Friday morning news drop and videos of the week
Bad News Selling the story of disinformation (Harpers)
When the Ducks are Quacking Feed’Em Stock issuance highest ever, as firms and Wall Street know when it’s time to sell to eager buyers (GMO)
Why Bitcoin is Doomed What makes a distributed network secure against attack is the costly redundancy built into the system (whether that redundancy is competing miners in a Proof of Work system or competing validators in a Proof of Stake system). (The Attic)
How Did Postmedia and CBC Fall for This Bit of Bitcoin Hype? Headlines touted a crypto boom for Alberta. A quick bit of research would have killed the dubious story. (Tyee)
Waymo Is 99% of the Way to Self-Driving Cars. The Last 1% Is the Hardest The world’s most famous autonomous car shop has lost its CEO and is still getting stymied by traffic cones. What’s taking so long? (Businessweek)
The IRS has a big opportunity to fix the way Americans file taxes You shouldn’t need TurboTax to file your taxes. The IRS can and should make its own service. (Vox)
Living and dying with covid How the world is grappling with yet another major coronavirus surge (Washington Post)
Dissecting the Unusual Biology of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant An ability to build up higher concentrations of viral particles in people’s airways and mutations that might boost its ability to infect human cells could be what gives the Delta variant its evolutionary edge. (The Scientist)
I’m Sick of Reboots and Rewatches and You Should Be Too We've all spent the pandemic in a pop culture feedback loop. For the love of God, make it stop (Walrus)
The 21 Most Exciting Young Musicians on Planet Earth In search of music’s voices of the future, each of GQ’s 21 global editions nominated a local artist across a world of genres—from J-pop to flamenco, rap to reggaeton—to show us who’s shaping the zeitgeist and defining the sounds of tomorrow. (GQ)
Videos of the Week
Why Olympians Are So Broke | Big Business Across the US, Olympic athletes are working part-time jobs, driving for DoorDash and Uber, and crowdsourcing funds. We break down how USA Olympians make money, and why the system left many of America’s top athletes broke.
SUNDAY X DIG 'NO SERVICE'
RATTY MATY - NO BAD THOUGHTS Just nuts
Anthony Panza Extreme Citi-Biking In NYC!
Felipe Nunes' "Limitless" Part One of the gnarliest to do it, Felipe charges rails and hills head-on and even hits vert with the Birdman. This part smashes through every barrier. Unreal.
Guy Mariano Life On Video | Full Story Guy Mariano started skating over 30 years ago in Burbank, California, in the 1980s, and he’s managed to push the boundaries of street skating more than just about anyone. He revolutionized what was considered possible on a little piece of wood with 4 wheels and no nose—before most of you were even born—and he’s responsible for arguably the most innovative and progressive video parts ever filmed. (In 2018, Mariano was inducted in The Skateboarding Hall Of Fame.) Take a deep dive into Guy Mariano's history with our 'Life On Video' doc series, which ends with one of his heaviest parts to date.
Torren Martyn - LOST TRACK ATLANTIC - Episode 3 - Full Film Lost Track Atlantic is a four-part series that takes you on the journey of a lifetime, from the far North Atlantic to the tropical, equatorial coast of West Africa.
AUDI NINES 2020 'Mixtape' - Peter Kaiser This event and its vibe is something not comparable to any of the others. As Audi Nines is always a season highlight for myself I wanted to showcase what I was able to put down last year as well as carry the events vibe throughout the video, enjoy.
COMMENCAL Canada - Welcome Max Langille Navigating your way into a new career isn’t easy. It takes a lot of time, effort, focus, and a little bit of help to reach what you’ve set out to achieve. If you know Max Langille, you know he’s no slacker and it’s hard to shake his focus once he’s set his mind on something. For now, he’s balancing the seasonal working winters to action packed summers on his ABSOLUT, CLASH, and FURIOUS. Max is excited to see what the future holds and we’re excited to see him grow into his own. WELCOME to COMMENCAL Bicycles, Max…Officially.
Steve Vanderhoek had the Gnarliest's Crash while filming this... I had never seen Steve crash before... I was very scared for him.
BACK IN WHISTLER BIKE PARK!! 2021 My first time in Whistler since 2019 and it feels good to be back! I only had a few hours but made the most of it and smashed out some of my favourite trails!!
PNW Components Presents Drop Into Summer - RAW with Cody Kelley There’s no better way to spend your summer than getting drifty on some dusty trails. Cody Kelley and Justin Olsen (film/photo) journeyed into the Utah foothills to capture the RAW vibes that only solo sessions on loose singletrack can provide. Enjoy 96 seconds of the purest nature and MTB sounds and start planning your next summer riding adventure before the season turns.
Skateistan - To Live And Skate Kabul: Skateistan: To Live And Skate Kabul is a beautifully shot film that follows the lives of a group of young skateboarders in Afghanistan. Operating against the backdrop of war and bleak prospects, the Skateistan charity project is the world’s first co-educational skateboarding school, where a team of international volunteers work with girls and boys between the ages of 5 and 17, an age group largely untouched by other aid programmes.