Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Foresight Is 2020

It's 50 Below. The Past Is A Horror Show. You'd Dream Of Escaping Too, A Translation Crisis At The Border, A Plateful Of Plastic: Visualizing The Amount Of Microplastic We Eat
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A SENSE OF PLACE
RUSH TO THE EXIT
It's 50 Below. The Past Is A Horror Show. You'd Dream Of Escaping Too
nytimes.com
Best known as the most feared and frigid outpost of the Soviet gulag, Magadan struggles to keep its residents from fleeing.
WAS IT TO SCALE?
How A Cartographer Drew A Massive, Freehand Map Of North America
atlasobscura.com
Just ink and colored pencil, it took Anton Thomas almost five years.
MAKING THEMSELVES HEARD
A Translation Crisis At The Border
newyorker.com
For migrants who speak Mayan languages, a grassroots group of interpreters is often their only hope for receiving asylum.
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SHOWING UP
THE UNCLEAN PLATE CLUB
A Plateful Of Plastic: Visualizing The Amount Of Microplastic We Eat
graphics.reuters.com
Dozens of reports have been published on microplastics but the scientific community is still only scratching the surface of understanding just how much plastic we consume and how harmful it could be.
WE'VE SCENE IT ALL
The 10 Best Movie Scenes Of The 2010s
theatlantic.com
A decade's worth of stellar cinematic sequences, from "The Social Network" to "Parasite."
CRASH ME IF YOU CAN
The World's Most Notorious Gate Crasher
saturdayeveningpost.com
James "one-eyed" Connelly spent 40 years sneaking into boxing matches, baseball games, and political conventions. His unmitigated gall and boundless creativity got him in pretty much…anywhere.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
WHAT'S UNDER THE HOOD?
This Demonstration Of What Happens Inside A Catalytic Converter Is Spectacular
youtube.com
The Warped Perception YouTube demonstrates the science of what's happening inside a exhaust emission control device.
IN THE NEWS
Protesters Attack US Embassy In Iraq
Coming Out Of The Shadows: The US Chief Justice Who Will Preside Over Trump's Trial
Sonny Mehta, Venerable Knopf Publisher, Is Dead At 77
Trump Administration Says It Will Approve Largest US Solar Farm
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Welcome to the future. We're going back to bed.