Month: October 2021

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PHPUgly - 257: Involuntary Open Source

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Opening Arguments - OA532: OK I’ll Bite What is the Debt Ceiling

If that's something you've been too afraid to say lately, this is the episode for you! Andrew breaks down the history of the debt ceiling, and why it is as pointless as it is potentially catastrophic! And a wildcard segment on Texas SB 8 being enjoined.

Come see Thomas and others (like Ross and Carrie!) for California Freethought Day! It's online this year! Info here.

Links: 31 US Code § 3101 - Public debt limit, DOJ motion for injunction

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Short Wave - Bonobos and the Evolution of Nice

How did humans evolve some key cooperative behaviors like sharing? NPR Science Correspondent Jon Hamilton reports back from a bonobo sanctuary in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where scientists are trying to answer that very question. (Encore episode)

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The Stack Overflow Podcast - Wait, we’re all content moderators now?

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We really enjoyed this piece: You either die an MVP, or live long enough to build content moderation.

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NPR's Book of the Day - The Realities Of Abortion Politics In ‘Family Roe: An American Story’ & ‘Red Clocks’

Authors Joshua Prager and Leni Zumas each explore the real world implications of abortion politics, through fiction and non-fiction. First, in a conversation with Michel Martin, Prager talks through his book The Family Roe: An American Story, centered on the woman who was the baby at the center of the landmark Roe v. Wade trial. Then Leni Zumas and Scott Simon discuss Zumas' novel Red Clocks, set in a time where fetal personhood legislation has outlawed not only abortion, but also in-vitro fertilization.
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It Could Happen Here - Food Justice & Mutual Aid with Melissa Acedera

We talk to organizer Melissa Acedera about her experience with Polo's Pantry, Home-y Made Meals, food justice, and the difference between charity and mutual aid.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Chicago group pushes for justice and equity in city ward remap process

As aldermen work on new ward boundaries, the Chicago Advisory Redistricting Commission has published its own independent map. Reset talks with two of the commissioners on why they believe City Council should vote on their independent “People’s Map,” which includes fewer gerrymandered wards and attempts to give residents fair and equitable representation in city government.
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Consider This from NPR - For Facebook, A Week Of Upheaval Unlike Any Other

One day after a worldwide outage on multiple of its platforms, Facebook was accused by a whistleblower of hiding concerns about its products from the public and its shareholders. Both crises reveal the same thing: just how powerful Facebook is on a global scale.

Ayman El Tarabishy of George Washington University explains what Monday's outage meant to small businesses around the world.

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Cato Daily Podcast - The Innocence Project Receives the 2021 Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty

Last week, the Cato Institute gave the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty to The Innocence Project for its work exonerating the wrongly convicted and recommending policy change supporting a better criminal justice system. Cato’s Clark Neily sat down with Innocence Project cofounders Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld and executive director Christina Swarns at a dinner honoring their achievements advancing human liberty.

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