Silicon Valley’s sci-fi dreams of colonizing Mars - Coda Story
Jul 3, 2024 · It was a late spring evening in Devon, England, in May 2021. Even before we saw the satellites, the party had become surreal: it was one of the first gatherings in the region since the pandemic had begun. We were camping in tipis in a field overlooking the Jurassic Coast, the ocean thundering below. Inside
In Nicaragua, there are no more newspapers - Coda Story
Sep 14, 2022 · Nicaragua ranked 160 out of 180 in this year’s freedom of press index. According to the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), Nicaragua and Venezuela are the two countries with the highest rate of censorship in the Americas.
Banned, burned and critically acclaimed: Global reactions to a ...
Apr 15, 2022 · which describes Spiegelman’s process and explores the public reception of the text. Photo by Kirk McKoy/Getty Images. In MetaMaus, Spiegelman reflected on the different cultural responses to Maus he saw while promoting the book and conducting interviews for it at various points in time.
I’m a neurology ICU nurse. The creep of AI in our hospitals terrifies ...
Nov 12, 2024 · The healthcare landscape is changing fast thanks to the introduction of artificial intelligence. These technologies have shifted decision-making power away from nurses and on to the robots. Michael Kennedy, who works as a neuro-intensive care nurse in San Diego, believes AI could destroy nurses’ intuition, skills, and training. The result being that patients are left
Polarization - Coda Story
Polarization. Who you are and what you believe have been weaponized in new ways in the power struggles of the 21st century. We track what price individuals and societies pay for these identity battles.
Musk, Zuck and the business of chaos - Coda Story
6 days ago · A Coda Story from this week’s Coda Currents newsletter “Who would have imagined,” asked French president Emanuel Macron this week, “that the owner of one of the world’s largest social networks would be supporting a new international reactionary movement and intervening directly in elections?”
Medieval history powers a crisis of identity in Lithuania and Belarus ...
Jul 26, 2022 · By Daiva Repečkaitė Artwork by Kate Sapotska/Kargi Studio 26 July 2022; For Lithuanians, their country’s medieval history has been a source of pride, pageantry and identity.
I risked prison to keep the Uyghur culture alive - Coda Story
Jun 14, 2024 · Handmade wood and fabric markers at Qarbagh Mazar. For centuries, Uyghurs have made pilgrimage to the tombs of Sufi Saints. Believed to be in a state of eternal sleep, the saints help those who have passed cross smoothly over into the afterlife.
How did 2024 reshape our world? From Damascus to Kyiv to …
Dec 18, 2024 · The fall of Bashar al-Assad made for a stunning end to the year. On Sunday, December 15, hundreds of our readers and members gathered online to discuss the seismic shifts of the last few weeks. They heard from an outstanding group of journalists, activists and analysts in Damascus, Kyiv, Tbilisi ...
When sameness becomes a colonial tool of oppression
Jun 14, 2024 · Protestors in Tbilisi, Georgia holding a poster that reads, “Do not fear! We will win honorably.” May, 2024. Photo Leli Blagonravova.. The very nature of Russian colonialism doesn’t fit the Western definition of oppression.