- 'How do we become a serious people again?' https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/oct/24/how-do-we-become-a-serious-people-again-dave-eggers-annie-proulx-and-more-on-the-2020-election 25 comments politics
- While I respect older people, it's becoming difficult to take their advice seriously these days. Here's an example. http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6321005n&tag=mg;60minutes 12 comments reddit.com
- "Something seriously wrong with people...Keyboard warriors."; Bolasie becomes latest athlete to be the target of Racist abuse on social media platforms https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11680/12242076/yannick-bolasie-middlesbrough-player-receives-racist-abuse-on-social-media 21 comments soccer
- "Thanks to the work that all these people have done on Casper, I'm becoming convinced that it is just about ready for serious use such as making Zcash rely on it." https://twitter.com/zooko/status/1045765455540088832 7 comments ethereum
- Severe turbulence injures seven people on United Airlines flight from Cancun. Though such injuries are rare, experts believe severe turbulence might be becoming a more serious and frequent threat in the face of the global climate crisis https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/30/united-airlines-severe-turbulence 5 comments climate
- Younger people in France and Italy are falling seriously ill from coronavirus, a worrying development that suggests young adults are more susceptible to becoming sick than earlier thought, a White House official said https://www.reuters.com/live-events/coronavirus-6-id2921484 3 comments worldnews
- Last year Maryland state GOP Rep Don Dwyer was arrested for drunk boating after an accident that seriously injured six people, including four children. He later declared that he'd become a drunk because gay marriage had been legalized in Maryland...Yesterday, he was busted once again for DUI http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2013/08/maryland-anti-gay-state-rep-don-dwyer.html 53 comments politics
- SI: Bryan Danielson on The Blackpool Combat Club: "John Cena said 'you become the five people you spend the most time around.' So who do you want to become? The guys taking everything lightly? Or the guys, from a storyline perspective, taking this seriously and working to be the best?" https://www.si.com/fannation/wrestling/news/bryan-danielson-on-the-blackpool-combat-club-i-love-this-group 54 comments squaredcircle
- Australian researchers have found a protein in the lungs that sticks to the Covid-19 virus and immobilises it, which may explain why some people never become sick with the virus while others suffer serious illness. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/feb/09/crazy-interesting-findings-by-australian-researchers-may-reveal-key-to-covid-immunity 205 comments science
- Linux foundation's blockchain initiative: Serious competition? Linux Foundation announced plans for enterprise-grade distributed ledger framework. Participants include R3, Cisco Systems, IBM, Intel Corp and VMware. “We hope to become the default fabric people begin to use” http://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2016/02/02/cio-explainer-what-is-blockchain 19 comments ethereum
- Diverse Gut Microbes, A Trim Waistline And Health Go Together | 'European researchers found that the less diverse those microbes are, the more likely people are to gain weight, become obese and develop risk factors for serious health problems.' http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/08/28/216081342/diverse-gut-microbes-a-trim-waistline-and-health-go-together 13 comments science
- While coronavirus risk rises with age, 1 in 5 ill younger adults were hospitalized, CDC finds. A new analysis of COVID-19 cases in the United States reveals that while older people are at high risk of becoming seriously ill, the disease can hit younger adults hard, too. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-covid19-young-adults-can-face-severe-cases 1288 comments science
- Recording of interrogations in serious criminal cases becomes mandatory in Japan - The revisions are designed to prevent illegal outcomes, such as forced confessions, and to protect people from facing false charges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/01/national/crime-legal/recording-interrogations-serious-cases-becomes-mandatory-japan/#.xpjpkh7li0m 62 comments worldnews
- Something Not Rotten in Denmark: "...[I]t was both a pleasure and a relief to hear people who might become president talk seriously about how we can learn from the experience of other countries, as opposed to just chanting “U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!” http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/19/opinion/something-not-rotten-in-denmark.html?_r=0&referer= 233 comments politics
- Climate Change Could Have A Serious Impact On Mental Health: 'Report concludes that people living in a number of regions could become more susceptible to post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, suicide...' http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/climate-change-mental-health_us_58dd584fe4b0e6ac70936be2?jeh& 7 comments worldnews