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Timeless Tips for “Simple Sabotage” From the CIA
In 1944, the OSS (the precursor to the CIA) produced a document called the Simple Sabotage Field Manual (PDF). It was designed to be used by agents in the field to hinder our WWII adversaries. The CIA recently highlighted five tips from the manual as timelessly relevant: 1. Managers and Supervisors: To … Continue reading Timeless Tips for “Simple Sabotage” From the CIA
Something Else for Europe and the U.S. to Disagree About: ‘Free Speech’ – The New York Times
The two have long been divided on whether speech can be restricted, and when. Under the Trump administration, the gap is widening. Source: Something Else for Europe and the U.S. to Disagree About: ‘Free Speech’ – The New York Times Continue reading Something Else for Europe and the U.S. to Disagree About: ‘Free Speech’ – The New York Times
Meta officially says goodbye to its US fact checkers on Monday | TechCrunch
Meta will no longer have any fact-checkers in the U.S. come Monday, according to Chief Global Affairs Officer Joel Kaplan. Will be adopting a community notes style system like the one on x.com. Source: Meta officially says goodbye to its US fact checkers on Monday | TechCrunch Continue reading Meta officially says goodbye to its US fact checkers on Monday | TechCrunch
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The Radical Left-Wing Theory That the Government Has Unlimited Money – VICE
Everyone knows governments need to tax before they can spend. What Modern Monetary Theory presupposes is, maybe they don’t. The concept is not really as radical as you think, it actually describes … Continue reading The Radical Left-Wing Theory That the Government Has Unlimited Money – VICE
How to Buy a Gun in 15 Countries
Many Americans can buy a gun in less than an hour. In some countries, the process takes months. Source: How to Buy a Gun in 15 Countries – The New York Times Continue reading How to Buy a Gun in 15 Countries
Jared Kushner’s Real-Estate Firm Sought Money Directly From Qatar Government Weeks Before Blockade
Jared Kushner’s firm made a direct pitch to Qatar’s minister of finance in April 2017 in an attempt to secure investment in a critically distressed asset. Jared Kushner’s real estate firm sought money directly from the Qatar government and when he didn’t get it, weeks later: Jared Kushner provided critical support to … Continue reading Jared Kushner’s Real-Estate Firm Sought Money Directly From Qatar Government Weeks Before Blockade
Number of women running in midterms more than doubles from 2016 to 2018: report
More than twice as many women are running for Congress in the 2018 midterm elections as were running just two years ago. And maybe our representatives will then become a little bit … Continue reading Number of women running in midterms more than doubles from 2016 to 2018: report
Call Your Senator: One More Vote to Save Net Neutrality
We need exactly one more vote in the Senate — help save the free and open internet Source: Call Your Senator: One More Vote to Save Net Neutrality | American Civil Liberties … Continue reading Call Your Senator: One More Vote to Save Net Neutrality
What the ancient Greeks can teach us about gun control
Thucydides, an Athenian writing more than a century after Pisistratus, said that in the bad old days, all Greeks used to walk around armed at all times, due to the chaotic nature of their world. By his own day, though, the mark of a stable and civil society was a citizenry that … Continue reading What the ancient Greeks can teach us about gun control
One Teacher’s Brilliant Strategy to Stop Future School Shootings
Here’s how one schoolteacher takes time each week to look out for the lonely. Smart idea, she looks for students that other students don’t want to hang out with. Source: One Teacher’s … Continue reading One Teacher’s Brilliant Strategy to Stop Future School Shootings
FCC chair gets ‘courage under fire’ custom rifle and award from the NRA for overseeing net neutrality repeal
FCC chairman Ajit Pai receives a handmade rifle and the NRA’s “Charlton Heston Courage Under Fire Award” for overseeing net neutrality repeal. I’m sure he was pleased with the timing of the … Continue reading FCC chair gets ‘courage under fire’ custom rifle and award from the NRA for overseeing net neutrality repeal
Parkland students have a cause and $3.5 million — here’s how they’re going to spend it
MIAMI — To help fund a national gun control movement, a small group of South Florida students who survived the worst high school shooting in U.S. history set up a modest website … Continue reading Parkland students have a cause and $3.5 million — here’s how they’re going to spend it
The AR-15 Is Different: What I Learned Treating Parkland Victims
The difference in damage from a pistol vs. an assault rifle is the difference between surviving and not surviving getting shot. Source: The AR-15 Is Different: What I Learned Treating Parkland Victims … Continue reading The AR-15 Is Different: What I Learned Treating Parkland Victims
AT&T’s 1993 “You Will” ads, the rightest wrong things ever predicted about the internet
AT&T’s 1993 “You Will” ads, the rightest wrong things ever predicted about the internet AT&T brought none of these things to us.. other startup companies did. Now AT&T wants to make it … Continue reading AT&T’s 1993 “You Will” ads, the rightest wrong things ever predicted about the internet
A nationwide teacher walkout could shake us out of our mass shooting stupor – Slate
David C. Berliner is calling for a walkout on April 20. He’s calling for all teachers to strike on April 20th if no solution has been arrived at. Perhaps all students should … Continue reading A nationwide teacher walkout could shake us out of our mass shooting stupor – Slate
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