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The Hugo Awards Undermined Themselves Being Sponsored by Raytheon
The annual Hugo Awards were this weekend, celebrating sci-fi and fantasy literature (and some non-literature) that enchanted audiences through the ever stressful year of 2021. But as creators got together to bask in the accomplishments of their peers and were honoured just to be nominated, the awards show found itself under fire for one of…
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Jeff Bezos’ Space Joyride Emitted a Lifetime’s Worth of Carbon Pollution
Social media erupted this week when a single passage from this year’s World Inequality Report went viral comparing the carbon footprint of a short space joyride to a lifetime’s worth of emissions for the world’s poorest. The statistic perfectly encapsulates the unequal distribution of between those who cause climate damage and those who suffer from…
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Jack Dorsey Has Resigned from Twitter
Soon after the news leaked to CNBC, the CEO tweeted that his time has come to an end. And Twitter’s stock price is surging.
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Jeff Bezos: Future Humans ‘Will Visit the Earth the Way You Visit Yellowstone’
Renowned conservationist Jeff Bezos has shared his vision for planet Earth. It’s not enough to protect it for the humans living here. No. Instead, according to the second-richest man on this planet, future generations “will visit Earth the way you visit Yellowstone National Park.”