Month: August 2020

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The NewsWorthy - March on Washington, Walmart Wants TikTok & Amazon’s Wellness Wristband- Friday, August 28th, 2020

The news to know for Friday, August 28th, 2020!

We’re covering:

  • President Trump's pitch for a second term
  • why social distancing guidelines are being questioned
  • Japan's prime minister stepping down
  • Walmart joining a bid for TikTok
  • an update on playoff games and protests
  • more pilot cuts coming
  • how Amazon says its new fitness band will be different than other trackers

Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes!

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com or see sources below to read more about any of the stories mentioned today.

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Sources:

RNC Final Night (Trump Speech): AP, WSJ, Politico, WaPo

Biden, Harris Criticize Trump: AP, NBC News, Axios

2020 Black National Convention Today: AP, Forbes, Black November

March on Washington: Vox, CBS News, WaPo, National Action Network, Watch Live

Hurricane Laura Updates: AP, WaPo, NBC News, CBS News, WSJ

Social Distancing Guidelines Questioned: WaPo, WebMD, Business Insider, Full Study

White House Test-Kit Deal: NYT, Politico 

Japan’s PM Stepping Down: WSJ, The Guardian, Reuters, WaPo

Walmart Joins TikTok Bid, CEO Quits: AP, Reuters, Engadget, Financial Times, Walmart

NBA Players to Continue Season: USA Today, AP, ESPN, CBS Sports, NBA 

NHL, MLB Games Postponed: AP, Axios, NHL, Reuters, ESPN, MLB

United Pilot Cuts: AP, Reuters, Chicago Tribune

Amazon’s New Fresh Supermarket: USA Today, The Verge, TechCrunch, Amazon

Amazon Unveils Wellness Wristband: NBC News, The Verge, WSJ, Amazon

Feel Good Friday - Couple Donates Wedding Catering to Shelter: CBS News, WaPo, Today

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Short Wave - The Arecibo Telescope Is Damaged — And That’s A Big Deal

In early August a cable snapped at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, causing substantial damage to one of the largest single dish radio telescopes in the world. Planetary scientist Edgard Rivera-Valentín explains what's at stake until the damage is repaired and the unique role the telescope plays in both scientific research and popular culture.

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What A Day - The South Yawn

Trump closed out the RNC last night, with a meandering 70-minute long speech that saw him paint a rosy picture of his administration’s handling of COVID-19 and promise a vaccine before the end of the year. Trump also tried to suggest that Biden would usher in chaos, while tending to ignore or misrepresent the chaos that’s happening under his administration.

Later today thousands of protestors are expected to gather in Washington, DC, bringing the energy of this year’s many racial justice protests to the nation’s capitol. Jacob Blake’s father is set to speak at the event, along with other family members of people who have experienced police brutality.

And in headlines: early impact of Hurricane Laura, an update on coronavirus in Europe, and Bon Appétit hires Dawn Davis as its editor-in-chief.

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The Goods from the Woods - “The Corona Diaries #75” with Daniel Magden

Three L.A. comedians are quarantined in a podcast studio during a global pandemic. There is literally nothing to be done EXCEPT make content. These are "The Corona Diaries" and this is Episode #75.  Sitting in with us again today is our hilarious next door neighbor, Daniel Magden! Follow him on Twitter @MagdenDaniel and check out his podcast "Reefer Sadness".  Music at the end is "It's a Wild Life" by J.R. Collins.

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The Daily Signal - Netflix’s New Film ‘Cuties’ and the Hypersexualization of Children

Netflix in early September is releasing a French film, "Cuties,” which has been criticized for its hypersexualization of young children. Some of the promotional material for the film has likewise been criticized, for which Netflix has since apologized.

Lila Rose, the founder and president of Live Action, a nonprofit opposed to abortion and dedicated to promoting a culture of life, characterizes the film as “the outright promotion of pedophilia" and joins "The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss it.


