Month: August 2022

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NBN Book of the Day - Alfie Bown, “Dream Lovers: The Gamification of Relationships” (Pluto Press, 2022)

We are in the middle of a 'desirevolution' - a fundamental and political transformation of the way we desire as human beings. Perhaps as always, new technologies - with their associated and inherited political biases - are organising and mapping the future. What we don’t seem to notice is that the primary way in which our lives are being transformed is through the manipulation and control of desire itself.

Our very impulses, drives and urges are 'gamified' to suit particular economic and political agendas, changing the way we relate to everything from lovers and friends to food and politicians. Digital technologies are transforming the subject at the deepest level of desire – re-mapping its libidinal economy - in ways never before imagined possible. From sexbots to smart condoms, fitbits to VR simulators and AI to dating algorithms, the 'love industries' are at the heart of the future smart city and the social fabric of everyday life.

Alfie Bown's Dream Lovers: The Gamification of Relationships (Pluto Press, 2022) considers these emergent technologies and what they mean for the future of love, desire, work and capitalism.

Rudolf Inderst is a professor of Game Design with a focus on Digital Game Studies at the IU International University of Applied Science.

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Land of the Giants - It’s A WhatsApp World

Meta’s most expensive acquisition ever and one of the most used communication apps in the world: WhatsApp. With over 2 billion users, WhatsApp is embedded in the social, economic, and political infrastructure of countries across the globe. For better and worse. The story of WhatsApp’s incredible power, as told through its largest market: India.

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The NewsWorthy - $3B for Ukraine, Twitter Whistleblower & Quiet Quitting- Wednesday, August 24th, 2022

The news to know for Wednesday, August 24th, 2022!

We'll explain why today is the day the U.S. is expected to announce the biggest aid package for Ukraine yet.

And we have updates about two police cases that sparked nationwide protests in recent years. In one, the first police officer was convicted. In another, all charges were dropped.

Plus, what a new study found about exercise and the likelihood of getting Covid-19, why a former Twitter security official says he couldn't stay silent about what's been going on, and career experts weigh in on the "quiet quitting" trend.

Those stories and more in around 10 minutes!

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What A Day - Ukraine Celebrates A Somber Independence Day

Today is Ukraine’s Independence Day, marking 31 years since it broke from the Soviet Union. It also comes six months since Russia launched its full-scale invasion, and Ukrainian officials are concerned that new strikes could come on the symbolic date.

California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed legislation on Monday that would have allowed three California cities to open overdose prevention sites – though Newsom said during his campaign in 2018 he was “very, very open” to the harm reduction strategy.

And in headlines: prosecutors dismissed all charges against the two Atlanta police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks, a federal jury convicted two men for leading the plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, and a whistleblower alleged that Twitter misled regulators about how it fights hackers and spam.

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The Daily Signal - ‘Deadly’: Rep. Chip Roy Issues Warning on Fentanyl Crisis

A Texas congressman is sounding the alarm over how fatal even the smallest amount of fentanyl can be as the lethal drug continues to pour into the United States. 

"People don't understand how deadly fentanyl is. A sugar packet, a Sweet'N Low packet of fentanyl could kill, in its pure form, all of the people in a crowded room—say a hundred people," Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, says.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration estimates that 2 milligrams of fentanyl can kill someone depending on their size, drug usage history, and tolerance. 

"You don't understand how particularly dangerous it is until you read stories about, for example, somebody who is overdosing from fentanyl, or frankly they're poisoned by fentanyl. And then someone tries to perform CPR on them. And then they go into cardiac arrest from the transitive property of having [performed] CPR," Roy, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, says. 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has seized about 10,600 pounds of fentanyl this fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, compared to about 11,200 pounds last fiscal year, The Daily Signal reported. 

Roy joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss the ongoing crisis on the southern border, Anthony Fauci's plans to retire this winter, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's handling of monkeypox. 


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Money Girl - Tips for Roth IRA Rollovers and Backdoor Accounts

While using a tax-free Roth IRA to save for retirement is a smart move, you can’t contribute if your income is too high. Laura answers a listener question about how to have one using a backdoor strategy, and rules for doing a Roth IRA rollover. 

Money Girl is hosted by Laura Adams. A transcript is available at Simplecast.

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention

The Department of Justice announced this month that they were investigating allegations that leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention mishandled sexual abuse accusations for decades. How have abusers exploited the church’s decentralized structure and notions of forgiveness to avoid accountability, and how have church teachings about sexuality and “purity culture” allowed the abuse to continue?

Guest: Robert Downen, reporter at the Houston Chronicle. 

Jules Woodson, co-Founder & COO of Help;Hear;Heal, a nonprofit providing therapy funding for survivors of sexual abuse.


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Amarica's Constitution - Afraid to Ask: Hamilton and a Wealth Tax

Following Akhil’s MSNBC appearance on “Velshi,” we elaborate on how a Republic is a Democracy.  Does it matter - oh yes, and we explain why. Then we go back to the future - to the biggest Supreme Court case of the 18th century, with rock star Alexander Hamilton arguing, and the echoes resonate today.  So why haven’t you heard of this case?  Well, now you will, and follow a step-by-step explanation you won’t find anywhere else.

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It Could Happen Here - Planned Parenthood’s War Against Healthcare Workers, Part 2

In part 2 of our interview we discuss Planned Parenthood's anti-union retaliation and the importance of community support to workers organizing.

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