocket Proof | Travel Clothing - "Clothing Arts: Innovating Travelwear Since 2009."
• Pickpockets Are Most Likely to Rob You at These 10 Tourist Attractions - "Tourists can become easy targets. Once you make an impression that you’re not a local, the prices inflate, and you’re suddenly paying more for taxis and products in shops. But it goes further than rip-offs, and one of the most common problems you’ll face, especially in crowded tourist places, is pickpocketing."
• Picture essay 'Overtourism’ & the curse of the cruise ships - "In Kotor and Dubrovnik large cruise ships dock regularly throughout the season, depositing thousands of people each day into the tourist hotspots and putting intense pressure on the historic ports."
• Pieces of Art on the Wrist - "The collector Roni Madhvani is as fascinated by vintage timepieces by lesser-known watchmakers as he is by those from famed designers. 'The belle epoque of watch design.' That’s how Roni Madhvani describes the postwar years of 1945-65, the years when most of the highly designed, time-only watches in his collection were produced."
• Piet Mondrian & the six lines that made a masterpiece - "A 1922 painting by Piet Mondrian challenged art history, defining a new era, writes Deborah Nicholls-Lee, as two exhibitions celebrate the 150th anniversary of his birth."
• Pillar of Shame: Hong Kong's Tiananmen Square statue removed - "A famous statue at the University of Hong Kong marking the Tiananmen Square massacre was removed late on Wednesday. Towering at 8 metres, the statue depicts a column of dozens of torn and twisted bodies with anguished faces, 'to remind us of a shameful event which must never recur,' according to its Danish sculptor Jens Galschiot."
• PimEyes: Face Recognition Search Engine & Reverse Image Search - since 2017. "PimEyes is an online face search engine that goes through the Internet to find pictures containing given faces."
• PINGDOM - website monitoring. "With Pingdom, any problem with your website will be discovered the minute it happens. You will be immediately alerted so you can take action before it affects your business. You will also be able to see detailed statistics of your website performance, giving you a historical record of all incidents."
• ‘Pink Cocaine’? - "The drug cocktail can contain ketamine, Ecstasy and meth - but rarely cocaine itself."
• Pink Moon: Europe illuminated by lunar light show - "Stargazers have enjoyed the emergence of what is known as a pink moon in the night skies of Europe."
• Pirelli Calendar 2023 unveiled - "Pirelli unveiled its 2023 calendar Wednesday, an opulent, dream-like edition featuring a star-studded cast. Titled 'Letters to the Muse,' the calendar is an homage to a group of 'extraordinary women' - artists, activists, athletes and other trailblazers - said Australian photographer Emma Summerton, who have inspired her."
• Pirelli Calendar Ditches Pinups for Portraits - The New York Times.
• Pirelli calendar girls through the years - The Telegraph.
• PISA | PROGRAMME FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT - OECD.
• Pixelated photos unblurred using artificial intelligence - The Telegraph.
• Plagiarism software pins down new source for Shakespeare's plays - "Scholars say the likelihood of George North’s unpublished manuscript A Brief Discourse of Rebellion sharing words and features with the Bard’s plays by chance is ‘less than one in a billion’."
• planet saw its hottest day ever this week. The record will be broken again & again - "This week saw the hottest global temperature ever recorded, according to data from two climate tracking agencies. On Monday, the average global temperature reached 17.01 degrees Celsius (62.62 Fahrenheit), the highest in the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction’s data, which goes back to 1979. On Tuesday, it climbed even further, reaching 17.18 degrees Celsius and global temperature remained at this record high on Wednesday. The previous record of 16.92 degrees Celsius was set in August 2016."
• plastic doesn't dry in the dishwasher - "Plastic is a staple of modern kitchens, but it comes with a frustrating problem - it doesn't dry properly in a dishwasher. Why?"
• plastic-eating bacteria that could change the world - "When a microbe was found munching on a plastic bottle in a rubbish dump, it promised a recycling revolution. Now scientists are attempting to turbocharge those powers in a bid to solve our waste crisis. But will it work?"
• Plastic: How Long Does Plastic Take to Decompose? - "Plastics can take 20 to 500 years to decompose, depending on the material and structure."
• plastic lawn backlash: why people are pulling up their fetid fake grass - "Lockdown was boom time for artificial turf - but last year demand plummeted. The reason? Well, it retains the smell of dog urine, for a start ..."
• Plastic superhighway: the awful truth of our hidden ocean waste - "Solving the issue of waste in our seas turned out to be more complex than scrounging for bottles off the beach."
• Plastic trays at security are the worst virus carriers in the airport - even worse than the TOILET - "THERE’S one place to avoid at the airport if you want to stop yourself getting sick - the plastic trays at security that stuff is piled into before it is scanned. They are the worst culprits for carrying viruses such as the common cold and flu."
• Plastic: Trying to Live a Day Without Plastic - "It’s all around us, despite its adverse effects on the planet. In a 24-hour experiment, one journalist tried to go plastic free."
• Playboy cut ties with Hugh Hefner to create a post-MeToo brand - "Approaching its 70th anniversary in December, Playboy has radically shifted. With the magazine no longer in publication, the Playboy Mansion sold to a developer and London's last remaining Playboy Club closing in 2021, what is the future for Playboy? The brand is changing to keep up with the post-#MeToo world."
• Playboy Explains Vietnam - The New York Times.
• Playing Dead: Journey Through World of Death Fraud - "How the Philippines became the global leader for a macabre trade."
• Playlist Used By The CIA To Torture Detainees - The Anti-Media.
• Plus-size clothing & overweight models are normalising obesity, warn experts - The Telegraph.
• Plus-size travelers hit out at ‘discriminatory’ airline seat policies - "‘We’re paying twice for the same experience.’ While the average width of an airplane seat has been shrinking for decades, bodies are getting larger around the world, with experts predicting that over half of the global population will be overweight or obese by 2035."
• Pluto ‘Wows’ in Spectacular New Backlit Panorama - NASA
• PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. One of the world's most-cited multidisciplinary scientific serials. Since its establishment in 1914, it continues to publish cutting-edge research reports, commentaries, reviews, perspectives, colloquium papers, and actions of the Academy.
• POCKET - "View when Ready." If it's in Pocket, it's on your phone, tablet or computer. You don't even need an Internet connection. Help people who discover an interesting article, video or web page, but don’t have time to view it. Once saved to Pocket, the list of content is visible on any device -- phone, tablet or computer.
• Podcasts Surge, but Producers Fear Apple Isn’t Listening - The New York Times.
• POGO | PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT - an independent nonprofit organization that investigates and exposes corruption and other misconduct in order to achieve a more effective, accountable, open, and ehtical federal U.S. government.
• POKE MY BIRTHDAY - site which pokes your birthday and gives interesting and surprising facts about the day you were born!
• POKE MY NAME - site that pokes your first name and gives interesting information! "We give you interesting statistics, name popularity results, other names which are compatible and rhyming with yours and funny facts."
• PokÉmon Go: how the overnight sensation was 20 years in the making/a> - The Guardian.
• POKEN - "Collect people and things with a touch." Poken is revolutionizing the event industry with its innovative and simple solutions to generate high quality leads, get unprecedented insight into people's interests, and boost networking between participants. We provide tools and technology for tradeshow managers, exhibitors and event organizers to create interactive and exciting events, while measuring the return on investment of their lead generation activities.
• Poland approves large-scale logging in Europe's last primeval forest - The Guardian.
• Politics and the English Language - George Orwell.
• POLITIFACT.COM - PolitiFact is a project of the St. Petersburg Times to help you find the truth in American politics.
• Polls explained with interactive graphics - Rock 'n Poll.
• Pompeii: Breathtaking new paintings found at ancient city - "Stunning artworks have been uncovered in a new excavation at Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried in an eruption from Mount Vesuvius in AD79. Archaeologists say the frescos are among the finest to be found in the ruins of the ancient site."
• Pompeii now faces a second extinction - The Guardian.
• Ponzi Schemes Goes Deeper Than the Man Who Gave Them His Name - "A common theme among Ponzi scheme victims is 'irrational exuberance,' a term popularized by former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan whereby people observe others making great profits from investments and determine that this means the investments are safe—even if there are no underlying reasons to support those conclusions. Irrational exuberance is nothing new and certainly was applicable as far back as during the tulipmania of the 1600s in the Netherlands, when speculation in investments in tulip bulbs led to a dramatic market crash in 1637."
• Pooping every 3 or more days linked with cognitive decline, research finds - "In the first research to look at constipation’s impact on the aging brain, scientists have found some concerning links. Being chronically constipated, defined by the authors as having a bowel movement only every three or more days, has been linked with a 73% higher risk of subjective cognitive decline, according to research presented Wednesday at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Amsterdam."
• Poor little rich kids – the perils of inheriting vast wealth - The Guardian.
• Popcorn: Here’s why we eat popcorn at the movies - "Even before the house lights dim, the cinema experience is well under way, with one concession-stand food holding top billing. Its roasty, buttery aroma fills the lobby, a smell that’s both unmistakable and, often, core memory-inducing."
• Pope Francis attacks ‘insinuations’ that John Paul II prowled for underage girls - "Pope defends predecessor after remarks by brother of 15-year-old girl who went missing in Rome in 1983."
• Pope Francis Jokes That Scotch Whisky ‘Is The Real Holy Water’ - "Scotch whisky fans didn’t need any spiritual confirmation that their drink of choice is divine indeed. However, it doesn’t hurt that Pope Francis has actually declared Scotch whisky to be ‘the real holy water’."
• poppy seeds: Pentagon warns troops eating poppy seeds could lead to failed drugs tests - "A memo distributed on Friday from Gilbert Cisneros, the under secretary of Defense for personnel and readiness, directed military service leaders to 'notify service members to avoid consumption of all poppy seeds to include food products and baked goods containing poppy seeds.'"
• ‘population bomb’ may never go off as feared, finds study - "Population likely to peak sooner and lower than expected with beneficial results - but environment is priority."
• Population Reference Bureau - informs people around the world about population, health, and the environment. "We focus our work around these "core themes": Reproductive Health and Fertility; Children and Families; Global Health; Population and the Environment; Aging; Inequality and Poverty; Migration and Urbanization; and Gender."
• Porn Business Isn’t Anything Like You Think It Is - Wired.
• Porridge may protect against cancer, Harvard study suggests - The Telegraph.
• Portugal is the best European country for retirement based on cost of living, healthcare & more - "It's one of the most affordable European countries because of its low cost of living. On average, the cost of living, excluding rent, is almost 29% lower than in the U.S., according to SmartAsset. "
• Posture Affects Standing, & Not Just the Physical Kind - The New York Times.
• Potatoes Tied to High Blood Pressure Risk - The New York Times.
• PowaTag - since 2014. "No cash, No Plastic, No fuss." Mobile payment enabling technology. With the app, users can make purchases using a smartphone, with payment and delivery details tied to a specific smartphone device. The app incorporates elements of QR code detection, audio recognition, and beacon technology. Audio watermarks in the form of inaudible tones embedded within radio, commercials, or live broadcast events are detectable by the app, taking users to a mobile commerce store where a purchase can be made.
• Pot-pourri is back, at up to £330 a sniff... - "After years in the doldrums, the once ubiquitous bowl of fragrant dried petals is making a comeback, at a very fancy price."
• Powerball: Lotto rises to $1.9bn world record prize with no jackpot winner - "The US Powerball jackpot has risen to $1.9bn after there was no winning ticket for Saturday's world-record prize. The premier lottery game has had no winner in more than three months after 39 consecutive drawings. The odds of winning the jackpot in Monday's draw are one in 292.2 million, according to Powerball. The previous world-record jackpot was set in 2016, when $1.59bn was split between three Powerball players."
• pozzolanic concrete: We Finally Know Why Ancient Roman Concrete Was So Durable - "The ancient Romans were masters of building and engineering, perhaps most famously represented by the aqueducts. And those still functional marvels rely on a unique construction material: pozzolanic concrete, a spectacularly durable concrete that gave Roman structures their incredible strength."
• ‘Preppy Killer’ Robert Chambers is released again from prison after serving years for unrelated drug crimes - Robert Chambers, known as the 'Preppy Killer' for murdering a teenager in Central Park in 1986, was released again this week from prison after serving time for unrelated drug crimes. Chambers, then 19, strangled Jennifer Levin, 18, to death in the case that became a tabloid sensation. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter after admitting in a taped confession to killing Levin during rough sex, CNN previously reported. He was imprisoned again in 2008 on unrelated charges of first-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and second-degree assault, according to Department of Corrections records. Chambers will be under post-release supervision until July 2028, Department of Corrections records say.
• Preserving Chairman Mao: embalming a legacy - The Guardian.
• PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S BIRTH CERTIFICATE
• President Obama is Now the First President to be 3D Scanned and Printed - The Smithsonian.
• Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey - "In historians' Presidents Day survey, Biden vs. Trump is not a close call."
• PRICERUNNER - since 1999. "Search and compare over 1 million products from 3,000 retailers." Compare Prices and find the best deals. At PriceRunner, you can find and compare the lowest price of more than 1,000,000 products from 3,000 retailers. PriceRunner is an independent price comparison service. This means that no retailer can affect the information you benefit from to its advantage. The purpose of PriceRunner is that you can feel safe when shopping online and have access to helpful information for making smart purchasing decisions.
• Prince Andrew 'falsely portraying himself as willing', US prosecutor claims - "The Duke of York has 'sought to falsely portray himself' as eager to co-operate with an inquiry into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the US prosecutor in charge of the investigation has said."
• Prince Andrew giving 'zero' cooperation to Epstein inquiry, say US prosecutors - "US attorney for southern district of New York says so far Andrew has not responded to a request for an interview."
• Prince Charles’s 10-point plan for a sustainable economy - "Reshape economy to fight climate crisis, says Prince Charles."
• Prince Harry can't stop oversharing - "What we’re seeing is a little brother desperate to fight back against a lifetime of feeling inferior, but doing so in the dirtiest way possible."
• Prince Harry confirms he is now a US resident - "Paperwork filed shows the royal has informed British authorities that he has moved and is now ‘usually resident’ in the United States."
• Prince Harry faces questions over how he got US visa after he admitted taking cannabis, cocaine & magic mushrooms - "In his autobiography Spare and several TV interviews, the Duke of Sussex revealed he had tried cocaine, smoked marijuana and experimented with magic mushrooms and ayahuasca."
• Prince Harry’s book could be ‘beginning of end’ for royals, warns Charles’s biographer - "Catherine Mayer says anger over racism, misogyny and wealth in the royal family can undermine public consent for a monarchy."
• Prince Harry's explosive autobiography Spare is available on Amazon for FREE in Black Friday deal - two months before it hits the shelves.
• Prince Harry's HRH title is stripped from Royal Family website profile page - "Three years after Meghan's was removed following 'Megxit' departure to Los Angeles. Under the terms of the 2020 Megxit agreement, the Palace said Harry and Meghan Markle could retained their HRH titles but would not be allowed to use them after stepping down as senior royals. Even so, parts of the royal website have mistakenly referred to Harry as HRH for the last three years."
• Princess Diana 'giggled' after listening to King Charles, Camilla phone call - "Princess Diana rolled on the floor after King Charles and Camilla's tampongate humiliation."
• Princess Diana ‘was the first to stray’ during her marriage to Prince Charles, ex-aide claims - "Fans of The Crown on Netflix watched as Prince Charles was blamed for the breakdown of his marriage to Princess Diana by sneaking off to be with first love Camilla Parker Bowles. However, a former royal protection officer has claimed that it was actually the other way round, and Diana cheated first in the marriage, not Charles. Allan Peters has come forward with a striking new version of events, and said Charles didn’t start seeing Camilla romantically again until he learned Diana had been having a fling with fellow protection officer Barry Mannakee."
• Princess Diana's fatal injury was tiny, just in the wrong place - "UK's top forensic pathologist DR RICHARD SHEPHERD who gave evidence in major inquiry into her death reveals how a tiny vein tear had devastating consequences for the princess in his memoir."
• Princess of Wales' treatment explained - "What is preventive chemotherapy and how effective is it? As Princess of Wales begins treatment after cancer diagnosis, we answer some key questions."
• Princesses have hair - French women fight body hair stigma on Twitter.
• Privacy Policy: Here’s What You’re Actually Agreeing To When You Accept a Privacy Policy - "Almost every new app or product that is connected to the internet forces you to accept a long, indecipherable privacy policy in order to use it. These documents outline the company’s data-collection practices. But what exactly are you agreeing to when you accept?"
• Private jet emissions quadrupled during Davos 2022 - "Climate campaigners accuse leaders of hypocrisy as flights emit as much CO2 in a week as 350,000 cars."
• Private jet flight attendant lifts the lid on how the 'other half' REALLY live - as she opens up about her life in the skies catering to the ultra-wealthy.
• Private Jet Industry Stuck In A Holding Pattern - "For the record, all aviation is responsible for about 2% of global CO2 emissions totals. Business aviation’s carbon contribution to the worldwide total is around 0.04%. The opposers focus on emissions per passenger."
• Private jets: 40% of these flights are empty. Further reason to ground them - "Labour is exploring plans to curb the use of the planes, which are increasingly popular among wealthy jetsetters. Can this luxury form of travel ever be sustainable?"
• Privatizing Profits & Socializing Losses - definition & explanation.
• Problem With a Company? Here’s How to Write to the CEO - The New York Times.
• Professor Allan Lichtman's 13 Keys Tracker - "13 Keys Tracker is a free interactive tool for predicting the 2024 Election, based on Professor Allan Lichtman's famous 13 Keys to the White House. Allan Lichtman Officially Predicts That Kamala Harris Will Win the Election!"
• Profumo affair ... seen, at last, through the female gaze - "Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies were dismissed as call girls in the 60s. A TV series now shows them as complex, vulnerable young women."
• Project Apollo Archive's albums on Flickr - 12,426 photos.
• Project Syndicate - since 1995. "The World's Opinion Page. Project Syndicate provides readers with original, engaging, and thought-provoking commentaries by global leaders and thinkers. By offering incisive perspectives from those who are shaping the world's economics, politics, science, and culture, Project Syndicate has created an unrivaled global venue for informed public debate." The world’s largest opinion-focused syndicate, disseminating commentaries by experts, activists, Nobel laureates, statesmen, economists, political thinkers, business leaders, and academics to more than 500 member publications in more than 150 countries, amounting to a total circulation of nearly 70 million copies. Named one of the top five world news sites for 2012.
• Proof of Existence - Provides Intellectual Property Rights. Can be used to demonstrate document ownership without revealing the information it contains, and to provide proof that a document was authored at a particular time. The key advantages are anonymity, privacy, and getting a decentralized proof which can't be erased or modified by anyone (third parties or governments).
• Proof That Your Dog Really Does Love You - TIME Magazine.
• Prostate cancer cases worldwide likely to double by 2040, analysis finds - "Largest study of its kind predicts 85% increase in deaths from the disease in same period as more men live longer."
• Prostate Cancer Study Details Value of Treatments - The New York Times.
• 'Protein Compass' May Show Pigeons the Way Home - Discovery News.
• Protein powders: When should you use them? - "Are protein powders bad for you? Many people consume protein powder supplements, especially in older age or to bulk up muscles. Are they a good thing to be taking?"
• Protein: The truth about protein: how to get enough - at every age - "We need protein to build muscle, produce hormones, regulate mood and appetite, and strengthen bones. But how much, and what kind, should you eat every day?"
• Psychological avoidance: Harvard psychology expert shares the No. 1 thing she sees holding people back from success - "Anxiety, discomfort and change are all part of life, but they are not enemies. The No. 1 silent saboteur of success is how we react to them. As a Harvard psychologist, I’ve observed this struggle firsthand. I coined a concept about it, 'psychological avoidance,' based on my 20 years of research and clinical work. Psychological avoidance is any response to a perceived threat that brings immediate emotional relief, but comes with long-term consequences."
• Psychologists Explain Why You Procrastinate - And How to Stop - TIME Magazine.
• psychology behind why people think 5G makes them sick - "The rise of new technologies often brings up fears."
• Public Domain Collections: Free to Share & Reuse - The New York Public Library.
• pulchronomics: Do you have to be attractive to get ahead? Here’s the ugly truth - "The Times science editor Tom Whipple investigates the world of pulchronomics - the academics who have proved that looks really do matter. Is the beauty bias the prejudice no one dares admit to?"
• Pumpkin weighing 2,749lb squashes world record - "A massive pumpkin named Michael Jordan has squashed the world record for the heaviest gourd and earned its grower a neat $30,000 in prize money. Minnesota horticulture teacher Travis Gienger's 2,749lb (1,247kg) pumpkin beat the previous record by 47lb."
• Puppy dog eyes are for the benefit of humans - The Telegraph.
• PULITZER PRIZES - honoring excellence in journalism and the arts since 1917.
• PULSE - "Your News. Anywhere." RSS reader. App for Android, iOS and HTML5 browsers, originally released in 2010. The application, displays news from multiple RSS feeds in a single page using a tile based interface. Pulse has been praised by users for its sleek, easy to use design.
• Puppies are born ready to interact with people, study finds - "Rest assured that puppies are primed to communicate with you soon after their birth, says Emily Bray, a post-doctoral research associate at the Arizona Canine Cognition Center at the University of Arizona's School of Anthropology."
• Pursuing the Goal of Healthy Aging - The New York Times.
• Pushups: What muscles do pushups work? - "The Ultimate Guide to Perfect Press-Ups. Learn how to do press-ups and build upper-body muscle mass with the king of calisthenics exercises."
• Put Your Phone to Work Doing Some Good - The New York Times.
• Putin & other ex-KGB have 'gunslinger's gait,' says study - Yahoo News.
• Putin: As Biden Mulls Sanctions, Three Theories On How Putin Makes His Millions - "According to Swedish economist Anders Aslund, the author of the 2019 book Russia’s Crony Capitalism, Putin has recruited family, childhood friends, bodyguards and others to hold his money. He estimates that each person has between $500 million and $2 billion and that his net worth is anywhere between $100 billion and $130 billion."
• Putin calls fighting in Ukraine a ‘war’ - "Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday used the word 'war' to refer to the conflict in Ukraine, the first known time he has publicly deviated from his carefully crafted description of Moscow’s invasion as a 'special military operation' 10 months after it began."
• Putin: CIA chief says no intelligence that Putin is in bad health - "There is no intelligence that Vladimir Putin is unstable or in bad health, the director of the CIA has said."
• Putin Dating Rupert Murdoch’s Ex-Wife Wendi Deng - Hollywood Life.
• Putin floats possibility of nuclear 'first use' - "Russian President Vladimir Putin, for the second time this week, floated the possibility that Russia may formally change its military doctrine of not being the first to use nuclear weapons in a conflict, days after he warned of the 'increasing' threat of nuclear war."
• Putin has outmanoeuvred a host of US presidents. Trump is only the latest - "US President Donald Trump is finding out that getting through to Russian President Vladimir Putin is not as easy as he might have thought. But he’s only the latest US leader to fail at an attempt to get Russia and its longtime president on board."
• Putin: Higher education, Vladimir? Image-obsessed 5ft 7in (170cm) Putin wears high-heeled shoes while posing for pictures with Moscow students - "Russian President Vladimir Putin was pictured in high-heeled shoes among students in Moscow yesterday."
• Putin: I moonlighted as a taxi driver in the 1990s - "Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken of his regret at the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, revealing that he had to work as a taxi driver to supplement his income."
• Putin is a dead man walking - "'Here is why I know he’ll be killed to finally end the war in Ukraine', says ex-CIA chief. James Olson, the spy agency's former chief of counterintelligence, said he believes the sharks are now circling for the tyrant back home in Russia."
• Putin just called Trump’s bluff on Ukraine, with the Russian art of the ‘no’ deal - "A “no” is not a “yes” when it is a “maybe,” a “probably not,” or an “only if.” This is the painfully predictable lesson the Trump administration’s first real foray into wartime diplomacy with the Kremlin has dealt. They’ve been hopelessly bluffed."
• Putin looks back to WWII with refurb of Stalin-era bomb shelters - "Although a missile attack deep into Russia is unlikely, bunkers built long ago are being made ready for use."
• Putin: Nerve agents, poison & window falls. Over the years, Kremlin foes have been attacked or killed - "The attacks range from the exotic - poisoned by drinking polonium-laced tea or touching a deadly nerve agent - to the more mundane of getting shot at close range. Some take a fatal plunge from an open window. Over the years, Kremlin political critics, turncoat spies and investigative journalists have been killed or assaulted in a variety of ways."
• Putin nods to Trump plans to seize Greenland - "In Murmansk, the largest city north of the Arctic circle, President Vladimir Putin vowed to 'strengthen Russia's global leadership in the Arctic', while warning that 'geopolitical competition in the region' was intensifying. The first example he gave was Donald Trump's idea to acquire Greenland. But from the Kremlin leader there was no criticism of his US counterpart."
• Putin presents Steven Seagal with Russian passport
• Putin: Russian emails appear to show ‘network’ holding $4.5bn assets linked to Putin - "Questions over palaces, vineyards and yachts run by entities that appear to be part of a cooperative."
• Putin says war could continue until "last Ukrainian is left standing" - "'Today we hear that they want to defeat us on the battlefield. Well, what can I say? Let them try,' Putin said during a meeting with the heads of the State Duma party factions that aired on state media television Russia-24."
• Putin silent after Wagner boss Prigozhin 'killed in plane crash’ - "Former MI6 boss Sir John Sawers says he thinks it's highly likely that Vladimir Putin is behind the reported death of Yevgeny Prigozhin." BBC News.
• Putin Suffer From the Napoleon Complex? - "The psychology of short stature and leadership."
• Putin takes 'nuclear football' to funeral of Russian politician - "Mourners were cleared from the cathedral amid fears of an assasination attempt on Mr Putin. Mr Putin was accompanied by a man in a dark suit who was carrying a briefcase, which contains the codes needed to authorise a nuclear attack remotely."
• Putin tells Tucker Carlson the US ‘needs to stop supplying weapons’ to Ukraine - "Putin walks away with propaganda victory after Tucker Carlson’s softball interview."
• Putin to Be Called 'Ruler' of Russia Under New Proposal - "A pro-Kremlin party is calling for Vladimir Putin to be referred to as Russia's 'ruler' rather than as the Russian 'president,' in order to move away from a job description derived from a foreign language."
• Putin, understanding the man who fooled the world - "The Russian president has always shown us exactly who he is. So why did it take the invasion of Ukraine for us to believe him?"
• Putin vows to ‘knock down’ US Patriot missiles supplied to Ukraine - "Russian president dismisses weapon as ‘outdated’ as he implies Kyiv will have to cede territory for peace."
• Putin waves a sarcastic goodbye to foreign business departing Russia - "Speaking to senior officials at a meeting broadcast on state television, Putin said those companies had suffered major losses as a result of exiting a large and lucrative market. 'Today many of them (Western brands), under pressure from their governments, are leaving our market. All the best to them,' he said, briefly waving his hand in a farewell gesture."
• Putin: We are closer than ever to arresting Putin, but the US must play its part - "‘Putin and his cabal now know they are persona non grata in most continents of the world and liable to be arrested if they travel outside Russia.’"
• Putin’s daughter flew to Munich ‘more than 50 times’ in two years, leaks reveal - "Investigation also suggests president’s youngest daughter is in a relationship with ballet dancer Igor Zelensky."
• Putin's Extravagant $700,000 Watch Collection - ABC News.
• Putin's 'gunslinger gait' - "The Russian president appears to have adopted a style of walking already favoured by several of his associates. Here’s how civilians everywhere can get the tough-guy look ..." British Medical Journal.
• Putin's limousine 2012 ZIS ZIL 4112R for sale: US$1,2 mio. - Hemmings Motor News.
• Putin’s luxury hideout has trout farm, helipads & ‘stolen’ waterfall - "Russian president claims his sole properties are a modest apartment and a garage - but drone video reveals a private estate twice the size of Monaco."
• Putin’s nuclear threats confront the world with an urgent choice - "Russian President Vladimir Putin has - with one stroke - effectively removed Russia from any position among the world’s civilized nations, a fact President Joe Biden made abundantly clear in his Wednesday speech before the United Nations General Assembly."
• Putin’s order to move superyacht before Ukraine invasion - "Russian president ordered urgent removal of Graceful from Hamburg shipyard, investigation claims. Vladimir Putin moved his $100m superyacht from a German shipyard to Russia just weeks before he ordered the invasion of Ukraine, according to secret documents released in a new investigation."
• Putin’s Russia - nothing is normal - "There was nothing 'normal' about Vladimir Putin's New Year address to the Russian people. For his annual speech the president normally stands alone outside the Kremlin. This year, standing behind him, were men and women in combat uniforms."
• Putin’s secret family life - New York Post-
• Putin's Watches - Pinterest.
• Putin's two secret sons with gymnast lover are revealed - "Ivan, nine, and Vladimir Jr, five, live in a mansion guarded by the Kremlin where they have full-time staff and annoy their father with Disney impressions. Putin has never made any direct reference to the boys. However, this week, he told schoolchildren in Siberia that, 'Members of my family, the little ones, speak Chinese.' His sons also study English and German."
• Putin’s Wealth: No ‘smoking gun’ but some ‘smoking watches’ - WatchDog Watcher.
• Putting the Chicken Before the Egg - The New York Times.
• Puzzle to Test Your Memory - The New York Times.
• pyramids: Scientists may have solved mystery behind Egypt's pyramids - "Scientists believe they may have solved the mystery of how 31 pyramids, including the world-famous Giza complex, were built in Egypt more than 4,000 years ago. A research team from the University of North Carolina Wilmington has discovered that the pyramids are likely to have been built along a long-lost, ancient branch of the River Nile - which is now hidden under desert and farmland."
• pyt is the new Scandinavian term for a happier life - "Danes are some of the happiest people in the world, and they also happen to have a lot of cool words for ways to be happy."

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• Q Scores - since 1963. "The recognized industry standard for measuring consumer appeal of performers, brand ambassadors, influencers, characters, intellectual properties and brands."
• QUACKIT - "Free Webmaster Tutorials. Teaches beginners how to create websites. We start off slowly, teaching you the basics such as HTML and CSS. We then introduce you to more advanced topics so that you can add more features to your website."
• Quality of Living Ranking 2017 - Mercer.
• Qantas reveals economy seats for 19-hour NYC-Sydney ultra long-haul flights - "As Qantas counts down to the 2025 launch of its record-breaking passenger flights connecting Sydney to New York and London direct, the airline has revealed what economy class will look like on the ultra long-haul flights. At a press conference in New York on Thursday, the airline revealed it will offer passengers more leg room and more space to move around the cabin on the 12 specially designed Airbus A350 planes that will operate the routes."
• QUANTIFIED SELF - movement to incorporate technology into data acquisition on aspects of a person's daily life in terms of inputs (e.g. food consumed, quality of surrounding air), states (e.g. mood, arousal, blood oxygen levels), and performance (mental and physical).
• Quarter-zipper becomes the new status symbol for men of a certain position - "John Lewis says it has sold 62% more quarter-zips than crewnecks since the start of the year. What do David Beckham, Rishi Sunak and Fendi models have in common? They’re all big fans of a quarter-zipper. Polo necks with a little zip that runs from neck to chest have become the new status symbol of men of a certain position as they ditch the shirt and tie aesthetic."
• Queen & the Queen Mother being taught a Nazi salute by Edward VIII - Daily Mail.
• Queen Elizabeth II's funeral: UK government spent 162 million pounds on Queen Elizabeth's funeral - "British government departments spent an estimated total of 161.7 million pounds ($204 million) on Queen Elizabeth's state funeral and related events, the Treasury said on Thursday. After Britain's longest-reigning monarch died aged 96 on Sept. 8, the country entered 10 days of national mourning which concluded with her state funeral on Sept. 19."
• Queen Margrethe Abdicating to Save Prince Frederik's Marriage to Princess Mary? - "The Queen herself linked it to her back surgery, saying, 'the operation also gave rise to thinking about the future - whether the time had come to leave the responsibility to the next generation,' many commentators were quick to point out the timing - specifically in the wake of the affair rumors surrounding Prince Frederik. So, did Prince Frederik have an affair? Has there been other drama? Here's everything you need to know."
• Queen Victoria’s Son Was the Last British Royal to Testify in Court - "Prince Harry’s expected courtroom testimony this week will be the first time that a prominent member of Britain’s royal family has been cross-examined in over 130 years." The New York Times.
• Queen's guide to culture - "Her Majesty's favourite books, music & TV."
• Quest for the Impossible: a Two-Hour Marathon - Wired.
• Quiche: King Charles & Camilla choose coronation quiche as signature dish - "Recipe follows coronation chicken and platinum pudding as suggested centrepiece for parties and events."
• quiet status symbols you're going to be seeing everywhere in 2024 - "Luxury looks a little different in 2024. Unlike the logomania trend of years past, status symbols have gotten quieter - though no less expensive - in recent years. Now, people casually show their wealth with the skincare products on their bathroom counters, the machines they use to make coffee, and the jewelry on their wrists."
• QUIGLEY PUBLISHING COMPANY - publishers of the yearly international motion picture, television & video almanacs.
• Quit Social Media. Your Career May Depend on It - The New York Times.
• Quito: This underrated capital city was the first to become a UNESCO site - "Travelers willing to give Quito a chance will quickly discover a beguiling place brimming with culture, eclectic museums and flavorful cuisine, much of which can be found in its remarkably well-preserved UNESCO-recognized historic center."
• Quiz: Are You Smarter Than a Billionaire? - The New York Times.
• Quiz: can you identify these cities from their historic maps? - The Guardian.
• Quiz: How good are your language skills? - The Telegraph.
• Quiz: What is 7pm the peak time for? - BBC News.
• QUORA - "A continually improving collection of questions and answers created, edited, and organized by everyone who uses it." By invitation only.

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• rabbit r1 - "A pocket companion that moves AI from words to action." A custom-built consumer AI device running on a revolutionary natural-language operating system. r1 was developed to take a leap towards an app-free online experience, by introducing an operating system that navigates all of your apps quickly and efficiently so you don’t have to. r1’s operating system, rabbit OS, is the first OS ever built on Large Action Model (LAM), rabbit’s proprietary foundation model that can infer and model human actions on computer interfaces by learning users’ intention and behavior when they use specific apps, and then mimic and perform them both reliably and quickly. rabbit’s unique new r1 device costs $199, with pre-sales open from today and shipments beginning in late March 2024.
• rabbit r1: Can a striking design set rabbit’s r1 pocket AI apart from a gaggle of virtual assistants? - "The idea behind the $200 r1 is simple: It lets you keep your phone in your pocket when you need to do some simple task like ordering a car to your location, looking up a few places to eat where you’re meeting friends or finding some lodging options for a weekend on the coast. Instead of pulling out your phone, unlocking it, finding the app, opening it and working your way through the UI (so laborious!), you pull out the r1 instead and give it a command in natural language: 'Call an Uber XL to take us to the Museum of Modern Art.' 'Give me a list of five cheap restaurants within a 10-minute walk of there.' 'List the best reviewed cabins for six adults on Airbnb within 10 miles of Seaside, nothing more than $300 a night.' The r1 does as you bid it and a few seconds later provides confirmation and any content you might have requested."
• rabbit r1 is 2024’s most exciting launch yet - "Apple is doing everything it can to make VR happen, but a tiny startup has a better vision of the future."
• Radical chic - term coined by journalist Tom Wolfe in his 1970 essay "Radical Chic: That Party at Lenny's," to describe the adoption and promotion of radical political causes by celebrities, socialites, and high society. The concept has been described as "an exercise in double-tracking one's public image: on the one hand, defining oneself through committed allegiance to a radical cause, but on the other, vitally, demonstrating this allegiance because it is the fashionable, au courant way to be seen in moneyed, name-conscious Society."
• RADIO FREE EUROPE & RADIO LIBERTY
• RADIO LOCATOR - the most comprehensive radio station search engine on the internet.
• Rain may soon be an effective source of renewable energy - "A generator can briefly light up 100 LED bulbs with a single drop."
• Ralph Lauren Feeling - "What does the famed American fashion company have that younger brands are chasing?"
• Ranked: The Countries With the Highest Wealth Inequality - "This graphic visualizes the 10 countries with the most wealth inequality as measured by the Gini index, using figures from the UBS Global Wealth Report 2024."
• Ranker - "Vote on everything." Lists: Ranking About Everything, Voted On By Everyone."
• Ranking the World’s Fastest (& Slowest) Internet Speeds - "When analyzing the improvement of internet speeds in recent quarters, 2018 was mostly a good year. On a global scale, both download and upload speeds have increased on fixed broadband and mobile. With gigabit services continuing to expand and 5G on the horizon, the internet is an undeniable driving force of every country’s economy and a basic component of modern life."
• RANSOM NOTES - Ransomware funds more ransomware, so how do we stop it?
• Raoul Wallenberg Declared Dead after 71 years - The New York Times.
• Rapamycin: Anti-Aging Enthusiasts Are Taking a Pill to Extend Their Lives. Will It Work? - "Rapamycin is typically prescribed as an immunosuppressive, but off-label users believe it can do much more."
• Rare Color Photos of 1928 England - Mashable.
• Rare original copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio sells for £2m - "400-year-old edition of playwright’s first collected book of plays including Macbeth and Twelfth Night auctioned at Sotheby’s."
• rarest passport in the world has only three holders - News.com.au.
• Rarest whiskies tot up as a world-class investment - "Rarest whiskies tot up as a world-class investment ... Rare whiskies are being sold for huge amounts at auction as interest grows."
• Ready for your crapsule? Faecal transplants could play a huge role in future medicine - "An effective treatment for a whole raft of diseases, from irritable bowel syndrome to arthritis and even Alzheimer’s, comes from the most unlikely of sources - human poo."
• Reagans fooled America - "A new docuseries studies the damaging reign of Ronald and Nancy Reagan and the insidious myth-making that still surrounds their legacy."
• Real-Time world debt clock with country comparisons - "Who Owes The Most?"
• Rebag - founded in 2014. "Buy & Sell Used Designer Bags, Watches, Jewelry & More." Rebag is the authority in buying, selling, and trading luxury accessories including handbags, fine jewelry, watches, and small leather goods. With over 50 designer brands and tens of thousands of items to shop, Rebag is the ultimate destination for refreshing your closet or unloading once-loved items from your collection. Come discover the most renowned fashion brands in the world, including Chanel, Hermès, Rolex, Louis Vuitton, Cartier, and more. Rebag specialists inspect and certify every item before listing on our site. That way you can trust you're always receiving the most incredible luxury goods.
• reclining seats: I’m a flight attendant. You need to get over your reclining seat rage - "In her three-decade long career, flight attendant Heather Poole has seen her fair share of passenger disputes over reclining seats."
• Red Sea crisis: What it takes to reroute the world's biggest cargo ships on a 4,000 mile detour - "Hundreds of cargo ships and tankers are being rerouted around the southern tip of Africa to avoid Houthi attacks in the Red Sea. But just how easy is it to divert the world's biggest ships?"
• Red: What Is 'Unexpected Red'? - "A viral TikTok theory offers a cure for the living room blahs. 'The 'unexpected red' theory is basically adding anything that's red, big or small, to a room where it doesn't match at all, and it automatically looks better,' Ms. Migliazzo Simon, 30, says at the start of the video."
• Red-wine headache explained & it is not about volume - "US researchers say they may have discovered why some people get a headache after just one small glass of red wine, even though they are fine drinking other types of alcohol."
• Red Wine Lost Its Health Halo - "For a glorious decade or two, the drink was lauded as good for the heart. What happened?"
• Red Sea Diving Resort: The holiday village run by spies - "Arous was an idyllic holiday resort in the Sudanese desert, on the shores of the Red Sea. But this glamorous destination was also a base for Israeli agents with a secret mission. The events inspired a newly released Netflix film, Red Sea Diving Resort - and the real story is in many ways more remarkable."
• Reddit's IPO Is a Content Moderation Success Story - "The site's journey from toxic cesspool to trusted news source illustrates the business value of keeping bad actors at bay."
• REFDESK.COM - "Fact Checker for the Internet." Reference, facts, news. Free and family-friendly resources.
• Regator Semantic API - uses proprietary real-time semantic technology to provide context, categorization data, related content, up-to-the-minute trends and more.
• regenerative garments are the ultimate status symbol - "Sustainably grown fibres, traceable from farm to garment, could be the antidote to climate-destroying fast fashion. But can this trend ever reach the high street? Picture the scene."
• Reinheitsgebot - (German, literally "purity order"), sometimes called the "German Beer Purity Law" in English, is the collective name for a series of regulations limiting the ingredients in beer in Germany and its predecessor states. The best-known version of the law was adopted in Bavaria in 1516, but similar regulations predate the Bavarian order, and modern regulations also significantly differ from the 1516 Bavarian version.
• Reinhold Messner - Italian, Tyrolean mountaineer, explorer, and author. He made the first solo ascent of Mount Everest and, along with Peter Habeler, the first ascent of Everest without supplemental oxygen. He was the first climber to ascend all fourteen peaks over 8,000 metres (26,000 ft) above sea level. Messner was the first to cross Antarctica and Greenland with neither snowmobiles nor dog sleds. He also crossed the Gobi Desert alone.
• Religious people find it harder to understand the world - study - The Telegraph.
• REM Sleep Is Magical. Here’s What the Experts Know - "Dreaming, memory-making, problem-solving: A lot happens during the most active sleep phase."
• reMarkable 2 tablet has finally replaced my trusty paper notebook - "There's a lot to like about the reMarkable 2 tablet, starting with the physical tablet itself. The build quality is excellent, showing very few compromises. I love that it has a brushed aluminum casing that not only gives it a premium and solid feel, but also a signature look with the notebook-like spine on left hand side. It's also impressively thin at only 4.7 mm - just enough to accommodate a USB-C port."
• Rembrandt: Hidden layer discovered in famous Rembrandt painting solves decades-old mystery - "When conservators used X-rays to peer below the varnish and paint of “The Night Watch,” they discovered something unexpected under its surface: a layer that was full of lead."
• Rembrandt’s Night Watch uncropped by AI 300 years after it was trimmed - "A marriage of art and artificial intelligence has enabled Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum to recreate parts of the iconic 'Night Watch' painting that were snipped off 70 years after Rembrandt finished it."
• RENT A CODER - how software gets done. Home of the world's largest number of completed software projects.
• Rent-a-Foreigner in China - rural Chinese real estate companies believe that filling their remote buildings with foreign faces, even for a day, suggests that the area is 'international,' a buzzword in provincial areas that often translates to 'buy.'
• Repo 105 - Lehman Brothers' name for an accounting maneuver that it used where a short-term repurchase agreement is classified as a sale. The cash obtained through this 'sale' is then used to pay down debt, allowing the company to appear to reduce its leverage by temporarily paying down liabilities - just long enough to reflect on the company's published balance sheet. After the company's financial reports are published, the company borrows cash and repurchases its original assets.
• Republican national convention 2024: day one - in pictures - "Delegates from across the country are in Milwaukee to formally nominate Donald Trump as the Republican presidential candidate."
• REPUBLICAN’S GUIDE TO PRESIDENTIAL ETIQUETTE - The New York Times.
• Republicans to Trump: You can't delay 2020 election - "Top Republicans have rejected President Donald Trump's suggestion that November's presidential election should be delayed over alleged fraud concerns."
• Reputation.com - Online Reputation Management. "Your Online Reputation. It's Business. It's Personal." In a nutshell, online reputation management, or ORM as it’s known, is the practice of making people and businesses look their best on the Internet. To accomplish that, people need to control their online search results because they frequently contain inaccurate, misleading or outdated material which can adversely influence how web searchers view them.
• Resale calculator - "Calculate the potential resale value of your pre-loved items." Select the brand of your item: Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Hermès, Céline, Balenciaga, Gucci, Prada, Dior, Saint Laurent, Isabel Marant, Valentino & Louboutin.
• Researchers are testing concrete that could charge your EV while you drive - "Magnetized cement promises reasonably priced, high efficiency wireless charging."
• Resistance to Mate Guarding Scale in Women: Psychometric Properties - Evolutionary Psychology.
• Respect Your Cat (Not That It Cares) - The New York Times.
