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ABB's Robot YuMi Conducts Andrea Bocelli and Lucca Symphony Orchestra(youtube.com)
1 points by Geekette 9y ago|0 comments
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by Geekette 9y ago
Recognizing the significantly different context in that she was a 14 year old child who was raped, who had experienced other abuse before and while pregnant (she probably had no real choice or access to alternatives), which led to a breakdo
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by Geekette 9y ago
She was a 14 year old child who was raped, who had experienced other abuse before and while pregnant. Given her circumstances, she probably had no access to alternatives or any real choice in whether/not to bear a child that resulted f
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by Geekette 9y ago
Nobody's disputing the rights of private institutions but everybody has a right to express their distaste over their actions, especially when it is arrived at in a manner which runs against what such institutions claim to stand for.
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by Geekette 9y ago
Your point is unclear: Are you saying she isn't or can't be rehabilitated or her rehabilitation isn't complete?
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by Geekette 9y ago
Plenty of very highly qualified scholars who didn't grow up in the context that she did, whose backgrounds aren't comparable. Doesn't make her less deserving of this opportunity; she committed a crime and did her time, she&#x
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by Geekette 9y ago
The post states she had a suffered psychological breakdown at that time, which clearly indicates she wasn't in the right frame of mind. It also outlined how the patterns of abuse she grew up with contributed to how she treated the chil
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by Geekette 9y ago
Worse, he's apparently a scholar on antislavery and professor of African American Studies, i.e. a demographic supposedly more cognizant of barriers minorities face and importance of their getting opportunities like admission to Harvard
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by Geekette 9y ago
She got pregnant at 14 after being raped by a high-school senior, suffered domestic violence from her mother and afterwards in multiple group homes and foster families she was placed in, culminating in a psychological breakdown. Given her s
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by Geekette 9y ago
This story is an example of how rehabilitation is acceptable only in concept, not reality for many, regardless of what they might profess. The student added a personal statement (which wasn't required) about her crime and record. Yet,
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From Prison to Ph.D.: The Redemption and Rejection of Michelle Jones(themarshallproject.org)
115 points by Geekette 9y ago|142 comments
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Inside the US guest worker program trapping Indian students in virtual servitude(motherjones.com)
2 points by Geekette 9y ago|0 comments
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Melinda Gates asks 4 investors about closing the gender gap in venture capital(recode.net)
2 points by Geekette 9y ago|0 comments
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by Geekette 9y ago
It is sad when private organizations take on governmental tasks like infrastructural development because federal and state governance is lacking. It is even more alarming when religious bodies do it and to such a mega scale because their ag
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SoFi responds to sexual harassment and wage lawsuits(techcrunch.com)
1 points by Geekette 9y ago|0 comments
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People who've never lived in poverty should stop telling poor people what to do(theestablishment.co)
8 points by Geekette 9y ago|1 comments
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by Geekette 9y ago
This move of certain municipalities buying housing appears to be one of many tactics being used to address housing shortage. I recall recently reading elsewhere that Berlin govt is also planning for building additional housing and conversi
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by Geekette 9y ago
This move of certain municipalities buying housing is not in contradiction to increasing supply; it's just one of many tactics being used to address it. I recall recently reading elsewhere that Berlin govt is also planning for buildi
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A Berlin Borough Buying Out Private Landlords(citylab.com)
126 points by Geekette 9y ago|155 comments
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by Geekette 9y ago
"I uphold the right for any business to decide for themselves who they will or will not conduct business with. In the long run I firmly believe an unfettered free market would sort out who is on the right side or the wrong side of his
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by Geekette 9y ago
I think the word placement is important in this instance because it's factual, not just for descriptive purposes - the story outlines how the business model and the legal structure (contract agreements, etc) and the management actively
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MLMs like Avon and LuLaRoe send people into debt and crisis(qz.com)
3 points by Geekette 9y ago|3 comments
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by Geekette 9y ago
Nope, I was actually thinking of businesses e.g. automotive brands opening assembly/manufacturing plants.
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by Geekette 9y ago
I've read in the past of how such deals (of factory/office X choosing to open location Y based on tax incentives) ultimately not benefiting the city involved, especially when the companies pull tactics like closing unexpectedly sh
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The New York Times shows how to fail miserably while writing about Africa(washingtonpost.com)
7 points by Geekette 9y ago|0 comments
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Danish submarine inventor describes journalist’s death in court hearing(nytimes.com)
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Anonymous perp faked identity and sold plagiarized work to global news outlets(bbc.com)
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New study finds overwhelming gender bias in New York Times book reviews(psmag.com)
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When it comes to tech meetups, I’m a three-a-day guy(mcsweeneys.net)
2 points by Geekette 9y ago|0 comments
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by Geekette 9y ago
Wrong. "The new entity, called XXVI Holdings Inc., will own the equity of each Alphabet company, including Google."

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