AvatarDissentingAmericanFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo3 moments that might convince you Edgar Allan Poe was a time traveler.verified_publisherupworthy.com - Jake OffenhartzIn the case of Poe, it was his fiction that was, well, stranger than fiction. I'm pretty positive that Edgar Allan Poe had (has?) the power to travel …
AvatarDissentingAmericanAvatarAvatarAfter R.B.G. Awards Go to Musk and Murdoch, Justice Ginsburg’s Family Objectsverified_publisherThe New York Times - Minho KimThe children of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who championed liberal causes and women’s rights, said the choice of recipients this year was an “affront” to the memory of their mother. When Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a champion of liberal causes whose advocacy of women’s rights catapulted her to pop culture …
AvatarDissentingAmericanAvatarAvatarA U.S.-Built Spacecraft Lands on the Moon for the First Time Since 1972verified_publisherThe New York Times - Kenneth ChangFor the first time in a half-century, an American-built spacecraft has landed on the moon. The robotic lander was the first U.S. vehicle on the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972, the closing chapter in humanity’s astonishing achievement of sending people to the moon and bringing them all back alive. That …
AvatarDissentingAmericanAvatarAvatarF.B.I. Searches Homes of Fire Dept. Chiefs in Corruption Investigationverified_publisherThe New York Times - William K. RashbaumNew York investigators working with federal authorities also searched the chiefs’ offices at the department’s headquarters as part of an inquiry into whether they inappropriately accepted payments. F.B.I. agents early Thursday searched the homes of two senior New York Fire Department chiefs …
AvatarDissentingAmericanAvatarAvatarHow A.I. Is Remodeling the Fantasy Homeverified_publisherThe New York Times - Amanda HessAmid an intractable real estate crisis, fake luxury houses offer a delusion of one’s own. I was scrolling through Instagram recently when I found a new page slipped into my feed through a suggested post: @tinyhouseperfect. It seemed designed to poke at my frustrated longings for a space of my own. I …
AvatarDissentingAmericanFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo12 Bottled Water Brands To Avoid247wallst.com - Aaron WebberThere are a few very valid reasons why you would want to buy bottled water. If your local water supply is tainted or polluted, bottled water can be …
AvatarDissentingAmericanAvatarAvatarFlorida's immigration law brings significant unintended consequences, critics sayverified_publisherCBS News - By Manuel BojorquezTampa, Florida — Raquel Lopez Aguilar — a Mexican father of two who is in the country illegally — was working as a roofer in the Tampa area until he …
AvatarDissentingAmericanAvatarAvatarCan $500 Million Save This Glacier?verified_publisherThe New York Times - Jon GertnerOne day in 2016, a British glaciologist named John Moore attended a meeting in Cambridge, England, that included a presentation about a glacier on Greenland’s west coast. Typically referred to by its Danish name, Jakobshavn, but also known by its Greenlandic moniker, Sermeq Kujalleq, the glacier …
AvatarDissentingAmericanAvatarAvatarThe Man Who Destroys $3,000 Handbags on the Internetverified_publisherThe New York Times - Elizabeth PatonUnder the handle Tanner Leatherstein, Volkan Yilmaz rips, burns and slices apart luxury goods to show how much he thinks they are really worth. One video opens with a large white leather handbag covered in the signature LV logo of Louis Vuitton. Within milliseconds, a hand with a switchblade swoops …
AvatarDissentingAmericanFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoHow Corporate America’s Obsession With Creativity Wrecked the World and Brought Us Elon Musknewrepublic.com - Timothy NoahSamuel W. Franklin’s latest book explains how we sold ourselves out to a fake virtue. Who is the most creative human being who ever lived? These days, …
AvatarDissentingAmericanFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWe Must Reckon With the Most Dangerous System of Extinction Humans Ever Createdtruthout.org - Peter HandelCapitalism is killing us. That’s the unequivocal message of a new book, Dying for Capitalism: How Big Money Fuels Extinction and What We Can Do About …
AvatarDissentingAmericanAvatarAvatarHow an Arctic Influencer Embraces Months of Darknessverified_publisherThe New York Times - Remy TuminSvalbard, an island in the Arctic, has about one of everything, including a social media influencer with millions of followers. Cecilia Blomdahl can still remember the first time she looked out at the Arctic Ocean on a winter night. The darkness was so dense she could not tell where land started and …