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June 9, 2019

F†cking Bees

from KQED What Started the Biggest Fire in California History? Yellowjackets, and a Man With a Hammer By Dan Brekke What did it take to start the biggest wildland fire in California history? A rancher attempting a simple chore, a nest of angry yellowjackets and some very bad luck. Cal Fire reported Thursday that its […]
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Published on June 09, 2019 01:16

June 8, 2019

Rural Radio Gone (Almost)

from The Guardian America’s rural radio stations are vanishing – and taking the country’s soul with them At a time when local newspapers are disappearing, the loss of a radio station leaves a community with another cultural and informational gap by Debbie Weingarten in Willcox, Arizona When I arrive at the radio station, Mark Lucke is standing […]
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Published on June 08, 2019 01:00

June 7, 2019

New Missing Link Found

from The Sun ‘Missing link’ in human evolution found after 30,000-year-old remains are dug up – rewriting history of first American settlers By Charlotte Edwards NEWLY discovered ancient teeth dating back 31,000 years are evidence of a new ethnic group in human history – and could change everything we know about the first American settlers. […]
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Published on June 07, 2019 00:44

June 6, 2019

Madonna

from The New York Times Madonna at Sixty The original queen of pop on aging, inspiration and why she refuses to cede control. By Vanessa Grigoriadis The night before the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas in May, Madonna was sitting in the arena attached to the MGM Grand hotel, staring at a double of herself. […]
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Published on June 06, 2019 00:33

June 5, 2019

Can you turn up the heat, darling?

from Metro The sun has ‘reached solar minimum’ and its surface is ominously calm by Jasper Hamill This solar slowdown often causes temporary cooling in Earth’s atmosphere. Climate change deniers often hail this cooling as evidence that the heating of our world is about to go into reverse. Sadly, this is very unlikely to be […]
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Published on June 05, 2019 00:24

June 4, 2019

It’s Coming

from Axios 1 big thing: Media companies wade into betting By Sara Fischer The legalization of sports betting has opened up new business opportunities, and ethical challenges, for some of America’s biggest media companies. Why it matters: Striking the right balance between leaning into betting — and not alienating casual fans or compromising journalistic principles — will force […]
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Published on June 04, 2019 00:20

June 3, 2019

$15k for Play

from The Hollywood Reporter How Top Gamers Earn Up to $15,000 an Hour by Patrick Shanley A new lawsuit reveals the high stakes in gaming as brands like Coca-Cola and Bud Light push the hourly income of popular streamers as high as five figures: “It’s become something nobody predicted.” A decade ago, Benjamin Lupo’s hobby of […]
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Published on June 03, 2019 00:10

June 2, 2019

They’re Coming.

from Stars And Stripes The Navy tracks UFO sightings. Scientists explain what’s really going on. By TOM AVRIL (Tribune News Service) — The Navy caused a bit of a sensation this spring when it implemented a formal process for pilots to report unexplained aerial phenomena – what most people call UFOs – after being accused […]
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Published on June 02, 2019 00:02

June 1, 2019

We Don’t Need Another Satellite

from NYT via MSN After SpaceX Starlink Launch, a Fear of Satellites That Outnumber All Visible Stars by Shannon Hall Last month, SpaceX successfully launched 60 500-pound satellites into space. Soon amateur skywatchers started sharing images of those satellites in night skies, igniting an uproar among astronomers who fear that the planned orbiting cluster will wreak havoc […]
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Published on June 01, 2019 23:47

May 31, 2019

Decadent U.

from Esquire The Secret Oral History of Bennington: The 1980s’ Most Decadent College Fall, 1982. A new freshman class arrives at arty, louche, and expensive Bennington College. Among the druggies, rebels, heirs, and posers: future Gen X literary stars Donna Tartt, Bret Easton Ellis, and Jonathan Lethem. What happened over the next four years would […]
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Published on May 31, 2019 23:43

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