MiamiCoin Is Crashing, but It Won’t Go Away
2022-04-29
The value of the nonprofit’s first cryptocurrency has tanked, and users claim they’ve lost money, but it’s still expanding to other cities.Continue Reading
Over-50s are resigning en masse – new research explains who and why
2022-04-28
Gone for good? Bosnian The UK economy has a problem with its over 50s: following the COVID pandemic, they have been leaving the labour force en masse, causing headaches for businesses and the government. Roughly 300,000 more workers aged between 50 and 65 are now “economically inactive” than before theContinue Reading
Forests in the tropics are critical for tackling climate change – yet the people showing how are being exploited
2022-04-28
Tanes Ngamsom/Shutterstock Nowhere is nature more vibrant than in Earth’s tropical forests. Thought to contain more than half of all plant and animal species, the forests around Earth’s equator have sustained foragers and farmers since the earliest days of humanity. Today, their bounty underpins much of our globalised diet andContinue Reading
Why Bulgaria and Poland can withstand Russia cutting off their gas supply
2022-04-27
Russian energy giant Gazprom has completely cut off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria. Both countries are apparently being punished for refusing Russia’s demand that they pay for their gas in roubles. Other EU countries have also refused to pay in Russian currency (doing so would provide a boost toContinue Reading
Right-Wing Trolls Are Trying to Break Back Into Twitter
2022-04-27
Elon Musk’s “free speech” promise is igniting an extremist revival, but the “replatforming” has only just begun.Continue Reading
‘I didn’t feel as if I fitted in at all’: the real life challenges of social mobility
2022-04-26
Going up? Shutterstock/Arthimedes The benefits of social mobility seem to be widely agreed on. The idea that a person’s opportunities and earnings should not be defined by their background is supported across the political spectrum. Despite this, attempts to make society more mobile and to equalise opportunities have proved toContinue Reading
Twitter: not even Elon Musk is wealthy enough to bring absolute free speech to the platform – here’s why
2022-04-26
The Elon ranger. thongyhod Elon Musk is the planet’s number one billionaire. If anyone can turn cyberspace into a heaven – or hell – of free speech “absolutism” via a US$44 billion (£35 billion) Twitter takeover, then surely he’s the man. Right? When free-market elephants like Musk or Jeff BezosContinue Reading
‘I didn’t feel as if I fitted in at all’: the real life challenges of social mobility
2022-04-26
Going up? Shutterstock/Arthimedes The benefits of social mobility seem to be widely agreed on. The idea that a person’s opportunities and earnings should not be defined by their background is supported across the political spectrum. Despite this, attempts to make society more mobile and to equalise opportunities have proved toContinue Reading
Hundreds of seafarers are still stranded in Ukraine waters – the legal rights of this profession are barely up to standard
2022-04-26
gyn9037 While the world’s eyes have been on civilian casualties, forced displacement and potential war crimes on Ukrainian land, the plight of hundreds of seafarers trapped in commercial ships for the past several months has gone mostly unnoticed. They have been stranded in the main Ukrainian ports of Mariupol, KhersonContinue Reading
How Elon Musk Won Twitter
2022-04-25
His weeks-long pursuit of the company has resulted in a $44 billion deal. But how did it happen, and what the hell comes next?Continue Reading