Gail is right. Social media, which brings together these accretions of like-minded angry people has been a huge driver of that. So Trump really was a symptom of this new technology that created ...

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Born in New York on September 21, 1946, Gail made her home in the Bronx for over 34 years, particularly cherishing her time in the Parkchester community. Later, she and her husband, John Woods ...

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The first time a physicist told me they wanted to get rid of space-time, on a cold January morning earlier this year, I stopped typing my interview notes and clutched my New Scientist mug of tea.

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