• Responsibility to protect - definition & explanation.
• restaurant critic: ‘It’s the best job! But it will kill you’: four restaurant critics on the battle to stay healthy - "Last week, the New York Times’s restaurant critic left his job after a worrying medical checkup. How do others keep going?"
• Restoring That Email You Just Deleted Accidentally - The New York Times.
• Resveratrol for the Management of Human Health - "How Far Have We Come? A Systematic Review of Resveratrol Clinical Trials to Highlight Gaps and Opportunities."
• Rethinking Weight Loss and the Reasons We’re ‘Always Hungry’ - The New York Times.
• Revealed: the $2bn offshore trail that leads to Vladimir Putin - The Guardian.
• Revenge porn: Texas woman awarded $1.2bn in revenge porn case - "All US states, with the exception of Massachusetts and South Carolina, have anti-revenge porn laws in place."
• Revenge porn: the industry profiting from online abuse - The Guardian.
• Rewards for Justice - "Stop a terrorist. Save lives."
• Rich people who build ‘really fancy houses’ become ‘less happy’ - "Charlie Munger lived in the same home for 70 years."
• Rich robbers: why do wealthy people shoplift? - "Evidence suggests the rich actually do steal more than the poor - and shoplifting is only ‘the first layer of the onion’."
• Richard III: Kill the Princes in the Tower? - "For over 400 years, Richard III has been seen as Britain’s most infamous king - a power-hungry usurper who killed his young nephews to clear the way to the throne. Philippa Langley devoted years to the search for Richard III’s remains. Now, she’s trying to crack a 15th-century cold case: Did he really assassinate his nephews?"
• Richard III’s voice recreated & it’s more Yorkshire than posh - "Experts say the Plantagenet king, based on his skull shape and knowledge of the era’s speech patterns, would have had an accent with flat vowels. The result bears a closer resemblance to English currently spoken in Yorkshire or Somerset than the accent used in stage and screen performances by Sir Laurence Olivier or Sir Ian McKellen."
• Richard Branson: ‘Aviation can be carbon neutral sooner than we realise’ - "The relentlessly upbeat entrepreneur believes efficiency and electricity could stop airlines worsening the climate crisis."
• Richard Branson facing backlash over plea for UK bailout of Virgin - "Campaigners and politicians point to tycoon’s wealth, while aviation industry backs him."
• Richard Branson on how to build the perfect hotel - and the only unruly guest he's banished from Necker.
• Richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report says - "‘Polluter elite’ are plundering the planet to point of destruction, says Oxfam after comprehensive study of climate inequality."
• Richest 1% bag nearly twice as much wealth as the rest of the world put together over the past two years - "Billionaire fortunes are increasing by $2.7 billion a day even as at least 1.7 billion workers now live in countries where inflation is outpacing wages." OXFAM.
• Richest 1% on target to own two-thirds of all wealth by 2030 - The Guardian.
• Richest 1% will own more than all the rest by 2016 - Oxfam.
• Richest 62 billionaires as wealthy as half the world population combined - The Guardian.
• Richest Countries In The World: Tiny Luxembourg At The Top - "Most of the countries at the top of a new list of the wealthiest in the world are not among the biggest or the mightiest. Many, in fact, are among the smallest: Consider Luxembourg, which tops the list published by Global Finance. Singapore, Ireland, Qatar, Macao and Switzerland follow the world’s only grand duchy. The indicators of a nation’s wealth can vary from one ranking to another - thus the differences among them - but often include a country’s Gross Domestic Product, or GDP (goods and services produced by a country during one year), the GDP per capita (the average amount of money that each person in a country earns in a year) or the gross national income, or GNI."
• Richest Country in the World by GDP - "China has surpassed the US as the richest country in the world by GDP, with a GDP of $35.29 trillion, as of 2024."
• Right to be forgotten: Swiss cheese internet, or database of ruin? - The Guardian.
• ‘RIGHT TO REPAIR’ LAWS REQUIRE TECHNOLOGY TO LAST FOR A DECADE - "New devices will also have to come with repair manuals and be made in such a way that they can be dismantled using conventional tools. Companies that sell consumer electronics such as refrigerators, washers, hairdryers, or TVs in the European Union - and in the UK - will need to ensure those goods can be repaired for up to 10 years."
• RIO DE JANEIRO: From religious propaganda to symbol of a nation: The story of Rio’s Christ Redeemer statue - "It stands nearly 100 foot tall on a perilous peak: Here’s how they built Rio’s Christ the Redeemer."
• Rio is luring digital nomads - "Rio de Janeiro: The 'Marvellous City' welcomes digital nomads. Launched in January 2022, Brazil's new Digital Nomad Visa is enticing a new type of traveller to the South American country. And Rio is one of the most alluring spots to settle."
• Rise Of Luxury Brands Of Everything - "Luxury brands have shown exceptional resilience during financial crises and steady growth over the last several decades. To keep the momentum, some of the biggest brands are tempted to expand even further and explore new categories." Forbes
• rise of the synthesizer - "How an Electronics Whiz Kid Gave the 1980s Its Signature Sound."
• Rishi Sunak apologises for wearing Adidas Samba trainers - "Prime minister defends his fondness for the shoe, while critics and social media users say he has ruined it for everyone. Rishi Sunak has apologised to all fans of Adidas Samba trainers after being accused of ruining their credibility when he was pictured in a pair. The prime minister said he had been wearing the German sportswear trainer 'for many years' and was a 'longtime devotee' of the brand."
• rival to the Panama Canal that was never built - "The Panama Canal is essential to global trade, but a recent drought has left large numbers of ships waiting to pass along it, raising questions about whether an alternative route between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans is needed."
• River Thames, part one - in pictures - "The first in a series of photo essays looking at a year in the life of the great River Thames. Jill Mead, a longtime London resident and urban photographer, takes a look at the many sides and seasons of the waterway."
• River Thames, part two - in pictures - "The second part of Jill Mead’s look at a year in the life of the great River Thames (Part 1 here) over the course of a hot dry summer takes in the Jubilee, Henley Regatta, Swan Upping and the passing of the Queen."
• Roaring Twenties: 6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties - "From the theatrical Art Deco to the strict minimalism of the Bauhaus, the Roaring Twenties were a truly exciting era for art and culture."
• roasted pigeon dish that may have changed the course of modern Chinese history - "A massive blue and red neon sign hovers above a narrow alley off busy Nathan Road in Hong Kong's Yau Ma Tei area. Its five bold Chinese characters read 'Tai Ping Koon Restaurant' - the famous name of the very first Chinese-owned 'Western' restaurant in China. Today, it's one of the longest operating family-run restaurants in Hong Kong. Most diners come for one dish in particular - the TPK Style Roasted Pigeon. It's brought to the table by a bowtie-wearing server along with an unlikely accessory - plastic gloves. Because there's is no better way to devour the crispy and juicy poultry than with your hands."
• 'Robbery of the century' London bankers on trial for siphoning €60bn - "'The men who plundered Europe': Martin Shields and Nick Diable are accused of tax fraud in ‘cum-ex’ scandal that exposes City’s pursuit of profit."
• Robert De Niro: ‘I’d like to punch Donald Trump in the face’ - The Guardian.
• Robert Durst: US millionaire sentenced to life for murder - "US real estate heir Robert Durst, subject of HBO crime documentary series The Jinx, has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his best friend."
• Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: in His Own Words: Flu, Diabetes, Autism & More - "Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee for health secretary, doesn’t just hold fringe views on vaccines. We fact-checked five recent statements."
• Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Why Silicon Valley’s Big Spenders Are Lining Up Behind RFK Jr. - "The Kennedy scion’s presidential bid is getting a financial boost from the tech world, where his love of Bitcoin and hatred of vaccines is finding libertarian fans."
• Robert Maxwell Life & death of a magnate - and how it shaped his daughter Ghislaine - "The murky life & death of Robert Maxwell - and how it shaped his daughter Ghislaine."
• Robert Noyce - (1927-1990). Nicknamed "the Mayor of Silicon Valley," co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel Corporation in 1968. He is also credited (along with Jack Kilby) with the realization of the first integrated circuit or microchip that fueled the personal computer revolution and gave Silicon Valley its name.
• Robert Oppenheimer: St John - The tiny island where Robert Oppenheimer escaped his legacy - "A new biopic is shedding light on rise and fall of 'the father of the atomic bomb'. But few people know that he spent many of his final days as a Caribbean castaway."
• Robert Oppenheimer: Who was the real Robert Oppenheimer? - "As the movie Oppenheimer is released, Ben Platts-Mills explores the true story of the enigmatic Manhattan Project scientist, and the atomic bomb that made him a 'destroyer of worlds'."
• ROBOFORM - password manager and management, form filler, encrypt your passwords, generate random passwords, and more.
• Roger Stone, longtime Trump adviser, denied bid for new trial - "Federal judge says there is ‘zero evidence’ that Stone’s guilty verdict was tainted by anti-Trump bias."
• Role of Caffeine Intake on Erectile Dysfunction in US Men - PLOS.
• Rolex is no longer a retail brand - "Cambridge English Dictionary defines 'Retail' as the activity of selling goods to the public, usually in shops. By that definition, Rolex stopped being a retail brand last year and shows no sign of returning any time soon. The reality today is that members of the public cannot simply walk into a shop and walk out with a Rolex."
• Rolex makes more than 123 watch models - most of them are worth more used - "Over the last few years, the luxury watch resale market focused on the top three Swiss brands, Audemars Piguet, Patek Philippe, and of course, Rolex. The big three brands still command a premium on the pre-owned market over retail, per a new report from Morgan Stanley using WatchCharts data. Eighty-nine of Rolex's 123 current models included in the analysis are worth more used than new. The report considers each unique variant (steel, gold, etc.) within the various collections (i.e., Datejust, Yacht Master, etc.) presently being made and sold via authorized dealers. The popular Daytona and SkyDweller collections were excluded for Rolex, since they were overhauled earlier this year, and data is still coming in. Surprisingly, the model with the biggest relative increase in value is the Rolex Oyster Perpetual 36 with a turquoise dial that sells new for $6,100 but trades for more than twice that secondhand."
• Rolex Now Has a Resale Program. The Watch World Quakes - "The privately owned Swiss brand dominates the market by virtually every measure. Will it swallow up resales, too? All this goes a long way toward explaining the seismic shift in the global watch trade that occurred on Dec. 1, when Rolex announced it was introducing a certified pre-owned (C.P.O.) program for secondhand Rolex watches that have been inspected, refurbished and met the company’s minimum standards."
• Rolex’s upcoming billion-dollar factory - "Rolex roughly produced around 1.24 million watches last year, earning the iconic watchmaker a revenue of $11.5 billion. Around ten times as many watches as Patek Philippe and Audemars Piguet combined. Yet, there are long waiting lists for many of the popular Rolex models, with some exceeding two years. Set to open in 2029, the new manufacturing facility is located in Bulle, a small municipality in the district of Gruyère, Switzerland."
• Rolls-Royce boss unable to see secret UK documents on its submarines business - "Tufan Erginbilgiç, who took over at the £12bn engineering giant in January, is prevented from viewing 'UK eyes only' documents under Whitehall security protocols because he holds joint British and Turkish citizenship, sources said."
• Rolls-Royce Phantom 6×6 Conversion Proves The World Has Gone Mad - "It's like a posh monster straight out of a Mad Max movie. The Phantom has been hacked apart and extended, with creator Alexandre Danton making it 6.3 meters in length and 2.3 meters wide."
• Roman & Kendall Roy’s ‘Succession’ Pads Hit the Market - for Real - "Brokers are hoping the mystique of the fictional Roy family can help sell the multimillion dollar homes."
• Roman Abramovich: ‘You could fill a museum with it’: the $963m Roman Abramovich art collection revealed - "Leak suggests the oil and gas tycoon and his ex-wife Dasha Zhukova amassed one of the most significant collections of modern art in private hands."
• Roman creations that still amaze us today - "Rome might not have built ancient history's biggest empire - a shout out to Genghis for that one - but it was undoubtedly the most enduring and influential. That's because Roman passions for outrageous, oversized architecture went hand in hand with detailed record-keeping and relentless imperial PR. As a result not only have a huge number of landmark sites survived to this day, but we also know a lot about them."
• Roman Empire: Why are men obsessed with the Roman Empire? - "History expert says it’s a ‘very American thing’. NatGeo's Amy Briggs says men are compelled by the era due to interest in engineering and military: 'Full of good stories'."
• Roman Polanski: lawsuit alleging director raped teenager in 1973 settled & dismissed - "Civil suit that claimed the now 91-year-old sexually assaulted a 16-year-old in Los Angeles in 1973 has been settled to ‘mutual satisfaction’ of both parties."
• Roman Polanski's The Palace Debuts With a Splat at Rotten Tomatoes With 0% Score - "'[The Palace is] a film that wears its bad taste like a mink coat while offering little in terms of fun, less still in terms of style,' writes Rory O'Connor of The Film Stage."
• Rome in Italy took top spot in a list of the best cities to be explored by foot - "This European capital city has been named the most walkable city in the whole world."
• Rome's Future Is a Walk Through Its Past - "City officials kicked off a new project to create a monumental, pedestrian-friendly, archaeological area downtown, but some critics worry the plans puts tourists before residents. 'Italy is working to make the most of what is arguably the most important concentration of history, archaeology, art and nature in the world.'"
• Rome's pizza machine - "What pizza from a vending machine really tastes like. Rome's newest pizzaiolo (pizza-maker), 'Mr. Go,' is a vending machine pumping out four types of pizza for whenever you feel like one."
• Ron Doud - DESIGNER OF STUDIO 54 - "RON DOUD'S life reads like a film, but with a tragic ending. Doud grew up and studied interior design at Seattle, graduating in 1970."
• Ron Jeremy found ‘not competent’ to stand trial for multiple rape charges - "Los Angeles judge rules porn star is in “incurable neurocognitive decline”, sparing him trial on rape and sexual assault charges."
• Ronda Rousey breaks silence: 'I did a whole lot of crying' after UFC defeats - USA Today.
• Ronda Rousey: 'I never wanted to talk about concussion. It felt like a weakness' - "The former MMA fighter, once described as 'the world's most dominant athlete', reveals her fears for the future after a career riddled with glory and pain."
• Roots of the Violence Between Israelis & Palestinians - The New York Times.
• RosÉ on ice? The wine world's new cold war - "Ice cubes are a definite no no, say the experts, but how low should we go before we risk ruining the delicate aromas."
• Rothschild Archive - "Despite the depredations of time and occasional bouts of over-enthusiastic destruction, a high proportion of the records of N M Rothschild & Sons have survived across nearly two centuries of continuing business, in good physical condition and carefully preserved order, looked after by generations of clerks in the Archives Department of the London Bank."
• Rotten Tomatoes' 300 Best Movies of All Time - "The highest-rated movies of all time, as reviewed and selected by Tomatometer-approved critics and Rotten Tomatoes users."
• Roundup: Bayer to pay $10.9bn to settle weedkiller cancer claims - "Chemical firm Bayer is to pay up to $10.9bn to settle cancer claims linked to its Roundup weedkiller."
• Route 66's glowing mystery orb - "A floating orange ball over the famed US route has puzzled travellers for 150 years. And while most agree that the so-called Hornet Spook Light exists, few agree on what causes it."
• Roy Cohn: the man who taught Trump the power of publicity - The Guardian.
• Roy Cohn: The mysterious US lawyer who helped Donald Trump rise to power - "As new film The Apprentice premieres at the Cannes Film Festival, a look at the cultural afterlife of political hitman Roy Cohn, who was Donald Trump's mentor in his early career - teaching him to 'attack, counterattack and never apologise'."
• Roy Horn of Las Vegas's famous Siegfried and Roy act dies from Covid-19 - "Horn was famed for introducing a pet cheetah to the magic show and was mauled on stage by a tiger in 2003."
• royal clan: who’s who, what do they do & how much money do they get? - "The Guardian has calculated what each working royal has received during their working life carrying out official functions."
• Rubik's Cube puzzled after losing EU trademark battle - The Guardian.
• Rubik’s Cube Turns 50 - "Mathematicians and hobbyists have had a half-century of fun exploring the 43 billion billion permutations of Erno Rubik’s creation."
• RUBLJOVKA - German film: Road to Bliss.
• Ruby Wax: ‘I’ve spent a lifetime giving the illusion all is well. It wasn’t & it isn’t’ - "The comedian’s plan to write a travel memoir took a darker turn when her depression returned after 12 years. She talks about her recovery, empty nesting - and stranding herself on a desert island."
• Rudy Giuliani urged Trump to ‘just say we won’ on election night, book says - "A drunken Rudy Giuliani repeatedly urged Donald Trump to 'just say we won' on election night last November, according to a new book, even as key states started to slip away from the president and defeat by Joe Biden drew near."
• Rudy Giuliani’s book is silent on $150m award for defamation but noisy on election lies - "Disgraced and disbarred former NYC mayor and Trump lawyer also says Biden administration is persecuting him."
• Ruby Wax: ‘I felt I had no community - so I started one’ - "Frazzled Cafe aims to help those who feel overwhelmed. Since moving to Zoom, we’ve been flooded with people who want to talk."
• Rucking is an easy way to fitness - "If you enjoy walking for exercise, there’s a simple way to maximize your efforts - change your walk into a ruck. Rucking is walking with weight on your back, and it’s an increasingly popular form of exercise."
• Rude hand gestures of the world (don't try these on holiday) - The Telegraph.
• rules of the internet - "Rules of the internet refers to a humorous list of unofficial rules guiding online conduct or listing axioms about what the internet is and how users should behave on it." Slang Dictionary.
• Rules Of The Rich - 1. Pay yourself first. 2. Leverage other people's time and money. 3. Always have multiple streams of income. 4. Never rely solely on earned income. 5. Understand the power of compound returns. 6. Prioritize financial education. 7. Avoid lifestyle inflation. 8. Build and maintain a strong network. 9. Invest in assets, not liabilities. 10. Take calculated risks.
• Running vs swimming: Which burns more calories? - "We crunched the numbers and the results surprised us. If you tot up the maths, you could burn an estimated 130-400 kcal swimming for 30 minutes versus 189-318 kcal for a run, depending on intensity and speed. There isn’t much in it, but you’d need to put more effort into your swim than your run to yield the same calorie burn. Our verdict? Running and swimming are different exercises with their own range of benefits, but if you're looking to burn calories fast, running might just have the edge over swimming, depending on your effort."
• Running vs. Walking: Which Is Better for Lasting Health? - "They’re both beneficial physically and mentally, but there’s a clear winner. They found that regular five-minute runs extended subjects' life spans as much as going for 15-minute walks did. Regular 25-minute runs and 105-minute walks each resulted in about a 35 percent lower risk of dying during the following eight years. Those numbers make sense, given running's effect on fitness."
• Rupert Murdoch & Jerry Hall? The Fascination of Odd Couples - The New York Times.
• Rupert Murdoch's media empire through the years - "Rupert Murdoch built one of the world's most influential media empires over a 70-year career, and is now stepping down as chairman of Fox Corporation and News Corp. After his father died, he inherited a half-share of local newspapers in the Australian city of Adelaide in the 1950s, before going on to own some of the most influential newspapers and TV stations in the world. Here is archive footage of some of his biggest acquisitions."
• Rush Hour Traffic Worldwide, Worst Cities ranked - "This chart shows the 15 worst cities around the world for traffic congestion in 2023, ranked by the average number of hours lost to traffic congestion per driver when driving during peak commute hours compared to driving during off-peak hours in 2023."
• Russia Fights Efforts to Declare It an Exporter of ‘Blood Diamonds’ - "As a major diamond producer, Russia earns billions of dollars that other nations say help finance war. The clash exposes the many loopholes in regulation of conflict diamonds."
• Russia has committed war crimes in Ukraine, say UN investigators - "Investigating teams reported evidence of executions, torture and sexual violence in civilian areas."
• Russia is at war with Britain & US is no longer a reliable ally, UK adviser says - "As part of that long-term effort, Russia was already 'menacing the UK in various different ways,' she said, citing 'the poisonings, assassinations, sabotage operations, all kinds of cyber-attacks and influence operations. The sensors that we see that they’re putting down around critical pipelines, efforts to butcher undersea cables.'"
• Russia is planning to put a luxury hotel on the ISS - The Verge.
• Russia is purchasing millions of rockets & artillery shells from North Korea, source says - "The purchase indicates that the Russian military continues to suffer from severe supply shortages in Ukraine, due in part to export controls and sanctions, according to the official."
• Russia May Be Planning to Test a Nuclear-Powered Missile - "Visual evidence from a remote base in the Arctic shows launch preparations mirroring those that preceded earlier tests."
• Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft CRASHES into the Moon after spinning into an uncontrolled orbit - "Russia's first moon mission in 47 years failed after its Luna-25 space craft spun out of control and smashed into moon."
• Russia's new 'Satan 2' missile, could wipe out France - CNN.
• Russia’s war in Ukraine: complete guide in maps, video & pictures - "Where is fighting happening and how did we get here?"
• Russian asset tracker - "Introducing a project to track down and catalogue the vast wealth held outside Russia by oligarchs and key figures close to Russian President Vladimir Putin." OCCRP.
• Russian court fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 - "Don't hold your breath Putin. A Russian court has ruled that Google owes Russian media stations around $20 decillion in fines for blocking their content, and the fines could get bigger."
• Russian-linked billionaires have given enormous sums of money to the West's leading educational & cultural institutions - "Their names are etched in stone alongside some of the most powerful people and companies in American history - the Rockefellers, the Walgreens, and the Coca-Cola company."
• Russian oil tycoon decorated by Putin dies after plunging from sixth-floor hospital window - "The latest official to die in a mysterious fall. Ravil Maganov, 67, chairman of Russian oil giant LUKOIL, died after falling froma window on the 6th floor of the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow at 7.30am."
• Russian tactical nuclear strike play out? - "Military experts believe Putin will not launch a tactical nuke because his army lacks the elite troops and armoured vehicles to exploit any strike."
• Russian Towns Get Ukrainian ‘Twins’ in PR Drive, Political Deflection Tactic - "A few days after the announcement that St. Petersburg would officially be twinned with occupied Mariupol, St. Petersburg governor Alexander Beglov visited the devastated Ukrainian port city seized by Russia after three months of bloody fighting." The Moscow Times.
• Russian troops 'went FISHING in the nuclear reactor cooling channel at Chernobyl' - "Russian troops spent a fortnight in the vicinity of the radioactive nuclear reactor. Are now suffering from radiation sickness."
• Russian watchmaker upends race to design world’s thinnest wristwatch - "Luxury brands Bulgari, Piaget and Richard Mille have all, since 2018, held the coveted record, which was most recently broken by Bulgari’s sleek 1.7-millimeter-thick Octo Finissimo Ultra Mark II, in April. But now, an independent Russian watchmaker and inventor may have trumped them all. Moscow-based Konstantin Chaykin says his new ThinKing prototype, which he debuted at the Geneva Watch Days fair in Switzerland last week, is just 1.65 millimeters (less than one-fifteenth of an inch) thick. He also believes it to be among the world’s lightest watches, weighing just 13.3 grams (less than 0.47 ounces), without its strap."
• ‘Rust’ Script Supervisor Sues Alec Baldwin, Producers Over Shooting - "According to Mamie Mitchell, 'There was nothing in the script indicating that a firearm was to have been discharged.'"
• Rust trial: How events unfolded after fatal shooting on Alec Baldwin film set - "Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died on the set of Western film Rust in New Mexico in 2021, after a gun held by Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin fired a live round while he was rehearsing a scene."
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg in pictures & her own words - "US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has died of cancer at the age of 87, was a passionate, astute and outspoken advocate of women's rights, civil liberties and the rule of law."
• Ruth Westheimer obituary - "American therapist, author and broadcaster known as Dr Ruth who talked openly about sex on her radio and TV shows."

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• Saddam Hussein knew two things about him within seconds - "‘At my first meeting with Saddam Hussein, within 30 seconds, he knew two things about me,’ says FBI interrogator."
• Saddam Hussein’s former yacht is now an unlikely attraction - "Capsized in a river in southern Iraq, the rusting wreck of a yacht that belonged to Saddam Hussein serves as a stark reminder of his iron-fisted rule that ended with the US-led invasion two decades ago. The 121-meter (396 ft) 'al-Mansur,' a symbol of Saddam’s wealth and power when it was built in the 1980s, is today a destination for sightseers and fisherman who clamber aboard the wreck to picnic and drink tea."
• Safest seat on a plane? - "Expert reveals the safest seat on an airplane. We asked an aviation expert. We rarely book a flight with hopes of getting one of the middle seats in the last row. Well, guess what? These seats are statistically the safest ones on an airplane."
• Saif Gaddafi: London life of former playboy who could lead Libya revealed - "A cache of emails and documents sheds light on the would-be ruler’s activities at a time when he was entering public life."
• Salad cakes are the latest weird food craze in Japan - The Telegraph.
• Salary You Need to Buy a Home in 50 U.S. Cities - Mapped - "Depending on where you live, owning a home may seem like a far off dream or it could be fairly realistic. In New York City, for example, a person needs to be making at least six figures to buy a home, but in Cleveland you could do it with just over $45,000 a year. This visual, using data from Home Sweet Home, maps out the annual salary you’d need for home ownership in 50 different U.S. cities."
• SALARY.COM - salary information, job search, education opoortunities and career advice.
• Sales taxes in the United States - Wikipedia.
• Salmon: Just How Healthy Is Salmon? - "Experts explain why it’s such a nutritional powerhouse and if all varieties are created equal. Salmon packs more DHA and EPA omega-3s than almost any other food, apart from other fatty fish such as herring and sardines. Studies have consistently linked the consumption of omega-3 fatty acids from seafood to lower rates of stroke and heart disease."
• Salt: Constant craving: why we can’t shake the salt habit - "We know it’s bad for us, so why can’t we stop sprinkling it?"
• Salt: Your Questions About Sodium, Answered - "How much salt is too much? Should I cut back? We asked experts these and other questions about sodium. The researchers found that those who consumed the least amount of sodium had the lowest risk of cardiovascular disease. And as sodium consumption increased, so did cardiovascular risk, a finding that supports the U.S. guidelines."
• Salt-free diet ‘can reduce risk of heart problems by almost 20%’ - "Research has documented how adding salt to food increases the likelihood of cardiovascular disease and premature death. Now experts have established just how big a difference you could make to your heart health - simply by reducing the number of meals to which you add salt or by ditching it altogether."
• Salvator Mundi: World’s most expensive painting to form centrepiece of ‘Saudi Louvre’ - "Mohammed bin Salman intends to build a gallery in Riyadh to display Salvator Mundi, attributed to Leonardo da Vinci and the most costly artwork ever sold at auction."
• Sam Bankman-Fried about to be sent down for a century? - "His company managed billions in assets and made him one of the world’s richest people. Then, almost overnight, it collapsed. With a fraud trial beginning next week, a documentary asks how he bewitched so many."
• Sam Bankman-Fried: an unrepentant ex-mogul faces down decades in prison - "The former CEO of FTX, once a king of cryptocurrency, saw a swift reversal of his fortunes starting in November 2022."
• Sam Bankman-Fried: FTX founder arrested in Bahamas - "Police said Mr Bankman-Fried, 30, was arrested for 'financial offences' against laws in the US and The Bahamas."
• Same B.M.I., Very Different Beach Body - The New York Times.
• Samsung profits set to overtake Apple for first time - The Telegraph.
• SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE 1906 - Before and After Journey Down Market Street - YouTube.
• San Francisco hotel that Hunter S. Thompson feared, loathed & loved - "SFGATE contributor Christian Baba explores the history of the room where the gonzo journalist wrote 'Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72'."
• San Marino appoints world’s first openly gay head of state - "The world’s oldest republic has established itself as among the most progressive after naming the world’s first openly gay head of state. Paolo Rondelli named as one of two captains regent in country making strides on gay rights."
• San Marino: World's Oldest Country Is A Tiny But Mighty Beauty Called Europe's 'Best-Kept Secret' - "Founded in 301 AD, San Marino is one of the world's oldest sovereign states, and history buffs will relish the chance to wander through the city's Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage site paved with cobblestones."
• SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA
• Sanna Marin: Finland PM partying video causes backlash - "The Finnish Prime Minister, Sanna Marin, is facing a backlash after being seen partying in a leaked video. In the footage, thought to be taken from social media, she and friends including Finnish celebrities are seen dancing and singing."
• Sarah Bernhardt: Before Taylor Swift or David Bowie, There Was Sarah Bernhardt - "A centenary exhibition in Paris honors the French actress who invented the concept of the global star."
• Sarah Palin dined at multiple New York restaurants despite positive Covid test - "Sarah Palin, the former Republican vice-presidential candidate, has continued to dine out at New York City restaurants despite testing positive for Covid-19."
• Sardinia’s Blue Zone Lessons - Blue Zones. "Live Longer, Better."
• Sark - The British island stuck in time - "On the far-flung Channel Island of Sark, life is ingrained with feudal tradition - and driven by horse-drawn carts and wagonettes."
• ‘Satoshi Woke Up’ - Legend Of Bitcoin's Mystery Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Suddenly Deepens - "Bitcoin's mysterious creator Satoshi Nakamoto has received almost 26 bitcoin worth just over $1 million—more than 10 years after they disappeared."
• Saudi Arabia could be bankrupt by 2020 - IMF.
• Saudi Arabia: Just how deep are its troubles? - "Once famous for being tax-free, Saudi Arabia has announced it is trebling its Value Added Tax (VAT) from 5% to 15% and cancelling the monthly living subsidy from next month."
• Saudi Arabia, Magnificent and Forbidding to Tourists - The New York Times.
• Saudi Arabia owes billions to private firms - The Guardian.
• Saudi Arabia plans one of the world's biggest airports - "The King Salman International Airport, due to be built in capital Riyadh, will have no fewer than six parallel runways, allowing 185 million passengers to pass through annually by 2050. Built over the current King Khalid International Airport, it will sprawl over a whopping 22 square miles and is due to be designed by starchitects Foster + Partners, who have dubbed it an 'aerotropolis.'"
• Saudi Arabia spending billions on architectural ‘gigaprojects’ - "The Saudi crown prince is creating wildly ambitious projects masterminded by renowned architects, curators and designers. The upshot is either progressive modernisation or image-laundering, depending who you ask."
• Saudi Arabia: Surprising, Unsettling, Surreal: Roaming Through Saudi Arabia - "Will the kingdom’s $800 billion bet on tourism pay off? To witness the kingdom’s profound transformation and assess its ambitious tourism projects, a Times journalist spent a month on the road there. Here’s what he saw."
• Saudi Arabia to create US$500bn 'western' city called Neom - "Saudi Arabia to create US500 billion 'western' sports city with relaxed laws for women and workers and where fans can drink alcohol."
• Saudi Arabia’s 105-mile long Line city has been cut a little short - by 103.5 miles - "It was billed as a futuristic, glass-walled city, but was only ever realised in the digital sphere – where it should remain."
• Saudi Arabia's missing princes - "Between 2015 and 2017, three Saudi princes living in Europe disappeared. All were critical of the Saudi government - and there is evidence that all were abducted and flown back to Saudi Arabia… where nothing further has been heard from them."
• Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast could be the next big luxury tourism destination - "Travelers are running out of new places to discover, but there could be one treasure hidden in plain sight. Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast stretches for more than a thousand miles, from the northern border with Jordan in the Gulf of Aqaba to Yemen in the far south. Much of that, outside of big cities like Jeddah, is undeveloped coastline of turquoise water, offshore islands, pristine beaches and coral reefs."
• Saudi Arabian deserts covered with snow - "Several recent snow and hailstorms in the region have transformed landscapes in and around Saudi Arabia, stirring excitement among locals and causing a sensation on social media."
• Saudi camel beauty pageant cracks down on cosmetic enhancements - "More than 40 camels have been disqualified from Saudi Arabia's beauty pageant for receiving Botox injections and other cosmetic enhancements."
• Saudi Royal Family Is Still Spending in an Age of Austerity - The New York Times.
• SAVELEC - aims to provide a solution for the external, safe control of a non cooperative vehicle without any consequences on the persons inside the vehicle or other persons and objects nearby.
• Say hello to hygge: The Danish secret to happiness - The Telegraph.
• SCALADO PHOTOBEAMER - "View your photos on any screen, anywhere."
• Scam World. How Scam Calls & Messages Took Over Our Everyday Lives - "Digital life is cluttered with bogus text messages, spam calls and phishing attempts. You can try to block, encrypt and unsubscribe your way out of it, but you may not succeed."
• Scams: Welcome to the Golden Age of Scams - "We are living in the golden age of scams. U.S. consumers lost a record $10 billion to fraud in 2023, according to the Federal Trade Commission, a 14% increase over 2022. That tally is almost certainly an undercount."
• Scandalous Women - blog launched in the fall of 2007 to an audience eager to discover some of history's most fascinating and flagrant women.
• 'Scandals & secrets': On board the world's most exclusive private residential ship - "It's a floating city exclusively home to the 1%, a playground for multimillionaires and billionaires that circumnavigates the world's oceans."
• Scarlett Johansson Bot Is Robotic Objectifying Women - Wired.
• Schwarzenegger's two-move bodyweight workout - "It showed you can build muscle without weights. Strengthen your chest, arms and legs at home with Schwarzenegger's bodyweight challenge."
• science behind how the internet works - The Telegraph.
• Science is making incredible discoveries in the ocean twilight zone - "'What we know now is how much we don't know': Enter the strange world of the ocean twilight zone."
• science is still out on the harmful effects of screen time - "Some studies investigating the side effects of screen time might not actually be measuring what we think they are."
• Science of anger: how gender, age & personality shape this emotion - "What purpose does anger serve? Are men angrier than women? Can it affect our mental wellbeing? Science is beginning to uncover some of the answers."
• Science of Comfort Food - "Much of the joy we get from our favorite dishes stems from the memories we associate with them."
• science of senolytics: how a new pill could spell the end of ageing - "A simple treatment to stave off the health problems of old age could be available in five to 12 years. Here’s how it would work."
• Science of Waiting ... and Waiting ... for Your Page to Load - Wired.
• Scientific 7-Minute Workout - The New York Times.
• scientist admits 'space telescope image' was actually a slice of chorizo - "A French scientist has apologized after tweeting a photo of a slice of chorizo, claiming it was an image of a distant star taken by the James Webb Space Telescope."
• Scientists accidentally kill world's oldest animal, a 507-year-old clam - "In the 507 years that Ming the Clam was alive at the bottom of the Norwegian Sea, the world changed. Great empires rose and fell again into the dust, the Industrial Revolution transformed human society, and two world wars claimed millions of lives."
• Scientists Are Learning to Read - & Change - Your Nightmares - "It would be nicer for all of us if nightmares didn’t exist in the first place, but it’s hardly surprising that they do. If the sleeping brain is forever screening the sometimes absurdist movies that are our dreams, it’s no surprise that now and then it would choose a horror film. But there are open questions: why you have one on one night and not another; why some people suffer from them more than others; what the specific content of the bad dreams signifies."
• Scientists are one step closer to delaying aging in humans - "Getting old is inevitable, but scientists at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) may be one step closer to being able to delay the aging process."
• Scientists Calculated How Much Longer You Can Live With a Healthy Lifestyle - "Researchers worked out not just how much longer people can live when they have healthy habits, but also how disease-free those years might be."
• Scientists claim to have discovered 'new colour' no one has seen before - "By stimulating specific cells in the retina, the participants claim to have witnessed a blue-green colour that scientists have called 'olo', but some experts have said the existence of a new colour is 'open to argument'."
• Scientists Confirm That Stress Can Indeed Turn Hair Grey - "There are well-known historical examples of the connection between stress and hair greying—Marie Antoinette’s coif reportedly blanched after she was captured during the French Revolution - and studies have even linked stress in animals to greying hair."
• Scientists confirm the basis of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity - "They measured the light from a pulsar down to the nanosecond to do so."
• Scientists discover secret of how memories are made - The Telegraph.
• Scientists discover ‘sixth taste’ - & it could explain our love of pasta, potatoes & bread - The Telegraph.
• Scientists discover that the world contains dramatically more trees than previously thought - The New York Times.
• Scientists find evidence of humans making clothes 120,000 years ago - "Tools and bones in Moroccan cave could be some of earliest evidence of the hallmark human behaviour."
• Scientists have discovered how to 'delete' unwanted memories - The Telegraph.
• Scientists have discovered whether being a first, second or third child makes a difference - The Washington Post.
• Scientists have finally decoded mysteries of the Y chromosome. Here’s why it matters - "Scientists have fully sequenced the Y chromosome for the first time, uncovering information that could have implications for the study of male infertility and other health problems."
• Scientists have invented a banana with an edible peel - New York Post.
• Scientists identify secret ingredient in Leonardo da Vinci paintings - "'Old Masters' such as Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli and Rembrandt may have used proteins, especially egg yolk, in their oil paintings, according to a new study.Trace quantities of protein residue have long been detected in classic oil paintings, though they were often ascribed to contamination. A new study published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications found the inclusion was likely intentional - and sheds light on the technical knowledge of the Old Masters, the most skilled European painters of the 16th, 17th, or early 18th century, and the way they prepared their paints."
• Scientists Just Laid Out Paths to Solve Climate Change. We Aren’t on Track to Do Any of Them - "According to the latest report from U.N. scientists, the planet could see a global temperature rise of 1.5°C as early as 2030."
• Scientists may have discovered why hair turns grey - "Scientists believe they have discovered the mechanism for hair turning grey, which could help develop treatment to alter cells in order to reverse or halt the process."
• Scientists One Step Closer to a Blood Test that Predicts When a Person Will Die - "Researchers report that, in a group of more than 44,000 healthy patients, their blood test was around 80% accurate in predicting mortality risk within five to 10 years."
• Scientists say they may have found a skinny gene - "We all know the type. They can eat all they want, spend zero time at the gym and don't put on an ounce."
• Scientists say they have found the cleanest air on Earth - "Scientists believe they have identified the world's cleanest air, free from particles caused by human activity, located over the Southern Ocean, which surrounds Antarctica."
• Scientists say they have pinpointed the moment humanity almost went extinct - "Ancient humanity was almost wiped out about 900,000 years ago when the global population dwindled to around 1,280 reproducing individuals, according to a new study. What’s more, the population of early human ancestors stayed this small for about 117,000 years."
• Scientists sequence the complete human genome for the first time - "In 2003, the Human Genome Project made history when it sequenced 92% of the human genome. But for nearly two decades since, scientists have struggled to decipher the remaining 8%. Now, a team of nearly 100 scientists from the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) Consortium has unveiled the complete human genome - the first time it's been sequenced in its entirety, the researchers say."
• scientists want you to take your shoes off indoors - "Leave your shoes outside, these scientists say. You probably clean your shoes if you step in something muddy or disgusting. (Please pick up after your dog!) But when you get home, do you always de-shoe at the door? Plenty of people don't. For many, what you drag in on the bottom of your shoes is the last thing on the mind as one gets home. Although our examination of the indoor environment, via our DustSafe program, is far from complete, on the question of whether to shoe or de-shoe in the home, the science leans toward the latter. It is best to leave your filth outside the door."
• Science solves the mystery of the elusive Yeti - CNN.
• Scientists Unveil New ‘Tree of Life’ - The New York Times.
• Scientists Warn of Perilous Climate Shift Within Decades, Not Centuries - The New York Times.
• SCRIBD - the largest social publishing company in the world — the website where more than 60 million people each month discover and share original writings and documents.
• scuba is pushing new limits - "Scientists have begun to explore the ocean’s ‘middle light’ - the mesophotic zone, a lesser-known part of our seas - with new rebreathers."
• SEA LEVEL RISE IMPERILS HUMANITY'S FUTURE & ITS PAST - Wired.
• sea urchin is an aphrodisiac - "How to Cure My Sex Drive? For thousands of years, the Japanese have considered uni, the edible part of a sea urchin, an aphrodisiac."
• Sean Connery's own '007' Aston Martin DB5 sold for $2,425,000 - "007 star bought the car in 2018. The car had a pre-auction estimate of $1.4 to $1.8 million, but the winning bidder paid $2,425,000, which included a chauffeured drive in it by Formula One legend Jackie Stewart, a fellow Scot and longtime friend to Connery."
• SEARCH ENGINE LAND - "Must Read News About Search Marketing & Search Engines."
• SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION - Search Placement Pros has given 90% of their customers top 3 listings on Google for the search terms of their choice. They can help you too.
• Search Engines May Seem All-Knowing, But They’re Not. Here’s How to Get More Trustworthy Results - TIME Magazine.
• SEARCHME - the first multimedia search engine.
• Seasteading - a vanity project for the rich or the future of humanity? - "Beloved by Silicon Valley tycoons and tyranny-fearing libertarians, are cities atop the waves Earth’s next frontier?"
• Sebastian Kneipp: The wellness guru that few know - "Most people outside of Germany will not have heard of Sebastian Kneipp. But this 19th-Century priest-turned-wellness-guru is the godfather of some of today's hottest wellness trends."
• Seborga: The Italian village that wants to be a country - "Atop an idyllic hill in the Italian Riviera sits a tiny village with a big dream: becoming an independent nation. The Principality of Seborga already has its own flag, national anthem, passports, stamps, currency and, of course, a monarch. It hopes to one day back them up with legal recognition of its sovereignty, which it has been seeking since the 1960s."
• SECOND LIFE - the Internet's largest user-created, 3D virtual world community.
• Secrecy, sex & sun: captain reveals life aboard superyachts - "Billionaires’ excesses are under scrutiny like never before after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The secretive world of superyachts is the ultimate in billionaire excess, where tycoons cavort with celebrities, politicians and sex workers, and where privacy is protected by non-disclosure agreements ensuring absolute discretion from well-paid staff."
• Secret audio sheds light on toppled dictator’s frantic last hours - "The BBC has obtained extraordinary recordings which we believe to be of phone calls made by a former Middle East dictator, Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, as he flew out of the country in 2011. These final moments show how his authority crumbled, sealing the fate of his 23-year dictatorship and sparking the region's wave of pro-democracy "Arab Spring" uprisings."
• Secret Doors Are Having a Major Moment - "Not Just for Scooby-Doo Anymore - the Secret Door Is Having a Moment. Homeowners are adding hidden doors and rooms to foil burglars, eke out extra storage space and prepare for Armageddon."
• secret dossier of the Dreyfus Affair - released for the first time.
• Secret Files Reveal the Structure of Islamic State - Spiegel Online.
• Secret McDonald's menu DOES exist - and here's what you need to ask for - Mirror Online.
• Secret of how Roman concrete survived tidal battering for 2,000 years revealed - The Telegraph.
• secret tapes of Khashoggi's murder - "Warning: Graphic content."
• secret to a high salary? Emotional intelligence - The Guardian.
• secret trick to get Heinz ketchup out of the bottle - Mirror Online.
• secret world of Vatican City - The Guardian.
• Secrets of Surveillance Capitalism - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
• secrets of the world's healthiest village - The Telegraph.
• Secrets of the Y Chromosome - The New York Times.
• SECUNIA PERSONAL SOFTWARE INSPECTOR | PSI - used by millions of home users around the world, the Secunia PSI is a FREE security tool designed with the sole purpose of helping you secure your computer against vulnerabilities in programs.
• Security Lines: How to Speed Through - "To speed your way, it can help to sign up for one of the programs offered by the government or Clear, a private company. But time is running out." The New York Times.
• SEDUCTION LABS - the method of science; the craft of seduction.
• Seeing Blue at Night May Not Be What's Keeping You Up After All - "New research suggests that blue light does not affect a person's 'internal clock.' The findings further our understanding of the effects of light on sleep quality and duration. Previous studies have shown that blue light from devices can damage the eyes and negatively impact sleep."
• Seeing is believing: the trick of the trompe l’oeil in art - Europeana Blog.
• Seinfeld: the show that invented modern television is still 'shockingly relevant' - The Guardian.
• Seized documents reveal Islamic State's Department of 'War Spoils' - Reuters.
• SELFIE - a self-portrait photograph or group photograph featuring the photographer, typically taken with a hand-held digital camera or camera phone.
