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%u2018The%20Contrarian%u2019%20Review%3A%20A%20Totally%20Fake%20Thing%3F%20-%20WSJ : Max%20Chafkin%2C%20in%20%u201CThe%20Contrarian%3A%20Peter%20Thiel%20and%20Silicon%20Valley%u2019s%20Pursuit%20of%20Power%2C%u201D%20accounts%20for%20these%20and%20other%20contradictions%20by%20casting%20his%20subject%20as%20a%20soulless%20opportunist%20and%20an%20intellectual%20fraud.%20Mr.%20Chafkin%20doesn%u2019t%20put%20it%20as%20strongly%20as%20that%u2014he%20prefers%20insinuation%20and%20the%20passive%20voice%u2014but%20at%20no%20point%20in%20the%20book%20does%20he%20credit%20Mr.%20Thiel%20with%20a%20sincere%20belief%20or%20an%20honorable%20motivation.%20Mr.%20Chafkin%2C%20an%20editor%20at%20Bloomberg%20Businessweek%2C%20wrote%20the%20book%2C%20he%20says%2C%20to%20%u201Cunderstand%u201D%20Mr.%20Thiel.%20But%20%u201CThe%20Contrarian%u201D%20reads%20as%20though%20the%20author%20assumed%20he%20understood%20his%20subject%20already%20and%20set%20out%20to%20take%20him%20down%20a%20few%20notches.%0A%0A
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Nicholas Klein - Wikipedia

Nicholas Klein - Wikipedia : Klein%20is%20best%20known%20for%20his%20speech%20to%20the%20Clothing%20Workers%20in%20May%201919%2C%20where%20he%20said%20the%20following%3A%5B5%5D%0A%0A%5B%u2026%5D%20my%20friends%2C%20after%20this%20war%2C%20there%20will%20be%20a%20great%20unemployment%20problem.%20The%20munition%20plants%20will%20be%20closed%20and%20useless%2C%20and%20millions%20of%20munitions%20workers%20will%20be%20thrown%20out%20upon%20the%20market.%20And%20then%20the%20time%20will%20come%20to%20show%20whether%20you%20strikers%20and%20you%20workers%20believe%20one%20hundred%20per%20cent%20for%20organized%20labor%20or%20only%2035%20per%20cent%20%5B%u2026%5D%20And%20my%20friends%2C%20in%20this%20story%20you%20have%20a%20history%20of%20this%20entire%20movement.%20First%20they%20ignore%20you.%20Then%20they%20ridicule%20you.%20And%20then%20they%20attack%20you%20and%20want%20to%20burn%20you.%20And%20then%20they%20build%20monuments%20to%20you.%20And%20that%20is%20what%20is%20going%20to%20hap...
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Microsoft swallows Nokia's phone business for $7.2 billion | Reuters

Microsoft swallows Nokia's phone business for $7.2 billion | Reuters : Nokia%20CEO%20Elop%2C%20who%20ran%20Microsoft%u2019s%20business%20software%20division%20before%20jumping%20ship%20in%202010%2C%20will%20return%20to%20the%20U.S.%20firm%20to%20head%20up%20its%20mobile%20devices%20business%20just%20as%20the%20company%u2019s%20board%20considers%20a%20successor%20to%20Ballmer%2C%20who%20announced%20last%20week%20he%20will%20retire%20within%20a%20year.%0A%0A
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N.Y. Attorney General Outlines Pattern of Possible Fraud at Trump Business - The New York Times

N.Y. Attorney General Outlines Pattern of Possible Fraud at Trump Business - The New York Times : The%20New%20York%20State%20attorney%20general%2C%20Letitia%20James%2C%20accused%20Donald%20J.%20Trump%u2019s%20family%20business%20late%20Tuesday%20of%20repeatedly%20misrepresenting%20the%20value%20of%20its%20assets%20to%20bolster%20its%20bottom%20line%2C%20saying%20in%20court%20papers%20that%20the%20company%20had%20engaged%20in%20%u201Cfraudulent%20or%20misleading%u201D%20practices.%0A%0A
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IOC%u2019s%20new%20transgender%20guidance%20criticised%20as%20unfair%20towards%20female%20sport%20%7C%20International%20Olympic%20Committee%20%7C%20The%20Guardian

