2021-05-22

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Woke at Work: Why tech firms are trying to run away from politics and failing
Paper linking frequency of search terms to violence against women retracted
The Child Soldiers of Portland | City Journal

There are only a few places on earth where radicals and their children ritualistically burn the American flag and chant “Death to America”: Tehran, Baghdad, Beirut, Kabul, Ramallah—and Portland, Oregon.

(Emphasis mine) The "noble lie" on masks probably wasn't a lie - Lessons From The Crisis

In March 2020 you could read explainer articles pathologising the superstitions of mask wearers, and in April 2021 you can read studies investigating the psychological drivers behind the worrying trend of mask refusal, but in all cases the assumption is that anyone disagreeing with the official line must have something slightly wrong with them, even if the official line changes (who will speak up for the “premature pro-maskers”?).

U.S. seizes $90k from man who sold footage of U.S. Capitol riot

U.S. authorities have confiscated roughly $90,000 from a Utah man who sold footage of a woman being fatally shot during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump, according to court filings. Prosecutors also have filed additional criminal charges against the man, John Earle Sullivan, a self-described political activist who is accused of entering the Capitol building and participating in the riot, the filings unsealed on Thursday showed.
Making it un punishable resulted in ore of it? Golly! San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge