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- How a Handful of American Tech Companies Help Radicalized the World https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/ryanhatesthis/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-facebook-elections?__twitter_impression=true 9 comments
- U.S. is considering a radical rethinking of the dollar for today's digital world https://www.npr.org/2022/02/06/1072406109/digital-dollar-federal-reserve-apple-pay-venmo-cbdc 101 comments
- Here’s How A Handful Of American Tech Companies Radicalized The World https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-facebook-elections 7 comments politics
- Portugal’s radical drugs policy is working. Why hasn’t the world copied it? https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/dec/05/portugals-radical-drugs-policy-is-working-why-hasnt-the-world-copied-it 15 comments politics
- Meet the world's most radical Radical: He's opposed to civilization, agriculture, all forms of art, symbolic expression, math, and even language itself http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/zerzan 17 comments reddit.com
- Wenger proposes World Cups every two years, radical calendar overhaul https://www.espn.in/football/arsenal/story/4339356/wenger-proposes-world-cups-every-two-yearsradical-calendar-overhaul 33 comments soccer
- Fresh Attacks On Hindus In Bengal’s Hooghly, Victims Allege Police Inaction. Amid the Corona crisis which has engulfed the entire world radical Islamists of India in West Bengal are indulged in Pogrom of Hindus. https://swarajyamag.com/news-brief/fresh-attacks-on-hindus-in-bengals-hooghly-victims-allege-police-inaction 52 comments worldnews
- Newly discovered fossil evidence from Namibia strengthens the proposition that the world's first mass extinction was caused by 'ecosystem engineers' -- newly evolved biological organisms that altered the environment so radically it drove older species to extinction. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160729132912.htm 31 comments science
- Turkish PM says Israeli 'provocations' radicalizing Muslim world http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/17/us-turkey-davutoglu-israel-iduskbn0kp21920150117 19 comments worldnews
- Graeme Obree will challenge the world speed record of 83 mph (133 km/hr) with a radical bike design. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24015622 3 comments bicycling
- Death of diesel looms as carmakers accelerate to electric future - The world’s biggest diesel engine factory in Tremery, eastern France, is undergoing a radical overhaul - it’s switching to make electric motors. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-europe-diesel-iduskbn29u1hi 352 comments worldnews
- Global food system is broken, say world’s science academies | Radical overhaul in farming and consumption needed to avoid hunger and climate catastrophe https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/28/global-food-system-is-broken-say-worlds-science-academies?cmp=share_iosapp_other 50 comments worldnews
- Zuckerberg's Internet.org project bribes corrupt, non-neutral carriers in poor countries to exempt Facebook and other services of its choosing from their data-caps, giving the world's poorest an Internet that's been radically pruned to a sliver of what the rest of the world gets for free : worldnews http://www.np.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/334nqr/zuckerbergs_internetorg_project_bribes_corrupt/ 14 comments india
- Zuckerberg's Internet.org project bribes corrupt, non-neutral carriers in poor countries to exempt Facebook and other services of its choosing from their data-caps, giving the world's poorest an Internet that's been radically pruned to a sliver of what the rest of the world gets for free http://boingboing.net/2015/04/19/internet-org-delivering-poor.html 2722 comments worldnews
- The Podemos revolution: how a small group of radical academics changed European politics | Giles Tremlett | World news http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/31/podemos-revolution-radical-academics-changed-european-politics 18 comments europe
- the very same democrats that objected to Bush’s radical whole-world-is-a-Battlefield theory now embrace exactly that theory!!! http://www.salon.com/2012/01/30/leon_panettas_explicitly_authoritarian_decree/ 105 comments politics
- Sixty countries call for radical changes in world farming to avert increasing regional food shortages http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/16/food.biofuels 2 comments worldnews
- Only Barack Obama Offers The Radical Departure For The 21st Century The US Needs, For Its Own Sake & The Rest Of The World's http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/apr/01/barackobama.uselections2008?sid13 4 comments politics
- Major survey challenges Western perceptions of Islam: "About 93 percent of the world's 1.3 billion Muslims are moderates and only seven percent are politically radical" http://afp.google.com/article/aleqm5izlszrgzhmgwj6skpa7pr5f5ecsw 4 comments reddit.com
- A radical idea is sweeping the world of American bicycle manufacturing: building bikes that people will use for actual transportation. http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2006/10/08/business/stories_from_ap/iq_3633024.txt 95 comments reddit.com
- Chris Christie: "We're already in World War III" - "The fact is this is a new world war...And this is one where it's radical Islamic jihadists everyday are trying to kill Americans and disrupt and destroy our way of life." http://www.cbsnews.com/news/chris-christie-we-are-already-in-world-war-iii/ 8 comments politics
- When the second plane hit the second skyscraper on 9/11, how many of us knew then just how radically our world would change? http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20080424_troy_jollimore_on_martin_amis_the_second_plane/ 11 comments worldnews
