Month: September 2021

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: It’s Bitcoin Day in El Salvador

NLW looks at the controversy and potential surrounding the implementation of El Salvador’s new bitcoin law.

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.

El Salvador’s bitcoin legal-tender law goes into effect today. NLW looks at the recent controversy surrounding the law, including:

  • Institutional controversy – why the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank don’t like the law 
  • Bitcoiner skepticism – why some aren’t convinced the law should force merchants to accept BTC
  • Authoritarian blues – why some are concerned with the Bukele government itself 


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Headlines From The Times - What Larry Elder stands for

California’s Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, faces a once-unthinkable scenario: a recall. Election day is Sept. 14, just a week away. If he loses, his putative replacement would be one of the most conservative governors California has ever seen.

How did California, one of the bluest states, get to the point where a Republican might win the governor’s seat? How did that candidate, radio talk show host Larry Elder, become the top challenger? And what would Elder do if he wins?

Today, we start a two-part series on the California recall election, starting with a focus on Elder: his life, his beliefs and his sudden political rise. Our guest is L.A. Times columnist Erika D. Smith. 

More reading:

Everything you need to know about Larry Elder

Column: Larry Elder is the Black face of white supremacy. You’ve been warned

Column: Larry Elder says he’s not a face of white supremacy. His fans make it hard to believe

Inside Larry Elder’s base — longtime fans, new converts, evangelicals, Trump fans

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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 09/07

President Biden set to survey Northeast storm damage. The Delta variant's southern surge. Getting Americans out of Afghanistan. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.

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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 09/07

President Biden set to survey Northeast storm damage. The Delta variant's southern surge. Getting Americans out of Afghanistan. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.

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Time To Say Goodbye - Environmental justice, Amazon logistics, and immigrant workers: Andrea Vidaurre

(Audio fixed and updated Sept. 7 afternoon. Thanks for your patience!)Hola from the Inland Empire!

This week, we bring you Tammy’s IRL interview with Andrea Vidaurre, a policy analyst with the People’s Collective for Environmental Justice, in San Bernardino, California.

Andrea talks about the meaning of “environmental justice,” local manifestations of global warming, working-class immigrant life in the desert, labor violations at Amazon, organizing outside the nonprofit industrial complex, and green futures in logistics.

Some recs from Andrea:

* Support PC4EJ’s work!

* Read The Cost of Free Shipping: Amazon in the Global Economy, edited by Jake Alimahomed-Wilson and Ellen Reese.

* Jam to Milpa, a musical collective in the Inland Empire, and oldies by The Chosen Few and Los Mirlos.

* Read Gonzalez and Daughter Trucking Co., a novel by María Amparo Escandon.

The pod squad will reunite ASAP. Until then, thanks for listening and supporting us via Patreon and Substack! Stay in touch by email (timetosaygoodbyepod@gmail.com) or Twitter.



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Time To Say Goodbye - Environmental justice, Amazon logistics, and immigrant workers: Andrea Vidaurre

(Audio fixed and updated Sept. 7 afternoon. Thanks for your patience!)Hola from the Inland Empire!

This week, we bring you Tammy’s IRL interview with Andrea Vidaurre, a policy analyst with the People’s Collective for Environmental Justice, in San Bernardino, California.

Andrea talks about the meaning of “environmental justice,” local manifestations of global warming, working-class immigrant life in the desert, labor violations at Amazon, organizing outside the nonprofit industrial complex, and green futures in logistics.

Some recs from Andrea:

* Support PC4EJ’s work!

* Read The Cost of Free Shipping: Amazon in the Global Economy, edited by Jake Alimahomed-Wilson and Ellen Reese.

* Jam to Milpa, a musical collective in the Inland Empire, and oldies by The Chosen Few and Los Mirlos.

* Read Gonzalez and Daughter Trucking Co., a novel by María Amparo Escandon.

The pod squad will reunite ASAP. Until then, thanks for listening and supporting us via Patreon and Substack! Stay in touch by email (timetosaygoodbyepod@gmail.com) or Twitter.



This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe
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The Intelligence from The Economist - Bitcoin of the realm: El Salvador’s experiment

President Nayib Bukele thinks obliging businesses to take the cryptocurrency will help with remittances, inclusion and foreign investment. So far, few are convinced. From after-school tutoring to endless extracurricular activities, education is an increasingly cut-throat affair; we examine the costs of these academic arms races. And Sally Rooney’s new novel and the question of what makes great contemporary fiction.

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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders - S5 E13: Andrew Butt, Enable

Andrew Butt always dreamed of being an airline pilot, and his passion outside of tech is flying. He has spent more time in helicopters over planes, and he enjoys that more. His family relocated to San Francisco 18 months ago, and they have been pretty much under lock down since that time. He and his wife have been doing the normal things during lock down - surfing the web, hiking, etc... but mostly keeping to themselves.

In flying school, he met his co-founder growing a distribution company. They discovered a problem first hand, around trading agreements and incentives between companies. So much so, that they found a need in the industry and set off to build a product to solve the problem.

This is the creation story of Enable.

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What Next - What Next | Daily News and Analysis – The Texans Fighting for Abortion Access

Texas has passed a new law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, enforced by citizens launching lawsuits against anyone suspected of “aiding and abetting” the procedures. And the Supreme Court has declined to stop it - effectively ending the precedent set by Roe v. Wade. How are Texas organizations supporting reproductive rights adapting? 


Guest: Anna Rupani, Co-Executive Director of Fund Texas Choice.


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