Brigadoon Daily | Mar. 1
BRIGADOON DAILY TOP FIVE:
1. Ukraine is turning to online crypto crowdfunding to fund its fight against Russia: MIT TR reports it’s an approach that’s fraught with complications, given platforms’ whims and proliferating scams.
2. Tech giants stage their first all-out brawl in the metaverse: Bloomberg reports everyone from Microsoft and Meta to Apple and Google will battle it out in the augmented- and virtual-reality space.
3. How Ukraine changes Biden’s State of the Union speech: Clive Crook writes no one would have wished for this opportunity for a reset, but the president should seize it.
4. The Scandinavian way to tackle winter: BBC Reel reports the cozy Scandinavian concept of 'hygge' has become popular in recent years, but there's another wellness idea that helps Nordic people through long, cold winters.
5. NYT: FIFA suspends Russia, ejecting it from World Cup qualifying
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Brigadoon Daily | Feb. 28
TOP FIVE:
1. Russia, Ukraine, and the 30-year quest for a post-Soviet order: Historian Mary Elise Sarotte tells the inside story of the west’s efforts to secure a post-cold-war settlement — and how Putin seized on missteps and Russian grievances to destroy it.
2. Why do some great ideas just fail to scale? FT reports on the fascinating phenomenon known as ‘voltage drop.’
3. Ex-Attorney General William Barr urges GOP to move on from Trump: WSJ reports his book recounts a confrontational meeting in Oval Office and says Republicans need to focus on new leaders.
4. Should we eat meat? The answer to the dietary debate of our age: Diehard carnivores say yes, it’s natural. Committed vegans say no, it’s murder. Rob Percival looks beyond the tofu wars to find a more practical solution.
5. ‘People play baseball in Alaska?’: Dallas Morning News looks at college baseball’s Last Frontier escape: The beauty of the Alaska Baseball League is found in the experiences of playing baseball thousands of miles away from home, surrounded by mountains and absent of stress.
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Brigadoon Daily | Feb. 25
TOP FIVE:
1. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine plants a bomb under the Russian state: Tatiana Stanovaya writes an aggressive foreign policy combined with tighter repression at home will fuel public discontent.
2. Office occupancy rates across the country are creeping up after a January dip: Across 10 major US cities, it was an average of 31 percent of pre-Covid levels earlier this month, up from 23 percent in early January, according to the security firm Kastle Systems.
3. How to beat Putin with natural gas: Kenneth C. Griffin + Niall Ferguson write America and its allies can wean Europe off its dependence on energy imported from Russia.
4. Marie Colvin death ten years on: 'Terrible things may be happening and they go unreported.'
5. Phil Mickelson and the bleak truth of ‘sportswashing’: Jason Gay writes a golf star brazenly acknowledges the moral trade-off with a problematic partner, and the sports world roils.
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