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ed News24 | Budget constraints force Gauteng education department to delay teacher promotions until April By www.news24.com Published On :: Wednesday Nov 13 2024 06:20:32 The Gauteng education department has postponed the appointment of new office-based staff as well as teachers who applied to be promoted as heads of department, deputy principals and principals until April because of budget constraints. Full Article
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ed Jon Stewart on the bewildering denial in remaining an undecided voter By boingboing.net Published On :: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 15:10:43 +0000 Jon Stewart tears apart the denials and false claims Trump supporters make about their terrible candidate and wonders how anyone can remain undecided. At the top of this piece by Stewart sits the strange claim MAGAs keep making that Vice President Harris isn't clear about her plans. — Read the rest The post Jon Stewart on the bewildering denial in remaining an undecided voter appeared first on Boing Boing. Full Article Post Entertainment politics video
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ed New York feeding rats tasty birth control By boingboing.net Published On :: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 20:30:00 +0000 The tales of New York City's rats are legendary. NY Rats are big and smart, and they have lots of babies. The city has a rat czar and recently held a rat summit to discuss the issue. Mayor Eric Adams was undoubtedly happy to talk about the rat problem rather than his own issues. — Read the rest The post New York feeding rats tasty birth control appeared first on Boing Boing. Full Article Post birth control new york city rats Science
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ed Teslas suck! What you really need is this whizz-bang CarPlay screen By boingboing.net Published On :: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 15:00:00 +0000 TL;DR: Get 37% off this touchscreen infotainment system with CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility. Elon, who?? Okay, maybe Teslas have cool infotainment systems, but you don't have to pay crazy prices for an over-hyped screen—just grab one of these CarPlay displays for your old beater. — Read the rest The post Teslas suck! What you really need is this whizz-bang CarPlay screen appeared first on Boing Boing. Full Article Post Boing Boing Shop shop
ed Texas man wastes $4k smashing a Taylor Swift "themed" guitar By boingboing.net Published On :: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 16:19:00 +0000 A North Texas man recently spent $4000 on a guitar he believed was signed by Taylor Swift at the Ellis County Wild Game Dinner in Waxahachie, Texas, and then immediately destroyed it with a hammer. Sounds like the guitar was an imposter. — Read the rest The post Texas man wastes $4k smashing a Taylor Swift "themed" guitar appeared first on Boing Boing. Full Article Post guitars maga politics taylor swift texas what a waste of money
ed IVT MediaPlatform 4.1 Sets New Standard for Enterprise Video Communications By communicationtransformation.blogspot.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2009 20:22:00 +0000 IVT released its latest upgrades to its MediaPlatform software.Click to view the announcement. Full Article
ed Health Chief Sebelius Webcasting Today at 1:00 pm EDT By communicationtransformation.blogspot.com Published On :: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:52:00 +0000 Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is hosting a webcast at 1 pm EDT today, Friday August 7. Use the hashtag #HCRQ to ask a question via Twitter or email hhsstudio@hhs.gov. Full Article
ed MediaPlatform Debuts WebCaster By communicationtransformation.blogspot.com Published On :: Wed, 12 May 2010 00:59:00 +0000 MediaPlatform Debuts WebCaster, a Fusion of Performance and UsabilityNew Addition to Webcasting Software Lineup Leverages Cloud Platform for Productivity and Connectivity NEW YORK - STREAMING MEDIA EAST - May 11, 2010 -MediaPlatform, Inc. (formerly IVT) today unveiled its latest product offering, MediaPlatform WebCaster, cloud-based webcasting software that packs leading edge event management, event customization, and production capabilities into a simple user experience. WebCaster has been built to serve the needs of demanding webcast production professionals as well as non-technical users"WebCaster is a heavyweight performer with a flyweight price and impact on corporate IT," said Jim McGovern, Chief Executive Officer of MediaPlatform. "Our team has worked hard for over a year to exceed client expectations in virtually every aspect of the webcasting experience."WebCaster offers a unique mix of best-in-class features, ranging from an intuitive, browser-based user interface and sophisticated reporting to multiple remote presenters and flexible producing teams. WebCaster also offers rich templates with options to customize, total