[nonostantement #84] - microwave meals on deliveroo / juul in schools / the nazikeule
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[Video] - This Is How Much YouTube Paid Me For My 1,000,000 Viewed Video (not clickbait)
One in Four of New York’s New Luxury Apartments Is Unsold
"A quarter of the new condos built since 2013 in New York City have not yet found buyers, according to a new analysis of closed sales."How Fan Culture Is Swallowing Democracy
"This is democracy reimagined as celebrity fandom, and it is now a dominant mode of experiencing politics."I Was Caroline Calloway
"Seven years after I met the infamous Instagram star, I’m ready to tell my side of the story."Crystals Might Be Good for Your Aura. But Buying Them Could Be Bad Karma
"From human rights abuses to environmental destruction, crystal mining harms more than it heals"Here’s what we know so far about the upcoming Facebook News tab
"Facebook’s News Tab is supposed to launch this fall; the company will pay some news publishers to syndicate their headlines and article previews."Zara owner fashions sales rise amid warm weather and the success of THAT polka-dot dress in the UK
"The £39.99 Zara dress, which was dubbed a summer must-have, and warm weather in Europe helped Inditex fashion a 7 per cent rise in half-year sales to £11.5billion, in the face of a tough retail market."Juul gave presentations in schools to kids—and the FDA is fuming
"FDA says JUUL hasn't proven its e-cigs are safer than standard cigarettes."Would the Internet Be Healthier Without 'Like' Counts?
"Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube have moved to hide or obscure measures of popularity, in the name of less toxic dialog. Users give a thumbs-down."Human speech may have a universal transmission rate: 39 bits per second
"Italians are some of the fastest speakers on the planet, chattering at up to nine syllables per second. Many Germans, on the other hand, are slow enunciators, delivering five to six syllables in the same amount of time. Yet in any given minute, Italians and Germans convey roughly the same amount of information, according to a new study. Indeed, no matter how fast or slowly languages are spoken, they tend to transmit information at about the same rate: 39 bits per second, about twice the speed of Morse code."[In Italian] - Michele Lupi: Come Cambiare Tutto
"Passare dall’editoria tradizionale a un’azienda del lusso? Sì, se l’impresa diventa una media company: parla Michele Lupi, da 'ICON' a Tod’s"The Internet Has Made Dupes—and Cynics—of Us All
"The typical response to the onslaught of falsehood is to say, lol, nothing matters. But when so many of us are reaching this point, it really does matter."[Video] - Nazikeule im Dritten Reich / Playing the Nazi Card in the Third Reich
"Just because I'm the NSDAP and SS it doesn't make me a nazi"
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