tech, startups, internet
Nextdoor is quietly replacing the small town paper
“While Facebook and Twitter get the scrutiny, Nextdoor is reshaping politics one neighborhood at a time.” | learn more
tech, startups, internet
The European longevity startups hacking the aging process
“We are living in the first iteration of humans on the planet that for the very first time understands, on a biochemical level, what makes us age.” | learn more
fun facts
The relentless Jeff Bezos
An ode to Amazon and its creator by Ben Thompson of Stratechery. | learn more
fun facts
My 90’s TV!
“Go back to the 1990’s via this nostalgic TV simulator and relive the original ads, music videos, movie trailers, shows and more!” | learn more
fun facts
Zone of Death
In a remote corner of Yellowstone National park there’s an area where all US laws may be unenforceable. | learn more
on the blockchain
Ray Dalio on Bitcoin
The now-well-known investor offers reasoned criticisms of the Bitcoin bull case. He concludes: “That is why to me Bitcoin looks like a long-duration option on a highly unknown future that I could put an amount of money in that I […]
big ideas
Interplanetary biomining
“We are not short of evidence that microbes can survive in space for extensive times. A favored way to find out is to carry out often multinational studies by placing sample organisms on the surface of the International Space Station.” | learn […]
big ideas
Developments in the desert
There are two distinct stories here sharing the common ground of desert. First, donor nations have pledged $14 billion dollars for a ‘Green Wall’ to hold back the desertification of land on the edges of the Sahara. “The project covers a strip […]
thoughts of food
An ode to Birria Tacos
After reading this, I made it a point to find birria tacos the next day. Delicious! “How birria finally took off in one of America’s best taco cities. A global pandemic, misplaced goat shanks, and fat slabs of Texas brisket […]
under the microscope
World-first biomarker test can predict depression and bipolar disorder
“Australian scientists have developed a world-first test claimed to accurately measure levels of a brain protein associated with depression and bipolar disorder. The test could offer doctors an objective diagnostic tool to assess patients.” | learn more