operating system and browser independence, telephony to Flash® Audio input, and iPhone support."We went into the development process with a goal of enabling presentations from 'anywhere to anyone,'" said Greg Pulier, Founder and CTO of MediaPlatform, and head of WebCaster's development. "For every feature we considered, our constant question was, 'Will this provide the best possible experience for users at every step of the webcasting process? I am very proud of the work everyone has contributed to this outstanding offering."With WebCaster, MediaPlatform is further establishing itself as the preferred provider for digital media producers. As the business of producing webcasts for lead generation, training, and conferences continues to expand, MediaPlatform is serving a growing number of top tier digital media production firms. WebCaster is designed to provide producers with a webcasting toolset they can rely upon as they build their production businesses. WebCaster is the newest addition to MediaPlatform's growing portfolio of media production and management offerings.It complements the company's high-end webcasting product, now known as IVT MediaPlatform, as well as PrimeTime, MediaPlatform's video portal.About MediaPlatform, Inc. MediaPlatform, Inc. (formerly IVT) delivers best-in-class webcasting and media management technology to global enterprises and digital media producers. MediaPlatform's webcasting software enables high-impact presentations for lead generation, corporate communications and training. The company offers organizations the ability to take advantage of scalable cloud-based computing, as well as on-premises deployment, to present and manage rich media. With media management tools built on its platform, the company helps clients derive long term archive value from their investment in media content. Full Article
ed Amazon Enables MediaPlatform Migration to the Cloud By communicationtransformation.blogspot.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:58:00 +0000 Here is a link to the case study Amazon prepared about MediaPlatform's use of the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Simple Storage Solution (S3). http://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/mediaplatform/ MediaPlatform is the only streaming software solution that allows clients to access the obvious benefits of cloud computing while retaining the ability to maintain security, achieve integrations with Active Directory/LDAP, control remote encoders, etc. Combined with its groundbreaking approaches to multicasting Flash and leveraging the native caching abilities of WAN acceleration devices to stream HTTP, MediaPlatform's cloud offering represents the most innovative approach to enterprise webcasting available on the market today. Full Article
ed Interactive Media Strategies believes Microsoft could win big with Skype By communicationtransformation.blogspot.com Published On :: Fri, 13 May 2011 22:01:00 +0000 Interactive Media Strategies (IMS) is a market research firm that follows streaming media. They discuss the news of Microsoft’s $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype, and the prospects for Skype to emerge as a viable platform for business video communications. Their research compares usage levels for a range of social media and communications applications, including Skype, YouTube and Facebook. Here is a link to the video. They report that personal use of Facebook and YouTube is relatively high but that has not yet translated into comparable levels of corporate use. They believe this raises the question of whether YouTube and Facebook will be able to outgrow their focus on the consumer side of the business to compete in the enterprise market. Usage levels for Skype are significantly lower overall, but Skype’s penetration in business communications is higher than they see for other communications apps online among young users most likely to experiment with emerging technologies. IMS puts forth the opinion that if Microsoft could make it easier for technology laggards to embrace Skype - i.e. integrate Skype with the Microsoft Office suite - then Skype could achieve significant enterprise adoption. Full Article
ed "Silver Tsunami:" Using Video for Knowledge Transfer By communicationtransformation.blogspot.com Published On :: Fri, 20 May 2011 22:48:00 +0000 When the Baby Boomers retire they are going to be taking their substantial knowledge with them. The younger generation to whom that knowledge should be transferred likes to consume video. This has some very interesting implications for organizations that want to capture that knowledge, organize it, and make it easy for employees to find it and benefit from it. Here is a link to a webcast on June 1 where Dan Rasmus, a technology strategist and author of Listening to the Future , will discuss the potential for video to serve as an all important medium for knowledge transfer and organizational learning. Topics to be Covered: • Knowledge Acquisition via Video • Video as a Tool for Knowledge Management • Use of Video or Operational Efficiency • Practical Applications of Video for Learning in the Enterprise Click here to register for the webcast Full Article
