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The original ponzi scheme
Former pastor charged with crypto scheme in which he stole $5.9 million from his former congregantsMolly White | Web 3 is Going Just Great Look, y’all tried making crypto a thing for everyone else at that one Superb Owl and then the fuzzy guy burned your shit down. I’m not saying take a seat, but get…
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It’s about subsidies and access, actually
Food firms sued for allegedly marketing “addictive” products to kidsRebecca Falconer | Axios This is really interesting and I’m hoping that this brings the discussion about improving access to quality foods for all Americans. I think we need to revamp our nutritional education – particularly when politicians spend time trolling with Big Gulps during speeches.…
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Was that a diss on the tote bags, pal?
Defunding NPR and PBS is more real than everSam Klebanov | Morning Brew I’m new to the Morning Brew newsletter/writing and I’m not sure who I feel about the tone (not policing, just expressing preference.) Nothing wrong with being serious about the news, y’all.
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Neither rain, nor snow…well maybe some snow
Trump eyes privatizing United States Postal Service during second termGuardian staff | The Guardian If you can’t steal their vote at the ballot box, make sure they never get the ballot in the first place.
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New meaning to bringing home the gold
As the Olympics Approach, Los Angeles Considers Crackdown on Illegal Vacation RentalsRobin Urevich | Capital & Main, ProPublica I would argue that there is no longer (and hasn’t been for a long while) actual disruption in tech but just ways to monetize every aspect of your life. This incentivizes a life of nothing but profit…
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Please hire me to tell you what you want to hear
Why does McKinsey still get hired?Peter O’Toole | The Guardian “So why does McKinsey still get hired? Because it sells what business wants.” McKinsey first came into my knowledge base after hearing Ed Zitron rail against their many, many, many implants in the tech world on his podcast, Better Offline. But after reading this short…
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Dear Matt Yglesias, YTA
Matt Yglesias is Confidently Wrong About EverythingNathan J. Robinson | Current Affairs “Setting aside the question of whether Yglesias is persuaded by the ICJ case against Israel, this is the attitude of an asshole.” I used to enjoy Yglesias during the early days of The Weeds podcast, but overtime he became insufferable, or, more probably,…
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It’s hard to argue with the apathy, mostly.
‘What a circus’: eligible US voters on why they didn’t vote in the 2024 presidential electionJedidajah Otte | The Guardian “What is the point [of voting]?,” he asked. “Aside from a handful of weaponized issues, the parties are nearly identical. They both hate the poor and serve only their donors.” No lies detected. Some of…
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Did Oprah need another million dollars?
How Much of the Harris Campaign Was a Scam?Nathan J. Robinson | Current Affairs “…in Philadelphia, many of the field offices “were filthy and lacked basic supplies like tables, chairs, cleaning products and printers, staff members said,” with city campaign staffers “being forced to raid the campaign’s better-stocked suburban offices or to raise money independently.””
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Messaging to the middle loses every time
Democrats Lost the Propaganda WarRyan Cooper | The American Prospect “Lord knows there are plenty of unemployed journalists willing to work. Sample subscriptions could be handed out en masse, and revenue bolstered by directing liberal advertisements their way. A dozen such papers could be run for half a decade with maybe a tenth of what liberals spent on 2024…
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my task management app can’t cure my ennui
I would like all semester breaks to just be a break in the work, but not necessarily a break of being on campus. Perhaps I don’t want a faculty job, but something in support or admin so I no longer have to be in this holding pattern until I can be myself again. I hate…
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It wasn’t snow at all!
It’s been a while since I read The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and I was reminded of it when I just watched A Trip to the Moon the 1902 silent film by Georges Méliès. The wizard/scientists fall asleep on the surface of the moon (as you do) and are awakened by snow, created by…
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Summer School? 🤖
Just proposed my first summer course: Terminators, Cyborgs, and Hackers: the thematic algorithms in science fiction film. If it gets picked up for the schedule, I’ll post the syllabus here. Phew.