Covid: how Excel may have caused loss of 16,000 test results in England Guardian
My accidental arrest amid a protest rally exposes a deeper concern: the abuse of state power By Simon Rice Law Professor
How The Fear Of Getting Eaten Shapes The World
Ecologists have long known that predators play a key role in ecosystems, shaping whole communities with the knock-on effects of who eats whom. But a new approach is revealing that it’s not just getting eaten, but also the fear of getting eaten, that shapes everything from individual brains and behaviour to whole ecosystems. – Aeon
A digital euro is on its way FT
The arts sector is already suffering. This year's budget just pours salt on the wound | Leya Reid |
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The Coalition has demonstrated its lack of interest in helping a job-rich industry hit hard by Covid-19 |
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You can preorder a $100 ‘Trump defeats COVID’ commemorative coin at White House Gift Shop USA Today
WaPo Publishes Paranoid Screed Cautioning Readers Not To Let Russia Make Them Paranoid Caitlin Johnstone
Global Capital Is the Tail That Wags the U.S. Economic Dog Michael Pettis, Foreign Policy
When Market Logic Comes for the FamilyAmerican Compass
Amazon Study of Workers’ Covid Is Faulted Over Lack of Key Data Bloomberg. “But three experts interviewed by Bloomberg said the data was… essentially useless for employees trying to assess whether it’s safe to show up for work.” That’s not a bug. It’s a feature.
How to Potty Train Your Cat: A Handy Manual by Charles Mingus Open Culture. From 2011, still germane.
Black Hole Scientists Win Nobel Prize in PhysicsScientific American. Very on-brand for 2020
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