ed As Video Becomes More Ubiquitous, Decisions More De-Centralized By communicationtransformation.blogspot.com Published On :: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 20:50:00 +0000 Interactive Media Strategies released data on July 14 showing that 62% of corporations that purchased video communications technology made the decision at the President/CEO level when there was no prior investment in this kind of technology. That number dropped to 58% when the prior year's spend was as much as $10,000. The same data shows that when an enterprise already spends $100,000 or more annually on video, the decision-making authority is almost evenly distributed between IT (35%), functional department heads (31%), and the President/CEO level (34%). I think the clear implication of this data is that when corporations are already committing resources to video communications and the value of video has already been established, and this kind of technology is no longer considered exotic, then decision-making authority becomes more broadly distributed to IT and the business units. This data is interesting when paired with data released in 2010 that shows 15% of executives surveyed that do not spend money on video and are thus not using video communications believe video communications are "very effective." 58% of executives surveyed that spend $100,000 or more annual on video technology indicated they believe video communications are "very effective." I am sure this great difference is due to several factors, including: executives who are predisposed to see value in video are those most likely to invest in it, and those that have already made a six figure investment in video will likely not be motivated to feel as if the investment was wasted. Nonetheless, video obviously wears well because executives who are heavily invested in video believe much more in its value than executives who do not employ the technology. Full Article
ed Unhinged Liberal Women Cry On Social Media Over Trump’s Victory And Falsely Claim They’ve Lost All Their Rights By conservativefiringline.com Published On :: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 04:15:48 +0000 The following article, Unhinged Liberal Women Cry On Social Media Over Trump’s Victory And Falsely Claim They’ve Lost All Their Rights, was first published on Conservative Firing Line. (Natural News) Liberals have been working hard to portray Trump as a misogynist, and it worked on a lot of women – with some of them buying into the false narrative that he will work against women so wholeheartedly that they are now having very public meltdowns over his victory. Revolver put together some of the … Continue reading Unhinged Liberal Women Cry On Social Media Over Trump’s Victory And Falsely Claim They’ve Lost All Their Rights ... Full Article Politics democrats election liberals rights Trump unhinged victory women
ed Amazing: Trump Moved 48 States Toward the Republican Party By conservativefiringline.com Published On :: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 16:15:37 +0000 The following article, Amazing: Trump Moved 48 States Toward the Republican Party, was first published on Conservative Firing Line. When the 2024 election dust settled early on Wednesday morning, it became clear that Donald Trump didn’t just win the election, he trounced Kamala Harris. It was so bad for the Democrats that nearly every state moved to the right. The GOP hasn’t seen so many votes move their way since Ronald Reagan in 1980. … Continue reading Amazing: Trump Moved 48 States Toward the Republican Party ... Full Article Politics democrats Harris Republican Trump voters
ed Will These Deranged Celebrities Who Promised To End Their Lives Or Flee The Country If Trump Wins Actually Follow Through? By conservativefiringline.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 00:15:19 +0000 The following article, Will These Deranged Celebrities Who Promised To End Their Lives Or Flee The Country If Trump Wins Actually Follow Through?, was first published on Conservative Firing Line. (Natural News) Similar to what happened in 2016, a host of celebrities and influencers made wild claims that they would leave the country or even end their lives if Donald Trump won another term in the White House. Will any of them actually follow through? Take Rob Reiner, for instance. He promised to “set himself on … Continue reading Will These Deranged Celebrities Who Promised To End Their Lives Or Flee The Country If Trump Wins Actually Follow Through? ... Full Article Politics Bono celebrities Drano kill leave meltdown Midler suicide
