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We spoke with Nnedi Okorafor, the award-winning author of the Nsibidi Script series, about her third installment, Akata Woman, and writing diverse fantasy.

The NFT industry has boomed in popularity over the last year, but some people are calling the digital art “an ecological nightmare pyramid scheme”.

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While Washington’s system has been strained for years, state officials and disability rights advocates say it effectively ground to a halt during the

Credit: Troy Brynelson / Oregon Public Broadcasting Stuck in jail, waiting for a psychiatric bed. COVID-19 made an old problem worse By While Washington’s system has been strained for years, state officials and disability rights advocates say it effectively ground to a halt during the pandemic. Bill Ward didn’t want to get out of bed. About the only reason he found to lift himself up was to go to his computer and check the online roster of a county jail more than 600 m...

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You can't touch them, they sell for millions, and nobody truly understands how they work. But what exactly are NFTs?

Blockchain technologies are increasingly leaving behind a bulky carbon footprint Download Share New analyses suggest Bitcoin-related carbon emissions in China will soon produce more annual emissions than some midsize European countries, per New Scientist. The new research out of Tsinghua University predicts Bitcoin’s Chinese carbon footprint will reach its peak in 2024 releasing around 130 million tons of carbon. By that same year, Bitcoin mining will reportedly require 297 terawatt-hours of ...

The climate controversy swirling around NFTs There’s a case for more sustainable crypto art, but it’s hotly contested Share this story Famed auction house Christie’s just sold its first “purely digital piece of art” for a whopping $69 million. For that price, the buyer got a digital file of a collage of 5,000 images and a complex legacy of greenhouse gas emissions. An “ecological nightmare pyramid scheme” Individual pieces of crypto art, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), are at least ...

Lazzo Hired Me Dec 16, 2020 By Jake Uitti Adult Swim For fans of Cartoon Network and Adult Swim, the name Brak likely brings about a particular type of grin. Brak is the oddball amongst oddballs. He’s the lovable, childish character repurposed from the original Space Ghost cartoon series (he was one of the series’ Council of Doom members). Brak was used both on the animated talk show Space Ghost Coast to Coast and later for his very own series, The Brak Show. That program aired as ...