On my mind today……

Windows & Microsoft

• Nice! Office for Windows takes real-time collaboration a step further

Business & Technology

•   Another Giant Student Loan Company Screwed Borrowers, Lawsuit Claims
• This Big Beef Exposes The Ugly Underbelly of Vegan Vlogging
• This scares me. Because the potential disaster following a fail would be unreal! This Robot Ship Experiment Could Disrupt the Global Shipping Industry
• If borders were open
• Personal heating? Cool! Nanowire array to stop soldiers freezing
• Very necessary, yes?  Teaching robots right from wrong
• America’s Cup.  Sailing at the limit
• Do they have to be so…so…fugly? DELIVER-E electric vehicle gives couriers more power and range
• Herd stupidity, if you ask me! What are initial coin offerings?
• Customs and excise fees and taxes come to mind. No One Seems To Know Why Audi Shipped Thousands Of Cars With The Same VIN
• Yeah. Feel free to blow up, or burn your home to the ground, okay? DIY Powerwall Builders Are Using Recycled Laptop Batteries to Power Their Homes
• How hip-hop is introducing children to coding and technology
• “Automating safety” always scares me. Here Is the Safety Trick That Will Help SpaceX Fly You to the Moon
• Sickle-cell anemia is a scourge of Blacks. Sickle-Cell Patients See Hope in CRISPR

General Interest

• Wow! New research shows one kind of teenage friendship is more likely to result in a happier, healthier adulthood
• Algorithms won’t fix it. Bail Reform on America’s Justice System
• Black Excellence: 13-Year-Old Kimora Hudson Begins Classes at West Georgia U
• The true history of fake news
• I am not a statistician, but did they control for location, patient demo, jobs, and education? Doctors trained at lower-ranked American medical schools prescribe more opioids

World

• On Being the Only Black Man for Miles (or Kilometers) in Western Canada
• Venice.  Not drowning but suffocating
• Who would have thought? The way airlines board planes affects how easily bugs are spread among passengers
• The Royal Mail is trialling these electric trucks in London
• Oh, Canada! Removing monuments to Canadians who helped conquer Africa

Politics

• LOL If Your Viral Resignation Letter Doesn’t Have a Hidden Acrostic, Did You Really Even Resign?
• For White People Who Compare Black Lives Matter to White Supremacy
• Tell me you didn’t see this escalation coming? After Charlottesville, some Black Lives Matter activists prep for armed defense vs. the alt-right

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