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Go read this Daily Beast story about Sergey Brin’s secret disaster relief team

The Verge

Photo by MediaNews Group/Bay Area News via Getty Images. The organization got its start in 2015 after Cyclone Pam pounded Vanuatu. They bring with them modes of thinking and acting, such as seeing certain groups of people as ‘the enemy’ to battle against.”.

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Plastic straws symbolize a global pollution crisis but Trump wants them to stay

Fast Company Tech

In 2015, video of a marine biologist pulling a plastic straw out of a turtles nose sparked outrage worldwide and countries and cities started banning them, starting with the Pacific Island nation Vanuatu and Seattle in 2018. Every year, the world produces more than 400 million tons of new plastic.

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