{"id":15598,"date":"2022-02-14T15:16:19","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T06:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voicy.jp\/journal\/?p=15598"},"modified":"2022-02-14T15:16:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T06:16:20","slug":"post-15356","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voicy.jp\/journal\/newsbrief\/post-15356\/","title":{"rendered":"\u30102\/7-2\/13\u3011The New York Times\u306e\u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30b9\u307e\u3068\u3081 \u301cVoicy News Brief\u301c"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u97f3\u58f0\u30d7\u30e9\u30c3\u30c8\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30e0\u300cVoicy\u300d\u3067\u6bce\u671d6\u664230\u5206\u306b\u66f4\u65b0\u4e2d\u306e\u82f1\u8a9e\u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30b9\u30c1\u30e3\u30f3\u30cd\u30eb\u300c<a data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/voicy.jp\/channel\/1111\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/voicy.jp\/channel\/1111\" target=\"_blank\">Voicy News Brief with articles from New York Times<\/a>\u300d\u3002\u3053\u306e\u30c1\u30e3\u30f3\u30cd\u30eb\u3067\u306f\u3001The New York 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href=\"#211\">2\/11(\u91d1)\u306e\u653e\u9001\u306e\u82f1\u6587\u8a18\u4e8b\u3068\u82f1\u5358\u8a9e\uff1a\u661f\u5ea7\u3001\u767a\u4f5c\u3001\u9759\u6b62\u3057\u305f<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#212\">2\/12(\u571f)\u306e\u653e\u9001\u306e\u82f1\u6587\u8a18\u4e8b\u3068\u82f1\u5358\u8a9e\uff1a\u4e0d\u905c\u306a\u3001\u8106\u5f31\u6027\u3001\u907f\u96e3\u6240<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#213\">2\/13(\u65e5)\u306e\u653e\u9001\u306e\u82f1\u6587\u8a18\u4e8b\u3068\u82f1\u5358\u8a9e\uff1a\u5909\u7570\u682a\u3001\u7de9\u548c\u3001\u4e07\u80fd\u306e<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<h2><span id=\"27\">2\/7(\u6708)\u306e\u653e\u9001\u306e\u82f1\u6587\u8a18\u4e8b\u3068\u82f1\u5358\u8a9e\uff1a\u810a\u690e\u52d5\u7269\u3001\u904a\u6b69\u9053\u3001\u653e\u6d6a\u3059\u308b<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5>Dinosaur Prints in Utah Are Feared Damaged by Construction Equipment<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>roam\u3000\u6b69\u304d\u56de\u308b\u3001\u653e\u6d6a\u3059\u308b<br>paleontologist\u3000\u53e4\u751f\u7269\u5b66\u8005<br>fossilize\u3000\u5316\u77f3\u5316\u3059\u308b\u3001\u56fa\u5b9a\u5316\u3059\u308b\u3001\u6642\u4ee3\u9045\u308c\u306b\u3059\u308b<br>vertebrate\u3000\u810a\u690e\u306e\u3042\u308b\u3001\u810a\u690e\u52d5\u7269<br>irreparable\u3000\u4fee\u7e55\u3067\u304d\u306a\u3044\u3001\u53d6\u308a\u8fd4\u3057\u306e\u3064\u304b\u306a\u3044<br>cease and disist letter\uff08\u77e5\u7684\u8ca1\u7523\u4fb5\u5bb3\u884c\u70ba\u306a\u3069\u306e\uff09\u505c\u6b62\u901a\u544a\u66f8 <br>boardwalk\u3000\u904a\u6b69\u9053<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>\u8457\u8005\uff1aChristine Hauser<br>(c) 2021 The New York Times Company<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a stretch of remote scrubland north of Moab, Utah, visitors can walk a path across the same land dinosaurs roamed millions of years ago, and peer down at the footprints and other marks the prehistoric beasts left behind, still visible, though turned to stone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent weeks, however, construction machinery has unsettled the area, known as the Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the past week, several paleontologists and scientists have called on the Bureau of Land Management to halt work on a new metal and concrete walkway at the site, saying some fossilized footprints had already been damaged by the construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Utah Friends of Paleontology, a nonprofit advocacy group that has studied the site, published a statement Jan. 29 criticizing the bureau\u2019s work, which the group said had not been carried out under the supervision of a paleontologist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, a global scientific nonprofit, sent a letter to the bureau\u2019s state director for Utah, Greg Sheehan, saying it feared that \u201cirreparable, and avoidable, damage\u201d had been done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Center for Biological Diversity added its voice to the objections this week, laying out the legal basis for the shortcomings in a cease-and-desist letter to Sheehan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A bureau spokesperson confirmed Friday that the agency had