Web3 is Bullshit

"If you read tech journalism you’ll probably hear the fuzzy term web3 bandied about in the press. Sprinkled around all these articles are all manner of idealistic and utopian ideas about how we can rebuild the internet to reflect our aspirations of a more humane and egalitarian society."

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"WHOLE WOMAN’S HEALTH ET AL. v. JACKSON, JUDGE, DISTRICT COURT OF TEXAS, 114TH DISTRICT, ET AL. ..." read full text »

Gravitational Waves Should Permanently Distort Space-Time

"The “gravitational memory effect” predicts that a passing gravitational wave should forever alter the structure of space-time. Physicists have linked the phenomenon to fundamental cosmic symmetries and a potential solution to the black hole information paradox."

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HIST 119

"Professor David Blight: In a speech before the Virginia Secession Convention, in 1861, in late April, in the wake of the firing on Fort Sumter, the newly elected--sort of appointed--Vice-President of the Confederacy, Alexander H."

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Western Boom Cities See Spike in Harmful Ozone

"The reduction of harmful ground-level ozone across most of the U.S. over the past several decades has been an air pollution success story."

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Moxie Marlinspike >> Blog >> We Should All Have Something To Hide

"Suddenly, it feels like 2000 again. Back then, surveillance programs like Carnivore, Echelon, and Total Information Awareness helped spark a surge in electronic privacy awareness."

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Our entire solar system may exist inside a giant magnetic tunnel, says astrophysicist

"You and everyone you know live inside a massive magnetic tunnel, according to new research from the University of Toronto."

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When north goes south: Is Earth's magnetic field flipping?

"Something odd is happening to Earth’s magnetic field. Over the last 200 years, it’s been slowly weakening and shifting its magnetic north pole (where a compass points, not to be confused with the geographic north pole) from the Canadian Arctic toward Siberia."

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Stratospheric Polar Vortex returns for Winter 2021/2022, together with a strong easterly wind anomaly high above the Equator, impacting the Winter season

"A new stratospheric Polar Vortex has now emerged over the North Pole and will continue to strengthen well into the Winter of 2021/2022. It will interact with a strong easterly wind anomaly high over the tropics."

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The F# Society

"Local artists from BOP STOP!!! The Bop Stop at The Music Settlement is Cleveland's premier listening room: an intimate, acoustically pristine performance venue with sweeping views of Lake Erie."

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Trees to Know in Central Oregon

"Make a difference with the Deschutes Land Trust! Your gift will protect what you love and cherish in Central Oregon."

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The Ancient Method That Keeps Afghanistan's Grapes Fresh All Winter

"Ziaulhaq Ahmadi sits on the floor of his small, one-story house, a brown, mud-walled compound at the end of a dusty alley in Aqa Saray. Surrounded by vineyards, fruit trees, and snow-capped mountains, the village is a half hour’s drive north of Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital."

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Oregon Employment, January 2021

"This morning the Oregon Employment Department released the latest employment report. The good news is jobs rebounded in January, following losses in December. More importantly from a data perspective we also got the annual benchmark revisions as well."

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The First Blue Pigment Discovered in 200 Years Is Finally Commercially Available. Here’s Why It Already Has a Loyal Following

"YInMn Blue, the brilliant pigment discovered in 2009 at an Oregon State University lab, is finally about to make its way to artists’ studios."

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The Can-Do Power

"Ever since then U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright memorably called the United States “indispensable” more than two decades ago, both Americans and publics abroad have vigorously debated the proposition."

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"Reduced sleep duration and sleep deprivation have been associated with cognitive impairment as well as decreased white matter integrity as reported by experimental studies. However, it is largely unknown whether differences in sleep duration and sleep quality might affect microstructural white matter and cognition. " read full text »

Bristlecone pine

"The term bristlecone pine covers three species of pine tree (family Pinaceae, genus Pinus, subsection Balfourianae). All three species are long-lived and highly resilient to harsh weather and bad soils. One of the three species, Pinus longaeva, is among the longest-lived life forms on Earth."

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These Impressive Tunnels Were Dug By Ancient Giant Sloths

"Tunnels are normally things that are either made by humans or were constructed over thousands or millions of years by water movement."

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Quantum Teleportation Was Just Achieved With 90% Accuracy Over a 44km Distance

"Scientists are edging closer to making a super-secure, super-fast quantum internet possible: they've now been able to 'teleport' high-fidelity quantum information over a total distance of 44 kilometres (27 miles)."

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