from the brilliant Scottish philosopher-cartoonist Tom Gauld in New Scientist I am haunted by this cartoon. Not only because Tom has captured so perfectly our propensity to anthropomorphize everything from pets to stuffies to cars to AI. But also because Tom’s delivery bot seems the perfect metaphor for all of us tragically caught in an…
Key Takeaways: GI Jane 2 refers to the long-rumored but never produced sequel to the 1997 Ridley Scott film G.I. Jane. While the title became a massive cultural talking point following the 2022 Oscars, there is currently no official production or release date scheduled for a follow-up movie. The conversation surrounding gi jane 2 is…
Liam Gill leads the Capital Program at MaRS Discovery District, the largest innovation hub in Canada. In 2024, MaRS-supported companies raised 13 percent of all venture capital deployed in Canada. The cracks in Ontario’s foundation are no longer just metaphorical, they are visible in our crumbling overpasses and felt in the quiet desperation of our…
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson at a press conference hosted by Illinois Governor J.B. Priztker / Screenshot: MSNBC The city of Chicago is facing a serious financial crisis, and while their budget problems are not a secret, at least one financial expert is trying to sound the alarm. The city is looking at a budget gap…
For most of modern history, money has been treated as something constant—something stable enough to build entire lives around. We plan futures with it, measure success through it, and depend on it for survival. But there is a hidden assumption behind all of this: that money will always be available, always moving, always functioning. That…
The climate creed that once ruled unquestioned is cracking as energy needs, geopolitical reality, and basic science force the West to admit carbon isn’t dying anytime soon. For decades, the monolithic and sacrosanct international climate change hierarchy went unquestioned. Western nations in particular spent trillions of dollars over the past half-century to subsidize expensive but…
You might naturally expect a wide, open path to be faster and easier to navigate than a narrow one, just as birds fly freely through the open sky, cars move quickly on empty roads, and a wide hallway seems easier when trying to exit a building. Related Posts:April 2026 Monthly Astrology Forecast For All Signs13th…
Bekhzod Asrarov/Image via Ohio State Police. A promising young athlete’s life was cut short in the early hours of Sunday, July 5, 2026, when a semi-truck driven by an illegal immigrant, an Uzbek national who couldn’t speak English, rear-ended his vehicle on Interstate 71 in Madison County, Ohio. Tobias “Toby” Forsythe, 21, a goalkeeper for…
Elon Musk’s response to SpaceX getting the lowest possible ESG rating: “Unfortunately, electric rockets are impossible.” The grade came down one day before SpaceX’s IPO, courtesy of MSCI, the global index provider whose Environmental, Social, and Governance scores big investors use to size up risk. SpaceX bottomed out the environmental category, according to the Financial…
Crypto and blockchain experts say this week’s moves show the two established finance companies are increasingly competing for control of the infrastructure behind digital payments. Two of the world’s biggest payment networks made major blockchain moves this week, highlighting what some have described as a growing competition between the two to control the infrastructure behind…
