Matthew Ocko
Venture capitalist (@DCVC). Technologist. Husband-ist. Dad-ist. Friend-ist. Real wood fires, evenings w/ good food, wine & friends, & neat sci-fi. ♥ != endorse
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How Lithuania’s digital army of Elves are confronting Russian trolls
The watchful volunteers have recruited an international force of thousands to help stem disinformation, writes Kim Sengupta
SF’s $1,200-per-month bunk bed ‘pods’ sold out
No vacancies at housing startup despite skepticism.
Oregon vowed not to become California — and passed sweeping housing crisis legislation
Oregon has advanced the most ambitious response to housing affordability challenges in the country while California Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers have struggled to pass strong renter protections and legislation that would significantly increase...
A moonlit tribute to a moon landing icon
As the 50th anniversary of the moon landing approaches, Google is shining a light on Margaret Hamilton’s contribution with a massive portrait made of moonlight.
'Trojan horse' anticancer drug disguises itself as fat
A stealthy new drug-delivery system disguises chemotherapeutics as fat in order to outsmart, penetrate and destroy tumors. Thinking the drugs are tasty fats, tumors invite the drug inside. Once there, the targeted drug activates, immediately...
r/EarthPorn - The Milky Way setting behind a western Maine Waterfall [OC] [620X800]
964 votes and 17 comments so far on Reddit
DEA tracked every opioid pill sold in the US. The data is out—and it’s horrific
Just three drug makers and six distributors were behind the flood.
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DEA tracked every opioid pill sold in the US. The data is out—and it’s horrific – Ars Technica
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New clues on why women's Alzheimer's risk differs from men's
At the Alzheimer's Association International Conference, scientists offered evidence that the disease may spread differently in the brains of women.
Can Cultivating Individuality Draw Us Closer Together?
New research shows that to combat tribalism we should embrace individualism.
Ebola outbreak in Congo declared a global health emergency
The deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo is now an international health emergency, the World Health Organization announced Wednesday after a case was confirmed in a city of 2 million people . A WHO expert committee declined on three previous occasions to...
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As noted previously, this is way more important than almost anything else occupying our attention
Only 5th such emergency declared in 70+ years
Ebola outbreak in Congo declared a global health emergency
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We Should Be More Worried about Climate Change Than We Are about Nuclear Power
Climate change scares me more than the risk of meltdowns
Facebook’s “Move” Programming Language: How Does It Compare to Solidity and DeepSEA?
Ethereum’s programming language, Solidity, has quickly become one of the most commonly used languages across the blockchain: its…
Your Smart Toaster Can’t Hold a Candle to the Apollo Computer
Despite what everyone says about the power of modern devices, they’re nowhere near as capable as the landmark early NASA system.
We've Just Found a Huge Contributor to Coral Reef Deaths, And It's Easier to Fix Than Climate Change
Coral reefs are one of the most threatened ecosystems on our planet, and in the past two decades alone, half of the coral in Florida has died off completely. Global warming is known to be a deadly factor, but rising ocean temperatures are only part o
Australian prospectors' mystery rock was no nugget, but something much rarer
Australian man was hunting for gold, but found something much rarer that was not of this Earth.
Jewish leaders donate $1m to mosque victims
Jewish community leaders joined Muslim officials in Christchurch today, to hand over a million dollars raised in an American city for the victims of the Christchurch mosque attacks.
French judge rules Jewish woman’s killer not responsible because he smoked weed
Jewish group calls ruling in Sarah Halimi case 'unsurprising but hardly justifiable,' says will appeal to bring the accused to trial