- Modern-day robber baron Elon Musk increased his wealth by $6 billion in one day last week. Meanwhile, our tax code enabled him to pay zero federal income taxes in 2018. The system is rigged for the rich. https://twitter.com/RBReich/status/1409598511293685760 109 comments economy
- Study revises chronology of the last hunter-gatherers in the Near East. The hunter-gatherers of the Natufian Culture, which existed in modern-day Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria between 14,500 –11,500 years ago, were some of the first people to build permanent houses and tend to edible plants. http://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/archaeologists-revise-chronology-of-the-last-hunter-gatherers-in-the-near-east/ 3 comments science
- There is a record in cricket that stands since 1877. Have any other sports records (that could be beaten in modern-day sports) lasted so long? https://www.reddit.com/r/sports/comments/4vlhj1/there_is_a_record_in_cricket_that_stands_since/ 23 comments sports
- Brand new genetic analysis of the glyptodont, a large mammal that went extinct 10,000 yeras ago during the last ice age, has confirmed that it is closely related to the modern-day armadillo. http://ahtribune.com/us/573-genetic-armadillo-extinct-glyptodont.html 3 comments science
- Physicists have examined Maya blue pigment to come up with a modern version of the long-lasting dye. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/07/27/x-ray-study-reveals-secrets-ancient-mayan-technology/ 3 comments science
- Modern software is NOT built to last https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZiXwEOBKbI 203 comments programming
- [Diamond] Brian Snitker undoubtedly made the right move last night. His only responsibility is to win the game, and the data behind his decision was sound. But it also was further proof that modern baseball has a conflict between what wins and what's entertaining. https://twitter.com/jareddiamond/status/1454436821404983306 340 comments baseball
- Tom "can't coach a modern defense" Thibodeau currently leading the Knicks to 7th in Defensive rating this year (23rd last year) https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/laekvz/tom_cant_coach_a_modern_defense_thibodeau/ 26 comments nba
- Earth just experienced one of the warmest years on record | Last year was the fourth-hottest year ever recorded, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA, which means that the past five years have been the five warmest years in the modern record https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/06/world/2018-global-temp-hottest-year-noaa-nasa/index.html 3 comments worldnews
- A guide to one of the most important papers in ethics from the last century - Anscombe’s “Modern Moral Philosophy” https://ucpr.blog/2019/01/03/intro-to-modern-moral-philosophy/ 4 comments philosophy
- ECB 2.40 released! (2009-05-16): Any one using Emacs Code Browser on a modern Emacs. By modern I mean an Emacs that is not XEmacs and one which had a release within the last decade :-P http://ecb.sourceforge.net/ 2 comments emacs
- Heads up: Today is Mike Francesa's last day on air after 30 years. He is considered the founder of modern sports radio. https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/11/28/mike-francesa-ben-mcadoo-rant-eli-manning-benched-geno-smith-giants-quarterback 163 comments nfl
- 2 of the 5 deadliest mass shootings in modern US history happened in the last 35 days http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/05/health/deadliest-mass-shootings-in-modern-us-history-trnd/index.html 61 comments worldnews
- 'Most important document of the last 100 years' to be displayed in UK for first time - Lenin's poster proclaiming the overthrow of the Russian government in November 1917 will be part of a new exhibition opening at the Tate Modern next week. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/russia-revolution-lenin-poster-tate-red-star-over-russia-exhibition-most-important-document-rare-a8035736.html 3 comments worldnews
- Even though passing is the story of the modern NFL, my favorite highlights are still huge runs. What was your favorite run from last season? https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/5xtkqg/even_though_passing_is_the_story_of_the_modern/ 66 comments nfl
- The Penguins gave up their 13000th goal against last night, most of any team in the modern era. http://www.hockey-reference.com/play-index/tgl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=combined&year_min=1968&is_playoffs=n&game_num_type=team&order_by=date_game 118 comments hockey
- [NP] TIL about the last tribe to remain virtually untouched by modern civilisation. The Sentinelese, live on North Sentinel Island, Andaman & Nicobar, India. https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/4xsp1a/np_til_about_the_last_tribe_to_remain_virtually/ 8 comments india
- End of era: Navy retires the USS Simpson, the last modern warship to sink an enemy vessel http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2015-09-29/story/end-era-navy-retires-uss-simpson-last-modern-ship-sink-enemy-vessel#.VgrzrKlx1_E.facebook 4 comments navy
- Threatened by disease and deforestation, last isolated tribes in the Amazons are on a collision course with the modern world like never before http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/06/07/world/social-issues-world/last-tribes-are-on-a-collision-course-with-the-modern-world/ 4 comments worldnews
- At last – a modern terminal emulator http://n0where.net/final-term/ 166 comments linux
- Dating encounters between modern humans and Neandertals. To discover why Neandertals are most closely related to people outside Africa scientists have estimated the date when Neandertals and modern Europeans last shared ancestors http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/plos-deb100112.php 3 comments science
- Florida: Winning the Race to the Bottom. Last week the Florida legislature-- the most conservative in modern history-- wiped out more than 30 years of environmental protections with scarcely a debate in the Senate. http://counterpunch.org/farago05112011.html 39 comments politics
