The Pandemic Isn’t a Black Swan but a Portent of a More Fragile Global System https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-pandemic-isnt-a-black-swan-but-a-portent-of-a-more-fragile-global-system

Greta Thunberg aims to change how food is produced https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/greta-thunberg-aims-change-how-food-is-produced-2021-05-22/

The Ford F-150 Lightning Is the Electric Vehicle of Dystopia https://www.wired.com/story/ford-lightning-f150-electric-vehicle-dystopia

Mongolia’s Warrior Games: Wrestling and Archery at Naadam https://youtu.be/4cwSLocP_XM

Anatomia do mal: o que exames psicológicos revelaram sobre nazistas https://youtu.be/CNn9JYGjf18

What’s Going On | A 50 Year Retrospective https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk_CjHiUNyI

Gareth’s Posh Mesopotamian Beer Drinking | #CuratorsCornered Ostentatiously Decorated Mundane Object https://youtu.be/eSKihUGnsz0

Sue’s Really Tiny Early Medieval Buckle | #CuratorsCornered Ostentatiously Decorated Mundane Object https://youtu.be/CGZGrZSfUCc

A family’s destiny in the gulag https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p09h8zff/ep2-a-family-s-destiny-in-one-of-russia-s-largest-gulags

Morre Paulo Mendes da Rocha https://sao-paulo.estadao.com.br/blogs/henrique-de-carvalho/morre-paulo-mendes-da-rocha/

O jovem cientista que estudava impacto do coronavírus no cérebro e morreu de covid https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/brasil-57138848

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minha lojinha no ko-fi:

Could humans really destroy all life on Earth? https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210520-could-humans-really-destroy-all-life-on-earth

Modern threat to Syria’s ancient Aleppo soap industry https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-soap-idUSTRE69L1ID20101022

History of Castile Soap http://www.soaphistory.net/soap-history/castile-soap/

Medieval elites used handwashing as a shrewd ‘power play.’ Here’s how. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/medieval-elites-used-handwashing-as-shrewd-power-play

Materialism: An Evolutionary Perspective https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275334767_Materialism_An_Evolutionary_Perspective

Research suggests fly brains make predictions, possibly using universal design principles https://phys.org/news/2021-05-brains-possibly-universal-principles.html

China’s construction boom is sending CO2 emissions through the roof https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/21/economy/china-co2-emissions-construction-intl-hnk/index.html

Ransomware: Should paying hacker ransoms be illegal? https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-57173096

Western Diet Causes Damage to Immune Cells in Gut, Study Shows http://www.sci-news.com/medicine/western-diet-paneth-cell-dysfunction-09671.html

One of the US’s largest insurance companies reportedly paid $40 million to ransomware hackers https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/20/22446388/cna-insurance-ransomware-attack-40-million-dollar-ransom

Study: Culture influences mask wearing https://news.mit.edu/2021/masks-collectivism-covid-culture-0520

Could the ransomware crisis force action against Russia? https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/05/21/1025159/colonial-pipeline-russia-usa-hackers/

COVID-19 criou condições para a emergência de ‘superfungo’ no Brasil https://agencia.fapesp.br/covid-19-criou-condicoes-para-a-emergencia-de-superfungo-no-brasil/35923/

The hidden reason processed pet foods are so addictive https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210519-the-hidden-reason-processed-pet-foods-are-so-addictive

Cyber attack on Irish health service a “major disaster” https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57184977.amp

Niall Ferguson on the Politics of Catastrophe https://pca.st/affcou78

Intégrité écologique, le mythe de la terre sauvage https://pca.st/b8jshudi

Matters of Time https://pca.st/leqz0c2w

The Ants and the Grasshopper official film trailer https://youtu.be/6J29qHOMm8k

‘If the camel is fine, our life is fine.’ But Somali camel herding is in jeopardy. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/somali-camel-herding-in-jeopardy-if-camel-is-fine-our-life-is-fine

The Particular Psychology of Destroying a Planet https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/the-particular-psychology-of-destroying-a-planet

Journey to the West https://pca.st/evdnp03a

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meu livro solo https://www.ko-fi.com/s/0f990d61c7

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muito obrigado pelos cafés!!! http://ko-fi.com/renedepaula

Google I/O 2021 keynote in 16 minutes https://youtu.be/_xLgXIhebxA

Pesquisa mostra que 12 perfis são responsáveis por 65% do conteúdo falso sobre vacinas, diz ONG https://g1.globo.com/google/amp/economia/tecnologia/noticia/2021/05/19/pesquisa-mostra-que-12-perfis-sao-responsaveis-por-65percent-do-conteudo-falso-sobre-vacinas-diz-ong.ghtml

Framing: A Guide to Thinking in the 21st Century with Kenneth Cukier and Viktor Mayer-Schönberger – 1457679 https://goto.webcasts.com/viewer/event.jsp?ei=1457679&tp_key=b865afdfd5