IOC%u2019s%20new%20transgender%20guidance%20criticised%20as%20unfair%20towards%20female%20sport%20%7C%20International%20Olympic%20Committee%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : In%20a%20notable%20intervention%2C%20the%20scientists%20warn%20that%20IOC%u2019s%20new%20guidance%20%u2013%20which%20states%20there%20is%20no%20need%20for%20trans%20women%20to%20lower%20their%20testosterone%20to%20compete%20against%20natal%20women%20%u2013%20ignores%20the%20science%20on%20sex%2C%20gender%20and%20performance%20and%20focuses%20mostly%20on%20inclusion.%20The%20new%20framework%2C%20which%20also%20applies%20to%20athletes%20with%20differences%20of%20sex%20development%2C%20such%20as%20the%20South%20African%20800m%20runner%20Caster%20Semenya%2C%20is%20due%20to%20be%20rolled%20out%20after%20next%20month%u2019s%20Winter%20Olympics.%20It%20comes%20amid%20the%20high-profile%20cases%20of%20the%20weightlifter%20Laurel%20Hubbard%2C%20the%20first%20open%20trans%20women%20to%20compete%20in%20an%20Olympics%2C%20and%20the%20U...
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Chemical pollution has passed safe limit for humanity, say scientists | Pollution | The Guardian

Chemical pollution has passed safe limit for humanity, say scientists | Pollution | The Guardian : The cocktail of chemical pollution that pervades the planet now threatens the stability of global ecosystems upon which humanity depends, scientists have said. Plastics are of particularly high concern, they said, along with 350,000 synthetic chemicals including pesticides, industrial compounds and antibiotics. Plastic pollution is now found from the summit of Mount Everest to the deepest oceans, and some toxic chemicals, such as PCBs, are long-lasting and widespread.
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How to kill a god: the myth of Captain Cook shows how the heroes of empire will fall | British empire | The Guardian

How to kill a god: the myth of Captain Cook shows how the heroes of empire will fall | British empire | The Guardian : %u201CThe%20fruits%20and%20seeds%20that%20Cook%u2019s%20actions%20planted%20sprouted%20and%20grew%2C%20and%20became%20trees%20that%20spread%20to%20devastate%20the%20people%20of%20these%20islands%3A%0A%0A1.%20Gonorrhea%20together%20with%20syphilis.%0A2.%20Prostitution.%0A3.%20The%20false%20idea%20that%20he%20was%20a%20god%20and%20worshipped.%0A4.%20Fleas%20and%20mosquitoes.%0A5.%20The%20spread%20of%20epidemic%20diseases.%0A6.%20Change%20in%20the%20air%20we%20breathe.%0A7.%20Weakening%20of%20our%20bodies.%0A8.%20Changes%20in%20plant%20life%20%u2026%u201D%0A%0A%u201CThe%20best%20part%20of%20Cook%u2019s%20visit%20was%20that%20we%20killed%20him%2C%u201D%20the%20Hawaiian%20activist%20Lilikala%u0304%20Kame%u2018eleihiwa%20writes.%20If%20man%20imagines%20that%20a%20god%20resembles%20himself%2C%20then%20the%20god%2C%20eventually%2C%20must%20die.%20Cook%20has%20been%20killed%20a...
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%u2018It%u2019s%20mind-boggling%u2019%3A%20the%20hidden%20cost%20of%20our%20obsession%20with%20fish%20oil%20pills%20%7C%20Fish%20oil%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : Aquaculture%20is%20an%20expanding%20global%20industry%2C%20valued%20at%20more%20than%20%A3146bn%20in%202020%2C%20with%20China%20topping%20the%20list%20as%20the%20largest%20fish-producing%20country%2C%20at%2058.8m%20tonnes%20a%20year.%20Aquaculture%20now%20provides%20half%20of%20all%20the%20seafood%20that%20humans%20eat%20%u2013%20a%20figure%20expected%20to%20grow%20to%2062%25%20by%202030.%0A%0A
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davidshepardson on Twitter: "BREAKING: Airline CEOs sounds alarm about 5G deployment Wednesday in @WhiteHouse @usdot @FAANews @FCC letter seen by @Reuters https://t.co/NeXVJbFhzQ https://t.co/58rpzlGuuI" / Twitter

davidshepardson on Twitter: "BREAKING: Airline CEOs sounds alarm about 5G deployment Wednesday in @WhiteHouse @usdot @FAANews @FCC letter seen by @Reuters https://t.co/NeXVJbFhzQ https://t.co/58rpzlGuuI" / Twitter
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Ridley Scott says script for '1984' ad was 'devastatingly effective' | AppleInsider

