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Crumbling Case Against Assange Shows Weakness of “Hacking” Charges(theintercept.com)
8 points by seagullz 6y ago|0 comments
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How Did China Succeed? – Joseph E. Stiglitz(youtube.com)
3 points by seagullz 6y ago|0 comments
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by seagullz 6y ago
This seems to be a thoughtfully critical take on it: ... This general "crisis of democracy," the commission held, resulted from the efforts of previously marginalized sectors of the population to organize and press their demands,
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Finding new physics will require a new particle collider(economist.com)
103 points by seagullz 6y ago|241 comments
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by seagullz 6y ago
The same goes true for the powers-that-be of the fourth estate. Iraq war is an illustrative case in point https://www.mediamatters.org/war-iraq/where-are-medias-iraq-...
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by seagullz 6y ago
Remarkably treacherous, not to mention regressive, but not that much surprising, given how much the Labour party has shifted its course. When Margaret Thatcher was asked in 2002 what was her biggest achievement, she replied: “Tony Blair
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by seagullz 7y ago
The distinction in such specialized brand of elitism lies merely in its sophistication, not in its essential contempt for the citizenry. The roles of such mandarins as Lippmann accelerate the regression of democracy. Contrast that with the
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by seagullz 7y ago
Spot on. Besides, W. Lippmann was apparently a lot more sophisticated with capacity to influence wider circles of intellectuals and mandarins. The title of Edward Herman & Noam Chomsky’s book “Manufacturing Consent” was borrowed from L
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by seagullz 7y ago
An early 2019 review paper[0] by Chinese authors has this to say in its abstract: During the past two decades, three zoonotic coronaviruses have been identified as the cause of large-scale disease outbreaks–Severe Acute Respiratory Syndro
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by seagullz 7y ago
The inconsistency in that is telling. Corporations demand the rights of persons, yet do not tend to shoulder the responsibilities that come with it [0]. Given how gigantic they are, the consequences are way too costly for the society. [0]
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by seagullz 7y ago
War is still a racket [0]. Interesting closing reflections from the article: ... not enough Americans know or care about what happens in other countries or what their government and military is doing in their name. Do many Americans know th
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War is still “a racket” (2015)(foreignpolicy.com)
2 points by seagullz 7y ago|0 comments
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Finding new physics will require a new particle collider(economist.com)
3 points by seagullz 7y ago|0 comments
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by seagullz 7y ago
And $0.7 trillion alone spent by the US
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by seagullz 7y ago
This https://collateralmurder.wikileaks.org/ It made even one involved soldier to speak out: https://www.wired.com/2011/04/ethan-mccord/
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David Calhoun, hailed as a “turnaround specialist,” will be Boeing’s next chief(nytimes.com)
5 points by seagullz 7y ago|1 comments
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Why doesn't the US value the elderly?(bbc.com)
2 points by seagullz 7y ago|1 comments
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Small Habits with Impact: Adam Grant(humu.com)
5 points by seagullz 7y ago|0 comments
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by seagullz 7y ago
Partly explains why Bill Gates characterizes Edward Snowden the way he does (though he might not have the same judgment for someone like James Clapper who lied to congress) https://techcrunch.com/2014/03/14/
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by seagullz 7y ago
Only the rich, rather than the market, were free in this apparently in any meaningful sense of the word, beyond the incidental outcomes. The US taxpayers who invested trillions (largely in the guise of military expenses) in inventing the te
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by seagullz 7y ago
Apparently was a (sophisticated) just so story ... http://www.boop.org/jan/justso/
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by seagullz 7y ago
Your question "So, why despair?" becomes redundant then.
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by seagullz 7y ago
If "free will does not exist", are we free to choose whether to despair or not?
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Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine) Released(lists.ubuntu.com)
25 points by seagullz 7y ago|3 comments
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by seagullz 7y ago
John Pilger's 2010 Documentary The War You Don't See ( https://vimeo.com/67739294 ) is also great; it references Bernays too. Would check this one.
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Would the Internet Be Healthier Without 'Like' Counts?(wired.com)
2 points by seagullz 7y ago|1 comments
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What happens to tech workers when their skills become obsolete?(qz.com)
138 points by seagullz 7y ago|230 comments
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Facebook to face fresh anti-trust investigation(bbc.com)
54 points by seagullz 7y ago|11 comments
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People are working longer for reasons of choice and necessity(economist.com)
2 points by seagullz 7y ago|0 comments
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A Breakthrough for A.I. Technology: Passing an 8th-Grade Science Test(nytimes.com)
5 points by seagullz 7y ago|0 comments

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