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Modern Monetary Theory film proves finding the cash isn’t the problem | The National
Timing is everything. A month from the UK Budget day, understanding “fiscal space” and made-up terms like “fiscal black holes”… Source: Modern Monetary Theory film proves finding the cash isn’t the problem | The National Continue reading Modern Monetary Theory film proves finding the cash isn’t the problem | The National
Scientist Claims His AI Can Tell Disturbing Things About You Just by Looking at Your Face
Michal Kosinski, Stanford psychologist, claims that AI programs can detect people’s IQ, sexual orientation, and politics by scanning faces. Of course rights groups are attacking the research and not the fact that the researcher is demonstrating the dangerous things AI can be used for. Source: Scientist Claims His AI Can Tell Disturbing … Continue reading Scientist Claims His AI Can Tell Disturbing Things About You Just by Looking at Your Face
Death Valley just recorded the hottest month ever observed on the planet – The Washington Post
July was also the hottest month on record for dozens of other cities in the western United States, including Sacramento, Las Vegas and Portland, Ore. Source: Death Valley just recorded the hottest month ever observed on the planet – The Washington Post Continue reading Death Valley just recorded the hottest month ever observed on the planet – The Washington Post
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Amazon’s Ring Video Doorbell footage used by police, report says – Business Insider
Some police departments have been offering deals on Ring smart doorbells with the condition that users hand over recorded footage upon request. Another potential privacy issue? Source: Amazon’s Ring Video Doorbell footage … Continue reading Amazon’s Ring Video Doorbell footage used by police, report says – Business Insider
How Monsanto manipulates journalists and academics | The Guardian
Monsanto’s own emails and documents reveal a disinformation campaign to hide its weedkiller’s possible links to cancer Scary. Source: How Monsanto manipulates journalists and academics | Environment | The Guardian Continue reading How Monsanto manipulates journalists and academics | The Guardian
Austerity to blame for 130,000 ‘preventable’ UK deaths – report | The Guardian
Two decades of public health improvements have stalled, says IPPR thinktank What’s even more appealing is that there was no need for the cuts in funding. Source: Austerity to blame for 130,000 … Continue reading Austerity to blame for 130,000 ‘preventable’ UK deaths – report | The Guardian
How The Fortune 100 Turned $2 Billion in Lobbying Spend Into $400 Billion of Taxpayer Cash
$1 invested in lobbying returned $1,000 in federal contracts and grants for the top 10 Fortune 100 companies (2014-2017). Nice return on investment! Source: How The Fortune 100 Turned $2 Billion in … Continue reading How The Fortune 100 Turned $2 Billion in Lobbying Spend Into $400 Billion of Taxpayer Cash
After Standing Rock, protesting pipelines can get you a decade in prison and $100K in fines
The push to punish pipeline protestors has spread across the U.S. Are we in China? Source: After Standing Rock, protesting pipelines can get you a decade in prison and $100K in fines … Continue reading After Standing Rock, protesting pipelines can get you a decade in prison and $100K in fines
Stalling on Climate Change Action May Cost Investors Over $1 Trillion
Delays in tackling climate change could cost companies about $1.2 trillion worldwide during the next 15 years, according to the United Nations. That’s the preliminary analysis of a UN Environment Finance Initiative … Continue reading Stalling on Climate Change Action May Cost Investors Over $1 Trillion
The Guardian view on a Green New Deal: we need it now | Climate change | The Guardian
Editorial: Policymakers ought not wait for economic theory to catch up with the environmental crisis Source: The Guardian view on a Green New Deal: we need it now | Climate change | … Continue reading The Guardian view on a Green New Deal: we need it now | Climate change | The Guardian
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CO2 in the atmosphere just exceeded 415 parts per million for the first time in human history | TechCrunch
The human race has broken another record on its race to ecological collapse. Congratulations humanity! For the first time in human history — not recorded history, but since humans have existed on … Continue reading CO2 in the atmosphere just exceeded 415 parts per million for the first time in human history | TechCrunch
Study suggests Americans stop eating out, getting drinks, enjoying life in any meaningful way
These days, the average American has to deal with a lot. The news is full of strife and controversy, jobs are plentiful but frequently don’t pay, and we all live on a … Continue reading Study suggests Americans stop eating out, getting drinks, enjoying life in any meaningful way
Consumers Show They Know Almond Milk Doesn’t Come From Cows
An analysis of public comments to the FDA show consumers aren’t confused by the use of “milk” to describe plant-based alternatives to dairy. Yet politicians keep trying to pass bills preventing the … Continue reading Consumers Show They Know Almond Milk Doesn’t Come From Cows
Climate change costings that don’t count the cost of inaction are worthless | Climate change | The Guardian
We must demand better of our political parties – and there is no excuse for the media either The money spent today addressing climate change may be a fraction of the cost in the future, including countless lives lost, if we wait to do anything. Source: Climate change costings that don’t count … Continue reading Climate change costings that don’t count the cost of inaction are worthless | Climate change | The Guardian
The Senate Resolution To Condemn MMT: Here Are Some Better Candidates For Condemnation
A resolution has been forwarded in the Senate to condemn Modern Monetary Theory. But if the government is now in the condemning-economic-theory business, I have some much better candidates: Monetarist, Trickle Down, … Continue reading The Senate Resolution To Condemn MMT: Here Are Some Better Candidates For Condemnation
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