We're now living in a period of great (though unequally distributed) abundance where our basic needs are sufficiently met, and reproduction is a choice. As a result, the reasons to be with a single mate for life are less urgent. And with the advent of connected mobile devices and the internet, we've entered into the era I've dubbed Big Dating.
Chris Messina: Why I choose non-monogamy - Jan. 29, 2015
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It is highly irreverent, and highly ironic. The hosts have been dubbed “Irony Bros,” and that's probably a good enough description. Unlike older, more classical forms of irony, the irony of these Irony Bros is omni-directional, a universal solvent. The Chapo guys are as just as willing to attack the Clintons for their neoliberalism, or the audience of Hamilton for enjoying a self-flattering, whiggish retelling of history, as they are to attack ...
Christians, Stay Away from Irony Bros | Marc Mason | First Things
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Tradinistas hate National Review for what they perceive as its racism (blame black people for their lack of initiative, rather than acknowledge systemic racism) and its defense of free-market capitalism. The Kevin Williamson episode hit on many of the themes the tradinistas dislike in the mainstream right wing. So it...
Christians, Stay Away from Irony Bros | Marc Mason | First Things
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...rn in 1939 in Searchlight, Nevada, a blighted little speck in the desert south of Las Vegas whose days as a gold-mining boomtown were already long past. Reid grew up in a shack with no running water, learned to swim at a whorehouse down the road, and hitchhiked 45 miles each way to the nearest high school. His parents were drunks who often fought, and his father eventually killed himself with a shotgun to the head. The closest thing to relig...
Harry Reid Retires From the Senate — The Atlantic
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It's a brand of information warfare, known as "dezinformatsiya," that has been used by the Russians since at least the Cold War. The disinformation campaigns are only one "active measure" tool used by Russian intelligence to "sow discord among," and within, allies perceived hostile to Russia.
Russian internet trolls were being hired to pose as pro-Trump Americans - Business Insider
7 years
In May, France ordered all cigarette manufacturers to create neutral packaging. The bill means that from November, French shops can only sell the new packets that are of a uniform size and colour and have the brand name in a small uniform font.
Smokers fume as France mulls ban on 'too cool' Gitanes and Gauloises | World news | The Guardian
8 years
Eatsa has no lines because it has no cashiers. You order on an iPad, your name comes up on a transparent LCD screen box, and you pull out a bowl of quinoa. Opening today in San Francisco at 121 Spear St, Eatsa is a new restaurant designed around technology.
Eatsa, A Futuristic Restaurant Where Robot Cubbies Serve Quinoa | TechCrunch
8 years
Eatsa has no lines because it has no cashiers. You order on an iPad, your name comes up on a transparent LCD screen box, and you pull out a bowl of quinoa. Opening today in San Francisco at 121 Spear St, Eatsa is a new restaurant designed around technology.
Eatsa, A Futuristic Restaurant Where Robot Cubbies Serve Quinoa | TechCrunch
8 years
Eatsa has no lines because it has no cashiers. You order on an iPad, your name comes up on a transparent LCD screen box, and you pull out a bowl of quinoa. Opening today in San Francisco at 121 Spear St, Eatsa is a new restaurant designed around ...
Eatsa, A Futuristic Restaurant Where Robot Cubbies Serve Quinoa | TechCrunch
8 years
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