Month: March 2024

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Consider This from NPR - Could Universal Basic Income Help End Poverty?

People who work on ways to end poverty have been trying a simple approach lately: just giving money to those in need, with no strings attached.

Universal basic income, or UBI, once seemed like a radical idea in the US. But now, many places in the country are pushing to make UBI a permanent part of the social safety net.

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Consider This from NPR - Could Universal Basic Income Help End Poverty?

People who work on ways to end poverty have been trying a simple approach lately: just giving money to those in need, with no strings attached.

Universal basic income, or UBI, once seemed like a radical idea in the US. But now, many places in the country are pushing to make UBI a permanent part of the social safety net.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - COINDESK DAILY: HSBC Brings Tokenized Gold to Hong Kong; Munchables Exploited for $62M

Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry from HSBC's tokenized gold product in Hong Kong to the latest exploit at Web3 project Munchables.

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"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, as HSBC brings its tokenized gold product to Hong Kong, claiming bragging rights for being the first bank to create a blockchain-based real-world asset aimed at retail investors. Plus, Fetch.ai, SingularityNET, and Ocean Protocol agreed to combine their crypto tokens into one, and Web3 project Munchables was drained of an estimated $62.5 million worth of ether.

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The Daily Signal - Updates on Baltimore Bridge Collapse, Report Says A Secure Taiwan Decreases Likelihood of US-China War,| March 27

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This Machine Kills - Patreon Preview – 329. Surging Forward

In the first part we chat about fast food and the spread of surge pricing to everything, then use some recent announcements in the tech sector to get into the magical thinking and fictitious capital that totally sustains the AI industry all for the grand dream and supreme purpose of squeezing out another 3% annual growth in the economy. ••• Uber-style pricing is coming for everything https://www.vox.com/money/24105250/fast-food-restaurants-dynamic-pricing-algorithm-wendys ••• Scientific Journals Are Publishing Papers With AI-Generated Text https://www.404media.co/scientific-journals-are-publishing-papers-with-ai-generated-text/ ••• Microsoft Hires DeepMind Co-Founder Suleyman to Run Consumer AI https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-19/microsoft-hires-deepmind-co-founder-suleyman-to-run-consumer-ai ••• Saudi Arabia Plans $40 Billion Push Into Artificial Intelligence https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/19/business/saudi-arabia-investment-artificial-intelligence.html ••• Have We Reached Peak AI? https://www.wheresyoured.at/peakai/ Subscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills 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)
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Motley Fool Money - Bridges and Digital Toll Roads

Merchants are going to be taking a bigger cut of credit card swipes, what does it mean for VIsa and Mastercard? 


(00:21) Bill Mann and Dylan Lewis discuss:


- The tragic Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore and how it affects the port and the companies with goods going in and out of it.

- Visa and Mastercard’s $30B settlement with merchants over interchange fees. 

- A curious crypto story with Nilam Resources.


(12:09) Tech insider Kara Swisher joins Deidre Woollard to talk about her new best-seller “Burn Book” and how a tech CEO helped her kids use social media a little less.


Companies discussed: V, MA


Host: Dylan Lewis

Guests: Bill Mann, Deidre Woollard, Kara Swisher

Engineers: Dan Boyd

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State of the World from NPR - Life Without a Government in Haiti

Haiti is the middle of a crisis and is without a government as gangs in Port-au-Prince prevent one. But some parts of Haiti have lived without a functioning government for so long they cannot remember what it's like to have one. Our reporter in Haiti takes us to one such village.

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The Bulwark Podcast - Justin Kanew and Justin Fenton: Tennessee, Laboratory of Theocracy

As local news is hollowed out, rightwing news fills in the gaps. In Tennessee—ground zero for the culture war—Justin Kanew's site, The Tennessee Holler, holds leaders to account. Kanew joins Tim Miller on the anniversary of the Nashville school shooting. Plus, an update on the bridge disaster from Baltimore Banner reporter Justin Fenton.

show notes:

The Tennessee Holler
The Baltimore Banner
Baltimore bridge collapse (around 5:40)
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, as a high school student, dressed in drag

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Federalist Radio Hour - ‘You’re Wrong’ With Mollie Hemingway And David Harsanyi, Ep. 90: Media Hackery

NBC fired Former RNC Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel shortly after it hired her. Join Federalist Editor-in-Chief Mollie Hemingway and Senior Editor David Harsanyi as they examine the partisan hackery of corporate media mouthpieces like Chuck Todd, give a rundown of Democrats' lawfare cases against former President Donald Trump, and share their opinions on culture picks including "The Gentlemen" and "Road House."

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