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#ShowMustGoOn - Flashmob at the Odéon (Paris)

July 23, 2021

Cultural workers stage a flashmob for culture in front of the Odeon Theater in Paris, with three songs: The Sound of Silence (Paul Simon), Dying on Stage (M. Jouveaux / J. Barnel) and The Show Must Go On (Queen).

How Pegasus Spyware Was Found on Jamal Khashoggi's Fiancée's Phone | Frontline

July 23, 2021

A global consortium of news outlets has been investigating the spyware called Pegasus and the Israeli company that sells it to foreign governments. Pegasus has been used to spy on journalists, human rights activists and others. One target: Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancée.

July 23, 2021

Deep Mind's AI for Protein Structure Is Coming to the Masses

Ewen Callaway Nature

Machine-learning systems with far-reaching potential application in medicine, agriculture, materials science and more from Google sister-company DeepMind and from a rival academic group are now open source and freely accessible.

July 23, 2021

Texas Republicans Can't Handle the Truth About the Alamo

Jason Stanford The Washington Post

Texas conservatives are so exercised about the possibility of students learning more about slavery and racism that Governor Abbott has added discussion about a ban on the teaching of critical race theory to the special legislative session.

July 23, 2021

The Left Is the Only Reason We’re Talking About Climate Change at All

Kate Aronoff The New Republic

It’s become fashionable to suggest climate activists are too hard on Joe Biden. Being hard on Joe Biden is what got climate spending into the infrastructure package.

July 23, 2021

Bernie Sanders: A Big Win for the Working Class Is Within Reach

Bernie Sanders The Guardian

If our budget passes, it would be one of the most important pieces of legislation since the New Deal. But we must fight for it.

July 23, 2021

Friday Nite Videos | July 23, 2021

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How Pegasus Spyware Was Found on Jamal Khashoggi's Fiancée's Phone. Flashmob at the Odéon (Paris). How Big Pharma Fueled the Opioid Crisis That Killed 500,000. MAGA Crime Spree: Count Up to 12 Indictments. The Decline of the Death Penalty.

July 22, 2021

How Contingent Faculty Organizing Can Succeed in Higher Education

Steve Early New Politics

They are highly educated, poorly paid, absent union backing and part of the metastasizing precariat. They are also organizing. Two veterans of the contingent college adjunct’s struggle ably tell the story, as reviewed by a veteran labor militant.

July 22, 2021

Front-line Workers Weren’t Protected During the Pacific Northwest Heat Wave

Umme Hoque Prism

“The essential worker term is just lip service; that’s not how we’re being treated by this economy or the people who benefit from food coming from workers in this country."

July 22, 2021

Tidbits - July 22, 2021 - Reader Comments: GOP Wants Wolves to Investigate Themselves; COVID Re-Do; Cuba; Portside's Israel coverage; Space travel; Boycott Pepsico - Support Frito-Lay Workers; Afghanistan; Medicare; Medicare for All; more....

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Reader Comments: GOP Wants Wolves to Investigate Themselves; COVID Re-Do; Cuba; Ethel Rosenberg's Murder; Portside's Israel coverage; Space travel; Boycott Pepsico - Support Frito-Lay Workers; Afghanistan; Medicare; Medicare for All; more....