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A wildfire is getting close to the Getty Museum. Here’s why they’re not moving the art https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/28/us/getty-museum-california-wildfires/index.html

An MIT researcher says we should trash all our recyclable plastic, and he’s probably right https://www.insider.com/mit-research-andrew-mcafee-says-recycling-is-useless-2019-10

Internet Access Is Not a Human Right https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/opinion/internet-access-is-not-a-human-right.html

The fight to keep the internet free and open for everyone https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20191025-the-fight-to-keep-the-internet-free-and-open-for-everyone

China’s leaders have embraced blockchains (er, minus the decentralized bit) https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614639/chinas-leaders-have-embraced-blockchains-erm-minus-the-decentralized-bit/

Russian hackers are targeting the 2020 Olympics https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614640/russian-hackers-are-targeting-the-2020-olympics/

Why there’s so little left of the early internet https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190401-why-theres-so-little-left-of-the-early-internet

California’s Wildfires Are the Doom of Our Own Making https://www.wired.com/story/californias-wildfires-are-the-doom-of-our-own-making/

Hackers shut down Johannesburg’s networks once again https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614630/hackers-shut-down-johannesburgs-networks-once-again/

Read the Letter Facebook Employees Sent to Mark Zuckerberg About Political Ads https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/28/technology/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-letter.html

Dissent Erupts at Facebook Over Hands-Off Stance on Political Ads https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/28/technology/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-political-ads.html

DARPA is betting on AI to bring the next generation of wireless devices online https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614627/5g-ai-darpa-next-generation-of-wireless-devices/

Dubai Faces a ‘Disaster’ From Overbuilding, Top Developer Says https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-27/dubai-faces-a-disaster-from-overbuilding-top-developer-says

Period-Tracking Apps Say You May Have a Disorder. What if They’re Wrong? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/27/technology/personaltech/health-apps-hormonal-disorder-pcos.html

The Most Pressing Issue for Our Next President Isn’t Medicare https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/27/opinion/climate-change-healthcare.html

1.5 Million Packages a Day: The Internet Brings Chaos to N.Y. Streets https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/27/nyregion/nyc-amazon-delivery.html

o Guia dos Perplexos http://guiadosperplexos.tv

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Why We’re So Bad at Recycling Plastic https://youtu.be/unLu7rFRGc0

Why Trees Are Out to Get You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PWMQR59M68&feature=youtu.be

What Would Trees Look Like On Other Planets? #TeamTrees https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PWMQR59M68&feature=youtu.be

WeWork’s Adam Neumann Is the Most Talented Grifter of Our Time https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/10/how-weworks-adam-neumann-became-billionaire/600607/

Can a Machine Learn to Write for The New Yorker? https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/10/14/can-a-machine-learn-to-write-for-the-new-yorker

Why the Search for Dark Matter Depends on Ancient Shipwrecks https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/10/search-dark-matter-depends-ancient-shipwrecks/600718/

WIRED25: Stories of People Who Are Racing to Save Us https://www.wired.com/story/wired25-stories-people-racing-to-save-us/

‘Potentially historic’ wind event could worsen California wildfires as another mass outage begins https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/10/26/california-wildfires-power-outages-kincade-tick/

Migrating Russian eagles run up huge data roaming charges https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50180781

Estadão Summit Brasil | O Que é Poder? https://www.sympla.com.br/estadao-summit-brasil–o-que-e-poder__645601

Slaves From Ancient Rome Help Unlock The Mysteries Of The Universe https://www.forbes.com/sites/drdonlincoln/2019/10/26/slaves-from-ancient-rome-help-unlock-the-mysteries-of-the-universe/#3fbddbd25702

Opinion: Pope Francis says capitalism causes hunger. This isn’t the first time he’s been wrong on economics https://business.financialpost.com/opinion/opinion-pope-francis-says-capitalism-causes-hunger-this-isnt-the-first-time-hes-been-wrong-on-economics

A neural net solves the three-body problem 100 million times faster https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614597/a-neural-net-solves-the-three-body-problem-100-million-times-faster/

pesquisa da Associação Brasileira de Podcasts http://abpod.com.br/podpesquisa-2019/

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We May Finally Know How the Universe’s Heavy Elements Formed https://www.space.com/strontium-heavy-element-formed-neutron-star-merger.html

Update Complete: U.S. Nuclear Weapons No Longer Need Floppy Disks https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/24/us/nuclear-weapons-floppy-disks.html

Jack Dorsey says ‘hell no’ to joining Libra https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/24/20931058/jack-dorsey-twitter-libra-association-join

Earth’s rocks can absorb a shocking amount of carbon: here’s how https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/10/earth-rocks-can-absorb-shocking-amount-of-carbon/

A Health Care Algorithm Offered Less Care to Black Patients https://www.wired.com/story/how-algorithm-favored-whites-over-blacks-health-care/

Earthquakes Are Jolting the Netherlands. Gas Drilling Is to Blame. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/24/business/energy-environment/netherlands-gas-earthquakes.html

Critics say Facebook’s Libra threatens America’s power. Zuck says they’ve got it all wrong. https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614621/critics-say-facebooks-libra-threatens-americas-power-zuck-says-theyve-got-it-all-wrong/

The New Ways Your Boss Is Spying on You https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-new-ways-your-boss-is-spying-on-you-11563528604

Employees say Google is trying to spy on them. That’ll be hard to prove. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614623/google-spying-employees-calendar-extension-surveillance-workplace-labor-law-nlra-nlrb/

Discover the Persian 11th Century Canon of Medicine, “The Most Famous Medical Textbook Ever Written” http://www.openculture.com/2019/10/discover-the-persian-11th-century-canon-of-medicine.html

People ‘more likely to feel pain on humid days’ https://www.bbc.com/news/health-50151723

Pesticide poisoned French paradise islands in Caribbean https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50144261

Earthworms’ place on Earth mapped https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50157313

Italian police bust ‘Mafia plastic recycling ring’ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50177280

Uluru climbing ban: Tourists scale sacred rock for final time https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-50151344

A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace https://www.eff.org/cyberspace-independence