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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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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
Federal Judge Says Embedding a Tweet Can Be Copyright Infringement
Rejecting years of settled precedent, a federal court in New York has ruled [PDF] that you could infringe copyright simply by embedding a tweet in a web page. Even worse, the logic … Continue reading Federal Judge Says Embedding a Tweet Can Be Copyright Infringement
FCC watchdog is investigating Pai’s moves before Sinclair merger
Last April, the Federal Communications Commission, led by its Trump-appointed chairman Ajit Pai, eliminated a restriction that had capped how many stations media companies could own. Weeks later, Sinclair Broadcast Group announced … Continue reading FCC watchdog is investigating Pai’s moves before Sinclair merger
Poll: Majorities Of Both Parties Favor Increased Gun Restrictions
A new poll finds bipartisan support for tougher gun laws, but big partisan gaps on the intensity of that support — not to mention sizable gaps in knowledge about gun facts. 80% … Continue reading Poll: Majorities Of Both Parties Favor Increased Gun Restrictions
Why American Workers Aren’t Getting A Raise: An Economic Detective Story
Very informative article. The bottom line is that corporations have grown so large and have gobbled each other up to the point where there are less public companies today than in the … Continue reading Why American Workers Aren’t Getting A Raise: An Economic Detective Story
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