Monthly Archives: February 2019

This Is Your Brain Off Facebook

Planning on quitting the social platform? A major new study offers a glimpse of what unplugging might do for your life. (Spoiler: It’s not so bad.)
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2019/01/30/health/facebook-psychology-health.html

The Desperado — The Atavist Magazine

In April 2018, a blind man with one foot robbed a bank in Austin, Texas. This is a heist story—but unlike any you’ve ever read.
— Read on magazine.atavist.com/the-desperado-ed-averill-bank-robbery-austin-texas

The modern tragedy of fake cancer cures – STAT

An underreported story about a half-baked advance caught fire and scorched its way through social media, onto TV, and into the minds of millions.
— Read on www.statnews.com/2019/02/01/modern-tragedy-fake-cancer-cures/

Lasers could beam messages directly to a listener’s ear ‘like whispering secret from afar’, scientists say

It’s hoped the technology could one day be used for headphone-free TV watching without disturbing others or warning people of danger discreetly in situations like an active shooter attack
— Read on www.thesun.co.uk/tech/8335749/lasers-could-beam-messages-directly-to-a-listeners-ear-like-whispering-secret-from-afar-scientists-say/

Man dies in Mexico, sent home ‘without brain, stomach or heart’

The body of a Korean man who died in Mexico of “natural causes” has been flown home with missing organs, prompting his widow to speak out.
— Read on www.news.com.au/travel/world-travel/north-america/man-who-died-in-mexico-flown-home-without-brain-stomach-and-heart/news-story/6474b0c9a1131613c48d4101a23da44c

More Than Facebook for Social Advertisers

www.inc.com/associated-press/how-small-businesses-are-finding-other-ways-to-advertise-beyond-facebook-instagram.html