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Hasnain says:

My emotions kept going up and down when reading this.

This hit right in the feels: "Instead, we need to pay attention to the fact that many people with treatable mental illnesses struggle to afford medication or therapy, and then work around the clock to ensure that their meager options only dwindle further and become more expensive. That is where we need to be focused as a nation."

Posted on 2017-10-02T22:27:20+0000

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The Secret World of Tiny Phones That Go Inside Your Butt

Available from Amazon and popular in prison, these phones carry reviews like: "No anal problems!!! Didn't hurt my bum at all thanks guys :)"

Click to view the original at vice.com

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Hasnain says:

Worth reading - still relevant to this day, about how talk and dialogue are one of the few reliable ways to bring people to set aside their differences.

Posted on 2017-10-01T19:24:41+0000

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Idle Words

The piece claims that “users searching for a common chemical compound used in food production are offered the ingredients to produce explosive black powder” on Amazon’s website, and that “steel ball bearings often used as shrapnel” are also promoted on the page, in some cases as items that other cus...

Click to view the original at idlewords.com

Hasnain says:

"There is no real penalty for making mistakes, but there is enormous pressure to frame stories in whatever way maximizes page views. Once those stories get picked up by rival news outlets, they become ineradicable. The sheer weight of copycat coverage creates the impression of legitimacy. As the old adage has it, a lie can get halfway around the world while the truth is pulling its boots on."

Posted on 2017-09-30T18:14:46+0000

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It’s time to give Firefox another chance

If you're like me, you switched your default browser over to Chrome years ago and never looked back. Chances are, before you made the switch, you used Firefox..

Click to view the original at social.techcrunch.com

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Housing Bill Package Passes Legislature, Goes to Gov. Brown

Measures to fund affordable housing and ease local developments passed the Assembly in a late-night vote Thursday. The state Senate passed them Friday afternoon.

Click to view the original at ww2.kqed.org

Hasnain says:

"The bills earmark billions of dollars for home construction, and enact rules making it harder for local governments to block new developments, with the overarching goal of increasing housing stock in the state."

YES

Posted on 2017-09-29T18:21:20+0000

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Facing poverty, academics turn to sex work and sleeping in cars

Adjunct professors in America face low pay and long hours without the security of full-time faculty. Some, on the brink of homelessness, take desperate measures

Click to view the original at theguardian.com

Hasnain says:

This makes me sad: college is so expensive in the US making students struggle to pay, and yet, the people teaching them are also struggling to keep a roof over their heads.

Posted on 2017-09-29T05:15:51+0000

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