Between two worlds.
At yesterday's impeachment hearings, Trump's former lead adviser on Russia, Fiona Hill, testified that the GOP's theory that Ukraine—and not Russia—meddled in US elections "is a fictional narrative that has been perpetrated and propagated by the Russian security services themselves." 1/21
Putin weighs in on the hearings: "Thank God no one is accusing us of interfering in the US elections anymore; now they're accusing Ukraine." 2/21
"Each round of GOP questioning is not meant to interrogate the witnesses...but instead to create moments that can be flipped into Fox News segments, shared as bite-size Facebook posts, or dropped into 4chan threads." 3/21
Israel's attorney general announces Prime Minister Netanyahu has been indicted on corruption charges, including bribery, fraud, and breach of trust. 4/21
The US Army is assessing TikTok's security in response to Schumer's concern that the app might adhere to Chinese laws requiring domestic companies "support and cooperate with intelligence work controlled by the Chinese Communist Party." 5/21
This week, Trump flipped the 11th US Circuit Court, which could decide voter suppression cases in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. 6/21
Eight months after saying he wouldn't run for president, Mike Bloomberg files the paperwork to declare his candidacy and officially enter the race as a Democrat. 7/21
The Republican National Committee appears to have spent $100,000 on a bulk order of Donald Trump Jr.'s book, sending it to the top of the bestsellers list. 8/21
By spotting meetings on HR staff calendars, workers at Google learned the company, antsy about unrest, had hired a union-busting firm. 9/21
Pretty much whenever Facebook rolls out a new feature, it breaks the app for blind users for weeks at a time. 10/21
Inspired by "bugs, failures, and flaws," Glitch-prints are created with printing plates of Legos on an obsolete letterpress. 11/21
Looking at a robotic relief of two horses, discover how sculptor Charles Ray's formalist works inevitably point at class. 12/21
"Music industry workers were almost twice as likely to report tinnitus compared with people working in the finance industry." 13/21
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Sweden's central bank says it's avoiding investing in high-emissions areas, and sells off Australian and Canadian bonds. 14/21
How Apple upsells you through simple economic psychology, nudging you to buy more iPhone than you thought you wanted. 15/21
A profile of a woman who is exploiting Amazon's review system in return for tens of thousands of dollars worth of free products. 16/21
Two metal detectorists have been convicted for concealing their excavation of about 300 historically significant Viking coins. 17/21
Watch: Try and tear yourself away from this person using GarageBand on an iPhone to sequence "Sweet Child o' Mine" by Guns N' Roses. 18/21
"We don't know what happens if you take CBD every day for a year or we don't know what happens if you're pregnant or breastfeeding. We don't know about CBD for people who are older in life or have other medical conditions." The FDA doesn't know how to regulate CBD. 19/21
Chewiness is prized in many Asian cuisines, but persuading reluctant Western palates proves a tough case. 20/21
Watch: A hyperlapse trip around New York City composed of crowdsourced photos. (Seizure warning.) 21/21
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