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‘I can’t work in the farce of climate change cruise tourism anymore’: why Antarctic guides quit their dream jobs Climate Change

‘I can’t work in the farce of climate change cruise tourism anymore’: why Antarctic guides quit their dream jobs

“You’d see massive glacier calvings, and you’d just want to cry. But all the guests would be cheering. And you’d be like … ‘can you not put two and two together?’” Those are the words of a former Antarctic tour guide we interviewed. For anyone interested in nature, few jobs…
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July 21, 2026
The Download: Chinese AI divides the White House, and a record copyright payout China's Social Credit System

The Download: Chinese AI divides the White House, and a record copyright payout

This is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. China’s AI models have Trump’s AI world at war with itself Last weekend, several current and former advisers to President Donald Trump on AI publicly…
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July 21, 2026
Harry Belafonte Hosted Everyone From Robert F. Kennedy and Paul Newman to Martin Luther King Jr. on ‘The Tonight Show’ Paul Newman

Harry Belafonte Hosted Everyone From Robert F. Kennedy and Paul Newman to Martin Luther King Jr. on ‘The Tonight Show’

The Tonight Show. A Thursday night in February 1968. Sitting behind Johnny Carson’s rosewood desk isn’t the show’s usual host but a stand-in: a beautiful, brown-skinned man whom Carson has invited to hold down his chair at 30 Rock for an entire week. It’s Harry Belafonte. America’s “King of Calypso”…
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July 21, 2026
Nancy Pelosi’s Pick for Her SF House Seat Takes Anti-AIPAC Pledge Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi’s Pick for Her SF House Seat Takes Anti-AIPAC Pledge

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s preferred successor for her San Francisco congressional seat has gained the endorsement of the political arm of the pro-Palestine and anti-genocide advocacy group TrackAIPAC after pledging to back an arms embargo on Israel if elected to Congress.  Connie Chan, a progressive member of the San…
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July 21, 2026
SpaceX launches novel geosynchronous robotic servicing satellite on decade-long mission SpaceX

SpaceX launches novel geosynchronous robotic servicing satellite on decade-long mission

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on July 21, 2026. Onboard was the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS), the main payload on Northrop Grumman’s Mission Robotic Vehicle spacecraft. There were also three Mission…
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July 21, 2026
Review: Moss: The Forgotten Relic (Switch 2) – A Port That Doesn’t Fall Flat On A Flatscreen Virtual Reality

Review: Moss: The Forgotten Relic (Switch 2) – A Port That Doesn’t Fall Flat On A Flatscreen

Captured on Nintendo Switch 2 (Handheld/Undocked) When I first played Moss on PSVR in 2018, it was the game that truly sold me on virtual reality. Here was an adventure with the ambition and polish of a console release that used VR to draw the player into its world in…
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July 21, 2026