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@seanmcarroll shared
On Aug 15, 2021
A piece about the pandemic, with accompanying illustration invoking gravitational waves from an inspiraling binary. The article is good, but I don’t think the illustration is really pulling its metaphorical weight. :) https://t.co/qCfpPZtjei
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The Messiest Phase of the Pandemic Yet

The Messiest Phase of the Pandemic Yet

Coronavirus data have always been incomplete—but the situation in America is particularly murky now.

@WIREDScience shared
On Aug 14, 2021
Plus: An Apple lawsuit, a VPN audit, and more of the week's top security news. https://t.co/4914LhDNKi
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Security News This Week: A Hacker Stole $610M of Cryptocurrency—and Returned Most of It

Security News This Week: A Hacker Stole $610M of Cryptocurrency—and Returned Most of It

Plus: An Apple lawsuit, a VPN audit, and more of the week's top security news.

@WIREDScience shared
On Aug 15, 2021
Need to be discreet? Here's how to set up vanishing texts, photos, or videos in most popular chat apps. https://t.co/gzIrAJAfyG
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How to Send Messages That Automatically Disappear

How to Send Messages That Automatically Disappear

Need to be discreet? Here's how to set up vanishing texts, photos, or videos in most popular chat apps.

@cnnbrk shared
On Aug 15, 2021
Taliban fighters have entered Kabul, a spokesman says. CNN's Clarissa Ward describes the panic Afghan residents are facing now. Follow live updates: https://t.co/cPGj6vhJ9A
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Taliban takes control of Kabul's presidential palace

Taliban takes control of Kabul's presidential palace

Taliban fighters have entered Kabul, arguing they were doing so because Afghan government security forces had abandoned their posts in parts of the city, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah ...

@carlzimmer shared
On Aug 15, 2021
RT @SkyNews: This is the moment a procession of Taliban supporters marched past our chief correspondent @ramsaysky in Kabul Read the latest on the situation in Afghanistan: https://t.co/r8UDTKCPZs https://t.co/7C0WDRLMBG
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Afghanistan live updates: Taliban enters Kabul - as Afghan president reportedly leaves country

Afghanistan live updates: Taliban enters Kabul - as Afghan president reportedly leaves country

Taliban has seized all major cities apart from Kabul; leader orders militants to refrain from violence as Taliban enter the capital; Joe Biden defends his decision to withdraw from ...

@AP shared
On Aug 15, 2021
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani slipped out of his country in the same way he had led it in recent years: a lonely and isolated figure. “God will hold him accountable,” said Abdullah Abdullah, Ghani's longtime political rival. https://t.co/T3Su3o3hW5
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Afghan president was isolated before slipping into exile

Afghan president was isolated before slipping into exile

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani slipped out of his country Sunday in the same way he had led it in recent years — a lonely and isolated figure. Ghani quietly left the sprawling presidential ...

@AP shared
On Aug 15, 2021
BREAKING: Afghan official and Taliban say militants seize provincial capital of Khost as insurgents tighten grip around Kabul. https://t.co/vXYGPj6LDr
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The Latest: Taliban holding talks for ‘inclusive’ government

The Latest: Taliban holding talks for ‘inclusive’ government

KABUL, Afghanistan — A Taliban spokesman and negotiator tells The Associated Press that the militant group is holding talks aimed at forming an “open, inclusive Islamic government” in ...

@cnnbrk shared
On Aug 15, 2021
The US Embassy in Kabul – which is now operating out of the Kabul airport – instructed US citizens in the capital to shelter in place https://t.co/2iDESVsM6F
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The latest on Afghanistan as Taliban edges closer to taking control

The latest on Afghanistan as Taliban edges closer to taking control

The US Embassy in Kabul – which is now operating out of the Kabul airport – instructed US citizens in the capital to shelter in place Sunday.