Vice
Flight Attendant Blames Keto Diet, Not Booze, for Failed Breathalyzer
Credit to Author: Ashwin Rodrigues| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 22:41:18 +0000
Beefy breath confused for booze? It wouldn’t be the first time.
Read moreThis Device Generates Electricity from the Air Using a Strange Microbe
Credit to Author: Matthew Gault| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 22:40:09 +0000
“We are literally making electricity out of thin air.”
Read moreDid Twitter Help Vox Media Steal a Clippers Twitter Account From a Sports Blogger?
Credit to Author: Laura Wagner| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 22:38:31 +0000
A Vox Media executive took over a writer’s Twitter account; Twitter won’t say if they helped them do it.
Read moreJeff Bezos’ $10B Earth Fund Can’t Undo Amazon’s Damage
Credit to Author: Edward Ongweso Jr| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 22:36:44 +0000
It’s still too little too late from one of the world’s biggest polluters.
Read moreFirefighters’ Fire Content Too Horny for Canadian City
Credit to Author: Anne Gaviola| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 21:25:41 +0000
St. Catharines won’t support topless firefighters using city equipment, even if it is for charity.
Read moreRunners Hate Running as Much as the Rest of Us
Credit to Author: Harron Walker| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 20:18:01 +0000
There are a lot of flowery, feel-good narratives around running as exercise—but the reality is, even people who are committed to it hate it.
Read moreArson, Pepper Spray, and Arrests: Hong Kong Protesters Want to Close the Border With China Over Coronavirus
Credit to Author: Tim Hume| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 20:17:26 +0000
On Sunday riot police used pepper spray during a protest of a new coronavirus quarantine facility in Kowloon Bay.
Read moreThis Is How We’ll Live When the Government Gives Us All a Basic Income
Credit to Author: Brianna Provenzano| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 20:17:15 +0000
Capitalism’s single-minded emphasis on profit has warped our ideas about purpose and usefulness in work. Universal basic income could change that.
Read moreTrump Is on a Pardoning Spree
Credit to Author: David Uberti| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 20:17:02 +0000
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, junk-bond financier Michael Milken, former 49ers owner Edward DeBartolo Jr., and former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik are getting off easier.
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