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This image and article were inspired by Episode 606 of the Tim Ferriss Podcast, with Balaji S. Srinivasan.  Humans need to belong. We need to belong to

And a few months ago, while driving across the wide, stretching grasslands of South Dakota, reporter Fil Corbitt turned off the freeway and followed the signs to the ultimate roadside stop: Wall Drug. What was once simple, small-town pharmacy during the Great Depression has been expanded to take up an entire city block. And in

On the modern battlefield, brains and adaptability yield far better results than ruthless brutality does.

There are a number of unwritten rules in the world of espionage. These practices of the profession — though quietly accepted universally as “fair game” — can engender haughty rhetorical denunciations when an offending state is caught engaging in them. Sometimes, countries will strategically disclose evidence of these sorts of intelligence activities.

A must-see interactive analysis of Celebratory Gunfire, including animations and projections on how far and how fast bullets travel

The explosion of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and services worldwide has amplified a range of cybersecurity risks to individuals’ data, company networks, critical infrastructure, and the internet ecosystem writ large. In light of this systemic risk, this report offers a multinational strategy to enhance the security of the IoT ecosystem. It provides a framework for a clearer understanding of the IoT security landscape and its needs, looks to reduce fragmentation between policy approaches, and seeks to better situate technical and process guidance into cybersecurity policy.

“To make “I’m a Cop,” I spent over two years reading every statement I could find from U.S. police union leaders--reading transcripts of press conferences, Twitter accounts, and Facebook posts. Here’s some of what I found. A 🧵.”

Why are so many people now embracing demagogues? Barbara Walter, political scientist and author of “How Civil Wars Start,” tells ProPublica that the vital signs of healthy democracy are in decline around the world.

Another day, another $100 million lost to crypto-hungry criminals, and it's not even the first time coins have evaporated because of Wintermute.

Maybe we don't want to go with the netflow, man

Worries about polio, monkeypox, and Covid-19 are rising. Here’s how to gather your health information, even if you’ve lost the paper records.

Three white men met in an online group chat in 2019. From there, the three began recruiting conspirators to trigger a race war.

In response to The Trillion Dollar Market, which adds a few paragraphs to Gain of Facebook (below), which responded to How Facebook Could Create a Revolution, Do Good, and Make Billions, by Bernard…

We’re all paying it, every day. In the US, taxpayers subsidize the cattle industry with billions of dollars of tax money each year. Most of that goes to pay for feed crops, but there is also …

Hackers are a high-risk population. This talk will provide hackers with tools to reduce the risk to themselves and their communities usin...

Raia Small on why the left in the United States and Canada has struggled to mount an effective response to the pandemic’s catastrophes, and where we might go from here.

How Paul Verhoeven's sci-fi films critique American capitalism.

Most of the economy appears to be doing well, but slowing down — all while the latest trends don’t look like recessions of the past.

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Although most modern consumers tend to correlate horror to movies, the genre’s contributions to the world of literature are equally impressive. From genius minds like Edgar Allen Poe to H.P. …

Even though a large part of illustration depends on craft, most connoisseurs of the visual arts demand deeper emotional stimulation than pure beauty. Seasoned art fans like to search for pieces tha…