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Cory Doctorow: Reckoning CORY EFRAM DOCTOROW was born July 17, 1971 in Toronto, Canada. He attended alternative schools and worked at SF specialty store Bakka Books, but dropped out of high school at 17 and briefly moved to Mexico to write. He dropped out of four universities in two years and worked as a CD-ROM programmer, website designer, volunteer in Central America, CIO for a film company and an ad agency, founder of a software company, and finally began working for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a civil rights organization with an emphasis on technology. He married Alice Taylor in 2008, and they have a daughter. https://locusmag.com/2024/07/cory-doctorow-reckoning/

Supreme Court’s censorship ruling lets Biden muzzle us online — and meddle in the election On the eve of the first presidential debate of 2024, the Supreme Court preemptively gave President Biden and his minions an implicit license to meddle in the election — by suppressing news and opinions they dislike. NY Post contributor James Bovard shares this story . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpTNPVmnPVw

Alastair Crooke : How the West Lost Russia Alistair Crook as we explores this critical question and uncover the profound shifts in global geopolitics. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's stark declaration to the U.S. ambassador marks the dawn of a low-intensity conflict era with the United States. We'll break down Russia's strategic responses, examining the formation of an alternative security framework with BRICS nations and other nuclear powers. This episode promises to shed light on Russia's perspective regarding Western intentions to escalate the conflict in Ukraine and the broader consequences for international relations. https://www.youtube.com/live/OscxSUVeJNg

What the Socialist Left Fails to Grasp about Wealth and Innovation in America “We cannot afford a billionaire class whose greed and corruption have been at war with the working families of this country for 45 years,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) once said. But when you consider the vital economic activities funded by billionaires, it becomes clear that it’s a society without billionaires that we can’t afford. Not all Americans are rich. But all of them are more prosperous because they live in a society where great entrepreneurs can attain great wealth through their vision, innovation, and industriousness. A typical American living in the mid-1800s couldn’t have imagined the amount of wealth and prosperity Americans would enjoy in the 20th century, let alone today. Simple appliances and conveniences that modern middle-class Americans take for granted didn’t exist. The innovators who were most instrumental in inventing and commercializing revolutionary new products became very wealthy, but they improved other Americans’ lives in the process. Their wealth reflected the value their work brought to the lives of millions of people. People in the mid-1800s lit their homes with candles or oil lamps. They couldn’t flip on a light switch or plug in an electric appliance. They cooked meals with a wood or coal stove or over an open flame. They relied on animal power for transportation and agriculture. They had no refrigerators, cars, phones, microwaves, music recordings, or personal cameras. Then, especially beginning around 1870, waves of new inventions and innovations burst onto the scene and changed people’s lives. In the 1870s, Thomas Edison invented the incandescent light bulb and the phonograph (recorded sound). Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. By the 1880s Edison was building electrical grids, and Andrew Carnegie’s cost-efficient steel was revolutionizing transportation and industry. In the 1890s, Richard Sears and Alvah Roebuck were sending out mail order catalogs, giving rural Americans access to far more choice in consumer products. In the early 1900s, Willis Carrier’s air conditioning was improving productivity in factories and making people’s lives more bearable on hot summer days. In 1908, Henry Ford introduced the Model T, making car ownership attainable for the middle class. https://fee.org/articles/what-the-socialist-left-fails-to-grasp-about-wealth-and-innovation-in-america/

Interview 1889 – Assange is Free, But Speech…? Not so much. (NWNW 559) Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: https://corbettreport.com/nwnw559/

What Do ‘Good Schools’ Look Like? It Depends on What Parents Want I often hear people in the education world, especially those who are more rooted in traditional schooling models, express concern about the “quality” and “outcomes” of the innovative schools and spaces now emerging. “How do we know these are ‘good’ schools with high academic achievement and strong outcomes for students?” they’ll ask. My response is always some version of this: “We” don’t have to know. It’s the parents who decide whether or not their children’s schools are “good”—however they define that. For some parents, a “good” school might be a forest school where their children are outside all day stomping in the mud. For other parents, a “good” school might follow Common Core curriculum standards to a tee, with regular standardized testing. We all have diverse preferences, values, and needs. What one family considers to be “good” education, another may consider to be “bad.” Fortunately, as education becomes increasingly decentralized and entrepreneur-driven, families are able to make personal choices about their children’s education without imposing their views and values on others. Earlier this week, I thought more about this tension between those who believe they know what a “good” school really is and desire to make policy around that, and those who think families should be free to choose the education option that’s right for them. My rumination was prompted by a recent Substack article published by Boston College psychology professor Peter Gray, called “The Toxic Consequences of Attending a High Achieving School.” https://fee.org/articles/what-do-good-schools-look-like-it-depends-on-what-parents-want/

10 Pictures from the Past 100 Years that Highlight the Power of Liberty Over the past century, the world has witnessed remarkable advances driven by free people and free markets. From the Roaring Twenties to the age of the Internet, capitalism and the pursuit of individual rights served as the engine propelling human progress. In an age where pessimism about the future has seemingly become the default worldview, it’s important to have gratitude for the advancements that have made modern life possible. By reflecting on these milestones, we can appreciate the progress we’ve made and remain hopeful for the future, knowing that the drive for freedom and the spirit of innovation can continue to shape a better world for all. To that end, here are ten photos from the past century which showcase the profound impact of liberty and free markets on our world https://fee.org/articles/10-pictures-from-the-past-100-years-that-highlight-the-power-of-liberty/