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Nancy Pelosi’s Beijing Arrest for 'Hooliganism' Is Trending on Weibo
Weibo users are using this newly unearthed fact to highlight their perception of Pelosi’s visit of Taiwan as part of a long held anti-China sentiment.
Chloe Xiang
8.5.22
Monkeypox

Sex Workers Struggle to Get Vaccinated Against Monkeypox
“We cannot forget sex workers, because for so many of us, sex is not just pleasure, it’s also work.”
Samantha Cole
8.5.22
Tech

Space Junk, Taiwan, and War at a Nuclear Power Plant
A mysterious orb has landed in Mexico, Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan, don’t fight a war at a nuclear power plant, and other strange stories from this week.
Matthew Gault
8.5.22
Twitter

Everyone Can Now See You Tweet Too Much
A new "tweets per month" feature started appearing on some users' profiles recently. To say people have mixed reactions would be an understatement.
Samantha Cole
8.5.22
the internet

Assume Everyone Online Works for an Arms Manufacturer
Just because someone says it on the Internet doesn't mean it's true.
Gita Jackson
8.5.22
Games Opinion

Is a Video Game Beef a Beef If the Other Person Doesn’t Know It’s Happening?
I spend my days trying to beat Chris Plante's records in 'Neon White,' inventing perceived slights about our ongoing "competition."
Patrick Klepek
8.5.22
Environment

Wildfires Have Burned Through California's 100-Year Carbon Insurance in 10 Years, Study Finds
The risk of wildfire and disease to trees is so extreme it calls into question the entire concept of using carbon credits to save forests.
Aaron Gordon
8.5.22
Sports

Top of Their Game: Award-Winning Photos From the World of Sport
The top picks from the World Sports Photography Awards freeze those moments of victory, defeat and everything in between.
Shubhanjana Das
8.5.22
renting

Rental Opportunity of the Week: £1,100 to Pay Your Neighbour’s Bills
Mentally, I am wondering exactly which step my ancestors took that led us all to here.
Joel Golby
8.5.22
james webb space telescope

French Scientist's Photo of ‘Distant Star’ Was Actually Chorizo
Étienne Klein’s tweet was liked and retweeted thousands of times before he revealed he was trolling and the photo showed a slice of sausage, not Proxima Centauri.
Sophia Smith Galer
8.5.22
News

Cops Looking for Black Teens Arrested a Black Couple at Gunpoint
Now the couple from Rosenberg, Texas, are suing: “We hope this will be a warning to them and for other Black people and people of color around here.”
Trone Dowd
8.5.22
Coronavirus

North Korea Reports No New COVID Cases and an ‘Impossible’ Fatality Rate
State media claims the country's "fever" outbreak has entered a "phase of stability," reporting the lowest fatality rate in the world by some margin.
Gavin Butler
8.5.22
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