December 2022 – Page 81

We continue our deep dive into a provocative, radical blueprint for democratizing finance and taking control of the economy. We detail Omarova’s detailed proposal for turning the Federal Reserve into the People’s Ledger. On the liabilities side, we discuss the universalization of deposit services (aka FedAccounts) and the elimination of private deposit-taking by commercial banks. On the assets side, we discuss the creation of a National Investment Authority which would allocate capital to socially beneficial, large-scale projects. Together this reformed Fed would drastically reduce the complexity and volatility of the financial system, while democratizing access to financial services, while also distributing the flows of capital to worthwhile investments. ••• The People's Ledger: How to Democratize Money and Finance the Economy | Saule T. Omarova https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/vlr/vol74/iss5/1/ ••• Socialist Investment, Dynamic Planning, and the Politics of Human Need | Aaron Benanav https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08935696.2022.2051375 Subscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills Grab TMK gear: https://www.bonfire.com/store/this-machine-kills-podcast/ Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (www.twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (www.twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (www.twitter.com/braunestahl)

December 6, 2022

NBN Book of the Day - Margret Grebowicz, “Rescue Me: On Dogs and Their Humans” (U Minnesota Press, 2022)

Margret Grebowicz's Rescue Me: On Dogs and Their Humans (U Minnesota Press, 2022) is a little book about the oldest relationship we humans have cultivated with another large animal—in something like the original interspecies space, as old or older than any other practice that might be called human. But it’s also about the role of this relationship in the attrition of life—especially social life—in late capitalism. As we become more and more obsessed with imagining ourselves as benevolent rescuers of dogs, it is increasingly clear that it is dogs who are rescuing us. But from what? And toward what? Exploring adoption, work, food, and training, this book considers the social as fundamentally more-than-human and argues that the future belongs to dogs—and the humans they are pulling along.

Jimena Ledgard is a journalist, writer and researcher from Lima, Peru. You can find her on Twitter at www.twitter.com/jimedylan or send her an email at jimena.ledgard (at) gmail.com

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December 6, 2022

What A Day - Revisiting The Ongoing Red Hill Water Crisis in O’ahu

Today is election day in Georgia’s Senate runoff. Voters are headed to the polls to decide between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker, in a race that could give Democrats an outright majority in the Senate.

This Wednesday marks one year since the state of Hawai’i ordered the U.S. Navy to defuel its Red Hill fuel facility, after thousands of gallons of jet fuel contaminated the local water supply. Keoni DeFranco, an O’ahu-based community organizer, joins us to discuss the ongoing fight to shut down the facility for good.

And in headlines: the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could undercut LGBTQ rights, authorities said a “targeted” attack on power substations over the weekend left thousands of people in North Carolina without electricity, and Michael Avenatti was sentenced to 14 years in prison for embezzlement.

Show Notes:

O’ahu Water Protectors – https://oahuwaterprotectors.org/
Sierra Club of Hawai’i – Shut Down Red Hill – https://sierraclubhawaii.org/redhill
Hawaii Public Radio: Red Hill fuel storage facility contamination timeline – https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/navy-red-hill-fuel-timeline
Every Last Vote | Vote Save America – https://votesaveamerica.com/every-last-vote/

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December 6, 2022

The NewsWorthy - Warnock vs. Walker, Real ID Delayed Again & “Goblin Mode” – Tuesday, December 6, 2022

The news to know for Tuesday, December 6, 2022!

We're talking about what the CDC is calling the worst flu season in more than a decade, the runoff election the whole country will be watching, and why the REAL ID deadline was extended again.

Plus, a rental car company is making amends to customers wrongly accused of stealing cars, a dramatic celebrity defamation case is back in court, and thousands of people say "goblin mode" defines 2022.

Those stories and more news to know in around 10 minutes!

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December 6, 2022

The Goods from the Woods - Episode #357 – “Rootin’ Tootin’ Mad” with Chris Davis, Lauren Lamphere, & Narado Moore

In this episode, Rivers is hanging out in a park in his ol' comedy stompin' grounds of Birmingham, Alabama with three of the funniest people in the world: comedians Christopher Davis, Lauren Lamphere, and Narado Moore! We're talkin' about Birmingham's worst bars, best food, and spookiest places. We also chat about which celebrity most needs the Weird Al treatment with a satirical biopic. The Rolling Stones's "Sympathy for the Devil" is our JAM OF THE WEEK. Tune in now, y'all! Follow Chris Davis @ChrisOzDavis on Twitter and @ChrisDavisDoesStuff on Instagram. Follow Lauren on Instagram @TheLampIsHere. Follow Narado on all forms of social media @Rod4Short. Follow the show on Twitter @TheGoodsPod. Rivers is @RiversLangley Sam is @SlamHarter Carter is @Carter_Glascock Subscribe on Patreon for HOURS of bonus content! http://patreon.com/TheGoodsPod Pick up a Goods from the Woods t-shirt at: http://prowrestlingtees.com/TheGoodsPod

December 6, 2022

The Daily Signal - INTERVIEW | Jake Denton on ‘Twitter Files’ and Why They Matter

Elon Musk released bombshell news on Friday night over Twitter’s censorship of The New York Post’s October 2020 article about Hunter Biden.

Musk linked to a thread of tweets, being called “The Twitter Files,” curated by independent journalist Matt Taibbi on his Twitter account, writing “Here we go!!” with two popcorn emojis.

Taibbi’s thread revealed a series of communications within Twitter’s leadership at the time, and even involving government officials.

“‘They just freelanced it,’ is how one former employee characterized the decision” to censor the Hunter Biden laptop story," Taibbi wrote.

“Hacking was the excuse, but within a few hours, pretty much everyone realized that wasn’t going to hold. But no one had the guts to reverse it,” Taibbi wrote on Twitter.

Since many of the Twitter employees involved in the censorship are no longer with the social media platform, the question remains whether there will be accountability for the former employees' actions.

Jake Denton, a research associate at The Heritage Foundation’s Tech Policy Center, joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss the significance of the "Twitter Files" and what to expect from Musk as he continues to lead as Twitter’s CEO. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.)

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December 6, 2022

Python Bytes - #313 Programming Robots With a Marker

Topics covered in this episode:

How do you say that number?
The Origins of Python
setproctitle
Looking forward to Python 3.12
Extras
Joke

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December 6, 2022

Ologies with Alie Ward - Enigmatology (WORD PUZZLES) with David Kwong

Crosswords! Puzzles! Wordles! Magic? Ah yes, world-renowned Enigmatologist David Kwong drops in to chat about the intersection of sleight of hand and brain games, covering everything from Scrabble strategies to how to get away with a surprise party unsuspected. Also: crosswords and dementia, how puzzles are like hot sauce, a secret group of Hollywood magicians, his most clever clues, cryptic crosswords, international slang, Wordle’s many derivatives, and how to get over your intimidation of all those empty squares.

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The ENIGMAS playing card deck – with puzzles!

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