halted the work, and that Utah\u2019s state paleontologist, Jim Kirkland, and a regional bureau paleontologist were at the site to make assessments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite is one of the most significant of its kind in the world, according to the Bureau of Land Management. In 2009, the tracks were first reported to the bureau. More than 200 individual tracks were eventually recorded, the bureau said last year, from at least 10 species of dinosaur believed to date back some 112 million years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2015, a raised boardwalk was built at the site. The boardwalk quickly became popular with visitors, according to an October 2021 assessment for the new metal and concrete walkway. The wooden walkway, used by thousands of people every year, had warped, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The extent of any damage to the fossils was not yet immediately clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is damage and there is no reason there should be any damage,\u201d Kirkland said after visiting the site Sunday, according to a Deseret News report. \u201cIt is not completely destroyed as some people were suggesting, but I was pretty scared.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>\u97f3\u58f0\u306f\u3053\u3061\u3089<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/voicy.jp\/embed\/channel\/1111\/275219\" width=\"100%\" height=\"385\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"overflow:hidden\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h2><span id=\"28\">2\/8(\u706b)\u306e\u653e\u9001\u306e\u82f1\u6587\u8a18\u4e8b\u3068\u82f1\u5358\u8a9e\uff1a\u660e\u767d\u306a\u3001\u6291\u3048\u308b\u3001\u6607\u9032\u3055\u305b\u308b<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5>Zoi Sadowski-Synnott Leads Slopestyle\u2019s New Guard<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>undisputed\u3000\u7570\u8b70\u306e\u306a\u3044\u3001\u660e\u767d\u306a <br>square\u3000\u3057\u3063\u304b\u308a\u3068 <br>smother\u3000\u6291\u3048\u308b <br>smattering\u3000\u308f\u305a\u304b<br>heat\u3000(\u7af6\u6280\uff65\u8a66\u5408\u306e) 1\u56de<br>bump\u2026up\u3000(\u4eba\u3092)\u6607\u9032\u3055\u305b\u308b\u3001\u62bc\u3057\u4e0a\u3052\u308b <br>bump\u2026down\u3000\u62bc\u3057\u4e0b\u3052\u308b\u3001\u5f15\u3063\u8fbc\u307e\u305b\u308b<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>\u8457\u8005\uff1aJohn Branch<br>(c) 2021 The New York Times Company<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was the final run of the competition, the final jump of the run. Out of the blue sky came Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, a 20-year-old from New Zealand and now the undisputed queen of slopestyle snowboarding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She spun herself through the air with the second of back-to-back 1080s, knowing that a solid landing would win gold. She hit the ground hard but square. Her hands nearly dropped to the snow, then raised to the heavens in victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe best run of my life,\u201d Sadowski-Synnott said later, mostly proud to become the first athlete from New Zealand to win a gold medal at a Winter Games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other medalists instantly smothered her as the judges computed the winning score: a 92.8, just ahead of American Julia Marino, who earned silver, and Tess Coady of Australia, thrilled to have bronze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet there was a missing character in the drama. When the announcer introduced the three medalists to the smattering of fans at Genting Snow Park, American Jamie Anderson wasn\u2019t mentioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two-time gold medalist, the only woman to have previously won the slopestyle event at the Olympics, finished ninth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each athlete had three chances to navigate a technical section of rails and a series of jumps, with the single best score declared the winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadowski-Synnott got off to a hot start with a first-run score of 84.51 that her rivals spent the next two heats chasing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marino did catch up, bumping herself up to first place, and then Coady did too, temporarily shuffling Sadowski-Synnott to third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marino stayed in first place all the way to the end \u2014 a result that would have qualified as a