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Three white men met in an online group chat in 2019. From there, the three began recruiting conspirators to trigger a race war.

In response to The Trillion Dollar Market, which adds a few paragraphs to Gain of Facebook (below), which responded to How Facebook Could Create a Revolution, Do Good, and Make Billions, by Bernard…

We’re all paying it, every day. In the US, taxpayers subsidize the cattle industry with billions of dollars of tax money each year. Most of that goes to pay for feed crops, but there is also …

Hackers are a high-risk population. This talk will provide hackers with tools to reduce the risk to themselves and their communities usin...

Raia Small on why the left in the United States and Canada has struggled to mount an effective response to the pandemic’s catastrophes, and where we might go from here.

How Paul Verhoeven's sci-fi films critique American capitalism.

Most of the economy appears to be doing well, but slowing down — all while the latest trends don’t look like recessions of the past.

Posted on Friday 16 Sep 2022. 849 words, 8 links. By Matt Webb.

Although most modern consumers tend to correlate horror to movies, the genre’s contributions to the world of literature are equally impressive. From genius minds like Edgar Allen Poe to H.P. …

Even though a large part of illustration depends on craft, most connoisseurs of the visual arts demand deeper emotional stimulation than pure beauty. Seasoned art fans like to search for pieces tha…

Millennials and Gen Z'ers are (deliberately?) disengaging from their jobs. It’s called “Quiet Quitting.” A 30-year-old teacher who Quiet Quit said “You

“Five thousand quatloos that the newcomers will have to be destroyed.” Quatloos. Credits. Euros. Dollars. Dogecoin. Wait, Dogecoin? At some point in your life, you’ve probably asked yourself, “What…

Republicans across the country are trying to use the power of the state to restrict speech.

Region’s long awaited energy and economic transition will be substantially boosted by US’s first climate legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act

It’s the mutant offspring of an intranet and a metaverse and even if it flops, you'll get some kudos

Florida has a secret surveillance program collecting private information at toll booths, and it doesn't want you to know about it.

More than a century after the British invented them, tanks are still an essential factor in the Russo-Ukrainian war. ...

Even plans that are supposed to save patients money can end up costing them dearly.

The best money is social, not personal.

Scientists have discovered a mutation that increases the production of brain cells and seems to have set our ancestors apart from other hominins.