Ridley Scott says script for '1984' ad was 'devastatingly effective' | AppleInsider : %22They%20said%20%27no%2C%20no%2C%20no.%20Apple%20is%20this%20guy%20called%20Steve%20Jobs%27%22%20recounts%20Scott.%20%22I%20went%2C%20%27Who%20the%20f***%20is%20Steve%20Jobs%3F%27%22%0A%0AScott%20says%20that%20Chiat/Day%20explained%20the%20Mac%20to%20him%20and%20said%20that%20%22it%27s%20probably%20going%20to%20be%20something.%22%20So%20he%20read%20the%20script.%0A%0A%22My%20god%20%5BI%20thought%5D.%20They%27re%20not%20saying%20what%20%5Bthe%20Mac%5D%20is%2C%20they%27re%20not%20showing%20what%20it%20is%2C%22%20says%20Scott.%20%22They%27re%20not%20even%20saying%20what%20it%20does.%22%0A%0A%22It%20was%20advertising%20as%20an%20art%20form%2C%22%20he%20continues.%20%22It%20was%20devastatingly%20effective.%22%0A%0ASo%20it%20was%20the%20%221984%22%20script%20by%20Steve%20Hayden%2C%20Brent%20Thomas%20and%20Lee%20Clow%20that%20got%20Ridley%20Scott%20on%20board.%20But%20all%20these%20years%20o...
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Diary - Wikipedia

Diary - Wikipedia : Samuel%20Pepys%20%281633%u20131703%29%20is%20the%20earliest%20diarist%20who%20is%20well%20known%20today%3B%20his%20diaries%2C%20preserved%20in%20Magdalene%20College%2C%20Cambridge%2C%20were%20first%20transcribed%20and%20published%20in%201825.%20Pepys%20was%20amongst%20the%20first%20who%20took%20the%20diary%20beyond%20mere%20business%20transaction%20notation%2C%20into%20the%20realm%20of%20the%20personal.%20Pepys%27%20contemporary%20John%20Evelyn%20also%20kept%20a%20notable%20diary%2C%20and%20their%20works%20are%20among%20the%20most%20important%20primary%20sources%20for%20the%20English%20Restoration%20period%2C%20and%20consist%20of%20eyewitness%20accounts%20of%20many%20great%20events%2C%20such%20as%20the%20Great%20Plague%20of%20London%2C%20and%20the%20Great%20Fire%20of%20London.%0A%0A
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China%u2019s%20birthrate%20falls%20to%2061-year%20low%20despite%20moves%20to%20stave%20off%20demographic%20crisis%20%7C%20China%20%7C%20The%20Guardian

China%u2019s%20birthrate%20falls%20to%2061-year%20low%20despite%20moves%20to%20stave%20off%20demographic%20crisis%20%7C%20China%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : Beijing has announced major reforms to address the decline, including raising the retirement age and implementing a three-child policy
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Eastern Europe TestNew Forms of Media Censorship - The New York Times

Eastern Europe TestNew Forms of Media Censorship - The New York Times : Telekom%20Srbija%20recently%20made%20a%20move%20that%20many%20saw%20as%20an%20unfair%20effort%20to%20make%20SBB%20less%20attractive%20to%20consumers%20when%20it%20snagged%20from%20SBB%20the%20rights%20to%20broadcast%20English%20soccer%20by%20offering%20to%20pay%20700%20percent%20more%20for%20them.%0A%0ATelekom%20Srbija%u2019s%20offer%2C%20nearly%20%24700%20million%20for%20six%20seasons%2C%20is%20an%20astronomical%20amount%20for%20a%20country%20with%20only%20seven%20million%20people%20%u2014%20and%20nearly%20four%20times%20what%20a%20media%20company%20in%20Russia%2C%20a%20far%20bigger%20market%2C%20has%20agreed%20to%20pay%20the%20Premier%20League%20each%20season%20for%20broadcast%20rights.%0A%0A
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%u2018It%20took%20four%20men%20and%20a%20fire%20extinguisher%20to%20get%20the%20tiger%20off%20him%u2019%3A%20the%20tragedy%20of%20Vegas%20magicians%20Siegfried%20and%20Roy%20%7C%20Podcasts%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : unfair%20to%20give%20away%20its%20many%20surprises%20but%20%28spoiler%20alert%29%20Leckart%u2019s%20team%20discover%20that%20the%20investigation%20entered%20truly%20bizarre%20territory%2C%20including%20animal%20activists%2C%20homophobes%20in%20the%20crowd%2C%20ultrasonic%20devices%20and%20a%20woman%20near%20the%20stage%20with%20a%20large%20beehive%20hairdo.%20Montecore%u2019s%20background%20is%20probed%2C%20too.%0A%0A
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Physicists Detect Elusive 'Ghost Particles' in The LHC For The Very First Time