- Portugal’s radical drugs policy is working. Why hasn’t the world copied it? Since it decriminalised all drugs in 2001, Portugal has seen dramatic drops in overdoses, HIV infection and drug-related crime. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/dec/05/portugals-radical-drugs-policy-is-working-why-hasnt-the-world-copied-it 4 comments indepthstories
- Discussing the World Chess Championship format: Emil Sutovsky vs Yasser Seirawan's "Radical Solution" http://en.chessbase.com/post/acp-proposal-poll 15 comments chess
- Brazilians welcome genetically-modified mosquito to help fight dengue fever -- With dengue endemic in three of the host cities for this summer's World Cup, Brazilian health officials are trying a radical new approach to fighting it - biotechnology. http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-04-25/brazilians-welcome-genetically-modified-mosquito-help-fight-dengue-fever 173 comments worldnews
- John Lennon was killed 28 years ago today. In a world where organizing for peace is radical and love is revolutionary, we still have a lot of work to do. http://www.theseminal.com/2008/12/08/we-all-shine-on/ 2 comments reddit.com
- IS recruits, suicide bombers more educated than average, study finds - World Bank: Data shows clearly that poverty is not a driver of radicalization into violent extremism http://www.timesofisrael.com/is-recruits-suicide-bombers-more-educated-than-average-study-finds/ 18 comments worldnews
- "So if I understand this surprising concept correctly, what causes many Muslims to become radicalized and want to mount violent attacks on a particular country is when that country brings war, bombings, other forms of destruction and interference to the Muslim world. Who knew?" - Glenn Greenwald http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/07/20/terrorism/index.html 30 comments politics
- Ludwig Wittgenstein was one of the most influential and multi-faceted thinkers of the 20th century. The Viennese philosopher went through several career-changes, fought in the First World War, and radically changed his own philosophical perspective mid-way through his life. https://www.thecollector.com/ludwig-wittgenstein-pionner-in-philosophy/ 24 comments philosophy
- Extinction Rebellion co-founder re-arrested hours after release over Heathrow drone protests | ‘When there’s radical evil happening in the world, you’ve just got to do what you’ve got to do, and that means economic disruption’ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/heathrow-drone-protests-extinction-rebellion-roger-hallam-arrest-a9105556.html 3 comments worldnews
- Exclusive: Tim Berners-Lee tells us his radical new plan to upend the World Wide Web https://www.fastcompany.com/90243936/exclusive-tim-berners-lee-tells-us-his-radical-new-plan-to-upend-the-world-wide-web 17 comments webdev
- Tim Berners-Lee tells us his radical new plan to upend the World Wide Web https://www.fastcompany.com/90243936/exclusive-tim-berners-lee-tells-us-his-radical-new-plan-to-upend-the-world-wide-web 4 comments worldnews
- EU backing tips Paris climate deal over threshold to enter into force | The Paris Agreement, backed by nearly 200 nations nearly one year ago, will help guide a radical shift of the world economy away from fossil fuels in an effort to limit heat waves, floods, droughts and rising sea levels. http://reuters.com/article/idusl5n1ca1pf 21 comments europe
- Two office blocks by the Oslo fjord will generate more power than they use from 2014 after a radical refit meant to show that the world's energy-squandering building sector can do more to fight climate change. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/12/us-buildings-idusbre91b0vc20130212 14 comments business
- US Navy Intelligence is soon to deploy radical new computer monitoring software able to sniff out "deviations" among hundreds of thousands of sailors at sea on the world's oceans. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/12/us_navy_panda/ 12 comments technology
- This super-realistic virtual world is a driving school for AI - Startup Waabi is betting everything on a radical new approach to autonomous vehicles that ditches real cars. https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/02/18/1045784/simulation-virtual-world-driverless-car-autonomous-vehicle-school-ai-cruise-waabi/ 5 comments futurology
- Netanyahu: Denying Israel’s right to exist is the ‘ultimate’ anti-Semitism. Netanyahu accused the extreme left and radical Islam of perpetuating the world’s oldest hatred, while refraining from criticizing right-wing leaders accused of employing anti-Semitic tropes. https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-denying-israels-right-to-exist-the-ultimate-anti-semitism/ 54 comments worldnews
- Train is cancelled: two Uzbeks, a Tajik and a Dagestani detained in Moscow on May 25 had sworn loyalty to ISIS, had plans and equipment to blow up a subway and a restaurant to sabotage the 2018 World Cup; ring leader radicalized through OK and Telegram by a friend in Turkey https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3314158 5 comments russia
- Syria says Paris attack underlines threat of radical Islamism. "This terrorist act makes clear without doubt the dangers posed by the spread of the phenomenon of takfiri terrorism, which poses a threat to stability and security across the world," http://www.dailystar.com.lb/news/middle-east/2015/jan-08/283412-syria-says-paris-attack-underlines-threat-of-radical-islamism.ashx 6 comments worldnews
- Dyson upgrades handheld vacuums with fastest motor ever built - 104,000 revolutions per minute. "It's radical," said Sir James Dyson. "It's completely different technology. We are the only company in the world producing a switched reluctance motor." http://www.trustedreviews.com/peripherals/news/2009/06/26/dyson-upgrades-handhelds-with-fastest-motor-ever-built/p1 2 comments technology