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Truth-telling is the social equivalent of the economic problem of the freerider. We all benefit from living in a society where truth is valued in politics, the law, the media. And...

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

1/ Ronny Chieng's sharp observation “Dying is easy; math is hard” captures a truth about modern society: we aren’t doing the work to understand how things work. In a world of headlines critical thinking is being replaced by blind loyalty & fear. 🧵 www.instagram.com/karencahn/re...

submitted 64 days ago • 1 comment

Even having the debate about whether to stick with Ange is insane, like debating if the earth is flat. I don't think people appreciate how much self-perpetuating advantage you get from a stable manager, system, strategy, not changing it up every 6 months.

submitted 89 days ago • 16 comments

Spurs scoring 12 goals in four visits to the Etihad (three or more in three of those) has to be one of the most extraordinary sequences in PL history. When considering how formidable City have been at home (and indeed away) in that time against literally everyone else

submitted 99 days ago • 1 comment

Australians might think a person like Trump could never be elected here, but I disagree. The Voice ‘No’ campaign was Trumpian - weaponised victimhood, opposed equality, spread disinformation, created fear, sowed confusion and doubt. Used the same playbook as Trump’s Republicans and they won. Beware!

submitted 111 days ago • 72 comments

The gender pay gap is now at its lowest recorded rate ever. This is because the Labor Govt: 1. Supported minimum wage increases 2. Banned pay secrecy clauses 3. Funded wage increases for aged care workers 4. Supported men to share in parental leave 6. Publishes gender pay gap of individual employers

submitted 104 days ago • 20 comments

Lots of people are about to be really mad that price of eggs goes up but they can’t get a 2nd job because they can’t afford childcare and when they do finally get the eggs they get E Coli because there’s no FDA but can’t go to the doctor because they got kicked off their health plan. #FAFO

submitted 105 days ago • 2018 comments

BREAKING: Netflix to offer Jake Paul $50m to fight 84 year old British national treasure, Sir David Jason.

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments

I'm just not so sure the presidency and the position of attorney general were meant to be safe havens for people trying to avoid prison time

submitted 110 days ago • 370 comments

A fringe-right white-supremacist billionaire often investigated and sued for breaking the law and who has secret communications with America's most dangerous enemy is going to get tens of millions to run a huge government Department Congress cannot oversee and whose records are secret Process this

submitted 111 days ago • 143 comments