“The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it,” said Internet pioneer John Gilmore in a 1993 Time magazine article about a then-ungoverned place called “cyberspace.” How times have changed. From a report: In April, Sri Lankan authorities blocked its citizens’ access to social media sites like Facebook and YouTube following a major terrorist attack. Such censorship, once considered all…
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Huawei’s Ace In the Hole: Undersea Cables
While the United States is banning the use of Huawei equipment from its fifth-generation infrastructure, the Chinese telecommunications company is working to expand its share in the undersea cable market, which is dominated by the U.S., Europe and Japan. Nikkei Asian Review reports: About a decade ago, Huawei entered the business by setting up a joint venture with British company Global…
More mystery ‘jars of the dead’ found in Laos
Archaeologists have unearthed an additional 137 large stone jars at megalithic sites in Southeast Asia. Found throughout the central plain of Xiangkho… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/327807/more-mystery-jars-of-the-dead-found-in-laos…
Facebook Shuts Down An Israeli Firm’s Effort To Influence Politics In West Africa
Facebook today said it detected dozens of Facebook accounts that were engaging in election interference and other forms of public manipulation via news and social media, directed primarily at West African countries. What’s especially noteworthy about this announcement is the source. Israeli commercial entity Archimedes Group was behind the behavior. The Verge reports: The goal ostensibly was to have some type…
Vox Sentences: “Is this person a citizen of the United States?”
Source: https://www.vox.com/vox-sentences/2019/4/23/18513267/vox-sentences-census-citizenship-supreme-court…
Rain over Asia foreshadows intense California heat
When heavy rain falls over Southeast Asia and the eastern Pacific Ocean, temperatures in California’s Central Valley will reach 100 degrees F (38 C) in 4 to 16 days, says a new study. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/rain-asia-pacific-predicts-california-heat-wave…
10 ways to accelerate progress against climate change
Source: https://www.vox.com/2018/10/10/17952334/climate-change-global-warming-un-ipcc-report-solutions-carbon-tax-electric-vehicles…
Wilderness Birthed the Mind
As the Earth radically changes, what happens to the wisdom that it has to offer us?
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The race to save the planet from plastic
Scientists are trying to accelerate evolution to make plastics rot. A tiny new organism is showing them how. Sometime between 2010 and 2015, a tiny organism with an unusual appetite made a home in an industrial site near a bottle-recycling plant in Sakai, Japan. The site, located by a bustling port in one of the… Continue reading The race to save the planet from plastic
Brunei’s Stoning Law Is Out of Touch With Modern Islam
A cruel punishment mentioned in ancient scripture shouldn’t be understood and applied literally. Even the Ottoman Empire made corporal punishment obsolete. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/09/opinion/bruneis-stoning-law-is-out-of-touch-with-modern-islam.html?partner=rss&emc=rss