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The problem is far bigger than Jeffrey Epstein | Rebecca Solnit Treating the scandal as an aberration misunderstands the global epidemic of violence against women

"One of the reasons the epidemic of violence against women is so unacknowledged is because cases like these are talked about individually, and often treated as though they are shocking aberrations rather than part of a pervasive pattern that operates at all levels of society."

Can’t tax tips that don’t exist

Nitrous oxide arrest outside Golden Gate Park near Dead & Company concerts A Philadelphia man was arrested on suspicion of possessing about 100 tanks of nitrous oxide outside Golden Gate Park, San Francisco police said.

A Philadelphia man was arrested on suspicion of possessing about 100 tanks of nitrous oxide outside Golden Gate Park, San Francisco police said.

I'm sure people do not want to hear this, but calling any kind of plan to undo our current clusterfuck/rebuild "Project 2029" is cringe and stupid. Can we stop just taking what these assholes do and bluewashing it? Like fuck, riff off New Deal again, at least that's progressive history.

Seven charged in child sex ring run out of Alabama concrete bunker, sheriff says At least some of the 10 victims, ranging in age from 3 to 15, were sometimes restrained and incapacitated for people who paid for sexual contact, authorities alleged.

Somehow missed this story a week so. Police did what now? 🤬

Wade said a drug trafficking investigation at the location may have delayed the sex trafficking case.

“We had a little bit of a hold on until we could rescue these children,” the sheriff said.

The big, ugly lie about Social Security How do you tell seniors their government lied to them?

How do you tell seniors their government lied to them?

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Personalized pricing has spread across many industries. Here's how consumers can avoid it As AI powers individualized pricing across industries, businesses are increasingly charging based on what they think you can pay.

Customized pricing – where each customer receives a different price for the same product – is a holy grail for businesses because it boosts profits. With customized pricing, free-spending people pay more while the price-sensitive pay less. (via @us.theconversation.com)

‘They roll right over’: Many Democrats call their party weak and ineffective, AP-NORC poll finds A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that many Democrats see their political party as “weak” or “ineffective.”

This shouldn’t be surprising. The only way to fight back is to… actually fight back.

If Democrats want to improve their approval rating (or far more importantly, make actual change), we need real leadership to put up real resistance to authoritarianism.
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Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Forgotten AI Summit Long before ChatGPT, a group of AI luminaries gathered on an island to discuss the future of artificial intelligence. Their funder ultimately cast a shadow on all who attended.

Long before ChatGPT, a group of AI luminaries gathered on an island to discuss the future of artificial intelligence. Their funder ultimately cast a shadow on all who attended.

More of this, please.

Americans are paying more than $20 BILLION in taxes.

Talarico and Texas Dems break quorum to Halt Gerrymandering Vote.

Microsoft Used China-Based Engineers to Support Product Recently Hacked by China Microsoft announced that Chinese state-sponsored hackers had exploited vulnerabilities in its popular SharePoint software but didn’t mention that it has long used China-based engineers to maintain…

When Microsoft revealed that Chinese state-sponsored hackers had exploited vulnerabilities in SharePoint, it did not disclose that China-based engineers handle support for the widely used collaboration software.

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The Texas Floods Were a Preview of What’s to Come Mounting evidence shows no US state is safe from the flooding that ravaged Texas’ Kerr Country.

It’s tempting to think of the floods that ravaged Texas last month as an isolated disaster, removed from the reality of most Americans. But mounting evidence shows no US state is safe from catastrophe, especially as we keep building in flood-prone areas.

At least 68 African migrants dead and scores missing after ship capsizes off Yemen coast At least 68 migrants are dead and 74 more missing after a ship sank off the coast of Yemen Sunday, the UN's migration agency said. Tens of thousands of migrants cross the perilous waters between the Horn and Africa and Yemen every year in search of work in Saudi Arabia and the wealthy Gulf states.

At least 68 African migrants dead and scores missing after ship capsizes off Yemen coast

A brilliant woman able to bring together the military, industry, and quirky hacker types to defend the U.S. from cyber attacks is out of the picture.

Jen Easterly was the best situated person to defend the country against cyberattacks from Russia, China, and others. Gone! That's the real story.

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The Powerful Consistency of Mail Delivery How mail carriers manage to do a job that keeps the country running

In the Wonder Reader, @isabelfattal.bsky.social explores how mail carriers do their jobs—even in the most remote parts of the country:

Washington’s Quiet Work The American Revolution was won by dramatic deeds, but also by decidedly undramatic efforts.

George Washington's example shows that "character and good judgment are far more important in a leader than mere intelligence," Eliot A. Cohen writes. "Talented men, no matter their background, could win their leader’s trust and rise up the ranks":

“We take vaccines so for granted in the United States” ...“Women in the developing world know the power of [vaccines]. They will walk 10 kilometers in the heat with their child and line up to get a vaccine because they have seen death.”

Melinda Gates

Tracee Ellis Ross wants us to fly solo "Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross" proves that vacationing alone is glorious.

"Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross" proves that vacationing alone is glorious.

Spoiler alert: it’s consumers.

The Invention of “Sesame Street” Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.

“Sesame Street” and its sequel, “The Electric Company,” were, “with lapses, the most intelligent and important programs in television,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.

When cost savings cost us all | E-Tangata “Dismantling public housing infrastructure is short-sighted and socially damaging. It also occurs within an environment where homelessness is rising faster than our population is growing.” — Rebekah G...

“Dismantling public housing infrastructure is short-sighted and socially damaging. It also occurs within an environment where homelessness is rising faster than our population is growing.” — Rebekah Graham. #nzpol

When cost savings cost us all.

I knew there was an ancestral reason I just don’t get beach going.

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I suggest @proton.me VPN which was developed by CERN for the free exchange of scientific knowledge.

Wait. I was assured this was new.

A tax by any other name is still a tax.