2023-11-05
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Horseshit
Musk
Trump / War against the Right / Jan6
Pox / COVID / BioTerror AgitProp
Religion / Tribal / Culture War and Re-Segregation
Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts
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Why Not Heterodox Research? - by Robin Hanson
disciplinary authorities who have risen to the top of their fields via their mastery and control over acceptable concepts and methods may not be eager to invite competition for their prestigious positions from a wider range of people using strange concepts and methods. And as long as no parties near the academic world are able to defy the power of their prestige, this is how things will remain.
Entertainment / ShowBiz / Advertising
TechSuck / Geek Bait
Space / Boomy Zoomers / UFO
Crypto con games
Economicon / Business / Finance
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Downtown office activity is at \~65% of pre-pandemic levels in 26 American cities
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Gen Z is forcing a workplace reckoning that should have happened years ago
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After $1.8B verdict, the clock is ticking on the 6% real estate commission
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even with identical goods, child vendors are 97% more likely to make a sale and earn more than twice that of adult vendors. Despite no differences in valuation for the goods, couples, and female customers are 90% and 27% more likely to buy than male customers. Females and couples are 50% more likely to be targeted by vendors than males and are charged higher prices on average (1.15-2 times) than males.
Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making
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FTC Chair Lina Khan looks for allies and leads in Silicon Valley charm offensive
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These Public Officials Blocked Critics on Social Media. Was That Constitutional?
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U.S. cities consider banning "right on red" laws amid rise in pedestrian deaths
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Congress Sneaks In Stealth $34,000 Pay Raise; Gaetz, AOC Among More Than 200 Lawmakers To Benefit
Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security
World
Israel
Russia Bad / Ukraine War
Health / Medicine
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Psychedelics researcher approached his death with calm and curiosity
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The Fixation of Belief in Medicine
In part fecal transfer was not adopted because it didn’t make sense to doctors; the vital role of the gut microbiome was not understood until the 1990s and took another 15 years or so to percolate into the consciousness of everyday medical practitioners. Once the role of the microbiome was understood, then it made sense that fecal transplant could work, so then it was pursued. The mere fact that it actually had for a very long time been seen to work (in animals) was not enough.
Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda
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Leaf blowers are a scourge. Why is it hard to get rid of them?
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3/4 of coveted ipê (Brazilian walnut) wood is probably harvested illegally
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UN chief warns Nepal's mountains have lost one-third of their ice
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California's Central Valley Chinook salmon are getting lost on their way home
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A food historian's hunt for ingredients vanishing from US plates