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Privacy

27 stories

IMAGE: An low Earth orbit (100 km) Albedo satellite, with a camera that allows it to take high resolution images of the Earth’s surface
A flier inviting ISEC grad students to attend an unadvertised ‘listening session’ with vice-provost David Luzzi. It is surmounted with a sensor that has been removed from beneath a desk and annotated in Sharpie to read: ‘If found by David Luzzi suck it.’
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Covid & Long Covid

43 stories

A healthcare worker in full protective gear, including a face shield, goggles, and a mask, looks through a window or screen with a focused and serious expression. The image is in black and white, highlighting the reflective surfaces and the clarity of the worker’s eyes.
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GeoPolitics

46 stories

The Very High Readiness Joint Task Force 2019 and the 4th Infantry Brigade conduct a river crossing near Rena, Norway, as part of Exercise Trident Juncture 2019. Photo by Bundeswehr/Allied Joint Force Command Naples
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Fun and Pun

66 stories

multi factor authentication, mfa, or two factor authentication is one of the leading causes of anger in this household
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New Tech

71 stories

EFF’s banner for the ‘Unfiltered’ white paper, depicting TV static overlaid with a parody of the Youtube logo and wordmark, but instead of ‘Youtube’ it reads ‘Fair Use,’ with glitched vertical and horizontal sync that distorts the logo. Image: EFF https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/yt-fu-1b.png CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en
Screenshot of an email from a scammer pretending to request money from PayPal
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God or Mammon?

1 story

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Poetry

26 stories

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Becoming part of the solution…

73 stories

Photo of the back of a female sitting by a pool with wet hair
IMAGE: An illustration representing a school class with a female teacher explaining disinformation
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iPhone Errata

31 stories

Man in Red Polo Shirt and Beige Pants Sitting on Chair Holding Smartphone
iPhone 15 Pro shows a text conversation in iMessage with a satellite image and the phrase “Keep Pointing at Satellite… Connected” in the Dynamic Island.
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Putin Russia’s War Against Ukraine: The Outside Looking In

53 stories

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Putin Russia’s War Against Ukraine: Progress and Politics

226 stories

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Hamas Terrorism Aftermath

15 stories

A sketch of doves flying through light rain in the desert
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Art

12 stories

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Self Improvement / Personal Growth

47 stories

A personal story about the author learning that others, including your wife will probably never make you whole.
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John K

Things that make you go “Hmmmm.”

93 stories

An old Red Lobster ad, showing a fisherman on a pier amid a bounteous catch, standing under an old fashioned . He grins and brandishes a large lobster at a grinning family. The image has been modified to add four symbols of rapacious capitalism. There is a dancing Monopoly Rich Uncle Pennybags with a skull-like face, his cane replaced by a scythe. There is a stern, impatient, grey-haired business-man looming over a rooftop, staring at his watch impatiently. There is a portly, shouting man in a s
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Vacation spots

17 stories

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Putin Russia’s War Against Ukraine: Personal Stories

74 stories

Yegor’s neighborhood by Lynsey Addario/New York Times Magazine (2023–06–26)
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List of lists

11 stories

An image by the author.
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Why?

1 story

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Health

22 stories

A scientist wearing purple gloves holds a large triatomine bug, commonly known as a ‘kissing bug,’ which is known for transmitting Chagas disease.
Photorealistic image of a field hospital in a war-torn city. Created by artificial intelligence.
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