• Selfie is the New Autograph - autographs are social currency. They represent the social equity of “Hey, I met this person.” The selfie is an even more powerful version of that.
• Selfies can age the skin and cause wrinkles, warn dermatologists - The Telegraph.
• Selfies Have Led to 259+ Deaths Since 2011 - Here’s How - "It has been widely reported that selfies cause more deaths these days than shark attacks. Now a new study has provided new facts and figures on how at least 259 people have lost their lives while trying to capture smartphone self-portraits since 2011."
• SEND A MAFIA THREAT FROM CORLEONE, SICILY!
• September Issue: What is the September Issue & why is it so important? - "The importance of the September Issue is that each year it helps decipher key insights into consumer habits, influences, and relevant topics. Thanks to the growth of digital media and rumors of the demise of print media, Vogue has bet everything on its September issues and decided to increase the number of printed pages as a strategy for fashion lovers who appreciate what it means to have a printed magazine."
• Serge Gainsbourg’s Paris home to open to public - "Property owned by daughter Charlotte Gainsbourg has been kept as it was when singer died 30 years ago."
• 'Serpent' comes home - "Serial killer returns to France after serving 20 years' jail in Nepal for gruesome backpack murders that inspired BBC drama."
• ‘Sex, Drugs and Rock ’n’ Roll’ Test - The New York Times.
• Sexercise? Getting Busy Burns Calories, Study Finds - LiveScience.
• Sexual harassment 101: what everyone needs to know - The Guardian.
• Seychelles island where travelers stay for months - "North Island: Travel operator Natucate sets up sabbatical breaks for people on the Seychelles' North Island. During stays ranging from weeks to months - and even years - travelers help out with conservation projects."
• SEYMOURPOWELL - product designers and product design consultants.
• Shackleton's Endurance: The impossible search for the greatest shipwreck - "It is one of the most unreachable shipwrecks in the world. We know with good accuracy where Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance vessel ended up after sinking more than 100 years ago. So far, however, all attempts to sight its wooden carcass on the Antarctic seafloor have been defeated."
• Shakespeare Documented - Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
• Shakespeare in Modern English? - The New York Times.
• Shakespeare timeline: follow the plot of the playwright's life - The Guardian.
• Shakespeare's 400th anniversary: 'man of Stratford' to be celebrated in 2016 - The Guardian.
• Shakespeare's grave to be radar scanned despite famous curse - The Telegraph.
• Shakespeare's language not as original as dictionaries think - The Guardian.
• 'Shamefully good': Stephen Colbert reacts to Tom Hanks' new cocktail creation - "During an appearance on 'The Late Show,' actor Tom Hanks recreated his unusual cocktail creation with host Stephen Colbert. See how the duo react to The Diet Cokagne, a mix of Diet Coke and champagne."
• Shark finning: why the ocean's most barbaric practice continues to boom - "The recent seizure of the biggest shipment of illegal fins in Hong Kong history shows the taste for shark is still going strong."
• Sharon Osbourne offers Ozempic warning - "Sharon Osbourne is sharing her experience taking Ozempic. She said she endured a few weeks “where I felt nauseous the whole time” and said she was also often thirsty, but had no desire to eat. Ozempic and its sister drug Wegovy work by mimicking a hormone that the body naturally makes to slow the passage of food through the stomach, which helps people feel fuller longer."
• Shenzhen effect: Why China's original 'model' city matters more than ever - "By 2035, China's government expects over 70% of the country's population - around a billion people - to be living in cities."
• SHERIFF JOE ARPAIO'S FINDINGS ON OBAMA BIRTH CERTIFICATE - Scribd.
• Sherlock Holmes will finally escape copyright this weekend - "Metropolis, To The Lighthouse, and the final Holmes stories are all entering the public domain."
• Sherlock Holmes' famous memory trick really works - "Anyone can become a memory champion. Sherlock Holmes remembers everything by imagining that he's storing bits of information in a 'memory palace,' a technique that originated in ancient Greece. Now, researchers have found that this method really does work to create long-lasting memories. Users of the mnemonic technique, called the 'method of loci,' mentally navigate around a familiar place, such as a path (or Holmes' palace)."
• Shibuya Crossing - or Shibuya Scramble Crossing, is a popular scramble crossing in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. It is located in front of the Shibuya Station Hachiko exit and stops vehicles in all directions to allow pedestrians to inundate the entire intersection. Shibuya Crossing is the world’s busiest pedestrian crossing, with as many as 2,500 people crossing at a time.
• Ship of horrors: life & death on the lawless high seas - "From bullying and sexual assault to squalid living conditions and forced labour, working at sea can be a grim business - and one deep-sea fishing fleet is particularly notorious."
• shipwrecks: The fierce battle over the 'Holy Grail' of shipwrecks - "It has been hailed as the most valuable shipwreck in the world. A Spanish galleon, the San José, was sunk by the British off the coast of Colombia more than 300 years ago. It had a cargo of gold, silver and emeralds worth billions of dollars."
• shipwrecks: How many shipwrecks are there in the world's oceans? - "This week UNESCO announced it has found three new shipwrecks, including two that are thousands of years old. But just how many more could be out there?"
• Shock of the old: 11 transport fantasies that never got off the ground - from jetpacks to swan-powered paragliders - "From Leonardo da Vinci to the engineers of Bell Aerosystems, some of our finest minds have devoted themselves to finding a better form of travel. Still, anyone can have an off day ..."
• SHOP USA - shop online in USA. "Your free USA receiving address. Buy from any seller. We ship worldwide."
• Short Answers to Hard Questions About Climate Change - The New York Times.
• SHOTS.NET - "Launched in 1990, it is the world’s leading commercials title, providing ideas and inspiration for creatives internationally as well as being the foremost source of information for the industry."
• Should I Tell My Friend’s Husband That She’s Having an Affair? - The New York Times.
• Should Fashion Be Politically Correct? - The New York Times.
• Should Grown Men Use Emoji? - The New York Times.
• Should meat be banned to save the planet? - "A barrister has called for new laws against practices that harm the environment - including eating meat. But some experts say criminalising carnivores could do more harm than good."
• Should the Authorities Be Able to Access Your iPhone? - The New York Times.
• Should there be a tax on red meat? - "A 'meat tax' could prevent almost 6,000 deaths per year in the UK, according to researchers, but should politicians be telling people what they can and can't eat?"
• Should we get rid of air miles for climate change? - "A return flight from Lisbon to New York generates nearly the same level of CO2 as the average person in the EU does by heating their home all year round."
• Should You Let Your Dog Lick Your Face? - NY Times.
• SHOZU - the leading provider of mobile social media services that connect mobile consumers with their online social networks, personal blogs, photo storage sites and other Web 2.0 properties from the handset.
• 'Shrinkflation' isn't a trend - it's a permanent hit to your wallet - "Products are getting smaller, and you're paying the same. The problem won't go away, even if the economy rebounds and inflation abates."
• SHVOONG.COM - "The Global Source for Summaries & Reviews". Shvoong is a global hub for Summaries & Reviews on virtually every topic imaginable. On Shvoong you’ll find book reviews, book summaries, movie reviews, website reviews, make money online reviews, business reviews, product reviews, travel reviews, and much more.
• Siberian heatwave made 600 times more likely by climate change, experts find - "The prolonged heatwave in Siberia from January to June, which pushed overall temperatures 5 degrees Celsius (9 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than normal, would have been 'almost impossible' if not for human-caused climate change, a new study has found. Temperatures in Siberia have been above average since the beginning of the year, with the Russian town of Verkhoyansk recording a temperature of 38 degrees C (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in June - a record temperature for the Arctic."
• Sign Documents on Your iPhone in Just 5 Easy Steps - "Printer ink is expensive, so here's how to save yourself the hassle: 1. Open Files. 2. Tap the document you want to sign. 3. Tap the icon across the bottom of your screen that looks like a pen tip in a circle. 4. Tap Add Signature. 5. Sign your name on this new screen with your finger then tap Done."
• Sign of the times: how the signature became a meaningless scrawl - "Written signatures will soon be redundant even for legal documents, the Law Commission says. Does anyone care?"
• Signal, secure messaging app: a guide for beginners - Freedom of the Press Foundation.
• Signs of cancer can appear long before diagnosis, study shows - "Research into genetic mutations suggests possibility of tests that would detect cancer earlier. Early signs of cancer can appear years or even decades before diagnosis, according to the most comprehensive investigation to date of the genetic mutations that cause healthy cells to turn malignant."
• SIGNSPOTTING - funny and absurd signs from around the world.
• Silicon Valley, Conway’s law & the future of Windows - The Verge.
• Silicon Valley Is Not Your Friend - The New York Times.
• Silicon Valley paradox: one in four people are at risk of hunger - The Guardian.
• Silicon Valley siphons our data like oil - "But the deepest drilling has just begun."
• Silicon Valley’s golden era coming to an end? - "Rising interest rates, dampened growth and the public’s shifting views on Big Tech are giving experts pause."
• SILICON VALLEY’S SECRETS are HIDING in marc ANDREESSEN’S LIBRARY - Wired.
• Silphion - This miracle plant was eaten into extinction 2,000 years ago - or was it? - "Silphion cured diseases and made food tasty, but Emperor Nero allegedly consumed the last stalk. Now, a Turkish researcher thinks he’s found a botanical survivor."
• Silvio Berlusconi - a life in pictures - "Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire media mogul who was Italy’s longest-serving premier despite scandals over his sex-filled parties and allegations of corruption has died aged 86."
• Silvio Berlusconi, former Italian prime minister, dies aged 86 - "The media tycoon, who led three Italian governments between 1994 and 2011 and whose Forza Italia party is a junior partner in the current ruling coalition, had been suffering from leukaemia for some time. Berlusconi was one of Italy’s most flamboyant politicians, making a political comeback in 2017 despite a career tainted by sex scandals, countless allegations of corruption and a tax fraud conviction."
• Simone Biles said she had 'the twisties.' Here's what that means - "How fear affects the mental health and physical safety of gymnasts."
• Simone Biles Has the Twisties. What Are They & Why Are They So Dangerous? - TIME Magazine.
• Simple Rules for Healthy Eating - The New York Times.
• Singapore is the only place in the world selling lab-grown meat - "It looks like chicken, it smells like chicken and, what do you know, it tastes like chicken."
• Singapore struggles with ‘unparalleled’ otter boom - "Slippery, hungry, sometimes angry."
• Singapore: This country’s love affair with air conditioning shows a Catch 22 of climate change - "'You can’t survive without air con in Singapore,' Chee said. 'It’s impossible with the heat.'"
• Singapore values both quantity & quality of life - "When it comes to longevity, few places in the world have seen such a drastic jump in life expectancy as the island city-state in Southeast Asia."
• Singapore's first 'supertall' skyscraper unveiled - "Singapore is set to welcome its first ever 'supertall' skyscraper, a term used to describe buildings that exceed 300 meters (984 feet) in height. The new tower, known as 8 Shenton Way, will soar above the Southeast Asian city-state from 2028, offering offices, a hotel and 34 floors of luxury residences."
• SINGLE-PILOT PASSENGER PLANES COULD SOON TAKE TO THE SKIES, SAYS BOEING - "The change could also address a chronic shortage of pilots. Aircraft manufacturer also working on hypersonic jet to fly passengers from New York to Tokyo ‘for lunch’."
• SINGULARITY HUB - blog and news network covering the latest in robots, genetics, longevity, artificial intelligence, aging, stem cells, and more.
• Siri 2.0 is about to make the Apple Watch the ultimate AI wearable - here’s how - "Siri could be the Apple Watch's new secret sauce."
• Siri, Alexa & Other Virtual Assistants Put to the Test - The New York Times.
• Siri commands in one PDF - "All Siri commands – endless functions of your virtual assistant."
• Siri creators reveal intelligent assistant Viv - The Telegraph.
• Siri: INTEGRATE CHATGPT INTO SIRI TO MAKE YOUR APPLE VOICE ASSISTANT 100X SMARTER - "We’ve all been there: you ask Siri a question, and it responds with the ever-frustrating 'Sorry I didn’t understand that'. It could be an accent or dialect problem, the fact that Siri isn’t trained on the vast volume of data that Google’s AI is trained on, or just that Apple absolutely dropped the ball on Siri. Apple launched the voice AI as an app almost 13 years ago, although Siri today still feels noticeably dumb and unhelpful even after more than a decade. Google’s voice AI seems to overwhelmingly be the most popular choice nowadays, although there’s a new kid on the block that’s absolutely eating Google’s lunch, at least in the search department."
• Siri is reborn in iOS 18 - everything Apple's voice assistant will be able to do - "We have exclusively discovered how much iOS 18 and macOS 15 will upgrade Siri and improve everything you do. Here's what the new-and-improved Siri will be able to do."
• Site123 - "By far the easiest free website builder." Create a website using ready-made styles and layouts. No design or coding skills required. Just enter your content and 1, 2, 3 - it's up and running!
• Site Valuation - "Website & Domain Price Checker." Have you ever wonder how much your website potentially worths? SiteValuation.Org is a tool to estimate the value and the potential of your domain and your website. Get the complete stats about your website information including Alexa rank, Google pagerank, Domain Authority... Based on those information, our algorithm will calculate and estimate the website daily income, daily visitors, the website value...
• sketchfab - "The Easiest Way to Share Your 3D Models." The place to be for 3D files. Publish and find the best 3D content. Easy and free.
• Ski safety: avalanche survival tips - The Telegraph.
• Skin lightening is an $8.6 billion industry. This woman is trying to stop it - "For over a decade, Amira Adawe has devoted her life to putting an end to the skin lightening industry, particularly the use of creams that contain toxic levels of mercury. Here's how she's doing it."
• Skipping the ‘Sex, Drugs and Rock ’n’ Roll’ Test - The New York Times.
• Skyline webcams - since 2011. "Discover the world through the panoramic windows of SkylineWebcams. One click and you can visit the most beautiful places of the planet."
• SKYPE - free worldwide Internet and great value phone calls. "Do amazing things for free: voice and video calls to anyone else on Skype; conference calls with three or more people; instant messaging, file transfer and screen sharing; call landlines and mobiles worldwide.
• Slang: the changing face of cool - The Guardian.
• Sleep Better at Every Age - "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has age-specific recommendations for how much sleep people should get each night. Understanding your sleep needs throughout different life stages - and troubleshooting the problems that arise - can clear the way for a better night’s rest. 'At every major age period in our lives, our sleep is going to shift a little bit.'"
• Sleep Calculator - What time should I go to bed?
• Sleep, exercise & heart health: The impacts of coffee, according to a new study - "Coffee drinkers get more steps but also less sleep, study finds".
• Sleep: how much do we really need? - "The optimum amount of sleep is supposed to be eight hours a night. Why is shuteye so important - and what happens if we don’t get enough?"
• sleep secret: how lucid dreams can make us fitter, more creative & less anxious - "Freud described dreams as windows into our repressed desires. Today, researchers are using them to boost athletic performance and help veterans with PTSD, unlocking huge benefits for us all."
• Sleep this way to add almost 5 years to your life - "Want to live longer? Then prioritize sleep in your life: Following five good sleep habits added nearly five years to a man’s life expectancy and almost 2.5 years to a woman’s life, a new study found."
• Sleep tourism is booming. Here's why - "Interest has skyrocketed since the pandemic, with a number of high profile establishments focusing their attention on those suffering from sleep-deprivation. Over the past 12 months, Park Hyatt New York has opened the Bryte Restorative Sleep Suite, a 900-square-foot suite filled with sleep-enhancing amenities, while Rosewood Hotels & Resorts recently launched a collection of retreats called the Alchemy of Sleep, which are designed to 'promote rest.'"
• Sleep training for adults prevents depression, study finds - "Undergoing cognitive behavioral sleep training, which teaches you how to break bad habits in order to prepare your mind and body for a good night's sleep, may help prevent depression in older adults with insomnia, a new clinical trial has found."
• Sleeping on long-haul flights: Here are the top tips for snoozing in the sky - "The first tip for sleep in this setting is to relax your expectations a little. Humans are just not well designed to sleep in an almost upright position. Unless you’re lucky to fly in a class with a lie-flat seat, you’re very unlikely to step off a long-haul flight having had a solid eight hours of sleep."
• Sleeping pills: What You Need to Know About Sleeping Pills - "A guide to the different types of medications for treating insomnia, their risks and when experts recommend using them."
• SLOANE RANGER - refers to a stereotype in the UK of young, upper class or upper-middle-class women, or men who share distinctive and common lifestyle traits.
• Slow Jogging Vs. Fast Walking: What’s the Difference? - "Believe it or not, jogging at a walking pace - or smiling pace, as Hiroaki Tanaka, Japan’s running guru and founder of the Fukuoka University Institute for Physical Activity, describes it - is more vigorous than power walking."
• Smacked children more successful later in life - The Telegraph.
• Small talk: No. 1 phrase people who are good at small talk always use, says Stanford public speaking expert - "Small talk might seem trivial, but it can deliver big results. It can help us forge new or deeper connections with others by allowing us to discover unexpected areas of common interest. It can enable us to establish or reinforce our personal reputations, giving us an opportunity to demonstrate warmth and empathy. Favorite phrase was 'Tell me more,' and it happens to be one that people who are good at small talk always use."
• Smaller, Faster, Cheaper, Over: The Future of Computer Chips - The New York Times.
• 'Smart' devices 'too dumb' to fend off cyber-attack - The Guardian.
• Smart homes for smart people - "If you haven’t started your smart home yet, here’s how to start - or if you have, here’s how to make it better."
• ‘Smart wallpaper’ which absorbs light could help power home - The Telegraph.
• Smarter Living - "The latest tips for making the most of your daily life."
• Smartphone is now ‘the place where we live’, anthropologists say - "A UCL study has found people around the world feel the same about their devices as they do about their homes. Smartphone users have become 'human snails carrying our homes in our pockets', with a tendency to ignore friends and family in favour of their device, according to a landmark study."
• Smartphones uncover how the world sleeps - CBC.
• Smartphones: What happened when Norway banned smartphones in schools? - "As Eton and the Italians promise their own bans, we visit Oslo to see how it works - and how pupils try to cheat."
• smartwatches are coming for the mainstream - The Verge.
• SMILEY WORLD - list of smiley's.
• Smishing vs. Phishing: What's the Difference? - "If you own a mobile device, chances are good that you've received text messages from numbers that aren't in your contacts, simply saying 'Hello.' While it's easy to assume these are just wrong numbers, the reality is that these innocent-looking messages are actually a SMS phishing cyberattack known as smishing."
• Smoking Fewer Than 5 Cigarettes a Day Damages Your Lungs Almost as Much as Smoking a Whole Pack, Study Says - TIME Magazine.
• SMS messaging was used for the first time on 3 December 1992 - click on the link to see history.
• Snacks for Planes, Trains & Automobiles - "Eating well on the road takes a bit of forethought, but it’s doable."
• SNAPCHAT’S FLYING CAMERA - "Snap takes another stab at hardware with a selfie drone called Pixy."
• Snowden Designs a Device to Warn if Your iPhone’s Radios Are Snitching - Wired.
• Snowden, MI5 & me: how the leak of the century came to be published - "Ten years on, Nick Hopkins recalls how the Guardian defied the intelligence agencies to publish revelations of mass state surveillance."
• Social attitudes to faces - The Economist.
• social media ban for under-16s: Tech companies put on notice as Australia passes world-first social media ban for under-16s - "Australia’s parliament has passed a world-first law banning social media for children under 16, putting tech companies on notice to tighten security before a cut-off date that’s yet to be set."
• Social media bias lawsuits keep failing in court - "So why do conservatives keep filing them?"
• Social media's effect on truth - "The best long-form writing on technology and more in print and on the web."
• Social Media’s Globe-Shaking Power - The New York Times.
• SOCIAL NETWORKING WATCH - "News on the Social Networking and Social Media Industry."
• SOCIALOOMPH - TOOLS TO BOOST YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRODUCTIVITY.
• sociogenomics: A New Scientific Field Is Recasting Who We Are & How We Got That Way - "The new field is called sociogenomics, a fusion of behavioral science and genetics that I have been closely involved with for over a decade. Since Francis Galton coined the phrase 'nature versus nurture' 150 years ago, the debate about what makes us who we are has dominated the human sciences."
• Sociopath: What It's Like to Be a Sociopath - "Traits may include lack of remorse, deceitfulness and a disregard for the feelings of others as well as right and wrong. associated with sociopathy aren't great. But that only tells part of the story. The part that's missing is you can be a sociopath and have a healthy relationship."
• Solar eclipse 2020: When & where to see the annular eclipse - "This weekend, stargazers in the Eastern Hemisphere will be treated to an annular solar eclipse on the heels of the summer solstice. This type of eclipse is characterized by its stunning "ring of fire" since it's not a total eclipse and edges of the sun can still be seen around the moon."
• solar panels: Razor-thin solar panels could be ‘ink-jetted’ onto your backpack or phone for cheap clean energy - "A coating 100 times thinner than a human hair could be 'ink-jetted' onto your backpack, cell phone or car roof to harness the sun’s energy, new research shows, in a development that could reduce the world’s need for solar farms that take up huge swaths of land."
• Solar-powered boats are silently sailing through Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest - "Solar-powered boats are being used in remote areas of the Ecuadorean Amazon to transport indigenous Achuar people. The boats are provided by the non-profit Kara Solar."
• Solid - since 2016. "Solid: Your data, your choice. Advancing Web standards to empower people." Solid (Social Linked Data) is a web decentralization project led by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web. The project "aims to radically change the way Web applications work today, resulting in true data ownership as well as improved privacy" by developing a platform for linked-data applications that are completely decentralized and fully under users' control rather than controlled by other entities. The ultimate goal of Solid is to allow users to have full control of their own data, including access control and storage location.
• Something is making the Earth spin faster & days shorter - "A negative leap second may be needed to correct clocks, but Meta believes that could be 'devastating.'"
• Song lyrics getting simpler, more repetitive, angry & self-obsessed - study - "Researchers analysed the words in more than 12,000 English-language songs across several genres from 1980 to 2020."
• Sony says smartphones will be better cameras than DSLRs in two years! - "'We expect that still images will exceed the image quality of single-lens reflex cameras within the next few years,' said Terushi Shimizu, Sony Semiconductor Solutions CEO."
• Sorry, Einstein. Quantum Study Suggests ‘Spooky Action’ Is Real - The New York Times.
• Sorry, You Can’t Speed Read - The New York Times.
• SOUND TOLL REGISTERS - the records of the toll the king of Denmark levied on the passage of ships through the Sound, the strait between Denmark and Sweden. They have been preserved for about 300 of the 360 years from 1497 till 1857. They contain information on about 1.8 million passages.
• Sourge Forge - "Open Source community resource dedicated to helping open source projects be as successful as possible. We thrive on community collaboration to help us create a premiere resource for open source software development and distribution."
• Soviet Union: 100th anniversary - in pictures - "Formed in 1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a one-party state, governed and ruled by the Communist Party. TV documentary series The Soviet Union: 100th Anniversary 2022 explores the country that Winston Churchill famously referred to as: ‘A riddle wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma’. It is scheduled for release on 5, 6 and 7 December on PBS America, and available on Freeview 84 | Freesat 155 | Sky 174 | Virgin Media 273 and on catch-up from 6 December."
• Soy, oat & almond drinks can still be called milk, US regulators say - "FDA says consumers are not confused if plant-based beverages use the term, after dairy producers call for crackdown on labeling."
• Soylent, Silicon Valley’s favourite foodstuff. It’s everything that’s wrong with modern life - "The founder of the meal-replacement drink company believes eating is an inefficient use of time. But how does it taste?"
• 'Space marshals': no, they're not welcoming intergalactic visitors - "This glamorous new title refers to those making sure people keep a safe distance from others when inside."
• SpaceX could make Elon Musk world’s first trillionaire, says Morgan Stanley - "Most of world’s richest person’s fortune so far has come from electric car company Tesla."
• SpaceX, NASA launch four astronauts from four countries - "The four astronauts on the mission include NASA’s Jasmin Moghbeli, who is serving as mission commander; Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen representing the European Space Agency; Satoshi Furukawa of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA; and Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Roscosmos."
• Spain tops world’s best tourist villages ranking with three awards - "UN World Tourism Organization’s list of 32 best places worldwide for small community tourism also includes villages in China, Morocco and Ecuador."
• Spanish beach town to fine tourists €750 for urinating in the sea - "The city council in Vigo, Galicia, has passed legislation banning 'physiological evacuation on the beach or in the sea', slapping a fine of €750 on anyone caught short while in the shallows."
• Speaker John Bercow's career in numbers - "Last Orderrrrs! Speaker John Bercow's career in numbers."
• Special Report on the Ocean & Cryosphere in Changing Climate - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
• Specially Designated Nationals & Blocked Persons List (SDN) Human Readable Lists - "As part of its enforcement efforts, OFAC publishes a list of individuals and companies owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, targeted countries. It also lists individuals, groups, and entities, such as terrorists and narcotics traffickers designated under programs that are not country-specific. Collectively, such individuals and companies are called 'Specially Designated Nationals' or 'SDNs.' Their assets are blocked and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from dealing with them. View more information on Treasury's Sanctions Programs." U.S. Department of the Treasury.
• Speed up your old iPhone in seconds with a trick that's genuinely hard to believe - "Apple automatically limits the speed of older iPhones with ageing batteries ... but you can get around it with one magnifique trick. The catch is you might need to parlez a little Français ... that’s because the trick involves setting your region to France in the phone settings. You’ll find the toggle in your Settings app, under 'General'. Tap 'Language & Region' then select France as your region. That’s it!"
• Speedtest by Ookla - The Global Broadband Speed Test.
• Speedtest Global Index - "Ranking mobile and fixed broadband speeds from around the world on a monthly basis. Click on a location for more local analysis."
• Spaghetti science: What pasta reveals about the universe - "When you see pasta, your brain probably doesn't jump to the secrets of the universe. But for almost a century, world-leading physicists have puzzled over spaghetti's counterintuitive properties."
• SPOCK - the world's leading people search engine.
• Sports Illustrated 2024 celebrates 60 years of iconic swimsuit models - "Dozens of past Sports Illustrated cover models have returned for the 60th anniversary of the magazine's iconic 'Swimsuit Edition,' which released on newsstands on May 17."
• Sports Illustrated does vr for the 2016 Swimsuit Issue - engadget.
• Spot the difference: the invincible business of counterfeit goods - "Selling cheap fakes of a successful product makes horribly good business sense. Is there any way to stop it?"
• Spot the ‘superfake’: Fashion brands want you to be able to identify counterfeits - "To become a 'master' authenticator at Fashionphile - the highest level of training to weed out designer fakes at the luxe online marketplace - takes more than 8,000 hours of rigorous schooling, according to the company. Trainees learn to quickly spot an error in the date format inside a Louis Vuitton bag, for example, or know the correct metal alloy makeup of a Cartier watch."
• SPOTIFY IS OUT OF CONTRACT WITH ALL THREE MAJOR LABELS - AND WANTS TO PAY THEM LESS - Music Business Worldwide.
• Spring equinox has arrived. Here’s what you need to know - "For those of us who approach things by the Goldilocks Principle (not too little, not too much), spring equinox is practically perfect."
• ‘Sputnik moment’: US tech stocks plunge after Chinese firm unveils AI advancement - "A shocking Chinese AI advancement called DeepSeek is sending US stocks plunging."
• spy balloons are still useful in era of drones & satellites - "An expert explains the reasons a technology first used during the French Revolutionary Wars remains so in demand today."
• Squarespace - since 2003. "Build a Website - Website Builder. All you need to create a website." The all-in-one solution for anyone looking to create a beautiful website. Easily create a website or online store. Award-winning templates. 24/7 support. eCommerce. Hosting. Modern Website Templates. Custom Domain Names. 24/7 Customer Support. Easy Content Importing. No Plugins Necessary. Website Analytics App. Free 14-day Trial.
• Sri Lanka shows off giant natural blue sapphire - "Sri Lankan authorities on Sunday put on show what they said was the world's largest natural corundum blue sapphire, weighing 310 kilograms (683 pounds), which was found in a gem pit about three months ago."
• SSS | STANFORD SLEEPINESS SCALE
• St John: The tiny island where Robert Oppenheimer escaped his legacy - "A new biopic is shedding light on rise and fall of 'the father of the atomic bomb'. But few people know that he spent many of his final days as a Caribbean castaway."
• St-Tropez: The town telling visitors to stay away this summer - "Once a sleepy fishing village, this picture-perfect town on the French Riviera has transformed into one of the Mediterranean's most overcrowded summer destinations."
• STAIR TREADS - We have the right stair treads to meet your needs including commercial, apartment, and residential applications.
• Standards and Values in Autoerotic Practices - ethicists update list of acceptable things to masturbate to.
• Standup: The science of standup: can you train someone to be funny? - "The founders of Melbourne’s Steam Room program believe scientists can make their work more accessible through humour. Will their hypothesis prove true?"
• Stanislav Petrov: The man who may have saved the world - BBC News.
• Stanley Kubrick once revealed his 10 favourite movies - "Kubrick was a genre alchemist, unafraid to venture across cinematic boundaries, seamlessly transitioning from science fiction to horror, war, and dark comedy. In each realm, he shattered preconceptions and sculpted new paradigms, establishing himself as the vanguard of cinematic excellence, so it should come as little surprise that those he admired most offer an eclectic range. With the likes of Federico Fellini, Ingmar Bergman, Orson Welles and more, see the complete list below."
• star event will create once-in-a-lifetime sight in the sky. Here's how to see it - "Astronomers are expecting a 'new star' to appear in the night sky anytime between now and September, and it promises to be a once-in-a-lifetime celestial sight, according to NASA. The expected brightening event, known as a nova, will occur in the Milky Way’s Corona Borealis, or Northern Crown constellation, which is located between the Boötes and Hercules constellations. While a supernova is the explosive death of a massive star, a nova refers to the sudden, brief explosion from a collapsed star known as a white dwarf."
• Starbucks new boss under fire for 1,000-mile commute by corporate jet - "The newly announced boss of Starbucks, Brian Niccol, has come under fire after it was revealed he will commute almost 1,000 miles (1,600km) from his family home in Newport Beach, California, to the firm's headquarters in Seattle on a corporate jet."
• Stars & Their Cars: These Are The Cars The Richest Celebrities Are Buying - "When it comes to living vicariously through others, there’s no greater activity than looking at stars and their cars. From Tesla to Ferrari, every millionaire on this list has their own unique auto tastes and varying levels of wealth that define their collections."
• Starship: Watch - 'Astonishing' moment Starship booster caught in mid air - "SpaceX's Starship has begun its fifth test flight, as Elon Musk pushes ahead in his quest to one day take astronauts to the Moon - maybe even to Mars. During this flight, the SpaceX team attempted something that had never been done before. Unlike in previous flights, when the booster splashed down in the Indian Ocean, it slowed itself down and descended gently back toward the launchpad for a pair of giant mechanical arms to catch it - in what’s known as the 'chopsticks manoeuvre'."
• STAT COUNTER - free invisible web tracker, hit counter and web stats.
• Statesmen & stature: how tall are our world leaders? - "It seems we like our political giants to be just that - giants - according to research."
• Stay hungry, stay foolish - "Marking the 20th anniversary of Steve’s Stanford address."
• Staying Sober After Treatment Ends - The New York Times.
• Stealth Wealth: The Art Of Silent Financial Success - "The practice of stealth wealth offers numerous benefits, from greater financial freedom and flexibility to reduced stress and a more ordinary lifestyle."
• Stendhal syndrome: The travel syndrome that causes panic - "Affecting travellers every year, this bizarre phenomenon sees visitors to Florence suffer psychological breakdowns after being overwhelmed by the city's abundance of great art."
• Stephen Hawking exhibition hopes to unravel the mysteries of his blackboard - "Science Museum hopes fellow travellers of the late cosmologist will join visitors to display of his office miscellany."
• Stephen Hawking says pollution & 'stupidity' still biggest threats to mankind - The Independent.
• Stephen Hawking says 'There is no God' in final book - "That's the conclusion of the celebrated physicist Stephen Hawking, whose final book is published Tuesday."
• Stephen Hawking's 5 scientific predictions - "From catastrophic climate change to alien invasion, the theoretical physicist’s thoughts about what might lie ahead were often far from optimistic."
• Stephen Hawking's last paper on black holes is now online - "It presents a solution for the black hole information paradox."
• Stephen King, Not Just the Guy Who Makes Monsters - The New York Times.
• Stephen King : The Essential Stephen King - "The author has dominated horror fiction, and arguably all popular fiction, for decades. Here's where to start."
• steroids: ‘Natty or not?’: how steroids got big - "Once upon a time, it was only hardcore bodybuilders who pumped themselves up with testosterone. Today it is no longer niche. But how dangerous is it?"
• Steve Ballmer is set to make $1 billion a year for doing nothing - "For most people, passive income is a bit of extra pocket change that requires minimal effort to earn to supplement a main source of income. For Steve Ballmer, it’s $1 billion. Ballmer, the sixth richest person in the world, is due to collect that much in dividends from Microsoft in 2024. This comes after the tech giant boosted its quarterly dividend payout to 75 cents a share, or $3 a share annually."
• Steve Ballmer, who was once Bill Gates’ assistant, is now richer than his onetime mentor - "But now, his skyrocketing Microsoft holdings have made him richer than the company's founder. The 68-year-old former Microsoft CEO squeaked by his onetime boss Bill Gates to become the sixth richest person in the world on Monday with a net worth of $157 billion."
• Steve Bannon: rise and fall of Trump aide who preached 'American carnage' - "Bannon, who dreamed of a global populist network, claimed credit for Trump’s 2016 victory but didn’t last long in the White House."
• Steve Jobs Archive - since September 7, 2022. "With respect for the past and excitement for the future, the Steve Jobs Archive offers people the tools and opportunities to make their own contribution. We are building programs, fellowships, collections, and partnerships that reflect Steve’s values and carry his sense of possibility forward." The archive was introduced by Laurene Powell Jobs, Jobs’ widow, at Vox Media’s Code conference on Wednesday. 'While we do have some artifacts and some actual real material, the archive is much more about ideas,' she said. According to Powell Jobs, the archive is 'rooted in Steve’s long held notion that once you understand that, outside of the natural world, everything in the built environment and all the systems that govern our life on the planet were built and designed by other humans. Once you have that insight, you understand that you as a human can change it, can prod it, can perhaps, interrogate it and stretch it. In that way, human progress happens.'
• Steve Jobs business card is up for auction in mid-February - "A 1979 business card for Steve Jobs, Vice President Operations at Apple, is going up for auction in mid-February with bids ending on March 17."
• Steve Jobs changed the future of laptops 10 years ago - The Verge.
• Steve Jobs describes the future & AI a year before the Mac - "The Steve Jobs Archive has released a fascinating video of a 28-year-old Jobs explaining computers to a skeptical crowd in 1983."
• Steve Jobs email confirms Apple was working on an ‘iPhone nano’ - "A meeting agenda confirms the existence of an ‘iPhone nano’."
• Steve Jobs Explained 1 Clear Way to Build a Team That People Will Love to Work For - "If you build it, they will come."
• Steve Jobs iPhone 2007 Presentation - "On January 9, 2007 Apple introduced the iPhone. The iPhone was a revolutionary product from Apple and it changed the way smart phones look in work. This video is from MacWorld 2007 were Steve Jobs introduced the original iPhone (1st Gen. / 2G)." YouTube 51:18.
• Steve Jobs Knew iPhone Would Be Iconic. More Than 2 Billion Phones Later, He Was Right - "We all knew it was coming. Reporters, analysts, industry insiders and fans had been speculating about Apple making a phone for nearly a year by the time Steve Jobs walked onto the Macworld Expo stage on a cold January morning in San Francisco in 2007. What we didn't know was how much the iPhone would revolutionize the very way people live and work."
• Steve Jobs Spent 27 Years Writing a Truly Brilliant Joke. The Bittersweet Punchline Was a Stroke of Genius - "OK, it might not have been intentional, but I'm going to choose to believe that it was."
• Steve Jobs Stole His Best Idea Ever From Nike's Brilliant 2-Word Marketing Strategy - "Aspirational brands talk about people, not products."
• Steve Jobs thought devices would become ‘a bicycle for the mind’ - "Americans spend more than four hours a day on their smartphones - and more than half say they are addicted to their device. In May 2023, the surgeon general issued a warning about the concerning effects of social media on youth mental health. Behavioral misalignment - where our actions diverge from our best interests - is a recurring challenge across various domains. From the obesity epidemic spurred on by the mass introduction of processed foods to habitual overspending that came on the heels of access to easy credit, history is replete with examples of such misalignments."
• Steve Jobs: To avoid being stalked, Steve Jobs found a ‘genius’ & expensive way to drive his fancy Mercedes sports car without license plates - "He did it for several years, and no cop ever pulled over the Apple CEO as it was completely legal."
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• Steve Jobs Video - History of 'one more thing...' - "In this video I want to show every moment where the iconic phrase “one more thing...” was used during an Apple announcement. Now it was Steve Jobs who began this tradition back in 1999 at the MacWorld expo. And I should mention that today, October 5th, is the seven-year anniversary of Steve Jobs’ passing. So in honor of his memory and incredible legacy, I want to dedicate this video to him. So let’s get started and take a look at the history of one more thing..."
• Steve Jobs’ 1973 job application is up for auction as an NFT - "The one-page-long application was created by Jobs after he dropped out of Reed College and three years before he founded Apple. It doesn’t list a position or the company but says he was interested in electronics tech or design engineer positions. His skills included computer and calculator experience."
• Steve Jobs' iPhone obsession led to Apple's silicon revolution - "Many of the chips 'Designed by Apple in California' are now manufactured exclusively in Taiwan."
• Steve Wozniak: 'I worry about the Apple Watch' - The Telegraph.
• Steve Wozniak Says Steve Jobs, Elon Musk Are Similar, Except... - "'Robbed my family of so much money.'"
• Stieg Larsson & the unsolved murder case of Olof Palme - "The assassination of Swedish prime minister Olof Palme obsessed Larsson for years - he even put several references to it in his novels. Do his secret files contain vital clues?"
• Still ticking: The improbable survival of the luxury watch business - "In an increasingly digital world, people are still willing to spend huge amounts on analogue timepieces. The question is, why?"
• Stockholm syndrome: bank robbery that gave the world Stockholm syndrome - "A 1973 Bank Robbery Gave the World ‘Stockholm Syndrome’ - But There’s More to the Story Than That."
• Stolen artefacts stashed by British art dealer are returned to Italy - The Guardian.
• Stonehenge Begins to Yield Its Secrets - The New York Times.
• Stonehenge megalith came from Scotland, not Wales, ‘jaw-dropping’ study finds - "In a discovery described by one of the scientists involved as 'genuinely shocking', new analysis has found that the largest 'bluestone' at Stonehenge was dragged or floated to the site from the very north-east corner of Scotland - a distance of at least 466 miles (about 750km)."
• Stonehenge: Rare lunar event to shed light on Stonehenge’s links to the moon - "The rising and setting of the sun at Stonehenge, especially during the summer and winter solstices, continues to evoke joy, fascination and religious devotion. Archaeologists and astronomers to study Wiltshire site’s lesser understood connection to the moon."
• Stonehenge tale gets ‘weirder’ as Orkney is ruled out as altar stone origin - "Weeks after revelation that megalith came from Scotland, researchers make surprise discovery."
• Stop biodiversity loss or we could face our own extinction, warns UN - "The world has two years to secure a deal for nature to halt a ‘silent killer’ as dangerous as climate change, says biodiversity chief."
• Stop eating fish. It’s the only way to save the life in our seas - "Unhindered by regulation, driven by greed, the fishing industry is the greatest threat to our oceans. We must take action."
• Stop writing 'I hope you're well' in emails - here's what to say instead - The Telegraph.
• Stormy Daniels Says She Stayed Silent on Trump Out of Fear - The New York Times.
• Stormy Daniels, Trump’s Unlikely Foe, Is ‘Not Someone to Be Underestimated’ - The New York Times.
• Story Behind the Declaration of Independence's Most Memorable Line - "The Declaration’s most memorable line: 'All Men are created equal [and] are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, ...among [which] are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.'"
• straight line: THE PARADISE DESTROYED BY THE STRAIGHT LINE - "'The straight line is the only sterile line, the only line which does not suit man as the image of God. The straight line is the forbidden fruit. The straight line is the curse of our civilization. Any design undertaken with the straight line will be stillborn.' Friedensreich Hundertwasser."
• Strange Metal From Beyond Our Planet Found in Ancient Treasure Stash - "A dull bracelet and a rusted hollow hemisphere decorated with gold are forged, researchers have found, not out of metal from beneath the ground, but with iron from meteorites that fell from the sky."
• Streisand effect: Secrecy in the digital age - "When Barbra Streisand discovered in 2003 that an aerial photograph of her California beach house was among 12,000 on the internet as part of a collection by Kenneth Adelman and Pictopia, she did what any celebrity would: hit them with a $50m lawsuit. Outrage at her legal actions led to almost half a million people visiting the Pictopia site and viewing - and copying - the photos within a month."
• Streaming is now the US music industry's biggest money maker - "It just edged out downloads in 2015."
• Streaming TV Isn’t Just a New Way to Watch. It’s a New Genre. - The New York Times.
• Stress is shrinking your brain - "Stress might lead to memory loss and brain shrinkage, study says."
• Stressful, tiring & bad for the planet - why we should ditch our addiction to city breaks - The Telegraph.
• Street Artists Infiltrate ‘Homeland’ With Subversive Graffiti - The New York Times.
• Street Photography: A Complete Guide - "A complete guide to the art of street photography for beginning photographers, from what the genre is to how to get compelling street shots."
• Street Photography: Leica meets Fibonacci & the golden ratio - "Forget the rule of thirds. My new favourite compositional device is the golden ratio. But what does a formula described by a 13th century Italian mathematician have to do with taking pictures? And what on earth does a recursive spiral have to do with street photography? It’s all about the intersection of mathematics, history, and art. Read on to dive deeper into the mystery."
• 'Streetonomics': What our addresses say about us - "From unseen gender bias to hidden historical patterns, you can tell a lot about where you live by looking at the names of the streets."
• STREISAND EFFECT - the phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely, usually facilitated by the Internet.
• strong is the new skinny (for women) - CBS News.
• STUBHUB - "Where Fans Buy and Sell Tickets." Service which acts as an online marketplace for buyers and sellers of tickets for sports, concerts, theater and other live entertainment events at fair market value, even for events that happen to be sold out.
• study concludes we can only have five best friends - engadget.
• Study links sugary drinks to male hair loss - "A new Nutrients journal study explored the association between sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption and Male pattern hair loss (MPHL) in young men in China."
• Study restores link between tattoos and anger - The Guardian.
• Study reveals striking differences in brains of modern humans & Neanderthals - "Results believed to be first compelling evidence that modern humans were cognitively better than Neanderthals."
• Study says e-cigarettes increase risk of cancer and heart disease - "No matter how you get your nicotine, it could damage your DNA."
• STUMBLEUPON - personalized recommendations to help you discover the best of the web.
• Sturgeon Moon: Supermoon pictures from around the world - "Stargazers across the world were treated to a bigger and brighter full Moon than usual on Tuesday night."
• Styling Politicians in the Age of Image Wars - The Business of Fashion.
• Submersible superyachts for billionaires: This Austrian company wants to build them - "The superyacht that turns into a submarine and can stay submerged for four weeks. There’s been a trend in recent years for billionaire basements – subterranean extensions to the homes of the rich and famous, where they can bunker down and live large. Now an Austrian company wants to extend this opportunity for deep-dive delights to the world of superyachts, by building customized private submersibles that can descend 250 meters (820 feet) beneath the ocean surface and remain submerged for up to four weeks."
• Successful people with monotonous wardrobes - The Telegraph.
• Succession: Did the poster give it away? The 12 clues that foreshadowed Succession’s ultimate winner - "From a specific catchphrase to some revealing marketing materials, maybe the victor of Jesse Armstrong’s drama was in plain sight all along. Here are the signs we should have spotted."