- Societies don't have to be secular to be modern: An interview with Francis Fukuyama, author of 'The End of History and the Last Man.' http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1021/p09s07-coop.html 4 comments philosophy
- Home ownership pursued at the top of a credit cycle is the surest way to modern day serfdom: One in three Americans who bought a home in the last 3 years have negative equity http://www.contrarianprofits.com/articles/the-credit-crisis-is-far-from-over/4543 9 comments business
- A Modern Undo - Making undo usable beyond the last few changes http://e-texteditor.com/blog/2006/making-undo-usable 25 comments programming
- For the past three months Libyan authorities have been surreptitiously converting Tripoli’s Dar Bishi synagogue, the last tangible sign of Libya’s Jewish past, into a modern Islamic cultural centre https://www.thejc.com/news/world/the-secret-mission-to-erase-2-000-years-of-jewish-life-in-libya-1.516019 12 comments worldnews
- Is there any precedent in modern US politics related to the on-stage remarks by Fox News personalities at the Trump/GOP rally last night? Haven't been able to find any other examples (at least at national-level public events) https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-fox-news-hannity-trump-rally-20181105-story.html 4 comments politics
- An estimated 250,000 Bangladeshis, lured with jobs in Malaysia, have been held for ransom in jungle camps by traffickers in Thailand over the last 8 years in a modern day slave trade. Authorities from the three countries are also reportedly involved in the trade. http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/slave-trade-booms-dark-triangle-80354 672 comments worldnews
- China's military spending exceeded $145 billion last year as it advanced a program modernizing an arsenal of drones, warships, jets, missiles and cyber weapons, the Pentagon said on Thursday, offering a far higher figure than Beijing's official tally. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/06/us-usa-china-military-iduskbn0eg2xk20140606 21 comments worldnews
- Last Of The Cave People: "A nomadic people in Papua New Guinea were rumored to be living in remote caves in the forest. When we found them, they sent a surprising message to the modern world." http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/02/karawari-cave-people/jenkins-text 297 comments worldnews
- Republicans' Short Memory: What Went on Last Night Was Nothing Compared to the Medicare Prescription Drug (220-215), Improvement, and Modernization Act. The Vote Was Help Open For Hours While Campaign Money Was Offered For Votes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/medicare_prescription_drug,_improvement,_and_modernization_act#legislative_history 3 comments politics
- "Republicans will be ASTOUNDED to learn that Nixon was the last liberal president, and that Reagan wasn’t all that conservative. Democrats will be amazed to learn that Clinton was in some respects more conservative than George W. Bush. Eisenhower and Carter as the two best modern presidents." http://www.independent.org/store/book_detail.asp?bookid=77 2 comments politics
- ILO Report - 50 million people worldwide in modern slavery - Latest estimates show that forced labour and forced marriage have increased significantly in the last five years. https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_855019/lang--en/index.htm 17 comments worldnews
- [Pelton] Duke product Wendell Carter Jr. was the last of the five big men taken in the first seven picks of this year's NBA draft. So far during the NBA summer league in Las Vegas, however, Carter perhaps has been the best of the group. His game looks to translate well to the modern NBA. http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/24071822/wendell-carter-jr-best-big-las-vegas-nba 94 comments nba
- [Kelly] The Angels' game-tying grand slam means @MLB has crossed the 200 combined runs mark across tonight's action. 201 and counting. Per @EliasSports, the last time an MLB day featured 200+ runs was 9/26/2009 (205). Modern era record is 222, way back on 6/10/1962. https://twitter.com/mattkellymlb/status/1410459222421213188?s=10 37 comments baseball
- England Tools 43,500 Yrs Old, Making Them Oldest-Known Artifacts by Modern Humans in Europe—Found at Venus of Willendorf site. “Date shows mod. humans & Neanderthals overlapped longer than thought.” Changes in last Neanderthals took place as mod. humans were here. “Timing can't be coincidence.” http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/they-werent-wimps-how-modern-humans-like-neanderthals-braved-the-northern-cold 19 comments worldnews
- Dramatic changes may be coming in Israel: Demographers now estimate about a third of last year's Jewish babies were born into the ultra-Orthodox community, an insular and devout minority that has long been at loggerheads with the rest of the increasingly modern and prosperous country. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/14/israel-ultraorthodox-jews_n_809003.html 22 comments worldnews
- Kevin Nash: “I didn't like the fucking Seth Freakin' Rollins character for like, quite a while and then I just realized like in the last maybe two months that he's kind of like the modern day Macho." https://wrestlingnews.co/wwe-news/kevin-nash-admits-he-didnt-like-the-seth-freakin-rollins-character-but-hes-changed-his-tune-in-recent-months 354 comments squaredcircle
- The Stone Age may have lasted 20,000 years longer in part of Africa than previously thought, recent archaeological finds revealed. This refutes a long-standing theory that humanity evolved in one unified way towards our modern lifestyles – and instead evolved at different speeds around the world. https://whatsnew2day.com/the-stone-age-may-have-lasted-up-to-20000-years-longer-in-some-areas-than-previously-thought/ 26 comments science
- Eight years ago this month, the Nokia N9 went on sale. It was Nokia's first and last MeeGo device. It could have been the first of a modern Linux-based line of devices, but Nokia had already chosen Microsoft as its way forward. https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/d0twtt/eight_years_ago_this_month_the_nokia_n9_went_on/ 165 comments linux