surprise. The 24-year-old shot into slopestyle five years ago by winning the X Games as a rookie and has been a solid top-tier presence on the circuit since. Earning a medal at these Olympics might have been a hope, but not an expectation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Sadowski-Synnott landed on the final jump, Marino knew she had been bumped down. She never showed a wink of disappointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAny medal for me in the Olympics, I can\u2019t be disappointed at all,\u201d Marino said. \u201cI just want to see my friends succeed and do well. To be a part of that means a lot to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was the first medal of any color won by an American at these Olympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>\u97f3\u58f0\u306f\u3053\u3061\u3089<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/voicy.jp\/embed\/channel\/1111\/275742\" width=\"100%\" height=\"385\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"overflow:hidden\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h2><span id=\"29\">2\/9(\u6c34)\u306e\u653e\u9001\u306e\u82f1\u6587\u8a18\u4e8b\u3068\u82f1\u5358\u8a9e\uff1a\u6388\u696d\u6599\u3001\u514d\u9664\u3059\u308b\u3001\u524a\u308b<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5>Free Community College Is Off the Table, Jill Biden Says<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Community College\u3000\u30b3\u30df\u30e5\u30cb\u30c6\u30a3\u30ab\u30ec\u30c3\u30b8 \u3000<br>off the table\u3000\u8b70\u984c\u304b\u3089\u5916\u308c\u308b <br>whittle down\u3000\u524a\u308b <br>Dead\u3000\u52b9\u529b\u3092\u5931\u3046\u3001(\u96fb\u6c60\u3001\u30c6\u30ec\u30d3\u306a\u3069\u304c)\u5207\u308c\u305f <br>weigh in\u3000(\u610f\u898b\u30fb\u8b70\u8ad6\u306a\u3069\u3092\u6301\u3061\u51fa\u3057\u3066)\u3001\u52a0\u52e2\u3059\u308b, \u8b70\u8ad6\u306b\u52a0\u308f\u308b <br>waive\u3000\u514d\u9664\u3059\u308b <br>tuition\u3000\u6388\u696d\u6599<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>\u8457\u8005\uff1aKatie Rogers<br>(c) 2021 The New York Times Company<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 During his first address to Congress last spring, President Joe Biden said that Jill Biden, the first lady, would lead an effort to fulfill his administration\u2019s promise to provide two years of free community college to all eligible students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That provision, tucked inside a massive social spending package that has struggled to win the support of all the senators who caucus with the Democrats, was the first lady\u2019s signature legislative initiative. But on Monday, Jill Biden addressed a summit of community college leaders and confirmed what her husband has recently suggested: The plan has no future in a bill that Democrats are trying to whittle down in order to salvage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne year ago, I told this group that Joe, my husband Joe, was going to fight for community colleges,\u201d she said at the Community College National Legislative Summit in Washington. \u201cBut Joe has also had to make compromises. Congress hasn\u2019t passed the Build Back Better legislation \u2014 yet. And free community college is no longer a part of that package.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The writing had been on the wall. Democrats had moved away from the provision, and Jill Biden has previously said that the current political climate meant that it might not be the \u201cright time\u201d for free community college to pass as part of a social spending bill. But her remarks Monday were her starkest acknowledgment yet that a measure she had championed is dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe knew this wouldn\u2019t be easy,\u201d Biden said. \u201cStill, like you, I was disappointed. Because, like you, these aren\u2019t just bills or budgets to me, to you, right? We know what they mean for real people, for our students.