• ‘Succession’ Nailed the Unreal Way We Live Now - "The show captured the terrifying, mesmerizing interplay between fact and fiction and turned it into great television." The New York Times.
• Succession: ‘Your earlobes are thick & chewy, like barnacle meat!’ Succession’s all-time best zingers - "From sweary nicknames to sarcastic putdowns, the Roys have cornered the market in sick burns. Here are 40 of the best - but which is your favourite?"
• 'Succession' star glues hand to Starbucks counter in protest - "Actor and activist James Cromwell has gone from 'Succession’s' Uncle Ewan to real-life supergluin’ - pasting his hand to a midtown Manhattan Starbucks counter on Tuesday to protest the coffee chain’s extra charge for plant-based milk."
• SUEZ CANAL authority - the official web site of the Suez Canal.
• Suez Canal blockage explored in numbers - "The numbers are big."
• Suez Canal: How did they move the Ever Given? - "Efforts to free a container ship wedged diagonally across the Suez Canal have succeeded."
• Suez Canal is being widened. Will it be enough to stop another ship getting stuck? - "The 30-kilometer-long area will be widened by 40 meters (131 feet) to the east and deepened to 72 feet, up from 66 feet, according to the SCA. Plans also include extending the second lane near the Great Bitter Lake, which opened in 2015, by 10 kilometers (6 miles) - allowing two-way traffic along an 82 kilometer (51 mile) stretch."
• Sugar can cause brain damage, claim scientists (but salmon reverses it) - The Telegraph.
• Sugar Industry Long Downplayed Potential Harms - The New York Times.
• ‘Suicide pod’ could be used in the UK if assisted dying legalised - "A 3D-printed portable machine that suffocates a user with nitrogen at the press of a button could become available if bill passes."
• Summer solstice 2024 - in pictures - "Summer has started in the northern hemisphere. A summer solstice occurs for Earth’s upper half when the northern hemisphere is angled most closely toward the sun. The summer solstice marks the longest day and shortest night of the year."
• Summer solstice: Everything you need to know about the longest day of the year - "The summer solstice is Wednesday, June 21. It’s the longest day and shortest night in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s also the first official day of summer."
• Sun Protection Factor (SPF) - "SPF is a measure of how much solar energy (UV radiation) is required to produce sunburn on protected skin (i.e., in the presence of sunscreen) relative to the amount of solar energy required to produce sunburn on unprotected skin. As the SPF value increases, sunburn protection increases."
• Sunday Times Giving List 2022 - "Find out who made the 2022 Sunday Times Giving List. Download the full list of the top 100 philanthropists in the UK."
• Sunday Times Rich List 2023 - "With the first fall in billionaires since the financial crash, is the party finally over?"
• Sunscreen: Are You Wearing Sunscreen the Right Way? - "You should wear sunscreen on any exposed parts of your body year-round, regardless of your skin tone, and even on days that are cloudy or cold."
• SUNSCREEN CHEMICALS SOAK ALL THE WAY INTO YOUR BLOODSTREAM - Wired.
• SUNSCREEN: How Sunscreen Became Controversial - "Wearing sunscreen every day sounds like a no-brainer piece of health advice. Research suggests regular sunscreen use reduces the risk of potentially deadly skin cancers like melanoma, as well as visible signs of skin aging. The American Academy of Dermatology states its position in no uncertain terms: Everyone should wear sunscreen every day they’ll be outside. But there’s been mounting pushback to that idea in recent years, mainly due to concerns about the health risks associated with chemicals in many popular sunscreens."
• Sunscreen is Damaging Coral Reefs - Everything You Should Know About It - "With up to 14,000 tons of sunscreen being washed off people into oceans each year, it’s time for all of us to understand how sunscreen damages coral reefs. Our simple and allegedly healthy habit of putting on lotion before exposing ourselves to UV radiations is indeed taking its toll on marine life and biodiversity."
• Sunscreen Is the Only Anti-Aging Product You Need - "The sun’s rays cause the majority of skin changes as you grow older. Here’s how sunscreen helps prevent the damage." The New York Times.
• Super Blood Moon to Make Last Appearance Until 2033
• Super Bowl 2024 was most watched US TV broadcast since 1969 Moon landing - "This year's Super Bowl was watched by an average of 123.4 million people in the US, making it the most watched broadcast since the 1969 Moon landing."
• Super Bowl TV Commercials Reign, Even in a Digital World - The Wall Street Journal.
• Super flower blood moon - in pictures - "Dramatic total lunar eclipse coincided with a super moon, when the moon is at its closest point to Earth and reflects a red and orange light."
• super-rich love understated dressing - "Quiet 'stealth-luxe' fashion is dominating runways and TV screens - but why now? Clare Thorp explores the low-key, under-the-radar world of stealth wealth."
• super-rich's sensational planes, trains, automobiles & yachts - "Billionaires like to go from A to B in supreme comfort and style, and think nothing of splurging on the finest and most exclusive modes of transport imaginable. Click or scroll through to reveal the private jets, opulent trains, prestige cars and magnificent megayachts of the planet's richest people."
• superbugs could make Covid pandemic look ‘minor’, expert warns - "Common infections will kill millions if drug resistance through misuse of antibiotics is not curbed, says England’s ex-chief medical officer."
• Superheroes: Born in New York City - The New York Times.
• Supermoon & Other Moons That Are Super - The New York Times.
• supermoon: Full harvest supermoon also creates a partial lunar eclipse - "Sky-gazers around the world were able to glimpse a partial lunar eclipse while September’s full harvest moon shone brightly Tuesday night. The moon peaked at its fullest at 10:35 p.m. ET Tuesday, but will appear full through Thursday morning, according to NASA. Upcoming celestial events."
• supermoon hype - The Guardian.
• Supermoon lights up night skies around the world - "Skywatchers around the world have enjoyed stunning views of this month's Supermoon, when the Moon appears larger and brighter."
• Supermoon lights up the sky around the world 2024 - "The first of four full supermoons this year has lit up the night skies around the world. In some places, the supermoon - also a blue moon - turned red due to smoke from wildfires in North America. Smoke particles mean that light passing through the atmosphere is scattered in such a way that the orange and red colours of the spectrum are more visible than usual. Blue moons are not that common - it's thought this is where the phrase 'once in a blue moon' comes from. The full moons of September, October - the closest moon this year - and November will also be supermoons."
• Supermoon sightings around the world 2022 - "Photos of the supermoon, thunder moon, buck moon on July 13, 2022."
• Supersonic, nuclear, with lasers: the future of flight - CNN travel.
• supersonic travel: America’s skies may soon open up to supersonic travel. But there’s still a big problem - "The skies over the United States could be wide open for much faster air travel in the near future. Not just because passenger planes capable of breaking the sound barrier are in development - for the first time ever, they could be allowed to do it over American soil."
• Supplements Don’t Fight Cognitive Decline, N.I.H. Study Says - The New York Times.
• Survival Skills for a Job You Detest - The New York Times.
• ‘Sushi terrorism’ sees Japan’s conveyor belt restaurants grind to a halt - "Chains across the country have taken action after viral videos showed people licking communal bottles and touching passing food."
• Sushi: These Are the Most Overrated & Underrated Types of Sushi - "Here are some very raw opinions from actual sashimi masters around the country."
• Sustainable smartphones calling? The eco-friendly new design rules to extend the life of your handset - "EU legislation will herald greener devices, with greater longevity for software and access to user-replaceable parts."
• Suzanne Somers, Original Influencer? - "Before Goop, There Was Suzanne Somers." Long before influencers took over, the actress went from sitcom fame to cheerleader for supplements, exercise fads and sexual wellness, with great success.
• Svalbard Global Seed Vault - "Way up north, in the permafrost, 1300 kilometers beyond the Arctic Circle, is the world's largest secure seed storage, opened by the Norwegian Government in February 2008. From all across the globe, crates of seeds are sent here for safe and secure long-term storage in cold and dry rock vaults."
• Svalbard’s mysterious ‘doomsday’ seed vault offers first glimpse inside with virtual tour - "Buried in Arctic permafrost, the collection safeguards the world’s crop species - and is a magnet for conspiracy theories. Now the public can take a look around."
• Sweden & Norway rethink cashless society plans over Russia security fears - "Rise in hybrid warfare and cyber-attacks blamed on pro-Russia groups prompt Nordic neighbours to backpedal."
• Sweden bans cameras on drones - BBC.
• Sweden distributes 'be prepared for war' leaflet to all 4.8m homes - The Guardian.
• Sweden reclaims place names from IKEA - "Bolmen: your toilet brush. Toftan: your trash can. Misterhult: your bamboo lamp. Those exotic-sounding names that IKEA gives your household products are familiar words to Swedish speakers - often, they're named after famous destinations. And now, the Swedish tourist board is reclaiming those names in a new marketing campaign, designed to get people knowing the elegant originals, as well as the knock-offs."
• Swedish Death Cleaning is not about dusting or mopping up; it is about a permanent form of organization that makes your everyday life run more smoothly. Marie Kondo asked us to part with anything that didn’t spark joy when we touched it. The Bullet Journal turned scrapbooking into an organization system. So it’s not out of the realm of possibilities that one of these days you’ll find yourself partaking in a new cleaning exercise designed to essentially help you prepare for death.
• Swedish Death Cleaning Checklist - "Move over, Marie Kondo. Step aside, hygge. There’s a new kind of minimalism on the block. While Swedish Death Cleaning may sound like some kind of morbid crime scene cleanup, it’s actually a thoughtful and effective approach to decluttering."
• Swiss 'passports' for €20 - CNN style.
• Swiss police seize 500kg of cocaine at Nespresso factory - "Workers at plant in Romont alert authorities to mysterious white powder found in sacks of coffee beans."
• Swiss Watches Are Held Hostage During Divorce Proceedings - "Married Swiss watch collectors, beware: these treasured timepieces can cause cataclysmic custody battles in divorce court. As New York-based marital law attorney Peter Bronstein related, 'I have a case now in which a wife who was unhappy with her situation went to the family safe and removed a collection of watches that clearly belonged to the husband and moved them to a vault box that’s under her control before she filed divorce papers.' Bronstein, who is representing the husband, had a watch expert for his client’s side value his collection at over $600,000."
• Switzerland at risk of EU blacklist after Credit Suisse leak - "Apparent due diligence failures by Swiss bank prompts centre-right calls for EU to review relationship with Switzerland."
• Switzerland: Best Country in the World - The New York Times.
• Switzerland has lost 10% of its glaciers in just two years in 'catastrophic' ice melt, study shows - "The country has lost as much ice in the last two years as it did in the three decades before 1990, researchers said, describing the ice melt as catastrophic."
• Switzerland to build world's tallest timber residential tower - "World's tallest timber residential tower to be built. The project, named Rocket&Tigerli, will consist of four buildings including one that boasts a 100-meter-tall (328-foot) tower. The development will be built in the Swiss city of Winterthur, which is located near Zurich."
• Switzerland's ingenious cooling caves - "Nothing is more representative of Ticino life than its 'grottos', village taverns whose forerunners were natural caves used to store wine, cheese and meat."
• switzerland's mysterious fourth language - BBC travel.
• Switzerland’s New Passport Is So Stunning, It Belongs in a Museum - "The EU country might have the 5th strongest passport in the world, but they also have the most gorgeous passport now, with this new design unveiled by Geneva-based studio RETINAA. Switzerland’s next-generation passport transforms a travel document into an intricate, almost poetic celebration of the country’s identity."
• Switzerland's plan to stop stockpiling coffee proves hard to swallow - "The Swiss are nothing if not well-prepared. Theirs is a country with a nuclear bunker for every household, a country that tests its air raid sirens every year, and a country that, although one of the wealthiest in the world, stockpiles thousands of tonnes of goods in case of an emergency - including coffee."
• SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE GETS REDESIGNED BY 10 ICONIC ARCHITECTS USING AI FOR ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY - "You can tell how iconic a building is by A. How many people pose in front of it, but more so by B. How many magnets/keychains get made with the building on it. Paris has the Eiffel, NY has the Statue of Liberty, Agra has the Taj Mahal, and Sydney has the Opera House. Designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, the iconic multi-venue performing arts center was officially opened on October 20, 1973, becoming an indelible part of the city’s skyline with its modern expressionist style. This year (and month) marks the 50th anniversary of the Opera House and to celebrate it, the folks at Imagined Architecture decided to give it an AI-driven facelift. Here’s what the Opera House would look like if it were reimagined by some of the most legendary architects of our time."
• Sydney records hottest November night on record - "Sydney has recorded its hottest November night on record, with daytime temperatures expected to hit 40C on Sunday."
• Sydney's plan to be ‘the New Year’s Eve Capital of the World’ - "Why this city considers itself the world's capital of New Year's Eve."
• Sylvester Stallone's Grandmaster Chime Sells For $5.4 Million, Evaluating Vintage Patek Philippe Condition & More From New York - "Up close and way too personal with three Patek 1463 chronographs to discuss condition."
• synthetic coffee revolution: are ground date seeds really as delicious as the real thing? - "Your daily caffeine habit is not good for the planet. Thankfully, researchers are finding alternatives to ground coffee beans."
• Syria in maps: Who controls the country now Assad has gone? - "In just two weeks, Syrian rebels have swept from their enclave in the north west to capture a string of major cities, before reaching the capital Damascus and toppling President Bashar al-Assad 13 years after the start of the country's civil war."

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• Taiwan announces plan to pay tourists to visit - "As travel returns with a bang, but rising airfares are making long-haul journeys difficult for many, destinations are doing all they can to encourage visitors to come and boost their economies. The latest is Taiwan, which is planning to offer tourists $165 each to vacation there. Cash rewards will also be offered to tour groups to encourage them to visit the island."
• Taiwan issues first war survival handbook amid China threat - "Taiwan's military released a handbook on civil defence for the first time on Tuesday, giving citizens survival guidance in a war scenario as Russia's invasion of Ukraine focuses attention on how the island should respond to China's pressure."
• Take the 30-Second Power Test - "You need more than strength to age well - you also need power. Here's how to measure how much you have. Start a timer for 30 seconds and count how many times you can move from sitting to standing. Men over 65 should be able to do 12 or more; women over 65 should do 11 or more. If you score below that, you may be low on power."
• Taliban are sitting on $1 trillion worth of minerals the world desperately needs - "Supplies of minerals such as iron, copper and gold are scattered across provinces. There are also rare earth minerals and, perhaps most importantly, what could be one of the world's biggest deposits of lithium - an essential but scarce component in rechargeable batteries and other technologies vital to tackling the climate crisis."
• Taliban start buying blue ticks on Twitter - "The Taliban have started using Twitter's paid-for verification feature, meaning some now have blue ticks on their accounts."
• Talking to Your Therapist About Election Anxiety - The New York Times.
• ‘Tampongate’ was just ‘two middle-aged lovers being sweet’, says The Crown star - "Dominic West, who plays then Prince of Wales in new series of the drama, says his views on incident changed after filming storyline."
• Tangier’s new dawn – from artists' haven to boom town - "Loved by Matisse and Jagger, Tangier is trying to reinvent itself as a Moroccan Saint-Tropez with a new port, marina and vast hotels."
• Tantalum: The Hidden Treasure of Modern Metals - "While tantalum is not a precious metal, its mere existence as a case or bracelet is precious in every sense, demanding both significant expertise and expense."
• Tara Reade: Biden sex attack accuser urges him to quit race - "A woman who accuses Democratic White House candidate Joe Biden of sexually assaulting her 27 years ago has called on him to quit the presidential race."
• Tara Reade details assault claim against Joe Biden in Megyn Kelly interview - "Former staffer discusses allegation in in-depth interview with the former Fox News and NBC host."
• Tara Reade: What are the sex attack allegations against Joe Biden? - "Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden faces mounting calls to respond to a sexual assault allegation against him by a former employee."
• TARGET MAP - free online mapping tool. Create & share customized data maps on Googlemaps.
• tarot cards through the ages - in pictures - "From trippy psychedelic towers to African American icons, the centuries-old tradition of tarot cards is explored in a new book from Taschen."
• Tartiflette - "This gooey, creamy baked casserole of potatoes, cream, cheese, bacon, and onions is true French mountain food."
• tastiest hotels around the world - "For gastronomes on vacation, few places feature cuisine more high end than Michelin-starred restaurants in the world’s finest hotels and resorts. From Bangkok to Piedmont and Hanoi to Tokyo, these ridiculously lovely hotels let you indulge in the finest culinary arts, enjoy world class wines and then stagger back to the comfort of your room. Here are 20 of the finest tables around the world, some of the dishes you can expect to enjoy, and the rooms in which to lay your head after an epic feast. Just bear in mind that menus change with the seasons - and culinary inspiration - so the dishes mentioned here may not necessarily be available on your visit."
• tattoo removal became a booming business - "‘Like being burned with cooking oil.’ As ink surges in popularity, so does regret - but despite improvements to the process, erasing body art remains difficult."
• Tatler's guide to snobbery - The Guardian.
• Tax evasion: blacklist of 21 countries with 'golden passport' schemes published - "OECD says schemes selling either residency or citizenship threaten efforts to combat tax evasion."
• Tax havens explained: How the rich hide money - interactive.
• Tax rates: Mapped - Top Personal Income Tax Rates in Europe in 2024 - "European countries typically use a progressive tax system, where higher income brackets are taxed at higher rates, with the top rate applying only to income above a set threshold. These are the highest personal income tax rates of each European country."
• Tax the rich: these one percenters want people like them to pay higher taxes - "Members of the Patriotic Millionaires say the income gap in the US has become a disaster – and it’s time to ‘take that money back’."
• Taylor Swift claims she offsets her travel carbon footprint - "Taylor Swift has been criticised for her private plane usage, but claims to have bought double the amount of carbon credits needed to offset her flights for the Eras Tour."
• Why Taylor Swift is a literary giant - by a Shakespeare professor - "Sir Jonathan Bate is a world authority on the Bard - and a long-time fanboy of the American singer. Here, he shall compare her (favourably) to the greats of poetry and prose. Plus, play our lyric-guessing game."
• Taylor Swift joins world's richest on billionaire list - "Taylor Swift has joined Elon Musk as ranking among the world's 2,781 wealthiest people with a collective wealth of $14.2 trillion, according to a new rich list."
• Tech bosses grilled over claims of 'harmful' power - "Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google face claims of 'harmful' power. The heads of some of the world's biggest tech companies have appeared before Washington lawmakers to defend their firms against claims they abuse their power to quash competitors."
• Tech companies put on notice as Australia passes world-first social media ban for under-16s - "Australia’s parliament has passed a world-first law banning social media for children under 16, putting tech companies on notice to tighten security before a cut-off date that’s yet to be set."
• Tech neck: what are smartphones doing to our bodies? - "Bending your head to use a phone stresses the spine, say chiropractors – and that’s not the only way the devices are injuring and changing us."
• Tech You Need to Travel Better - The New York Times.
• Tech’s Damaging Myth of the Loner Genius Nerd - The New York Times.
• Tech’s Frightful Five: They’ve Got Us - The New York Times.
• TECHCRUNCH - "Leading technology media property, dedicated to obsessively profiling startups, reviewing new Internet products, and breaking tech news."
• Technology in 2050: will it save humanity - or destroy us? - "Amid the calamitous effects of climate change, artificial intelligence could make the difference between a livable future or a dystopian one."
• Technology is the great luxury destroyer - The Verge.
• Technology has meant we have an attention span less than that of a goldfish - Daily Mail.
• technology is diminishing us - The Guardian.
• Technology, While Not a Fountain of Youth, Can Make Aging Safer - The New York Times.
• TECHNORATI - search engine for searching blogs. "The leading blog search engine and directory, Technorati.com indexes more than a million blogs. The site has become the definitive source for the top stories, opinions, photos and videos emerging across news, entertainment, technology, lifestyle, sports, politics and business. Technorati.com tracks not only the authority and influence of blogs, but also the most comprehensive and current index of who and what is most popular in the Blogosphere."
• TED | Technology, Entertainment & Design - founded in 1984. "Ideas worth spreading. Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world." The events are now held in Long Beach and Palm Springs in the U.S. and in Europe and Asia, offering live streaming of the talks. They address a wide range of topics within the research and practice of science and culture, often through storytelling. The speakers are given a maximum of 18 minutes to present their ideas in the most innovative and engaging ways they can. Since June 2006, the talks have been offered for free viewing online. As of November 2011, over 1,050 talks are available free online.
• Ted Cruz: President Trump would nuke Denmark - Politico.
• teddy bear test & other challenges facing the rich who try to flee high-tax states - Los Angeles Times.
• TEFAF Art Market Report 2014 - "The global art market, with a focus on the US and China."
• Telegram Became a Playground for Criminals, Extremists & Terrorists - "Drug dealers, scammers and white nationalists openly conduct business and spread toxic speech on the platform, according to a Times analysis of more than 3.2 million Telegram messages."
• Telegram: 'The dark web in your pocket' - "'There is no doubt that criminality is happening on other social networks too, but my experiment hints at a broader problem that many in law enforcement have been concerned about for years. Here is a flavour of some of the groups to which I have found myself added.'"
• Temu: Bargain-hungry Americans are flocking to Temu & making its Chinese owner very rich - "PDD Holdings, the owner of Temu and Pinduoduo, is blowing past market expectations with a massive surge in profit and revenue as American and Chinese consumers swarm its bargain shopping apps for low-cost products. The Shanghai-based company reported Wednesday that net profit soared 246% to 28 billion yuan ($3.9 billion) in the first quarter of 2024, more than double the average analyst estimate of 12.62 billion yuan ($1.7 billion), according to LSEG data. The strong results boosted shares of PDD’s (PDD) Nasdaq-listed shares Wednesday, propelling its market value past $204 billion and making it China’s most valuable e-commerce company, ahead of Alibaba (BABA)."
• Temu is shaking up the world of online shopping - "The company, which sells everything from clothes to electronics and furniture, first launched in the US in 2022 and later in the UK and the rest of the world. It's 'Amazon on steroids,' says retail analyst Neil Saunders, and with the tagline 'shop like a billionaire' it has exploded in popularity, shipping to 49 countries worldwide. Since then, it has consistently topped global app download charts, with just under 152 million Americans using it every month, according to data gathered by analyst SimilarWeb."
• Temu: New online superstore surpasses Amazon & Walmart to become most downloaded app in US - "Temu, which runs an online superstore for virtually everything - from home goods to apparel to electronics - unveiled a commercial during the game that encouraged consumers to 'shop like a billionaire.'"
• Tencent is building a Monaco-sized 'city of the future' in Shenzhen - "Dubbed 'Net City,' the 2-million-square-meter (22-million-square-foot) urban development will prioritize pedestrians, green spaces and self-driving vehicles, according to its designers."
• Terms & Conditions May Apply - 2013 documentary that discusses how corporations and the government utilize the information that users provide when agreeing to browse a website, install an application or purchase goods online. It discusses the language used in user-service agreements on the web, how they collect information, and the usage of the information.
• Tesla Cybertruck is impressive & worrying - "The Tesla Cybertruck looks like nothing else on the road. And its size – it's not quite as long as a Ford F-150 but somehow looks even bigger - is even more eye-catching. There's a lot to like about the Cybertruck, but it also embodies a disturbing level of individual arrogance in hard, unforgiving steel."
• Tesla Cybertruck: That Strange Piece of Metal Origami Embodies All of Elon Musk’s Flaws - "His ethos and approach to running Tesla are embodied by his pet project, the Cybertruck. Though it fits the technical definition of a truck (it has a bed), the vehicle looks more like an origami version of an El Camino. Mr. Musk suggested its stainless steel exterior might be bulletproof; some owners say it rusts."
• Tesla Effect: Snowmobiles, Boats & Mowers Go Electric - "They’re quieter and better for the climate. But snow and water create new technological challenges for designers."
• Tesla owners told not to wear Apple virtual reality headsets while driving - "Tesla owners have been reminded to keep their eyes on the road after videos of drivers wearing Apple's virtual reality headset have gone viral."
• Tesla shareholders approve CEO Elon Musk’s $45bn pay package - "Billionaire tells shareholders ‘hot damn, I love you guys’ after retaining largest-ever executive pay package at US-listed firm."
• Tesla Shareholders Upheld Elon Musk’s Sky-High Pay - "Tesla shareholders on Thursday voted to reaffirm a roughly $48 billion compensation package for Elon Musk, which was originally approved in 2018 and was nullified by a judge early this year."
• Tesla Solar Roof - "Solar Roof complements your home’s architecture while turning sunlight into electricity. With an integrated Powerwall battery, energy collected during the day is stored and made available any time, effectively turning your home into a personal utility. Glass solar tiles are so durable they are warrantied for the lifetime of your house, or infinity, whichever comes first."
• Tesla unveils residential ‘solar roof’ - The Verge.
• TESLA WILL LIVE & DIE BY THE GIGAFACTORY - "Inside the massive factory where Tesla will soon make 60 percent of the world’s lithium-ion batteries."
• Tesla’s Cybertruck Enters a Crowded Market - Pickup or Lunar Lander? - "Two years behind schedule, the electric model has an unusual design that sets it apart from rival pickups, which could limit its sales."
• Tesla’s fate hinges on the Model 3 - The Verge.
• Tesla’s ‘upgradable’ battery may change the way we buy cars - The Verge.
• Teslas crash more than gas-powered cars. Here’s why - "The increase in incidents is highest during the first year or so after drivers get the new electric vehicle, but then tapers off after that, according to LexisNexis, presumably as people get used to driving the new model. There is much less of a problem when a driver changes from a gasoline-powered vehicle to another gas-powered one, they found."
• test reveals risk of Alzheimer’s disease in just three hours - The Telegraph.
• Test Your Book Smarts - The New York Times.
• Test Your Focus: Can You Spend 10 Minutes With One Painting? - "Focus Is a Skill. We’ll Help You Practice."
• Test Your ‘Star Wars’ Knowledge - The New York Times.
• Test Yourself: 5 Questions From an 8th-Grade Math Test
• Test yourself with the Sweet 16 puzzle - The Guardian.
• Tethered to Technology - The New York Times.
• Tetris Shown to Lessen PTSD & Flashbacks - Scientific American.
• Texans can now openly carry guns in public without a permit or training - "A new pro-gun law in Texas that went into effect Wednesday allows most Texans who legally own a firearm to carry it openly in public without obtaining a permit or training, a measure that experts say will make it more challenging for law enforcement to protect the public from gun violence."
• Text messages that end in a period seen as less sincere - ScienceDaily.
• Thanksgiving Classics - The New York Times.
• Thanksgiving for All - "Build a Feast to Please Everyone."
• THE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD - TIME.com.
• THE AL CAPONE METHOD - definition & explanation.
• The art of drinking Pinot Noir - "It’s called the heartbreak grape, not only because it’s tricky to grow, is picky about its soil, doesn’t like the heat and is so thin-skinned that it’s susceptible to mildew, rot, frost, but also because fine Pinot wine is just so hard to find. All too often it flatters to deceive and just when you’ve found a great one, you try another only to leave cruelly disappointed, suffering from what I term post-Pinot tristesse. Don’t you hear the devil’s laughter?"
• The Art of Manliness - authored by husband and wife team, Brett and Kate McKay. It features articles on helping men be better husbands, better fathers, and better men. In our search to uncover the lost art of manliness, we’ll look to the past to find examples of manliness in action. We’ll analyze the lives of great men who knew what it meant to “man up” and hopefully learn from them. And we’ll talk about the skills, manners, and principles that every man should know.
• The Awesomer - daily blog filled with awesome stuff for awesome people. Initially conceptualized as a gadget shopping blog, it’s now more or less a massive repository for whatever we find interesting. We’re like that closet that you throw everything into, albeit a bit more organized, and minus the ratty tee you’ve worn since freshman year. In short, The Awesomer samples a bit of everything – from gadgets to cars, from clothing to video games. The more interesting/funky/goofy, the better.
• The battle for the internet's future - "The fight to keep the internet free and open for everyone. Connecting the world is seen as a humanitarian mission for some technology evangelists – but ensuring a free and open web is a harder problem to solve."
• The Beatles created a painting together while on tour in Japan. Now it’s up for auction - "That painting, believed by some experts to be the only artwork jointly made by all four Beatles (or at least signed by all four), will be up for sale at Christie’s auction house in New York on February 1."
• The Ben Affleck Scandal Meter - The New York Times.
• The Best Passports To Have For Unrestricted Travel Around The World - The Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index.
• The best way to brush your teeth - "Brushing your teeth effectively lowers your chances of getting a host of chronic diseases, as well as keeping your teeth and gums healthy. But the majority of us are doing it wrong."
• The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies - "The attack by Chinese spies reached almost 30 U.S. companies, including Amazon and Apple, by compromising America’s technology supply chain, according to extensive interviews with government and corporate sources."
• The Big Search to Find Out Where Dogs Come From - The New York Times.
• The Big Sleep: The most baffling film ever made - "Film noir The Big Sleep was released 75 years ago. While its plot has been criticised as 'cryptic' and 'confusing', that can also be a virtue, writes Nicholas Barber, arguing that we should embrace ambiguity."
• The biggest mistakes people make when choosing a life partner - Quartz.
• The Black List - since 2005. The Black List is where filmmakers find great material to make films and great material finds filmmakers to make them. "Every December, we survey over 600 production company and film financier executives about their most liked screenplays and aggregate the responses for the industry and the public."
• The Black Tie Guide - "A Gentleman's Guide to Evening Wear."
• The Bomb Didn’t Beat Japan... Stalin Did - Foreign Policy.
• The boss crush phenomenon: random, brutal & outrageous - ft.com.
• The 'can do' attitude that defines Hong Kong - "Many of Hong Kong's 7.4 million residents remain proud of their 'Lion Rock Spirit': a collective determination to better their lives against seemingly insurmountable odds."
• THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY - "Investigative journalism from a nonprofit newsroom."
• The Charitable-Industrial Complex - by Peter Buffett.
• The Civilized and the Damned - The New York Times.
• The Close Ties Between Exercise and Beer - The New York Times.
• THE COMPACT - 1) to go beyond recycling in trying to counteract the negative global environmental and socioeconomic impacts of U.S. consumer culture, to resist global corporatism, and to support local businesses, farms, etc; 2) to reduce clutter and waste in our homes (as in trash Compact-er); 3) to simplify our lives.
• The Complicated Sisterhood of Jackie Kennedy & Lee Radziwill - Vanity Fair.
• The Complicated Truth About What U.S. Citizenship Means Today - TIME Magazine.
• The Cool Hunter - "Roaming the USA and the Globe, so You're in the Know." Celebrates creativity in all of its modern manifestations. Since its inception in 2004 The Cool Hunter has become the world's most-read culture and design site, a leading authority on all things creative and a truly global hub for what's cool, thoughtful, innovative and original. We value global relevance, not trends, channeling our discoveries to our worldwide audience.
• The Corporate Takeover of the Red Cross - ProPublica.
• The Cultivist - "The world’s only global arts club offering uniquely privileged access to every aspect of the art world." With a single card, you glide through museums, galleries and art fairs worldwide: no tickets, no bookings, no complications.
• The Cyberthreat Under the Street - The New York Times.
• The damaging resurgence of Heroin Chic - "As the Kardashians ditch their BBLs and curves for a ‘skinnier look’, recent changes in body image trends seem to be reverting back to the 2000s love of the slim physique and heroin chic."
• The Dangers of Happiness - The New York Times.
• The definitive list of what everyone likes on Facebook - The Verge.
• The Destruction of Mecca - Ziauddin Sardar | The New York Times.
• The Doomsday Scam - The New York Times.
• The Dream Life of Driverless Cars - The New York Times.
• The Drone Papers - "The Intercept has obtained a cache of secret documents detailing the inner workings of the U.S. military’s assassination program in Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia."
• The earliest use of the F-word discovered - Medievalists.
• The Eddie | 'Super Bowl of surfing' - "Also known as The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational, is a big wave surfing tournament held at Waimea Bay on the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii."
• The Eight-Second Attention Span - The New York Times.
• THE EMILY POST INSTITUTE - offers etiquette and manners advice.
• The Explorers Club - founded on October 25, 1905. American-based international multidisciplinary professional society dedicated to the advancement of field research. The club was founded in New York City, and has served as a meeting point for explorers and scientists worldwide, all of whom are united in the ideal that it is vital to preserve the instinct to explore.
• The Explorers Club Once Served Mammoth at a Meal. Or Did It? - The New York Times.
• The Father of Online Anonymity Has a Plan to End the Crypto War - Wired.
• The First-Ever Glimpse Inside Google’s Data Centers - Where the Internet Lives.
• THE FIX - "addiction and recovery, straight up."
• The Formula For Perfect Parallel Parking
• THE FREE DICTIONARY - free online dictionary, thesaurus and encyclopedia.
• THE FREE LIBRARY - FREE ONLINE LIBRARY (19,266,820 articles & books: March 21, 2010): news, magazines, newspapers, journals, reference articles and classic books.
• The Freecycle Network - "Changing the world one gift at a time." A non-profit organization registered in the state of Arizona, USA, and separately registered as a UK charity, that organizes a worldwide network of "gifting" groups, aiming to divert reusable goods from landfills. It provides a worldwide online registry, and coordinates the creation of local groups and forums for individuals and non-profits to offer and receive free items for reuse or recycling, promoting gift economics as a motivating cultural outlook.
• The Frothy Saga of the Jacuzzi Family - "An immigrant story, an American dream, a machine that defined bourgeois sensuality. Candido Jacuzzi didn’t set out to turn his last name into a global brand. Nor did he intend to power a business which, though it created the family fortune, nearly tore them apart. He just wanted to ease the physical pain suffered by his son, any way he could." The New York Times.
• The Future Is Not What It Used To Be - Steve Jobs.
• THE GAIA HYPOTHESIS
• the Garrick, the Elite Men-Only London Club Rocked by Criticism - "Founded in 1831, the opulent private club has long guarded its membership list closely. A leak this month caused a scandal."
• THE GATES NOTES - "The Official Site of Bill Gates."
• THE GENOGRAPHIC PROJECT - trace your ancestry with DNA.
• The globe of economic complexity - dynamically maps out the entire world production of goods to create an economic landscape of countries around the globe. A map created by Harvard University researchers visualises the trillions of dollars worth of trade exchanged between all the world's economies.
• The government owns £3.5 billion worth of art - but only 3 per cent of it is on display.
• THE GREAT COURSES - Audio & Video Lectures from The World's Best Professors - Amazon.com. As of 2013 the company offers more than 450 courses, which span more than 10,000 hours of content across several subject categories: business and economics, fine arts, music, ancient and medieval history, modern history, literature and English language, philosophy and intellectual history, religion, science, mathematics, social sciences, and better living.
• The great digital-age swindle - The Guardian.
• The Great Gatsby is the world's most misunderstood novel - "'No one had the slightest idea what the book was about'. The Great Gatsby is synonymous with parties, glitz and glamour – but this is just one of many misunderstandings about the book that began with its first publication a century ago, in April 1925."
• The great teddy bear shipwreck mystery - "In 1903, 3,000 teddy bears were sent by ship from Germany to America only for them to disappear. Some claim the bears were the first ever made and would now be the most valuable in the world. So what happened to them?"
• The Great Wealth Transfer Is Encouraging Older Collectors to Sell Off Their Art Collections - "Over the next quarter century, some $73 trillion dollars will be passed from America’s Boomer generation to its Gen X and Millennial children in what has been dubbed 'The Great Wealth Transfer.' About half of that figure will go to just the top 1.5 percent of households, aka America’s collecting class."
• The Grid - "This is not another do-it-yourself website builder. The Grid harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to take everything you throw at it - videos, images, text, urls and more - and automatically shape them into a custom website unique to you."
• The Hague: This European City Has the Highest Quality of Life in the World for Climate, Safety & Health Care - "As of the mid-year 2024 review, The Hague (Den Haag), a city located near the North Sea in the Netherlands, is at the top of the list. And it's a position it's held for more than a year. As the findings show, The Hague scored an overall 223.8, with its highest marks in climate, health care, and safety."
• The Happiness Code - "A new approach to self-improvement is taking off in Silicon Valley: cold, hard rationality."
• THE HARRIS POLL - begun in 1963, The Harris Poll weekly column is one of the longest running; most respected proprietary surveys conducted by Harris Interactive measuring public opinion and is highly regarded throughout the world.
• The hidden meanings in wearing black - "The hidden meanings behind fashion's most dramatic colour. Through history, wearing black has signified power, rebellion, death, sex and more. Deborah Nicholls-Lee explores the inky depths of fashion's most timeless colour - and how Cristóbal Balenciaga made it iconic."
• The high-tech cop of the future is here today - The Kernel.
• the history of Twitter's rules - Motherboard.
• THE Hitler Pages - "Historical Hitler Sites."
• The Hoodwitch - "Everyday magic for the modern mystic."
• The Iliad by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson review - a bravura feat - "Six years on from her translation of the Odyssey, Wilson revels in the clarity and emotional clout of Homer’s battlefield epic."
• The Iliad: The ultimate story about war - "A new translation of Homer's Iliad has just been published by Emily Wilson, who was the first woman to translate The Odyssey into English. The classicist and author Natalie Haynes talks to her about what the epic poem can tell us today."
• The Illustrated History of Emojis - "The history behind the icons we know and love."
• The Importance of Recreational Math - The New York Times.
• The inconvenient truth about cancer & mobile phones - The Guardian.
• The Intercept - online publication launched in February 2014. Platform to report on the documents previously provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and fearless, adversarial journalism across a wide range of issues.
• The Isis papers: leaked documents show how Isis is building its state - The Guardian.
• The Kardashian index - "A measure of discrepant social media profile for scientists."
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• The KeyMaster - since 2023. "An EDC Tool that supports all your needs." Made from titanium for handling everything, your daily companion easy up your life, also a must-have outdoor tool with a folding blade.
• The Killing of Osama bin Laden - London Review of Books.
• THE KINSEY INSTITUTE - for research in sex, gender, and reproduction.
• The Knowledge, London’s Legendary Taxi-Driver Test, Puts Up a Fight in the Age of GPS - The New York Times.
• The Leaning Tower of Pisa was once tilting dangerously. Today it’s a different story - "This week, as the monument celebrated its 850th birthday, the tilting monument’s future appearances in jokey tourist photos was assured for years to come as its guardians gave it a clean bill of health."
• The Light-Beam Rider - 100th anniversary of Theory of Relativity.
• The Links - The Most Powerful Club in the World? - "When Dwight D. Eisenhower gave his farewell address in January 1961 he warned the country about the potential unwarranted influence of a growing “military-industrial-complex.” We just obtained a copy of the Links Club (the name of the club is technically The Links) by-laws and membership handbook from 1955 and looking through it made us think a lot about Eisenhower’s speech. He had to look no further than the membership roster of the club he was a member of to see almost the entire complex he was speaking about. The concentration of power within the club, which is located in a beautiful townhouse on East 62nd Street in New York City, is stunning."
• The Little Mermaid - "Now you can have her in your own garden or hall. The original Little Mermaid made by Edvard Eriksen. The Little Mermaid is sold in 3 sizes S, M and L - All made in bronze. The Little Mermaid is delivered all over the world."
• The lost art of the death mask - "The Western world was once obsessed with these macabre memorials."
• The Lost Explorer - "Live Curiously." Goods, apparel and things you didn’t know you needed.
• The lost nuclear bombs that no one can find - "The US has lost at least three nuclear bombs that have never been located - they're still out there to this day. How did this happen? Where could they be? And will we ever find them?"
• The Maddening and Brilliant Karl Lagerfeld - The New York Times.
• The Majesty of Jacquards - The New York Times.
• The man behind Kim Kardashian's Paper Magazine cover on how to break the internet - The Telegraph.
• The man who sleeps in Hitler’s bed - The Guardian.
• the man who visited every country in the world - without boarding a plane - "At 34, Torbjørn Pedersen embarked on a seemingly impossible journey that would take 10 years - and involve cerebral malaria and being held up at gunpoint. He reflects on the highs, the lows and the joy of getting married en route."
• The Mediterranean Diet: Is It the Food or the Lifestyle? - The New York Times.
• The most acceptable reasons to take a sick day revealed - The Independent.
• The most famous photoshopped images of all time - The Telegraph.
• 'The most significant development since the safety belt' - BBC.
• The most valuable substances in the world by weight - The Telegraph.
• The Most Wanted Fugitives Still On the Run - The New York Times.
• THE MOTH - "True Stories Told Live." The Moth is an acclaimed not-for-profit organization dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling. It is a celebration of both the raconteur, who breathes fire into true tales of ordinary life, and the storytelling novice, who has lived through something extraordinary and yearns to share it.
• The Mother of All Demos - name given retrospectively to Douglas Engelbart's December 9, 1968, demonstration of experimental computer technologies that are now commonplace. The live demonstration featured the introduction of the computer mouse, video conferencing, teleconferencing, hypertext, word processing, hypermedia, object addressing and dynamic file linking, and a collaborative real-time editor.
• The Muddied Meaning of ‘Mindfulness’ - The New York Times.
• The Mueller Report: The Comprehensive Findings of the Special Counsel - Amazon.com.
• The mysterious inner life of the octopus - "Octopuses are problem-solvers, mischief-makers and notorious escape artists. They also appear to have a rich inner life - so what is it like to be an octopus?"
• The mystery of billionaires’ long marriages - "It is remarkable how many of the super-successful have stuck by their first spouse."
• The Mystery of the Millionaire Metaphysician - Slate.
• The Mystery of Trump’s Suits, Solved - The New York Times.
• THE NEANDERTAL IN US - Max Planck Society.
• The New Trophy Wife - The Huffington Post.
• The Not-So-Universal Language of Laughter - Facebook.
• The New York Times runs Wordle now & stats are getting m-e-s-s-y - "Its FAQ says your win streak info should just transfer - but that’s not the case for everyone."
• The Official Bitcoin Billionaire's Handbook - "How to speak, act, and shop like a cryptocrat - even if you have no idea what a blockchain is."
• ‘The One’ In Los Angeles Could Become The Most Expensive Home Ever Sold In The U.S. At $295 Million - "Once valued at $500 million, The One mansion in Bel-Air is being sold for $295 million and will be on the open market until it is auctioned off by Concierge Auctions, an online auction marketplace, from February 28 to March 3. The home will be sold without reserve, meaning it will sell to the highest bidder. Even if it sells close to the price it’s listed at, it will surely break records. Currently, billionaire and hedge fund tycoon Ken Griffin’s $238 million New York penthouse in 2019 holds the record as the most expensive U.S. home ever sold."
• The One Question You Should Ask About Every New Job
• The Ongoing Mystery of Covid’s Origin - "We still don’t know how the pandemic started. Here's what we do know - and why it matters."
• The Only Six Stocks That Matter - The Wall Street Journal.
• The Panama Papers - "Politicians, Criminals and the Rogue Industry That Hides Their Cash." ICIJ.
• The Panama Papers - The Power Players: 140 politicians from 50 countries.
• The Paris Climate Accord - UN | FCCC.
• The Pen Is Mightier Than the Keyboard - "Advantages of Longhand Over Laptop Note Taking."
• The Pentagon’s ‘Terminator Conundrum’: Robots That Could Kill on Their Own - The New York Times.
• The philosophical problem of killing baby Hitler, explained - Vox.
• The pleasure-based guide to life online - "The Epicurean guide to digital life. It's an Ancient Greek philosophy known for its lessons on material existence and pleasure-seeking. So what might Epicureanism say about living well on social media and the internet?"
• The power of eccentric rituals - "Superstitious learning: Can 'lucky' rituals bring success? We love to mimic to the routines and rituals of the rich and famous - but they may be no more insightful than random behaviours."
• The radical practice of eating what you want - "‘Intuitive eating’ is an anti-diet that helps reconnect us to internal cues. But how does it work?"
• The real reason most late night talk show hosts sit behind a desk - "'It's less democratic, less egalitarian, if someone is sitting behind a desk in an elevated position, and his guests are not equal in stature in terms of how they're being seated,' production designer Keith Raywood said. Media scholar and professor of television and popular culture at Syracuse University Robert Thompson points out the setup 'leaves the guests to be fully exposed.' Cavett, whose talk show slots included late night, preferred to sit more casually on comfortable chairs with his guests, putting them on equal ground."