We also cover these stories:


  • The Justice Department has deployed about 200 federal agents to Kenosha, Wisconsin, amid the violence and unrest following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, an African American man, on Sunday. 
  • President Barack Obama praised the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks for boycotting a playoff game against the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night in response to the Blake shooting. 
  • An additional 1 million Americans filed for unemployment insurance benefits last week. 



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Opening Arguments - OA416: The Kenosha Terrorist

17 year old murderer Kyle Rittenhouse was treated as a friend by the police even after he killed two people. Jacob Blake was shot in the back 7 times despite being unarmed. The difference? You already know it. Andrew gives us the breakdown of what happened, and what possible legal defenses we might see from Rittenhouse and the horrible right wingers who are already embracing him.

In the first segment, we get a positive update on the USPS from a listener. And in the final segment, we get more positive news, this time from the Gavin Grimm case we've previously covered.

References:

USPS - 18 U.S. Code § 1703 delay or destruction of mail; House bill to repeal pre-funding mandate; expedited to street/afternoon sortation; New York v Trump; Trump's win rate is terrible.

Kenosha - Cop Identified; Wis DOJ update; Kenosha Guard calls for Armed Vigilantes; NYT Kyle Rittenhouse Timeline; Kenosha Cops Silent on Support for Militia Ahead of Kyle Rittenhouse Shooting; Cops "appreciate" militia; Kenosha Police Chiefs blames victims; arrest warrant; Wisconsin Statute: 940.01; Wisconsin Statute 939.50; Federal Charges.

Grimm - OA51: The Grimm Reality About Transgender Bathrooms; OA306: From Gavin Grimm to Jeffrey Epstein; 17-1618 Bostock v. Clayton County; OA397: Explaining Bostock v. Clayton County; 4th Circuit Ruling on Grimm.

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The Stack Overflow Podcast - What it’s like learning to program in prison

Here is the Reddit comment that inspired us to reach out to Garry. 

This is the Vice news article that started the thread.  As you can see, the ban has affected a lot of books that would seem to have little bearing on cybersecurity. "Rejected books that are geared towards hacking, such as Justin Seitz’s Black Hat Python, may represent a clearer threat to the Department of Corrections, which fears that prisoners could use those tools to compromise their systems. But how did books such as Windows 10 for Dummies, Microsoft Excel 2016 for Dummies, and Google Adsense for Dummies (marked as posing "clear and present danger"), fail the prison’s security test?"

If you want to read about programs helping prisoners learn to code, check out this story on the Bard Prison Initiative. 

We also did a podcast episode back in January of this year that focused on The Code Cooperative, an organization dedicated to teaching software skills to formerly incarcerated individuals. 

 

 

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The Gist - The Curse of American Traffic

Today, we welcome Sonari Glinton as guest host. A well-known podcast and public radio voice, former NPR business reporter covering the auto industry and economics, Glinton is also a big music nerd and record collector.

On the Gist, RNC bingo.

In the interview, Sonari discusses how Covid-19 has affected the auto industry with Scotty Reiss, the founder of A Girls Guide to Cars, a site focused on empowering women to be smarter car owners. Reiss talks about Covid-19’s impact on the global supply chain, the increased diversity at corporate management level across the industry, And she offers some predictions for the future of mobility and what to look out for post-pandemic.

In the spiel, racial disparity and traffic.

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Consider This from NPR - The Reaction To Kenosha, From Pro Sports To Washington, D.C.

Professional athletes from several leagues said they would not play scheduled games Wednesday night in response to events in Kenosha, Wis.

Basketball, baseball, tennis and soccer players announced in the last 24 hours that they would not play scheduled games. These decisions come after Jacob Blake, a Black father was shot by police in Kenosha on Sunday.

NPR spoke to the lawyer representing Blake's family, who said earlier this week that Blake is paralyzed from the waist down.

Ahead of the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington, NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on an upcoming march for racial justice.

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