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is unusual for first ladies to weigh in on the defeat of a West Wing policy issue, but Jill Biden, a community college English professor, was personally invested in the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For months, Joe Biden has told Democrats that free community college would most likely have to be cut, including in one private meeting with progressive lawmakers last October. The bill would have originally committed $45.5 billion to waive two years of tuition at community colleges for five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The House-passed $2.2 trillion version of the plan contains additional aid for community colleges and grant programs, but not the tuition-free provision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Democrats are still exploring expanding tuition assistance for low- and middle-income students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>\u97f3\u58f0\u306f\u3053\u3061\u3089<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/voicy.jp\/embed\/channel\/1111\/276394\" width=\"100%\" height=\"385\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"overflow:hidden\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h2><span id=\"210\">2\/10(\u6728)\u306e\u653e\u9001\u306e\u82f1\u6587\u8a18\u4e8b\u3068\u82f1\u5358\u8a9e\uff1a\u8aa0\u5b9f\u6027\u3001\u63f4\u52a9\u3001\u5bc4\u4ed8\u8005<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5>Peter Thiel to Exit Meta\u2019s Board to Support Trump-Aligned Candidates<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>board members\u3000\u53d6\u7de0\u5f79 <br>backing\u3000\u5f8c\u63f4\u3001\u652f\u6301 <br>donor\u3000\u5bc4\u4ed8\u8005\u3001\u732e\u91d1\u8005 <br>protege\u3000\u4fdd\u8b77\u3092\u53d7\u3051\u3066\u3044\u308b\u4eba <br>embroil\u3000\u5dfb\u304d\u8fbc\u307e\u308c\u308b\u3001\u6df7\u4e71\u3055\u305b\u308b <br>metaverse\u3000\u30e1\u30bf\u30d0\u30fc\u30b9 <br>conscientiousness\u3000\u8aa0\u5b9f\u6027<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>\u8457\u8005\uff1aRyan Mac and Mike Isaac<br>(c) 2021 The New York Times Company<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peter Thiel, one of the longest-serving board members of Meta, the parent of Facebook, plans to step down, the company said Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thiel, 54, wants to focus on influencing November\u2019s midterm elections, said a person with knowledge of Thiel\u2019s thinking and who declined to be identified. Thiel sees the midterms as crucial to changing the direction of the country, this person said, and he is backing candidates who support the agenda of former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past year, Thiel, who has a net worth estimated at $2.6 billion by Forbes, has become one of the Republican Party\u2019s largest donors. Last year, he gave $10 million each to the campaigns of two proteges, Blake Masters, who is running for a Senate seat in Arizona, and J.D. Vance, who is running for Senate in Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thiel has been on Meta\u2019s board since 2005, when Facebook was a tiny startup and he was one of its first institutional investors. But scrutiny of Thiel\u2019s position on the board has steadily increased as the company was embroiled in political controversies, including barring Trump from the platform, and as the venture capitalist has become more politically active.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The departure means Meta loses its board\u2019s most prominent conservative voice. The 10-member board has undergone significant changes in recent years, as many of its members have left and been replaced, often with Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. Dropbox CEO Drew Houston and DoorDash founder Tony Xu are on the board. Meta didn\u2019t address whether it intends to replace Thiel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company is undertaking a shift toward the so-called metaverse, which Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes is the next generation of the internet. Last week, Meta reported spending more than $10 billion on the effort in 2021, along with mixed financial results. That wiped more than $230 billion off the company\u2019s market value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeter has been a valuable member of our board and I\u2019m deeply grateful for everything he\u2019s done for our company,\u201d Zuckerberg said in a statement. \u201cPeter is truly an original thinker who you can bring your hardest problems and get unique suggestions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement Monday, Thiel said: \u201cIt has been a privilege to work with one of the great entrepreneurs of our time. Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s intelligence, energy and conscientiousness are tremendous. His talents will serve Meta well as he leads the company into a new era.