Physicists Detect Elusive 'Ghost Particles' in The LHC For The Very First Time : In the FASERnu pilot run conducted in 2018, six candidate neutrino interactions were recorded in the emulsion layers. That may not seem like many, considering how many particles are produced in a run at the LHC, but it gave the collaboration two vital pieces of information.
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Ancelotti%20trolao%20Modri%u0107a%20dok%20je%20s%20terena%20odlazio%20s%20trofejem%20za%20igra%u010Da%20utakmice%20-%20Index.hr : %22Tri%20u%20drugom%20poluvremenu%20i%20to%20je%20to%22%2C%20uzvratio%20mu%20je%20Modri%u0107.%20%22Izbacio%20si%20loptu%20u%20aut%22%2C%20nije%20se%20dao%20Ancelotti%2C%20ali%20sve%20u%20dobrom%20duhu%2C%20prije%20nego%20%u0161to%20je%20srda%u010Dno%20zagrlio%20hrvatskog%20kapetana%20i%20potap%u0161ao%20ga%20po%20le%u0111ima.%0A%0A
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Top IT spending priorities for 2021

Top IT spending priorities for 2021 : CIOs are also earmarking IT budget toward projects aimed at increasing operational efficiency (32%), improving profitability (21%), and helping employees be more productive (19%). To fulfill these and other mandates, CIOs report the following technology initiatives garnering the most IT investment this year: Data/business analytics: 39% Security/risk management: 37% Enterprise applications (cloud-based): 32% Customer experience technologies: 30% Machine learning/AI: 25% Collaboration tools: 23% Cloud migrations: 23% Application/systems modernization: 22% Infrastructure consolidation/virtualization: 19% Network modernization: 18% IT/OT convergence: 17% Business process management/RPA: 17% CIOs are also earmarking IT budget toward projects aimed at increasing operational efficiency (32%), improving profitability (21%), and helping employees be more productive (19%). To fulfill these and other mandates, CIOs report the following technology initiative...
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Morrison%20government%20dragging%20out%20Djokovic%20visa%20saga%20%u2018as%20a%20distraction%u2019%2C%20Labor%20says%20%7C%20Novak%20Djokovic%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : The%20first%20counsellor%20at%20the%20Serbian%20embassy%2C%20Ivana%20Isidorovic%2C%20revealed%20on%20Friday%20that%20Djokovic%20has%20a%20diplomatic%20passport%2C%20telling%20the%20Herald%20Sun%20it%20should%20ensure%20%u201Cadequate%20treatment%u201D%20of%20the%2034-year-old%20tennis%20star.%0A%0A%u201CDjokovic%2C%20as%20our%20most%20recognisable%20representative%20in%20the%20world%2C%20is%20the%20holder%20of%20a%20diplomatic%20passport%2C%20which%20should%2C%20in%20diplomatic%20theory%20and%20consular%20practice%2C%20guarantee%20him%20adequate%20treatment%20when%20crossing%20borders%2C%u201D%20she%20reportedly%20said.%0A%0AHowever%2C%20Djokovic%u2019s%20passport%20is%20unlikely%20to%20have%20any%20bearing%20on%20the%20vaccination%20requirement%20or%20visa%20cancellation%2C%20and%20was%20not%20a%20feature%20of%20his%20fe...
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Your teen's being sarcastic? It's a sign of intelligence - BBC Future

Your teen's being sarcastic? It's a sign of intelligence - BBC Future : If%20I%20were%20to%20tell%20you%20that%20sarcasm%20is%20one%20of%20our%20most%20powerful%20linguistic%20tools%2C%20your%20first%20response%20might%20reasonably%20be%2C%20yeah%20right%21%20Perhaps%20you%u2019d%20even%20simply%20assume%20that%20I%20was%20indulging%20in%20a%20little%20irony%20myself.%0A%0AWe%20are%20often%20reminded%2C%20after%20all%2C%20of%20Oscar%20Wilde%27s%20jibe%20that%20%22sarcasm%20is%20the%20lowest%20form%20of%20wit%22%20while%20forgetting%20that%20the%20famous%20twister%20of%20words%20immediately%20qualified%20his%20statement%20by%20adding%20%22but%20the%20highest%20form%20of%20intelligence%22.%20Parents%20or%20teachers%20of%20teenagers%2C%20in%20particular%2C%20may%20find%20it%20hard%20to%20believe%20that%20this%20linguistic%20quirk%20is%20a%20sign%20of%20a%20flexible%20and%20inventive%20mind.
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Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Likely Faces September Sentencing - WSJ

Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Likely Faces September Sentencing - WSJ : Delaying%20the%20sentencing%20gives%20the%20government%20time%20to%20complete%20another%20trial%20tied%20to%20Theranos%2C%20that%20of%20Ramesh%20%u201CSunny%u201D%20Balwani%2C%20Ms.%20Holmes%u2019s%20top%20deputy%20and%20former%20boyfriend.%20He%20has%20pleaded%20not%20guilty%20to%2012%20counts%20of%20conspiracy%20and%20wire%20fraud.%0A%0A
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Was Voltaire the First Sci-Fi Author? | WIRED

Was Voltaire the First Sci-Fi Author? | WIRED : Mary%20Shelley%u2019s%201818%20novel%20Frankenstein%20is%20often%20considered%20the%20first%20science%20fiction%20novel.%20Voltaire%20was%20writing%20much%20earlier%20than%20Shelley%2C%20so%20does%20he%20deserve%20the%20title%20instead%3F%20It%20depends%20on%20your%20definition%20of%20science%20fiction.%0A%0A
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Euler%u2019s%20243-Year-Old%20%u2018Impossible%u2019%20Puzzle%20Gets%20a%20Quantum%20Solution%20%7C%20Quanta%20Magazine

Euler%u2019s%20243-Year-Old%20%u2018Impossible%u2019%20Puzzle%20Gets%20a%20Quantum%20Solution%20%7C%20Quanta%20Magazine : But%20whereas%20Euler%20thought%20no%20such%206-by-6%20square%20exists%2C%20recently%20the%20game%20has%20changed.%20In%20a%20paper%20posted%20online%20and%20submitted%20to%20Physical%20Review%20Letters%2C%20a%20group%20of%20quantum%20physicists%20in%20India%20and%20Poland%20demonstrates%20that%20it%20is%20possible%20to%20arrange%2036%20officers%20in%20a%20way%20that%20fulfills%20Euler%u2019s%20criteria%20%u2014%20so%20long%20as%20the%20officers%20can%20have%20a%20quantum%20mixture%20of%20ranks%20and%20regiments.%20The%20result%20is%20the%20latest%20in%20a%20line%20of%20work%20developing%20quantum%20versions%20of%20magic%20square%20and%20Latin%20square%20puzzles%2C%20which%20is%20not%20just%20fun%20and%20games%2C%20but%20has%20applications%20for%20quantum%20communication%20and%20quantum%20computing.
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Is Looking at Art a Path to Mental Well-Being? - WSJ

Is Looking at Art a Path to Mental Well-Being? - WSJ : A%20number%20of%20studies%20have%20shown%20that%20hospital%20patients%20who%20visit%20gardens%20or%20even%20just%20have%20window%20views%20of%20nature%20often%20recover%20faster%20than%20those%20who%20don%u2019t.%20But%20beautiful%20views%20are%20not%20intrinsic%20to%20hospital%20designs%2C%20so%20bringing%20art%20into%20facilities%20helps%20provide%20that%20same%20sense%20of%20tranquility.%20Artworks%20can%20also%20encourage%20conversation%20among%20patients%2C%20says%20Shaw.%20%u201CIt%20goes%20beyond%20decoration.%20It%u2019s%20much%20more%20about%20bringing%20some%20humanness%20to%20a%20space%2C%u201D%20he%20says.%A0%0A%0A
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NBA%u2019s%20Ratings%20Drop%20Not%20Due%20To%20Blowback%20Over%20Players%u2019%20Activism%2C%20Poll%20Suggests

NBA%u2019s%20Ratings%20Drop%20Not%20Due%20To%20Blowback%20Over%20Players%u2019%20Activism%2C%20Poll%20Suggests : 44%. The sport that saw the most significant drop in ratings due to calls for racial justice was NASCAR, as 44% of self-identified NASCAR fans pointed to social activism as the reason they are watching fewer sporting events.
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