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510 - The strange, secretive world of North Korean science fiction | Ars Technica
The success of the Sputnik 1 mission meant that the Americans were no longer controlling the sky, a powerful message for North Koreans who remembered that the US Air Force bombed their country just a few years earlier during the Korean War. According to some estimates, American jets dropped 635,000 tons of bombs, which included 32,000 tons of napalm. Twelve to 15 percent of the population was killed, and Pyongyang and other major cities were almost reduced to rubble. To a Western reader, suc...
3938 - Public memory is so short.
Sunak is a transphobe and outright xenophobe, seeking to offload refugees, immigrants, and asylum seekers to Rwanda. Meanwhile, the spouse who comes from a 'humble' billionaire family, has siphoned off money by exploiting non-domiciled status to avoid paying millions in UK taxes.
4607 - [PDF] Employment Discrimination by Algorithm: Can Anyone Be Held Accountable? | Semantic Scholar
Accountable? Author Natalie Sheard The use by employers of Algorithmic Hiring Systems (‘AHSs’) to automate or assist with recruitment decisions is occurring in Australia without legal oversight. Regulators are yet to undertake an analysis of the legal issues posed by their use. Academic literature on this topic is limited and judicial guidance is yet to be provided. This article examines to what extent, if at all, Australian anti- discrimination laws are able to regulate the use by employers ...
5785 - WittGorrie
The last few days have shown very clearly how capable and skilled the residents and community were to respond to this crisis. They should have been resourced, respected and trusted to lead and drive all elements of managing COVID in their homes. https://t.co/Nf36bcYUsJ
8732 - Hi disabled and/or chronically ill friends, How do you feel about the current situation with the pandemic?
8967 - I am a disabled single parent. I am struggling with the cost of living. Yet here I am, re-working my budget to buy extra food so my daughter can share her lunchbox with a kid I've never met. Why is...
9530 - I don't ever like to pull rank, but when another professor at my university exits the elevator on the wrong floor & enters my classroom demanding I leave his room, informing me he is a tenure track...
10673 - Cassius Turvey: Men found guilty of Aboriginal boy's violent murder
The group had been "hunting for kids" because somebody had damaged Brearley's car windows, prosecutors said.
"Somebody smashed my car, they're about to die," Brearley was heard saying on CCTV footage captured shortly before the incident and played to the court.
There is no suggestion Cassius had any involvement in what happened to the car, but he was among a throng of kids who were confronted by the trio of men while walking along a suburban street after school.
A boy on crutches was...
10915 - How To Get Rich - YouTube
"It is almost impossible to get rich if your parents are not rich"
This is the most honest statement I have ever heard.
