- As Alaska’s salmon plummet, scientists home in on the killer (Science.org)
- How Croatian freediver held breath for 29 minutes (DiverNet)
- How AI researchers accidentally discovered that everything they thought about learning was wrong (Nearly Right)
- The ‘big church move’: Swedish town begins to roll historic building 5km (The Guardian)
- How much do electric car batteries degrade? (Sustainability by numbers)
- Possible measles exposure reported at Denver International Airport (The Denver Post)
An out-of-state resident traveled through Denver International Airport while contagious with measles last week, and public health officials are urging people who passed through Concourse C to watch for symptoms.
Month: August 2025
Tuesday texts to read – 8
- H-1B Visas Changes Approved by White House: Report (Newsweek)
- A Suicide Cult’s Surviving Members Still Maintain Its 90s Website (Vice)
- We caught companies making it harder to delete your personal data online (The Markup)
- ‘My Life Became a Living Hell’: One Woman’s Career in Delta Force, the Army’s Most Elite Unit (Politico)
- PaxEx PR: United Brings Full Season Apple TV+ Content In-flight (PaxEx.aero)
Tuesday texts to read – 7
- Remote Stands, Bus Boarding, and Last-Minute Gates: A Tale of Two Airport Systems (Gad’s Newsletter)
- Palantir Is Extending Its Reach Even Further Into Government (Wired)
- PHP – The Toyota Corolla Of Programming (De Programmatica Ipsum)
- US Nuclear Weapons Return to UK After 2008 Withdrawal: Reports (The Defense Post)
- North Korean spies posing as remote workers have infiltrated hundreds of companies, says CrowdStrike (TechCrunch)
The scheme relies on North Koreans using false identities, resumes, and work histories to gain employment and earn money for the regime, as well as allowing access for the workers to steal data from the companies they work for and later extort them. The aim is to generate funds for North Korea’s sanctioned nuclear weapons program, which has so far made billions of dollars for the regime to date.