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Like so many Democrats in the U.S., I’ve been refreshing every news site… — crank.report

Yes. And the old media is data that can be processed, along with associated behavioral data, to be sythetic culture.

Ugliness, transgressiveness and shock all represent an incoherent, grasping attempt to keep the world out of your demimonde – not just normies and squares, but also and especially enthusiastic marketers who want to figure out how to sell stuff to you, and use you to sell stuff to normies and squares.

#Area #Creativity

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I have a link blog hosted on micro.blog and a longer form website hosted on wtite.as. I’d like to integrate the two, both in terms of design and presentation. Not sure how, though. I welcome any thoughts.

#Responsible #CrankReport

CrowdStrike doesn’t quite fit the definition of a classic monopoly, but its impact, as shown by the widespread system failure, suggests otherwise. It isn’t the only service that helps guide the world in an invisible fashion. We need to rethink not only how we regulate but also what we regulate.

#Responsible #Resilience

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The question of Ms. Harris’s fate could polarize the party along racial lines. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus and other Black leaders have strongly supported Mr. Biden staying in the race but simultaneously have warned the party not to try to displace Ms. Harris if the president were to drop out.

#Area #US #Politics

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“The suggestion that any candidate who won their primary should simply step aside because victory appears difficult at the moment is disrespectful to the voters, unjust and undemocratic,” the women wrote. 

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Together the groups underscore a growing frustration among Black Democrats over the mounting calls from other, predominantly white, wings of the party for Mr. Biden to step aside. And they reflect a concern that, should the president be shoved aside, Ms. Harris might be passed over, too.

“We don’t have to go and find a savior or great hope elsewhere,” the letter from the PAC states. “We already have it in our vice president.”

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Although each country’s violence has differing local causes, there are clear patterns that echo across countries. American political violence has much in common with that taking place in Germany and India, as well as in France’s most recent election. In all these states, a significant portion of the attacks are largely the product of radicalized partisans, often egged on by parties. Containing it requires containing these parties’ politicians.

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The new order more than halves the per-minute rate caps for all prison and jail phone calls across the country. It also establishes interim per-minute rate caps for video calls, marking the first time the FCC has set rules for prison communication beyond phone calls.

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Isn’t winning literally her job description?

People who have talked with her say Ms. Pelosi is motivated by the prospect of a second Trump administration unraveling her hard-fought accomplishments from two decades as leader, including the Affordable Care Act. She also views Mr. Trump as an existential threat who drove the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol, is totally unsuited and unqualified to be president, and is a tool of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.

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Strongman rule is a fantasy. Essential to it is the idea that a strongman will be your strongman. He won’t. In a democracy, elected representatives listen to constituents. We take this for granted, and imagine that a dictator would owe us something. But the vote you cast for him affirms your irrelevance. The whole point is that the strongman owes us nothing. We get abused and we get used to it.

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Distributing equity literally means handing over the means of production not just to workers but to those impacted by the work, reconnecting the decisions to their consequences.

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Today, we’re introducing highly-requested features that enhance Docs' interoperability with other Markdown supporting tools.

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Understanding Puerto Rico’s Past: A Recommended Reading List - UNC Press Blog

Our research team created the Utility Disconnections Dashboard, in which we track utility disconnections in all places where data is available.

In recent years, more states have required regulated utilities across the country to disclose the number of customers they disconnect. However, state regulations only apply to the utilities that they regulate. Public utilities and cooperatives, which serve over 20% of U.S. electricity customers, often aren’t covered. That leaves massive gaps in understanding of the full magnitude of the problem.

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