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Sweden is so good at recycling it ran out of trash (x) | follow @the-future-now

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On his “Thank You Tour,” Donald Trump plainly admits to lying about his central campaign promises.

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Donald Trump revealed he has no idea what he’s talking about when it comes to cyber warfare

After the debate, it would appear Trump has very little clue what to do when it comes to the cybersecurity. While Hillary Clinton suggested Russia was one of the main culprits behind the DNC hack, Trump had his own take on the situation. In response to his suggestion it was a 400-pound hacker, everyone on Twitter referenced the same TV show.

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Germany had so much renewable energy on May 8, 2016, that it had to pay citizens to use electricity. It was so windy and sunny that turbines and solar power sources were supercharged, output exceeded demand, and prices went negative, so customers were actually paid to consume energy. Source

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Photo by Jordan Whitt

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#NowPlaying Discover Weekly by Spotify This week is a cracker downbeat hip hop

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On June 4, the satirical news site the Science Post published a block of “lorem ipsum” text under a frightening headline: “Study: 70% of Facebook users only read the headline of science stories before commenting.”

Nearly 46,000 people shared the post, some of them quite earnestly — an inadvertent example, perhaps, of life imitating comedy.

Now, as if it needed further proof, the satirical headline’s been validated once again: According to a new study by computer scientists at Columbia University and the French National Institute, 59 percent of links shared on social media have never actually been clicked: In other words, most people appear to retweet news without ever reading it.

Worse, the study finds that these sort of blind peer-to-peer shares are really important in determining what news gets circulated and what just fades off the public radar. So your thoughtless retweets, and those of your friends, are actually shaping our shared political and cultural agendas.

“People are more willing to share an article than read it,” study co-author Arnaud Legout said in a statement. “This is typical of modern information consumption. People form an opinion based on a summary, or a summary of summaries, without making the effort to go deeper.”

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Debullshitifying the Brexit numbers

On the BBC’s More or Less podcast (previously), Tim Harford and his team carefully unpick the numerical claims made by both sides in the UK/EU referendum debate.

This series of short programmes is illuminating, neutral, and admirable in its ability to deliver straightforward, evidence-based perspectives on an emotionally charged issue.

So far, the series has run four parts:

* The Cost of EU Membership (MP3)

* Immigration (MP3)

* Law (MP3)

* Regulation (MP3)

I frequently cite More or Less as the kind of public media that makes the country that pays for it a better place. By working with the Open University, Harford and co use current events to teach statistical literacy while simultaneously using statistics to illuminate current events, and manage to be witty, charming, and engrossing all the while.

Wherever you stand on the EU referendum, you owe it to yourself to listen to these short (<15m) programmes.

https://boingboing.net/2016/06/18/debullshitifying-the-brexit-nu.html

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It’s palindrome week. Every date this week is the same backwards as it is forwards. 

Source: your calendar

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These amazing animal sculptures were made by artist Jürgen Lingl-Rebetez with nothing but a chainsaw and wood.

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Boyan’s invention could really change the world. Now we just have to do something about the plankton poop.

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Related: Watch people base jumping 1,358 Feet off Dubai’s Princess Tower

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Knocki is a smart device that gives you control of your favorite functions through the surfaces around you. Get more information here

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@europeanspaceagency created this awesome composite photo of #Africa! 🌍 Using almost 7000 images captured by the Sentinel-2A #satellite, 🚀 this is what the African content looks like without any clouds! It took 32 TB of data to create this mosaic! #science #nature #regram #cool #awesome #earth #space #space #photooftheday #photography #instacool

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Looking at old code

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Old Toys Receive Donated Limbs To Educate Kids About Organ Transplants

Second Life Toys is an organisation in Japan that’s hoping to raise awareness about organ donation. And as you can see, their smart-thinking campaign is sure to catch people’s attention.

The organisation is giving new limbs to old broken plushies in order to make them complete again. And the best part is that you can join the campaign by donating your own unwanted toys. You’ll even receive a letter from the “recipient” plushie telling you how your donation has helped to improve their lives.

It’s a sweet idea and the message behind it is important. Organ donation is an issue that doesn’t get much press in Japan and nor does it get much attention. Around 14,000 people are on waiting lists yet only about 300 of them per year receive the organs they need. Hopefully this campaign can change this by raising some much needed awareness, and you can play your part by donating your old plushies here. (Source)