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WORLDMy favorite feel-good show is backHi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 139, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, barbecue sauce, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about Johnny Knoxville and Google Zero and the historThe Verge·4d ago
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WORLDOpinion: Europe's summer of heatEurope is in another brutal heat wave. The summer's earlier record-breaking weather already damaged crops, sparked wildfires and led to increased deaths.NPR·4d ago
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WORLDSwitzerland is a neutral nation but has more nuclear bunkers than any country in the worldInstead of scrapping its network of bomb shelters after the Cold War, Switzerland kept building them. The country has more than 370,000 nuclear bomb shelters. Some are now used to house migrants.NPR·4d ago
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WORLDFlock’s Plans for Rideshare Dashcams and Coaching Police, RevealedPlus: A judge rules cell tower dumps unconstitutional, water utility hacks spread to a dozen states, a phishing email opens a missile-parts supplier’s inbox, and a ransomware boss gets 16 years.Wired·4d ago
