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hook ’em while they’re young
This makes sense, but I fail to see how loading 178 ad servers and interrupting the reading experience with 13 pop ups asking you to sign up for their email works with this strategy.
corporate-born inequality
Great overview of how monopolistic business practices create and foster inequality.
Source: How the T-Mobile-Sprint merger could increase inequality | PBS NewsHour
warren ftw
Warren would destroy Trump in a debate setting. He’s already hinted he has no interest in a debate situation, partly because he knows this. And while it wouldn’t change the minds of people who believe he’s the QAnon savior, it should inspire progressives.
Source: Nevada Democratic debate: Elizabeth Warren’s Bloomberg attack should scare Trump – Vox
no more hospitals
Rural people are expected to just die already, it seems.
Source: The closure of rural hospitals is America’s hidden health care injustice
no living wage
Innovation = undercutting existing businesses, even if that means removing the ability of the people doing the work to earn a living wage.
Source: AI, the Transcription Economy, and the Future of Work | WIRED
steve martin short
That two such talented people find collaboration, not selfishness, rewarding means there’s hope for the world.
Source: The enduring and spectacular friendship of Steve Martin and Martin Short | PBS NewsHour
birds of representation
Great points here about how so few female-led movies means unfair pressure being applied to the ones that are made.
Source: The pressure for Birds of Prey to be a great feminist superhero movie – Vox
punishing mistakes
People aren’t out to defraud assistance programs, it’s just that navigating them often leads to mistakes that algorithms interpret as fraud.
Source: Column: How algorithms intended to root out welfare fraud often punish the poor | PBS NewsHour
continued second life
It makes me pretty happy to know this is still around with a devoted user base. My avatar, who I haven’t checked in on in over a decade, is probably still falling through the planet’s crust where I left him.
Source: ‘Second Life’ still has dedicated users in 2020. Here’s what keeps them sticking around
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