Monday, December 2nd, 2024
What the “superforecasters” predict for major events in 2025 [The Economist]
The radioactive flood threatening Central Asia’s breadbasket [1843 Magazine]
Rio brand: why Brazil is courting China [The Economist Podcasts]
Ageing populations, climate change and geopolitical tensions are set to strain healthcare systems globally in 2025. Explore the full forecast in our Healthcare outlook 2025 report. http://econgrp.co/PA [The EIU]
10 Ways to Supercharge Your Career [Harvard Business Review]
BBC hears of horror and hunger in Sudan massacre town [BBC News]
Syria Flares Up With Russia, Iran Fighting Other Conflicts [Bloomberg]
Romanian leftists ahead of resurgent far right in election [Reuters]
LIVE: Israel continues to pound Gaza as Hamas, Fatah hold talks in Egypt [AL-Jazeera News]
One-Quarter of Afghan Families Face Severe Food Shortages, Warns WFP [Afghanistan International]
Sarah McBride Wasn’t Looking for a Fight on Trans Rights: The first trans person elected to Congress discusses how to respond to a bathroom bill and transphobic attacks from her new colleagues in the House. [New Yorker] we may think this issue is not important, but if it’s important for Chelsea Manning, it’s important to us.
The 100 best Cyber Monday deals under $100 / From smart string lights and toolkits to Kindles and Fitbits, here are the best Cyber Monday deals to be had for a Benjamin or less. [The Verge]
He thought he would die in Putin’s gulag. Now he has a message for the world. [Vox]
Y Combinator’s Demo Day is back in person [TechCrunch] I was discriminated from Y Combinator on multiple applications, therefore I banned them. I am seeking investors via #LaFrenchTechSF
What’s next for NASA’s giant moon rocket? [MIT Technology Review]
175+ Cyber Monday deals live already: Tech, Apple, PS5, Dyson, TV, mattresses, clothing [Business Insider]
Les bonnes nouvelles de l’IA 🚀 [LinkedIn] via Clara Chappaz reposted by Sophie Rougerie of #LaFrenchTechSF
‘The taste of our home’: inside an Afghan restaurant in Arizona run by former refugees [The Guardian]
Mexican Cartels Lure Chemistry Students to Make Fentanyl [The New York Times]
These Are The Top 5 Fantasies Women Want To See More Of In Porn [Huffington Post]
It’s Never Too Late to Learn an Instrument [The Atlantic]
We tracked the undecided races of the 2024 election [FiveThirtyEight]
A dangerous and unqualified choice for the FBI [The Washington Post]
Scandale « CumCum » : le gouvernement français refuse de bloquer des techniques de contournement de l’impôt sur les dividendes, révélées en 2018 par [Le Monde] Oula, la honte nationale
Do not sleep on these Cyber Monday streaming deals [Mashable]
‘Psychonauts’: The Series That Saw Me Before Anyone Else Did [VICE]
Israel Agrees to Stop Bombing Lebanon — So It Can Keep Bombing Gaza [The Intercept_]
19 of the best Cyber Monday travel and adventure deals [National Geographic]
'Tired. Damn tired.' Some Black women are processing the grief of a Kamala Harris loss [NPR]
Trump’s deportations could cost California ‘hundreds of billions of dollars.’ Here’s how [CapRadioNews]
Et M. Trump prit sa revanche [Le Monde Diplomatique]
Ukraine’s Most Famous Video Game Gets a Wartime Installment “S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl” captures the surreal horror of an alternate battlefield. [Foreign Policy] this is huge, I actually plan to play and livestream this, ought to raise awareness about #Ukraine and tell either sides not to do something stupid.
How Iran Sees the Path to Peace: The Islamic Republic Is Open to Negotiations—Including With America [Foreign Affairs] there really needs to be a return to the #IranNuclearPeaceDeal2015 ASAP. No more escalations.
Is the Indian Ocean Ready for Another Mega-Tsunami? [The Diplomat]
What Is Distributed Computing? [Quanta Magazine]
[Information presse] Le CERN lance Résonance, une nouvelle collaboration artistique en partenariat avec la République et canton de Genève et la Ville de Genève [CERN_FR]
En savoir plus:December’s Night Sky Notes: Spot the King of Planets [NASA]
What’s up, everybody! It’s Monday, December 2nd, 2024. It’s Cyber Monday, it’s a day that follows Black Friday weekend. There’s a bunch of great deals online in case you need them. Enjoy. Have a wonderful new week. Utilizing #QuantumMechanics, I plan on livestreaming “S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl” to explain both Russia and NATO that it’s time for Peace, and for the Russian Troops to leave Ukraine before the atrocious winter, so that nobody gets frostbites. Thank you for listening.
Until Next Time!