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    Quillette
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    "The Bajau show evidence of selection for both larger spleens, capable of storing more oxygenated red blood, and genes coding for the human diving reflex." Tristan S. Rapp on the biological adaptations of the Bajau sea-nomads to a lifetime spent underwater.
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    Quillette
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    Here is the question. Did Michael Jackson sexually abuse children? Not: was he acquitted? Not: was he a genius? Not: do we separate the art from the artist? The question is simpler and uglier than any of those. Did he do it?
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    If you follow the evidence, there's only one answer. Based on @AndrewHammel1's hit essay for Quillette.
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    Humans have shaped their own evolution through chosen environments and lifestyles, from Bajau divers to lactose tolerance in Europe. @Hieraaetus
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    Agency and Adaptation
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    Steven Pinker
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    Jun 24
    "Stop treating energy as something to atone for. Energy is the master resource, the thing that buys us nearly every other good. The whole of human history is the story of harnessing ever more energy to improve our lives and to hold the lethal forces of nature at bay." The
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    Europe Leads World in Heat Deaths Despite Fewer Hot Days
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    Read every word here by @mboudry in @Quillette: How Europe Became the World Champion of Heat Deaths
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    Europe Leads World in Heat Deaths Despite Fewer Hot Days
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    Canadian journalists won awards for a story that was never true. @_CryMiaRiver and @stellaomalley3 interview @jonkay on the Kamloops graves hoax, the church burnings that followed, and why secular societies are uniquely vulnerable to this kind of mass hysteria.
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    The Kamloops Unmarked Graves Hoax: Canada's 2021 Social Panic
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    "He believed that modern viewers, raised on photography's frozen viewpoint, had lost the ability to distinguish between a painted figure and a photographed one—between a human eye's encounter with the world and a mechanical lens's record of it." Julia Friedman on David Hockney.
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    The Art of Looking
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    Brian Stewart
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    Jun 24
    Clausewitz warned that war without politics can only be “something pointless and devoid of sense.” This is a fitting verdict for Trump’s squalid operation in Iran. My latest in @Quillette:
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    Trump Iran War Failure: Ceasefire Deal Hands Tehran Major Wins
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    Maarten Boudry
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    Which continent is the world record holder in heat deaths? The dubious distinction goes to... Europe—the place with the fewest hot days on Earth. The culprit isn't the climate. It's two letters Europeans refuse to learn: A/C. My latest piece in @Quillette.👇
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    Europe Leads World in Heat Deaths Despite Fewer Hot Days
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    Quillette
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    Here is a trivia question: which continent suffers the most heat-related deaths per capita?
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    Part of the story is of course demographic. Europe has one of the oldest populations in the world, and the elderly are far more vulnerable to high temperatures. But age explains only a sliver of the gap. The United States is greying too, and Japan is older still than both—yet the
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    The real explanation comes down to two letters Europe stubbornly refuses to learn: A/C. Across the continent, only about a fifth of homes have air-conditioning, against nearly 90 percent in the United States and more than 90 percent in Japan. More from @mboudry here:
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    Can Islam be reformed? Philosopher @BenedictBeckeld responds.
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    Oikophobia Explained: Benedict Beckeld on Western Self-Hatred
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    Jun 24
    One in five young Chinese adults is unemployed. Some academics put it closer to one in two. Meanwhile Beijing is spending $700 billion a year on AI and robots. Something has to give, writes @aaron_sarin.
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    China’s Ghost Cities Show Failed Tech Moonshot
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    “Operation Epic Fury has been an epic failure from inception because the war aims and the theory of victory were hopelessly muddled in the minds of its divided architects. This resulted in confused messaging that invited the Islamic Revolutionary Guards to prepare for the worst
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    Trump Iran War Failure: Ceasefire Deal Hands Tehran Major Wins
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