Tuesday morning news drop
Thefts, Fraud and Lawsuits at the World’s Biggest NFT Marketplace: OpenSea, one of the highest-profile crypto start-ups, is facing a backlash over stolen and plagiarized nonfungible tokens. (New York Times)
How San Francisco Became a Failed City: But I do need you to love San Francisco a little bit, like I do a lot, in order to hear the story of how my city fell apart—and how it just might be starting to pull itself back together. (The Atlantic)
Russia’s war on the world’s food supply: I assumed the Russians were primarily interested in hurting the Ukrainian economy by denying them export income and secondarily interested in raising global grain prices to benefit their own grain exporters. But Russia has halted grain exports and is now arguing that western countries should lift their sanctions on Russia in order to get the Russian grain flowing. Putin’s thinking on this issue seems driven by ideology rather than any practical consideration. (Slow Boring)
Doxxing and death threats against U.S. poll workers intensify as the right wing continues its ‘campaign of fear’ “The vitriol seems to have turned up, and so has the level of expertise,” (Grid)
It’s Time to Get Biofuels Out of Your Gas Tank Blending mandates were supposed to help tackle emissions. In practice, plant-derived alternatives are starting to become an impediment. (Bloomberg)
Lessons From the Golden Age of the Mall Walkers Shopping malls won over a wide range of admirers, from teens to seniors, by providing something they couldn’t find in their public parks or sidewalks: a safe pedestrian experience. (Bloomberg)
Author Lyndsie Bourgon on BC’s connection to the larger problem of timber poaching logging is a local problem, but a lack of understanding of its causes and effects will make it worse (Capital Daily)