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Pilot Captures Amazing Aurora Photos During Flight

This week, the Earth was hit with one of the strongest geomagnetic storms in recent years, which made for some gobsmacking displays of the northern lights, even as far south as California. Cruising in a 787 at 37,000 feet on his route from Calgary to London (UK), airline pilot

What Is the Scale of the Resistance in Minnesota?

A must-read thread from Margaret Killjoy ( Skywriter thread ) on what’s going on in Minnesota. I came to Minneapolis to report on what’s going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is “just what is the scale of the resistance?” After all, we’re all used to the

Sandcastles

A documentary connecting two Singapores: the Asian country expanded on imported sand and a town in Michigan buried by dunes - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon

Aeon

Dreams of the far Right

Young Europeans join far-Right movements less out of grievance than out of a profound yearning to believe and belong - by Agnieszka Pasieka Read on Aeon

Aeon

The big splash

42 years ago, Apple’s 1984 ad ran on the Super Bowl. Once. It’s generally considered the most effective ad of its kind, creating a legend and also a trap. Was this ad the reason the Mac is still around? Or was it Regis McKenna’s work in getting Steve on the cover of more than