Talk Python To Me - #454: Data Pipelines with Dagster
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NBN Book of the Day - Beth Linker, “Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America” (Princeton UP, 2024)
In 1995, a scandal erupted when the New York Times revealed that the Smithsonian possessed a century's worth of nude "posture" photos of college students. In this riveting history, Beth Linker tells why these photos were only a small part of the incredible story of twentieth-century America's largely forgotten posture panic--a decades-long episode in which it was widely accepted as scientific fact that Americans were suffering from an epidemic of bad posture, with potentially catastrophic health consequences. Tracing the rise and fall of this socially manufactured epidemic, Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America (Princeton UP, 2024) also tells how this period continues to feed today's widespread anxieties about posture.
In the early twentieth century, the eugenics movement and fears of disability gave slouching a new scientific relevance. Bad posture came to be seen as an individual health threat, an affront to conventional race hierarchies, and a sign of American decline. What followed were massive efforts to measure, track, and prevent slouching and, later, back pain--campaigns that reached schools, workplaces, and beyond, from the creation of the American Posture League to posture pageants. The popularity of posture-enhancing products, such as girdles and lumbar supports, exploded, as did new fitness programs focused on postural muscles, such as Pilates and modern yoga. By 1970, student protests largely brought an end to school posture exams and photos, but many efforts to fight bad posture continued, despite a lack of scientific evidence.
A compelling history that mixes seriousness and humor, Slouch is a unique and provocative account of the unexpected origins of our largely unquestioned ideas about bad posture.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - The History of the Bicycle (Encore)
It is one of the most simple machines that most people use, yet incredible amounts of engineering go into their design.
They are used by billions of people around the world and it is one of the only forms of transportation available to children.
They can make humans incredibly efficient and their development was in many ways surprising.
I am of course talking about bicycles. Learn about the history of bicycles and how the modern version came to be on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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The NewsWorthy - Fed Stays Steady, New EV Goals & Reddit’s IPO- Thursday, March 21, 2024
The news to know for Thursday, March 21, 2024!
We're talking about how the Federal Reserve's latest interest rate decision could impact your money and the strictest climate rules ever enacted for the American auto industry.
Also, the happiest countries were ranked. We'll tell you where the U.S. stands (hint: it's pretty far down the list.)
Plus, Reddit's highly-anticipated Wall Street debut, a gambling scandal involving an interpreter for the MLB's biggest superstar, and a star-studded tribute on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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the memory palace - Episode 214: Newsboy
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Music
- Un geant dans la mer and Triste soiree III from the score to Marie et les naufrages by the genius, Sebastian Tellier.
- Love is Blue by Jackie Mittoo and the Soul Vendors.
- Rocky Passage by Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer
- Morris Visits Dr. Pratt from John Barry's score to The Wrong Box
- Adios Muchachos from Andre Popp
- Moonlight in Vermont from the great Dorothy Ashby.
- Midnight Moon by The Portland Cello Project
- Dance PM by Hiroshi Yoshimura
- And we hear Blind Andy Jenkins' "Floyd Collins in Sand Cave" followed by Vernon Dalhart doing the same song under the name, "The Death of Floyd Collins." We also hear Jimmy Osbourne do Andy's, "The Death of Little Kathy Fiscus."
Notes
- I have a note in my years-long running list of possible story ideas that says, "event songs," but I could never remember why. Then I was reading Charles Hirschberg and Mark Zwonitzer's, Will You Miss me When I'm Gone?: The Carter Family & Their Legacy in American Music and was reminded of Andy's story (that book is great).
- I also recommend the always-useful, Country Music USA, by Bill C. Malone for more on Andy and his era as well as Creating Country Music: Fabricating Authenticity by Richard A. Peterson.
- If you want more about poor Floyd Collins, you could turn to Robert K. Murray and Roger W. Bruckner's, Trapped!: The Story of Floyd Collins.
What A Day - The Courts Temporarily Stop Texas From Arresting and Deporting Migrants
Texas’ draconian immigration law SB4 is back on hold after a ruling late Tuesday night by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. SB4 would allow state law enforcement officials to arrest and detain anyone they suspect of crossing the border illegally. It also would allow judges to issue orders to deport people to Mexico. The Fifth Circuit’s decision followed an earlier decision by the Supreme Court’s conservative majority to let the law go into effect. Texas Tribune immigration reporter Uriel García explained the legal whiplash and what it means for migrants in the state.