• The reasons humans started kissing - "Lip-on-lip kissing is not nearly as universal as we might think it is, so can the diverse number of ways that humans kiss reveal what it is about this intimate act that we find important?"
• The Reign of Recycling - The New York Times.
• The Right Dose of Exercise for the Aging Brain - The New York Times.
• The Rise of the ‘Bromosexual’ Friendship - The New York Times.
• The Rothschild Archive - established in 1978 by Victor, 3rd Lord Rothschild.
• The Royal Family Reads the Tabloids at Breakfast Every Morning, According to Prince Harry - "'It's laid out at breakfast when everyone comes together,' Harry told Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes."
• The ruining of Egypt - "Repression & the incompetence of Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi."
• The Science Behind the Dreaded Red Wine Headache - "A compound in grape skins called quercetin might disrupt alcohol metabolism, causing some people to get headaches after drinking red wine, a lab study suggests. That pain may stem from a compound called quercetin, which disrupts the body's ability to break down alcohol, scientists have discovered. Quercetin is an antioxidant found in fruit and vegetables, including grape skins, and some people take it as a supplement for its purported health benefits."
• The secret design of waiting lines - "Waiting game: An extended look at how we queue. You might have heard of a serpentine line, but did you know about jockeying and slips & skips? Enter the weird and wonderful world of waiting line design."
• The secret dossier of the Dreyfus Affair - released for the first time.
• The Secret History of SEAL Team 6: Quiet Killings & Blurred Lines - The New York Times.
• The secret of power napping - The Guardian.
• The secret to a long life - The New York Times.
• The secret to long-term fitness: six game-changing rules - The Guardian.
• The Shawshank Redemption: The 1994 flop that became the US's most beloved film - "How prison drama The Shawshank Redemption 'tanked at the box office' in 1994, but went on to become one of the most acclaimed films in the world. The Stephen King prison drama bombed commercially on its initial release in 1994, failing to claw back its modest budget. Now, many regard it as a cinematic masterpiece."
• The Simpsons: Tiananmen episode not found in Hong Kong - "An episode of The Simpsons that refers to the Tiananmen Square massacre is reported to be missing from Disney's streaming service in Hong Kong."
• The smart way to learn from failure - "Many of us make mistakes on endless repeat - but new insights can help us to learn valuable lessons from our failures."
• THE SMOKING GUN - large collection of public documents on crimes, celebrities, politicians, and the FBI.
• The Story Behind Our Most Requested Recipe Ever - The New York Times.
• The Strange Story of Napoleon's Wallpaper - Grand Illusions.
• The state of cyber security: we’re all screwed - The Guardian.
• the State of the Union 'Designated Survivor' - ABC News.
• The surprising benefits of a whodunnit - "Mystery games are hugely popular and have inspired generations of amateur sleuths. But their appeal is more than trivial - they have surprising mental and emotional benefits, and can even help to explain the biases of real eyewitnesses."
• The Surprising True Story of How the Kennedy's Political Dynasty Began - "The family has given us senators, ambassadors, and a president—but their rise started in a most unexpected way."
• THE TECH TERMS COMPUTER DICTIONARY
• The Times Publishes Its 60,000 Issue - "With Issue No. 60,000, One Correction Comes to Mind. In 1999, a news assistant's number crunching revealed that The Times had gotten ahead of itself."
• The Terminator: How James Cameron's 'science-fiction slasher film' predicted our fears about AI, 40 years ago - "Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, the 1984 blockbuster The Terminator has become synonymous with the dangers of superintelligent machines. But it 'helps and hinders' our understanding of AI."
• The Terrible Beauty of Brain Surgery - The New York Times.
• The Time Now - "Major place to look for the current time of any location in the world, based on the accurate US network of cesium clocks synchronized time. We also provide other information such as daylight saving time, time zones, currencies, country calling codes, detailed weather and forecast, sunrise & sunset, moonrise & moonset, coordinates, nearby cities, nearby airports and local businesses opening times and other information when available."
• The Times Greeted Hitler’s Volkswagen Skeptically - The New York Times.
• THE TIPPING EQUATION - The New York Times.
• The Trick to Acting Heroically - The New York Times.
• The True Size Of ... - "Drag and drop countries around the map to compare their relative size. Is Greenland really as big as all of Africa? You may be surprised at what you find!"
• The Truman Show: Has a film ever predicted the future so accurately? - "The 1998 Jim Carrey film about a man whose entire life is filmed quickly came to embody a new age of reality television. And, 25 years on, it continues to resonate, writes Emily Maskell."
• The truth about caffeine: how coffee really affects our bodies - "Every day, around the world, 2bn cups are consumed. But what actually happens after you swallow that first mouthful? Here is everything you need to know."
• The truth about expired food: how best-before dates create a waste mountain - "What happens if you ignore expiry dates altogether? One man did that for a year, without ill effects - but his approach is debatable."
• The truth behind plastic vs. aluminum recycling - "Can drinking water out of a can really save us? Aluminum is recycling's new best friend, but it's complicated."
• The tyranny of messaging & notifications - The Verge.
• THE UK HONOURS SYSTEM
• The ultimate power nap! - "Drinking coffee BEFORE a 20-minute sleep is the best way to improve alertness."
• THE UNTOUCHABLES - Frontline's documentary (53:41) about how Wall Street's leaders have escaped prosecution after the crash.
• The vibes are off at Tesla - "Layoffs, lawsuits, delays, Twitter chaos, stock in free fall, factory shutdowns - What happened to America’s favorite electric car company?"
• The Waldorf Astoria Digital Archive - the archives of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, 301 Park Avenue, New York City, NY 10022-6897, U.S.A.
• The Wallace Document. The World’s First Postage Stamp - "The Earliest Known Example of the 1840 Penny Black." Live Auction: 7 December 2021. Sotheby's London.
• The Water in Your Glass Might Be Older Than the Sun - The New York Times.
• The wealthiest terrorists in history: How ISIS has plundered oil fields, antiquities and stolen a fortune of US$2 Billion - Daily Mail.
• The Web-Connected Car Is Cool, Until Hackers Cut Your Brakes - The New York Times.
• The weird & wonderful art created when AI & humans unite - "Will AI kill art? Not likely, says the artist Alexander Reben, who has been working with AI for years. In fact, we may be entering an exciting new period that changes how we think about creativity itself."
• The Wirecutter - "A buyer's guide to the best technology." Lists of the best gadgets and gear for people who quickly want to know what to get.
• The World Factbook - since 1962. "The World Factbook provides basic intelligence on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, environment, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues for 266 world entities."
• The World's Most Powerful People 2015 - Forbes.
• THE WORLD'S REAL-TIME BILLIONAIRES - "Today’s Winners and Losers." Forbes' Real-Time Billionaires rankings tracks the daily ups and downs of the world’s richest people. The wealth-tracking platform provides ongoing updates on the net worth and ranking of each individual confirmed by Forbes to be a billionaire. The value of individuals’ public holdings are updated every 5 minutes when respective stock markets are open (there will be a 15-minute delay for stock prices). Individuals whose fortunes are significantly tied to private companies will have their net worths updated once a day. In cases where an individual owns a stake in a private company that accounts for 20% or more of his or her net worth, the value of the company will be adjusted according to an industry- or region-specific market index provided by our partners at FactSet Research Systems when available. A rotating cast of the five biggest winners and losers throughout the day is featured at the top of the page, followed by the complete list of billionaires ranked in order of net worth.
• Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes asks court to overturn fraud conviction - "Lawyers say improper procedures call for new trials for Holmes, who has an 11-year sentence, and Sunny Balwani."
• Theranos trial: Elizabeth Holmes makes surprise testimony - "An entrepreneur accused of scamming investors for millions of dollars with a bogus blood test has surprised a US court by testifying in her defence."
• Therapy for Insomnia: No More Negative Thoughts - The New York Times.
• Therapy is more than lying on a couch & talking. Here are 5 ways it can boost happiness - "When it comes to physical health, most of us don’t hesitate too long to get help for injuries such as a broken bone or a burn. But when it comes to emotional health, there often is a delay, possibly resulting in a bigger mental health crisis."
• There is no difference between computer art & human art - Aeon Ideas.
• There is no such thing as western civilisation - Guardian.
• There's a new ocean now - can you name all 5? - "On World Oceans Day, National Geographic cartographers say the swift current circling Antarctica keeps the waters there distinct and worthy of their own name: the Southern Ocean."
• Thermomix TM6 all-in-one cooking machine does it all & it will change your life - "With a $1,499 price tag, the Thermomix TM6 is not just a splurge, it’s a commitment. However, if you’re a fan of geeked-out, do-it-all kitchen appliances, the German-made Thermomix is the best of them all."
• These are the oldest living things on Earth - "Where to see the oldest living things on Earth."
• these are the surprising connections between the Davos elite - BBC.
• These Are the World's Most Innovative Economies - Bloomberg Business.
• These cities will be very rich in 10 years - CNN Money.
• THEMEFOREST - premium WordPress themes and web templates.
• These Countries Have the Most Powerful Passports in the World - "Some passports are more powerful than others, granting visa-free access to more countries for headache-free travel. Here's how each country's passport stacks up."
• Thingiverse - Digital Designs for Physical Objects." Website dedicated to the sharing of user-created digital design files. Providing primarily open source hardware designs. 3D printers, laser cutters, milling machines and many other technologies can be used to physically create the files shared by the users on Thingiverse. Thingiverse is widely used in the DIY technology and Maker communities, by the RepRap Project, and by 3D Printer and MakerBot operators. Numerous technical projects use Thingiverse as a repository for shared innovation and dissemination of source materials to the public. Many of the objects are for the purpose of repair.
• Things that might seem obsolete, but aren't - "Pagers, faxes and cheques: Things that might seem obsolete, but aren't."
• Things you can't bring through airport security & alternatives that are TSA-approved - "It can be a bit confusing figuring out what you can or can’t bring, especially as it relates to your toiletries. We’ll walk you through the basics and what you can - and should - pack in your carry-on for your next trip."
• THINK PROGRESS - hard-hitting progressive political news site.
• Thinking of going vegan? What you need to know first - "Adopting a vegan diet has grown increasingly mainstream in recent years. According to a 2017 study, as many as 6% of US consumers say they are vegan, compared to just 1% in 2014."
• This Gear Makes It Easy to Destroy Your Home (In a Good Way) - Wired.
• This is all you need to do to get an upgrade on a plane - Mirror Online.
• This Is How The Perfect Body Looks - TIME.
• This is the kind of music you should listen to at work - The Telegraph.
• This is the ultimate Porsche - The Verge.
• This is why you wake up with a stonking erection every morning - Metro News.
• This woman's creepily realistic cakes will freak you out - The Telegraph.
• Thomas Piketty's new magnum opus published on Thursday - "French economist’s Capital and Ideology expands on themes in Capital in the 21st Century, which sold 2m copies."
• Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says - "Threads, Meta’s Twitter rival, is drawing users at an astounding pace, amassing 10 million sign-ups in just seven hours, according to co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. But the highly anticipated new service, which requires an Instagram account for onboarding, features an intriguing stipulation: Deleting a Threads account requires deleting the linked Instagram account."
• Threads struggling to keep users - "CNN technology reporter, Brian Fung, talks to Isa Soares about why Meta's Threads app is suffering from a fall in engagement as it struggles to keep up with rival, Twitter."
• Threads: Ten million join Meta's Twitter rival, Zuckerberg says - "Experts say Threads could attract Twitter users unhappy with recent changes to the platform. Threads allows users to post up to 500 characters, and has many features similar to Twitter. Threads is now available to download in over 100 countries including the UK, but not yet in the EU because of regulatory concerns."
• Threads upends social media in less than 48 hours - "In less than 48 hours, Meta’s Twitter rival Threads has surpassed 70 million sign-ups, upended the social media landscape and appears to have rattled Twitter enough that it is now threatening legal action against Meta."
• Threads users are already spending less time in the app - "Engagement has dropped off after a blockbuster first week, according to analytics firms."
• Threads: We tried Threads, Meta’s new Twitter rival. Here’s what happened - "Kari Paul tested the social network minutes after its launch - did it fail to impress, or should Elon Musk be shuddering?"
• Threads will never be the new Twitter - "While Threads does look eerily similar to Twitter, there are critical differences. The search experience is limited to finding accounts, with no ability to find people's posts or search by topic. There is no trending page, making it impossible to see what issues are dominating the discourse."
• Three Mile Island nuclear plant gears up for Big Tech reboot - "Nuclear creates large amounts of carbon-free electricity. That is attractive to companies, like Microsoft, that have climate pledges and face increasing public scrutiny for their voracious power use."
• Thrillist - "Digital Lifestyle for men - Everything worth caring about in drink, food, and travel."
• TICKETS.COM - a leading business-to-business ticketing solutions provider for live events. Also a full service provider of integrated ticketing solutions designed to enable entertainment and sports organizations to sell tickets to consumers under the clients’ brand.
• Ticket prices of planes vs trains - a Europe-wide analysis - "How low-cost carriers destroy the climate while their unfair and agressive pricing strategies go unchecked." Greenpeace.
• TICKLE APP - "Tickle is a new app that will help you get out of awkward situations. Using your phone's accelerometer, Tickle will generate a phantom phone call when you touch your phone in an awkward manner."
• Tiger Woods turned down an offer worth approximately $700-$800 million to join the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series - "Golf legend turned down almost $1 billion offer to join Saudi-backed LIV Golf series."
• Tigris: The river that birthed civilisation - "This once-mighty river is where humans first developed agriculture, writing and the wheel. But now the lifeblood of the ancient world is under threat."
• TikTok Became a Diplomatic Crisis - "A Chinese app conquered the planet - and now the U.S. is threatening to shut it down. Can the world’s biggest virality machine survive?"
• Zhang Yiming: TikTok founder becomes China's richest man - "Zhang Yiming is now worth $49.3bn - 43% more than in 2023. The surging global popularity of TikTok has seen the co-founder of its parent company, ByteDance, become China's richest person."
• TikTok: how the west has turned on gen Z’s favourite app - "US and European fears about China exploiting TikTok’s data harvest and promoting Beijing’s worldview look set to inspire an urgent overhaul in data privacy laws."
• TikTok is a national security threat, US politicians say. Here's what experts think - "To understand why policymakers view TikTok as a risk, it helps to know how the company works. TikTok is owned by the world's most valuable startup, a Chinese company named ByteDance. But TikTok does not operate in China and functions as an independent subsidiary."
• TikTok really a danger to the West? - "China has attacked a bill going through US Congress that could ultimately see TikTok banned in the States, calling it unjust."
• TikTok to launch legal action against Trump over ban - "Chinese video app TikTok is set to launch legal action to challenge a ban imposed by US President Donald Trump."
• TikTok’s ties to China: why concerns over your data are here to stay - "Harvesting data is the norm for social media apps, but the question that many have is where it goes and who has access to it."
• Tilden's Extract - "It cost six cents for half an ounce and could be purchased at any drug store in New York. It was recommended for 'over-wrought hostesses,' who were advised to take a small dose before receiving guests or going out to dinner, to prepare them for the 'rigors' of the evening ahead. Tilden's was pure extract of hashish." (Life at the Dakota: New York's Most Unusual Address - Amazon.com.)
• Tim Berners-Lee Has A Plan To Save The Web From Digital Dystopia - "The internet was supposed to become a sort of global online utopia, but fake news, election meddling, online bullying and a host of other ills have plunged it into a nightmarish mess. Its creator, Tim Berners-Lee, wants to reverse the slide."
• Tim Berners-Lee: I invented the web. Here are three things we need to change to save it - The Guardian.
• Tim Berners-Lee is selling the original code for the World Wide Web as an NFT - "The World Wide Web's inventor is selling its original code as an NFT. Comprising over 9.500 lines of code, the files contain the basis of the languages and protocols underpinning the internet as we know it: Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and Universal Document Identified (URI)."
• Tim Berners-Lee on the future of the web: 'The system is failing' - The Guardian.
• Tim Berners-Lee: ‘We need social networks where bad things happen less’ - "The father of the world wide web talks about its first 30 years, the rise of the toxic internet - and whether Facebook needs to be broken up."
• Tim Berners-Lee’s NFT of world wide web source code sold for $5.4m - "Crypto asset represents ownership of various digital items from when Berners-Lee invented the web in 1989."
• Tim Cook defends Apple coming late to AI with four words - "While the iPhone 16 launch was all about Apple Intelligence, many have accused the company of being very late to the AI party. Cook says that sometimes you can be first and best, but any time you have to choose between the two, there’s only one answer: ‘Not first, but best’."
• Tim Cook has grown the Apple empire in his decade as CEO - "Ten years into the job, Cook now leads the most valuable company in the world - technology or otherwise - and it remains among the most influential. More than a billion people worldwide use its devices and tens of millions of developers have built businesses on its software platforms. Cook took over as CEO from Steve Jobs on August 24, 2011, less than two months before the Apple founder passed away. Since then, Apple's (AAPL) market capitalization has grown around 600% to nearly $2.5 trillion, and its annual revenue has more than doubled."
• Tim Cook: In a few years people will say, 'How could I have ever thought about not wearing this watch?' - The Verge.
• TIME 100 most influential people 2019 - "These are TIME's most influential pioneers, leaders, titans, artists and icons of 2019."
• TIME100 Next 2019 - "These Are the Rising Stars Shaping the Future of Their Fields." Part of an ongoing expansion of our flagship TIME 100 franchise, the TIME 100 Next is a new list highlighting emerging talents in business, entertainment, sports, politics, science, health and more.
• TIME100 Next 2022 - "Meet the Emerging Leaders Shaping the Future | TIME."
• TIME 100: The Most Influential People of 2021 - TIME Magazine.
• TIME 100: The most influential people of 2022 - TIME.
• TIME 100: The most influential people of 2023 - "From pioneers, leaders, and titans to artists, innovators, and icons, these are the most influential people of 2023."
• TIME100: The Most Influential People of 2024 - "Who are the 100 most influential people in the world? Every year, TIME Magazine has an answer."
• Time capsule 2020: The 37 objects that defined the year - "If we were to create a time capsule of objects that captured life in 2020, what might we choose?"
• TIME Earth Awards | 2025 - "Honoring individuals influencing the future of the planet through their work on climate justice, leadership, and awareness."
• Time is running out on the Climate Clock - "The world has less than six years left to hit crucial global climate goals, according to the clock. An ominous, 62-foot-long clock looms over New York City’s iconic Union Square, and it’s about to tick past a worrying milestone. It’s called the Climate Clock, and it counts down how much time the world has left to stop climate change from becoming exponentially worse."
• Time is your most precious commodity. Can you ever get it back? - "Teacher and artist Isabel Manley reflects on how the modern world warped our relationship to time - and how we can begin to rethink it."
• Time magazine covers through the years - in pictures - The Guardian.
• Time-lapse video taken from space captures entire year on earth - The Telegraph.
• Time Out picks the 'world's coolest' neighborhood for 2021 - "Nørrebro, Copenhagen topped the global media brand's 2021 list, which was compiled via a survey of some 27,000 people living in cities across the world and narrowed down by Time Out's global team of editors."
• Time Out reveals world's best cities for 2024 - "Perhaps it's no wonder, then, that media company Time Out has named New York City as its best city for 2024. Time Out surveyed some 20,000 city-dwellers across the world, alongside its network of global writers and editors, to compile its latest round-up of the best cities in the globe. Factors including cities’ food scenes, architecture and cultural happenings were taken into account."
• Time zones: How railroads inspired the creation of time zones - "The invention of railroads ushered in a new era of land travel, and forever changed the way humans perceive time. On this day in 1883, railroad companies in the United States and Canada transformed time in both countries, leading to the ground-breaking concept of time zones around the world."
• TIME's Person of the Year 2013 - Pope Francis, The People's Pope.
• TIME's Person of the year 2019 - "Climate activist Greta Thunberg has succeeded in turning vague anxieties about the planet into a worldwide movement calling for global change."
• TIMEANDDATE.COM - "Lots of time and date related information, such as yearly and monthly calendars, counters, countdown, and the world clock which shows the current time in cities."
• Timelapse 1984 - 2016 - Google Earth Engine.
• Timeless style lessons to learn from Jackie O - The Telegraph.
• Timeshifter - since 2018. "The Jet Lag App. Travel is part of your life. Jet lag doesn't need to be." Optimize your sleep, health, and quality of life. Timeshifter Apps for Jet Lag & Shift Work. Discover circadian science with Timeshifter, and learn more about our popular jet lag app and our upcoming app for shift workers.
• Times Square: A brief history of the Times Square New Year's Eve ball drop - "How did this New Year's Eve celebration start, and why do we commemorate the occasion by watching a ball descend down a pole? Since crowds first began gathering in Times Square to commemorate New Year’s Eve over a century ago, it has been a ritual to flock to midtown’s brightly lit chaos to ring in new beginnings. At 11:59 p.m. a dazzling ball descends down a pole, while attendees - and millions of people tuning in from home - count down from 60. At the stroke of midnight, the crowd erupts into a cacophony of sound, often pulling their loved one in for a ceremonial kiss."
• Timing, luck or talent - what makes a billionaire? - "What do an Italian communist student of mime, a toddler with an eye for a ball and a comedian who jokes about nothing have in common? They all went on to become members of a very select global club. Miuccia Prada, Tiger Woods and Jerry Seinfeld are among about 2,800 people on the planet who are US-dollar billionaires."
• tinned fruit & vegetables are offensive no longer - "Far from being a lesser choice, tinned produce can be a convenient, speedy and low-waste way to diversify your diet."
• Tiny-house movement - "Architectural and social movement that advocates for downsizing living spaces, simplifying, and essentially 'living with less.'"
• Tiny Living: The 'Freedom We Have Created for Ourselves.' - "With a little house in The Hague, a compact getaway on the Italian island of Sardinia and a well-designed camper van, who needs a conventional home?"
• Tiny, Wealthy Qatar Goes Its Own Way, and Pays for It - The New York Times.
• Tips & Myths About Extending Smartphone Battery Life - The New York Times.
• Tips on buying a cheap house in Italy from those who've done it - "Are there any red flags potential buyers should be looking out for when deliberating over purchasing such a home? And how do you know when you're treading on slippery grounds?"
• Tips to Reduce Food Waste - The New York Times.
• Titanic: 3D scan of Titanic sheds new light on doomed liner’s final moments - "A new documentary reveals the incredible results of a project to create 3D underwater scans of the doomed ocean liner RMS Titanic, which sank 113 years ago."
• Titanic as it's never been seen before - "New footage has been released showing the wreck of the RMS Titanic as it's never been seen before: in full 8K quality, the highest screen resolution currently available. That's a horizontal resolution of 8,000 pixels, or twice as clear as a 4K TV. And it means there's an unprecedented level of detail and color in this latest exploration of the 110-year-old shipwreck."
• Titanic: First ever full-sized scans reveal wreck as never seen before - "The first full-sized digital scan of the Titanic, which lies 3,800m (12,500ft) down in the Atlantic, has been created using deep-sea mapping. It provides a unique 3D view of the entire ship, enabling it to be seen as if the water has been drained away. The hope is that this will shed new light on exactly what happened to the liner, which sank in 1912."
• Titanic for tourists: London tour company booking trips to explore the world's most famous shipwreck - The Telegraph.
• Titanic menu shedding light on life aboard sells for over $100,000 - "Heavily water-stained, with some of the lettering partly erased, the menu likely ended up in the North Atlantic for a time when the Titanic sank in the early hours of April 15, 1912, British auction house Henry Aldridge and Son Ltd. said in the lot description."
• Titanic mission to map wreck in greatest-ever detail - "A team of imaging experts, scientists and historians will set sail for the Titanic on Friday to gather the most detailed photographic record ever made of the wreck."
• Titanic: Rarely seen Titanic artefacts kept in secret warehouse - "A handbag made from alligator skin and tiny vials of perfume that still release a potent scent are just some of the precious artefacts recovered from the world’s most famous shipwreck - the Titanic."
• Titanic submersible: Billionaire explorer & a prominent Pakistani father & son duo are on board the missing sub - "While the names of those on board have not been released by the authorities, British businessman Hamish Harding, Pakistani billionaire Shahzada Dawood and his son Sulaiman Dawood, and French diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet have been confirmed to be on board the craft."
• Titanic submersible: Missing Titanic sub search continues as banging sounds heard - "Sonar picked up banging sounds Tuesday during the search, indicating 'continued hope of survivors,' according to an internal US government memo."
• Titanic submersible: OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush created ‘mousetrap for billionaires’, says friend - "Karl Stanley says Rush ‘definitely knew it was going to end like this’ and that he had warned Rush the craft was dangerous."
• Titanic submersible: rescuers race against time to find missing Titan - live - "Vessel, which can stay submerged for 96 hours, went missing on Sunday while carrying five people to wreckage of Titanic."
• Titanic submersible: See inside of submersible typically used for Titanic expedition - "Officials are in a race against time to find a civilian submersible with five people aboard after it went missing in the North Atlantic while voyaging to the wreckage of the Titanic. The founder of OceanGate, the company that organizes Titanic expeditions, showed a CBS team the inside of the type of submersible used for the tours. CNN's Rosemary Church speaks to David Gallo, Senior Adviser at RMS Titanic Inc. which owns exclusive salvage rights to the Titanic wreckage."
• Titanic submersible: The Maverick Design Choices That May Have Doomed Titan - "Until the Titan disaster on June 18, no one had ever died while piloting or riding a submersible into the deep’s unending darkness. This remarkable safety record stood for nearly a century, despite explorers making many thousands of dives. Federal investigators say it could take them up to 18 months to determine why Titan imploded, killing its five passengers. But engineers interviewed by The New York Times point out possible weak points in the sub’s design."
• Titanic submersible: Titanic director James Cameron accuses OceanGate of cutting corners - "OceanGate, the parent company of the Titan sub, 'didn't get certified because they knew they wouldn't pass'."
• Titanic submersible: Titanic sub search: What happens next - "US authorities have confirmed the loss of the submersible Titan, which went missing during a dive to the wreck of the Titanic nearly a week ago."
• Titanic submersible: What is it like to be on the missing Titanic tourism submarine? Watch this video to find out - "In the video, CBS reporter David Pogue went on an OceanGate expedition and interviewed the company’s CEO, Stockton Rush, who is one of the five individuals who is missing on the ship. In the clips, Pogue appears to be alarmed by just how low-tech Rush’s submersible vehicle is, especially when he learned that a video game controller was used to drive it. And as noted by Pogue, before he could take part in the voyage, he had to sign a document that stated that the 'experimental submersible vessel ... has not been approved or certified by any regulatory body and could result in physical injury, disability, emotional trauma or death.'"
• Titanic submersible: what is the Titan tourist sub & what might have happened to it? - "The five-person craft has 96 hours of oxygen on board and can dive to depths of 4km to explore wreckage of the Titanic."
• Titanic: Why we’re all pulled in by Titanic’s ‘toxic’ allure - "Much of Titanic’s magnetism comes from the hubris and glamor involved in the original tragedy, says Brent McKenzie, a professor at Canada’s University of Guelph and author of upcoming book 'Dark Tourism: Is the Medium Still the Message.' 'The fact that so many lives were lost, and that the ship was ‘unsinkable’ and the famous people on board seems to ensure ongoing interest,' says McKenzie. Titanic tourism is one of the more established industries in what’s become known as 'dark tourism.'"
• Titanic II scheduled to set sail in 2027 - "The ship is scheduled to set sail in June of 2027, although tickets are not yet available. First, Blue Star Line, of which Palmer is CEO, has to build Titanic II. That's something the mining billionaire and politician has hoped to do for more than a decade."
• Titanic’s Treasures Captivate Collectors, but They’ll Need Deep Pockets - "Numerous artifacts from the Titanic, including a violin case, are up for auction this weekend in England. Collectors are ready to pounce."
• TMS | Tension myositis syndrome - name given by John E. Sarno to a condition he describes as characterized by psychogenic musculoskeletal and nerve symptoms, most notably back pain.
• TNT - international courier service.
• To Buy or Rent a Home? Weighing Which Is Better - The New York Times.
• To Lower Cholesterol, Try a Foray Into the Mediterranean Diet - The New York Times.
• To Tip or Not to Tip Your Uber Drive - The New York Times.
• To Truly Understand the Past, Pick Up an Old Magazine - "Find a print issue, preferably more than 20 years old, and read it cover to cover. You’ll find the old days stranger than you remember." The New York Times.
• Today Is the Longest Day of the Year. Here's What to Know About the 2018 Summer Solstice - TIME Magazine.
• Tokyo’s incredible path to redevelopment - "As extensive preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games steam ahead, we look at the city’s history of urban redesign and rapid development."
• Tokyo’s micro-apartments - "'You could cook while on the toilet.' The tiny homes, which measure just nine square metres - or three tatami mats - are the architectural answer to rising rents."
• Tolkien was right: giant trees have towering role in protecting forests - "Study highlights importance of biodiversity as part of strategy to stop planet overheating."
• Tom Cruise is Hollywood’s Last Real Movie Star - "At a time when superheroes dominate the box office, the film industry hopes the actor can bring grown-ups back to theaters. He’s the last remaining global star who still only makes movies for movie theaters. He hasn’t ventured into streaming. He hasn’t signed up for a limited series. He hasn’t started his own tequila brand."
• Tom Hanks Oscars acceptance speech that Spielberg called 'incredible' - "Thirty years ago, Tom Hanks delivered a performance that reverberated through Hollywood. And it wasn't in a movie. On March 21, 1994 - at the 66th Academy Awards - Hanks accepted the Best Actor statuette for his role in 'Philadelphia,' a drama about a gay lawyer slowly dying of AIDS. His acceptance speech quickly went down in history as one of the most memorable and moving in Oscar history."
• Tom Hanks warns against deceptive AI ads with his image: ‘Do not be fooled’ - "'There are multiple ads over the internet falsely using my name, likeness, and voice promoting miracle cures and wonder drugs,' Hanks wrote on his Instagram page Thursday. 'These ads have been created without my consent, fraudulently and through AI.'"
• Tom Homan: Trump’s new ‘border czar’ who vowed to ‘run the biggest deportation’ the US has ever seen - "Once Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) acting director and Heritage visiting fellow, Homan was called the ‘father’ of Trump’s family separation policy."
• Tom Lehrer: why did satirical genius Tom Lehrer swap worldwide fame for obscurity? - "In the 1950s and 60s, his songs stunned and delighted listeners with their irreverence, wit and nihilism. Then he gave it all up to teach mathematics. Lehrer is still alive at 96 - so I went in search of answers."
• Tomatoes could hold the key to old-age prostate problems, scientists say - The Telegraph.
• TOMMERUP KISTER - Diamant coffin by Jacob Jensen Design.
• TOMORROW’S ADVANCE MAN - Marc Andreessen’s plan to win the future.
• ‘Too much’ nitrite-cured meat brings clear risk of cancer, say scientists - "Call for UK government ban of chemical in processed meat such as bacon and ham after mice tumours study."
• Too nice for the likes of us: why buying fancy stuff makes us miserable - "Luxury purchases should make us feel like a million bucks but impostor syndrome is at work even while we’re shopping."
• Top 10 books about self-improvement - "In time for new year resolutions, a cultural historian chooses some of the best guides to making a better life, dating back to some of our earliest literature."
• Top 10 Countries by Value of All Their Natural Resources - "This visualization shows the top 10 countries by the value of all their combined natural resources, from oil to gold."
• Top 10 In-Demand Skills For 2030 - "What will the world be like in 2030? Well, obviously, no one knows for sure, but we have some interesting predictions: According to Dell, 85% of us who are in work will be doing jobs that don’t exist yet. In a WEF video, Danish politician Ida Auken predicted we would 'own nothing and be happy' as everything is provided as-a-service. Here’s my pick for what the first graduates of the next decade will want to have on their CVs if they want to impress - and what the rest of us should focus on to stay competitive too."
• Top 10 inspiring female adventurers - The Guardian.
• Top 10 List Of Best Places To Retire Abroad - Forbes.
• top 10 most-guessed passwords by hackers - The Telegraph.
• Top 10 Most Powerful Families In History - Listverse.
• TOP 10 private houses of 2022 - "In our coverage of private homes in 2022, we saw conscious interventions that respond directly to the local climate, sensitive restorations, attempts at net-zero construction, and a continued desire for a deep connection with nature. Though they vary in size and setting, our TOP 10 private homes all offer groundbreaking approaches that both respond to and interact with their surroundings."
• top 30 brands mentioned in 'Sex and the City' - The Guardian.
• top 100 films & what they say about our changing society - "Offbeat British directors defying realist expectations fare well in poll, but Hitchcock dominates."
• Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands 2014 - BrandZ.
• TOP 200 COLLECTORS - "Historically, building an art collection was a gradual process that took years, if not decades. When ARTnews began publishing its annual Top 200 Collectors list in 1990, the art world was at an inflection point for collecting. So when exactly is it that these buyers become collectors, and ones that merit inclusion in the Top 200? Read an introduction to the 34th edition of the list."
• Top-Shelf iPhone Hack Now Goes for $1.5 Million - Wired.
• top US tech stories of 2017 - The Guardian.
• Tor - since 2002. "Browse Privately. Explore Freely." Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship. Tor Browser isolates each website you visit so third-party trackers and ads can't follow you. Any cookies automatically clear when you're done browsing. So will your browsing history.
• TOR IS EASIER THAN EVER. TIME TO GIVE IT A TRY - "You probably know about the digital anonymity service Tor, but for whatever reason you may not actually use it. Maybe between the nodes, traffic rerouting, and special onion URLs it seems too confusing to be worth the effort."
• Tor’s shadowy reputation will only end if we all use it - "It's not the criminal hacking browser you think it is."
• Total Lunar Eclipse on July 27–28, 2018 - Where & When to See - timeanddate.com.
• Total recall: the people who never forget - "An extremely rare condition may transform our understanding of memory now known as highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM)."
• total solar eclipse is 10 months away. Rooms are going fast - "It’s time to start planning for next year’s total solar eclipse."
• Tour de France officials will scan participants' bikes to check for cheaters - The Verge.
• TOURISM: How not to be a bad tourist & still travel - "Why it's time to rethink what it means to be a tourist. A new book chronicles the power that travel has to transform places around the world, for better or worse - and asks us to consider that the label 'tourist' can be a good one."
• TOURISM: The world's revolt against 'bad tourists' - "As Ibiza and Mallorca say no to tourists coming to party, it's becoming increasingly clear that expectations on travellers in the world's most popular destinations are changing."
• Tourists: The worst-behaved tourists of 2023 - "Stripping off from the waist down at a sacred site. Driving a car across a medieval bridge, as fragile as it is famous. Carving your name into a world icon, and going on a punishing hike... to take illegal drugs. These are just some of the things tourists have got up to in 2023. They’ve damaged heritage sites, eaten endangered species, and - in the case of one couple - stolen nearly $2 million worth of wine from a Michelin-starred restaurant."
• Tourists: Why do tourists behave badly on holiday? - "Stories of travellers behaving badly seem to be on the rise. But why do people misbehave when they're on holiday?"
• T. rex TRX–293 TRINITY dinosaur - "For the first time in Europe and only the third time worldwide, a skeleton of an entire T. rex dinosaur of exceptional quality will be offered at auction."
• T. rex skull could sell for $20 million at auction - "A Tyrannosaurus rex skull is expected to fetch up to $20 million at auction next month, according to Sotheby's. The skull, which has been named Maximus, is one of the most complete of its kind ever found. Weighing over 200 pounds and standing 6 feet and 7.5 inches (2 meters) tall, the colossal skull could become one of the most valuable fossils sold at auction when it is offered at a sale in New York."
• Tradeshift - since 2010. "A platform for all your business interactions." Web based business network and also a free invoicing platform.
• Trafficking Inc. - "An ICIJ investigation examines networks of companies, people and business practices that draw profit from cross-border labor trafficking and sex trafficking."
• TRAILBLAZING - three and a half centuries of Royal Society publishing.
• Train fares are up to 30 times more expensive than planes in Europe, says Greenpeace - "As Europe swelters in a heat wave, and the climate crisis accelerates, many travelers are looking towards trains rather than polluting planes. But those wanting to make their travel more carbon-conscious face hefty bills. According to a new report, taking a long-distance train in Europe can cost nearly 30 times as much as flying. The report, compiled by environmental campaign group Greenpeace, compared the cost of flight and train tickets on 112 European routes on nine different dates."
• train ticket that revolutionized European rail travel - "The Interrail pass was dreamed up by the International Union of Railways (UIC), a body overseeing Europe's railways that's since ceded control of Interrail to the independent Eurail company. The European Interrail pass, which allowed young people under 21, across 21 participating countries, to buy a £27.50 (at the time about $67) ticket for unlimited travel across Europe by train for a full month."
• Train versus plane - "With many domestic flights banned in France, we test its rail network. Visionary policy or pipe dream? An 18-day, 3,000km loop from Paris to the Atlantic and Mediterranean and back should tell us."
• Training Your Brain So That You Don’t Need Reading Glasses - The New York Times.
• TraitÉ sur la TolÉrance - full text. In a 1763 essay, Voltaire supported the toleration of other religions and ethnicities: "It does not require great art, or magnificently trained eloquence, to prove that Christians should tolerate each other. I, however, am going further: I say that we should regard all men as our brothers. What? The Turk my brother? The Chinaman my brother? The Jew? The Siam? Yes, without doubt; are we not all children of the same father and creatures of the same God?"
• Transhumanist Movement Is Having an Identity Crisis - Motherboard.
• Transportation, Shipping & Logistics careers
• Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017 - World Economic Forum.
• travel advisories - "As a first step in planning any trip abroad, check the Travel Advisories for your intended destination. You can see the world at a glance on our color-coded map."
• Travel gear - "From packing cubes to toiletry bags, compression socks, backpacks and more, our team is always testing the newest travel essentials to help you find the best products needed to get to your destination comfortably, well-organized, and with room in your bag to spare." CNN Underscored.
• Travel Insurance: What It Covers & When to Buy It - "In the wake of Covid, travel insurance sales have spiked with the rebound in travel as people seek to protect their investments against flight delays and cancellations, extreme weather events and the persistence of the virus. But travel insurance is complicated with a range of benefits, inclusions and prices. Here’s what you need to know before you buy."
• TRAVEL RISK MAP 2016 - Global health & travel security risks review.
• Travel Tips for Seeing the World’s Best Places - "From fake wedding bands to decoy wallets, here's some advice for safely roaming our planet."
• treasure hunters on a deadly quest for an eccentric's $2m bounty - The Guardian.
• treasure: New artefacts found on ‘holy grail of shipwrecks’ off Colombia - "New artefacts have been uncovered on the 18th Century Spanish galleon dubbed the 'holy grail of shipwrecks' off the coast of Colombia. It is estimated to be laden with as much as £16bn in treasure, sea including chests of emeralds and some 200 tons of gold coins."
• Treasure photos may prove ‘the richest wreck in history’ has been found - "Images from the depths of the Caribbean are the clearest evidence yet that the 300-year-old Spanish galleon San José - worth $17 billion - has been located."
• treasure: Spanish warship sank more than 300 years ago. It’s believed to contain billions of dollars in treasure - "Colombia has launched the initial phase of an underwater expedition to explore a Spanish warship that sank in the Caribbean more than 300 years ago. Often called the 'holy grail of shipwrecks.' The rights to which are under heated dispute."
• tree of life: Scientists solve mystery of ancient 'tree of life' - "Scientists have solved the mystery of the origins of ancient baobab trees. According to DNA studies, the iconic trees first arose in Madagascar 21 million years ago."
• Trend Tablet - new social media platform designed and curated by Lidewij Edelkoort. This tool is accessed for free. It explains how trends grow, evolve and flow, and helps us better understand and perceive how they interact in our daily lives. It shows the connections between edelkoort’s forecasts and a piece of art, a plant, a dress or a car...
• Trends in Instructional Design & eLearning Solutions - Saint Joseph's University Online.
• TRENDSMAP - "Real-time local Twitter trends."
• Trickle-down economics - also referred to as "trickle-down theory", chiefly and originally in United States politics, is the idea that economic benefits provided to businesses and upper income levels will indirectly benefit poorer members of society when the resources inevitably "trickle down" to them. The term has been attributed to humorist Will Rogers, who said during the Great Depression that "money was all appropriated for the top in hopes that it would trickle down to the needy."
• Trieste: Italy's surprising capital of coffee - "Home to the Mediterranean's biggest coffee port and one of Italy's biggest coffee brands, Trieste is a city built on caffeine."
• TROUBLED TIMES FOR ALTERNATIVES TO EINSTEIN’S THEORY OF GRAVITY - Wired.
• True Blue - "A brief history of ultramarine."
• TRUE KNOWLEDGE - "The Internet Answer Machine." Our goal is to power a new kind of search experience where users can access the world’s knowledge simply by asking for the information they need in a way that is completely natural to them; just as if they were talking to another human being. As of April 13, 2011: Answering questions based on 486,723,077 facts on 16,035,662 things.
• True Private Messaging - 7 Apps to Encrypt Your Chats.
• Trump-Harris Debate Prep: Method Acting, Insults, Tough Questions - "Kamala Harris is camped out at a Pittsburgh hotel. Donald Trump is being peppered informally by aides. Both sides share the same belief about why the debate is so crucial."
• Trump Jr. started pushing for a coup before Biden won the 2020 election - "A coup. That's what Donald Trump Jr. was advocating for in a text message to his father's then-chief of staff Mark Meadows that laid out ways to subvert the Electoral College process and keep his father in power."
• Trump Organization to face criminal tax fraud charges in New York court on Monday - "Former CFO is expected to testify about off-the-books compensation scheme to evade paying payroll taxes."
• Trump Organization's accounting firm says 10 years of financial statements are unreliable - "Former President Donald Trump's long-time accounting firm informed the Trump Organization last week that it should no longer rely on nearly 10 years' worth of financial statements and that they would no longer be their accountants, citing a conflict of interest."
• Trump to launch new social media platform TRUTH Social - "He said the platform would 'stand up to the tyranny of big tech', accusing them of silencing opposing voices in the US."
• Trustpilot - founded in 2007. Portal gathering reviews on online shops to be used as advertising for their clients. Trustpilot is active in 16 countries including Denmark, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy & USA.
• Truth Social: will Trump’s ‘free speech haven’ overcome its rocky start? - "Technical snags, criticisms of its terms of service and questions about copyright infringement plague the app’s kickoff."
• Try before you buy: how to spot well-made clothes in the change room - "From feeling the lining to moving around in the garment, here’s how to check the quality of clothes when trying them on."
• TSA battery rules: approved power banks & chargers - "Traveling this summer? Stay charged with 10 power banks that pass the TSA’s battery rules."
• TSA Rules Vary From Airport to Airport - "Shoes on or off? Laptop in a separate bin or left in your bag? ID and boarding pass, or just ID? It has nothing to do with whether your TSA agent is feeling lazy that day. The security protocol at any given airport comes down to how up-to-date the technology is."
• TSA rules: What’s allowed in - and prohibited from - your carry-on bag this holiday season - "If you’re hoping to optimize the way you pack your hand luggage, read on. We’ve outlined everything you need to know about what’s allowed in a carry-on bag."
• Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News - "Fox News and Tucker Carlson, the right-wing extremist who used his prime time perch at the talk network to exert a firm grip over the Republican Party, have severed ties, the network said in a stunning announcement that rocked the media and political worlds Monday."
• Tuned Mass Dampers in Skyscrapers - "In many of the world’s tallest skyscrapers, there’s a secret device protecting the building and the people inside from strong motion due to wind and earthquakes. Did you know you can tune a skyscraper just like a guitar?"
• Turbulence: What causes turbulence on flights & which routes around the world are most affected? - "After the fatal Singapore Airlines incident and injuries to passengers above Turkey, we explain what’s behind the phenomenon."
• turbulence: What is it like to fly a plane during turbulence? - "For passengers on board the SQ321 flight from London to Singapore, it was a terrifying experience when the plane was hit by severe turbulence. Turbulence occurs when a plane hits air currents causing it to roll, pitch or drop suddenly. It is said to be becoming more common due to climate change."
