Thinking About Investing in Bitcoin? Take a Look at How It’s Ruining the Planet in Real Time.
This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Let me freak you out for a second. You know what bitcoinis, right? I mean, no, but quickly, it’s a “cryptocurrency” that’s basically secret computer money. One bitcoin, which doesn’t actually have a real, physical form, is worth at this moment upward…
“The Last Jedi” Finally Puts Star Wars to Bed
Lucasfilm Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Warning: spoilers ahead. I saw The Last Jedi earlier this week, and my reaction was a little different from the others I’ve seen. I didn’t love it, I didn’t hate it, and I couldn’t care less about the allegedly massive backlash from true-believer fans.…
Toxic Ash from California’s Record Wildfires Is Clogging Drinking Water Supplies Across the State
Beth J. Harpaz/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Fourmile Canyon Fire, sparked by a backyard burn west of Boulder, Colorado, in 2010, caused $220 million in damage and destroyed 168 homes. It…
You Won’t Have to Work Forever. Really.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Washington Post writes today about seniors being forced to work forever thanks to the end of the traditional pension: The way major U.S. companies provide for retiring workers has been shifting for about three decades, with more dropping traditional pensions every year. The first…
Twitter Slams LA Times For All-White Magazine Cover
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Twitter is all over the LA Times today: very impressed by their commitment to diversity by including a redhead pic.twitter.com/Be6oM1zcu9 — Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz) December 22, 2017 It’s not just an all-white cover, it’s a jarringly all-white all-blond cover (with one redhead). Even Donald Trump…
Republicans Quietly Warn Trump: Don’t Fire Mueller
Robert Mueller leaves the Capitol building after meeting with the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, June 21, 2017.Ting Shen/Xinhua via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. With members of Congress headed home for the holidays, Washington is bracing for the possibility that President Donald Trump will attempt to…