pinboard October 25, 2018

• Google Abandoning Plan for Berlin Campus to Develop Tech Startups – WSJ
• Opinion | Alex Honnold, a Soul Freed in ‘Free Solo’ – The New York Times

  “In a world of B.S. artists—and in a country led by one—Honnold is modeling something else, a kind of radical truthfulness. Either he’s going to get it exactly right, or he’s going to die.” My column on @AlexHonnold and the breathtaking film Free Solo: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/opinion/alex-honnold-free-solo-movie.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

• Dana Milbank on Twitter: “”Forty-eight S&P 500 companies mentioned “tariffs” during calls with analysts in recent days, many warning that they threaten to cause a drag on the economy.” https://t.co/pgJuQ5aJF3″
• Anthony Hobley on Twitter: "As the #ArcticScienceMinisterial takes place watch renowned #climate scientist @MichaelEMann explain in 8 mins that What Happens in the Arctic Doesn’t Stay in the Arctic and how a warming #Arctic impacts global #heatwaves & ot
• Geneticists Criticize Use of Science by White Nationalists to Justify ‘Racial Purity’ – The New York Times
• Experts are leaving Alphabet’s smart-city project over privacy concerns – MIT Technology Review
• James Fallows on Twitter: "You’ve read the story about the county’s moving the (one) polling place in Dodge City, Kansas. You may not be aware of what Dodge City’s local government has done in response. https://t.co/GtgbunLat5 Story by me."
• An Early Voting Showdown in Dodge City – The Atlantic
• Osamu Shimomura, 90, Dies; Won Nobel for Finding a Glowing Protein – The New York Times
• Lucia Orth on Twitter: "I am outraged our First Amendment freedom of press continues to be attacked and blamed for telling the Truth about Trump. What can I do? Subscribe to many publications. Please join me in contributing to Committee to Protect Journa
• Putin says US dominance is ending after mistakes ‘typical of an empire’ – ABC News
• The Elevator-Phobes of a Vertical City | Topic

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