The only media subscription that really feels indispensable to me is @dropout. Like, I could (easily) live without Hulu, but I watch something on Dropout every single day and feel great about the cost and the value proposition.
@eshear@waitbutwhy@voxdotcom did a video about this! https://t.co/VmAhSqbS3n
Tldr; larger cars have less strict environmental regulations making them cheaper to design and produce
Massively under-reported science story because there's so much going on right now but...it turns out that we might have figured out what's causing this very scary spike.
Quick thread, on how WE'VE BEEN ACCIDENTALLY GEOENGINEERING FOR DECADES...but then we stopped:
(Thread) In the first What If? book, I answered a question about cooking a steak by dropping it from space. At one point, I commented—jokingly!—that if anyone put a steak in a hypersonic wind tunnel to gather better data, I’d love to see the video.
Well, I have good news.
With Japan's efficient nationwide lost and found system, it's almost impossible to lose anything there. "Unlike other countries, if you lose your phone or wallet here, you're very likely to get it back." https://t.co/1ryFCt9Ejx
PSA: Get yourself a library card and take advantage of the digital e-books offered (which you can read on your Kindle) and audiobooks. I wish I'd done this sooner, it's been free and easy to do, and the Libby app is pretty intuitive. 📚