A closer look at “algorithmic wage discrimination” used at gig companies (and increasingly across all industries), one potential tool to stop it, and how the FTC is zeroing in on the practice.
Read more...For those of you, like me, who have grievous little understanding of Myanmar, this presentation provides a history, particularly of British misrule and the major ethnic groups, discusses the interests and actions of the major powers, and reviews the recent fighting and the prospects for Myanmar. The look of this video is a bit homespun, […]
Read more...Mask bans passed in North Carolina and Nassau County, NY; mask bans considered in New York State, Chicago, IL, and Los Angeles, CA.
Read more...Schemes to boost birth rates to bolster growth are generally ineffective and more important, miss the real problem.
Read more...If you have shopped at Kroger, please consider boycotting them over them over their surge pricing grifting plans.
Read more...“Given the overwhelming evidence, it is clear to the United States… that Edmundo González Urrutia won the most votes in Venezuela’s July 28 presidential election.” But it was only clear for four days.
Read more...More evidence that the current level of advanced economy secondary market trading is bad for economic health.
Read more...The TSA is now harassing mere pretty mild political dissenters via intrusive bag checks and deploying heavy-duty surveillance teams
Read more...Eight talking points on mask bans.
Read more...~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~
Read more...Prehistory professor Steven Mithen’s “The Language Puzzle” explores the mysteries of when and how we began to speak.
Read more...Why the prospects for containing, much the less resolving, the escalating Middle East conflict, are poor.
Read more...Even if the looming Israel-Iran conflict does not produce a regional war or worse, the ICBM lobby poses another huge risk to collective safety
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