ed Video: Merlin's Time & Attention Talk (Improvised Rutgers Edition) By www.43folders.com Published On :: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:57:09 +0000 Video: Merlin Mann - "Time & Attention Talk (improvised)" Audio (mp3): "Merlin Mann - 'Rutgers Time & Attention Talk'" This is a talk I did at Rutgers earlier this month. I kinda like it, but for a weird reason. Something something, perfect storm of technology Ragnarok, and yadda yadda, I had to start the talk 20 minutes late with no slides. Nothing. So, I riffed. And, I ended up talking about a lot of the new stuff you can expect to see in the Inbox Zero book—work culture, managing expectations, the 3 deadly qualities of email, and one surprising reason email's not as much fun as Project Runway. Some people liked it. I think. I liked it. I hope you do, too. Here's the slides I would have shown. ;-) Who Moved My Brain? Revaluing Time & Attention Many thanks, again, to my great pal, Dr. Donald Schaffner, for bringing me in for this visit. I had a great time and met some fantastic, passionate people. Much appreciated. Hey—know anybody who should hear this talk? Hmmm? I’ll bet. Lucky you, you can hire me to deliver this or any of my other talks to the time- and attention-addled people you work with as well. Current topics include email, meetings, social media, and future-proofing your passion. Drop a note if you have an upcoming event where you think we two might be a good fit. update 2010-04-27_13-50-00 Apologies—my friends at Rutgers (inexplicably) have placed this video under lock and key. Fortunately, I have a lock-picker called Firefox. Samizdat video available soon... update 2010-04-27_14-42-24 Yay, fixed! Many thanks to my hero, Jesse Schibilia. ”Video: Merlin's Time & Attention Talk (Improvised Rutgers Edition)” was written by Merlin Mann for 43Folders.com and was originally posted on April 27, 2010. Except as noted, it's ©2010 Merlin Mann and licensed for reuse under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. "Why a footer?" Full Article Time and Attention Videos world of work
ed Resolved: Stop Blaming the Pancake By www.43folders.com Published On :: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:22:44 +0000 In a classic bit from an early Seinfeld, Jerry and Elaine are at the airport, trying to pick up the rental car that Jerry had reserved. As usual, things go poorly and get awkward fast: Seinfeld - "Reservations" JERRY: I don't understand...I made a reservation. Do you have my reservation? AGENT: Yes, we do. Unfortunately, we ran out of cars. JERRY: But, the reservation keeps the car here. That's why you have the reservation. AGENT: I know why we have reservations. JERRY: I don't think you do. If you did, I'd have a car. See, you know how to take the reservation--you just don't know how to hold the reservation. And, that's really the most important part of the reservation...the holding. Anybody can just TAKE them. [grabs chaotically at air] And, how weirdly similar is that to our conflicted relationship with New Year's resolutions? In Seinfeldspeak? See, you know how to make the resolution, you just don't know how to keep the resolution. And, that's really the most important part of the resolution...the keeping. Anybody can just MAKE them! Oversimplified? Probably. But, ask yourself. Why this? And, why now? Or, why again? Welcome to Resolvers Anonymous: I'm 'Merlin M.' A few years ago, I shared a handful of stories on the failures that have led to my own cynicism about the usefulness of life-inverting resolutions. Because, yeah, I've historically been a big resolver. Here's what I said when I first suggested favoring "Fresh Starts and Modest Changes" over reinventions: Download MP3 of "Fresh Starts & Modest Changes" Five years on, I think I probably feel even more strongly about this. Partly because I've watched and read and heard the cyclical lamentations of folks who decided to use superficial totems (like new calendars) as an ad hoc coach and prime mover. And, partly because, in my capacity as a makebelieve productivity expert, I continue to see how self-defeating it is to pretend that past can ever be less than prologue--that we can each ignore yesterday's weather if we really wish hard enough for a sun-drenched day at the beach. It simply doesn't work. Companies that think they'll be Google for buying bagels. Writers who think they'll get published if they order a new pen. Obese people who think they'll become marathon runners if they pick up some new running shoes. And, regular old people with good hearts who continue to confuse new lives with new clothes. Has this worked before? Can you look back on a proud legacy of successful New Year's resolutions that would suggest you're making serious progress by repeatedly making a list about fundamental life changes while slamming prosecco and wearing a pointy paper hat? My bet is that most people who are seeing the kind of change and growth and improvement that sticks tend to avoid these sorts of dramatic, geometric attempts to leap blindly toward the mountain of perfection. I'll go further and say that the repeated compulsion to resolve and resolve and resolve is actually a terrific marker that you're not really ready to change anything in a