Links September 2021

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Sep. 24, 2021

"The New Normal: Doomscrolling Through the Climate Tipping Point Outside Your Window In accordance with all the horrors we’ve witnessed live on Twitter, the inevitable floodwaters arrived in New York on Wednesday night. It was as horrifying as it was uncanny."   vanityfair.com

Why everybody’s hiring but nobody’s getting hired | America’s broken hiring system, explained.   vox.com


Sep. 20, 2021

Mercenaries and subversives in the gender war:   buttondown.email  🐤

Exclusive Data: An Inside Look at the Spy Tech That Followed Kids Home for Remote Learning — and Now Won’t Leave:   the 74 million  🐤


Sep. 18, 2021

"In the past weeks, The Wall Street Journal published 'The Facebook Files' — well reported pieces that rely on whistle-blowers who are now just tossing incriminating documents over the wall at a furious pace."   nytimes.com

"'I think everything we’ve seen over the last two summers surpasses that,' Stephenson said of the landmark 13th century blaze."   latimes.com


Sep. 11, 2021

"Since early last year, Google has also blocked new AI features analyzing emotions, fearing cultural insensitivity, while Microsoft (MSFT.O) restricted software mimicking voices and IBM (IBM.N) rejected a client request for an advanced facial-recognition system."   reuters.com




Sep. 9, 2021

"Opponents also say SB 9 would make properties attractive for investors to buy them, increase the number of units and make a tidy profit, leaving would-be buyers and renters still facing high prices."   sandiegouniontribune.com


Sep. 6, 2021

Editors of 220 leading medical, nursing and public-health journals from around the world called for urgent action on climate change, in a joint editorial published in outlets including the New England Journal of Medicine, the British Medical Journal and The Lancet on Sunday.   msn.com


Sep 5, 2021

"MUNICH, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) head Herbert Diess on Sunday said autonomous cars, not electric vehicles, were the 'real gamechanger' for the auto industry, which is facing the end of combustion engines in Europe by 2035."   reuters.com


Sep 4, 2021

"And earlier this year, a landslide and flash flood in February tore through two hydroelectric dams on the Dhauliganga River in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, killing at least 70 people, many of them dam workers who were trapped in construction tunnels."   sierraclub.org

"One of two readers brought to Switzerland for the demonstration didn’t work, so a bioinformatics team back in California beamed in a counterfeit result."   newrepublic.com

"Senders get an auto-response saying that the recipient is on vacation and that their email will be deleted without being read."   nytimes.com

"If you’re desperate to catch up on the news, buy a newspaper."   nytimes.com

These Maps Tell the Story of Two Americas: One Parched, One Soaked:   nytimes.com  📰


Sep 2, 2021

The wine reporting site jancisrobinson.com was just acquired by a VC-backed media conglomerate.   sfchronicle.com  📰

2 firefighting brothers from Montana head to California to save homes - and they do:   sfchronicle.com  📰

Is climate change worsening California fires, or is it poor forest management? Both, experts say:   sfchronicle.com

"The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed late Wednesday it is investigating Richard Branson's flight to space, saying the rocket-powered plane operated by his company, Virgin Galactic, veered off course during its descent."   msn.com


Sep 1, 2021

"We need to do more than jam the brakes, we need to engage reverse gear."   nytimes.com

"Carcasses of oxygen-starved tilapia no longer blanket shores periodically with a stench that could reach Los Angeles because there are so few left."   apnews.com  📰




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