CNN
Rahm Emanuel under consideration to become Biden's transportation secretary
2 min · · Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is under consideration to lead the department of transportation, people familiar with the matter say, a move that would enrage progressive activists if the former… · Shared by 23, including Alice Wong 王美華, Nilofer Merchant, S. Mitra Kalita, Jamil Smith جميل كريم, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Diane Ravitch 🇺🇸🇺🇦🌈🗽🌹
Quanta Magazine
In Mathematics, It Often Takes a Good Map to Find Answers
5 min · · Mathematicians try to figure out when problems can be solved using current knowledge — and when they have to chart a new path instead. · Shared by 6174, including Evan (he/him), Luminous Kaleidoscope, Mario Clemente, Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Christian Surchi, Mike Tamir, PhD
Ness Labs
How to think better
6 min · · Learn how to think better with a guide on decision-making frameworks, cognitive biases, mental models, and tools for thought. · Shared by 653, including Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Antonio Ramos, Evan (he/him), Katja Evertz, Rich, Josh Blaha, fnord, James, Mario Clemente, Ahiesh PVS, Tom Connor, Bernhard Huessy, Gio Tiongson
VICE
Facebook Threatens to Pull Out of Europe If It Doesn’t Get Its Way
3 min · · European regulators are cracking down on Facebook's ability to transfer data across the Atlantic. Now the tech giant is threatening to pull its services from more than 400 million European users. · Shared by 480, including Shoshana Zuboff, AI, Tom Raftery, Rami Ismail (رامي), Dirk von Gehlen 🤷🏻♂️, Antonio Vieira Santos, Gerd Leonhard, Azeem Azhar, Caterina Fake, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Peter Steinberger, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (offline, on parental leave), Oliver Reichenstein, Nicolas Granatino🌻, Kent Bye (Voices of VR), Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Amy Jo Kim, Hannes Grassegger, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Wolfgang Blau
The Guardian
Humans exploiting and destroying nature on unprecedented scale
6 min · · Animal populations have plunged an average of 68% since 1970, as humanity pushes the planet’s life support systems to the edge · Shared by 190, including Bill McKibben, Neil Hart 💙, Birgit Schefer, Tim, Balthasar Glättli🌻 🕊, Katja Evertz, Ray Monk, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Mike Butcher
The Guardian
Warning of serious brain disorders in people with mild Covid symptoms
3 min · · UK neurologists publish details of mildly affected or recovering patients with serious or potentially fatal brain conditions · Shared by 481, including Eithiriel DeMeré 🏴🥀🏳️🌈, Matt Lieberman, Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, Neuropsychology, Barry C Smith, Aral Balkan, Steve Faulkner SteveFaulkner@mastodon.social, 艾未未 Ai Weiwei, Mike Volpe, keithwilson@fediphilosophy.org on Mastodon 🦣, Mathew Ingram, Damon Young, @augieray@mastodon.social, Guy Longworth, Joshua Benton, Amesh Adalja, Paul Graham, Gregg Caruso, Carl Zimmer, Rene Ritchie
Mental Floss
The Russian Family That Cut Itself Off From Civilization for More Than 40 Years
7 min · · The Lykov family left Russian society under persecution in the 1930s and remained hidden until 1978. · Shared by 248, including Liliane Ferrari ™, Matthias Lampe, Birgit Schefer, OMGFacts, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
The New Yorker
The Coronavirus Is Rewriting Our Imaginations
4 min · · What felt impossible has become thinkable. The spring of 2020 is suggestive of how much, and how quickly, we can change as a civilization. · Shared by 373, including Dan Hill, 🌏🔎Leigh Alexander 🐬💿✨, William Gibson, Neuropsychology, Christian Hernandez, Thomas Power, jenny odell, Bethany Brookshire, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Akshat Rathi, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Cathy 🌻, Bill McKibben, Noah Smith, Danielle Fong 🙋🏻♀️, Tiago Forte, Christopher Lauer™, Gerd Leonhard, Paolo Pedercini 🥶, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA
Science Magazine
‘Finally, a virus got me.’ Scientist who fought Ebola and HIV reflects on facing death from COVID-19
6 min · · Top virologist Peter Piot spent 1 week at a London hospital in April and has been recovering at home since · Shared by 379, including Edward Tufte, @augieray@mastodon.social, Eric Topol, William Gibson, Carl T. Bergstrom, Carl Zimmer, Max Roser, Kai Kupferschmidt, Cameron Sinclair, Jason Stanley, Steven Sinofsky, Balaji, Azeem Azhar, Delip Rao e/σ, Bill Hanage, Andrea Kuszewski 🧠, News from Science, felix salmon, Helen Branswell 🇺🇦, Robb Wolf