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Mia Zapata's Killer Has Died. Peers Remember the Gits Singer's 'True Independent Soul' Mia Zapata's Killer Has Died. Peers Remember the Gits Singer's 'True Independent Soul' Jesus Mezquia, the man convicted of the 1993 murder of popular Seattle musician, died in a Washington hospital in January David de Sola, provided by May 23, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Jesus Mezquia, the man convicted of murdering Seattle musician Mia Zapata, died in a hospital in Pierce County, Washington, on January 21st. He was 66 years old. His death was confirmed by the Washington State Department of Corrections, whic...

Bleep Offers Customizable Content Moderation SHARE Content moderation is often seen in binary terms. Platforms are either seen to moderate too little, prompting demands for government‐​imposed responsibility, or too much, inspiring proposals for state‐​mandated restraint. Any universally applicable policy or standard cannot satisfy both demands. Yet some tensions can be resolved by simply giving users more control over content moderation. At the Game Developers Conference in mid‐​March, Intel debuted an audio moderation tool called Bleep. Bleep will allow users to filter vid...

Yes.  We are in a stock market bubble. But what if conventional methods of examining market cycles miss a crucial point? While we often talk about parts of cycles  (bull or bear), exploring the full-market cycle may provide another way to look at long-term bubble cycles. The Speculative Cycle Charles Kindleberger suggested that speculative manias typically commence with a  “displacement,” which excites speculative interest. The displacement may come from either an entirely new investment object (IPO) or increased profitability of established investments. The speculation gets reinfor...

Yes.  We are in a stock market bubble. But what if conventional methods of examining market cycles miss a crucial point? While we often talk about parts of cycles  (bull or bear), exploring the full-market cycle may provide another way to look at long-term bubble cycles. The Speculative Cycle Charles Kindleberger suggested that speculative manias typically commence with a  “displacement,” which excites speculative interest. The displacement may come from either an entirely new investment object (IPO) or increased profitability of established investments. The speculation gets reinfor...

Why ending anonymity would not make social media better Whenever the subject of disinformation, hate speech, or harassment on social media platforms comes up, someone inevitably suggests these problems could be solved if Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram outlawed anonymity and forced users to sign up using their real names. The past week has seen a revival of this argument: in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Andy Kessler said that trying to solve these problems by tweaking Section 230—the clause in the Communications Decency Act that gives digital platforms protection from liability for conten...