👩⚕️ We are close to eradicating polio
The world has made significant progress in the fight against polio, reducing the number of cases by a hundredfold since the 1980s. Two of the three serotypes of wild poliovirus have been eradicated. New vaccines and improvements in sanitation and testing will help us overcome the last obstacles.
😒 It was the worst of times
When was the worst music produced? Now! Most crime? Now! Worst movies? Now! Worst morality? Now! In area after area, people think the worst time is now — a completely bizarre view.
💡 Premium Supporter recap + fact-based optimistic news
⚰️ Murders continue to decrease in the US. 🧏 She was deaf at birth, 18-month-old Opal Sandy had her hearing restored after a world-unique gene therapy. 🧠 Neuralink's first patient can control a computer with his mind
🗳️ Leopoldo López is building an alliance of democracy defenders – with the help of technology
Four years in solitary confinement did not break him. He continued to lead protests against the dictatorship in Venezuela. After being forced to flee the country, he now continues his work from abroad, building a democracy movement that threatens all dictatorships worldwide.
💡 Warp News #234
⚰️ Murders continue to decrease in the US. 🧏 She was deaf at birth, 18-month-old Opal Sandy had her hearing restored after a world-unique gene therapy. 🧠 Neuralink's first patient can control a computer with his mind
🚱 We pay to live without electricity and water, that's how good our lives are
How crazy is it to pay to be without electricity and running water? That's my first thought when I read about Kyrkestatorpet, where you can "live as the crofters did in the past." But then I think about the effects that might come from a visit to an outhouse...
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🚗 Waymo's robotaxi has now reached 50,000 paid trips per week. 🅾️ Blood types can become mutually compatible. 💉 Three West African countries begin vaccinating against malaria.
🤥 We live in a lie
How can we accept this, I thought after the first day of the Copenhagen Democracy Summit. How can it be that in 2024 we still have dictatorship in the world? How can it be allowed to exist? Because we live in a lie.
💡 Warp News #233
🚗 Waymo's robotaxi has now reached 50,000 paid trips per week. 🅾️ Blood types can become mutually compatible. 💉 Three West African countries begin vaccinating against malaria.