3 mn readLots of people need our help — why rescue Socrates? The title actually works on three levels. It signals a real moment when I found a volume of Plato’s dialogues in a garbage pile in New York and it changed my life. It alludes to the attempt to free Socrates from jail before he was […]
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5 mn readFirst things first: Teachers are HEROES! Every day, they work hard and make sacrifices to educate the next generation. But while there are many amazing teachers out there, some students have had negative experiences with other teachers who were, well, not the best. So we recently asked the BuzzFeed Community to tell us which “normal” teaching tactics are actually toxic. Here […]
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< 1 mn readA fifth Shrek film is reportedly in the works, 13 years after the release of its last entry, Shrek Forever After. That’s according to Chris Meledandri, the founder of Illumination, who is working alongside DreamWorks to revive the hit franchise. According to Meledandri, the original cast – including Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, and Eddie Murphy – are all “anticipated” to return for Shrek 5. In […]
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4 mn readSwedish police investigating the believed sabotage of two fibre-optic undersea cables in the Baltic Sea have said a Chinese ship off the coast of Denmark was “of interest” as Danish officials said its navy was shadowing a Chinese-registered cargo ship. The ship, identified by Denmark as the Yi Peng 3, passed the two cables on Sunday and […]
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9 mn read+ Techstars was once one of the world’s leading accelerator programs, but has steadily been eclipsed by Y combinator. + Techstars recently announced a string of executive departures and program closures – including termination of the Seattle program, one of its oldest and most successful. + Despite similar beginnings, Techstars chose a different strategic path than Y combinator – […]
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2 mn readKohler Energy today officially rebranded under its new corporate name Rehlko (pronounced RELL-koh), marking a major milestone in the company’s 100 -plus-year history delivering innovative, resilient energy solutions that provide independence, agility, and security to mission-critical infrastructure, facilities and residences. Rehlko will continue operating as an independent enterprise. The company became a stand-alone entity in […]
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