Summer 2022 - Issue 6

Slower News Quarterly

Another Summer arrived.

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These were the articles added in the Spring:

geopolitics

• Is the Ukraine crisis the West’s fault?¹ ²

democracy

• Financial deplatforming in Canada.

inequality

• Asian-Americans fight back against school discrimination.

• Young women are out earning young men in several US cities.

demography

• Neutral gender marker available on US passports.

• Britain plans to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda.

society

• Young female influencer is actually a mature man.³

health

• The human genome is, at long last, complete.

• Scientists find microplastics in blood for first time.

culture, beliefs and ethics

• Web scraping is legal.

tourism

• 90-day minimum stay limit in Airbnbs outside resort areas.⁴

• Pandemic walks.

energy

• Supercomputer can now run on light.

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1. This article from 2014 is still the best explanation I've found. Armed conflicts between nations are anachronistic and I strongly believe that stepping into one is always the wrong choice for their people. It boils down to pride and irresponsibility from their leaders.

2. If you are really into military strategy check these daily summaries or just wait for the videogames, I'm sure they'll be soon.

3. Nobody wants to follow an “uncle”.

4. Airbnb solved a lot of problems but aggravated others. One interesting solution.