“The Gentry,” a luxury development being built in a gentrifying neighborhood, is forced to change its name. Often, when developers come to neighborhoods of color with the intent of buying up property so they can flip it to white people, they aren’t particularly subtle about their intentions. Most developers,
Trump probably doesn’t know what public health is, and Mike Pence may try to kill us all. Should you be somewhat comforted by Trump’s vague public statements about his plans for public health—the most we really have is a line from his 100-day plan promising a
“The result was that a percussive rhythm emerged, one that I hadn’t created myself.” A musician pays homage to emergence by programming his drum synths to sift out a beat from the random noise of raindrops on his roof. ↩︎ posted Jan. 11, 2017 Life is like an eddy in
His GPA did not warrant it, his SAT scores did not warrant it. We thought for sure, there was no way this was going to happen. In case it really needs saying, Kushner is a little rich kid whose daddy bought him everything (including admission to Harvard)—like Trump. ↩︎ ProPublica,
Footage of the Senate’s Obamacare repeal vote, which passed 51-48. Watch on mute, pair perhaps with a dirge of your choice. ↩︎ posted Jan. 9, 2017 Obamacare less popular than its synonym, the Affordable Care Act Obama says he’s happy to let Trump take up the healthcare reform
Mind-hacking is happening, misunderstood, in some cases pretty serious, and it leads to levitating chairs Mind-hacking: everyone’s doing it. Of course, being Americans, it’s not enough for us to just do drugs for pleasure or escape—we want to be more productive, more efficient, better workers.
For people like me, failure is not being able to raise $100,000, and then when I go to angel investors seeking funding, they ask me if I’ve raised any money. It’s like I’ve already failed because of the color of my skin and not having my
More complicated car tech could mean the return of auto manufacturing to the United States The opening of Tesla’s Gigafactory in Nevada signals the United States’ contention with the Asian companies that have dominated the battery cell market. The shift towards higher-tech manufacturing is already driving automakers like
“Let’s get her some sex.” Many of today’s progressives are too young to remember the Mary Tyler Moore Show, which brought feminism, sex positivity, homosexuality, birth control, and pay equality to the small screen like never before. ↩︎ New York Times, posted Jan. 26, 2017 A film about women
House Republicans (unethically?) vote to prohibit ethics investigators from communicating with the public As you may have heard, House Republicans voted in a secret ballot Monday night to severely restrict the investigative powers and independence of the Office of Congressional Ethics, a semi-independent non-partisan government agency tasked with
