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There’s a Revolution Happening in Health Care. It Could Wind Up Backfiring.
Rural hospitals are on precarious financial footing.
The Seattle architect behind the PacSci arches and the Twin Towers
Minoru Yamasaki was commissioned to create the World Trade Center after gaining notoriety for his design of the 1962 World's Fair pavilion.
On Robots Killing People - Schneier on Security
Grand jury in Georgia Trump case recommended indicting Lindsey Graham, David Perdue, Kelly Loeffler and Michael Flynn
The current and former senators and former national security adviser were among 21 people who ultimately were not charged in the election interference case.
Elon Musk secretly ordered Starlink engineers to disrupt Ukraine counter-attack on Russian fleet | Boing Boing
Elon Musk gave Ukraine access to SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet at the outset of Russia’s invasion of the country, but the erratic billionare was soon talking privately with Vladi…
White men have controlled women’s reproductive rights throughout American history – the post-Dobbs era is no different
In the US, white men have long had the power to make decisions about women’s reproductive health care. Those decisions have often been especially harmful to Black women.
California’s Middle Mile Network Must Bridge the Digital Divide, Not Reinforce It
When California unanimously passed S.B. 156 in 2021, we embarked on a multi-year, multi-billion dollar endeavor to bring affordable, 21st-century fiber to every Californian. Done correctly, this nearly $7 billion investment—further supplemented by $ 1.8 billion in federal funding—would help...
Seattle and an Uzbek city forged a warm bond during the Cold War
Fifty years ago, two mayors took vodka shots atop the Space Needle — inspiring a sister-city connection that has outlasted the Soviet Union.
Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome
Chrome now directly tracks users, generates a "topic" list it shares with advertisers.
The Great Binge: An Unsettling Reality Check of the Drug-Fuelled "Belle Epoque"
The Great Binge: An Unsettling Reality Check of the Drug-Fuelled "Belle Epoque" - Messy Nessy Chic
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successf…
Are we back yet? How we spent our days from 2019 through 2022
In 2020, our everyday routines shifted dramatically, but over the past few years, it’s felt like things are getting back to where they were. How back are we?
More Proof That The Electrify Everything Push Is A Regressive Tax
Latest DOE numbers: electricity costs 3.3 times more than natural gas
The EU Designates The Six Companies You Already Expected As ‘Gatekeepers’ Under The Digital Markets Act
The two big EU attempts to overly regulate the internet are starting to go into effect. The Digital Services Act (DSA), along with all its associated problems, is about six months ahead of the Digi…
Pluralistic: How plausible sentence generators are changing the bullshit wars (07 Sept 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
All of the 8,291 License Plates in America
Have you noticed there are a lot of different license plates you can choose for your car these days? So did Jon Keegan; he scrap
What Turned New Jersey’s Pools Green? A Man and His Drone, Police Say.
A local business owner used damaging chemicals to turn multiple swimming pools yellow and green over the course of the summer, according to the police, who said he was likely “pranking people.”
Citizens United — Is the Gas Pedal Stuck?
Kevin Carson on the broader concerns campaign finance debates point to.
Trump combinatorics
A judge's order in the Georgia Trump trial leads to some big numbers.
Pluralistic: NLRB rules that any union busting triggers automatic union recognition (06 Sept 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
U.S. Steel and the Fake Populism of J.D. Vance
Today on TAP: Let’s not confuse the corporate interest with worker interests.
The Real Crime Isn’t Shoplifting—It’s Wage Theft
Why has the media gone all in on small time scofflaws when organized financial crime is robbing people straight from their paychecks?
The new age of agitprop
The mainstream media have abandoned the pursuit of objectivity and truth.
Should the US implement a 'robot tax'? | TechCrunch
MIT economists Arnaud Costinot and Iván Werning discuss the potential impact a proposed "robot tax" could have on automation and jobs.
It’s Time for Biden to Start Naming Names
Today on TAP: As Republicans run against corporate ‘wokeness,’ he should run against corporate (CEOs’, big-time investors’) greed.
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When I was a kid in the 80s and 90s, I watched Star Trek: The Next Generation. I soaked up the vibes of a high-tech, utopian future. I internalized the trajectory we were on was good, that we had reached the End of History. There might be a few bumps on the road, but the direction was inevitable and the destination was inexorable.
It turns out that the fastest a human being has ever traveled was 39,897 kilometers per hour. That was the crew of the Apollo 10 mission returning to earth. That happened on 26 May, 1969.
Fifty-four years ago. We peaked more than half a century ago.
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Could Diddy's Shocking Decision To Do Right By His Artists Change The Music Biz?
The Bad Boy founder is doing something once considered forbidden in the entertainment world.
Conservative Lawmakers Have A New Stunt In Their Push To Ban Books
It involves the American Library Association, which has stood up for books deemed offensive.
Responding to Reader Comments on The Five Internet Rights
Seven-layer stacks, messy anecdotes, and the conservative case for net neutrality.