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The One Reason So Many People Can't Quit Trump
How can anyone still support this guy?
Violence in Blue
‘One-third of all Americans killed by strangers are killed by police.’
Democrats have embraced a surprising “America First!” approach on climate
The strategy comes at a cost for the planet.
Against All Enemies
Inside violent US far-right groups, the role played by military veterans and the threat they pose to democracy.
Populism, State Capacity, and Why It Pays to Play by the Rules
Populism is on the rise around the world but the forms it takes can vary widely. Populists can align with the traditional left or right an...
Your death will serve as its own justification
I have six new shorts and poems up at Flaming Hydra this week.
Unforeseen DifficultiesFiction by Luke O’Neil The guilt He was in the garage jigsaw-puzzling the architecture of the bones. After some doing he looked upon his works and thought well that’s spooky. Nothing crazy but still.
The subprime AI crisis ⊗ The next great divide ⊗ Promiscuous pedagogies
No.325 — To understand Mississippi with a 480-year-old map ⊗ Once Upon A Future ⊗ Computational reproducibility
The world reaches a historic tipping point thanks to 'the most rapid change since the Industrial Revolution'
Renewable technologies are gathering speed, putting the world within reach of falling greenhouse gas emissions. Climate experts say they "struggle to wrap their heads around" the sheer size, scale and speed of the current transition.
The Culture of the CIA, a First Look
How did the CIA become what it is?
An American Coup? | naked capitalism
Did the US armed services refuse to execute an order by Biden, which would amount to a coup, or is the story more complex?
America’s Dairy Farms Have Vanished
US dairy farms are disappearing, down 95 percent in terms of numbers since the 1970s—milk price rules are one reason why.
The Death of Work-Life Balance in Tech (And Why We Need to Revive It)
As a freelance software engineer with 25 years in the trenches of the tech industry, I’ve witnessed firsthand the slow, insidious death of…
Opinion: Some sensible advice on health spending, still ignored 50 years later
The groundbreaking Lalonde Report – which promoted the idea that socioeconomic determinants of health are most important – is more relevant than ever
Pluralistic: Tech monopolists use their market power to invade your privacy (20 Sep 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Pluralistic: Thinking the unthinkable (19 Sep 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Nothing more than a racist land grab
"A guy you used to hang out with and liked but weren't close to and haven't talked to in years and then is dead out of nowhere on Facebook" is one of those things I haven't gotten used to despite it happening with increasing regularity. A type of grieving that
Half the Story
Massachusetts passed historic police certification reform. But even with the POST Commission, the public can’t see which cops have been part of the “officer shuffle.”
Pluralistic: There’s no such thing as “shareholder supremacy” (18 Sep 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Gen Z politicians are already making change, and they're starting with gun safety laws
David Hogg, a survivor of the 2018 Parkland school shooting, spoke at the Fast Company Innovation Festival on inspiring young people to run for office.
How should money laundering laws apply to DeFi?
Everyone agrees that money laundering laws apply to DeFi. The question is: how to apply them? DeFi, or decentralized finance , is an emergin...
Undercover as a hotel cleaner in Ireland: ‘Lifting the heavy mattress, I cry tears of rage and exhaustion’ | Saša Uhlová
We struggle to secure payslips or a schedule – and in an 11-hour shift I barely have time for a bathroom break, says Czech journalist Saša Uhlová
Big publishers think libraries are the enemy
The recent Second Circuit decision in Hachette v. Internet Archive is only the latest battle in the war on libraries and the freedom to read.
Curtis Yarvin - Wikipedia
Curtis Guy Yarvin, also known by the pen name Mencius Moldbug, is an American blogger. He is known, along with philosopher Nick Land, for founding the anti-egalitarian and anti-democratic philosophical movement known as the Dark Enlightenment or neo-reactionary movement (NRx).
Dark Enlightenment - Wikipedia
The Dark Enlightenment, also called the neo-reactionary movement (sometimes abbreviated to NRx), is an anti-democratic, anti-egalitarian,[1] reactionary philosophical and political movement. The term "Dark Enlightenment" is a reaction to the Age of Enlightenment and apologia for the public view of the "Dark Ages".
Nick Land - Wikipedia
Nick Land (born 17 January 1962) is an English philosopher, who has been described as "the Godfather of accelerationism".[2] His work has been tied to the development of speculative realism.[3][4] He was a leader of the 1990s "theory-fiction" collective Cybernetic Culture Research Unit after its original founder cyberfeminist theorist Sadie Plant departed from it.[5][6] His work departs from the formal conventions of academic writing and embraces a wide range of influences, as well as exploring unorthodox and "dark" philosophical interests.[7]
The Dark Enlightenment, by Nick Land | The Dark Enlightenment
China Can Detect F-22, F-35 Stealth Jets Using Musk’s Starlink Satellite Network, Scientists Make New Claim
China has long expressed concern that the United States could use Space X’s Starlink satellite network in the event of a potential contingency in the region. However, with their latest experiment, the scientists have allegedly demonstrated that China could exploit Starlink to its own advantage instead. In a recent experiment, a Chinese scientist and his […]
Pluralistic: Anti-cheat, gamers, and the Crowdstrike disaster (16 Sep 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow