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Cecil Rhodes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Rhodes
...His father therefore determined to send him abroad to try the effect of a sea voyage and a better climate. Herbert [Cecil's brother] had already set up as a planter in Natal, South Africa, so Cecil was despatched on... (from No Agenda Episode 634 - "Rough Patch")
Fender is betting on machine learning and apps for its future '-- Quartz
https://qz.com/1748012/fender-is-betting-on-machine-learning-and-apps-for-its-future/
...Many women work on the factory floor at the plant, as their hands are generally smaller and more adept at some of the more dextrous tasks required to build a guitar. Quartz/Mike Murphy Josefina Campos, wiring another pickup.One... (from No Agenda Episode 1199 - "Slackified")
Cliff Mass Weather and Climate Blog: The University of Washington Should Not Censor Faculty Social Media
https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-university-of-washington-should-not.html
...So I was being called on to the carpet by the UW Dean for materialin my non-UW blog.       Northwest Snowpack The history of politicized suppression of science goes back to theroots of my college. Back in... (from No Agenda Episode 1179 - "Vooden Sporks")
Michael Wolff's 'Fire and Fury': Inside Trump's White House
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/01/michael-wolff-fire-and-fury-book-donald-trump.html
...All that seemed to distinguish it from a corporate back office were a few posters with right-wing slogans. Conway, the campaign's manager, was in a remarkably buoyant mood, considering she was about to experience a resounding, if not... (from No Agenda Episode 996 - "Rats on a Plane")
New Bill Proposes Banning TikTok in the U.S. - Lawfare
https://www.lawfareblog.com/new-bill-proposes-banning-tiktok-us
...All told, it is a noteworthy piece of legislation, and it delineates between the risk of data access and the risk of content manipulation better than then-President Trump's executive order on TikTok. But it raises many questions about... (from No Agenda Episode 1518 - "Q-Yoga")
Inside the Koch Brothers' Toxic Empire | Rolling Stone
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/inside-the-koch-brothers-toxic-empire-20140924
...s lives better," he said recently. "It cannot do so if it is injuring people and harming the environment in the process." The Koch family's lucrative blend of pollution, speculation, law-bending and self-righteousness stretches back to the... (from No Agenda Episode 658 - "It's a Glitch!")
Security Council Unanimously Adopts Resolution Condemning Violent Extremism, Underscoring Need to Prevent Travel, Support for Foreign Terrorist Fighters | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases
http://www.un.org/press/en/2014/sc11580.doc.htm
...He added that international cooperation had already increased, with foreign fighters arrested, plots disrupted and lives saved but more capacity was needed to tackle the problem and prevent fighters from reaching Syria and slipping back over its borders. Reformed former... (from No Agenda Episode 687 - "Cyber Caliphate")
VIDEO-Daily Press Briefing: August 4, 2014
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2014/08/230196.htm
...leave our nations better for future generations by making concrete gains in peace and security, good governance, and economic development. There's long been bipartisan support for U.S. engagement with Africa, and the summit will build on that record... (from No Agenda Episode 641 - "Extractive")
F.B.I. Steps Up Use of Stings in ISIS Cases - NYTimes.com
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/06/08/us/fbi-isis-terrorism-stings.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fus&action=click&contentCollection=us&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront&referer=https://t.co/UMQkWeTi1D
...That is why, the officials said, they often gauge suspects' commitment to carrying out an attack and give them an ''out'' to back away. F.B.I. officials are also quick to point out that, despite dozens of challenges to... (from No Agenda Episode 832 - "Cissexist Hxstory")
The Crowdsourcing Scam - The Baffler
http://www.thebaffler.com/salvos/crowdsourcing-scam
...The story ends with Codemus ''led back to the flock,'' given a new little brother, and returned to the cool embrace of the efficient society. His purpose, such as it is, is restored. We may not live in the dystopian... (from No Agenda Episode 673 - "Imperial News")
The Crowdsourcing Scam - The Baffler
http://www.thebaffler.com/salvos/crowdsourcing-scam
