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As the gulf between rich and poor widens across America, here's the why, the how and the who. Coming April 25, 2023.
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The 2.2 million people of Wyoming, South Dakota and North Dakota get their own 6 Senators.
The 4 million people of Los Angeles have to share 2 Senators with another 35 million Californians.
This is the “democracy crisis.”
Jack Dorsey: “In principle, I don’t believe anyone should own or run Twitter. It wants to be a public good at a protocol level, not a company. Solving for the problem of it being a company, however, Elon is the singular solution I trust ...” ow.ly/N61p50IS0bC
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Dorsey says taking Twitter private "is the correct first step" and Musk's goal of creating a "maximally trusted and broadly inclusive" platform is the right one (@jack)
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Interesting. Putin doesn't want Ukraine, he just wants to take control of their huge energy reserves of oil and natural gas 👉 What if Putin Didn’t Miscalculate? - The New York Times ow.ly/UWQa30sfWqZ
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Folks in Australia celebrating Christmas in the sunshine and on the beach don't realize how much more convenient Christmas is in the Northeast and Midwest of the US, where we never need to worry about fridge space, because we can just put stuff on the back patio to stay frozen.
Aaron Rodgers Didn't Just Lie - His lies, his illogical defense, and his hubris damage all professional athletes. ~ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ow.ly/7fRk30rZZBz
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You cannot get educated by this self-propagating system in which people study to pass exams, and teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything.
You learn something by doing it yourself, by asking questions, by thinking, and by experimenting. 🧠
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Republicans promised that if I vote for Biden there'd be a taco truck on every corner and yet here we are, 55 days with no taco truck in sight. This is bullshit.
When a California city gave people a guaranteed income, they worked more — not less ow.ly/5M3Q30rzRAR Stockton’s experiment shows what $500 per month in “free money” can do for employment, mental health, and more.
The Bull Case For Twitter's Spaces: Spaces is well positioned to challenge Clubhouse because it's intuitive, it's a logical fit for Twitter, and adds a meaningful new experience to the Twitter app ow.ly/cqAt30rwAsy