MTA Will Spend $249M On New Cops to Save $200M on Fare Evasion 《Wonder if this was motivated in part by events in Hong Kong?》
People pushing MeWe again. The problem is that it’s a lousy app, and no reason to believe it won’t be evil if it ever takes off. Try micro.blog or mastodon instead. Support the open web.
Online advertising is a scam 《Except when it is pay-to-play, as is the case with FB, but they don’t talk about that.》
One reason I stopped using my Kindle Paperwhite was the lack of a Traditional Chinese dictionary, but it turns out you can buy one from Amazon.
‘I live on the street now’: how Americans fall into medical bankruptcy
The female problem: how male bias in medical trials ruined women’s health
For most of the last two decades I felt I could (at the very least) follow the broad outlines of economic debates among leftists, but this Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) stuff makes my head spin.
Southern Poverty Law Center won’t voluntarily recognize employee union
China Makes Tibetan College Graduates Denounce Dalai Lama to Get State Jobs
Pete Buttigieg, at 18, won an essay contest. His subject? Bernie Sanders
Great apes probably smarter than early human Australopithecus
Mike Bloomberg’s “city-sanctioned system of racial terror“
The theory section of much anthropological writing is a kind of catechism: a roll call of common demons followed by the names of saints who can protect the author from their evil influence. (If recited in the correct order.)
Plague Is Diagnosed in China, Prompting Fears of an Outbreak 《Signs of the apocalypse #32》
From February. File in things that make you go hmmm: “Bolivia picks Chinese partner for $2.3 billion lithium projects“
Petitions may feel beside the point right now, but it only takes a second to sign your name: International Academics and University Administrators’ Appeal to the Hong Kong Government: Stop Police Attacks on University Campuses
Police Conduct Siege of Chinese University of Hong Kong, Firing Rubber Bullets and Tear Gas
Bolivia’s Remarkable Socialist Success Story 《From October 😢》
India strips overseas citizenship from journalist who criticised Modi regime