In a farewell letter to Congress on Monday, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos urged lawmakers to reject President-elect Joe Biden’s education agenda, while imploring them to shield Trump administration policies that Biden has promised to eliminate.
In farewell, DeVos urges Congress to reject Biden’s policies | PBS NewsHour
In other words, she would like lawmakers to ignore the will of a majority of the American electorate because she’s afraid of public education.
Facebook says it’s detecting and removing 95% of hate content before anyone sees it.
Facebook says it prevents 95% of hate speech from appearing
If what makes it through this process really is just 5% of what’s published to the platform, Facebook needs to be shut down in the name of societal health.
It will likely be months until pollsters can study this year’s misses thoroughly (a comprehensive study came roughly six months after the 2016 election). However, for now, pollsters have some educated guesses about what may have thrown polls off.
Why Were The Polls Off? Pollsters Have Some Early Theories : NPR
Defund pollsters. Fund local media.
In a later episode, Emily goes so far as to directly insult Lou Malnati’s, the inarguable apex of deep dish pizza in the city of Chicago, suggesting that Darren Star and Netflix not only hate Chicago, but they want to watch its institutions burn.
‘Holidate’ and the Netflix Movies Set in Chicago, Explained
That’s some good writing.
Studios so far are declining to reveal their PVOD earnings, save for the lone case of Universal and Trolls World Tour. Trolls cost $19.99 for a 48-hour rental, which has quickly become an industry standard. While this lack of disclosure prevents analysts from judging a film’s standing, it seems crystal clear that big tentpoles with a budget of $100 million-plus need a theatrical release to be financially viable — which is why almost every mega-event pic slated for 2020 has been delayed for theatrical release. The reach of the global box office in terms of merchandising, establishing franchises and generating billions in ticket sales cannot be replicated.
Skipping Theaters? Hollywood Studios Weigh Risks of PVOD | Hollywood Reporter
There’s a lot to unpack here, but at some point studios are going to have to fish or cut bait. The two options that occur to me as to why they’re not reporting PVOD numbers are:
A) The revenue is so poor they don’t want to look like fools and scare investors, or
B) The revenue is so good they don’t want to scare exhibitors, who are already honked off at this entire situation.
This album is incredible on a number of levels. The songs are some of Springsteen’s best in 20 years, the quick, unrehearsed nature of recording makes the E Street Band sound more vital than a dozen guys their age have any right to, and Max Weinberg’s snare drum continues to be the world’s leading source of renewable energy.
The new sick leave provision prevented 400 coronavirus cases per day per state in the U.S., according to the paper from researchers at Cornell University and KOF Swiss Economic Institute in Zurich. That roughly translates to 15,000 cases prevented in the United States, or one prevented COVID-19 case for every 1,300 workers. The researchers did not look at mortality rates.
Paid Sick Leave Significantly Reduces COVID-19 Cases, Study Finds | HuffPost
Now do Literally Every Other Communicable Disease.
The Chicks, formerly known as the Dixie Chicks, are the best-selling female band of all time in the U.S. But they may be known just as much for a comment lead singer Natalie Maines made during the lead-up to the Iraq War — and the outcry that followed, in which the group was virtually banned from country radio. Fourteen years after their last album, the Chicks are back
Leaving Dixie behind, the Chicks get even more personal — and political | PBS NewsHour
Regular reminder that the same political movement that now decries “cancel culture” as an overt liberal attack on free speech worked overtime to cancel this band.
In all, 137 million Americans own stock, either directly or through an investment fund — that’s 15 million more people than voted in the last national election. We can use that position as shareholders to push companies to our long-term interests and our deeper values.
Climate change is not a priority to most companies. Here’s how to hold them accountable. – Vox
It’s a good notion, but it overlooks the fact that most stock ownership outside the top 10% of the nation’s wealthiest citizens, is via 401(k) accounts that individuals don’t exactly have a lot of control over.
Nearly 5.2 million Americans won’t be able to vote in this year’s election due to their felony record, according to a new report from the Sentencing Project.
5.2 million people can’t vote due to felony records in the 2020 election – Vox
Unforgivable.
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