Somerville's Turn to 'Sewer Socialism'
Common Wealth
City election dominated by a left-leaning wave .
Amazon’s Last Mile and Its Utterly Expendable Couriers
Gizmodo
Amazon is a devilishly simple everything-store. You buy it. It shows up. Fast. But, at the bottom of its complicated machinery is a nearly invisible workforce tasked with getting those orders to your doorstep. It’s a network of supposedly self-employed, utterly expendable couriers enrolled in an app-based program which some believe may violate labor laws. It’s Amazon Flex, and it makes Amazon’s “last-mile” deliveries—the final trip from a local facility to the customer.
Friday Nite Videos | November 24, 2017
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How Southern Socialites Rewrote Civil War History. Stealing Is Legal! DAMNATION: New Series Trailer. Coffee: The Greatest Addiction Ever. Tom Lehrer | We Will All Go Together When We Go.
How Southern Socialites Rewrote Civil War History
The United Daughters of the Confederacy altered the South's memory of the Civil War.
Stealing Is Legal!
Clearly, those who wrote the laws against stealing failed to include tax law.
DAMNATION: New Series Trailer
An epic saga about the secret history of the 1930s American heartland, centering on the mythic conflict and bloody struggle between big money and the downtrodden (IMDB). On USA channel, premier Nov. 7.
Coffee: The Greatest Addiction Ever
Fun facts: while coffee is genuinely addictive, it actually provides a number of significant health benefits.
Tom Lehrer | We Will All Go Together When We Go
In this period of heightened danger of nuclear annihilation, we can all use Tom Lehrer's optimistic take on this final scenario.
Silicon Valley Wants Access to Your Brain
il manifesto
Soon, speaking and typing may be old-fashioned forms of communication. The new wave of Silicon Valley products will use your brain as the interface. Will bioethicists be able to control the new technology?
The Trump-Russia Story Is Coming Together. Here’s How to Make Sense of It
Bill Moyers and Company
"Everything the Trump campaign told you about the connections between Trump and Russia was a lie."
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