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The Mez Ledger · Monthly Close May 29 – June 28, 2021 784 stories · Vol. 21 · Catalogue 26 · Issue 179 Get it by email ↓
The month's top story

El Salvador makes Bitcoin legal tender

bbc.com · 2 sources

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What dominated June

3 stories that ran all month
  1. Technology

    Helix: a post-modern modal text editor

    4 of 30 days · 4 articles

  2. Technology

    YouTube-dl can no longer download age-restricted videos

    3 of 30 days · 3 articles

  3. Technology

    Deloitte tells staff they can work from home forever

    3 of 30 days · 3 articles

Business 39 stories

  1. El Salvador makes Bitcoin legal tender

    bbc.com · 2 outlets

  2. A from-scratch tour of Bitcoin in Python

    karpathy.github.io · 1 outlets

  3. Amazon refused to refund $7k after shipping an empty box instead of a Sony A1

    petapixel.com · 1 outlets

  4. It's time for us in the tech world to speak out about cryptocurrency

    twitter.com · 1 outlets

Show 10 more

  1. Sriracha hit revenue of $150M a year with no sales team or ad spend

    twitter.com · 1 outlets

  2. If you sell a house these days, the buyer might be a pension fund

    wsj.com · 1 outlets

  3. Django for Startup Founders: A better software architecture for SaaS startups

    alexkrupp.typepad.com · 1 outlets

  4. The code on the laptop in the stock photo at developer.bbc.com is user-editable

    twitter.com · 1 outlets

  5. Peter Thiel turned a Roth IRA into a $5B tax-free piggy bank

    propublica.org · 1 outlets

  6. Why we should end the data economy

    thereboot.com · 1 outlets

  7. What happens in an IPO? – Part 1

    bayesianinvestor.com · 2 outlets

  8. Australian Federal Police and FBI nab underworld figures using encrypted app

    abc.net.au · 1 outlets

  9. Pesticides are killing the world's soils

    scientificamerican.com · 1 outlets

  10. Tiny Acquisitions

    tinyacquisitions.com · 1 outlets

Sports 34 stories

  1. Amazon Prime inflates prices, using the false promise of ‘free shipping’

    mattstoller.substack.c · 1 outlets

  2. Wayfinder – a relaxing 'art game' in the browser

    wayfinder.nfb.ca · 1 outlets

Show 6 more

  1. FaceTime is coming to Android and Windows via the web

    theverge.com · 1 outlets

  2. Ohio Republicans close to imposing near-total ban on municipal broadband

    arstechnica.com · 1 outlets

  3. Microsoft announces Windows 11

    theverge.com · 1 outlets

  4. Pokegb: A gameboy emulator that only plays Pokémon Blue, in 68 lines of C++

    binji.github.io · 1 outlets

  5. State of the Windows: How many layers of UI inconsistencies are in Windows 10?

    ntdotdev.wordpress.com · 1 outlets

  6. Heart inflammation cases in young men higher than expected after mRNA vaccines

    reuters.com · 1 outlets

Technology 616 stories

  1. Zero downtime Postgres migration, done right

    engineering.thebluegro · 2 outlets

  2. Organicmaps: Android and iOS offline maps app for travelers, tourists, hikers

    github.com · 2 outlets

  3. Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project

    intuitiveexplanations. · 1 outlets

Show 9 more

  1. An Unbelievable Demo

    brendangregg.com · 1 outlets

  2. Stack Overflow sold to Prosus for $1.8B

    wsj.com · 1 outlets

  3. There are no results for tank man

    bing.com · 1 outlets

  4. John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US

    bbc.com · 1 outlets

  5. I wrote a children's book / illustrated guide to Apache Kafka

    gentlydownthe.stream · 1 outlets

  6. The top-ranking HTML editor on Google is an SEO scam

    casparwre.de · 1 outlets

  7. The lab-leak theory: inside the fight to uncover Covid-19’s origins

    vanityfair.com · 1 outlets

  8. WD My Book users wake up to find their data deleted

    arstechnica.com · 1 outlets

  9. Reddit’s disrespectful design

    ognjen.io · 1 outlets

Entertainment 34 stories

  1. Show HN: iPod.js – An online iPod that connects to Spotify and Apple Music

    tannerv.com · 1 outlets

  2. Reviews of Android TV launcher after Google added ads to the homescreen

    play.google.com · 1 outlets

Show 6 more

  1. Survey shows people no longer believe working hard will lead to a better life

    insidermag.net · 1 outlets

  2. Farmers Deserve the Right to Repair Their Tractors

    farms.com · 1 outlets

  3. HBO Max accidentally sent an integration email test to users

    twitter.com · 1 outlets

  4. TDD from the Factorio Team

    factorio.com · 1 outlets

  5. Quad9 and Sony Music: German Injunction Status

    quad9.net · 1 outlets

  6. Show HN: 3dasd – open-source DIY room-scale 3D scanner

    github.com · 3 outlets

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