Back in the day, many of us heard that the appendix is a vestigial organ — at best, a body part that lost its purpose all those many years ago. At worst, an unnecessary clinger-on to the human body that, when ruptured, could be life threatening. But what if that narrative is wrong?
Heather Smith became obsessed with the appendix after hers was removed at age 12. After years of anatomy research, she's found that the appendix is not, in fact, useless. Reporter Selena Simmons-Duffin is in the host chair today to get the scoop on all things appendix.
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The Daily Signal - ‘Black Lives Matter at School’ Week Is a Marxist Attack on the Family, Moms for Liberty Leader Warns
As students across the United States struggle to master basic reading and math skills coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, some schools are dedicating the first week of February to "Black Lives Matter at School" in a "Week of Action."
Tina Descovich, co-founder of Moms for Liberty, urges parents to see whether their school district is engaging in that program and to speak out against it if it is.
"I think most Americans are starting to tune in and understand that we are in a crisis in America in public education," Descovich tells Tyler O'Neil on "The Daily Signal Podcast."
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Slate Books - A Word: Revolutionary Recharge
A generation of activists –and well-meaning citizens– was pulled into intense social justice work by the murder of George Floyd in 2020. And the horrific crime, the fight for progess, and the backlash has taken a toll on their mental health. On today’s episode of A Word, Jason Johnson is joined by writer and activist Ijeoma Oluo about her new book, Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World--And How You Can, Too. It’s the collected wisdom of activists across a range of issues about how to do the hard and emotional work of confronting racism without losing hope.
Guest: Writer Ijeoma Oluo
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The Best One Yet - 🤘 “Better have RiRi’s Money — TikTok’s Music Purge. Apple’s headset debut. Wilson’s
Taylor Swift, Rihanna, and Drake. All their music is off TikTok today because of a dispute with Universal — So we’re going to explain the “Great TikTok Purge” with Rihanna’s lyrics… because this deal comes down to pennies.
Apple’s biggest product launch since the iPhone happens today: The $3,500 Vision Pro headsets — When it comes to new innovations, the first version is the worst version.
And Amer Sports is the first big IPO of the year: It’s the sports company behind ArcTeryx, Wilson, and Salomon gear — But the business is running a race with weights on its ankles.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | The Taylor Swift Deepfake Saga
For all the promise of the technology, one use-case for artificial intelligence reared its ugly head last week: non-consensual pornographic images. As millions of users saw abusive A.I. generated images of Taylor Swift proliferate across X, the pitfalls of this technology became clear.
Guest: Emanuel Maiberg, journalist and co-founder of 404 Media
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Strict Scrutiny - E. Jean Carroll and Robbie Kaplan on Trump’s “Defamation Rampage”
E. Jean Carroll and attorney Robbie Kaplan join us to share the process and aftermath of Carroll's defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump-- in which a jury just awarded her $83.3 million. What was Trump's vibe in the courtroom? Will he actually pay up? And what does E. Jean plan to do with all that money? Melissa, Kate, and Leah get all these answers and more.
- Read the NYT's piece on Robbie Kaplan: "In Trump’s Bitter, Yearslong Brawl With Roberta Kaplan, He Keeps Losing"
- Read E. Jean Carroll's 2019 book in which she tells her story: What Do We Need Men For?: A Modest Proposal
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Pod Save America - The Biden-Trump Polls are All Over the Place
Nikki Haley's campaign claims she has a path to the Republican nomination without winning Republican voters. The Biden-Trump polls are all over the place. Joe Manchin, RFK Jr. and others continue to flirt with third party presidential bids that could tip the election to Trump. Plus, Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown stops by to talk about his high stakes Senate race, the fight for reproductive rights, and the one year anniversary of the East Palestine train derailment.
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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘The Fury’ and ‘Radiant Heat’ set whodunnits against extreme weather
Today's episode focuses on two novels where the characters are grappling with the natural elements – and with mysterious deaths. First, NPR's Mary Louise speaks with Alex Michaelides about The Fury, a murder mystery in which a famous actress and her friends are trapped on a remote Greek island by the ferocious Mediterranean wind. Then, NPR's Scott Simon asks Sarah-Jane Collins about Radiant Heat, which follows a young woman who survives an Australian wildfire, only to emerge from her house and find a dead woman she's never met – clutching a piece of paper with her name and address.
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This Machine Kills - 315. Net Zero Change in the Tech Sector (Ft. Mel Gregg)
We are joined by Mel Gregg – an anthropologist who worked at Intel for a long time before becoming an industry consultant for sustainability in the tech sector – to discuss the deficiencies in how the tech sector is thinking about sustainability, the corporate governance regimes and net zero dashboards that manage how change does (and does not) happen, the paradoxes of green software and engineering for efficiency, and why we need to insert more social science and local activism into the tech sector.
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••• Getting beyond Net Zero dashboards in the information technology sector https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629623004577
••• A.I. Could Soon Need as Much Electricity as an Entire Country https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/climate/ai-could-soon-need-as-much-electricity-as-an-entire-country.html
••• Sam Altman Says AI Using Too Much Energy, Will Require Breakthrough Energy Source https://futurism.com/sam-altman-energy-breakthrough
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It Could Happen Here - Police Drones and You
Drone policing is on the rise. Garrison investigates a aerial surveillance program in southern California and upsets the police chief of Chula Vista.
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