Big Agriculture Is Leading to Ecological Collapse https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/05/17/big-industrialized-agriculture-climate-change-earth-systems-ecological-collapse-policy/

Half of single-use plastic waste produced by just 20 companies https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/18/world/single-use-plastics-scli-intl/index.html

Collective intelligence can be predicted and quantified, new study finds https://phys.org/news/2021-05-intelligence-quantified.html

Half of the world’s emissions cuts will require tech that isn’t commercially available https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/05/18/1025027/half-of-emissions-cuts-require-tech-innovation-climate-change-net-zero/

Linguistic and Biological Diversity Linked https://neurosciencenews.com/diversity-linguistic-biology-18439/

A mysterious rise in methane levels is sparking global warming fears https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25033350-700-a-mysterious-rise-in-methane-levels-is-sparking-global-warming-fears/

14 Paris Museums Put 300,000 Works of Art Online: Download Classics by Monet, Cézanne & More http://www.openculture.com/2020/01/14-paris-museums-put-300000-works-of-art-online.html

Why you think you’re right — even if you’re wrong | Julia Galef https://youtu.be/w4RLfVxTGH4

The Great Wave by Hokusai: Great Art Explained https://youtu.be/IBcB_dYtGUg

Stand Your Ground: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Como o Brasil foi parar em Bolsonaro I Ponto de Partida https://youtu.be/YXX32l0Su5c

An ‘Impossible’ Quasicrystal Was Forged in The World’s First Nuclear Bomb Test https://www.sciencealert.com/the-world-s-first-nuclear-bomb-test-forged-an-impossible-quasicrystal

Human tissue preserved since World War I yields new clues about 1918 pandemic https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/05/human-tissue-preserved-world-war-i-yields-new-clues-about-1918-pandemic

The “Lost” Recipe for Damascus Steel https://youtu.be/k__xX9VJ2VQ

Egyptian Archaeologists Accidentally Discover 250 Ancient, Rock-Cut Tombs https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/egyptian-archaeologists-accidentally-discover-250-ancient-rock-cut-tombs-180977741/

We Will Fight Diseases of Our Networks By Realizing We Are Networks https://michaelgarfield.medium.com/we-will-fight-diseases-of-our-networks-by-realizing-we-are-networks-7fa1e1c24444

Civil Society and Community Relationships with Michael Garfield https://www.greaterthancode.com/civil-society-and-community-relationships

O Copo do Brasil: A História do “Copo Americano” https://www.saopauloinfoco.com.br/copo-americano/

Mexico City Could Sink Up to 65 Feet https://www.wired.com/story/mexico-city-could-sink-up-to-65-feet/

Censorship, Surveillance and Profits: A Hard Bargain for Apple in China https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/technology/apple-china-censorship-data.html

The singing neutrino Nobel laureate who nearly bombed Nevada https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01318-y

What is Brood X? When do cicadas come out in 2021? Answering your buggiest questions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/04/01/cicadas-come-out-2021-brood-x/

A brief history of pasta shapes https://japantoday.com/category/features/food/A-brief-history-of-pasta-shapes

O que o divórcio de Bill Gates significa para a Gates Foundation...

Nikola Tesla Predicts the World of 2026 (from 1926) // From Interviews in Colliers/Liberty Magazine https://youtu.be/q81yDzD85lI

O problema de saúde que pode matar até 10 milhões em 2050 se o mundo não agir https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/geral-57072040

From apes to birds, there are 65 animal species that “laugh” https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/05/from-apes-to-birds-there-are-65-animal-species-that-laugh/

De onde vem o câncer e por que não desapareceu com a evolução? https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/geral-56688632

Sharks use Earth’s magnetic field as a GPS, scientists say https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2021/05/16/sharks-use-earths-magnetic-field-as-a-gps-scientists-say

The New ‘Right Stuff’ Is Money and Luck https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/05/nasa-spacex-blue-origin-astronauts/618901/

Neutrons unlock the secrets of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek’s microscopes https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/05/neutrons-unlock-the-secrets-of-antonie-van-leeuwenhoeks-microscopes/

Long working hours killing 745,000 people a year, study finds https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57139434.amp

Life in Color with David Attenborough https://www.netflix.com/title/81036559

Introducing Nüwa, the sustainable Mars megacity of the future: Exclusive interview https://www.space.com/mars-megacity-nuwa-concept-abiboo-studios-interview

Karl Schroeder – Long Now Foundation https://t.co/fMIbaACMj0

Labrys https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Labrys

Awesome, Hypnotic Photos of Swirling, Crystal Chemistry https://www.wired.com/story/awesome-hypnotic-photos-swirling-crystal-chemistry/

Was cancer really less likely in a pre-industrial world? https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/cancer-less-likely-preindustrial-world

Why People Feel Like Victims

Quem foi Nair de Teffé, primeira-dama do Brasil e pioneira na caricatura mundial https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/geral-56926480

Irish health service hit by cyber attack https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-57111615

Why Bacteria Don’t Outweigh the Earth https://youtu.be/sPOh5RpmprQ

A poção que criava ‘zumbis’ no Haiti https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/podcasts/p07r3r3t

