Neo-Nazi Fight Clubs Are Fat-Shaming Men Into White Nationalism

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The Depopulation Bomb | Newgeography.com
A Machine With First Amendment Rights
It already exists.
The Real-World Costs of the Digital Race for Bitcoin
Bitcoin mines cash in on electricity — by devouring it, selling it, even turning it off — and they cause immense pollution. In many cases, the public pays a price.
The Dangers of Artificial Mediocrity
How AI might be worse at our jobs, but still take them
Pluralistic: Alissa Quart’s ‘Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream’ (10 Apr 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
A worker quitting a 6-figure job so she won't have to return to the office full time says she's a victim of her bosses' productivity paranoia: 'I don't need to be in an office to do my work'
Felicia said she'd rather find a job with a lower salary than keep going to the office five days a week after getting used to a hybrid schedule.
America Is Back in the Factory Business
Record spending on manufacturing construction heralds a made-in-the-U.S. rebound, stoked by green-energy incentives and concerns about foreign supply chains.
It sounds like science fiction but it’s not: AI can financially destroy your business | Gene Marks
Scammers last year stole about $11m from unsuspecting consumers by fabricating the voices of loved ones, doctors and attorneys requesting money
What You Might Not Know About Finland
After joining NATO, all eyes are on the Nordic country. Here’s what makes it unique.
Equal, Yet Unequal
We typically deter crime via a chance of punishment. Someone who commits a crime might get found out, prosecuted, convicted, and sentenced. So the amount of deterrence should increase with the chance of that sentence give committing a crime, with the size of the punishment implied by the sentence, and with the delay in that punishment relative to when the crime was committed.
Mossback's Northwest: How the New Deal dealt our region a new hand
Washington is still impacted by the 1933 decision, which brought the West from the frontier period into a new, modern century.
Public Enemy #1
There’s one thing we hear repeatedly today, and it’s that “America is more divided than ever.” That’s because much of the Western world is caught in a
Pluralistic: Everything advertised on social media is overpriced junk (08 Apr 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
‘The Elite’s Destruction of Civic Customs Is Complete’
Eight thinkers weigh in on the latest — and most important — way Trump has blown all the rules up.
Wages May Not Be Inflation’s Cause, but They’re the Focus of the Cure
While fear of a “wage-price spiral” has eased, the Federal Reserve’s course presumes job losses and risks a recession. Some see less painful remedies.
Pluralistic: Clarence Thomas and the generosity of a far-right dark-money billionaire (06 Apr 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Europe’s Energy Crisis That Isn't
American critics chastise Europeans’ rejection of fossil fuels. But Europe is winning the bet.
Pluralistic: Elizabeth Warren on weaponized budget models (04 Apr 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Japanese vocational high schools bringing value to communities - The Mainichi
KOCHI, Japan (Kyodo) -- High school vocational students across Japan have been starting up projects in collaboration with local governments and busine
We’ve Lost the Plot
Our constant need for entertainment has blurred the line between fiction and reality—on television, in American politics, and in our everyday lives.
Is There Democratic Life After Tribalism?
Today on TAP: If everything breaks just right, democracy will still take a long time to heal.
Pluralistic: The problem with economic models (03 Apr 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
40 years ago 'A Nation at Risk' warned of a 'rising tide of mediocrity' in US schools – has anything changed?
Polarization among the public and politicians threatens to undermine educational progress made over the past few decades.
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Audiobooks Without Audible: The Hard Lessons I've Learned Routing Around Amazon
With a Kickstarter campaign now underway for the audio edition of his new book, 'Red Team Blues,' Cory Doctorow shares the mistakes of his past campaigns—and why it's all worth it.
How Models Get the Economy Wrong
Seemingly complex and sophisticated econometric modeling often fails to take into account common sense and observable reality.
The people most affected by the tech layoffs
Overall, these layoffs are a body blow to diversity in tech, not just slowing but actually reversing hard-won gains.
Pluralistic: Flickr to copyleft trolls: drop dead (01 Apr 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Why Elon Musk Is Trying to Convince Everyone That A.I. Is Evil
The Tesla CEO called for a pause in chatbot development. But he’s pushing something much more dangerous.