quote [ For most of us, the next few weeks are our last chance to glimpse our galaxy's center, before the sun gets in the way. ]

quote [ The Heat Initiative, formed to attack Apple encryption in the name of stopping child abuse, is part of a political dark-money network. ]

quote [ “Look,” he shouts above the howling wind whipping our faces, pointing at one salmon. “It’s an intruder.” ]

quote [ The first of these festivals debuted in the early 1960s, serving as a prime example of the United States' burgeoning counterculture ]

quote [ Got milk? Pour yourself a glass and gulp down some little-known history about the household staple. In the early decades of the 20th century, milk was commonly used to make many plastic ornaments, including jewellery, gemstones, buttons, decorative buckles, fountain pens, fancy comb and brush sets and even piano keys. ]

quote [ The other night, I was lying in bed thinking about the “bias sorter” going around Tumblr in 2018. It originated, I believe, as a way for people to rank their favorite K-pop bands. I’d been using it for the past few years to start my end of the year album rankings. It’s an excellent way to review a list and decide what you like more: A or B. ]

quote [ A reflection on the microwave oven, perhaps the most important invention to come out of a World War that sparked a lot of them. ]

quote [ When farmer Pao Ling Tsai set a trap to catch the predator that had been killing his chooks, he expected to catch a feral cat or fox. Instead, he caught a species that was thought extinct in South Australia more than 130 years ago.  ]

quote [ On the third day of rioting, the government gets tired of waiting and blocks access to Facebook in Mandalay. The block works—the riots died down. And the Deloitte guy’s inbox suddenly fills with emails from Meta staffers wanting to know why Facebook has been blocked.
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in 2016, it was time to get way more people in Myanmar onto Facebook. ]