The Biden administration on Wednesday finalized the country’s strictest-ever limits on emissions for passenger cars and light trucks in an effort to rev up the nation’s transition towards electric vehicles. It’s definitely a big deal, but it is a bit more modest than what was proposed last year. Nevertheless, the health of the planet will improve with these changes as will our own.
And in headlines: The Federal Reserve kept interest rates flat on Wednesday amid continued concerns over inflation, former President Donald Trump said he’d be open to endorsing a national ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, and a fourth Mississippi police officer was sentenced to 40 years in prison in a case involving the horrific torture of two Black men.
Show Notes:
- Texas Tribune: “Disagreement and confusion on display in hearing over Texas’ new immigration law” – https://tinyurl.com/24h7x3jm
- ABC News: “Electric vehicle sales are slowing. No need for panic yet, insiders say.” – https://tinyurl.com/2xb8okyg
- USC: “Study links adoption of electric vehicles with less air pollution and improved health” – https://tinyurl.com/25t24c7d
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The Daily Signal - ‘Most Terrifying Poll Result I’ve Ever Seen’: Scott Rasmussen on Elite 1%
When veteran pollster Scott Rasmussen surveyed a group of Americans he calls the elite 1% earlier this year, he discovered a startling number who say it's OK to win an election by cheating.
The elite 1%—individuals who make over $150,000 a year, live in densely populated areas, and have postgraduate degrees—are overwhelmingly liberal. They give President Joe Biden an 82% approval rating, compared to his 40% average from the rest of Americans.
Rasmussen asked these liberal voters: "Suppose that your favorite candidate loses a close election. However, people on the campaign know that they can win by cheating without being caught. Would you rather have your candidate win by cheating or lose by playing fair?"
Among all Americans, just 7% said they would want their candidate to win by cheating. But that number rose to 35% among the elite 1% and skyrocketed to 69% among those who are part of the politically obsessed 1%, meaning they talk about politics every day.
"I've been polling for a very long time and the last finding is the most terrifying poll result I've ever seen," Rasmussen told The Daily Signal.
Rasmussen spoke to "The Daily Signal Podcast" about his findings and his upcoming plans for a weekly TV show.
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Tech Won't Save Us - What the TikTok Ban Reveals About US Tech Policy w/ Jacob Silverman
Paris Marx is joined by Jacob Silverman to discuss the motivations behind the proposed TikTok ban and what the effort tells us about US tech policy.
Jacob Silverman is a tech journalist and the co-author of Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud.
Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Support the show on Patreon.
The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Eric Wickham. Transcripts are by Brigitte Pawliw-Fry.
Also mentioned in this episode:
- Paris will be speaking in Montreal on March 23 and March 26.
- Jacob wrote about the GOP megadonor who could benefit from whatever happens to TikTok.
- Paris wrote about the geopolitics of the TikTok ban and what it says about US power.
- Taylor Lorenz broke down some of the disputed claims being made about TikTok.
- Sam Biddle wrote about how Facebook knows they violated Palestinian human rights.
- Byron Tau explained how US government agencies are getting people’s personal data from data brokers.
The Best One Yet - 🛞 “Reinventing the Wheel” — The Tire Industry’s surprise win. Stanley’s pivot to dudes. The Fed’s interest rate holiday.
The EPA just set new rules that effectively require car companies to go 50% electric by 2030 — But the surprise winner of the electric car EV boom is tires.
Stanley’s 40 ounce tumblers are viral with women, but now the company wants to expand to men — Ironic, because for 100 years Stanley only sold to men.
The Federal Reserve just announced they were not changing interest rates, but predict 3 cuts by the end of the year — it got us thinking about the 1 big economic cost of the pandemic: inflation.
March Madness begins today. Know where that term came from? We’ll tell you the etymology.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - How Anti-Abortion Laws Trap Domestic Abuse Survivors
Experts say domestic violence tends to start or intensify during pregnancy. But since the overturn of Roe v. Wade, terminating a pregnancy—or even advising or helping someone to terminate a pregnancy—has been criminalized in several states which can leave survivors of domestic violence unable to separate from an abusive partner.
Guest: Julianne McShane, writer at Mother Jones covering the intersection of gender and inequity.
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