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The Siren Song of Progressive Politics

To hear centrist Democrats tell it, going left is too risky. The problem with their narrative, is that they have been losing election after election by going too moderate. So why are they still getting away with presenting themselves as the reasonable ones?

The right response to criticism is more speech, not litigation. That’s why we’re working for a strong federal law against the harassing lawsuits known as SLAPPs. protecttheprotest.org/

Old newspapers can be used to grow carbon nanotubes

New research has found that old newspaper provide a cheap and green solution for the bulk production of single walled carbon nanotubes.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court declared that the government should not put individuals in the no-win situation of choosing between disclosing a device's password—and turning over everything on these devices—or instead defying a court order to do so. eff.org/deeplinks/2019/11/vict

I wonder if there's a need for an internet registry? What should the identifying attributes of a website be? Name + steward key?

My science news calendar says in 2016 a huge frozen underground lake was found on Mars...can we really be sure that's not where Seamonkeys are from?

Three rules for working on large projects:
1. If you're setting the schedule, make sure it's accurate;
2. If you're not setting the schedule, verify that it's accurate;
3. If the schedule's not accurate, you can't make it accurate.

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Three rules for working for a large corporation:
1. Do your best, but
2. It's just a job, and
3. Your life won't end if the project doesn't meet it's schedule.

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