Strong Towns Media - Strong Towns / Gabrielle Gurley: For Transit, "The Cuts are Coming"
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https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2021/1/16/gabrielle-gurley-the-cuts-are-coming
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Most American transit systems were fragile before the pandemic—struggling for revenue, dependent for survival on federal money, inadequate fares, debt, and, in some cases, donations from local busines...
Numberphile / Quasiperfect Numbers with Eric Lander - Numberphile
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdgZQWZgEqs
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Strong Towns Media - Strong Towns / If we want to make things better, we’ll have to do it ourselves.
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https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2021/1/18/make-things-better
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The sense of liberation comes from having escaped burdens, fears and hopelessness of an untenable individual existence. — Eric Hoffer in "The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements" ...
RachelByTheBay / HR is not your friend, and other things I think you should know
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http://rachelbythebay.com/w/2021/01/17/woe/
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What really makes me wonder is how the
people keep doing these jobs.
Articles and Investigations - ProPublica / Why We Published More Than 500 Videos Taken by Parler Users of the Capitol Riot
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http://feeds.propublica.org/link/9499/14224399/why-we-published-parler-users-videos-capitol-attack
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First, a few details on the origins of these videos and how we chose which we’d present.
Articles and Investigations - ProPublica / Inside the Capitol Riot: What the Parler Videos Reveal
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http://feeds.propublica.org/link/9499/14224397/inside-the-capitol-riot-what-the-parler-videos-reveal
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“We’re up on the Capitol.
Articles and Investigations - ProPublica / What Parler Saw During the Attack on the Capitol
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http://feeds.propublica.org/link/9499/14224398/parler-capitol-videos
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RachelByTheBay / Failing to make progress under excess request load
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http://rachelbythebay.com/w/2021/01/16/load/
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Assuming they could in fact clear out the request backlog
faster than new ones would arrive, then they would eventually catch up
organically.
Troy Hunt's Blog / Weekly Update 226
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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TroyHunt/~3/Vufb1kRHpaM/
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Will Gab survive having done just that?
Articles and Investigations - ProPublica / Memphis-Area Residents Without Internet Must Wait Days for Vaccination Appointments, While Others Go to the Front of the Line
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http://feeds.propublica.org/link/9499/14221979/memphis-area-residents-without-internet-must-wait-days-for-vaccination-appointments-while-others-go-to-the-front-of-the-line
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State Health Department data shows that as of Monday, Shelby County had given at least one dose to just under 2% of the population, the second-lowest percentage among Tennessee counties.
Schneier on Security / Friday Squid Blogging: China Launches Six New Squid Jigging Vessels
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https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/01/friday-squid-blogging-china-launches-six-new-squid-jigging-vessels.html
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The 6 large-scale squid jigging vessels are normally operating vessels that returned to China earlier this year from the waters of Southwest Atlantic Ocean for maintenance and repair.
Articles and Investigations - ProPublica / Thousands of Illinois Drivers Would Get Their Licenses Back Under a Criminal Justice Reform Bill
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http://feeds.propublica.org/link/9499/14221927/license-suspensions-illinois-red-light-speed-camera-tickets
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On Thursday, the court ruled 8-0 that the city was not violating bankruptcy law by holding onto impounded vehicles after their owners file for Chapter 13 bankruptcy.
iFixit News / Worst in Show Awards for CES 2021 – Repair.org
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https://www.repair.org/worstinshow#new_tab
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Strong Towns Media - Strong Towns / You’re Not Alone
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https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2021/1/15/youre-not-alone
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On behalf of the Strong Towns staff, we look forward to seeing you in the Action Lab.
Schneier on Security / Click Here to Kill Everybody Sale
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https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/01/click-here-to-kill-everybody-sale.html
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Note that I have had occasional problems with international shipping.
Mobian-project-blog / Announcing the PinePhone Mobian Community Edition
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https://blog.mobian-project.org/posts/2021/01/15/mobian-community-edition/
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We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Pine64 is releasing a Mobian Community Edition of the PinePhone !
Articles and Investigations - ProPublica / South Carolina’s Governor Addresses Magistrate Judge Controversy by Urging Changes
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http://feeds.propublica.org/link/9499/14221699/south-carolinas-governor-addressees-magistrate-judge-controversy-by-urging-changes
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Rankin said no senator has broached the subject of magistrate reform with him since The Post and Courier and ProPublica published their investigation.
Strong Towns Media - Strong Towns / Friday Faves - Your Weekly Strong Towns Roundup
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https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2021/1/15/friday-faves-your-weekly-strong-towns-roundup
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Instead, “Resistencia is a cafe by South Park for South Park, Resistencia keeps everything local.” This includes using a neighborhood coffee roaster, sourcing food from local vendors, and training “di...
Articles and Investigations - ProPublica / “Where They Countin’ the Votes?!”: New Video Details Tense Moments as Capitol Mob Sought Out Lawmakers
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http://feeds.propublica.org/link/9499/14221387/capitol-eugene-goodman
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More than 10 million people have seen the video shot by HuffPost reporter Igor Bobic showing a Black Capitol Police officer leading pro-Trump rioters away from where senators were holed up in the Capi...
Schneier on Security / Cell Phone Location Privacy
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https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/01/cell-phone-location-privacy.html
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“Pretty Good Phone Privacy” (PGPP) protects both user identity and user location using the existing cellular networks.