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Hackers Expose Age-Verification Software Powering Surveillance Web Three hacktivists tried to find a workaround to Discord’s age-verification software. Instead, they found its frontend exposed to the open internet.

Oops. Turns out Persona, Discord’s age-verification service, was secretly screening selfies against government watchlists AND accessible by the feds. It's backed by Peter Thiel.

“The state wants to see everything. The corporations want to see everything. And they've learned to work together.”

Israeli-Palestinian film wins Oscar, directors assail US, global political stances "No Other Land," a film about Israeli displacement of a Palestinian community, won the documentary feature film Oscar on Sunday, and its directors appealed to the world to help end the conflict and accused the United States of blocking a solution.

‘No Other Land,’ a film about Israeli displacement of a Palestinian community, won the documentary feature film Oscar, and its directors appealed to the world to help end the conflict and accused the United States of blocking a solution reut.rs/41oltqZ #Oscars2025

Opinion | That Giant Sucking Sound? It’s Climate Change Devouring Your Home’s Value. A new analysis predicts an extraordinary reversal in housing fortunes for Americans.

You can ignore climate change. The political system can ignore climate change. But the insurance industry cannot ignore climate change.

One of the real problems is that too many people conveniently believe the opposite of diversity is merit, and the opposite of inclusion is high standards.

Yeah, that’s just not the case.

(See: Pete Hegseth among countless others.)

Wild. Top is the NBC upload, bottom is the one aired as the live feed

Why is no one talking about this? China's economy is sliding into a 1990s Japan scenario: slowing GDP growth, stagnant per capita income, and skyrocketing deficit spending!

So is state capture

this is legitimately a big deal. zillow now putting climate risk on their website.

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Lee Jae-myung, Leader of South Korea's Democratic Party, live-streamed himself scaling the walls of the National Assembly to bypass military barricades so that he could vote to overturn the President's martial law.

Financial Times Relax Germany’s debt brake, says Angela Merkel Guy Chazan in Berlin

That rule I put in the constitution and that has wreaked devastation? It’s “still right and proper”. But do tweak it a little. Should be fine. Let’s not think too hard about it. Let alone assume responsibility for a catastrophic error, haha no.
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Many European countries — including France, Spain, and Norway — have now lower CO2 emissions per capita than China.

This is adjusted for trade and based on what the people in these countries consume.

From our CO2 Explorer, which we just updated: ourworldindata.org/explorers/co...

Economics Conferences (Compiled by Anne M. Burton and Barton Willage)

Quick econ tip: here's a list of over 100 economics conferences: docs.google.com/spreadsheets.... Curated by @anne-m-burton.bsky.social and @bartonwillage.com.

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I’m fascinated by this assertion by Ford CEO Jim Farley that the economics of EVs incentivizes automakers to get serious about making smaller, more affordable cars again. I hope he’s right.

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