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>\u97f3\u58f0\u306f\u3053\u3061\u3089<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/voicy.jp\/embed\/channel\/1111\/276758\" width=\"100%\" height=\"385\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"overflow:hidden\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h2><span id=\"211\">2\/11(\u91d1)\u306e\u653e\u9001\u306e\u82f1\u6587\u8a18\u4e8b\u3068\u82f1\u5358\u8a9e\uff1a\u661f\u5ea7\u3001\u767a\u4f5c\u3001\u9759\u6b62\u3057\u305f<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5>Solar Storm Destroys 40 New SpaceX Satellites in Orbit<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Geomagnetic\u3000\u5730\u78c1\u6c17\u306e <br>Incinerate\u3000\u71c3\u3048\u5c3d\u304d\u308b <br>Hyperactive\u3000\u6d3b\u52d5\u7684\u306a <br>Quiescent\u3000\u9759\u6b62\u3057\u305f <br>Paroxysm\u3000\u767a\u4f5c <br>Milquetoast\u3000\u81c6\u75c5\u306a <br>Constellation  \u661f\u5ea7 <br>Malfunction\u3000\u6545\u969c<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>\u8457\u8005\uff1aRobin George Andrews<br>(c) 2021 The New York Times Company<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past three years, SpaceX has deployed thousands of satellites into low-Earth orbit as part of its business to beam high-speed internet service from space. But the company\u2019s latest deployment of 49 new satellites after a Feb. 3 launch did not go as planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a consequence of a geomagnetic storm triggered by a recent outburst of the sun, up to 40 of 49 newly launched Starlink satellites have been knocked out of commission. They are in the process of reentering Earth\u2019s atmosphere, where they will be incinerated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident highlights the hazards faced by numerous companies planning to put tens of thousands of small satellites in orbit to provide internet service from space. And it\u2019s possible that more solar outbursts will knock some of these newly deployed orbital transmitters out of the sky. The sun has an 11-year-long cycle in which it oscillates between hyperactive and quiescent states. Presently, it is ramping up to its peak, which has been forecast to arrive around 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recent solar paroxysm was relatively moderate by the sun\u2019s standards. \u201cI have every confidence that we\u2019re going to see an extreme event in the next cycle, because that typically is what happens during a solar maximum,\u201d said Hugh Lewis, a space debris expert at the University of Southampton in England. If a milquetoast outburst can knock out 40 Starlink satellites hanging out at low orbital altitudes, a more potent solar scream has the potential to inflict greater harm on the mega-constellations of SpaceX and other companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SpaceX announced the looming destruction of as many as 40 of its satellites in a company blog post on Tuesday night. 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Even when the stolen funds were recovered, the thefts underscored the security vulnerabilities that exist in the relatively new world of cryptocurrency. In some cases, the incidents drastically affected cryptocurrency values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the hacking of Bitfinex, one of the largest exchanges in the history of the cryptocurrency market, the value of Bitcoin initially plunged about 20%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The arrests on Tuesday \u201cshow that cryptocurrency is not a safe haven for criminals,\u201d Lisa Monaco, the deputy attorney general, said in a statement. \u201cIn a futile effort to maintain digital anonymity, the defendants laundered stolen funds through a labyrinth of cryptocurrency transactions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lichtenstein and Morgan appeared in Manhattan federal court in New York Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lichtenstein, who goes by the nickname Dutch, has both American and Russian citizenship and has described himself as a tech entrepreneur, according to the complaint. 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Zients referenced the sessions briefly on Wednesday, saying the White House is also reaching out to governors and local public health officials to talk about \u201csteps we should be taking to keep the country moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The talks, according to numerous participants, are aimed at drafting a fresh playbook for the delicate next phase of the pandemic, when the coronavirus threat is likely to recede but the possibility of a new variant and another deadly surge remains very real. 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