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The fraying of the US Global Currency Reserve System ~finance economics.macro Article 15 875 words, published Dec 6 2020 11 votes
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FSB team of chemical weapon experts implicated in Alexey Navalny Novichok poisoning ~news russia politics Article 7009 words 13 votes
Being-in-the-room privilege: Elite capture and epistemic deference ~humanities Article 4471 words 7 votes
The Skeleton Lake - Genetic analysis of human remains found in the Himalayas has raised baffling questions about who these people were and why they were there ~humanities anthropology Article 6105 words 11 votes
Volleyball star Hayley Hodson had it all, until blows to her head changed everything ~sports Article 3660 words 5 votes
Typeset in the Future on Star Trek: The Motion Picture ~movies science fiction Article 7013 words, published Aug 17 2020 7 votes
How Joe Biden can ensure federal agencies fight climate change ~enviro climate change Article 9060 words 4 votes
Logging in to get kicked out: Inside America's virtual eviction crisis ~life housing Article 3246 words 7 votes
Drone sightings caused Gatwick airport to close for two days in 2018, but despite a lengthy police investigation, no culprit was ever found. So what exactly did people see in the Sussex sky? ~life Article 5293 words 10 votes
The impact of toxic influencers on communities ~tech social media internet Article 3135 words, published Jul 23 2020 11 votes
Sex, lies and video games: Oomba was a startup designed to make a lot of money from the games industry — instead, everyone played each other ~games Article 8599 words, published Nov 23 2020 12 votes
Illuminating Kirinyaga - Meaning and knowing in Mount Kenya’s forests ~enviro Article 5193 words 6 votes
Pakistan’s government uses the internet as a means of exerting control — and in a remote part of the country, citizens are starting to fight back ~tech internet Article 3787 words 6 votes