Soooo I had started to write an update...

...and then Putin started bombing Ukraine 🇺🇦

I'm still going to share some of my favorites articles, but after some more important links on how you can help Ukraine...

Miscellanea: Understanding the War in Ukraine — acoup.blog

A pretty good preface if you're a bit unsure how we got here.

The speed of information — trungphan.substack.com

This is the first major war where social media is playing a HUGE part. This great piece puts Twitter coverage of Ukraine-Russia in historical context.

HOW YOU CAN HELP ⛑ 🇺🇦

• https://www.comebackalive.in.ua/

• https://helpukrainewin.org/

• https://helpukrainewinwidget.org/

• https://helpukraine.simple.ink/

• https://helpukrainetogether.com/

• https://techtotherescue.org/tech/tech-for-ukraine

• https://help2ukraine.org/

FEBRUARY CONTENT...

DESIGN | DEVELOPMENT | TECH

Sha256 Algorithm Explained — sha256algorithm.com

Sha256 algorithm explained online step by step visually

White Hat Hacker Awarded $2 Million for Fixing ETH-Creation Bug — cryptoadventure.com

Shit like this makes you wonder when/if there will ever be a bug/hack free crypto.

Times are great for programmers now. How does it end? — vaghetti.dev

Buy low, sell high. Great resignation, get a job.

Ottawa Police ADMIT to lobbying GoFundMe to withhold funds from Canadian truckers — thepostmillennial.com

We're stepping into a new territory - where cancelling means governments dictating the internet/finances. This gives more weight to crypto.

QAnon founder may have been identified thanks to machine learning — www.engadget.com

If you haven't watched Q: Into the Storm - I HIGHLY suggest it. SPOILER ALERT: In the end, Ron Watkins slips up and all but confirms he was Q. Now, with help of machine learning software, we've pretty much confirmed the shows findings...

Google Search Is Dying

The next decade will be very interesting based on recent trends...

"Techno-optimism is the only good solution to our current problems. Unfortunately, somehow expressing optimism about the future has become a radical act." — twitter.com

A great thread on innovation and how we humans can take control of our future.

BUSINESS | MARKETING

Red Light Green Light

An amazing short story that does a great job of showing how perspective matters.

The new hire who showed up is not the same person we interviewed — www.askamanager.org

The world is getting weirder by the minute 😳 Stories like this will be more commonly used to get jobs, gain advantages, steal secrets, and more.

MoviePass will track people’s eyes through their phone’s cameras to make sure they don’t look away from ads — www.independent.co.uk

Ummmm... Black Mirror anyone 😳

Five Things You Notice When You Quit the News — www.raptitude.com

I probably ingest 1-2 hours of news per day. It's a constant battle with mental health, faux-concern, and actually doing something.

TRAVEL

Countries are lifting restrictions again

Some countries which haven’t been open for tourism at all have announced plans to welcome visitors again soon.

The Goldilocks Window

Though there’s no set time or date that’s always cheapest to book, there’s still a period when cheap fares are most likely to pop up. Aka Goldilocks Windows...

SCIENCE

Startup Will Drill 12 Miles Into Earth's Crust to Tap the Boundless Energy Below — singularityhub.com

Quaise is trying to tap the energy of Earth's core by drilling deeper than anyone one else—with a beam of microwaves that can vaporize rock.

BOOKS | PODCASTS | MUSIC | VIDEO

Extract of Richard P. Feynman's "Los Alamos from below" — cs.au.dk

One of the most entertaining books on physics... Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman! - about meeting truly 'great men'.