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Mon. 10/19 - The Moon Is Getting a Nokia Cellular Network


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The fourteen-year-old Texan who may have just made an important discovery for potential COVID-19 treatments. An update on the safety and new norms surrounding air travel. Nokia is building a mobile network on the moon. And the website that’s basically a more organized Chat Roulette but for trying to heal the US’s political divide.

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  • Links:

    This 14-Year-Old's Discovery Could Lead to a Cure for COVID-19 (Vice)
  • 3M Young Scientist Challenge winner is Anika Chebrolu, who won for a coronavirus discovery (CNN)
  • How Air Travel Has Changed During COVID-19 According to The Points Guy (LifeHacker)
  • What to Do If Your Airplane Seatmate Won't Wear a Mask (Traveler) 
  • The risk of COVID-19 infection on flights is 'very low,' and 1 infected passenger would take 54 hours to spread the virus to others onboard, a US government study found (Business Insider)
  • Got any signal up here? Nokia to build mobile network on the moon (Reuters)
  • PartyLine - 🇺🇸 Live voice-chat with other Americans
  • ‎Conversations with People Who Hate Me (Dylan Marron, Apple Podcasts) 
  • Kottke.Org
  • Jackson Bird on Twitter
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