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Presidential Proclamation -- Public Service Recognition Week, 2015
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/05/02/presidential-proclamation-public-service-recognition-week-2015
...We know there are some things we do better when we join in common purpose, and with hard work and a commitment worthy of our Nation's potential, we can keep our country safe, guarantee basic security, and ensure everyone... (from No Agenda Episode 718 - "Sizeist")
Did A Vaccine Experiment on US Soliders Cause "The Spanish Flu" Epidemic? - AGE OF AUTISM
https://www.ageofautism.com/2018/11/did-a-vaccine-experiment-on-us-soliders-cause-the-spanish-flu-epidemic.html
...WHY IS WHAT HAPPENED 100 YEARS AGO IMPORTANT NOW? Between 1900-1920, there were enormous efforts underway in the industrialized world to build a better society. I will use New York as an example to discuss three major changes to... (from No Agenda Episode 1235 - "Coronafest")
EU news: Brussels set for revolt as Netherlands plans to shut farms over EU laws | World | News | Express.co.uk
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1703087/eu-news-netherlands-farms-shut-down-nitrogen-levels-climate-rules-mark-rutte
...Christianne van der Wal, nitrogen minister, told MPs on Friday: "There is no better offer coming." But the move is set to infuriate farmers across the country amid already-strained relations between industry leaders and Mark Rutte's government. Dutch... (from No Agenda Episode 1553 - "Ample Bosom")
What Will Service Work Look Like Under Amazon? - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/18/magazine/what-will-service-work-look-like-under-amazon.html?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits
...Back then, some said that with a few twists of the dial and a better-educated class of consumers, service work could be remade into something more careerlike, offering employees structure, predictability and dignity '-- and wealthier customers a form of... (from No Agenda Episode 949 - "Bro_splosion")
NOAA: Below-normal Atlantic Hurricane Season is likely this year.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2015/20150527-noaa-hurricane-outlook-below-normal-atlantic-hurricane-season-is-likely-this-year.html
...Develop a family communications plan, build an emergency supply kit for your home, and take time to learn evacuation routes for your area. Knowing what to do ahead of time can literally save your life and help you bounce back... (from No Agenda Episode 725 - "Cricket Flour")
The GPS/GNSS system behind finance, telecommunications and transportation networks is vulnerable to terrorist jamming and criminal spoofing '-- Quartz
https://qz.com/1106064/the-entire-global-financial-system-depends-on-gps-and-its-shockingly-vulnerable-to-attack/
...But the more important idea is simply to create a terrestrial back-up: Let's build another invisible clock, down here on earth. There's even a model to build it on: Loran, or Long range navigation, a network of... (from No Agenda Episode 1119 - "HyperTrending")
Elon Musk's Mars vision: A timeline of SpaceX's plans - Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-spacex-mars-plan-timeline-2018-10#2023-launch-the-first-people-with-bfr-and-send-them-around-the-moon-7
...That stuff would be needed for humans to build facilities that can generate power, gather water, bottle up the thin Martian air, and turn those raw resources into methane fuel and oxygen for return launches back to Earth. Paul Wooster... (from No Agenda Episode 1078 - "Demonation")
VIDEO - Trump Says He Plans to Order Military to Guard Border - The New York Times
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/us/politics/trump-border-immigration-caravan.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
Tue, 03 Apr 2018 21:38 WASHINGTON '-- President Trump said on Tuesday that he planned to order the military to guard parts of the southern border until he can build a wall and tighten immigration restrictions, proposing a remarkable escalation... (from No Agenda Episode 1022 - "LibJoe")
UK's Rival to Galileo: A Brexit Farce '' Byline Times
https://bylinetimes.com/2020/06/30/uks-rival-to-galileo-a-brexit-farce/
...Despite BBC News reporting that ''the OneWeb service would be back-up for GPS in case it is attacked or fails'', most experts in the field are warning that it is no such thing. The satellites which form part of... (from No Agenda Episode 1256 - "White Tears")
VIDEO - FCC chair Ajit Pai explains why he wants to scrap net neutrality | PBS NewsHour
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/fcc-chair-ajit-pai-explains-wants-scrap-net-neutrality/