• Turing's Law: Oscar Wilde granted posthumous pardon
• Turkey earthquake: Where did it hit & why was it so deadly? - "Tens of thousands of people have been killed and scores more injured by a huge earthquake which struck south-eastern Turkey, near the Syrian border, in the early hours of Monday morning."
• Turn off your Bluetooth, warn security experts - "Your Bluetooth connection is unsafe. Very unsafe. That’s the message from the largest hacker convention."
• Turn off your iPhone for five minutes - cybersecurity advice - "Forcibly closing apps could stop criminals from monitoring users or collecting data."
• TURN OFF YOUR PUSH NOTIFICATIONS. ALL OF THEM - Wired.
• TURNING POINT FOR LEADERS - a coaching and consulting firm providing comprehensive substance abuse treatment to senior executives and professionals.
• Tuscan town facing down a gas ship - "People in the sleepy port of Piombino are concerned about the effects of the hurriedly installed regasification unit on its marine ecosystem."
• Tuscany: Want To Live In Italy? Tuscany Will Pay You $32,000 To Move There - "With the program, “Residenzialità in Montagna 2024” (Residentiality in the Mountains 2024), Tuscany is trying to lure new residents to its rural mountain communities with grants ranging from €10,000 (around $10,715) to €30,000 (around $32,145) to help cover the costs of purchasing and renovating a home."
• Tutankhamun's inspiring 21st Century afterlife - "'Everywhere the glint of gold.' This is how the British archaeologist Howard Carter infamously recalled his first impression of the dazzling, treasure-filled tomb of Tutankhamun."
• Tutankhamun's tomb: Evidence grows for hidden chamber - BBC News.
• TV May Be Bad for Your Brain - The New York Times.
• TWEET THE BRITISH MONARCHY - Twitter address (Verified Account).
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• Twelve South AirFly Pro Bluetooth Wireless Audio Transmitter - "Receiver for up to 2 AirPods/Wireless Headphones; Use with any 3.5 mm Jack on Airplanes, Gym Equipment, TVs, iPad/Tablets and Auto. NO MORE CORDS: Wirelessly transmit audio from in-flight entertainment, gym equipment, gaming devices, TV's or any 3.5 audio jack. Use your AirPods, earbuds or wireless headphones anywhere with no more cords in the way. Now you don't have to sacrifice audio quality/comfort in flight. NEVER RUN OUT OF BATTERY LIFE: AirFly Pro has a battery life of 25+ hours to cover even the longest flight. If you forget to charge before take off, AirFly Pro can be used while charging with the included cable." I’ll never travel without the Twelve South AirFly Bluetooth adapter again. Here’s why. Very seldom does a product come along that completely changes how we travel. With this Bluetooth wireless transmitter, it becomes possible to watch and listen to films, TV shows and more from an in-flight entertainment system via your own wireless headphones. In other words, you can say goodbye to the often-terrible airline-supplied wired headphones and keep your favorite noise-canceling Bluetooth headphones in your ears.
• Twin Peaks' Agent Cooper: How TV's strangest detective was born - "In exclusive archive BBC interviews the creators of the 90s TV series talk about their unique vision - and how the eccentric character at its centre, Special Agent Dale Cooper, was based on the director David Lynch's own personality."
• Twisting Words to Make ‘Sharing’ Apps Seem Selfless - The New York Times.
• Twitter blue check unavailable after impostor accounts erupt on platform - "Before Elon Musk took over the badge was granted to celebrities and journalists verified by the platform to prevent impersonation."
• Twitter Blue verification was a complete disaster in exactly the ways everyone predicted - "It lasted less than 48 hours."
• Twitter boss announces blue tick shake-up - "From 15 April only verified subscribers will have posts recommended to other users and be allowed to vote in polls. Under the policy, posts from non-paying accounts will not be included in the 'For you' stream of recommended tweets. Last week, the firm said it would remove the verified status of some 'legacy' accounts, which date from before Mr Musk bought the firm. Users currently pay $7 a month for blue-tick verification, which also allows access to additional features. Mr Musk said the changes were 'the only realistic way to address advanced AI bot swarms taking over. It is otherwise a hopeless losing battle.'"
• Twitter Cats to the Rescue in Brussels Lockdown - The New York Times.
• Twitter Considering 10,000-Character Limit for Tweets - Re/code.
• Twitter neighbours complain of lit-up ‘X’ sign working at high intensity - "New logo for Elon Musk’s social network strobes over San Francisco neighbourhood, prompting complaints and mobilising building inspectors."
• Twitter owner Elon Musk has taken first steps in creating an ‘everything app’ to rival WeChat. It’s going to be an uphill battle - "Elon Musk wants Twitter to be an 'everything app,' which includes peer-to-peer payments, and has taken the first steps toward that goal by securing crucial financial licenses in three states. But, according to company insiders who spoke to Fortune, the next steps are unclear as chaos reigns, regulatory hurdles loom, and potential competitors like Venmo and PayPal dominate the market." Fortune.
• Twitter says Musk is ‘conjuring’ excuse to escape takeover deal - "Twitter rebuts billionaire’s lawsuit and his arguments for abandoning the takeover as legal standoff heats up."
• Twitter tags Trump post with fact-checking warning - "A post by US President Donald Trump has been given a fact-check label by Twitter for the first time. President Trump tweeted: 'There is NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-In Ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent.' Twitter put a warning label under the post and a subsequent tweet under its new policy on misleading information."
• Twitter: The demise of Twitter: how a ‘utopian vision’ for social media became a ‘toxic mess’ - "In the early days it was seen as a place for ‘genuine public discourse’, but users have fled since Elon Musk took over. What went wrong? If anything is emblematic of the demise of Twitter, it is the rise and stall of the account of Oprah Winfrey."
• Twitter: There’s never been a better time to stop tweeting - "Twitter, how do I leave thee? Let me count the ways."
• Twitter threatens to sue Meta over rival Threads app - "In a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, a lawyer for the Elon Musk-owned app said Meta had unlawfully misappropriated trade secrets."
• Twitter turns 10: The 100 greatest tweets of all time - The Telegraph.
• Twitter unveils X logo to replace Larry the bird - "A picture of Twitter's new logo, a white X on a black background, has been unveiled by Twitter's chief executive, after its owner Elon Musk said he wanted to get rid of the bird logo."
• Twitter users told they’ve hit daily post limit in latest outage since Musk takeover - "US tech publication reports CEO Elon Musk has asked staff to pause all new development to stabilise app."
• Twitter uses Earth Day to announce ban on climate denialism ads - "The platform has been a source of a growing wave of climate misinformation and said denialism ‘shouldn’t be monetized’."
• Twitter: What Was Twitter, Anyway? - "Whether the platform is dying or not, it’s time to reckon with how exactly it broke our brains. If there is one good thing that can be said about Twitter, it's that it really was democratizing: It allowed the previously voiceless to walk ..."
• Twitter will let businesses keep their gold checkmarks - for $1,000 per month - "Twitter could also charge extra to add badges to every account affiliated with the brand as part of its latest money-making scheme."
• Twitter will now charge for SMS two-factor authentication - "Only Twitter Blue subscribers will get the privilege of using the least secure form of two-factor authentication."
• Two-Decade Fight for Two Letters on the Internet - "The South Pacific island of Niue says it was cheated out of .nu, a domain that turned out to be very lucrative on the other side of the world. It turned out that .nu was, in fact, very valuable. 'Nu' means now in Swedish, Danish and Dutch, and thousands of Scandinavians registered websites with that suffix."
• Tychem - "Protecting Industrial Workers for 30 Years." Not all deadly threats come in the form of guns or other weapons. For protection against chemical dangers, industrial workers rely on DuPont Tychem garments.
• Tycho Brahe: Hidden element traced in remains of Renaissance astronomer Tycho Brahe’s secret alchemy lab - "While Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe is best known for his celestial discoveries made in the 16th century - before the invention of the telescope - he was also an alchemist who brewed secret medicines for elite clients. But what exactly Brahe worked on in his alchemical laboratory, located beneath his castle residence and observatory called Uraniborg, has been something of a historical enigma."
• tycoons & world leaders who built secret UK property empires - The Guardian.
• typeface for Copenhagen - free download.

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• UAE, China & the US are all going to Mars this summer. The first probe just launched - "The UAE has successfully launched the Arab world's first Mars mission."
• Uber broke laws, duped police & secretly lobbied governments, leak reveals - "More than 124,000 confidential documents leaked to the Guardian. Files expose attempts to lobby Joe Biden, Olaf Scholz and George Osborne. Emmanuel Macron secretly aided Uber lobbying in France, texts reveal. Company used ‘kill switch’ during raids to stop police seeing data. Former Uber CEO told executives ‘violence guarantees success’."
• Uber files? A guide to cab-hailing firm’s ruthless expansion tactics - "Trove of documents leaked to the Guardian cast light on firm’s operations at height of its global rise."
• 'Uber for private jets' launches on-demand service between London and Europe - The Telegraph.
• Uber Model, It Turns Out, Doesn’t Translate - The New York Times.
• Uber overhauls its app in ambitious bid to become ‘the operating system for your everyday life’ - "The company unveiled the new app at a splashy, Apple-like event in San Francisco."
• Über-warehouses for the ultra-rich - "Ever more wealth is being parked in fancy storage facilities. For some customers, they are an attractive new breed of tax haven."
• UCI physicists confirm possible discovery of fifth force of nature
• UFO sightings that swept the US - Seventy-five years on from the first mysterious sightings in the US, the flying saucer makes its return in Jordan Peele's new film Nope. Nicholas Barber looks back at one of the most haunting objects in popular culture.
• UFO spaceport theories that don't go away - "Have you visited these UNESCO sites? Some say aliens have."
• UFO: US urged to reveal UFO evidence after claim that it has intact alien vehicles - "Whistleblower former intelligence official says government possesses ‘intact and partially intact’ craft of non-human origin."
• 'Ugly friend effect' proved: attractiveness boosted by appearing next to those less good-looking - The Telegraph.
• UK climbs ranking of tax havens - "Tax Justice Network says UK is nearing top 10 most secretive financial systems."
• UK invented the steam engine, light bulb & jet engine. Is this next? - "From underwater habitats to 'space taxis,' the UK is staking its claim to be an innovation hub."
• UK makes citizenship offer to Hong Kong residents - "Up to three million Hong Kong residents are to be offered the chance to settle in the UK and ultimately apply for citizenship, Boris Johnson has said."
• UK smashes its hottest-day record, 100 million Americans under alerts in global heat emergency - "Heat waves across multiple continents have dashed records, threatened public health and buckled infrastructure, in what scientists say are signs of the climate crisis' impact on day-to-day weather. Americans are used to switching on their air conditioners any time temperatures near 80 degrees Fahrenheit (27 degrees Celsius). But in the UK, record-shredding heat this week has brought life to a pandemic-esque standstill. Temperatures in the UK breached 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) for the first time on Tuesday, making it the country's hottest day on record."
• UK super-rich would be ‘bored to death’ in tax havens - survey - "Interviews with top earners reveal many are too attached to UK’s cultural institutions and fear stigma surrounding economic migration."
• Ukraine creates database of art linked to sanctions-hit Russians - "Corruption agency hopes portal will ‘make it difficult for Russian oligarchs to sell such assets’."
• Ukraine faces many challenges in getting the F-16 into combat - "There is a big difference between basic training (take-off, fly, land) and operating in combat mode as one of a group of planes in range of well-entrenched Russian air defenses."
• Ukraine: one year in a war zone - in pictures - "Byron Smith spent 12 months travelling across the battle-torn nation, meeting injured civilians, amateur bomb-makers and daredevil swimmers."
• Ukraine 'tried to ASSASSINATE Putin using drone loaded with explosives - "The Ukrainian forces reportedly launched the UJ-22 drone, laden with 17 kilograms of explosives, from Ukraine on Sunday with the aim of reaching a newly built industrial estate near Moscow where Putin was due to visit, German newspaper Bild claims."
• Ukraine war: businessses staying in Russia - "Business in Russia: Why some firms haven't left. Hundreds of companies have exited Russia due to its invasion of Ukraine, but others cite revenue concerns - and even humanitarianism - as reasons to stay put."
• Ukraine war: Fighter ace & two other pilots killed in mid-air crash - "Andrii Pilshchykov won fame taking part in dogfights over Kyiv during the early phase of Russia's invasion. The crash involved two L-39 training planes flying over northern Ukraine."
• Ukraine war: Five ways conflict could go in 2023 - "The conflict in Ukraine is about to enter its second calendar year. We asked several military analysts how they think events on the ground will unfold in 2023."
• Ukraine war: How Europe forgot its history & sleepwalked into crisis - "'There is nothing permanent except change,' said the Greek sage Heraclitus. The ancient philosopher was correct. So why did so much of Europe’s political and intellectual class assume that the reasonably stable post-Cold War period was their forever home? Over the years Putin described the Soviet Union as 'Russia by another name', argued there was no such country as Ukraine, and revived the term 'Novorossiya' or 'New Russia'."
• Ukraine war: Inside Russian-occupied Ukraine: Putin, purges & propaganda - "The president says Russia and the land it's seized will be 'together for ever'. On the ground, life behind enemy lines is brutal."
• Ukraine war: Inside Ukraine’s audacious drone attack on Russian air bases - "Ukraine’s drone attack against Russian airfields was audacious and daring. But most of all, it was meticulously planned and flawlessly executed."
• Ukraine war: Notes found on fallen North Korean soldiers fighting in Ukraine - "Suicidal tendencies and ’80s battlefield tactics: How North Korean soldiers are operating in Russia’s war on Ukraine."
• Ukraine war: 'Push Russia harder' Zelensky urges allies on war's 1,000th day - "Ukraine's President Zelensky urged Europe to "push Russia harder" in a speech marking 1,000 days since Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of the country."
• Ukraine war: The decoy weapons Ukraine wants Russia to destroy - "True to life but without the price tag. They are created with one single aim in mind: to be destroyed as quickly as possible. And in that, the steelworks company behind them boasts, these decoy weapons are remarkably successful: hundreds have been targeted by Russian forces almost as soon as they were deployed."
• Ukraine war: The Long-Range Weapons Ukraine Wants to Use on Russia, Explained - "The United States and its allies are once again considering expanding the capabilities they provide to Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion."
• Ukraine war: US spending in Ukraine explained in four charts - "The United States has poured more than a hundred billion dollars into Ukraine's effort to repel Russia's invasion, spending far more than any other nation. But as President Volodymyr Zelensky comes to Washington to ask for more, there is growing Republican scepticism about funding the war effort."
• Ukraine war: Visualizing how Ukraine has changed in the 3 years since Russia’s full-scale invasion - "Ukraine has lost 11% of its land since 2022. In the three years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion, Ukraine has lost swaths of land, managing to regain some thanks to military aid from its Western allies. Millions of Ukrainians have been uprooted with thousands killed or injured. Here’s where things stand in Ukraine, in four graphics."
• Ukraine war: Visualizing the pause in US military aid to Ukraine - "Arming Ukraine: A closer look at US military aid as Trump freezes further shipments. The United States is a top aid provider to Ukraine, having contributed more than 40% of total support. See how aid from the US, the European Union and its institutions, and all other countries stacks up."
• Ukraine weapons: What tanks & other equipment are the world giving? - "Nato members are considering sending more weapons and ammunition to Ukraine to help it defend itself against Russia's invasion. The US is the largest contributor of military aid by far - followed by the European Union (EU), Germany and the UK."
• Ukraine's daring drone attack is the latest David vs. Goliath hit against Russia - "The audacious mission hit 34% of Russia’s strategic cruise missile carriers at its main air bases and caused an estimated $7b in damages, a Ukrainian source said."
• Ukraine’s First Lady, Olena Zelenska - Portrait of Bravery - VOGUE.
• Ukrainian team blew up Nord Stream pipeline, claims report - "Spokesperson for Volodymyr Zelenskiy denies WSJ claims and again accuses Russia of carrying out the sabotage."
• Ultimate Dinner Party Guests - "Who wants to dance and drink and eat alone? Certainly none of the soigne bons viveurs celebrated here. Though they were all well acquainted with the finest wines and the most succulent dishes known to man, this magnificent seven were far from being simply 'browsers and sluicers', as Sir PG Wodehouse used to put it."
• Ultimate Gear for Watching the Olympics - Wired.
• Ultimate Passport Ranking - GoEuro.
• ultimate travel bucket list: 25 things to do before you die - The Telegraph.
• Ultra HD Blu-ray: everything you need to know - What HI-FI?
• Ultra high net worth individuals look to Monaco for post ‘non-dom’ era living - "Earlier in April this year, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced that the United Kingdom’s government will scrap the ‘non-dom’ tax status, prompting many ultra high net worth individuals to leave London in favour of more financially preferable destinations, such as Dubai and Monaco."
• UN World Happiness Report 2017 - ranks 155 countries.
• Ultra-Rich May Actually Be Less Intelligent Than Lower-Paid People, Study Finds - "Intelligence helps in making money, but only to a point."
• Ultra-processed Food - "They’re clearly linked to poor health. But scientists are only beginning to understand why. In a large review of studies that was published in 2024, scientists reported that consuming UPFs was associated with 32 health problems, with the most convincing evidence for heart disease-related deaths, Type 2 diabetes and common mental health issues like anxiety and depression."
• Ultra-processed food is essentially predigested, leading to weight gain & more, experts say - "You may be eating predigested food. Here’s why."
• Ultra-processed food raises risk of heart attack & stroke, two studies show - "Research presented to annual meeting of European Society of Cardiology prompts calls for action."
• Ultra-processed food (UPF) is directly linked to 32 harmful effects to health - including a higher risk of heart disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes, adverse mental health and early death, according to the world’s largest review of its kind.
• Ultra-processed foods: 19 things everyone needs to know - "The risks are becoming ever more evident. Here is how to recognise UPFs and find healthier alternatives."
• Ultra-processed foods could damage your brain, Harvard study says - "Scientists link consumption of such foods with memory problems, stroke and dementia and suggest production methods are to blame, not just calorie content."
• Ultra-processed foods linked to cancer & early death, studies find - "Eating a lot of ultraprocessed foods significantly increases men's risk of colorectal cancer and can lead to heart disease and early death in both men and women, according to two new, large-scale studies of people in the United States and Italy published Wednesday in British medical journal The BMJ.
• Ultra-processed foods need tobacco-style warnings, says scientist - "UPFs should also be heavily taxed due to impact on health and mortality, says scientist who coined term."
• Ultra-processed US foods are ultra-bad for you. Here’s what to know - "A growing number of grocery-store foods, from fruit-flavored yogurts to packaged bread, are being tied to health concerns."
• ultra-processed foods you most need to avoid, according to a 30-year study - "Eating ultraprocessed foods is associated with an early risk of death, according to a 30-year study - but different foods have different impacts."
• Unabomber: ‘His ideas resonate’: how the Unabomber’s dangerous anti-tech manifesto lives on - "Ted Kaczynski’s ‘prescient’ views have been praised by Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson - and continue to draw misguided new followers."
• Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, 81, dies in US prison cell - "Harvard-educated mathematician waged 17-year bombing campaign from isolated shack in Montana wilderness."
• ‘Unabomber’ Ted Kaczynski died by suicide in prison - report - "Kaczynski’s death comes as the federal Bureau of Prisons has faced increased scrutiny in the last several years following the death of wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein, who also died by suicide in a federal jail in 2019."
• Unabomber's Manifesto - the text of a 35,000-word manifesto as submitted June, 1995 to The Washington Post and the New York Times by the serial mail bomber called the Unabomber: Ted Kaczynski.
• UNBLOCK US - "Smarter Faster VPN. Enjoy freedom of access to blocked Internet content ANYWHERE YOU ARE in the world! Experience access to region-blocked video and audio! Works on your computer or TV. Star to enjoy your favorite shows, movies and music on your PC, Mac, game console, Internet enabled TV or Blu Ray player, iPhone, iPad, or iPod - anywhere you are!"
• Unburied skeletons reveal the earliest known horse riders - "Horseback riding was a pivotal development in human history - transforming agriculture, transport and warfare - but exactly when humans figured out how to clamber on a horse’s back and steer the animals to go from points A to B has been difficult to pin down."
• Uncomplicated Technology & Why It’s Always Worth Your Money - "If you believe the marketing, you’d think every new gadget will change your life - but many are confusing to use or doomed to obsolescence. Here’s how to determine whether your purchase will stand the test of time."
• Uncovering the brutal truth about the British empire - The Guardian.
• Under My Skin: The New Frontier Of Digital Implants
• UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE LIST - "As of July 2024, a total of 1,223 World Heritage Sites (952 cultural, 231 natural and 40 mixed cultural and natural properties) exist across 168 countries. With 60 selected areas, Italy is the country with the most sites, followed by China with 59, and Germany with 54."
• Underground Economy: Visualizing the World’s $12.5 Trillion Underground Economy - "The value of the global shadow economy is estimated to equal 11.8% of GDP based on an analysis of 131 countries by Ernst & Young. Estimates suggest the global underground economy is larger than the combined economic output of Germany, Japan, and India."
• Unfinish’d sympathy: can literature get over reading disability morally? - "The ‘crookednesse’ of Richard III’s back was presented by Shakespeare as an expression of his villainy while Quasismodo embodied saintly unworldliness. Are we ready to see disability without symbolism?"
• Unfreezing the ice age: the truth about humanity’s deep past - "Archaeological discoveries are shattering scholars’ long-held beliefs about how the earliest humans organised their societies - and hint at possibilities for our own."
• UNHEAR IT - "Get that damn song out of your head!" We created this site for those of you that have a song stuck in your head and you can't get it out no matter what you do. Using the latest in reverse-auditory-melodic-unstickification technology, we've been able to allow our users to 'unhear' songs by hearing equally catchy songs.
• Unilever named ‘international sponsor of war’ by Ukraine - "Protest at London HQ highlights taxes company pays in Russia and new law requiring it to contribute to war effort."
• Uninstalling Facebook app saves up to 15% of iPhone battery life - The Guardian.
• unintended benefits of vaccination - "The mystery of why some vaccines are doubly beneficial. Vaccines have been providing a kind of hidden, unintended protection for over a century. Now scientists are racing to find out how it works."
• United Arab Emirates now has the most powerful passport in the world - "After jumping 32 spots under new visa-free travel privileges - as the UK ranks 30th, Australia 39th and the US 43rd."
• UNITED NATIONS E-GOVERNMENT SURVEY 2018
• United Nations E-Government Survey 2020 - Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
• United States Documentary Requirements for Travel - Carrier Information Guide.
• United States passes one million Covid deaths - "The US has passed more than one million Covid-related deaths, says the White House."
• Unlocator - "Unblock Websites the Easy Way." Watch Netflix, Hulu and many other websites anywhere in the world.
• Unmarried, childless women are happiest people of all, says expert - "'If you are a man, you should probably get married; if you are a woman, don’t bother'."
• Unsubscribe: How to Kill Email Anxiety, Avoid Distractions, and Get Real Work Done - Amazon.com.
• Up in the Air: Meet the Man Who Flies Around the World for Free - Rolling Stone.
• Upon my death, delete: how to plan your digital legacy - "Whether you want your information destroyed, stored or memorialised, many tech platforms now offer options for handling users’ data after death."
• UPS | UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA - international courier service.
• UPS flashes a warning sign about the US economy - "UPS estimates that it moves 6% of the US gross domestic product in its trucks every day. GDP represents the broadest measure of the US economy."
• Upskirting Law & Legal Definition - "Upskirting is the practice of surreptitiously photographing underneath a female's dress or skirt. Upskirting often occurs by voyeurs who carry small video cameras or cell phones with photo capability in escalators in public places, outdoor parks, and shopping malls."
• Urban exploration - the exploration of man-made structures, usually abandoned ruins or not usually seen components of the man-made environment. Photography and historical interest/documentation are heavily featured in the hobby and, although it may sometimes involve trespassing onto private property, this is not always the case.
• Urban Gardening - the process of growing plants of all types and varieties in an urban environment.
• Urban Gardening: Grow amazing food in a limited space - GardeningMentor.
• Uri Geller still baffling fans at 75 - "By the entrance to the new Uri Geller Museum, overlooking the sparkling sea in Jaffa, lies, appropriately enough, the world's largest steel spoon - 16.18m (53ft 1in) long."
• Uri Geller: The End of the Magic World’s 50-Year Grudge - "In 1973, Uri Geller claimed to bend metal with his mind on live television. Skeptics couldn’t beat him. Now they’ve joined him." The New York Times.
• U-shaped New York skyscraper is unveiled - Daily Mail.
• U.S. & WORLD POPULATION CLOCKS - U.S. Census Bureau.
• US 2020: Postal service warns of delays in mail-in vote count - "The US Postal Service (USPS) has warned that millions of mail-in votes may not arrive in time to be counted on the presidential election day, 3 November."
• U.S Added to a Global Human Rights Watchlist over declining civil liberties - "The United States was added Sunday to the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, due to declining civil liberties."
• US aircraft carrier that once collided with a Soviet sub sold for less than a dollar - "US aircraft carrier, USS Kitty Hawk, site of a 1972 race riot at sea, on way to scrapyard. It was once the biggest symbol of American military power in the Indo-Pacific, battle tested from Vietnam to the Persian Gulf and a survivor of a collision with a Soviet submarine."
• U.S. Census Guide: How to get the most out of Census.gov - Background Checks.org.
• U.S. Cities Gaining & Losing Corporate HQs, Charted - "While Texas is booming, California is facing an exodus of corporate headquarters. In this graphic, we show the top markets for relocations."
• US citizenship test - can you pass it? - The Guardian.
• US Copyright Office wants to hear what people think about AI & copyright - "The US Copyright Office is opening a public comment period around AI and copyright issues beginning August 30th as the agency figures out how to approach the subject."
• US corporations have $1.4tn hidden in tax havens, claims Oxfam report - The Guardian.
• US cuts its ties to the rest of the world - "The US is more alone than ever, just at the moment the world needs its leadership."
• US Debt: Top 20 countries holding the most U.S. debt - "U.S. gross debt increased from $34.4 trillion at the end of 2023 to $36.1 trillion as of December 2024, with some experts calling it unsustainable. In this graphic we bring a breakdown of U.S. debt composition, categorized by domestic and foreign investors as well as intragovernmental holdings. The data is sourced from the U.S. Department of the Treasury."
• US election 2020: A really simple guide - "The president of the United States of America has a huge influence on how the world responds to international crises, such as wars, global pandemics and climate change."
• US election 2020: The people who still believe Trump won - "Weeks after President-elect Joe Biden was declared winner of November's election, there remains a deep mistrust of the electoral process among many ardent supporters of Donald Trump. It reflects a broader sentiment among conservatives, one that has profound implications for the nation and its institutions."
• US election 2024: A really simple guide - "Americans will head to the polls in November 2024 to elect the next US president. The person sitting in the White House's Oval Office has a big influence on people's lives both at home and abroad, so the outcome of this election matters for everyone."
• US embassy complex in a tiny Middle East nation is raising eyebrows - "A massive new US embassy complex in Lebanon is causing controversy for its sheer size and opulence in a country where nearly 80% of the population is under the poverty line. Located some 13 kilometers (about 8 miles) from the center of Beirut and built on the site of the current embassy, the US’ new compound in Lebanon looks like a city of its own. Sprawling over a 43-acre site, the complex in the Beirut suburb of Awkar is almost two-and-a-half times the size of the land the White House sits on and more than 21 soccer fields."
• US foods are increasingly full of nano-scale additives - "'I wash all my food like crazy': scientists voice concern about nanoparticles."
• US government is investigating China’s breakthrough smartphone - "The United States government is seeking more information about the Huawei Mate 60 Pro, a Chinese smartphone powered by an advanced chip. The new flagship device, which reportedly includes a new 5G Kirin 9000s processor developed specifically for Chinese manufacturer Huawei, recently shocked industry experts who didn’t understand how the company would have the technology to make such a chip following sweeping efforts by the United States to restrict China’s access to foreign chip technology."
• U.S. Hacked Into Iran’s Critical Civilian Infrastructure For Massive Cyberattack, New Film Claims - BuzzFeedNews.
• US has officially entered first recession since 2009 - "National Bureau of Economic Research says economic growth in the US peaked in February and has since entered its first downturn since 2007 to 2009."
• US life expectancy falls to lowest level since 1996 - "US life expectancy has fallen to the lowest level seen since 1996, continuing a steep decline largely driven by the Covid-19 pandemic."
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• U.S. National Debt Clock - Real Time.
• US passes 1m overdose deaths since records began - "2021 was a record year for overdose deaths with an estimated 107,622, CDC says, an increase of 15% from the previous year."
• US passport is now as weak as Mexico's - "Henley Index: Japan tops 2020 list of world's most powerful passports."
• US plan to nuke the moon - "The crazy plan to explode a nuclear bomb on the Moon. In the 1950s, with the USSR seemingly sprinting ahead in the space race, US scientists hatched a bizarre plan - nuking the surface of the Moon to frighten the Soviets."
• US Postal Service halts China parcels after Trump tariffs - "Chinese retailers, such as online giants Shein and Temu, have used the tax exemption to ship low value packages duty-free to the US and have benefitted from similar rules in the UK and the European Union to reach millions of customers."
• US presidents who took animal ownership to extremes - "Using trophy animals as power symbols didn’t start with Tiger King. According to Mammoth author Chris Flynn, the American obsession dates back to the 1700s."
• US SEARCH - "The Leader in People Search & Background Check. Guarantee: No Results - No Charge!"
• US state is not covered by the NATO treaty - "Because in a quirk of geography and history, Hawaii is not technically covered by the NATO pact."
• US tech companies face new EU rules - "The world’s largest tech companies must comply with a sweeping new European law starting Friday that affects everything from social media moderation to targeted advertising and counterfeit goods in e-commerce - with possible ripple effects for the rest of the world."
• US tourist fined $450 for eating & drinking on a Roman fountain - "An American visitor to Rome has been fined €450 ($450) for eating and drinking while sitting on the side of a fountain, under rules designed to maintain the 'decorum' of the city in the face of overtourism."
• US tourists have a reputation for being ‘stupid’ - "How to avoid the ‘stupid American’ stereotype while traveling abroad."
• US winter storm leaves millions without power and cancels holiday plans - "Power outages leave more than 1.4 million homes and businesses in the dark, while thousands of US flights were canceled."
• US’s white population declines for first time ever, 2020 census finds - "White population falls below 60%, underscoring what’s at stake as lawmakers begin drawing political maps."
• usa2me.com - "RV Mail Forwarding Services, Remailing, US Mailing Address, Mail Receiving." Have your own USA address to receive mail and packages. Forwarding anywhere in the world. Online mailbox management. Great rates and member services.
• Usability vs. Security - "The Everlasting Trade-Off in the Context of Apple iOS Mobile Hotspots."
• USB-C: What can you connect to the iPhone 15 with USB-C? - "USB-C makes it easy to connect displays, external storage, cameras, and charge using the same cable as all your other devices. Here's what you can do with your new iPhone and its shiny new port."
• USB Ports: Everything You Need to Know About USB Ports & Speeds (2024) - "USB-C was supposed to make everything simple. Instead, it’s more complicated than ever. So let's clear up the confusion."
• USC SHOAH FOUNDATION INSTITUTE
• USGS releases first complete geologic map of the Moon - "You can study the lunar surface in unprecedented detail."

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• Vacations as we know it are over - "As wildfires, driven by record-breaking heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds, raged across the islands of Rhodes, Corfu and Evia, thousands of visitors, along with residents, had to flee the flames - many with just the clothes they were wearing. It would be a big mistake to regard these as freak events and to continue holidaying as usual in the years ahead. On the contrary, the extreme weather conditions across southern Europe this summer are a wake-up call - a reminder that not even our vacations are insulated from the growing consequences of global heating."
• vaccine invented in a garden shed - "Britain's miraculous, life-saving garden shed. Before the pandemic, Dr Jenner's House - where the world's first vaccine was given - was an obscure tourism site. Post-Covid, it could become a major international attraction."
• Valentine's Day: 6 things we learned from asking couples how they stay together - "From respecting each other’s independence to seeking professional help if needed, long-lasting couples share their wisdom on love."
• Valentine's Day: The interspecies relationships that evolved in nature - "From bats and carnivorous plants to crocodiles and birds, nature is full of remarkable pairings that depend on each other to survive."
• Valentine's Day! Why we celebrate love today, who was St Valentine - and everything else you need to know - The Telegraph.
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• Vampire Straw - "Machined one at the time in the USA out of grade 9 titanium, the Vampire straw is truly a custom made item. The Vampire straw’s dimensions make it the most comfortable straw to use; it’s length and wide gauge allows the user to drink effortlessly any thick shake or smoothie. The Vampire straw is also long enough to drink from any long beverage can. Designed for self defense, the Vampire straw is super tough and long enough to be used like a dagger; it’s chiseled tip is sharp enough to puncture most synthetic materials. The Vampire straw is also a very effective tire deflator, and can be carried in a cup, in public without attracting attention. From a cup, the Vampire straw is very easy to deploy in reverse grip, and put into action almost instantly."
• vampire straw? A closer look at the weapon confiscated from a Boston traveler’s luggage - "A man was arrested earlier this month at Boston Logan International Airport for allegedly carrying a 'vampire straw' in his carry-on luggage. While the name of the device summons thoughts of Dracula and blood-sucking bats, the straws actually have nothing to do with vampires. Here’s what you need to know about the multi-use, self-defense tool."
• Vantablack - material developed by Surrey NanoSystems in the United Kingdom and is one of the darkest substances known, absorbing up to 99.965% of visible light. The name is a compound of the acronym VANTA (vertically aligned nanotube arrays) and the color black. BMW unveiled an X6 concept with Vantablack paint at the Frankfurt Auto Show in September 2019; however, the company does not plan on producing the color on production models of the X6.
• Vanuatu oil rig registry sparks concern amid climate advocacy - "Pacific country questioned over profits drawn from industry linked to oil as it gains global prominence for climate work."
• Vanuatu presidential palace funded by China stirs debt fears - "Beijing says ‘no strings attached’ to the complex unveiled last month amid wider concerns over loans the Pacific country owes to China."
• VANUNU MORDECHAI - kidnapped in Rome September 30, 1986.
• Vatican Swiss Guards ready to sacrifice their lives for the pope - "World’s smallest army, which is preparing to swear in its latest recruits, has in the past engaged in ferocious battles."
• Vatican: The keeper of the Vatican's secrets is retiring. Here's what he wants you to know - "The longtime prefect of what is now named the Vatican Apostolic Archive, Archbishop Sergio Pagano, is spilling the beans for the first time, revealing some of the secrets he has uncovered in the 45 years he has worked in one of the world's most important, and unusual, repositories of documents."
• 'Vatileaks' scandal a 'battle between good & evil' in the Catholic church - The Guardian.
• Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed - WikiLeaks.
• VCR Is Officially Dead, But We’ll Never Forget It - Wired.
• VEER - stock photos, stock illustrations, fonts, free downloads.
• VE Day: The fall of Nazi Berlin in pictures - "After nearly four years of intense fighting, Soviet forces finally launched their assault on Berlin on 16 April 1945."
• Vegan Cooking – Lose The Eggs, Milk & Butter! - Pressure Cooker Pros.
• Vegan diet massively cuts environmental damage, study shows - "Detailed analysis finds plant diets lead to 75% less climate-heating emissions, water pollution and land use than meat-rich ones."
• vegan diet: Scientists find vital missing ingredient for healthy vegan diet - algae - "Natural aquatic supplement could be used to make up for lack of key vitamin B12 in plant-based diets. Vitamins for vegans made from algae could soon prove to be the most effective solution to replacing an important nutrient missing from plant-based diets, thanks to recent research by scientists at Cambridge University."
• vegan revolution: why the latest 'meat' is made entirely from thin air - "A US startup claims it can convert CO2 into nutrients. Could innovations such as this and 3D-printed steaks provide a sustainable food future?"
• vegetables that can make you FAT - Daily Mail.
• vegetables: There’s actually no such thing as vegetables. Here’s why you should eat them anyway - "The rumors are true: Vegetables aren’t real - that is, in botany, anyway. While the term fruit is recognized botanically as anything that contains a seed or seeds, vegetable is actually a broad umbrella term for many types of edible plants."
• Vegetarian & meat-eating children have similar growth & nutrition but not weight, study finds - "If you're wondering how your child might fare on a vegetarian diet, a new study offers some factors to consider. Children eating a vegetarian diet and children who ate meat were similar in terms of growth, height and nutritional measures, but vegetarian children had higher odds of being underweight, according to a study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics."
• Vegetarian women more likely to fracture hips in later life, study shows - "Research suggests some vegetarians may not get sufficient nutrients for good bone and muscle health."
• Vegetarians have 14% lower cancer risk than meat-eaters, study finds - "Oxford University research also finds pescatarians have 10% reduced risk compared with those who eat meat regularly."
• Vegetarians might have higher risk of stroke than meat eaters, study says - "Non-meat diets have soared in popularity with many people ditching beef, pork and chicken in pursuit of health and environmental benefits and concerns about animal welfare. However, a new study suggests that vegetarians and vegans may be at a higher risk of stroke than their meat-eating counterparts - although those who don't eat meat have a lower chance of coronary heart disease, according to the new paper, published in the medical journal the BMJ on Wednesday."
• Velcro, bullet trains & robotic arms: how nature is the mother of invention - "Many of the world’s most inspiring solutions have been created by scientists who stole their ideas from the natural world."
• Venice awaits Unesco heritage ruling as beds for tourists outnumber residents for first time - "‘We feel like foreigners in our own home,’ says activist as city’s population dwarfed by visitors."
• Venice bans large tourist groups & loudspeakers - "New rules banning loudspeakers and limiting tour group sizes to 25 people have come into force in Venice. The canals of Venice's historic quarter make the city one of the most visited places in Europe. Venice introduced a €5 daily entry fee earlier this year, after initially banning cruise ships from docking in the quarter in 2021."
• Venice floods: Climate change behind highest tide in 50 years, says mayor "Severe flooding in Venice that has left much of the Italian city under water is a direct result of climate change, the mayor says."
• Venice mayor slams 'idiots' for surfing on Grand Canal - "Tourists fined for surfing up Venice's Grand Canal."
• Venice says no to wheeled suitcases - "For years, Venice has battled the effects of rising waters on its historic architecture, but now it's facing a new threat: wheeled suitcases."
• Venice test brings up floodgates for first time - "For the first time a system of 78 mobile floodgates has been tested in Venice, after years beset by delays and corruption."
• Venice: The ancient forest that supports Venice - "Mud, water and wood: The system that kept a 1604-year-old city afloat. Most modern structures are built to last 50 years or so, but ingenious ancient engineering has kept this watery city afloat for more than 1,600 years - using only wood."
• Venice to back €5 fee for day-trip tourists - "The Italian city of Venice is expected to approve the trial of a €5 ($5.35) fee for daily visitors, in a bid to control tourism."
• Venice to ban large tourist groups & loudspeakers - "Venice is to ban loudspeakers and tourist groups of more than 25 people, in a bid to ease the impact of mass tourism on the Italian city. The new rules will come into effect from June, the city said in a statement."
• Venice to charge daytrippers up to €10 to enter in 2023 - "As the poster child for overtourism, Venice has long been a city of mounting lines, uncomfortable crowding and mushrooming Airbnbs which are blamed for pricing locals out of the city. Now, the city's mayor has announced that visitors can make reservations from this summer, with an entrance fee due from January 2023."
• Venice: Welcome to Venice. That'll Be 5 Euros - "Starting this month, tourists intending to visit the city on busy dates will be required to register on a website, and those coming for a single day will have to pay an entry fee. Starting on April 25, and for another 29 days scattered mostly around national holidays and weekends through mid-July, day trippers to the historic part of Venice will have to pay 5 euros, about $5.40, a measure that city officials hope will encourage people to come during less busy times."
• Venice's canal water looks clearer as coronavirus keeps visitors away - "As the world continues to grapple with coronavirus, the pandemic is having some unexpected side effects."
• Venting Doesn't Reduce Anger, But Something Else Does, Study Finds - "Venting when angry seems sensible. Conventional wisdom suggests expressing anger can help us quell it, like releasing steam from a pressure cooker. Research team said it found little evidence that venting helps."
• Verge tech survey 2021 - "In a year of isolation, fear, sickness, and death, the tech industry provided many of the ways people stayed connected. It also made Americans very aware of their reliance on the major tech companies. So have our attitudes toward them shifted?"
• VERISIGN - SSL certificates, and more.
• Vermeer: Largest ever collection of Vermeer paintings unveiled in blockbuster show - "For the next four months, Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum is playing host to the biggest Vermeer exhibition of this, or any other, lifetime." 10 February - 4 June 2023.
• Vernal Equinox: Everything you need to know - The Telegraph.
• Viagra could be used to treat Alzheimer’s disease, study finds - "US scientists say users of sildenafil - the generic name for Viagra - are 69% less likely to develop the form of dementia than non-users."
• Viagra: the little blue pill that revolutionised our sex lives - The Guardian.
• VICE - "The Definitive Guide to Enlightening Information."
• Victoria Beckham has eaten the exact same meal every day for 25 years - "David Beckham has admitted he and wife Victoria Beckham have only ever shared the same meal once throughout their entire marriage - with the former footballer calling the solo incident 'the most amazing thing'. 'Unfortunately, I'm married to someone who has eaten the same thing for the last 25 years. Since I've met Victoria, she only eats grilled fish, steamed vegetables. She'll very rarely deviate away from there.'"
• Video games unlikely to cause real-world violence, experts say - "As mass shootings roil the nation, President Trump and top Republicans are citing video games as one explanation for the bloodshed."
• Vietnam, 50 years after the war - "Half a century after the end of a devastating conflict that left much of the nation in ruins, Vietnam has emerged as one of Asia's most popular destinations."
• Vienna named world's top city for quality of life - The Guardian.
• Vietnam pilot who disregarded direct order gets Medal of Honor - "Retired Army Capt Larry Taylor, now 81, flew his Cobra helicopter into a firefight to rescue four US troops from near certain death in 1968. He had been ordered to return to base, but refused when he learned there was no other rescue helicopter being sent."
• Vietnam records highest ever temperature of 44.1C - "Report comes after neighbouring countries also register unprecedented highs during April heatwave."
• Vietnam's new glass bridge sets Guinness World Record - "A glass-bottomed walkway in Vietnam, which opened to much public fanfare in April, has been declared the world's longest bridge of its kind by Guinness World Records."
• Vietnamese businessman has built one of the flashiest buildings in the country - "Called Mr. Trinh Dinh Xuan, the gentleman works as part of the country's construction sector. His new abode features an imposing facade with giant stone columns at the entrance, three large domes decorated with gilded statues, and a baroque architectural style inspired by European palaces."
• Vikings were in the Americas exactly a thousand years ago - "The Vikings used their longships to cross the Atlantic Ocean and settled in Canada as early as 1021, according to a new study providing the first exact date of Europeans in the Americas."
• Viktor Bout: the Lord of War at centre of Griner & Whelan prisoner swap - "Moscow has never forgotten the arms dealer who reportedly keeps a photo of Vladimir Putin in his US cell. Merchant of Death, Lord of War, the Bill Gates of Arms Dealing: Viktor Bout’s nicknames speak for themselves."
• Vilhelm HammershØi’s 'Interior. The Music Room, Strandgade 30' - "Sold on May 16, 2023 for US$9,124,350 at Sotheby's New York City."
• Villa Windsor: Inside the opulent home of abdicated British King & his wife - "French home of Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson to become a museum. The run-down Villa Windsor in the Boulogne woods of western Paris will open as a museum next year to coincide with the Paris Olympics, following a multi-million euro renovation."
• Vincent van Gogh: Dream of Talking to Vincent van Gogh? A.I. Tries to Resurrect the Artist - "Can doppelgängers of the Dutch painter help museums generate new interest and income? A.I. Vincent fields our questions (and makes some mistakes)."
• VinFast: Vietnam EV maker valued at more than Ford or GM - "Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast's stock market valuation has soared above Ford and General Motors (GM) on its first day of trading. Shares in the firm, which has yet to make a profit, closed above $37 each in their New York's debut. That gave VinFast a stock market valuation of $85bn, much higher than Ford's $48bn and GM's $46bn."
