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Anne Applebaum’s Love-Hate Relationship with Democracy.
A celebrated historian’s defense of liberal democracy does away with pluralism. More »
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August 2020
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Robotics, AI, and Cloud Computing Combine to Supercharge Chemical and Drug Synthesis
IBM looks to revolutionize industrial chemistry and in the process may have cut the discovery time for Covid-19 treatments in half More »
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Slowly Losing Your Mind in Lockdown? 5 Apps to Boost Your Mental Health
From meditation assistants to white noise generators for better sleep More »
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Amazon’s Echo Buds are back down to their lowest price of $90
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Amazon’s Echo Buds wireless earbuds are $40 off at Amazon, which brings them down to their lowest-yet price of $90. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen this deal, but it doesn’t happen regularly. (It happened once before in Ja... More »
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Recording police brutality: how one snap decision changed this town
‘It made me feel like I was going to get picked up by a black van one day’ As Black Lives Matter protests have spread across America, more and more people have begun sharing clips of police violence online. It’s not just happening at protests, either: sometime... More »
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Capturing the Police
In late May, a police officer took the life of George Floyd — the killing captured on film and distributed wide and far on social media. It was another video in a long history of documenting police brutality, but the footage of Floyd’s death reignited Black Li... More »
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The Peace Reporters
TODOs (& dones) 8/29 Change wishlist Feature Codepen example: https://codepen.io/wpjoel/live/ca1ba2071c49eea6bfa64f2fb30f18e9 Change last line of dek to “The people showed up with cameras.” Title line-height: 0.8 Title dek padding-top 16px Word-spacing for all... More »
I discovered my wife plans on divorce – and accuses me of abuse
Get a mediator involved, says Mariella Frostrup. There is clearly a huge difference between your understanding of your relationship and your wife’sThe dilemma My wife recently left her iPad on our bed. When I picked it up to move it I saw a message on the scre... More »
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The Community Spotlight 2020.08.29
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight and I, @zombiepie, am once again honored to be your host this week! Well, I don't know about you, but this was a doozy of a week. For those unaware, I live in the California Bay Area... More »
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Kubernetes Backgrounder: What to Consider Before Deployment
Enterprises of all sizes are embracing hybrid cloud strategies that are becoming more complex and structured. But they want the flexibility to… More »
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T-Mobile is offering a free iPhone 11 Pro to new and existing subscribers
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge At T-Mobile, you can get a free iPhone 11 Pro if you meet all of the carrier’s qualifications. First off, you have to switch from another carrier and trade in your old device, or if you’re an existing customer, you c... More »
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A Triumph for the President.
The Republican convention ends on a high note. More »