In the USA there are almost 650 thousands patent applications being filled (of which almost 400 thousands are getting grants) each year. So while technically what you wrote is correct, in practical terms finding an interesting patent is certainly not a trivial task for a journalist.

That’s a serious accusation. Got anything to back it up?

Yes please! Do it Mellon!

There is https://nebula.tv/ which hosts most of my favorite creators without all the YT crap. I am very happy to pay them.

That’s grossly exaggerated. I live in western Europe and never once used WhatsApp. There are very occasional frictions, like people being surprised I don’t have it. Then when I explain that it’s operated by Facebook, they are also surprised and sometimes are willing to quit themselves.

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing. It’s not made BCE though. It’s from 11th century CE. The Wikipedia page seems inconsistent between 11th and 12th centuries, but it’s certainly not three thousand years old :-) See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uppland_Runic_Inscription_871 for more info.