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Ricky Lanusse

@rickylanusse

articles: 12
total claps: 6,289
top claps: 1,550
avg read: 10.5 min
paywalled: 12
active: 2026-06-04 → 2026-07-15

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PSY · Psychology · 11 🔬 · Science · General · 9 ML · Machine Learning · 7 🌱 · Environment & Climate · 4 ESG · ESG & Sustainability · 4 HIS · History · 4 ECO · Economy · General · 3 🔒 · Cybersecurity · 2

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#psychology ·11 #technology ·10 #data-science ·7 #science ·6 #history ·4 #climate-change ·4 #money ·3 #politics ·2 #society ·2 #self-improvement ·2

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RI Ricky Lanusse · The New Climate.

Even the Sun Can Have a Bad Year

We built fragility into everything, and El Niño will expose them all

Jul 02, 2026 · 10 min read · 1,550 claps paywalled #technology #data-science #climate-change

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RI Ricky Lanusse · Southern Winds

There’s a Currency in Your Wallet Rotting Right Now (And No, It’s Not Crypto)

A few got the version that lasts forever. You got the strawberries.

Jul 05, 2026 · 11 min read · 657 claps paywalled #money #economics #society

There’s a Currency in Your Wallet Rotting Right Now (And No, It’s Not Crypto)

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RI Ricky Lanusse · Thought Thinkers

Why We Stopped Making Criminals and Geniuses at the Same Time

The price of every human life turned out to be the same price of every reckless, magnificent idea

Jun 22, 2026 · 13 min read · 624 claps paywalled #psychology #science #education

Why We Stopped Making Criminals and Geniuses at the Same Time

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RI Ricky Lanusse · Southern Winds

Patagonia™ Spent 53 Years Profiting From My Homeland — Now It’s Suing a Drag Queen Over the Name

This time, profit beat the planet, and it did it wearing the planet’s favorite jacket.

Jun 04, 2026 · 10 min read · 592 claps paywalled #technology #lgbtq #climate-change

Patagonia™ Spent 53 Years Profiting From My Homeland — Now It’s Suing a Drag Queen Over the Name

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RI Ricky Lanusse · Southern Winds

What If This World Cup Never Happened?

Seven Eritrean players vanished after a crucial win, and somehow they might be the freest footballers in the world

Jun 10, 2026 · 9 min read · 540 claps paywalled #sports #politics #world

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RI Ricky Lanusse · Southern Winds

Antarctica Is Done Being the Coldest Argument

We kept it frozen in our heads so we could keep everything else exactly as it was

Jun 16, 2026 · 7 min read · 522 claps paywalled #climate-change #science #technology

Antarctica Is Done Being the Coldest Argument

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RI Ricky Lanusse · Thought Thinkers

The Wrong Answer Was Always The Point

Why guessing wrong about whales for forty minutes was the smartest thing I did in a long time

Jul 02, 2026 · 10 min read · 483 claps paywalled #data-science #psychology #self-improvement

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RI Ricky Lanusse · Thought Thinkers

Skin Hunger

The loneliest species alive keeps insisting there are too many of us

Jul 07, 2026 · 9 min read · 458 claps paywalled #culture #love #technology

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RI Ricky Lanusse · Southern Winds

The Oldest Subscription On Earth Is Sitting At Your Dinner Table (And You Can Never Cancel It)

Before apps learned recurring revenue, tyrants learned to tax the edible choke point

Jul 09, 2026 · 11 min read · 366 claps paywalled #history #technology #data-science

The Oldest Subscription On Earth Is Sitting At Your Dinner Table (And You Can Never Cancel It)

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RI Ricky Lanusse · Southern Winds

Will Happiness Ever Beat GDP?

We’re richer than we’ve ever been, and stuck exactly where we started

Jun 09, 2026 · 10 min read · 235 claps paywalled #psychology #money #technology

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RI Ricky Lanusse · Thought Thinkers

The Future Has Weight Limits (And Guess Who Filled The Elevator First)

Some have already built their 15-tonne lives — the rest are being told to recycle a bridge that was never built

Jul 15, 2026 · 13 min read · 150 claps paywalled #technology #data-science #history

The Future Has Weight Limits (And Guess Who Filled The Elevator First)

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RI Ricky Lanusse · The Quantastic Journal

You Have to Hack The Planet Today or The Cycle Will Repeat Tomorrow

Oil became the thing everyone can be squeezed by. Here’s how to take your own household off the chokepoint.

Jul 14, 2026 · 11 min read · 112 claps paywalled #psychology #science #data-science