grownup and sustainable way. You probably just want another magic wand. Otherwise you'd already be doing the things you've resolved to do. You'd already be living those changes. And, you'd already be seeing actual improvements rather than repeatedly making lists of all the ways you hope your annual hajj to the self-improvement genie will fix you. Then, of course, we make things way worse by blaming everything on our pancakes. Regarding "The First Pancake Problem" Anyone who's ever made America's favorite round and flat breakfast food is familiar with the phenomenon of The First Pancake. No matter how good a cook you are, and no matter how hard you try, the first pancake of the batch always sucks. It comes out burnt or undercooked or weirdly shaped or just oddly inedible and aesthetically displeasing. Just ask your kids. At least compared to your normal pancake--and definitely compared to the far superior second and subsequent pancakes that make the cut and get promoted to the pile destined for the breakfast table--the first one's always a disaster. I'll leave it to the physicists and foodies in the gallery to develop a unified field theory on exactly why our pancake problem crops up with such unerring dependability. But I will share an orthogonal theory: you will be a way happier and more successful cook if you just accept that your first pancake is and always will be a universally flukey mess. But, that shouldn't mean you never make another pancake. So Loud. Then, So Quiet. I offer all of this because today is January 7th, gang. And, for the past week, all over the web, legions of well-intentioned and seemingly strong-willed humans have been declaring their resolved intention to make this a year of more and better metaphorical pancakes. And, like clockwork--usually around today or maybe tomorrow--a huge cohort of those cooks will begin to abandon their resolve and go back to thinking all their pancakes have to suck. Just because that first one failed. And, as is the case every year, online and off, there won't be nearly as many breathless updates to properly bookend how poorly our annual ritual of aspirational change has fared. Which is instructive. Not because new year's resolutions are a universally bad idea. And, not because Change is Bad. And, not because we should be embarrassed about occasionally falling short of our own (frequently unreasonable) aspirations. I suspect we tout the resolution, but whisper the failure because we blame the cook. Or, worse, fingers point toward the pancake. Instead of just admitting that the resolution itself was simply unrealistic or fundamentally foreign. And, that's a shame. Remember, there's no "I" in "unreasonable" Granted, I'm merely re-repeating a point I've struggled to make (to both others and myself) for years now. But, it will bear repeating every January in perpetuity. Resist the urge to pin the fate of things you really care about to anything that's not truly yourself. The "yourself" who has a real life with complicated demands. The "yourself" who's going to face a hard slog trying to fold a new life out of a fresh calendar. Calendars are just paper and staples. They can't make you care. And they can't help you spin around like Diana Prince, and instantly turn into Wonder Woman. Especially, if you're not already a hot and magical Amazon princess. First, be reasonable. Don't set yourself up for failure by demanding things that you've never come close to achieving before. I realize this is antithetical to most self-improvement bullshit, but that's exactly the point. If you were already a viking, you wouldn't need to build a big boat. Start with where you are right now. Not with where you wish you'd been. Also, accept that the first pancake will always suck. Hell, if you've never picked up a spatula before, be cool with the fact that your first hundred pancakes might suck. This is, as I've said, huge. Failure is the sound of beginning to suck a little less. And, finally, also be clear about the sanity of the motivations underlying your expectations--step back to observe what's truly broken, derive a picture of incremental success that seems do-able, and really resolve to do whatever you can realistically do to actually get better. Rather than "something something I suddenly become all different." At this point, you have logistical options for both execution and troubleshooting: Make a modest plan that you can envision actually doing without upending your real life; Build more sturdy scaffolding for sticking with whatever plan you've chosen; Make a practice of learning to not mind the duds--including those messed-up first pancakes; Or--seriously?--just accept that you never really cared that much about making breakfast in the first place. Care is not optional. Otherwise, really, you'd never need to resolve to do anything. You'd already just be cooking a lot. Instead of being all mad and depressed about not cooking. But, please. All I really ask of you. Don't blame the pancake. It's not really the pancake's fault. Like me, the pancake just wants you to be happy. This and every other new year. ”Resolved: Stop Blaming the Pancake” was written by Merlin Mann for 43Folders.com and was originally posted on January 07, 2011. 