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Flipboard  ·  3 months ago
Redbox, the DVD rental box company, went kaput earlier last year, leaving more than 24,000 machines abandoned across the country. @404mediaco’s @jasonkoebler takes a look at the efforts to remove and dispose of them. “The unceremonious end of Redbox is a reminder of how much stuff we make and buy, and how, when companies fail to plan for end-of-life or go out of business, they often leave a bunch of devices that suddenly become e-waste behind,” he writes.

https://www.404media.co/the-redbox-removal-team/

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Flipboard  ·  3 months ago
There is a way to allay that sense of helplessness you might be feeling. Psychologist Liza M. Hinchey says that kindness can be a force for change in the world and “serves as an antidote to hopelessness because unlike global-scale issues, these small acts are within individuals’ control.” She writes for @TheConversationUS about how connecting to people strengthens relationships and can lead to mutual understanding.

https://theconversation.com/an-upward-spiral-how-small-acts-of-kindness-and-connection-really-can-change-the-world-according-to-psychology-research-237426

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Flipboard  ·  3 months ago
The U.S. Constitution gives Congress sole authority over the federal budget, but in a 2023 campaign video, Donald Trump said he has a plan to circumvent that. @ProPublica looks at what would happen if Trump asserted a power to kill congressionally approved programs, the Nixon-era law he would be contravening, and how a similar power grab over military aid to Ukraine led to his first impeachment.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-impoundment-appropriations-congress-budget

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Flipboard  ·  3 months ago
Christmas tree up? Stockings by the fire? Guys, it’s not even December yet! @thetyee’s Harrison Mooney has a theory on why this year, people seem “desperately festive.” It’s all about control. “If we can’t change the world, we change the world inside our homes,” he writes. “Christmas is perfect for that. Decoration and reorganization reduce stress. Same goes for sugary snacks, or a big glass of eggnog and rum. At Christmas, we look back on happier times and lean into long-held traditions. It’s a way to make the darkest days and darkest timeline bearable.”

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/11/28/Is-It-Christmas-Yet/

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Flipboard  ·  3 months ago
“Between 1946 and 1963, lab scientists knowingly exposed at least 1,073 servicemen, dockworkers, lab employees and others to potentially harmful radiation through war games, decontamination tests and medical studies,” @SFPublicPress says. Their investigations center on the U.S. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory at San Francisco’s Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, but the lab was one of many across the country doing similar research. That makes it a demonstration of “the ways that people have been seen as disposable, to science or to the military,” said Lindsey Dillon, a University of California assistant professor.

https://www.sfpublicpress.org/exposed-part-1-how-a-san-francisco-navy-lab-became-a-hub-for-human-radiation-experiments/

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