Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies at 87

Friday at the age of 87. In a statement, Chief Justice John Roberts said, “Our nation has lost a jurist of historic stature.”

Ginburg’s death gives President Trump a chance to name a third right-wing justice to the bench. NPR is reporting Ginsburg dictated a final statement to her granddaughter days before she died saying, … Read the rest

Navalny posts Instagram photo of him walking down stairs

Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny has been seen walking down stairs in a photo posted on his Instagram feed, five days after a Berlin hospital said he had been taken off a ventilator and could breathe independently.

“Let me tell how my recovery is going. It is already a clear path although a long one,” … Read the rest

Thai protesters back on streets to demand political change

Bangkok, Thailand – Pro-democracy protesters are gathering in Thailand’s capital, in what is expected to be the largest rally in weeks of anti-government demonstrations and the biggest since a military coup in 2014 that brought Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha to power.

Thousands of protesters on Saturday forced their way onto the campus of Bangkok’s Thammasat … Read the rest

The best places to surf in the Hamptons

The Hamptons may not be known for its surfing, but the East End has a prominent surf culture—especially in Montauk. Aside from locals, visitors come from all over and surf at our beautiful beaches. Don’t know where to start? We’ve compiled a list of our top seven ocean beaches for surfing.

We suggest checking the

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The Conscience of Silicon Valley

Tech oracle Jaron Lanier warned us all about the evils of social media. Too few of us listened. Now, in the most chaotic of moments, his fears—and his bighearted solutions—are more urgent than ever.

There Jaron Lanier and I were, side by side on my computer screen, in a virtual space that looked a little

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The problems AI has today go back centuries

In March of 2015, protests broke out at the University of Cape Town in South Africa over the campus statue of British colonialist Cecil Rhodes. Rhodes, a mining magnate who had gifted the land on which the university was built, had committed genocide against Africans and laid the foundations for apartheid. Under the rallying banner

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Google honors Black cartoonist and activist Jackie Ormes with new Doodle

Google’s search website has been updated in honor of Jackie Ormes, a Black cartoonist and activist who challenged the disparaging portrayals of Black characters in media in the 1940s.

If you go to Google.com, you’ll see an interactive cartoon in place of Google’s traditional logo above the search bar. Clicking on the “Doodle” will send … Read the rest