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Random Digest: March 17, 2026
10 hand-picked articles from our collection
This digest was algorithmically curated to spark serendipity and encourage intellectual wandering. Each article was chosen at random from our recent collection, creating unexpected connections and delightful discoveries across diverse topics and perspectives.
Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Richard Hell & Bryan Waterman
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All wired up and nowhere to go
Alcohol was bad for your body. The drugs replacing it may be worse for your social life.
Analysis: Why clean energy will cut UK gas imports by more than North Sea drilling
The Iran war has spurred a range of commentators to renew calls for the UK... The post Analysis: Why clean energy will cut UK gas imports by more than North Sea drilling appeared first on Carbon Brief
Import AI 448: AI R&D; Bytedance’s CUDA-writing agent; on-device satellite AI
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Analysis: UK emissions fall 2.4% in 2025 as coal hits 400-year low
The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 2.4% in 2025 to their lowest level in... The post Analysis: UK emissions fall 2.4% in 2025 as coal hits 400-year low appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Are You Smart Enough to Avoid Falling for “Corporate Bullsh*t”?
New research points to a troubling relationship between buzzwords and decision-making The post Are You Smart Enough to Avoid Falling for “Corporate Bullsh*t”? appeared first on Nautilus.
Ever behind the sunset
This hand-painted stop motion animation recalls the textures of a family home demolished to make way for a widened road - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Salt For Svanetia (1930) Run Time: 49M
Salt for Sventia is a film about toil and hardship in a remote village in Soviet Russia.
Saturday links: missing metrics
Saturdays we catch up with the non-finance related items that we didn’t get to earlier in the week. You can check out...