Top researchers are calling for a real investigation into the origin of covid-19 https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/05/13/1024866/investigation-covid-origin-wuhan-china-lab-biologists-letter/

Long-lost letter from Albert Einstein discusses a link between physics and biology, 7 decades before evidence emerges https://theconversation.com/long-lost-letter-from-albert-einstein-discusses-a-link-between-physics-and-biology-7-decades-before-evidence-emerges-160190

Facebook is reportedly working on a version of Instagram for kids under 13 https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/18/22338911/facebook-instagram-kids-privacy-coppa

The world had a chance to avoid the pandemic—but blew it, finds report https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/05/13/1024856/the-world-had-a-chance-to-avoid-the-pandemic-but-blew-it-finds-report/

We’re Giving Nature a Vitamin Deficiency https://youtu.be/cfl7mSG13e0

Dare to Repair: Fixing the Future – Episode 3 https://pca.st/biu580fv

Dare To Repair: The Right to Repair – Episode 2 https://pca.st/tcmj14zt

Sound-processing algorithms in hearing aidsdegrade ability to discriminate sounds https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-05-sound-processing-algorithms-aidsdegrade-ability-discriminate.html

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Tanz Tanz Revolution https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/tanz-tanz-revolution/

Detroit Techno Partys https://youtu.be/4xVXZS_E8vE

How did planners design Soviet cities? https://youtu.be/JGVBv7svKLo

The end of ‘unrecyclable’ plastic https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210510-how-to-recycle-any-plastic

Anesthesia doesn’t simply turn off the brain — it changes its rhythms https://news.mit.edu/2021/anesthesia-changes-brain-rhythms-0511

Meditative Practice and Spiritual Wellbeing May Preserve Cognitive Function in Aging https://neurosciencenews.com/spiritual-meditation-cognition-aging-18399/

Meet America’s Newest Chess Master, 10-Year-Old Tanitoluwa Adewumi https://www.npr.org/2021/05/11/995936257/meet-americas-newest-chess-master-10-year-old-tanitoluwa-adewumi

Commonwealth summit: The countries where it is illegal to be gay https://www.bbc.com/news/world-43822234

If U.S. museums say Black Lives Matter, then they should return Africa’s stolen art https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/12/if-us-museums-say-black-lives-matter-then-they-should-return-africas-stolen-art/

The surprising reason behind Chinatown’s aesthetic https://youtu.be/EiX3hTPGoCg

The world had a chance to avoid the pandemic—but blew it, finds report https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/05/13/1024856/the-world-had-a-chance-to-avoid-the-pandemic-but-blew-it-finds-report/

What’s bigger than a megacity? China’s planned city clusters https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/04/28/1022557/china-city-cluster-urbanization-population-economy-environment/

Stealth infections https://aeon.co/essays/the-most-dangerous-pathogens-in-human-history-have-moved-by-stealth

Your Immune System Could Be Hurting You as a Way of Signalling to Others

O brasileiro por trás de ação pioneira contra segregação racial nos EUA em 1833 https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/extra/vploatz80t/mundrucu_segregacao_racial

Circulação de trens na Linha 9-Esmeralda é normalizada após carro capotar de ponte e atingir trilhos da CPTM https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2021/05/12/circulacao-de-trens-na-linha-9-esmeralda-e-normalizada-apos-carro-capotar-de-ponte-e-atingir-trilhos-da-cptm.ghtml

The Past And Future Of Plastics Tech. April 30, 2021, Part 1 https://pca.st/0bccus5v

Mr. Harris Zooms to Washington https://pca.st/ogtdswh3

Successful DNA replication in cyanobacteria depends on the circadian clock https://phys.org/news/2021-05-successful-dna-replication-cyanobacteria-circadian.html

For the Brain, Timing Is Everything https://neurosciencenews.com/phase-precession-brain-18395/

2050 Is Closer Than 1990 https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/05/2060s-are-so-important-climate-change-glacier-carbon-removal/618861/

How did a cyber-attack lead to long queues for petrol in the US? https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-57082074

Novo composto antifúngico é descoberto em ninho de formigas-cortadeiras https://agencia.fapesp.br/novo-composto-antifungico-e-descoberto-em-ninho-de-formigas-cortadeiras/35840/

Jeff Bezos’ superyacht is so big it needs its own yacht https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/10/business/jeff-bezos-yacht/index.html

Médicos da Índia pedem para que pessoas do país não usem esterco bovino contra a Covid-19; veja vídeo https://g1.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2021/05/11/medicos-da-india-pedem-para-que-pessoas-do-pais-nao-usem-esterco-bovino-contra-a-covid-19-veja-video.ghtml

It’s a golden age for Chinese archaeology — and the West is ignoring it https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/05/11/chinese-archaeology-egyptian-bias-sanxingdui/

Xinhua Headlines: New discoveries at Sanxingdui Ruins shed light on Chinese civilization