Stories
Havana's Hotspots: Cuba is coming online, but who will control its internet? - The Verge
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The Box that Built the Modern World: How shipping containers made distance irrelevant. - Nautilus
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A Brief History of the End of the Comments - WIRED
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Why Absolutely Everyone Hates Renoir - The Atlantic
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Interactives
Theories of Everything, Mapped. - Quanta
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Funnies
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I can't say I'm too surprised that so many sites are doing away with comment sections. Every social media service that articles could be shared on already has its own commenting system. There's really no point in signing up for a site-specific account if you can already comment with your existing account on Facebok, Twitter, or something like Hubski. Especially when the comment sections on so many sites are so poor.
That's a really cool idea! I've had much better discussions on Hubski than I have anywhere else on the internet.
I'm glad you like it. It fits my sense of humor perfectly, and the guy that draws it is an absolute delight.