The week in news #195 – 2021MAY17 … 202MAY23
For this 195th week, another selection of the most relevant world news and articles: studying laws of cause and effect, a 50-year friendship from a message in a bottle, a new Russian natural gas pipeline to Germany, the vanishing Palestine, a Mach-17 airplane, etc.
As mentioned before, most contents are curated (in either English or Portuguese) via Feedly, LinkedIn Daily Rundown or Wikipedia’s Current Events.
- Monday, 2021.May.17:
- [Jan.12] How Silicon Valley, in a show of monopolistic force, destroyed Parler [Glenn Greenwald]
- [Feb.20] A 50-year pen pal friendship that began with a message in a bottle [CNN]
- [Mar.16] Big Music needs to be broken up to save the industry [Wired]
- [Mar.21] Quantum Mischief rewrites the Laws of Cause and Effect [Wired]
- [May.4] Diretiva do Mercado Único Digital “tem de garantir aos artistas o pagamento pela utilização das suas obras” [GDA]
- [May.11] The Aqueduct of Constantinople: the longest water channel of the ancient world [EurekAlert!]
- Vanishing Palestine [Al Jazeera]
- Lost Tapes of the ’27 Club’ [LTo27C]
Kentaro Miura
- Tuesday, 2021.May.18:
- Oblique wave detonation engine may unlock Mach 17 aircraft [New Atlas] [PNAS]
- Last year, more people in San Francisco died of overdoses than of COVID-19 [The Economist]
- Wednesday, 2021.May.19:
- New York’s Attorney General joins criminal inquiry into Trump Organization [New York Times]
Ceuta: Europe ‘will not be intimidated’ on issue of migration, says EU [Euronews] - India’s holiest river Ganges is swollen with Covid victims [BBC]
- This pregnancy test came back positive for the environment [Fast Co.]
- 4 Ways to Manage Your Energy More Effectively [Harvard Business Review]
- New York’s Attorney General joins criminal inquiry into Trump Organization [New York Times]
- Thursday, 2021.May.20:
- Biden permits a key Putin goal: a new Russian natural gas pipeline to Germany [Glenn Greenwald]
- Ford unveils its electric F-150 with 300 miles of range and 563HP [Engadget]
- How to spot a rationalization (are you honest with yourself?) [LifeMathMoney]
- You’ll feel better if you go outside [The New Yorker]
- Kentaro Miura, the creator of Berserk, has died aged 54 [C-net]
José Lopes, Director da EasyJet para Portugal
- Friday, 2020.May.21:
- EasyJet quer dois testes antigénio em vez de PCR para que voar não seja “luxo” [Ambitur]
- The secret of happiness: Bronson Alcott on gardening and genius [Brain Pickings]
- Apartamentos de luxo na Praça de Espanha colocados à venda [Jornal de Negócios]
- 25 curators shaping the art world today [ARTnews]
- Guitars signed by Metallica, Mark Tremonti, Joe Satriani go up for sale to raise funds for Jason Becker [Guitar World]