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Venice is dry, and Italians are feeling something unfamiliar: hope| Gianmarco Raddi

Venice is dry, and Italians are feeling something unfamiliar: hope| Gianmarco Raddi

The Guardian — Venice's flood sirens sing, piercing through the early morning fog. Metal bulkheads are in position, securing shops and grocery stores. Wooden walkways sneak through calli and salizade - our streets. Locals sport emergency rubber boots. These are routine acqua alta (high water) preparations.

I am a swab tester - but we have barely any swabs to test | Gianmarco Raddi

I am a swab tester - but we have barely any swabs to test | Gianmarco Raddi

The Guardian — We have donned our double gloves, face masks and eye shields - Covid-19's fashion essentials. The biosafety cabinets whirr reassuringly in the background, the robots hum, and the radio blasts rock tunes. All systems are go. Then comes the call: "We are finished. No more swabs. You can go home."

Alcohol is the legal drug we should be worried about not marijuana - The Boston Globe

Alcohol is the legal drug we should be worried about not marijuana - The Boston Globe

The Boston Globe — Massachusetts recently issued its first recreational marijuana license, bringing pot more fully into the ranks of regulated substances. Bravo! Decriminalizing drugs is a tactic that has been demonstrated to reduce their harm, notably in Portugal.

Thanks to AI, the need for humans to work for survival could soon be at an end

Thanks to AI, the need for humans to work for survival could soon be at an end

The Independent — The global workforce has been reduced by neoliberalism to an alienated, lonely precariat obsessed with hyperindividualism, a twisted modern spin on human creativity

Universities and the NHS must join forces to improve student mental health | Gianmarco Raddi

Universities and the NHS must join forces to improve student mental health | Gianmarco Raddi

The Guardian — Mental health problems are on the rise in universities, but support is too fragmented

Nationalize Facebook

Nationalize Facebook

POLITICO — CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom - In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg solemnly pledged to safeguard user data. "And if we can't then we don't deserve to serve you." Last month, when 50 million accounts were hacked, Zuckerberg failed his own test.

How GPS Tracking Technology Can Curb Domestic Violence

How GPS Tracking Technology Can Curb Domestic Violence

WIRED Magazine — When the US government shut down on December 21st there was an overlooked victim: the Violence Against Women Act, which expired the same day. That lapse means that new funds for Department of Justice's VAWA programs, such as hotlines, shelters, crisis centers, and legal assistance, will not be funded until the law is reauthorized.

The UK could be testing thousands for coronavirus daily - so why aren't we?

The UK could be testing thousands for coronavirus daily - so why aren't we?

The Independent — South Korea has tested over 270,000 people – the UK, only 56,000. The World Health Organisation says testing is essential to containing the virus – so what's stopping us?

Only universal healthcare can avert the dystopian future of uncontrolled gene editing

Only universal healthcare can avert the dystopian future of uncontrolled gene editing

Varsity — What was Dr. He Jiankui thinking as he walked onto the stage of the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing in Hong Kong? He is the Chinese scientist responsible for Lulu and Nana, the CRISPR-edited twin baby girls. The purported goal of this controversial clinical trial?