Friday, November 30, 2018

We're Bugging Out

Welcome to What We Learned This Week​, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: it's not just the bees that are dying at an alarming rate, at least one guy bowled a perfect game on 9/11 and there was a big earthquake that no one felt.
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BAD BEHAVIORS
WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
Insects Are Dying At An Alarming Rate And That Should Terrify You, And Other Facts
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Welcome to What We Learned This Week​, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: it's not just the bees that are dying at an alarming rate, at least one guy bowled a perfect game on 9/11 and there was a big earthquake that no one felt.
'IT'S REALLY A NIGHTMARE'
A School Made Headlines For Sending Black Kids To Elite Colleges. Here's The Reality
nytimes.com
T.M. Landry, a school in small-town Louisiana, has garnered national attention for vaulting its underprivileged black students to elite colleges. But the school cut corners and doctored college applications.
DAMPEN! ENHANCE!
Is 'SmartWater CSI' The Future Of Crimefighting Or A Scam?
medium.com
California farmers are marking their property with an invisible solution to battle thieves
THE WINNERS KEEP WINNING
The Cities That Amazon HQ2 Left Behind
theringer.com
Amazon's yearlong search for the location of its second headquarters was billed as a chance to transform an American city. In reality, it made plain an economic system that increases inequality, monopoly power and political polarization.
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ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?
TIME TO GET NAUSEOUS
'Rocko's Modern Life': Inside The Barely Contained Chaos Of A Nickelodeon Classic
vanityfair.com
Creator Joe Murray and his team reminisce about their weird, wild, occasionally obscene cartoon — which was even loonier behind the scenes.
INHERITOR'S GUILT
What Happened When I Unwittingly Married Into Money
thecut.com
I first realized my in-laws had money, real money, when they bought a second house — to store their boat. Fewer than two miles separate their homes, making this renovated boat house a tricky thing to explain to friends. I try not to bring it up. It raises too many questions.
HAIR AND BACK AGAIN
The Rise And Decline Of Furcadia
vrvblog.co
Furcadia is an online social game that hovers at the far reaches of the definition of "game," similar to classic "multi user shared hallucations."
VIDEO OF THE DAY
KARMA IS REAL
Thief Tries To Snatch Woman's Purse, Gets So Much More Than He Bargained For
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Crime doesn't pay, but sometimes it does punch and kick.
IN THE NEWS
Marriott Says Data Breach Compromised Info Of Up To 500 Million Guests
A Single, Mystery Ballot Could Sway Control Of Alaska's State Government
The Trump Organization Planned To Give Vladimir Putin The $50 Million Penthouse In Trump Tower Moscow
Far-Right Activist Laura Loomer Handcuffs Herself To Twitter HQ Door After Getting Banned, Rants To Uninterested New Yorkers
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13 Gifts For That Hard-To-Buy-For Kid In Your Life
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Buying gifts for adults can be stressful. The pressure to pick out that perfect gift for a child can be almost unbearable. We're here to help. Here's a list of 13 gifts that would make any child happy this holiday season.
We hope you have a Really Really Big Weekend.

Thursday, November 29, 2018

A Room With An Ocean View

When it comes to using computers to steal money, few can come close to matching the success of Russian hacker Evgeniy Bogachev.
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AN INSIDE LOOK
THE WORLD'S MOST-WANTED CYBERCRIMINAL
The $100 Million Bot Heist
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When it comes to using computers to steal money, few can come close to matching the success of Russian hacker Evgeniy Bogachev.
NEARLY 19,000 STRUCTURES DESTROYED
The Camp Fire's Destruction, Shown In 360-Degree Imagery
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The Camp Fire, the most destructive in California's history, has finally been contained. To get a sense of the scale of the destruction, this interactive map collects drone imagery of destroyed structures.
KEEPING UP WITH THE 'GRAM
Meet Alexa: Inside The Mind Of A Digital Native
1843magazine.com
She is 24 and Instagram is her life, even though she sometimes wishes it wasn't. But what happens when she meets a guy who doesn't feel the same way about social media?
MAXIMALISM IS THE NEW BLACK
The Anxiety Of The Minimalist Closet
gq.com
Wearing black helped one writer deal with anxiety. And then it became a source of anxiety itself.
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THE FAULTS IN OUR PAST
LET THE RIGHT FREQUENCIES IN
Inside The Great Electromagnetic Resistance
narratively.com
Convinced wireless technology is making them sick, they're covering their homes in tinfoil or moving to the desert. Now they're terrified that the 5G revolution will leave them with nowhere else to go.
WILLFUL BLINDNESS
Sins Of The Fathers
washingtonpost.com
The Confederacy was built on slavery. How can so many Southern whites still believe otherwise?
THE DECLINE OF TRUST
Why We Stopped Trusting Elites
theguardian.com
The credibility of establishment figures has been demolished by technological change and political upheavals. But it's too late to turn back the clock.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
WAVE HELLO
People Staying On The Fourth Floor Of A Waterfront Hotel Get A Big, Scary Ocean Surprise
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How strong are those windows, anyway?
IN THE NEWS
Michael Cohen Set To Plead Guilty To Lying To Congress In Collusion Probe
Deutsche Bank Offices Are Searched In Money Laundering Investigation
US Life Expectancy Declines Again, A Dismal Trend Not Seen Since World War I
Senators Back Effort To Suspend US Support For Saudi-Led Campaign In Yemen
Trump Says Pardon For Paul Manafort Still A Possibility
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8 Gift Ideas For The Tech Lover In Your Life
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It's not easy buying for the tech savvy human in your life but don't worry. We've got you covered with everything from laptop cases and fitness trackers to drones and VR experiences.
Never underestimate the power of the ocean, that's all we're sayin'.