Date: August 09, 2017
01) Democrats Furious Bernie Sanders Might Run Again in 2020
“A new article in Politico highlights divisions among Democrats that Bernie Sanders is allegedly causing due to his potential 2020 presidential plans (or lack thereof). Establishment Democrats are reportedly “furious” at the prospect that he may run again, and they’re also irritated at the prospect of him dragging out his decision. They’ve made it clear they’re unhappy with Bernie Sanders either way.”
Date: August 09, 2017
01) James Damore and his Google Memo on Diversity
“Note: This video only contains 21 minutes of a 50 min interview. There is a corrupt frame, or some such technical problem, in the original file. We are working diligently on that (and have been for the last fourteen hours). In the meantime, this will have to suffice.
In this video, I talk to James Damore and another employee who wishes to remain anonymous about James’ memo regarding Google’s diversity programs and their overweening ideological basis. He was fired last night. That says everything that needs to be said.
This means that the company that is arguably in charge of more of the world’s communication than any other has now fired a promising engineer for stating a series of established scientific truths. That’s worth thinking about.”
Date: August 09, 2017
01) That Google Memo
“Sources:
Memo: https://tinyurl.com/yde86v9e
Google Fires Memo Boy: https://tinyurl.com/y8lskub9
Gizmodo article: https://tinyurl.com/ydafg2ta
VP Diversity Response: https://tinyurl.com/yc6oky9n
Quillette article: https://tinyurl.com/ya2rql36“
Maybe, in the grander scheme, it’s good that this happened?
It rips open the culture within Google, the business entity…And lets us all see what is behind, the grocery list of trespasses Google is guilty for.
Date: August 08, 2017
01) Cafe of Confusion
Date: August 08, 2017
01) Jordan Peterson: Why You Need Art in Your Life
“Jordan B Peterson (born June 12, 1962) is a Canadian clinical psychologist and professor of psychology at the University of Toronto.
This is part of his Biblical Series X: Abraham: Father of Nations. Here, he talks about art and its place in human life.”
Date: August 08, 2017
01) Stephen Hicks: From the Falsification of Marxism to Post-Modernism
“Stephen Ronald Craig Hicks is a Canadian-American philosopher who teaches at Rockford University, where he also directs the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship.
In 2004 he wrote a book named “Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault” which was e.g. recommended by Jordan Peterson for understanding postmodernism”
Date: August 07, 2017
01) EFF Wins Court Ruling Upholding Invalidation of Bad Patent That Threatened Podcasters
“San Francisco, California—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) won a court ruling today affirming that an infamous podcasting patent used by a patent troll to threaten podcasters big and small was properly held invalid by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
A unanimous decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will, for now, keep podcasting safe from this patent.
In October 2013, EFF filed a petition at the USPTO challenging the so-called podcasting patent owned by Personal Audio and asking the court to use an expedited process for taking a second look at the patent. More than one thousand people donated to our Save Podcasting campaign to support our efforts.”
Date: August 07, 2017
01) The Current Moral Panic and Why It Will Pass: 2017 is 1950 or 1983
“Moral panic always operates in a predictable manner. In a decade you’ll have a bunch of vapid celebrities donning fake fascist paraphernalia and rambling about traditionalism.”
Date: August 07, 2017
01) 5 Things You Should Know About Unusual Sexual Interests And The People Who Have Them
“1.) Having a paraphilia does not necessarily mean that you have a psychological disorder.
2.) Many sexual interests that have been labeled paraphilias are actually pretty common.
3.) Almost all paraphilic interests seem to be more common in men than they are in women.
4.) Many paraphilias are thought to be learned behaviors.
5.) Paraphilic behaviors are more appealing to us when we’re already sexually aroused.”
Date: August 07, 2017
01) Much Ado About Nothing: AHRC Survey Edition
“Sources:
AHRC survey: https://tinyurl.com/y72hxkhw
Sample size: https://www.surveymonkey.com/mp/sample-size-calculator/ “