...The telecoms build the highway. The others guys are like the cars traveling that highway. The idea of net neutrality is that the telecoms have to treat that highway as an open road. They can't pick and choose which... (from No Agenda Episode 925 - "Barry's Choice")
Trump, in Interview, Calls Wall Talks 'Waste of Time' and Dismisses Investigations - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/us/politics/trump-wall-investigations-interview.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
...He made no mention of closing the government again, a move that backfired on him, but instead suggested he plans to declare a national emergency to build the wall. ''I've set the table,'' he said. ''I've set the... (from No Agenda Episode 1109 - "Pentacon")
Can Army Futures Command Overcome Decades Of Dysfunction? Breaking Defense - Defense industry news, analysis and commentary
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/08/can-army-futures-command-overcome-decades-of-dysfunction/
...The radio procurement program manager, part of an entirely separate organization, reported back there was nothing on the market under eight inches. The requirements office insisted on six inches, the acquisition office insisted they had no money to develop something... (from No Agenda Episode 1064 - "Post Racial")
DCCC faces mass staff upheaval after uproar over diversity - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/29/top-dccc-staffer-out-amid-diversity-uproar-1439525
...saying she was out to ''finally'' build a ''world class'' DCCC '-- which was perceived as a slight to the previous chairman, Rep. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico, who helped lead the party back to the majority after eight years... (from No Agenda Episode 1160 - "VAT Camel")
AUDIO-The Common Core Curriculum Void : NPR Ed : NPR
http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2014/06/03/318228023/the-common-core-curriculum-void
...It's a seismic shift in education meant to better prepare kids for college, career and the global economy. But new standards as rigorous as the Core require lots of other changes '-- to textbooks, lesson plans, homework assignments. In short... (from No Agenda Episode 623 - "Fact Pattern")
Excel: Why using Microsoft's tool caused Covid-19 results to be lost - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54423988
...For a bit of context, Excel's XLS file format dates back to 1987. It was superseded by XLSX in 2007. Had this been used, it would have handled 16 times the number of cases. At the very least, that... (from No Agenda Episode 1284 - "Eyeballitis")
Rejoice: Google Just Created a Stupidly Simple Wi-Fi Router | WIRED
http://www.wired.com/2015/08/google-onhub-wi-fi-router/
...For $199, it promises to make your Wi-Fi faster and more reliable, and to give you the ability to update and fix your connection. (You know, for the rare times unplugging it and plugging it back in just won... (from No Agenda Episode 750 - "Gas Jackers")
Rejoice: Google Just Created a Stupidly Simple Wi-Fi Router | WIRED
http://www.wired.com/2015/08/google-onhub-wi-fi-router/
...For $199, it promises to make your Wi-Fi faster and more reliable, and to give you the ability to update and fix your connection. (You know, for the rare times unplugging it and plugging it back in just won... (from No Agenda Episode 749 - "The Big Jump")
Coach to Buy Kate Spade in $2.4 Billion Deal - WSJ
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.com/amp/articles/coach-to-buy-kate-spade-in-2-4-billion-deal-1494242892
...Sales at Coach started to grow again in recent quarters as it pulled back from department stores, closed a third of its full-priced stores in North America and cut back on promotions. The company said it plans to reduce... (from No Agenda Episode 1040 - "Pardon Me")
Companies' hardline stance on returning to the office is backfiring - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/02/return-to-office-punishments-remote-hybrid-work/
...called people back to the office. Last August, it asked workers within a 50-mile radius of an office to go in two days a week, suggesting that they needed to experience hybrid work to build better products for it... (from No Agenda Episode 1631 - "Pulling a Johnson")
I'd like to thank my family, my agent, my manager, and of course the Podcast Academy >> Nieman Journalism Lab
https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/02/id-like-to-thank-my-family-my-agent-my-manager-and-of-course-the-podcast-academy/
...Around this time last year, Patreon's CEO Jack Conte told CNBC that it needed to ''build new businesses and new services and new revenue lines in order to build a sustainable business,'' saying its core membership platform product '-- which... (from No Agenda Episode 1218 - "Eggsistenial")