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The Fyre Festival settlement reveals the true cost of schadenfreude — $7,220 a pop

The Verge

The organizers of Fyre Festival — think: The Hunger Games, but for influencers — have agreed to a settlement with 277 attendees for $7,220 apiece, The New York Times reports. hunger games, but for influencers. Image: Fyre Festival LLC. McFarland’s business partner, rapper Ja Rule, was cleared of wrongdoing.

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This is what your life will be like when the world hits a dangerous climate tipping point

Fast Company Tech

projects that the Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Netherlands, Saint Martin, Seychelles, Turks and Caicos, and Tuvalu will see at least 5% of their territories permanently inundated by the end of the century. Today’s extreme event becomes tomorrow’s normal event.

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