Secretary of State Pompeo says the US may follow India and ban TikTok for security concerns. The FBI says it’s opening a new China-related counterintelligence case “approximately every ten hours.” / 1/24 | CNBC, Axios Canada’s Trudeau turns down a White House invitation to visit. Were he to
The US is now approaching three million COVID-19 cases, and hospitals in many states are reporting unprecedented levels of hospitalizations. / 1/25 | US News & World Report After weeks of controlling coronavirus outbreaks, California is becoming a new hot spot, with cases up 90% over the past two weeks.
New in Kirby Ferguson's Everything Is a Remix series: Yes, even reality is a remix. But even more importantly: You can fool yourself. You can repeatedly choose more and more extreme rabbit holes and fall deeper and deeper into an illusion you chose, into a hall of mirrors
Aerial footage of neighborhood fireworks in LA on July 4th resembles the opening scene in Blade Runner.
TMN is taking a few days off. We’ll see you on Monday. About 45 million Americans have lost their jobs during the pandemic. At the same time, US billionaires made $584 billion. / 1/22 | ABC News Seattle clears the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone. / 2/22 | The Seattle Times Russia
A 10-year timelapse video from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which has been watching the Sun non-stop for over a full decade. With a triad of instruments, SDO captures an image of the Sun every 0.75 seconds. The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) instrument alone captures images
Fauci says at the current pace, US coronavirus infections could top 100,000 new cases a day. / 1/21 | STAT The CDC calls American Airlines’ decision to resume full flight capacity a “substantial disappointment.” / 2/21 | CNBC The EU announces it will now allow travel from certain countries that have
In this impressive CGI animation by Optical Arts, dishes and glasses smash apart and reform, again and again. See also: Photos of sculptures captured at the moment of smashing, by Martin Klimas.
China formally adopts a controversial security law, giving it new powers over Hong Kong. In anticipation, the US begins eliminating Hong Kong’s special status. / 1/25 | BBC News, CNBC The CDC says the coronavirus is spreading too rapidly and broadly for the US to get it under control. / 2/
As of yesterday, there have now been 500,000 confirmed deaths worldwide and 10 million cases of COVID-19—and record-breaking daily new infections. / 1/19 | The Associated Press Public health experts dispute Pence and Azar’s claims that increased testing, not reopening, is the cause for the uptick
