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I've been silent for some weeks. Forgive me. The truth is: I've been rendered almost speechless — or the literary equivalent of that — because recently I've had the unenviable task of trying to announce to the world that indeed, a genocide — or...

I’ve been silent for some weeks. Forgive me. (Article by Dr. Naomi Wolf republished from NaomiWolf.Substack.com) The truth is: I’ve been rendered almost speechless — or the literary equivalent of [...]

Even the Tech Bros don't think you can solve homelessness with a dashboard

Hiring bonuses: As our good pal Charles Mudede shared in his Tuesday Slog PM, the Seattle City Council came one step closer to putting a few grand on a fishing lure to maybe attract more cops. Councilmember Sara Nelson, who shows Sawant-levels of stubbornness on this issue, frames the signing bonuses as the solution to the ongoing “People are dying” crisis, even though city studies just straight up could not confirm if new cops will...

An engineer for Meta, Facebook’s parent company, with a self-reported total compensation – or TC, which includes salary, stock options and other benefits – of US$850,000 (RM3.57mil) took to the anonymous job forum Blind to complain about the perks, or lack thereof, that awaited their return to the office.

The fledgling automaker posits the idea of a "post-luxury" world, then nails on a six-figure price tag. Will it work?

Could Greece Host Sillicon Valley’s Plans for Private Cities Free of Government Control? ” width=”640″> Tech Bros consider Greece for private city. Credit: Violeta Meleti  Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International Greece could become the location for a private city, catering to computer techies, free of government control according to the plans of Sillicon Valley Tech Bros Dryden Brown and Charlie Callinan. The two entrepreneurs are looking at safe havens to build a p...

Miami regularly ranks among the worst cities in the entire United States for income inequality and the number of people living in poverty — problems that stem from low wages and a high cost of living. Millennials cant afford a home and may not ever. Miami residents are among the most rent-burdened in the nation. Without a doubt, the reality of living here is that people are working paycheck to paycheck, spending more than half their income on housing, avoiding doctor visits because they cost...

Change. "the hill" has become the new weekend stomping ground of breeders from the tech companies and the locals are displeased. john criscitello, street artist that is waging a one-man war against the rent hikes that are pushing people like him out of the neighborhood. >> anthony: are we talking about an infestation of tech bros? is this, uh, what, 10 years ago would this be a gay neighborhood? >> john: it was, sort of, an enclave for artists and for queer people. >> anthony: and, so whats happ...

Its a place that, on the surface, would seem to require commitment. famously gray, rainy, not particularly friendly and all the way up there, in the far corner of the country. a place you could get work in the aircraft industry, or make music or rather notoriously, become a serial killer. whether outfitting prospectors during the alaskan gold rush or looking for some kind of cred from the music scene, its always boom or bust. now its a new kind of boom. microsoft, google, twitter, expedia and am...