Why China’s artificial moon probably won’t work

Knesset approves 200 communities where Arabs are banned

What Not: lost feminist novel that anticipated Brave New World finally finds its time

The Small Island Where 500 People Speak Nine Different Languages

Executive Compensation at Private and Public Colleges

Finally caught up a bit on reading about the Yellow Vests movement, and I’m very worried about what I’ve learned.

Did Vox’s Matthew Yglesias just call for a massive nationwide campaign of civil disobedience? Yes. I believe he did.

Population Mountains (Excellent data visualization)

You know that cartoon where someone asks: “Suppose climate change is a big hoax and we create a better world for nothing?” Debates about populism are like that: “Suppose it was always just about racism and we end neoliberalism for nothing?” 🤔

Hurray! It is no longer cost-effective to mine Bitcoin, which is “good news for the global climate.”

Delicious irony! 😋Uber’s Arbitration Policy Comes Back to Bite It in the Ass

Article writes that people are worried Indonesia’s government’s new ‘heresy app’ could be “misused.” Is there any way this app could be used that doesn’t violate people’s human rights?

Sounds of Mars: NASA’s InSight Senses Martian Wind 🌬

Please help this talented Indian 9th grader, from the Chhara community of India, raise money to travel to London with her dad!

This piece about environmentalist accountants reminds me of a talk I heard about how Canada’s First Nations needed to train their own accountants.

Dragons

Progressive Marriott union contract could have ripple effects #dendum

Elizabeth Warren Stands by DNA Test. But Around Her, Worries Abound

Netflix’s 1983 is attributed to show-runner Joshua Long, but the first show has director Agnieszka Holland’s fingerprints all over it. Reminds me of her series “Burning Bush”…

Funnel web spiders (probably from North America?)

28°C/82°F in December…

Isn’t “Filipino” also inherently and historically a mixed racial and cultural identity?

No News Is Bad News for Hungary

Twitter’s Caste Problem

There Is No Excuse for How Universities Treat Adjuncts (Balanced and well researched article with lots of good data, do read the whole thing.)