...The story ends with Codemus ''led back to the flock,'' given a new little brother, and returned to the cool embrace of the efficient society. His purpose, such as it is, is restored. We may not live in the dystopian... (from No Agenda Episode 674 - "Non-linear War")
Ellen Page publicly comes out as a transgender male named Elliot, says: 'My pronouns are he/they' | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9006579/Ellen-Page-comes-trans-male-named-Elliot-says-statement-pronouns-they.html
...I see you, I love you and I will do everything to change this world for the better. Thank you for reading this. All my love, Elliot Three years later, in November 2017, Elliot accused X-Men director Brett Ratner... (from No Agenda Episode 1300 - "Electrical College")
Bitcoin is The Mycelium of Money - Brandon Quittem
https://www.brandonquittem.com/bitcoin-is-the-mycelium-of-money/
...funds will fail, ICOs will give back investor money or worse, projects will fail, and some charlatans will be exposed. However hodlers, new and old, collectively go underground and quietly make bitcoin better: building, learning, and forming alliances. Bitcoin Improved... (from No Agenda Episode 1289 - "Post Orange")
Against the Law: Countering Lawful Abuses of Digital Surveillance · The Journal of Open Engineering
https://www.tjoe.org/pub/direct-radio-introspection
...Furthermore, cellular receivers may have sensitivities better than -110dBm (~10 femtowatts), while GPS receivers need to be better than -125dBm (~300 attowatts), so package-level isolation of sensitive receivers from noisy digital circuits is desirable. From the economic perspective, the... (from No Agenda Episode 1175 - "Son of a Biden")
Press Call Briefing on the Paris Climate Change Summit
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/11/24/press-call-briefing-paris-climate-change-summit
...President Hollande will have traveled to Moscow, will have met with Chancellor Merkel as well, and so they'll have an opportunity to review our ongoing efforts to strengthen the counter-ISIL campaign and to accelerate efforts to roll back... (from No Agenda Episode 777 - "Pop-Up Terrorism")
Do Not Disturb: How I Ditched My Phone and Unbroke My Brain - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/business/cell-phone-addiction.html
...Together, we would build a healthy relationship with my phone, and try to unbreak my brain. 'A Bit Horrifying' Image On a video call with Catherine Price, the Marie Kondo of brains. Credit Demetrius Freeman for The New York Times... (from No Agenda Episode 1115 - "Truancy Crimes")
VIDEO - William Engdahl: Are the French Protests a U.S. Color Revolution & is Trump the Real Deal? #089 | Geopolitics & Empire
http://guadalajarageopolitics.com/2018/12/12/william-engdahl-are-the-french-protests-a-u-s-color-revolution-is-trump-the-real-deal-089/
...Community back in the 50s, the coal and steel union between France and Germany was a project encouraged not only by Winston Churchill but by the CIA and the US president to create an entity that they could better control... (from No Agenda Episode 1097 - "Two-way Sword")
The Sorry State of Fintech Privacy: Visa Wants to Buy Plaid, and with it, Bank Transaction Data for Millions of People. DOJ Sues | Wolf Street
https://wolfstreet.com/2020/11/30/visa-wants-to-buy-plaid-and-with-it-bank-transaction-data-for-millions-of-people-the-sorry-state-of-fintech-privacy/
...The lawsuits also claim that Plaid collected much more data than was necessary, deceived users about what it was doing, and made money by selling that data back to the apps which used it. EFF is not involved in either... (from No Agenda Episode 1300 - "Electrical College")
NPR hosts' departures fuel questions over race. The full story is complex. : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/11/1072104110/lulu-garcia-navarro-audie-cornish-noel-king-leave-npr
...Colleagues say Garcia-Navarro bristled at the network's suggestions that she dial back expression of her interests as a Cuban-American or in social justice matters. Last week, after Cornish announced her departure, Garcia-Navarro tweeted, "People leave jobs... (from No Agenda Episode 1416 - "Endemicity")
Christiansen Patreon Call Transcript
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U0mQjUA0T5INc_GDkwPJ2mfhO7tbaIogisSqqxHw0hc/mobilebasic
...Again, this goes back to - MATT: Okay. I'm glad you admit that. JACQUELINE: This goes back to what I was saying about that we are a payment processor and that is one of our core value propositions that we... (from No Agenda Episode 1097 - "Two-way Sword")