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Under cover of capital gains, the hyper-rich have been getting richer than we thought: the earnings of the top 0.1% grew 50% more from 1996 to 2018 than previously measured
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The system failed the test of Trump: The story of the recent years is of institutions that were unable to constrain the presidency
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What are you reading these days?
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit. Previous topics Previous topics are listed in the wiki.
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Scientists unravel challenge in improving fusion performance
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Ahmaud Arbery was lynched: He was killed in the street by White men. That’s how lynchings work
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Few US prisoners have been released since beginning of the pandemic: Nearly 3/4s of those held at jails are pretrial--meaning thousands of legally innocent individuals face a potential death sentence
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During Michigan's COVID-19 response, anti-social distancing protests were promoted by a small set of activists linked to the 2012-era, anti-union so-called "right-to-work" movement
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How vodka ruined Russia
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Why are Africa's coronavirus successes being overlooked? Examples of innovation aren’t getting the fanfare they would do if they emerged from Europe or the US
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America’s deadly obsession with intellectual property: Privatizing life-saving technology like vaccines and clean energy is bad both for the coronavirus and the climate crisis
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Fitness Weekly Discussion
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started...
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started a new diet or have a new recipe you want to share? Anything else health and wellness related?
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How white backlash controls American progress: Backlash dynamics are one of the defining patterns of the country’s history
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Scientists say social distancing has worked really well to reduce coronavirus's spread: new study finds measures saved thirty-five million Americans from contracting the virus
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How America is victim-blaming the coronavirus dead: As racism warps the US pandemic response, a health crisis has escalated into a culture war
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The pandemic has pushed Biden to the left. How far will he go?
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People are worried about BlackRock
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GOP builds massive voter suppression machine for 2020 US election
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Apple and Google launch exposure notification API, enabling public health authorities to release apps
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US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is conflating viral and antibody tests. Pennsylvania, Georgia, Texas, and other states are doing the same.
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Federal judge rules that all Texas voters can apply to vote by mail amid coronavirus pandemic: "the Grim Reaper's scepter of death" is "far more serious than an unsupported fear of voter fraud"
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Donald Trump’s National Labor Relations Board: Assault on US labor in the pandemic era
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Colombia's FARC rebels agreed to peace — but they're still being killed: “The peace process is just a facade.”
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The Kentucky miner who scammed Americans by claiming he was Hitler and plotting a ‘revolt’ with ‘spaceships’
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Should tomatoes go in the fridge? Apparently, it doesn't matter much: the variety of tomato is much more important.
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Twitter’s Jack Dorsey is giving Andrew Yang $5 million to build the case for a US universal basic income
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Anna von Hausswolff - The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra - Live (2018)
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We have to talk about failed streaming app Quibi
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‘How can I be sick?’ Woman who took hydroxychloroquine for nineteen years to treat lupus still got COVID-19.
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If you add 2 backticks to an empty space in a blockquote it makes a kind of hole. your Odd? Admittedly the subtlety is top notch.
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Let's try to make some quotes of our own
I guess I'll start. "From accountability/transparency one derives trust." "If you don't learn where your problems come from and how to solve them someone might just claim to have done those things...
I guess I'll start.
"From accountability/transparency one derives trust."
"If you don't learn where your problems come from and how to solve them someone might just claim to have done those things for you and you'll have no way to know if they're being sincere."
Edit:
"A nostalgic society is not a society that loves it's past but one that hates it's present and dreads it's future."
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Toronto was obeying social distance rules. Then came adorable baby foxes.
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Saudi Arabia, other gulf states reimpose strict measures after coronavirus cases spike during Ramadan
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Garlic shortage hits, a side effect of the coronavirus pandemic
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What's the last piece of technology that truly impressed you?
I recently got the Galaxy Fold and I am genuinely fascinated by it. A folding screen phone is just wild to me. It's a crazy concept and every time I pick up the Fold, I feel like I'm touching the...
I recently got the Galaxy Fold and I am genuinely fascinated by it. A folding screen phone is just wild to me. It's a crazy concept and every time I pick up the Fold, I feel like I'm touching the future.
It got me thinking about how technology is so ubiquitous nowadays that we take so much for granted. The fact that we have high speed Internet access from anywhere on earth was totally unthinkable 20 years ago, yet today it is a reality.
So when is the last time you were truly impressed by a technology or technological breakthrough?
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The Politics of the Legend of Korra: Books 1 - 4
Book 1 - Communism: https://youtu.be/ModX151Ipgs Book 2 - Colonization: https://youtu.be/6alQz2CEsz0 Book 3 - Anarchy: https://youtu.be/-DyKwTXPar4 Book 4 - Nationalism: https://youtu.be/RGX2rRAlNME
8 votes -
Doom Eternal reverses course, will remove Denuvo Anti-Cheat with the next update
25 votes -
Zoë Phillips - Numb (Rameses B Remix) (2020)
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Exclusive first look at new photograph of blues legend Robert Johnson
7 votes -
Tracking the location history of military and intelligence personnel using the Untappd beer-rating app
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G2A profited from illegally obtained game keys, will pay Factorio developer damages
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Surviving depression
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What have you crowdfunded, and how has it turned out?
What things -- big or small, successful or not-- have you put your money towards in hopes of bringing them to light? Tell us the story of why you chose to support them and whether or not you feel...
What things -- big or small, successful or not-- have you put your money towards in hopes of bringing them to light? Tell us the story of why you chose to support them and whether or not you feel your contribution was worth it to you in the end.
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Zack Snyder will release the ‘Snyder Cut’ of ‘Justice League’ on HBO Max
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To help support modding, alongside the launch of the Command & Conquer Remastered Collection, EA will be releasing the TiberianDawn.dll and RedAlert.dll and their source code under the GPL3 license
32 votes -
The art, science and politics of electronic components
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Crucible has released on Steam - A free-to-play team-based PvP action shooter, the first PC game from Amazon Games
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Dax Shepard: Rock bottom isn't always what makes you change your life
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We’re not polarized enough: Ezra Klein’s flawed diagnosis of the divisions in American politics
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Poll: More voters trust Biden to contain coronavirus spread
6 votes