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Book Review: How Plagues Are Intertwined With Social Justice
Conor Gallagher
Conor here: I think the question posed at the end is one a lot of people are working through, and none of the answers are reassuring. By Ramin Skibba, an astrophysicist turned science writer and fre ...[Continue Reading]
Nakedcapitalism.com
about 1 year ago
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Primary fight in key California district highlights questions about Democrats' future
Fin Daniel Gmez, Kaia Hubbard
Washington The latest fight over the direction of the Democratic Party is playing out in a competitive California congressional primary, as progressives accuse party leaders of trying to muscle a m ...[Continue Reading]
CBS News
1 day ago
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Google I/O showed how the path for AI-driven science is shifting
Grace Huckins
Just this week, Pushmeet Kohli, Google Clouds chief scientist, published a piece in a special AI and science issue of the journal Daedalus, writing: We are moving toward AI that doesnt just facilitat ...[Continue Reading]
MIT Technology Review
1 day ago
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AIPAC, AI, Crypto and Gambling Are Hiding Their Big Election Spends
The Intercept Briefing
Republican Rep. Thomas Massie was decisively ousted on Tuesday night in his Kentucky primary, a win for President Donald Trump, who had launched an all-out attack on the congressman for his role in p ...[Continue Reading]
The Intercept
1 day ago
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California Teacher Previously Fired for Sexual Harassment Is No Longer in the Classroom After New Complaints
Holly McDede
A San Francisco Bay Area school district has replaced a middle school math teacher for the remainder of the academic year following an investigation by KQED and ProPublica that showed he had been acc ...[Continue Reading]
ProPublica
1 day ago
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Nations largest public pension fund plagued by secrecy and underperformance, probe finds
Gretchen Morgenson
An independent investigation into the nations largest public pension, the California Public Employees Retirement System, concluded that its 2.4 million members are imperiled by secrecy, chronic under ...[Continue Reading]
NBC News
1 day ago