ESPN Loses Another 555,000 Subscribers Per Nielsen
ESPN lost another 555,000 subscribers per Nielsen estimates, following up its worst month ever with its second worst month ever.
Ohio State Attacker Described Himself as a ‘Scared’ Muslim
Before running over and stabbing bystanders, Abdul Razak Ali Artan told his college newspaper he was afraid to pray on campus.
Teaching Grownups How to Eat - The New Yorker
A new book by the British food historian Bee Wilson argues that it’s never too late to reshape eating habits.
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Posted on 2016-11-28T03:42:23+0000
Jordan is spectacular, safe and friendly – so where are the tourists?
With tourism to the Middle East in decline, visiting Jordan’s mesmerising sights is now a solitary experience. But the silence and emptiness only add to their allure
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I've always wanted to go see Petra. This only reinforces that
Posted on 2016-11-27T17:24:30+0000
A Simple Explanation of How Shares Move Around the Securities Settlement System
I explained here how money moves around the banking system and how the Bitcoin system causes us to revisit our assumptions about what a payment system must look like. In this post, I turn my attent…
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A couple of years old, but I learnt a bunch about finance from this
Posted on 2016-11-27T05:26:54+0000
What if jobs are not the solution but the problem? – James Livingston | Aeon Essays
Economists believe in full employment. Americans think that work builds character. But what if jobs aren’t working anymore?
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"So the impending end of work raises the most fundamental questions about what it means to be human. To begin with, what purposes could we choose if the job – economic necessity – didn’t consume most of our waking hours and creative energies? What evident yet unknown possibilities would then appear? How would human nature itself change as the ancient, aristocratic privilege of leisure becomes the birthright of human beings as such?"
Posted on 2016-11-27T05:15:22+0000
Married to someone with anxiety
I thought I would write a post about what it is like being married to someone who has anxiety.
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Posted on 2016-11-27T05:11:30+0000
Elephants are now being born without tusks because of poaching
An increasing number of African elephants are now born tuskless because poachers have consistently targetted animals with the best ivory over decades, fundamentally altering the gene pool. In some areas 98 per cent of female elephants now have no tusks, researchers have said, compared to between two...
There’s No Evidence of Aloe Vera Found in These Aloe Vera Gels
“You have to be very careful when you select and use aloe products.”
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No Aloe Vera plants were harmed in the making of this product
Posted on 2016-11-22T17:56:32+0000
Heroin Addiction's Fraught History
The United States has long condemned opiates and stigmatized those who use them, even when the drugs were as legal—and popular—as Tylenol.
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"Bayer advertised liquid heroin as the best cure for your child’s bronchitis. At a time when tuberculosis was responsible for 1 in 4 of all deaths , heroin was said to ensure an immaculate bill of respiratory health. Meanwhile its relatives—morphine, codeine, and the rest—were among the primary “treatments” for several conspicuously incompatible ailments: diarrhea, insomnia, psychosis, pneumonia, alcoholism. "
Posted on 2016-11-20T18:08:50+0000