Can you read as well as a ten-year-old? - Adults in rich countries are less literate than they were a decade ago. That requires attention [The Economist]
Inside the AI back-channel between China and the West [1843 Mag]
Some like it hot: could Trump derail climate talks? [The Economist Podcasts]
What will shape the outlook for the Middle East in 2025? Volatility is unlikely to ease as Israel and Iran remain embroiled in conflict. Download EIU’s Middle East outlook 2025 free summary report: http://econgrp.co/Q9
#MiddleEast #GCC #Israel #Investment #Iran [The EIU]
3 Ways to Make Sure High Performers Feel Valued [Harvard Business Review]
Several hundred feared dead after Mayotte cyclone [BBC World]
Palestinian Authority Mounts Rare, Lethal Raids in West Bank [Bloomberg]
Assad's final hours in Syria: Deception, despair and flight [Reuters]
Could Israel’s Netanyahu be about to agree to a Gaza ceasefire? [AL-Jazeera News]
Mine Collapse in Samangan Traps Over 30 Coal Miners [Afghanistan International]
Syria After Assad [The New Yorker]
A worthy update to my favorite mobile game ever / Plus, in this week’s Installer: A new E Ink tablet, a couple of pre-holiday blockbusters, a new app for IRL hangs, and much more. [The Verge]
My family voted for Trump. How can we talk about politics without ruining the holidays? [Vox]
The 2025 Lucid Air Pure is a luxe ride at $69,900 with room for tech tune-ups [TechCrunch]
November/December 2024 - The Food issue - Is technology helping—or harming—our food supply? Featuring: The ominous rise of superweeds, the quest to grow food on Mars, and the surprising ways your refrigerator may be making your food less nutritious. Plus robots that do experiments, jumping spiders, digital forestry, and The AI Hype Index. [MIT Technology Review]
Everything we know about the 'mystery drones' spotted over the East Coast [Business Insider]
Artful Intelligence is a mini-series hosted by Chris McLeod and me. The series dives into the stories of groundbreaking artists using AI to push the boundaries of what’s possible. The second episode releases tomorrow.
If you missed the first episode of Artful Intelligence, it features Montreal-based filmmaker Malick Lombion, whose groundbreaking technique, Hyperlapse X AI, is redefining video art. Malick pushes AI to its creative limits, proving that human ingenuity and machine learning can work in tandem to unlock new dimensions of art.
Below's a preview of the episode; link to full episode in comment section. [LinkedIn]
Anxious scientists brace for Trump’s climate denialism: ‘We have a target on our backs’ [The Guardian]
For the Sake of 600,000 Children, Science Must Be Bold [The New York Times]
Bernie Sanders Says Biden Should 'Very Seriously' Consider Preemptive Pardons [Huffington Post]
Glowing From Within - Day 15 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar [The Atlantic]
Where Have All The Democrats Gone? [FiveThirtyEight]
Progressives shouldn’t avoid the hard conversations they need to win [The Washington Post]
France's new PM Bayrou faces budgetary challenges as Moody's downgrades credit rating [Le Monde]
Women in congress are 70 percent more likely to be victims of AI-generated deepfakes than male counterparts [Mashable]
‘Tales of Kenzera: Zau’ Got Me Through My Own Grief [VICE.com]
Syria: What Comes Next? [The Intercept_]
This poem transformed Christmas into a modern holiday [National Geographic]
Zakir Hussain, legendary tabla virtuoso who defied genres, dies at 73 [NPR]
Locals work to preserve donut shop after beloved owner hospitalized [Cap Radio News]
Autant en emporte le vent jaune [Le Monde Diplomatique]
‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ Finally Gets a Screen Adaptation [Foreign Policy]
Democrats Need a Foreign Policy That Can Work—and Win [Foreign Affairs]
South Korean President Impeached by Legislature After Self Coup Attempt [The Diplomat]
Syria, One Week Later: Reflections on a Revolution [The Cipher Brief]
South Korean President Impeached by Legislature After Self Coup Attempt [The Diplomat]
Mathematicians Uncover a New Way to Count Prime Numbers [Quanta Magazine]
Au cours des 70 ans d’histoire de l’Organisation, la communauté scientifique du #CERN a été à l’avant-garde de la science ouverte mondiale, donnant l’exemple à d’autres domaines scientifiques. Pour en savoir plus : [CERN_FR]
The Color of Space [NASA]
More than 28,000 kg of explosives, 3,400 IEDs seized in South America [INTERPOL]
Space Forces Aims for Bigger Exercises, More Realistic Training [Air & Space Forces Magazine]
Hyundai RN24 Prototype First Drive: Because Mega Fun Will Always Matter [Motortrend]
What’s up, everybody! It’s Monday, December 16th, 2024. I’m recording a video soon of today’s #ContentCuration. You will see it below. I’m sorry but if Director of the FBI, Christopher Wray is resigning, I would recommend President Biden to resign as 46th President, let Kamala Harris become 47th President, so that in honor of 1947 when the FBI and the CIA were created. Let Trump become 48th President, and receive an avalanche of complaints from the New York District of Justice Department (DOJ), and hopefully by the time I am done with the newer seasons of Law & Order: Organized Crime, the entire Trump mafioso falls to shamble, like dominos. He is Al Capone, if you can’t get him on 34 felony counts, there is plenty more, he is after all #TrumpPedoFiles, used Nuclear State Secrets as Blackmail, and #TrumpRussia. Let’s find a way to go toe-to-toe with him. We could avoid another #TrumpNightmare, or else it will be another long 4 years.
