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Imagining the Russian empire's collapse
Imagining the Russian empire's collapse
The Russian empire is made up of many nations, forced under authoritarianism to exist under a single state. Some Ukrainians believe Ukraine won't be safe until Russia's empire is broken apart.
·counteroffensive.news·
Imagining the Russian empire's collapse
Home - State Constitution Tool
Home - State Constitution Tool
Each state has a unique constitution, separate and apart from the U.S. Constitution and from all other states. Many states confer more rights to their citizens than the federal government does, and the protections and structure within each state constitution are distinctive. This tool shows how different state constitutions compare to one another and the […]
·stateconstitutiontool.org·
Home - State Constitution Tool
Meritocracy is Bullshit
Meritocracy is Bullshit
In a recent interview with Jordan Peterson, Elon Musk stated that one of his values was “meritocracy, as much meritocracy as possible, so you get ahead as a function of your skill, and nothing else.”  “Meritocracy” is often framed by liberals as a thing that would be good if we actually had it, as opposed...
·c4ss.org·
Meritocracy is Bullshit
Open-Source Journalism
Open-Source Journalism
Fourteenth in the News Commons series. The main work of journalism is producing stories. Questions following that statement might begin with prepositions: on what, of what, about what. But the prep…
·doc.searls.com·
Open-Source Journalism
On Intelligence
On Intelligence
Now that AI is a huge thing, it’s worth visiting what intelligence is, and how we mismeasure it—for example, by trying to measure it at all. I’ve been on this case for a while now, most…
·doc.searls.com·
On Intelligence
Immigration in Democrat counties
Immigration in Democrat counties
For Bloomberg, Elena Mejía and Shawn Donnan use a transitioning cartogram to show how immigration might play a role in the upcoming election: In the battleground states that will decide this Novemb…
·flowingdata.com·
Immigration in Democrat counties
Grocery owner territories
Grocery owner territories
Any day is a good day for a map of predominant commercial chains. For The Washington Post, Kevin Schaul and Jaclyn Peiser show the most common grocery owners, creating territories within the United…
·flowingdata.com·
Grocery owner territories
How Elon Musk killed Twitter
How Elon Musk killed Twitter
His vainglorious $44bn takeover backfired on investors, employees, users – and the world’s richest man himself.
·newstatesman.com·
How Elon Musk killed Twitter
Violence in Blue
Violence in Blue
‘One-third of all Americans killed by strangers are killed by police.’
·granta.com·
Violence in Blue
Against All Enemies
Against All Enemies
Inside violent US far-right groups, the role played by military veterans and the threat they pose to democracy.
·aljazeera.com·
Against All Enemies
Your death will serve as its own justification
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.
·welcometohellworld.com·
Your death will serve as its own justification
An American Coup? | naked capitalism
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?
·nakedcapitalism.com·
An American Coup? | naked capitalism
America’s Dairy Farms Have Vanished
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.
·wired.com·
America’s Dairy Farms Have Vanished