9 Best Articles in 2022
Aeon+Psyche
What happens to our cognition in the darkest depths of winter?
Aeon+Psyche
7 min read · 2021-03-23 · Contrary to popular beliefs about winter sluggishness and depression, human cognition is not affected by the seasons
Reader View · Shared by 180, including Jason Silva, Anita Leirfall, Miguel Angel Escotet, Jane
Vox
Will climate change melt the Winter Olympics?
Vox
6 min read · Feb 5th · It will be hard to host the Winter Games when winter isn’t cold.
bu.edu
How to Overcome the Winter Blues Amid COVID Uncertainty
bu.edu
6 min read · Feb 5th · Boston University mental health experts share their go-to tips to fight off the winter blues and the stress of the pandemic.
Reader View · Shared by 153
The New York Times
Beijing Wanted the Winter Olympics. All It Needed Was Snow.
The New York Times
7 min read · Feb 5th · The environmentally unfriendly secret of winter sports is that many competitions take place on artificial snow. China’s water-scarce capital had to go to enormous lengths to make enough of it.
Reader View · Shared by 91, including Bryan William Jones, Janelle Heslop, Forbes India, Columbia University
The Atlantic
The Pandemic Is an Intuition Nightmare
The Atlantic
~19 min read · 2020-09-09 · As the U.S. heads toward the winter, the country is going round in circles, making the same conceptual errors that have plagued it since spring.
Reader View · Shared by 366, including Dr. Tom Frieden, Eric Topol, Alice Wong 王美華, Natalie E. Dean, PhD, Bob Wachter, Karen K. Ho, Mathew Ingram, zeynep tufekci, Neuropsychology, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 🐙, Cory Doctorow, Hiroko Tabuchi, Michael Mina, Larry Brilliant 💛💙, Muge Cevik, uché blackstock, md, Ed Yong, Helen Branswell 🇺🇦, David Fisman
Quartz
Climate change threatens the ski, snowboard, and winter sports industry
Quartz
3 min read · Jan 10th · Conditions for winter sports aren't a guarantee. Global warming means less predicable snow in different places.
Reader View · Shared by 75, including Nils Hitze, Akshat Rathi, David Yanofsky, Brad DeLong 🖖, David Wallace-Wells, Karen K. Ho
TNW
We used a cryptocurrency miner as a heater this winter and it really worked
TNW
7 min read · From 2017 · We used this Ethereum cryptocurrency miner that also doubles as a heater to keep our office warm this winter – and we actually made money in the process.
Reader View · Shared by 91, including ludobos.eth, Thomas Power, Mario Valente, Ernie Smith, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Merkstatt, Florian Jungnikl-Gossy ⛱
hedgehogreview.com
On Winter
hedgehogreview.com
7 min read · Feb 15th · It is hard to sustain the illusion that there is anything good about winter after the hundredth day or so.
Reader View · Shared by 90, including Colin Wright
avc
Some Thoughts On Crypto
avc
2 min read · From 2019 · The crypto sector is in an interesting phase right now. The market has rallied from its lows this past winter and is up a lot in 2019: But Bitcoin now makes up almost 70% of that aggregate market cap.…
Reader View · Shared by 304, including Thomas Power, Tuur Demeester, Sachin Rekhi, Gerrit Eicker, Meltem Demirors, Fred Wilson, Semil, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA
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NYT Food
Caramelized Kohlrabi Soup Recipe
NYT Food
1 min read · May 10th · This is a great way to use the mountains of kohlrabi and turnips available in winter at the farmers’ market (or crammed into your community-supported agriculture box) When caramelized in the oven and…
Reader View · Shared by 56
TechCrunch
Selected AI startups from YC’s Winter ’22 batch
TechCrunch
6 min read · Mar 30th · Dozens of startups in Y Combinator’s Winter 2022 cohort do something that could be described as artificial intelligence. Though the term has lost much of its meaning, it’s still an important part of…
Reader View · Shared by 20, including Matt Shaffer
easytravel101.com
Keeping the wild wild: Celebrating 150 years of Yellowstone National Park
easytravel101.com
7 min read · Apr 23rd · As a surfer-snowboarder based in San Diego, the idea of traveling to the American West come winter never crossed my mind.
Reader View · Shared by 27
The Conversation
Sacred hares, banished winter witches and pagan worship
The Conversation
7 min read · Apr 14th · A folklorist explains the prehistoric origins of the mythical Easter Bunny and why this longstanding cultural symbol keeps returning each spring.
Reader View · Shared by 35
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NPR
Scientists Find A Brain Circuit That Could Explain Seasonal Depression
NPR
5 min read · From 2018 · Research suggests the winter blues are triggered by specialized light-sensing cells in the retina that communicate directly with brain areas involved in mood.
Reader View · Shared by 50, including Jane, Charles Baldwin, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Dominik Grolimund, Henning von Vogelsang, Thomas Wong
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Steve Blank The Virus Survival Strategy For Your Startup
steve blank
7 min read · From 2020 · “Winter is coming.” This is the one blog post that I hope I’m completely wrong about. With the Covid-19 virus a worldwide pandemic, if you’re leading any startup or small business, you have to be a…
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 209, including Alex Barrera, Yann “shalf@mastodon.social” Heurtaux 不停, Antonio Ramos, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Tom Connor, 瑞拿頭, Christian P. Stobbe, Bob Apollo Inflexion-Point FF.ISP 🇪🇺 🇵🇱 🇪🇸, Thomas Power, Jonathan Kogan, Mark Kaigwa
stacker.com
25 vintage photos of the first Winter Olympic Games
stacker.com
~11 min read · Feb 1st · The first-ever Winter Olympics were held in Chamonix, France, showcasing a variety of sports and athletes. Stacker assembled a collection of photos from those first Games.
Reader View · Shared by 57
Y Combinator
YC’s Winter Reading List
Y Combinator
6 min read · From 2016 · Our 2016 winter reading list. More than thirty books to check out over the holidays.
Reader View · Shared by 69, including Mark Kaigwa, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Nico Luchsinger, shishir das, Dominik Grolimund, Sara Usinger, -, Chung Chen
The New York Times
After the Cryptocurrency Boom: Hard Lessons for New Investors
The New York Times
6 min read · From 2018 · The number of people who bought virtual currencies more than doubled last winter. For people who got in late, the bust has been disastrous.
Reader View · Shared by 186, including Oliver Ewinger, Gerd Leonhard, Ramit Sethi, Jean-Patrick, haldimann, Mark Kaigwa, Helmi, Jose Paul Martin, Philipp Laurim, Vinny Lingham
CJR
The infinite scroll
CJR
6 min read · From 2020 · For the sake of this exercise, please imagine it’s another gray midday in winter, months after the end of the World Series and still weeks from the beginning of spring training. The afternoon is…
Reader View · Shared by 182, including Trey Tweets Into the Void, Cory Doctorow, Tauno, kate wagner, Mark Kaigwa, Katja Evertz, Adam R
The Washington Post
‘A whole lot of hurt’: Fauci warns of covid-19 surge, offers blunt assessment of Trump’s response
The Washington Post
2020-10-31 · Top scientist predicts a long and potentially deadly winter as infections and hospitalizations spike across the country.
Shared by 127, including Deborah Blum, Rick Powell, Michael Mina, Steve Silberman, Diane Ravitch 🇺🇸🇺🇦🌈, Jennifer Ouellette, Carla Gentry, Carl Zimmer, Matt Frieman 🇺🇦, Alexis C. Madrigal, Eric Topol, Neuropsychology, Susan K. Whitbourne, George Conway🇺🇦, Dr. Saskia Popescu, Justin Jackson, Kai Kupferschmidt, Hugh Howey, George J Huba PhD, Marcel Janus
The Guardian
Dreading a dark winter lockdown? Think like a Norwegian
The Guardian
7 min read · 2020-09-26 · Studies show people living in the Arctic Circle are armed with a mindset that helps combat the long ‘polar night’. It might come in handy for us all…
Reader View · Shared by 243, including Katja Evertz, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Jo Hemmings 🇺🇦, Neuropsychology, Stephanie A Kowalski, Bruce Lawson, Anita Leirfall, Memen Isimo, Matthias Lampe, Daniel Cook, Caden Jiang, Jane, Massimo Pigliucci, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer
New York Magazine
Why Your Brain Actually Works Better in Winter
New York Magazine
8 min read · From 2016 · Debunking the myth of the winter blues.
Reader View · Shared by 41, including Alex Barrera, Steve Parkinson, Dominic Grzbielok, Simon Wüthrich