• Vintage Chanel bags - the ultimate guide to buying secondhand - "Plus, a brief history of this iconic accessory. How to find vintage Chanel bags (and how to spot a fake)."
• Vinyl LP Frenzy Brings Record-Pressing Machines Back to Life - The New York Times.
• V.I.P. Isn't Exclusive Enough: Welcome to V.V.I.P. - "Every sports venue has its own tiered system of luxury. The World Cup in Qatar is providing a reminder that there is always a higher level."
• VIP syndrome: why do the doctors to the stars make fatal mistakes? - "Medical professionals who treat celebrities such as Prince and Michael Jackson are as susceptible to star power as the rest of us, and the results can be deadly."
• VIRTUAL PERPETUAL CALENDARS
• Virgin Orbit: Branson’s rocket dream ends after mission failure - "Sir Richard Branson's rocket company Virgin Orbit has shut down, just months after a major mission failure. The firm's converted jet and leases on properties have been sold for $36m, just a fraction of the $3.7bn the company was valued at in 2021."
• Virgin to fly 'net-zero' transatlantic Boeing 787 - "The aircraft will hit the skies in 2023 fueled entirely by what's known as sustainable aviation fuel."
• Virginia Roberts now 'claims she's LOST notorious photo of Prince Andrew with his arm around her waist' - "The Duke of York's attorneys argue that without the hard copy original, there is no way to prove the image wasn't manipulated."
• Virtual Globetrotting - since 2005. "View amazing satellite imagery from across the globe. Celebrity homes, roadside attractions, landmarks, military and more!"
• Virtual reality vs augmented reality: Which is the future? - Wareable.
• VIRUS SCANNER Plastic trays at security are the worst virus carriers in the airport - even worse than the TOILET - "THERE’S one place to avoid at the airport if you want to stop yourself getting sick - the plastic trays at security that stuff is piled into before it is scanned. They are the worst culprits for carrying viruses such as the common cold and flu."
• Visa Restrictions Index & best passports 2016 - Henley & Partners.
• Vision Pro apps: the good, the bad & the ridiculous - "Apple's Vision Pro is Apple's newest computing platform, and that means we're going to see a whole bunch of new apps. But getting snubbed by Netflix, Spotify and YouTube means that the most popular streaming apps won't be available when the headset launches on February 2."
• Visualizing 60 Years of Stock Market Cycles - "To give some context on the current stock market cycle, this graphic shows 60 years of bull and bear markets."
• Vitamin B12 as Protection for the Aging Brain - The New York Times.
• Vitamin D & fish oil supplements may help prevent autoimmune disease, study says - "aking daily vitamin D and fish oil supplements may help protect older adults from developing autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, thyroid diseases and polymyalgia rheumatica, an inflammatory disease that causes muscle pain and stiffness in the shoulders and hips, a new study found."
• Vitamin D is the antiaging supplement of choice for scientists & longevity investors - "Vitamin D is an essential nutrient our bodies use to help us absorb calcium. As people age, it gets more difficult for them to use the vitamin D they get from food and the sun."
• Vitamin D supplements don't improve bone health, major study finds - "The study found that vitamin D supplements did little to help fractures, falls and bone density."
• Viva Magenta! What Pantone’s colour of the year tells us about 2023 - "The design company calls it an empowering shade that drives innovation - and its storied history suggests it might be right."
• Vladimir Putin: As Biden Mulls Sanctions, Three Theories On How Putin Makes His Millions - "According to Swedish economist Anders Aslund, the author of the 2019 book Russia’s Crony Capitalism, Putin has recruited family, childhood friends, bodyguards and others to hold his money. He estimates that each person has between $500 million and $2 billion and that his net worth is anywhere between $100 billion and $130 billion."
• Vladimir Putin “falls asleep” as Ukrainian team walks past at Winter Olympics - "Vladimir Putin has been caught on camera appearing to nod off during the Ukrainian national anthem."
• Vladimir Putin: I moonlighted as a taxi driver in the 1990s - "Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken of his regret at the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, revealing that he had to work as a taxi driver to supplement his income."
• Vladimir Putin to Be Called 'Ruler' of Russia Under New Proposal - "A pro-Kremlin party is calling for Vladimir Putin to be referred to as Russia's 'ruler' rather than as the Russian 'president,' in order to move away from a job description derived from a foreign language."
• Vladimir Putin: What’s going on inside his head? - "The Russian president’s intentions are now clear. The psychology behind them has been years in the making."
• VO2 max: This Test Might Be the Best Way to Track Fitness & Longevity - "VO2 max has become ubiquitous in fitness circles. But what does it measure and how important is it to know yours? Fitness is full of numbers meant to help you become faster and stronger. There's your mile run time, your resting heart rate and measures of strength and flexibility. But perhaps the gold standard is VO2 max."
• Vogue World: Stars flock to Britain’s answer to the Met Gala - "It was billed as Britain’s answer to the Met Gala, and last night’s inaugural 'Vogue World' at the Theatre Royal on London’s Drury Lane didn’t disappoint."
• Voltaire statue returns to Paris after four-year absence - "Following a mystery disappearance sparking outrage and rumour, the original damaged and fragile figure has been replaced by a ‘very fine’ copy."
• Volvo Driver - "Volvo drivers are people who value quality and safety over ostentation. They are often liberal, well educated, and upper middle class. Like their drivers, Volvos are conservative and understated. If the cars are well cared for, they can last forever."
• vorfreude secret: 30 zero-effort ways to fill your life with joy - "How can you change your life for the better today? Learn not just to appreciate happiness - but to anticipate it."
• Voter Suppression Is Still One of the Greatest Obstacles to a More Just America - "One of the greatest obstacles to a more just and equal America is the continued efforts at voter suppression across the country."
• Voyager: Inside the world's greatest space mission - "In 1977, two spacecraft started a mission that has redefined our knowledge of the Solar System - and will soon become our ambassadors on a journey into the unknown. BBC Future looks at their legacy, 40 years after launch."
• VPN Beginner’s Guide - "What is a VPN and how does it work (Explained)."
• VPN Guide: Legality, Jurisdictions & Internet Censorship - since 2012. "The Best VPN Reviews on Earth!"
• VW Risks its $31 billion Brand and Germany’s National Reputation - Brand Finance.
• VÄxjÖ: A 'crazy town looking to go fossil free': Sweden's wooden city that was green before Greta - "Nearly a decade before Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was even born, Växjö set itself on a path to a new vision of green urban living."

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• WACKY WARNING LABELS
• Wagner Group: At a glance: Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin ‘dead in plane crash’ - what we know so far - "Allies of Wagner boss accuse Russian defence ministry of assassinating him; flight data shows plane dropped suddenly."
• Wagner Group ‘have as much power in Kremlin as ministers’ - "Russian dissident Mikhail Khodorkovsky tells UK parliamentary group of ‘terrorism’ threat."
• Wagner Group: Prigozhin precedents: a history of assassinations by plane crash - "Yevgeny Prigozhin joins a long list of figures suspected to have been killed by attacks on planes."
• Wagner Group: Putin silent after Wagner boss Prigozhin 'killed in plane crash’ - "Former MI6 boss Sir John Sawers says he thinks it's highly likely that Vladimir Putin is behind the reported death of Yevgeny Prigozhin." BBC News.
• Wagner Group: Russia will not probe Prigozhin plane crash under international rules - "Russia has informed Brazil's aircraft investigation authority that it will not probe the crash of the Brazilian-made Embraer (EMBR3.SA) jet that killed mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin under international rules 'at the moment', the Brazilian agency told Reuters on Tuesday."
• Wagner Group to be declared a terrorist organisation by UK - "Wagner, the Russian mercenary group, is set to be proscribed as a terrorist group by the UK government - meaning it will be illegal to be a member or support the organisation."
• Wagner Group: Who was Dmitry Utkin? What we know about Wagner commander onboard plane in fatal crash - "Mercenary group said to have been named after commander whose call sign was ‘Wagner’ but who stayed out of the spotlight."
• Wagner Group: Yevgeny Prigozhin plane crash: Embraer Legacy 600 jet had good safety record, say reports - "The Embraer executive jet model that crashed in Russia, apparently with Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin on board, has only recorded one accident in more than 20 years of service, and that was not related to mechanical failure."
• Wagner Group:Yevgeny Prigozhin obituary - "Multimillionaire Russian businessman and head of the Wagner mercenary army that played a key role in the war in Ukraine."
• Wagner Group: Yevgeny Prigozhin: the hotdog seller who rose to the top of Putin’s war machine - "Russian officials have said the Wagner group founder was on a plane that crashed outside Moscow. Some of those who knew him describe – what had been up to his abortive rebellion this summer - an extraordinary journey from prison to power."
• Wagner in Africa: How the Russian mercenary group has rebranded - "Russia is offering governments in Africa a 'regime survival package' in exchange for access to strategically important natural resources, a major new report has found."
• Walk, Jog or Dance: It’s All Good for the Aging Brain - The New York Times.
• walkable cities: This European city has been named the world's most walkable - "These are the ten most walkable cities in the world: Munich; Milan; Warsaw; Helsinki; Paris; Tokyo; Madrid; Oslo; Copenhagen & Amsterdam."
• Walking can lower risk of early death, but there’s more to it than number of steps, study finds - "Put on your walking shoes and don’t forget your step counter: You can reduce your risk for cancer, heart disease and early death by getting up to 10,000 steps a day, but any amount of walking helps, according to a new study. Health benefits rose with every step, the study found, but peaked at 10,000 steps - after that the effects faded. Counting steps may be especially important for people who do unstructured, unplanned physical activity such as house work, gardening and dog walks."
• Walking Is the Superior Form of Exercise - "Abandon your punishing fitness plan! For true physical and existential salvation, nothing beats a good walk, argues author Will Self."
• Walking vs. running: For the same distance, which consumes more energy? - "Perhaps not surprisingly, running consumes more energy than walking for the same distance covered. But why?"
• Wall Street Rule for the #MeToo Era: Avoid Women at All Cost - "No more dinners with female colleagues. Don’t sit next to them on flights. Book hotel rooms on different floors. Avoid one-on-one meetings. In fact, as a wealth adviser put it, just hiring a woman these days is 'an unknown risk.' What if she took something he said the wrong way?"
• Walmart, Costco & other companies rethink self-checkout - "But now, retailers are rethinking self-checkout. They have found that self-checkout leads to higher merchandise losses from customer errors and intentional shoplifting - known as 'shrink' - than human cashiers ringing up customers."
• Walmart wants to put drones to work in its warehouses - engadget.
• Wannsee Conference - meeting of senior officials of the Nazi German regime, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee on 20 January 1942. The purpose of the conference was to inform administrative leaders of Departments responsible for various policies relating to Jews that Reinhard Heydrich had been appointed as the chief executor of the "Final solution to the Jewish question".
• Want to Plan for Your Death & Funeral? Here’s How - The New York Times.
• Warnings on sunscreen bottles to avoid eyes leave sun worshippers at risk of cancer - The Telegraph.
• Warren Buffett compares AI to nuclear weapons in stark warning - "The so-called Oracle of Omaha acknowledged to his audience that he has little idea about the tech behind AI, but said he still fears its potential repercussions."
• Warren Buffett defended his massive $300 billion cash pile in February. Now he doesn't have to - "Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett sold stocks and loaded up on cash last year. Then, the market tanked."
• Warren Buffett finally traded in his flip phone for an iPhone - "Warren Buffett, one of Apple's largest shareholders, finally owns one of the company's most popular products."
• Warren Buffett "Guaranteed" He'd Get 50% Annual Returns With Only $1 Million As Berkshire's Cash Hoard Soars To Over $189 Billion - "As far back as 1999, Mr. Buffett famously said he could achieve 50% annual returns if he had only $1 million to manage, stating, 'The highest rates of return I’ve ever achieved were in the 1950s. I killed the Dow. You ought to see the numbers. But I was investing peanuts then. It’s a huge structural advantage not to have a lot of money. I think I could make you 50% a year on $1 million. No, I know I could. I guarantee that.'"
• Warren Buffett, in Annual Letter, Offers Hymn to U.S. Economy - The New York Times.
• Warren Buffett-Led Berkshire Hathaway's $367 Billion Portfolio Is Invested in Only 1 Stock - "Let's try to figure out what exactly about Apple, which today represents just under 46% of Berkshire's entire portfolio, first drew Buffett's attention."
• Warren Buffett Says Apple Is Better Than Any Businesses Berkshire Owns - "Unmatched Brand Loyalty Proven As Consumers Would Give Up A Second Car For An iPhone. At the 2023 Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting in May, Buffett emphasized that it is 'a better business than any we own.' He clarified that while Berkshire Hathaway has invested a considerable amount in Apple, it still doesn't surpass its investment in railroads."
• Warren Buffett Says He Prefers A McDonald's Burger Over A $100 Meal - "Despite his wealth, the legendary investor and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. CEO lives a frugal lifestyle, preferring the simple pleasures of a McDonald’s hamburger over extravagant dining. His Typical Lunch Is A 'Quarter-Pounder With Fries'."
• Warren Buffett Says the Ultimate Measure of Success Comes Down to 1 Simple Word - "Buffett's words serve as a poignant reminder of what truly matters in a world that often glorifies material possessions and professional achievements. Measuring success through love. Love in its purest form."
• Warren Buffett Says True Success in Life Comes Down to Just 12 Key Decisions - "'Develop your eccentricities when young.' Here's your checklist: 12 life decisions that lead to success, using Buffett's example."
• Warren Buffett’s $1 Trillion Target for Apple Is in Sight - The New York Times.
• Warren Buffett’s breakup with the Gates Foundation will hurt the world - "Buffett’s decision to put his money into a foundation controlled by his kids is a mistake. 'Three eccentrics have to agree on how to spend $135 billion' sounds more like the premise for a sitcom than a process that will accomplish real good with that much money."
• Warren Buffett’s Case for Capitalism - "'I’m a card-carrying capitalist,' Warren Buffett said on Saturday at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting - aka 'Woodstock for Capitalists'."
• Warren Buffett's Remarkably Easy Writing Hack to Simplify Complex Ideas - "Three questions to ask before you write a word."
• Warren Buffett's wife grumbles about $4 coffee at Sun Valley - "The wife of legendary investor Warren Buffett was overheard at Allen & Co’s annual 'summer camp for billionaires' complaining to a resort staffer about having to pay $4 for a cup of coffee."
• WARRIOR FORUM - "The #1 Internet Marketing Forum Since 1997."
• Was CIA ‘too white’ to spot 9/11 clues? - "When the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) failed to prevent the September 11, 2001 attacks, many asked whether more could have been done. But the true reason why the agency was blind to the signs may be a diversity problem, writes Matthew Syed."
• Was It Cancer? Getting the Diagnosis - The New York Times.
• Was life better before smartphones? Don't be ridiculous - The Telegraph.
• Washington DC: The master plan that created the world's most powerful city - CNN travel.
• Washington Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art - released on December 3, 1998. "In developing a consensus on non-binding principles to assist in resolving issues relating to Nazi-confiscated art, the Conference recognizes that among participating nations there are differing legal systems and that countries act within the context of their own laws."
• Watch a Boston Dynamics robot herd sheep in New Zealand - "Robotics company Rocos shows how Spot might advance precision agriculture."
• Watch how Tesla's self-driving cars see the road - The Telegraph.
• Watch how the Porsche 911 has changed (and stayed the same) for 50 years - The Verge.
• Watch Register - "The leading global database of lost and stolen watches."
• watch servicing: How much does a lifetime of watch servicing actually cost? - "If a watch movement doesn’t get serviced on a regular basis, it’s more likely to jam up, break, or stop working for any number of reasons."
• Watch the building of The Telegraph's Chelsea Flower Show garden from start to finish -The Telegraph.
• WatchCharts Overall Market Index - "The WatchCharts Overall Market Index is an indicator of secondary watch market price trends. It is composed of 60 watches taken from the top 10 luxury watch brands, sorted and weighted by transaction value. The index shows the market price movement of this set of watches (in USD) over time, and is rebalanced once per year on January 1st."
• Water Bottle Germs Revealed - Treadmill Reviews.
• WATER CONSERVATION GUIDE - "Simple Guide to Indoor & Outdoor Water Conservation."
• WATERLOO 200 - umbrella organisation approved and supported by Government to oversee the celebration of the 200th annivesary of the Battle of Waterloo.
• WaterSeer - condenses pure water from air without power or chemicals.
• Watson - artificially intelligent computer system capable of answering questions posed in natural language, developed in IBM's DeepQA project by a research team.
• Wayback Machine internet archive - since 1996. "As of February 2021, the Internet Archive holds over 29 million books and texts, 8.7 million movies, videos and TV shows, 629,000 software programs, 16 million audio files, 3.8 million images, 224,000 audio files, and 550 billion web pages in the Wayback Machine."
• WAYN.COM - the fastest growing travel and lifestyle social networking community website in the UK. Present in 251 countries and membership of over 15 million.
• Ways to Celebrate Thanksgiving, Old and New - The New York Times.
• WAZE - free social GPS application featuring turn-by-turn navigation, developed by the Israeli start-up Waze Mobile for GPS-enabled smartphones with a data plan. Waze supports Android, iPhone, Symbian, Windows Mobile (but not Windows Phone), and J2ME (RIM).
• We Need to Talk About How Good A.I. Is Getting - "We’re in a golden age of progress in artificial intelligence. It’s time to start taking its potential and risks seriously."
• Wealth Inequality Rising Fast, Oxfam Says, Faulting Tax Havens - The New York Times.
• Wealth Report 2021 - 15th edition of The Wealth Report published by Knight Frank.
• Wealth X - since 2010. "Data Driven Intelligence on the World's Wealthiest Individuals." The leading wealth information and insight business offering unique data assets and insight on the world's wealthiest individuals.
• Wearable AI: will it put our smartphones out of fashion? - "Portable AI-powered devices that connect directly to a chatbot without the need for apps or a touchscreen are set to hit the market. Are they the emperor's new clothes or a gamechanger?"
• Weather Apps to Download & Store Up for Winter - The New York Times.
• WEB MD - "Better information. Better health."
• Web’s Creator Looks to Reinvent It - The New York Times.
• Webb telescope's first photos reveal unseen aspects of the universe - "Astronomers and space enthusiasts have waited for Webb's debut for decades. When US President Joe Biden released the first high-resolution image on Monday, and NASA unveiled the rest a day later, it felt like the entire planet came together to marvel at them. And the observatory's scintillating journey is just beginning."
• WEBLOGS.COM - a ping server run by Moreover Technologies that automatically notifies subscribers when new content is posted to a website or blog. Essentially it acts as a central hub between publishers and consumers of content.
• WebDAV - extension of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) that facilitates collaboration between users in editing and managing documents and files stored on World Wide Web servers. The WebDAV protocol makes the Web a readable and writable medium. It provides a framework for users to create, change and move documents on a server; typically a web server or web share. The most important features of the WebDAV protocol include the maintenance of properties about an author or modification date, namespace management, collections, and overwrite protection. Maintenance of properties includes such things as the creation, removal, and querying of file information. Namespace management deals with the ability to copy and move web pages within a server’s namespace. Collections deals with the creation, removal, and listing of various resources. Lastly, overwrite protection handles aspects related to locking of files.
• Website Cloning - refers to the copying or modification of an existing website design or script to create a new website. Website cloning allows designers to create websites without the need to write scripts from scratch.
• WEBSITE HIT COUNTERS
• Wegovy: the slimming drug that keeps Denmark’s economy growing - "Novo Nordisk, the maker of the blockbuster obesity injection, has singlehandedly saved the country from a recession."
• Wegovy weight-loss pill's success is destabilizing Denmark's economy - "The buoyant pharmaceutical sector, which contributes a third of the Scandinavian country's growth, has brought in a rush of foreign currency, forcing the central bank to act."
• Wegovy: You’ve Lost Weight Taking New Obesity Drugs. What Happens if You Stop? - "Many patients are eager to discontinue Wegovy or Zepbound when their weight loss plateaus. But doctors say it’s difficult to go cold turkey."
• weirdest things you can see on Google Earth - The Telegraph.
• welcome to America - The Guardian.
• Welcome to the fastest-heating place on Earth - "In the world’s northernmost town, temperatures have risen by 4C, devastating homes, wildlife and even the cemetery. Will the rest of the planet heed its warning?"
• Welsh caviar: should we all start eating laver? - "Protein-rich seaweed has dropped off British menus. Now an innovative Pembrokeshire group is leading a renaissance rooted in Welsh history."
• We’re More Honest With Our Phones Than With Our Doctors - The New York Times.
• We're quitting smoking, so why is big tobacco booming? - video - "Smoking rates are falling in the UK, US and much of Europe. Forty-five per cent of Brits smoked in the 60s and 70s, compared with just 15% today. You would think this was bad news for cigarette profits, but tobacco companies are making more money than ever. They claim they no longer market traditional cigarettes, but behind-the scenes tactics suggest otherwise. Leah Green explains how the most successful business enterprise in history has weathered its fall from grace."
• whale might be the heaviest animal ever, study finds - "A colossal ancient whale discovered in Peru might be the heaviest animal on record, according to a new study. At an estimated body mass of 85 to 340 metric tons (187,393 to 749,572 pounds), the heft of the now-extinct Perucetus colossus is equivalent to or exceeds that of the blue whale, which had indisputably been considered the animal with the greatest body mass until now, said Giovanni Bianucci, first author of the study published Wednesday in the journal Nature."
• Whale song mystery solved by scientists - "Scientists have worked out how some of the largest whales in the ocean produce their haunting and complex songs. Humpbacks and other baleen whales have evolved a specialised 'voice box' that enables them to sing underwater."
• Whale Swallows Two People in a Kayak & Spits Them Back out - "Video shows a whale swallowing two people in a kayak. Thankfully the whale will spit them out and they survived."
• Whale vomit, faeces & urine... what's really in your perfume? - The Telegraph.
• Whales: The only place where whales come to watch you - "Once nearly hunted to extinction, Pacific gray whales in Mexico's Laguna San Ignacio now seem to be as curious about us as we are about them."
• What $100 Can Buy, State by State in US - The New York Times.
• What a Daily Serving of 100 Grams of Protein Looks Like - "This helpful visual guide is a good place to start to make sure you're getting enough protein."
• What are the elements in your iPhone, Starbucks cup & bike? Visualized - "The Dutch duo Studio Drift’s multipart show at the Shed in New York, Fragile Future, deconstructs the materials of daily life."
• What are the most-edited articles through Wikipedia’s history? - Wikimedia.
• What are The Panama Papers? - Biggest Leak in History.
• what came first the chicken or the egg? - researchers at the University of Warwick and the University of Sheffield have applied computing power to crack a problem in egg shell formation.
• What Causes a Super Blood Moon? - The New York Times.
• What Cookies & Meth Have in Common - The New York Times.
• What Could Raising Taxes on the 1% Do? Surprising Amounts - The New York Times.
• What degree should you study to become a billionaire? - The Telegraph.
• What Did Lincoln Really Think of Jefferson? - The New York Times.
• What did the world search for in 2013? - Google Zeitgeist 2013.
• What Do Rich People Eat On Private Jets? - "It’s not easy to eat well on airplanes. Despite the obvious disadvantages - like not possessing kitchens - most airlines settle for terribly boring, terribly ‘cooked’ plates of food that never quite feel, well, edible. And then, of course, there are private jets. In spite of their size, these seem to be the singular route to eat well in the sky. Over the last few years we’ve seen Cardi B chowing down on crab legs in hers, Kanye West bingeing on Chick-fil-A in his, and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson sharing an enormous hand-crafted birthday cake—a gift from his flight crew—on Instagram."
• What Do the Scary Clowns Want? - The New York Times.
• What Do We Really Know About Osama bin Laden’s Death?
• What do YOU see in this image? - "Black and white optical illusion sweeping the web reveals where your priorities really lie."
• What does $1 buy you in every European country? - Hostelworld.com.
• What does spending more than a year in space do to the human body? - "Nasa astronaut Frank Rubio has just returned from a record-breaking 371 days in space onboard the ISS, but the trip may have altered his muscles, brain and even the bacteria living in his gut."
• What does your face say about you? - The Telegraph.
• What Eating 40 Teaspoons of Sugar a Day Can Do to You - The New York Times.
• What existed before the Big Bang? - "How our Universe was born from nothing or if there was something that existed before it remains a mystery, but that is not stopping some physicists from trying to figure it out."
• What Happens to the Coins You Throw in Fountains - Travel + Leisure.
• What happens when Google Search doesn’t have the answers? - "After controlling how information has been distributed for the past 25 years, Google Search faces a set of challenges that will change the company - and the internet - forever."
• What happens when you don't put your phone on airplane mode on an airplane? - Quora.
• What Hollywood Is Like (if You’re Not a Straight White Man) - The New York Times.
• What hotel star ratings actually mean today - "There isn't a single answer to the question of what star ratings actually mean, since there are so many systems shaped by so many factors. Some tourism marketers now even give exceptional luxury properties an unofficial six-star designation. (Think stunning over-water villas in the Maldives with private butlers). And bear in mind not all of a brand's properties are created equal when making assumptions about a chain's star category - newer hotels are usually more modern and deserving of a higher rating."
• What If? - The New York Times.
• What if the Universe has no end? - "The Big Bang is widely accepted as being the beginning of everything we see around us, but other theories that are gathering support among scientists are suggesting otherwise."
• What is a DDoS attack? could my computer be a weapon? - The Telegraph.
• What is all the property in the world worth? - The Telegraph.
• What Is Alzheimer’s Disease? - The New York Times.
• What Is Intermittent Fasting And Is It Actually Good For You? - TIME Magazine.
• What is it like to have an extremely high IQ? - Quora.
• What it means when cats knead with their paws - "Do you ever see your cat shifting his front paws back and forth just before settling down for a nap? Have you heard some cat lovers talk about their feline friends "making biscuits" or 'kneading dough'?"
• What it's like to own a superyacht - "In a rare interview, Folch-Rusiñol Corachán gave CNN Travel the rundown of what it's actually like to own one of these lavish leviathans, why he's willing to spend his millions keeping it afloat, what he uses it for -- and whether his friends are jealous."
• What it's like to win a Nobel Prize - "Hearing you've won a Nobel is incredible for most people. For some, it just spoils their sleep."
• What is Manhattanhenge, when does it happen & where can I see it? - The Telegraph.
• What is modern slavery & how can you stop it? - "Modern forms of slavery can include debt bondage - being forced to work to pay off a debt - child slavery, forced marriage, domestic servitude and forced labour."
• 'What is truly Scandinavian? Absolutely nothing. Everything is copied' - "A Scandinavian airline has pulled an advert after it was criticised by anti-immigration parties for belittling the region's history and culture."
• What is the healthiest bread? - "One of the foods many people hate to love is bread. Is there a type of bread that is more nutritious than the others? It depends on what you are looking for. Wheat breads offer more vitamins, whole grains and fiber, and they have less of a negative impact on blood sugar, which can be helpful for people who have insulin resistance."
• What Is Your Love Style? - The New York Times.
• What Is Your Opposite Job? - The New York Times.
• WHAT IT TAKES TO HOLD YOUR BREATH FOR 24 MINUTES - Wired.
• What jobs did the world's top business people do before they were millionaires? - The Telegraph.
• What Ikea Product Names REALLY Mean - Huffington Post.
• What Makes a Movie the Greatest of All Time? - "The much-respected Sight and Sound poll of the best films ever shows that what is valued onscreen has changed over time, sometimes radically."
• What Men Really Think About Women’s Pubic Hair - The Huffington Post.
• What on earth is an algorithm anyway? - "What is an algorithm? It can feel like a big, abstract, concept. So here’s presenter Jon Stroud with a down-to-earth guide."
• What outdoor space tells us about inequality - "Whether it's a small balcony, a home garden, or access to a park, outdoor space has long been a luxury for many – not a given. And the pandemic's made it even worse."
• what people in 1900 thought year 2000 would look like - The Independent.
• What Salary Should You Ask For? Here’s How to Figure Out What You’re Worth - "Whether you're nailing down the details of a new job offer or hoping to negotiate a raise, you want to make sure you're being paid fairly. Here's how to figure out your market value."
• What Selfie Sticks Really Tell Us About Ourselves - The New York Times.
• What the 'golden age' of flying was really like - "Cocktail lounges, five course meals, caviar served from ice sculptures and an endless flow of champagne: life on board airplanes was quite different during the "golden age of travel," the period from the 1950s to the 1970s that is fondly remembered for its glamor and luxury."
• What the world's second happiest country knows about happiness - "The secret of being the world's second happiest country."
• What was Europe 1000 years ago - "Periodis Web - A Historical Atlas and Gazetteer of Europe from Year 1 to 2000."
• What Was the Greatest Era for Innovation? A Brief Guided Tour - The New York Times.
• What we get wrong about time - "Most of us tend to think of time as linear, absolute and constantly 'running out' - but is that really true? And how can we change our perceptions to feel better about its passing?"
• What We Know About Extreme Weather & Climate Change - The New York Times.
• what will it mean when all cars can drive themselves? - The Guardian.
• What will life look like in 100 years? Underwater cities, printed food and holidays to Mars - Mirror Online.
• what will our growing megacities really look like? - The Guardian.
• What would Britain be worth if we put it on the market? - The Telegraph.
• What Your Dog Wants - "Dogs are 'really good at reading our emotions,' says one expert. But we’re not so good at reading theirs."
• What Your Finger Length Reveals About Your Personality - Higher Perspective.
• What your sexual fantasies say about you - CNN.
• What's the right age to get a smartphone? - "Smartphones have become near-universal among children, with up to 91% of 11-year-olds owning one. But do children miss out without a phone - or experience surprising benefits?"
• What’s the Status of Flaunting Your Status? - "In the world of the ultrawealthy, luxury is only quiet if you don’t know what to listen for." The New York Times.
• WhatsApp Discovered Malware That Infects Phones With a Missed Call - "Spyware crafted by an 'advanced cyber actor,' reportedly an Israeli company, infected multiple targeted mobile phones through WhatsApp's in-app voice calls."
• Whatever happened to the Berlin Wall? - "Thirty years after the Cold War barrier was removed, we look at its origins and where parts of it can still be seen."
• Whatever the Problem, It’s Probably Solved by Walking - "Walking is the worst-kept secret I know. Its rewards hide under every step. Hippocrates proclaimed that 'walking is man’s best medicine.' The good doctor also knew that walking provided more than mere physical benefits when he suggested: 'If you are in a bad mood, go for a walk. If you are still in a bad mood, go for another walk.' He was alluding to what so many who came after would attest, that walking not only nourishes the body but also soothes the mind while it burns off tension and makes our troubles recede into a more manageable perspective. Søren Kierkegaard agreed when he confessed, 'I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it.' And Charles Dickens was even more direct. 'If I could not walk far and fast,' he wrote, 'I think I should just explode and perish.'"
• What’s in a Boarding Pass Barcode? A Lot - Krebs on Security.
• What's in a kiss? A lot more than you think - The Science Explorer.
• What's in a phrase? Shakespeare probably - The Telegraph.
• What’s in the Facebook Papers & what it means for the company - "Facebook - make that Meta - is battling serious issues on multiple fronts."
• What it's like in the greenest city on Earth - "Is this the world's most forward-thinking city?"
• What's next for Apple? - 60 Minutes | CBS News.
• WHAT'S ON WHEN - worldwide event guide and travel inspiration.
• What’s That You’re Wearing? A Guide to Muslim Veils - The New York Times.
• What's the best song to wake up to? - Today.com.
• What’s the connection between weight & personality? - The Guardian.
• What’s the Longest Humans Can Live? 115 Years, study says - The New York Times.
• What’s the secret to happiness? Scientists may have found the answer - The Telegraph.
• What's the stupidest thing a nation has ever done? - The Guardian.
• What’s Up With Those Voices in Your Head? - NY Times.
• When a Company Is Put Up for Sale, in Many Cases, Your Personal Data Is, Too - The New York Times.
• When can you legally travel without a passport? - BBC News.
• When did humans start wearing clothes? Discovery in Germany offers rare clue - "Archaeologists in Germany have uncovered some of the earliest evidence of the use of clothing, with newly discovered cut marks on a cave bear paw suggesting the prehistoric animals were skinned for their fur some 300,000 years ago."
• When do the clocks change around the world? And why? - "We examine where daylight saving time came from and why it doesn’t actually save daylight at all."
• When Hillary & Donald Were Friends - The New York Times.
• When Is the Best Time to Work Out? - "It’s an age-old question. But a few recent studies have brought us closer to an answer."
• When It Comes to Success, Age Really Is Just a Number - The New York Times.
• When medicine fails, where can the sleepless turn? - The New York Times.
• When New York City Was a (Literal) Battlefield - The New York Times.
• When Phone Encryption Blocks Justice - The New York Times.
• when pop stars & politicians collide - The Guardian.
• WHEN TECH KNOWS YOU BETTER THAN YOU KNOW YOURSELF - Wired.
• When the End of Human Civilization Is Your Day Job - Esquire.
• When the World’s Largest Countries Will Hit Peak Population - Charted - "This chart tracks the seven most populous countries and their population every year between 1975 and 2100. Estimates used for figures past 2025. Of the seven most populous countries in the world, one (China) already hit their population peak in 2021. Other countries, specifically Brazil, Indonesia, and India, are on their way to hit their peaks within the next 2–4 decades."
• When Websites Won’t Take No for an Answer - The New York Times.
• ‘When you hear the four-minute warning’ ... Whatever happened to Britain’s nuclear bunkers? - "The UK was once dotted with structures designed to survive nuclear conflict, from sprawling government complexes to tiny underground observation posts. How many are still in use - and what are your chances of getting a place if you need one?"
• Where Is D.B. Cooper? F.B.I. Ends 45-Year Hunt - The New York Times.
• Where should you live to escape climate change?
• Where to Find Hotel Deals? Try a Hotel - The New York Times.
• Where Will Science Take Us? To the Stars - "A monthlong visit to observatories in Chile, Hawaii and Los Angeles revealed spellbinding visions of the heavens."
• Which countries have the worst drinking cultures? - The Guardian.
• Which country smiles the most? - "Global Emotions: Which countries are the most happy, sad or angry?"
• Which is the best folding phone-tablet? Cutting-edge Androids face off - "Samsung's leading Galaxy Z Fold tested against challengers from Google Pixel, OnePlus and Honor to see which folder is top dog."
• which London buildings disappeared in the 1666 blaze? - The Guardian.
• whisky regions of Scotland: Each has its own history & flavor profile - "Your cheat sheet to Scotch whisky regions."
• White bellbird: listen to the world's loudest bird call - "A bird found in the Amazon has shattered the record for the loudest call, reaching the same volume as a pneumatic drill. The white bellbird, which lives in the mountains of the north-eastern Amazon, was recorded at 125 decibels (dB), three times louder than the next bird in the pecking order, the screaming piha."
• White House Correspondents' dinner - "The WHCA's annual dinner, begun in 1921, has become a Washington, D.C. tradition, and is traditionally attended by the president and vice president. Sixteen presidents have attended at least one WHCA dinner, beginning with Calvin Coolidge in 1924. The dinner is traditionally held on the evening of the last Saturday in April at the Washington Hilton."
• White House Correspondents’ Dinner 2024: Biden swings at Trump during White House Correspondents’ Dinner remarks as pro-Palestinian protesters rally outside - "Speaking to a crowd of nearly 3,000 journalists, celebrities and politicians, Biden added, 'Age is the only thing we have in common. My vice president actually endorses me.'"
• White House Correspondents’ Dinner 2024 Photos: Best Of The Red Carpet - "The annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner will bring together celebrities, journalists covering the political beat, and the President of the United States on a night to celebrate the First Amendment."
• White House insists Trump reads intelligence - "The White House used a last-minute briefing Tuesday to continue defending President Donald Trump against accusations he let languish intelligence about Russia paying bounties to the Taliban for killing American troops."
• White House weddings - past & present - "Naomi Biden: Biden's granddaughter to marry at the White House."
• WHITE PAGES - "Whitepages founded in 1997, helps you contact, research and verify people in your world. More than 35 million people per month use our people search engine to get in touch with extended friends and family, research backgrounds and verify that people are who they say."
• Who are the Taliban? - "The Taliban were removed from power in Afghanistan by US-led forces in 2001, but the group has been on the offensive in recent months and is now on the brink of seizing power again."
• Who Discovered Soap? What to Know About the Origins of the Life-Saving Substance - TIME Magazine.
• Who Invented ‘Zero’? - The New York Times.
• WHO investigating mysterious illness in South Sudan that has killed nearly 100 people - "Deaths have mostly been reported among the elderly and children under age 14."
• Who killed Superman? The sinister true story behind the death of George Reeves - The Telegraph.
• Who killed the prime minister? The unsolved murder that still haunts Sweden - "Three decades ago, Olof Palme was assassinated on Stockholm’s busiest street. The killer has never been found. Could the discovery of new evidence finally close the case?"
• Who listens in on a president's phone call? - "A whistleblower's complaint alleging that records of a call made by President Donald Trump was handled in an unusually secretive way has shone a spotlight on how such calls are monitored - and how they can be hidden."
• Who Made That Nigerian Scam? - International New York Times.
• Who owns Einstein? The battle for the world’s most famous face - "Thanks to a savvy California lawyer, Albert Einstein has earned far more posthumously than he ever did in his lifetime. But is that what the great scientist would have wanted?"
• Who Owns U.S. Debt? - charted - "U.S. gross debt increased from $34.4 trillion at the end of 2023 to $36.1 trillion as of December 2024, with some experts calling it unsustainable."
• WHO preparing for nuclear war? - "Health body publishes list of medicines for nations to stockpile in case of 'radiation or nuclear emergency' as EU warns 'Russia is at war with the West.'"
• Who said it: Donald Trump or North Korea? - The Guardian.
• WHO says Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency - "Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Friday, May 5, 2023."
• WHO says soda sweetener aspartame may cause cancer, but it’s safe within limits - "The World Health Organization classified the soda sweetener aspartame as a possible carcinogen, but said the designation is based on limited evidence and more research is needed. The WHO said aspartame is safe to consume within a daily limit of 40 milligrams per kilogram of a person’s body weight. An adult weighing 70 kilograms or 154 pounds would have to drink more than nine to 14 cans of aspartame-containing soda daily to exceed the limit and potentially face health risks."
• Who Wants to Buy the Most Expensive House in America? - The New York Times.
• Who’s behind the Kaseya ransomware attack & why is it so dangerous? - "The breach has affected hundreds of businesses around the world, and experts fear the worst is yet to come."
• Who’s who in King Charles’ family tree? - "As Britain’s new monarch is crowned, explore the House of Windsor and break down the royal family’s new line of succession."
• WHOIS SEARCH - provide domain registration information from Network Solutions.
• Whole Earth Catalog (WEC) - was an American counterculture magazine and product catalog published by Stewart Brand several times a year between 1968 and 1972, and occasionally thereafter, until 1998. The magazine featured essays and articles, but was primarily focused on product reviews. The editorial focus was on self-sufficiency, ecology, alternative education, "do it yourself" (DIY), and holism, and featured the slogan "access to tools".
• Why a Chemical Banned From Soap Is Still in your Toothpaste - The New York Times.
• Why a toaster from 1949 is still smarter than any sold today - "They really don’t make ‘em like they used to."
• Why airline seats have to go up ahead of take-off & landing - The Independent.
• why alcohol makes us feel good, then doesn’t - The Guardian.
• Why an Apple Watch with EKG matters - "The FDA has approved the EKG feature, meaning the watch can be used as a medical device."
• Why are aircraft painted white? - "What are the benefits of painting an aircraft white? How much paint does it take to cover a large aircraft? Which airlines break the mould? White is a color that reflects sunlight, which has the result of keeping the aircraft cool. This benefit comes into its own at high speed, where friction from the air can heat the skin of an aircraft to extreme temperatures."
• Why Are Dogs So Friendly? - The New York Times.
• Why Are New York’s Streets Always Under Construction? - The New York Times.
• Why are people so angry about statues? - "Black Lives Matter protests: Why are statues so powerful?"
• Why are so many celebrities dying in 2016? - The Telegraph.
• Why are there so many different blood types? - The Verge.
• Why Are You So Afraid of Clowns? Here's What Psychologists Say - TIME Magazine.
• Why being a narcissist could change your life - The Telegraph.
• Why Billionaires Are Buying Up Sports Teams - "Soaring team values, investment security, and extreme scarcity make franchise ownership a magnet for magnates, the rare investment capable of making even dumb money look smart. The economics of sports franchise ownership have exploded beyond imagination. The latest status symbol for owners: 80,000 seats and more toilets than you could dream of."
• Why Businesses Can Deny You Service for Some Reasons - And Not Others - TIME Magazine.
• Why City Pigeons Are Worth Watching - "It has much to do with learned behaviors and unique local conditions. To evade predators, lizards can shed their tails in an instant. How?"
• Why climate change will mean the end of US national parks - The Guardian.
• Why clock time is not 'real' - "The super-clocks that define what time it is. How do we know the time... precisely? The question is more complex than it first appears."
• Why container ships probably won't get bigger - "The biggest container ships ever built ply the world's oceans. Can they get any bigger?"
• Why Democrats are donkeys & Republicans are elephants - CNN style.
• Why didn’t prohibition work? - The Guardian.
• Why Do All Airplane Windows Have A Tiny Hole In Them? - IFLScience.
• Why do cats purr? - "Our cats may purr when we pet and tickle them, but it’s a much more complicated form of communication than we've assumed."
• Why do humans like to get drunk? - The Guardian.
• Why do hurricanes have names? - The Verge.
• Why do I have to take my laptop out of the bag at airport security? - "The main reason you have to remove your laptop from your bag is because its battery and other mechanical components are too dense for X-rays to penetrate effectively - especially if the scanning system is old. The same goes for power cords and other devices such as tablets and cameras."
• Why do our bodies age? - "As we develop new cures for diseases and life expectancy continues to increase, will we eventually be able to live forever? Professor Kaare Christensen from Denmark’s Ageing Research Centre argues that over time, damage to the body’s cells, molecules and organs are causing the rapid onset of ageing."
• Why do people spend money to promote their own tweets? - "Paying to promote your tweets won’t do much for your personal brand."
• Why Do People Take Risks? Rats Have a Clue - The New York Times.
• Why do planes still have ashtrays? - The Telegraph.
• Why do we eat lunch at our desks? Because capitalism - The Guardian.
• Why do we find clowns so frightening? - The Telegraph.
• Why Do We Love to Curse So Much? - The New York Times.
• Why do we think cats are unfriendly? - "Cats are the only asocial animal we have successfully domesticated. We’re disappointed that we don’t bond with them as easily as dogs. But are we just missing the signs?"
• Why Do You Want a Pet? Can You Afford It? - The New York Times.
• Why does Siri seem so dumb? - The Verge.
• Why does the internet keep breaking? - "'When Facebook has a problem, it creates such a big impact for the internet but also the economy, and, you know... society. Millions, or potentially hundreds of millions, of people are just sort of sitting around waiting for a small team in California to fix something. It's an interesting phenomena that has grown in the last couple of years.'"
• Why does world’s tallest populace seem to be getting shorter? - "Dutch people born in 2001 are not as tall as previous generation – is it genetics, migration or nutrition?"
• Why Doing Nothing Is One of the Most Important Things You Can Do - TIME Magazine.
• Why Empathy is a bad thing - The Atlantic.
• Why Everything Is Bad for You - The New York Times.
• Why Facebook Is Killing It—Even When Nobody Else Is - Wired.
• Why gaining a degree could help you live longer - The Telegraph.
• Why growing old the Silicon Valley way is a prescription for loneliness - The Guardian.
• Why haven’t I lost weight after exercising? You asked Google - The Guardian.
• Why Having Sex Makes You Feel Better the Next Day, According to Science - TIME Magazine.
• Why High-Class People Get Away With Incompetence - "People from higher social classes were more likely to be overconfident, a new study found. This attitude was interpreted by strangers as competence. In several experiments, researchers found that people who came from a higher social class were more likely to have an inflated sense of their skills - even when tests proved that they were average."
• Why Hitting The Snooze Button Will Screw Up Your Entire Day - The Huffington Post.
