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'...Justin Kennedy, a trader who arrived from Goldman Sachs to become one of Mr Trump’s most trusted associates over a 12-year spell at Deutsche, is the son of a Supreme Court justice...' - Financial Times 2017.08

–– no paywall link to the FT article: https://archive.fo/89oxd

Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/8c6d9dca-882c-11e7-bf50-e1c239b45787

#FuckThe1Percent #Always

• https://twitter.com/stevesilberman/status/1012398829906169858

and, in other news ^^^

Mini Neanderthal Brains Are Growing in Petri Dishes
https://www.livescience.com/62916-mini-neanderthal-brains.html
'Neanderthals went extinct about 40,000 years ago, but thanks to cutting-edge science, there is now a lab in California that has petri dishes filled with pea-size versions of the cavemen's brains.

[....] Scientists have already grown mini human organs, known as organoids, in the lab. To grow mini Neanderthal brains (which the researchers playfully called Neanderoids)...'

There Is No Biological Difference Between Male and Female Brains
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/06/there-is-no-biological-difference-between-male-and-female-brains/563702
– 'It's tempting to think the differences between men and women are hard-wired into our biology, but neuroscience shows that we're more alike than we think.'
#Gender #Biology #Science #Sex #Humanity

#MondayAnarchy #Anarchism

another reason get out of #Facebook...

Facebook tests ‘subscription Groups’ that charge for exclusive content
https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/20/facebook-subscription-groups
'Facebook is starting to let Group admins charge $4.99 to $29.99 per month for access to special sub-Groups full of exclusive posts. A hand-picked array of parenting, cooking and “organize my home” Groups will be the first to get the chance to spawn a subscription Group open to their members...'

Hay Soos at the Mexico/#Murica border

'I tell you the truth, when you refused to help the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help me'
– Matthew 25:40

#Video #Facebook etc
Jaron Lanier interview on how social media ruins your life
https://youtu.be/kc_Jq42Og7Q
'Jaron Lanier, the Silicone Valley ‘computer philosopher’, thinks social media is ruining your life.

In this interview Jaron Lanier talks about Facebook, YouTube, Google and how the tech and social media giants are using algorithms to record data about their users – and how internet algorithms shape how we see the world and what we’re shown online.'

#Cartoon
Stephanie McMillan writes:
– 'Solidarity to all of you in the struggle for a better society. As we worry about the urgency of our situation, sometimes we may feel like there is a lot on our shoulders, or frustrated that we can't do what we think of as "enough," or make the progress we want to. As we focus on our work, let's keep in mind that that each of us can only do what we can do, and we're all in this together. Each of us has our role to play...'
– https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155505306278457&set=a.10153609135508457.1073741964.535613456

12 Rules for a Progressive Life
https://medium.com/s/story/12-rules-for-a-progressive-life-9a53fbf80487
By Aaron Huertas
1. Know your geography
2. Understand your class
3. Respect all labor
4. Don’t compromise your morals
5. Pick your battles
6. Use your power
7. Empathize widely and specifically
8. State your motivations
9. Secure yourself so that you may secure others
10. Stay healthy
11. Keep improving
12. Build movements that take turns

for some fantastic political #cartoons follow @flugennock

#Cartoon
Freedom, Joy, and Power: The History of the Rainbow Flag
– by Max Dlabick
https://thenib.com/why-is-the-lgbt-flag-a-rainbow

Namibians Want Reparations From Germany For A Genocide That Killed Thousands
https://youtu.be/9gOOXzGtd2w
'Decades before the Holocaust, Germany carried out what many historians consider the first genocide of the 20th century in Namibia. German generals targeted two land-owning ethnic groups, the Herero and Nama, killing 100,000 people; and throwing the survivors into concentration camps.

...descendants of the survivors are suing Germany for an admittance of genocide, an apology, and reparations...'

'...collected precinct-level polling data—the highest-resolution available—through internet scraping and by contacting secretaries of state, boards of election, and county clerks. Merging the two datasets was as simple as inferring the precinct and census block of each smartphone user's home based on the location of pings logged between 1:00 am and 4:00 am in the weeks before Thanksgiving.
People who live in the same precinct tend to vote for the same candidate...'
https://www.wired.com/story/the-thanksgiving-effect-and-the-power-of-phone-data