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Lyrics Site Accuses Google of Lifting Its Content
Genius Media Group says Google is lifting and republishing on its own platform the hip-hop and pop music lyrics found on Genius.com, resulting in a drop in traffic for the site.
Genius | Song Lyrics & Knowledge
Genius is the world’s biggest collection of song lyrics and musical knowledge.
Tarantino’s Star Trek Project Is Sweary And R-Rated
The filmmaker is still considering directing the movie. Read more at Empire.
60% of male managers now say they're uncomfortable mentoring women
Currently, 60% of male managers in the workplace say they're uncomfortable with mentoring, working one-on-one or socializing with a woman, according to a survey released by LeanIn.org and SurveyMonkey. That's a 33% increase from last year.
Facebook Turned Off Features Used To Catch War Criminals, Child Predators, And Other Bad Actors
The changes by Facebook are “a potential disaster for the human rights and war crimes community.”
Parker
@antoniogm @nxthompson The Facebook angst is so great, it really doesn’t matter what they do. Use public records to prevent discrimination? Privacy violation! Cripple graph search, you’re protecting pedophiles and war criminals!
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Millennials are OK with cars
Whew! Anecdotes that Millennials fundamentally differ from prior generations are numerous in the popular press. One claim is that Millennials, happy to rely on public transit or ride-hailing, are less likely to own vehicles and travel less in...
Better Schools Won’t Fix America
Like many rich Americans, I used to think educational investment could heal the country’s ills—but I was wrong. Fighting inequality must come first.
America's two housing crises - The Weeds
Brookings's Jenny Schuetz joins Matt to discuss subsidies, zoning reform, and much more.
Parker
@lpolovets Yup. How to deal with housing-hostile suburbs is an interesting issue. This podcast isn’t transit per se, but gets into the housing policy problems, which are intertwined. I think you’ll prob agree with a lot of the conclusions & learn from it (I did).
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The Economic Benefits of Transit Service
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Gmail How do we determine why and under what conditions investments in transit contribute to the economic growth of cities? Many planners and theorists argue that better public transit...
Parker
@lpolovets A quick google found some local folks looking at precisely this issue of pros/cons. frameworks.ced.berkeley.edu/2014/the-econo… pic.twitter.com/pP5YjOku9r
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YouTube is deleting videos on Nazi history as part of its hate speech crackdown
The site’s torrid week shows what a challenge moderation has become for big tech firms.The news: YouTube announced new rules around hate speech on Wednesday that prohibit videos promoting Nazi ideology or denying the existence of the Holocaust or...
Brooklyn is getting a massive new park — but there’s a catch
It sounds like the kind of perk that couldn’t exist within cramped city limits: a 25,000-square-foot private park. That’s the size of five basketball courts combined. This massive green space is ju…
Robocalls can now get blocked by your carrier by default
The FCC voted to give cell providers explicit permission to do stop the madness
The SEC Is Suing Kik for Its 2017 ICO
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed suit against Kik over its 2017 initial coin offering.
‎Back in the Day (feat. Jay-Z) by Missy Elliott
‎Song · 4:55 min · 2002
Parker
In honor of Jay’s billionaireship (for the record, if I married Beyoncé I’d be a billionaire by now too), I submit his best guest verse on a (great in all ways) track.
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Drinking 25 cups of coffee a day is still safe for the heart, study says
The British Heart Foundation released the findings Monday after co-sponsoring a study of 8,412 people.
Gavin Newsom signals opposition to tightening California vaccination rules
“I like doctor-patient relationships. Bureaucratic relationships are more challenging for me,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in signaling his opposition to a bill that would require the state Department of Public Health to approve all medical exemptions...
Apple is finally going to put iTunes out of its misery
A little more than 18 years after Steve Jobs first introduced Apple’s iTunes software at the 2001 Macworld Expo in San Francisco, pointing to a “music revolution” that was underwa…
Parker
I feel like if we’re gonna have perpetual copyright, companies who profit from it should be required to maintain their legacy systems just as long so people can maintain access.
Perhaps by 2200 or so we can reach a grand bargain on this issue.
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