• Why is Google's Go win such a big deal? - The Verge.
• Why is it so hard to control our appetites? A doctor’s struggles with giving up sugar - "We’ve become convinced that if we can eat more healthily, we will be morally better people. But where does this idea come from?"
• Why is Switzerland so happy? - The Telegraph.
• Why Jet Lag Can Feel Worse When You Travel West to East - The New York Times.
• Why leaders ignore their own advice - "The subtle reasons why leaders ignore their own advice."
• Why London Is The World Divorce Capital - Business Insider.
• Why luxury resorts are fed up with 'freeloading' social media 'influencers' - The Telegraph.
• Why only 1% of the world's vanilla is real - "Fighting the vanilla thieves of Madagascar."
• Why our voices change with age - "Our voices are not immune to the effects of ageing. But there are some things that can help to keep them in good condition."
• Why returning the Elgin Marbles to Greece would be madness - The Telegraph.
• Why rich convicts hire prison consultants - "Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen is turning himself in on Monday - and we may see more headline convicts behind bars in the near future as cases like the college admissions scandal wind through the justice system. When the rich leave their luxury mansions for a spell in the big house, they sometimes turn to specialised consultants to cushion the blow of prison life."
• Why robocalls have taken over your phone - The Verge.
• Why Self-Help Guru James Altucher Only Owns 15 Things - The New York Times.
• Why ‘Smart’ Objects May Be a Dumb Idea - The New York Times.
• Why smart people do stupid things - "Some people are smart, but make all sorts of mistakes in their lives. Is that you? Here are four thinking traps clever people fall into."
• why so many people fall for scams - BBC Capital.
• Why some people are overlooked geniuses - "Why there's more to being smart than intelligence. Multiple psychological factors contribute to astonishing feats of creativity and insight."
• Why some people don’t wash their hands - "The reason why some people don't wash their hands."
• Why successful people wear the same thing every day - Mashable.
• Why The HermÈs Birkin Bag is a Better Investment Than Gold - "Skip the gold and steer away from the tumbling stock market, according to a new study the best option for long-term investors is to buy a Hermès Birkin bag. According Baghunter, an online marketplace for buying and selling handbags, the Birkin bag outpaced both the S&P 500 and the price of gold in the last 35 years - a time period chosen to reflect the date when Birkin bags were first produced in 1981. They say that the annual return on a Birkin was 14.2%, compared to the S&P average of 8.7% a year and gold’s -1.5%."
• Why the secret symbols of magic & witchcraft fascinate us - "From emoji spells to WitchTok, the mysterious, 600-year-old emblems of tarot and spell books are still resonating in the 21st Century. Clare Thorp explores the intriguing world of art, symbolism and magic."
• Why the world is full of buttons that don't work - "Have you ever pressed the pedestrian button at a crosswalk and wondered if it really worked? Or bashed the "close door" button in an elevator, while suspecting that it may, in fact, have no effect whatsoever?"
• Why top academics don't need a Nobel to get rich - The Guardian.
• why tourists experience ‘India syndrome’ - "Some travelers who spend longer periods of time in India exhibit a curious condition: a spectrum of behavioral and psychological changes that can be all-consuming."
• Why Uber Keeps Raising Billions - The New York Times.
• Why ‘Useless’ Surgery Is Still Popular - The New York Times.
• Why We Can't Wear White After Labor Day - "The post–Labor Day moratorium on white clothing and accessories has long ranked among etiquette hard-liners’ most sacred rules."
• Why we enjoy fear: the science of a good scare - "The thrill of a frightening film can feel euphoric - and mild horror, say researchers, can also help foster lasting psychological resilience."
• Why we fell for clean eating - The Guardian.
• Why We Hate Cheap Things - The Book of Life.
• Why we should be worried about Amazon's real-life bookshops - The Guardian.
• Why we should have 3-day weekends ALL YEAR - Daily Mail.
• Why We Spend More For Luxury Watch Brands - "When consumers spend money on most luxury goods, they are, in fact, purchasing two things at once. First, they are purchasing a 'nice object' or service. That is the thing they are acquiring, and for it to be an authentic luxury, it has to be manufactured rather well, often with a refined design and using less-than-ordinary materials. But that alone doesn’t make anything a luxury good. The second thing consumers are purchasing when getting a luxury good is the brand name on the good. This is a more amorphous area of value but a real one nonetheless. When you buy a brand you are in fact purchasing an association with a concept, feeling, image, or status."
• Why WikiLeaks hates Hillary Clinton - Vox.
• Why wines taste increasingly similar - "How climate change is tweaking the taste of wine. Warming, wildfires and unpredictable weather threaten to disrupt the delicate processes that underlie treasured wines, putting the fine distinctions between grapes at risk."
• Why Women Had Better Sex Under Socialism - The New York Times.
• Why you blush - Business Insider.
• Why You Can’t Lose Weight on a Diet - The New York Times.
• Why you need a VPN for surfing on public Wi-Fi - "Public Wi-Fi connections are dangerous if you don’t have any security measures in place. Your data is at risk. Here’s how to protect it."
• Why you should ALWAYS throw away your luggage tags once you’ve used them - Express.
• Why you should never hand over your passport at hotel - The Telegraph.
• Why You Should Probably Drink Filtered Water - The New York Times.
• Why you should visit Machu Picchu in your lifetime - The Telegraph.
• Why You Should Skip the Late-Night Snacks - The New York Times.
• Why You Shouldn't Charge Your Mobile Phone Overnight - TIME.
• Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person - The New York Times.
• Why You'll Have to Wait Years Before Getting That Gulfstream Personal Jet - Bloomberg.
• Why your cereal boxes & ice cream cartons are shrinking - "The reason? A tactic known as 'shrinkflation,' deployed by consumer product brands and grocery stores. The phenomenon - getting less for your money because a manufacturer has reduced the size of the product - has been going on for decades, but it typically becomes more common when companies' costs go up like the inflation surge we are seeing today."
• WIDSETS - mobilize your web.
• Wi-Fi traffic open to eavesdropping - Ars Technica.
• Wiki Galaxy - "Explore Wikipedia in 3D."
• WIKIA - a collection of wikis that anyone can edit. Find and collaborate with people who love what you love.
• WIKIBOOKS - a community for creating a free library of educational textbooks that anyone can edit.
• WIKIHOW - the how-to manual that you can edit.
• WIKILEAKS - "Courage is contagious." Publishes and comments on leaked documents alleging government and corporate misconduct.
• WikiLeaks releases Clinton Goldman Sachs speeches - CNN.
• Wikimedia Commons - since 2004. Online repository of free-use images, sound, and other media files.
• WIKINEWS - The FREE news source you can write!
• WIKIPEDIA - free encyclopedia with 13 million articles contributed collaboratively using Wiki software, in 271 languages.
• Wikipedia Gets a Blockchain-Powered Competitor - Wired.
• WIKIQUOTE - free online compendium of sourced quotations from notable people and creative works in every language.
• WIKISOURCE - an online library of free content publications.
• WIKIVERSITY - is a Wikimedia Foundation project devoted to learning resources, learning projects, and research for use in all levels, types, and styles of education from pre-school to university, including professional training and informal learning.
• WIKTIONARY - the free English dictionary.
• wild & wacky iPad setups - The Verge.
• Wildlife in 'catastrophic decline' due to human destruction, scientists warn - "Wildlife populations have fallen by more than two-thirds in less than 50 years, according to a major report by the conservation group WWF."
• Will flying ever be sustainable? - "As passenger numbers continue to grow, making air travel sustainable presents huge challenges." BBC Ideas.
• Will jobs exist in 2050? - The Guardian.
• Will Smith says bottled rage led him to slap Chris Rock at the Oscars - "The actor has been interviewed for the first time since the incident, which he described as "a horrific night"."
• William Shakespeare, Playwright & Poet, Is Dead at 52 - The New York Times.
• William Shakespeare’s father's shady dealings helped to fund son’s plays - The New York Times.
• window vs. aisle seat? - "The science behind why people who prefer the window seat are more selfish."
• WINDOWS TURNS 35: A VISUAL HISTORY - "From Windows 1.0 to Windows 10."
• Winklevoss twins donate $1m each to Trump as champion of cryptocurrency - "Crypto tycoons claim Biden has ‘openly declared war against crypto’ in lengthy critique of administration policy."
• Winston Churchill - Daily Routines.
• Winston Churchill a 'serial tax avoider' - The Telegraph.
• Winston the spendaholic: saved by secret backhanders - Daily Mail.
• Winter Got You Down? Here's How to Combat Seasonal Blues, According to Experts - "When the long summer days begin to slip away and temperatures begin to drop, it’s not uncommon to feel down in the dumps. Many may begin to feel resigned and sad as early as the fall when facing bone-chilling weather and increased isolation during the darkest time of any year, but it’s possible many more may feel affected by the challenges that this winter may bring."
• Winter solstice: The shortest day & longest night of the year - "Winter solstice, the shortest day of the year and the official first day of winter, is on Thursday, December 21, this year (well, for the vast bulk of the Americas anyway). How the solstices - along with the spring and fall equinoxes - work has fascinated people for thousands of years."
• Winter weight: why our hunger is rising rapidly - and how to sate it - "As the sunlight recedes and your body tries to compensate with food, it’s time to break out the stews and soups."
• Wire-Free Charging to Revolutionize Device Usage Once the Industry Overcomes Its Hurdles - ABI Research.
• WIRED IN - empowering people to tackle drug and alcohol use problems.
• Wired Well - Personal Health Technology.
• Wireless charging: Are we doing this or not? - "Google and Apple both now offer Qi charging compatibility."
• Wisdom in 140 characters - the triumphant return of the aphorism.
• WISE GEEK - "Clear answers for common questions." Provides short, clear and concise answers to common questions. As of April 4, 2011: 133,315 articles.
• Witchcraft beliefs around the world: An exploratory analysis - "Witchcraft beliefs are a global contemporary phenomenon that is not restricted to just a few selected areas."
• With Dogs, It’s What You Say - and How You Say It - The New York Times.
• WIX - "Create Your Free Website." 44,972,346 users and growing. Get online now! Easy to customize. No coding. Google friendly. We empower people like you to create your own online presence for free and exactly the way you want.
• WLTP | Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test - WLTPfacts.eu.
• WOLFRAM|ALPHA - since 2009. "Computational knowledge engine and answer engine developed by Wolfram Research. It answers factual queries directly by computing the answer from externally sourced data."
• Women may not live longer than men after all - study - "‘Substantial chance’ married or university-educated men outlive women without spouse or high school diploma."
• WOMEN'S CLOTHING SIZE CONVERSIONS - dresses, suits, blouses, sweaters, bras & shoes: European, UK, Japan & USA.
• Woody Allen: 'I should be the poster boy for the #MeToo movement' - The Guardian.
• Word of the Year 2015 is ... - OxfordWords blog.
• Work hard, play hard: How US vacations made America No. 1 in the world - "In travel news this week: booze-free bars are on the rise, the unexpected perks of traveling with kids, plus the countries whose tourism economies are booming. The United States is the world’s most powerful travel and tourism market, bringing in a record-breaking $2.36 trillion to the nation’s economy in 2023, a new report by industry body the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has revealed."
• World Backup Day - March 31st - "Be prepared against data loss and data theft. March 31st is the day to backup and better protect your data."
• World banana crop is likely to go extinct within decades, new study reveals - New York Daily News.
• World, Built by China - "China envisions a vast global network of trade, investment and infrastructure that will reshape financial and geopolitical ties - and bring the rest of the world closer to Beijing."
• world debt hits record high of $152tn - The Guardian.
• World economy is sleepwalking into a new financial crisis, warns Mervyn King - "Past crashes spawned new thinking and reform but nothing has changed since 2008 banking meltdown, says former Bank of England boss."
• World economy: There’s a Reason the World Is a Mess & It’s Not Trump - "One reason is the global shift from manufacturing to services. This has stalled the primary engine of economic expansion: productivity growth. In services, efficiency is much harder to improve."
• World Factbook - since 1962. "The World Factbook provides basic intelligence on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, environment, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues for 266 world entities."
• WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT 2016 - United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
• World Happiness Report 2017 - ranks 155 countries by their happiness levels.
• World Happiness Report 2019 - "The World Happiness Report is a landmark survey of the state of global happiness that ranks 156 countries by how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be. This year’s World Happiness Report focuses on happiness and the community: how happiness has evolved over the past dozen years, with a focus on the technologies, social norms, conflicts and government policies that have driven those changes."
• World Happiness Report 2021 - "The World Happiness Report is a landmark survey of the state of global happiness that ranks 156 countries by how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be. This year’s World Happiness Report focuses on happiness and the community: how happiness has evolved over the past dozen years, with a focus on the technologies, social norms, conflicts and government policies that have driven those changes." As of March 2021, Finland was ranked the happiest country in the world four times in a row.
• World Happiness Report 2023 - "It has been over ten years since the first World Happiness Report was published. And it is exactly ten years since the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 66/281, proclaiming 20 March to be observed annually as International Day of Happiness. Since then, more and more people have come to believe that our success as countries should be judged by the happiness of our people. There is also a growing consensus about how happiness should be measured. This consensus means that national happiness can now become an operational objective for governments."
• World Has an E-Waste Problem - "Electronic waste is becoming a global environmental problem. As a tech-hungry nation gets ready to upgrade to the next generation of lightning-fast 5G devices, there is a surprising environmental cost to be reckoned with."
• World Health Organization Declares Africa Polio-Free - "'Today’s victory over the wild poliovirus in the African region is a testament to what can happen when partners from a variety of sectors join forces to accomplish a major global health goal,' says John Hewko, general secretary and CEO of Rotary International. '[It is] something the world can and should aspire to during these turbulent times.'"
• World Health Organization Warns Against Using Artificial Sweeteners - "Continued consumption doesn’t reduce weight and could increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and mortality in adults, the W.H.O. said on Monday."
• World Inequality Report 2018
• WORLD INTERESTING FACTS - interesting facts around the world.
• World Leaders Indicted by the International Criminal Court - "The International Criminal Court (ICC) investigates and tries individuals charged with 'the gravest crimes of concern to the international community' including genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and the crime of aggression. This graphic shows current and former heads of government who have been indicted in the ICC. The data comes from the ICC and is updated as of March 27, 2025."
• World Monuments Watch - features 50 sites in 36 countries that are at risk from the forces of nature and the impact of social, political, and economic change.
• WORLD NAMES PROFILER - search for a surname to view its map and statistics.
• World of Statistics - since 2020. "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
• World population in 2100 could be 2 billion below UN forecasts, study suggests - "Declining fertility and ageing societies could see a huge shift in economic and political clout, University of Washington study says."
• World population projected to reach 9.8 billion in 2050 - United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA).
• World Press Freedom Day 2024 - "Attacks on press freedom around the world are intensifying, index reveals. In the past year, in virtually every region, journalists and independent media outlets faced increasing repression."
• World Press Freedom Index - "Published every year since 2002 by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the World Press Freedom Index is an important advocacy tool based on the principle of emulation between states. Because it is well known, its influence over governments is growing. Many heads of state and government fear its annual publication. The Index is a point of reference that is quoted by media throughout the world and is used by diplomats and international entities such as the United Nations and the World Bank."
• World Reaches 100 Supertall Skyscrapers - Global Tall News.
• WORLD TIME ZONES
• World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program - "The World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program offers high-quality, compassionate healthcare to those directly affected by the September 11th terrorist attacks."
• WORLD VITAL RECORDS - family history, genealogy information, research and training.
• world war over technology - "Nations and companies around the world are being sucked into a running battle over the future of technology between the United States and China, forcing them to choose sides in a conflict that is fracturing global supply chains and pushing businesses out of lucrative markets."
• world wide web born at cern 25 years ago - CERN: March 12, 2014.
• WORLD WIDE WEB CONSORTIUM | W3C - international community where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards. Led by Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee and CEO Jeffrey Jaffe, W3C's mission is to lead the Web to its full potential.
• World Wide Web Turns 30. Here's How Its Inventor Thinks We Can Fix It - "World wide web creator Tim Berners-Lee tells TIME that data must be taken from companies and given to users."
• WORLD WIDE WEB TURNS 30: OUR FAVORITE MEMORIES FROM A TO Z - "On this day 30 years ago, Tim Berners-Lee submitted a proposal with the dreary title 'Information Management' to his superior at the European physics laboratory CERN."
• World will have 710M tons of plastic pollution by 2040 despite efforts to cut waste, study says - "If the world embarked on an immediate and globally-coordinated effort to reduce our plastic consumption, there would still be an estimated 710 million metric tons of plastic that will pollute the environment by 2040, new research has found."
• world's 8th continent - "A new map of Zealandia is revealing how it formed - and why it sank. In 2019, an international team of scientists mapped the geology of South Zealandia. Their research revealed that at some point, Zealandia had been stretched - pulled apart by tectonic forces, thinning the continent compared to regular continental plates and creating ruptures that later became oceanic crust."
• world's 10 most peaceful countries - The Telegraph.
• World's 12 most expensive cities - real estate, costs of living & working.
• world's 20 fastest growing cities - The Telegraph.
• World’s 20 Largest Economies, by GDP (PPP) - "This chart shows the value of each G20 member’s GDP in 2024, adjusted for purchasing power parity (PPP). Data is sourced from the International Monetary Fund as of October, 2024."
• world's 20 most urbanised places - The Telegraph.
• world's 25 most scary, haunted & macabre places - The Telegraph.
• World's 30 Unfriendliest Cities - Travel + Leisure.
• World's 50 Best Restaurants 2022 | The best restaurants in the world - "Geranium, Copenhagen. The World's Best Restaurant 2022."
• World’s 50 Most Beautiful Countries 2022 (You Won’t Believe Where The U.S. Ranked) - "Who doesn’t look at travel photos on Instagram and fantasize about visiting the most beautiful places in the world? But what defines beauty? A new study from the website money.co.uk aims to rank the 50 most beautiful countries on earth by analyzing the amount of natural wonders in each place, from coral reefs and tropical rainforests to volcanoes, glaciers and more."
• World’s 50 Most Valuable Brands in 2025 - "The value of brands, together with other intangible assets such as intellectual property and research and development (R&D), stands at all-time highs of $80 trillion globally. While valuing these assets is subjective in nature, it’s clear they are playing a more dominant role in capital markets today. This graphic shows the most valuable brands worldwide in 2025, based on the annual ranking from Brand Finance."
• World's 100 greatest places 2019 - "These are the 100 best places to experience right now, from America’s hottest hometown pizzeria to a Tokyo museum bringing digital art to life."
• World’s Best (& Worst) Pension Systems - "The Netherlands and Denmark have the best pensions systems in the world, according to a global study that shines a light on how nations are preparing aging populations for retirement."
• World’s best airline for 2024 named by AirlineRatings.com - "Qatar Airways: The state-owned flag carrier of Qatar has been named the world's best airline for 2024 by Australia-based aviation safety and product rating agency AirlineRatings.com. When planning a trip, you can’t guarantee your flight won’t be delayed, your bag won’t go missing, or you won’t have a nightmare neighbor. But you can lighten your unease when things go wrong by choosing an airline brand you trust. Singapore Airlines won Best First Class, Qatar Airways picked up Best Business Class, Emirates scooped Best Premium Economy and Air New Zealand was awarded Best Economy Class."
• world's best cities for millennials - The Guardian.
• world’s best country for tourism - "This is the No. 1 country for tourism, according to the World Economic Forum. The US has come in first place on the World Economic Forum's annual list for 2024."
• world's best hangover cures - "The morning after: What people around the world eat and drink to beat a hangover and where to order it."
• world's best places for extreme eating - Lonely Planet.
• World’s Best Places To Retire In 2016 - International Living.
• world’s biggest carbon capture facility is being built in Texas. Will it work? - "The plant will inject 500,000 tons of carbon dioxide into the ground each year - but is it just greenwashing from big oil?"
• World's biggest dinosaur skeleton unveiled in New York - The Guardian.
• World's Biggest Fashion Companies by Market Cap - "Fashion is one of the largest industries globally, accounting for 2% of the global gross domestic product (GDP). In this graphic, we use data from CompaniesMarketCap to showcase the world's 12 largest publicly traded fashion companies, ranked by market capitalization as of Jan. 31, 2024."
• world's cheapest places to emigrate to - The Telegraph.
• world's coldest village reaches minus 62C - Daily Mail.
• 'world's coolest' streets for 2022 revealed by Time Out - "When it comes to fashion, street style has as much cachet as runway style - in fact, there are dozens of blogs and Instagram accounts dedicated to chronicling the best streetwear looks. More than a neighborhood, a single street can define a city's culture."
• World's Countries' Overall Int'l Debt Burden (% of GDP) - interactive map.
• world's first website went online 25 years ago today - The Telegraph.
• World's first year-long breach of key 1.5C warming limit - "For the first time, global warming has exceeded 1.5C across an entire year, according to the EU's climate service."
• WORLD'S GREATEST LEADERS - Fortune.
• World's greatest places 2018 - "These 100 Destinations Are the World's Greatest Places to Experience Right Now." TIME Magazine.
• World’s Greatest Places of 2021 - "100 extraordinary destinations to explore." TIME Magazine.
• WORLD'S GREATEST PLACES OF 2022 - "50 extraordinary destinations to explore." TIME Magazine.
• World's Greatest Places of 2023 - "50 extraordinary destinations to explore." TIME.
• WORLD'S GREATEST PLACES OF 2024 | TIME - "100 extraordinary destinations to explore." Official website.
• world’s happiest countries for 2023 - For the sixth year in a row, Finland is the world’s happiest country, according to World Happiness Report rankings based largely on life evaluations from the Gallup World Poll.
• world's happiest countries in 2024 - "The World Happiness Report is out, and once again Nordic countries are humming along with the highest scores. The No. 1 country, Finland, has held onto its top ranking for seven years straight."
• World's happiest nations are... - World Happiness Report 2013.
• world's happiest, safest & richest countries - The Telegraph.
• world's largest churches - The Telegraph.
• World’s Largest Economies mapped, Including U.S. States - "1. U.S., $29,184,900; 2. China, $18,748,009; 3. Germany, $4,658,526; 4. ... California passed Japan to become the fourth-largest economy in 2024, new data from the BEA reveals. 9 U.S. states feature in the world’s 30 largest economies as measured by their 2024 GDP."
• world’s least & most 'touristy' countries - The Telegraph.
• world's least visited countries - The Telegraph.
• world's longest flights - The Telegraph.
• world’s longest river may be about to lose its title. Here’s why - "The title of 'world’s longest river' is officially bestowed upon Africa’s Nile by authoritative sources like Encyclopedia Britannica and Guinness World Records. But an upcoming Amazon River expedition by a team of international explorers and researchers - traveling via rafts, horseback and solar-paneled boats - is readying to contest that designation."
• world's most beautiful horse will give you hair envy - Mashable.
• World's most boring day in history - ever! - April 11, 1954.
• world's most corrupt countries - The Telegraph.
• world's most endangered sound - "50 Reasons to Love the World." In an ever-louder world, Gordon Hempton has spent more than 40 years speaking out about the importance of saving silence. Is the world finally ready to listen?
• World's most expensive cities for expats in 2021 revealed - "Ashgabat in Turkmenistan is the most expensive city in the world for overseas workers, according to this year's Mercer Cost of Living Survey."
• world's most expensive cities in 2021 - "Supply-chain blockages and changing consumer demand have pushed up the cost of living in many of our biggest cities, according to new research published Wednesday, and inflation is the fastest recorded over the past five years. One city has been experiencing more rapid change than most, jumping from fifth place to first in this year's Worldwide Cost of Living index released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The Israeli city of Tel Aviv topped the rankings for the first time, overtaking last year's leader Paris, which is now tied in second place with Singapore."
• world's most expensive cities to live in 2022 - "It seems like every month when household bills come due, we grumble about how the cost of living has gone up again. But it's not just anecdotal. According to this year's Worldwide Cost of Living Index, released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the average cost of living is up 8.1% in 2022, owing to the Russian war in Ukraine and the lingering effects of the pandemic."
• world's most expensive countries to visit - The Telegraph.
• world's most expensive economies - World Bank.
• world's most expensive public transport networks - Independent.
• World’s Most Innovative Countries in 2024 - "The Global Innovation Index (GII) 2024, ranks 133 economies based on their innovation capabilities and performance. This year’s report highlights shifts in global innovation leadership, with a focus on emerging economies challenging traditional leaders. The GII measures each economy based on seven underlying innovation pillars, which altogether comprise 78 indicators."
• world’s most liveable cities for 2023 - "Vienna has been ranked as the most liveable city in the world on EIU’s Global Liveability Index once again. It’s nicknamed the 'city of dreams,' and it seems the Austrian capital may just be a dream place to live. Copenhagen, Denmark is ranked No. 2. The ranking of the world’s most liveable cities for 2023 has just been released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), and Vienna has come out on top yet again."
• The world’s most liveable cities for 2024 - "It’s considered among the most beautiful cities in the world to visit, and it seems that Vienna may also be an unbeatable place to live."
• world's most livable cities in 2021 - "Auckland came out on top on The Economist Intelligence Unit's Global Liveability Index of 140 cities around the world thanks to its success in containing the pandemic quickly, enabling restrictions to be lifted early on."
• world's most livable city is a beautiful European destination 2024 - "Zurich is officially the best place in Europe to live and 97 percent of residents felt happy living there. The city's residents were happy with their jobs, public transport, healthcare and air quality."
• world's most orderly nation? - "For centuries, Germany has been synonymous with order. So how can a rule-abiding nation also have an anything-goes spirit?"
• world's most polluted capital city - "Twenty-one of the world's 30 cities with the worst levels of air pollution are in India, according to data compiled in the 2021 World Air Quality Report. Six Indian cities are in the top 10. New Delhi has the highest exposure to toxic air in the country. People in India had the fifth highest annual recordings of fine particulate matter (PM2.5), a particularly harmful form of air pollution. The year-round average for PM2.5 pollution in New Delhi was the worst of any capital city in the world by a large margin."
• World's Most Populous Countries (2025-2100P) - Ranked - "ndia is expected to retain it’s #1 ranking as the largest country by the end of this century. Meanwhile, despite its population halving over the next 75 years, China is still expected to be the second-most populous country in 2100. By looking at data on trends in fertility, deaths, and migration, the UN is able to project population figures for the world by the year 2100."
• world's most powerful passports for 2018 - The Telegraph.
• World's most powerful passport for 2022 revealed - "There's a widening gap between the global north and the global south when it comes to travel freedoms, says the first 2022 report by London-based global citizenship and residence advisory firm Henley & Partners. The firm's Henley Passport Index, based on exclusive data provided by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has been regularly monitoring the world's most travel-friendly passports since 2006."
• World's Most Powerful People 2013 - Forbes.
• WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL SOUNDS - the buyology of sound by Martin Lindstrom.
• World's Most Powerful Women In 2016 - Forbes.
• World’s Most Powerful Women 2021 - "Forbes’ 18th annual list of 100 power women includes 40 CEOs, 19 heads of state, an immunologist and, for the first time in more than a decade, a new no. 1."
• World's Most Reputable Cities 2015 - City RepTrak.
• world's most scandalous royal family revealed - outrageous affairs, illegitimate children, siblings at war & a witch's curse - "What the new Netflix series on the Monaco royals may NOT tell you. 'Gossip was invented in Monaco,' its late ruler Prince Rainier III once said. And surely, the juiciest story to come out of the tiny Mediterranean Principality is that his family - the House of Grimaldi - has lived for centuries under a witch's curse. For according to legend, back in the 13th century, Prince Rainier I kidnapped and raped a beautiful maiden who - in order to exact revenge - became a witch and cast a generational curse on his family: 'Never will a Grimaldi find true happiness in marriage.'"
• world’s most sustainable country? - "The road to the world’s first zero-carbon country. Costa Rica has the high ambition to become the world’s first zero-carbon country. It’s gone a long way already, but how will its polluted capital clean up?"
• world's most sustainable 'nation'? - "Insular and isolated, the autonomous republic of Nakhchivan is emerging as one of the world’s most sustainable places."
• World's Most Visited Websites by Time Spent Per Visit - "From YouTube to ChatGPT, we show the average time people spend on the top 20 most visited websites in the world."
• world’s most walkable cities revealed (& they aren’t in the US) - "Few things in life are as delightful as ambling around a new neighborhood in a new city, chancing upon cute stores, bars, eateries and public spaces. The bigger and richer the city, the less likely it is to be easily walkable. But there are plenty of exceptions."
• world’s new largest office building is bigger than the Pentagon - "The Belgian city of Antwerp may be known as the world’s diamond trading hub, while most rough stones are mined in Russia or Africa. But some 150 miles north of Mumbai, India, lies a lesser-known gem capital: Surat, where around 90% of all the planet’s diamonds are cut. Now, the city in Gujarat state has a record-breaking building to house its mammoth industry. The newly-opened Surat Diamond Bourse is billed as a 'one-stop destination' for over 65,000 diamond professionals, including cutters, polishers and traders. Featuring a succession of nine rectangular structures spilling out from - and interconnected via - a central 'spine,' the sprawling 15-story complex has been built across more than 35 acres of land. The trading center’s architects say it comprises over 7.1 million square feet of floor space, which would mean it has surpassed the Pentagon as the world’s largest office building."
• world's oldest hamburger? - "Roujiamo: China's 2,200-year-old 'burger'. The Chinese pork-and-flatbread sandwich known as roujiamo has been called 'the world's oldest hamburger'. Like much in China, its precise origins are shrouded in the mists of time."
• world’s oldest hotel: This hotel has been in operation since 750. CNN took a look inside - "What it’s like to stay at the world’s oldest hotel. ucked deep in the mountains of Japan’s Yamanashi prefecture, the Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan has tatami floors, kimono-sporting staff and signs in handwritten calligraphy. It feels like time has stood still here – and that’s not a coincidence. Legend has it, it was the year 705 when the oldest son of Fujiwara no Kamatari, the most powerful aristocratic family during that period, was wandering from the capital when he discovered hot springs in the area."
• World's oldest male giant panda in captivity dies in Hong Kong zoo - "The panda, called An An, was euthanized at the age of 35 - the equivalent of a human living till 105."
• World's oldest person eats four strips of beacon every morning - The New York Times.
• World’s oldest recorded tortoise prepares for 190th birthday party - "Jonathan, Seychelles giant tortoise given to Saint Helena in 1882, is also oldest known living land animal."
• world's oldest websites that are still around today - The Telegraph.
• world's rarest passport - "The world's rarest passport is issued by a nation without any land. The Sovereign Military Order of Malta - also known as the Knights of Malta - isn’t just a religious Catholic order with nearly 1,000 years of history. Nor is it just a multi-million-dollar-budget humanitarian aid organization, with operations including refugee camps and disaster relief programs in some 120 countries around the world."
• World's richest 10% produce half of global carbon emissions - The Guardian.
• World's richest countries in 2024 - "Here is the ranking of countries with the highest GDP per capita in 2024, based on data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF)."
• world's richest family live in $478m house, own 700 cars - "Royal family of Abu Dhabi owns eight aircrafts and football team Manchester City."
• 'world's safest city' for 2021 revealed - "Safety has long been a paramount concern for travelers when it comes to deciding which destination to visit. But the world has been turned on its head in recent years due to the global pandemic and the notion of exactly what makes somewhere 'safe' has changed significantly. This may help to explain the shake up at the top of the Economist Intelligence Unit's Safe Cities Index (SCI,) which ranks 60 international destinations on digital security, health security, infrastructure, personal security, as well as environmental security, a new category for this year. Copenhagen has been named the world's safest city for the first time, scoring 82.4 points out of 100 in the annual report."
• world's safest airline for 2022 revealed - "This year, Air New Zealand has come out on top on the annual safety table, which monitors 385 carriers from across the globe, measuring factors such as the airlines' crash and serious incident records, the age of their aircraft, as well as Covid-19 protocols and operational innovation."
• world's sexiest, kinkiest & strangest hotels - The Telegraph.
• World’s Tallest Skyscraper Resumes Construction After Half a Decade of Pause - "When finished, the tower will stand at 3,281 feet tall - nearly eleven times the height of the Statue of Liberty."
• World’s Thinnest Mechanical Watch, the New 1.70mm Bulgari Octo Finissimo Ultra COSC (incl. video) - "Bulgari reclaims its title with the world’s thinnest mechanical watch just 1.70mm thick."
• World’s top 100 cities revealed & London isn’t in the top 10 - "It’s been a big old year for Paris: the Olympics this summer, Notre Dame reopening this weekend, and now it’s been named the most attractive city in the world. It’s the fourth time in a row that the French capital has taken the No.1 spot in the Top 100 City Destinations Index by data analytics company Euromonitor International."
• World’s top 500 sights revealed in Lonely Planet’s Ultimate Travelist 2015
• World’s Top Financial Centers in 2025, mapped - "The 37th edition of the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI 37) ranks the competitiveness of 119 financial hubs. Little has changed at the top of the index, with New York, London, and Hong Kong continuing their long-standing dominance."
• world's ugliest dog competition 2017 – in pictures - The Guardian.
• World's worst polluted cities - "The world's 100 worst polluted cities are in Asia - and 83 of them are in just one country."
• WORLDLE - a toy for generating "word clouds" from text that you provide.
• Wordle will be free forever because you can right-click to save the whole game - "The genius of the web. Wordle is the pandemic game we didn’t know we needed, so there’s understandably some fear that its brand-new owner, The New York Times, might eventually ruin it somehow. But as technologist Aaron Rieke brilliantly explains in a Twitter thread, there’s little chance of that - because Wordle is a webpage, and webpages can be saved."
• WORLDPRESS - blog tool and publishing platform. WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.
• Worldwide Cost of Living 2013 - The Economist Intelligence Unit.
• Worldwide Cost of Living 2017 - The Economist Intelligence Unit.
• Worldwide mobile data pricing: The cost of 1GB of mobile data in 230 countries - "Data from 6,313 mobile data plans in 230 countries were gathered and analysed by Cable.co.uk between 23 October and 28 November 2018. The average cost of one gigabyte (1GB) was then calculated and compared to form a worldwide mobile data pricing league table."
• worst-behaved tourists of 2023 - "Stripping off from the waist down at a sacred site. Driving a car across a medieval bridge, as fragile as it is famous. Carving your name into a world icon, and going on a punishing hike... to take illegal drugs. These are just some of the things tourists have got up to in 2023. They’ve damaged heritage sites, eaten endangered species, and - in the case of one couple - stolen nearly $2 million worth of wine from a Michelin-starred restaurant."
• ‘Would you survive 72 hours?’ Germany & the Nordic countries prepare citizens for possible war - "Apps and booklets are offering advice on how to build a bunker, stockpile food and live without electricity in case the worst happens."
• Would you want a stranger’s fingers in your mouth? I find out why celebrities love buccal massage - "Jennifer Lopez and the Duchess of Sussex are said to enjoy this ‘inner facial’. But what’s it like to have someone manipulate your cheek muscles from the inside? There’s only one way to know ..."
• WRECKED EXOTIC CARS - "Huge collection of Exotic Expensive Car Crashes and Wrecks Photos including Lamborghini, Ferrari, Mclaren, Bugatti. Over 15,000 Pictures!"
• Write Your Own Obit - The New York Times.
• WSJ SAFEHOUSE - since 2011. "Securely Share Confidential Documents." Help The Wall Street Journal uncover fraud, abuse and other wrongdoing. Send documents to us using a special system built to be secure. Keep your identity anonymous or confidential, if needed.
• WTF is that? - This bot tells you what's in your photos. It works a bit like Shazam for pictures: Send it a picture and it (sort of) tells you what it is.

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• X Marks the Spot That Makes Online Ads So Maddening - The New York Times.
• X: The Brand, the Generation & Elon Musk - "One little letter, so much baggage." The New York Times.
• Xi Jinping wanted China to be a global soccer power. What went wrong? - "In 2011, around a year before becoming the country’s leader, Xi Jinping outlined a vision to turn China from a footballing minnow to a soccer superpower. He set his sights on the sport’s highest prize of all and outlined a three stage plan for the men’s national team: to qualify for another World Cup, to host a World Cup and to win a World Cup."
• Xi's battle for global influence - "Chinese leader Xi Jinping is pushing back at American influence overseas after whirlwind G20 and APEC summits."
• Xi's path to a historic third term, explained - "China's Communist Party Congress: A really simple guide. China's ruling Communist Party is expected to hand a third five-year term to Xi Jinping, arguably the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong in the 1970s."
• XKeyscore - Wikipedia.
• XKeyscore: NSA tool collects 'nearly everything a user does on the internet' - The Guardian.
• XKeyscore presentation from 2008 – read in full - training materials for the XKeyscore program detail how analysts can use it and other systems to mine enormous agency databases and develop intelligence from the web.
• X-Men: We asked AI who the strongest X-Men is & its answer is spot on - "X-Men fans have long debated who the strongest X-Men is, so we decided to have AI finally solve the debate once and for all. Ever since their introduction in 1963, the X-Men have been among the most popular characters in Marvel Comics history. The group is made up of mutants, humans born with extraordinary abilities that set them apart from normal humans. The team has been a staple of comic books, movies, and television shows, captivating audiences around the world with their extraordinary abilities."

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• Yanukovych Leaks - "On February 22, 2014 volunteer divers found nearly 200 folders of documents at a lake at the residence of former president of Ukraine. They had been thrown in the lake to destroy them as people were escaping the compound. A group of journalists and activists has undertaken to rescue, systematize and investigate the enormous wealth of information about the former owners of the residence. The recovered documents are being published on this website to make them available to journalists and citizens around the world." Contains more than 9,500 scanned originals.
• year 2050: robot sex, talking pets – and immortality - The Guardian.
• Year of the Snake: Chinese zodiac predictions: What’s in store for 2025 as we enter the Year of the Snake - "Bidding farewell to the mythical Dragon, the world welcomes the Year of the Snake on January 29 - the first day of the Lunar New Year. For those who celebrate this ancient festival, starting the year on a positive note is essential. In addition to eating auspicious foods and taking part in luck-enhancing activities, many people turn to the stars for hints about what lies in store for the months to come."
• Year of the Snake: In pictures: Welcoming the Lunar New Year - "Millions of people across Asia and the world are welcoming the Lunar New Year which coincides with the first new moon of the lunar calendar. Fireworks, music, fairs, lanterns, dragon and lion dancing filled streets across Asia as celebrations that typically last about 15 days began."
• YELP - social networking, user review, and local search web site. Business ratings and reviews.
• Yet another pre-installed spyware app discovered on Lenovo computers - Boing Boing.
• Yeti, Bigfoot & the Loch Ness Monster: a spotter's guide - The Telegraph.
• Yevgeny Prigozhin is alive & plotting his revenge on Putin after body double was killed in plane assassination plot - "Prigozhin is 'alive, well, and free' in an unnamed country, according to Dr Valery Solovey, even as Russia stages his funeral which Vladimir Putin is refusing to attend."
• Yevgeny Prigozhin spoke of threats to his life days before death, video appears to show - "'So for those who like to speculate about my liquidation, my private life, my work there, or anything else: everything’s fine,' Prigozhin says."
• Yoga May Be Good for the Brain - The New York Times.
• You don’t have to close your rings - "I wear my Apple Watch nearly every day, and I feel a sense of accomplishment when I close my rings and get a “great job” notification. An Apple Watch has three rings to close: 'move,' 'exercise' and 'stand.' The 'move' ring tracks active calories burnt, the 'exercise' ring tracks the minutes you have spent exercising and the 'stand' ring tracks how many times you have stood for at least one minute in each hour of the day."
• YOU MAY BE DRINKING COFFEE GROWN UNDER SLAVERY-LIKE, LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS - Danwatch.
• you should never shower before early morning flights - "Research produced by customer feedback company Happy or Not has revealed that passengers flying around 4am tend to be the happiest. Flying early in the morning can also increase your chances of avoiding a delay or a cancellation."
• You Should Stop Using Texts for Two-Factor Authentication - Wired.
• You Too Can Invest In Lawsuits. But Not Quite Like Peter Thiel - Wired.
• YOU TUBE - broadcast yourself ...
• You Want to Build an Empire Like Google’s? This Is Your OS - Wired.
• You Won’t Live Longer by Diet or Exercise Alone, Study Says - "Sprawling new research showed that healthy eating and regular workouts do not, in isolation, stave off later health issues. They need to be done together."
• Younger Skin Through Exercise - The New York Times.
• YouTube video shows how to add dual nano-SIM support to the iPhone 12 - "In order to make the Apple smartphone work with two physical nano-SIM cards, the device has to be opened and an internal component has to be replaced, which should be manageable for crafty users of an iPhone 12. But due to Apple's restrictive software, the results of the modification are not as spectacular as they could be."
• You're fired: 10 of the most high profile dismissals - The Telegraph.
• You Gov Brand Index - since 2000. "What the world thinks." Best brands by country & categories.
• Your battery status is being used to track you online - The Guardian.
• YOUR DICTIONARY - dictionary and thesaurus: the last word in words.
• Your Dog Remembers More Than You Think - The New York Times.
• Your entire genome can now be sequenced for US$999 - and the results sent to your smartphone.
• Your handshake tells the story of your health - McMaster University.
• Your Job Title Is ... What? - The New York Times.
• Your Lifetime Health Checkup Roadmap - "At every stage of your adult life, you should undergo routine screening exams to catch any health problems so you can try to nip them in the bud."
• Your McDonald’s Order Will Tell Us Your Exact Age - BuzzFeed.
• Your Mobile Phone Actually Depreciates Quicker Than A Car - musicMagpie Blog.
• Your Photos From the Solar Eclipse - The New York Times.
• You’ve Been Washing Your Hands Wrong - The New York Times.
• you’ve unwrapped some new tech. Here’s where to start - The Verge.
• YUCCIE - short for: Young Urban Creative. Yuccies are the cultural offspring of yuppies and hipters.
• YUPPIE - short for: Young Urban Professional (or Young Upwardly-Mobile Professional) is defined by one source as being "a young college-educated adult who has a job that pays a lot of money and who lives and works in or near a large city". This acronym first came into use in the early 1980s.
• Yuri Gagarin: the spaceman who came in from the cold - "Yuri Gagarin belied the West's austere impression of the Soviet Union - a charming, easygoing Russian with a ready smile. The first man in space became a powerful propaganda tool."

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• Zaporizhzhia nuclear workers: We're kept at gunpoint by Russians - "Staff at the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant have described to the BBC being kept at gunpoint while Russian troops use it as a military base."
• Zelenskiy became Hollywood’s man of the hour - "From Ben Stiller to Jessica Chastain, celebrities have embraced Ukraine’s president and offered support to the country’s war effort."
• Zelensky tells Russians - Putin is destroying you - "Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has told Russians that their leader is destroying their country. Speaking after Vladimir Putin delivered a New Year address flanked by people in military uniform, Mr Zelensky said the Russian president was hiding behind his troops, not leading them."
• Zero-calorie sweetener linked to heart attack & stroke, study finds - "A sugar replacement called erythritol - used to add bulk or sweeten stevia, monkfruit and keto reduced-sugar products - has been linked to blood clotting, stroke, heart attack and death, according to a new study."
• Zero-impact flying is the dream. This is the reality - "How close are we to guilt-free flying?"
• Zero-waste warriors: meet the people whose household rubbish fits in a jam jar - "From making their own toothpaste to foraging locally for edible plants, more and more people are learning to cut the amount of rubbish they throw out. Here’s how they do it."
• Zimbabwe’s trillion-dollar note: from worthless paper to hot investment - The Guardian.
• ZIP CODES - "Look Up a ZIP Code." U.S.A. zip codes.
• Zoom backgrounds that make you look more - or less - trustworthy, according to experts - "To inspire the most trust in those you interact with during video meetings, ensure you have plants or books strategically positioned behind you. That’s according to new research, which looks at how people’s choice of Zoom background could be helping or hindering them."
• Zurich named as the most liveable city in europe 2024 - "Switzerland's largest city beat out the 82 other cities that were surveyed across the EU thanks to its super high quality of life, the European Free Trade Association, the UK, the Western Balkans and Türkiye, based on answers from over 71,000 residents."