Saturday, December 11, 2021

What The Economist Predicts Will Happen In 2022

You Should Sit Down For This; A Massive Oil Spill Helped One Billionaire Avoid Paying Income Tax For 14 Years, How To Talk To Vaccine-Hesitant People
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Sat, Dec 11
ON THE RADAR
'A MASSIVE TAX BONANZA'
A Massive Oil Spill Helped One Billionaire Avoid Paying Income Tax For 14 Years
propublica.org
Phyllis Taylor's company is responsible for the longest-running oil spill in U.S. history. That's been a disaster for the Gulf of Mexico — but a tax bonanza for Taylor.
PICK YOUR BATTLES
How To Talk To Vaccine-Hesitant People
bbc.com
Researchers have uncovered the best way to discuss the benefits of vaccination with someone who's unsure. Here are the dos and don'ts of these tough conversations.
WE DID IT, JOE
The Most Expensive And Cheapest Cups Of Coffee In America, Ranked
digg.com
While California has the most coffee shops in America, you're better off finding an affordable cup on the East Coast.
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The Top Tech We Can't Stop Using This Year
digg.com
Here are a bunch of tech gifts that come highly-rated and are perfect gifts for people on the lookout for new gadgets and gear.
GOOD READS
The 2021 Bloomberg Jealousy List: All The Stories We Wish We Wrote This Year
bloomberg.com
At Bloomberg Businessweek, we read—a lot. We also listen to podcasts and watch a ton of stuff (often with borrowed passwords). Sometimes we read, watch or listen to something that we wish we had published. To recognize a job well done, the magazine's staff and many of our contributors in the Bloomberg newsroom have compiled our annual yearend Jealousy List.
EDITOR'S PICK
FUTURE TENSE
Here's What The Economist Predicts Will Happen In 2022 And You Should Sit Down For This
youtube.com
Tom Standage, an editor at The Economist, explains what their analysis of 2022 trends points to, which includes things like moving from pandemic to endemic, taming cryptocurrencies and much more.
DON'T DO THAT
CAN'T TOUCH THIS
Clueless TikToker Unwittingly Plays With Dangerous Sea Creature
news.com.au
The blue-striped "sea slug" looks cute but it packs a poisonous punch.
YIKES
Trump's White House Passed Around A PowerPoint On How to End American Democracy
rollingstone.com
Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows handed over a trove of pre-Jan. 6 documentation. It's damning stuff.
MY GOD, WHAT HAVE I DONE?
A Man Threw Out A Hard Drive Containing 8,000 Bitcoin. Today, It Would Be Worth $384 Million
newyorker.com
For years, a Welshman who threw away the key to his cybercurrency stash has been fighting to excavate the local landfill.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
MAKE YOUR MOVE
Someone Mashed Up 'Seinfeld' Into The 'Succession' Opening Credits And It's A Masterpiece
youtube.com
The "Seinfeld' cavalcade of characters fit extremely well into HBO's "Succession" intro.
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The World's Warmest Jacket Comes After Six Years Of Research
lifelabs.design
Made with a proprietary material called WarmLife, this incredible jacket can keep us cozy in terrible weather without ever weighing us down.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
A DECEMBER TO REMEMBER
Dad Realizes He Made A Huge Mistake Buying A Lexus For Christmas In This Dark 'SNL' Sketch
youtube.com
This dad's Christmas surprise to his family turns out to be an unappreciated expense. (From 2020)
Only two weeks until Christmas.