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● 17/07/2025
“The proliferation of low-cost sensors in consumer products provides opportunities for new observations of our physical environment that are both dense and global in scale.”
– Seismologist Richard M. Allen, on how smartphones are transforming earthquake detection. His team’s Android Earthquake Alerts system now monitors 2.5 billion people across 98 countries, turning everyday devices into a planetary seismic network that detects an average of 312 earthquakes per month.
Science
● 02/07/2025
“When we see ICE agents outside of elementary schools, disappearing college students for their political beliefs, or ripping babies from their mother’s arms as they scream for their children, we all know their rhetoric of ‘getting rid of the worst of the worst’ is a lie.”
– App developer Joshua Aaron, on his motivation to develop ICEBlock, which allows users to anonymously report ICE sightings in real-time. The app rocketed from 20,000 users to 70,000+ overnight, after U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s criticism made it go viral.
Newsweek
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