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"Network states" : les rêves de sécession des rois de la tech

1 week ago | liberation.fr | Brian Finke |Nastasia Hadjadji

EnquêteArticle réservé aux abonnésEn 1895, Jules Verne imagine dans sa nouvelle l’Ile à hélice une utopie sécessionniste d’une étonnante prescience. L’écrivain raconte l’épopée d’un quatuor de musiciens qui découvrent Milliard City, la capitale d’une île peuplée de milliardaires désireux de poursuivre leur destin à l’écart de la société.
Como lidar com o estresse no trabalho e evitar o burnout? Expert dá dicas seguindo a ciência

1 month ago | nationalgeographicbrasil.com | Erin Blakemore |Brian Finke

Reuniões, chamadas, notificações, multitarefas: o local de trabalho moderno não é exatamente conhecido por suas qualidades de relaxamento. Nos Estados Unidos, 84% das pessoas disseram em pesquisa que seus empregadores contribuíram para ao menos um dos desafios de saúde mental que enfrentam. No Brasil, por sua vez, cerca de 30% das pessoas ocupadas sofrem com a síndrome de burnout, como indicam dados da Associação Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho (Anamt) em um artigo publicado em janeiro de 2025.
Where to Eat in Marfa

1 month ago | bonappetit.com | Rachel Monroe |Brian Finke

As a longtime Marfa resident, I’ve heard plenty of theories about why our high desert town is so beloved. Some people think it’s the quality of light; or the expansive Trans-Pecos sky; or the particular collection of creative humans who have ended up in a place with a population the size of a suburban high school. Whatever your preferred explanation, by now you’ve almost certainly heard about Marfa, a perennial road trip destination for everyone, from your favorite yoga teacher to Beyoncé.
High-School Band Contests Turn Marching Into a Sport-and an Art

Feb 10, 2025 | newyorker.com | Burkhard Bilger |Brian Finke

Hell Week had come for the Marching Colonels. It was late July in eastern Kentucky, and a hazy sun hung over Bourbon County High School. In the parking lot behind the band room, the asphalt was hot enough to melt chewing gum. The woodwinds were gathered there in a ragged circle, waiting for the metronome to set the tempo, while the trumpets and trombones stumbled around on the football field below.
Secret Menu Magazine | The Regulars

Apr 29, 2024 | secretmenumagazine.com | Brian Finke

Previous Issue Next Issue Previous Issue Next Issue Previous Issue Next Issue Consider the regular. A stranger who enters the restaurant, sits down at the bar or in a booth, orders a meal, pays and leaves. And then returns. And keeps returning. Maybe it’sa single person, a long-married couple, or a tight group of friends.
A New Wrestling League’s Secret Weapon? Fashion.

Dec 1, 2023 | wsj.com | Ellen Gamerman |Brian Finke

The women are divided into four crews, or what wrestlers call stables: the Vandals (zippers, ripped fishnets, scowls), Harajuku Stars (taffy-colored sailor suits, braids, pouts), Cherry Bomb Girls (streetwear, satin, masks) and Dangerous Liaisons (fake fur, Marie Antoinette hair, ruffles).
Meet Four of the Most Exciting New Stars of U.S. Women’s Soccer

Jul 17, 2023 | vogue.com | Alessandra Codinha |Brian Finke |Gabriella Karefa-Johnson

It’s an atypically sunny spring day in Beaverton, Oregon, and four of US Women’s Soccer’s brightest stars are wondering what it will look like when they win. This is not an unusual train of thought for Sophia Smith, Alyssa Thompson, Naomi Girma, and Taylor Kornieck, who between them represent a new generation of standout scorers, defenders, and in this World Cup year, possible household names.
Kids need sunglasses as much as-or more than-adults. Here’s why.

Jun 21, 2023 | nationalgeographic.com | Brian Finke |Laura Hautala

Kids’ eyes are marvels. Newborns can’t even focus on what’s directly in front of them, and yet children go on to sharpen sophisticated skills like depth perception and motion tracking. But these developing eyes take a long time to do one thing: filter out ultraviolet radiation from the sun. That’s one reason vision experts want parents to know that UV-blocking sunglasses are essential to protecting children’s eyes.