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ed No One Needs Permission to Be Awesome By www.43folders.com Published On :: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:10:32 +0000 Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address No one wants to die, even people who want to go to Heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet, death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be. Because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It's life's change agent; it clears out the old to make way for the new. […] Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice, heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. None of us should ever have to face death to accept the inflexible and, too-often, novel sense of scarcity that it introduces. In fact, it'd be great if we could each skip needing outside permission to be awesome by not waiting until the universe starts tapping its watch. A simple start would involve each of us learning to care just a little more about a handful of things that simply aren't allowed to leave with us--whether today, tomorrow, or whenever. Because, I really believe a lot of nice things would start to happen if we also stopped waiting to care. A whole lot of nice things. If that sounds like fancy incense for hippies and children, perhaps in a way that seems frankly un-doable for someone as practical and important and immortal as yourself, then go face death. Go get cancer. Or, go get crushed by a horse Or, go get hit by a van. Or, go get separated from everything you ever loved forever. Then, wonder no longer whether caring about the modest bit of time you have here is only for fancy people and the terminally-ill. Because, the sooner you care, the better you'll make. The better you'll do. And the better you'll live. Please don't wait. The universe won't. ”No One Needs Permission to Be Awesome” was written by Merlin Mann for 43Folders.com and was originally posted on January 17, 2011. Except as noted, it's ©2010 Merlin Mann and licensed for reuse under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. "Why a footer?" Full Article caring hacer Steve Jobs
ed Scared Shitless By www.43folders.com Published On :: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:51:05 +0000 Merlin Mann - "Scared Shitless: How I (Mostly) Learned to Love Being Afraid of Pretty Much Everything" Download MP4 Video of "Scared Shitless" This is the video of a talk I did last month at Webstock in Wellington, New Zealand. It's pretty different from a lot of stuff I've done. It's about being scared. As I mentioned on Back to Work, Webstock is—what? Well. Webstock is unique. Truly. If you get the chance, you should go. Really. I could not and would not have done this talk in this way had I had not been so inspired (and, frankly, so terrified) by the awesomeness of the other speakers, by the quality of their talks, and by the astounding graciousness and empathy of the audience that this particular event attracts. Tash and Mike and their crackerjack team have made something really special here. I'm honored that they even invited me, and I'm insanely grateful for the care and hospitality that they showed to the speakers and to the attendees at every step of the way. Seriously. Thank you. So, yeah. I did something really weird at Webstock. Weird for me and, honestly, just plain weird for "a talk." I'm not sure if it succeeded. But, I did the best I could to make myself (along with some really heroic friends and fellow speakers) into a legitimate guinea pig for a concept that means the world to me: You can be scared and still do it anyway. Regardless of whatever it is. And, you can. No. Really. You. You can do this. You can run toward the shitstorm, let it cover you with shit, but, still never let it stop you from running. Because, like Crazy Bob says: "They can't eat you." And, they can't. And, they won't. Okay? Well, okay, then. ”Scared Shitless” was written by Merlin Mann for 43Folders.com and was originally posted on March 28, 2011. Except as noted, it's ©2010 Merlin Mann and licensed for reuse under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. "Why a footer?" Full Article Elsewhere Fear Merlin Speaks Webstock
ed From the Archive: Tech Must Get Over Its Superman Complex, Or We’re All Screwed By battellemedia.com Published On :: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 01:35:11 +0000 Five years ago I was posting a lot to a publication called NewCo Shift, which is now offline. I got ahold of the archives, and found this review, which hasn’t lost any of its relevance – in fact, it kind of reads like it was written last week. Everyone in tech loves Yuval Noah Harari. … Continue reading "From the Archive: Tech Must Get Over Its Superman Complex, Or We’re All Screwed" Full Article AI Book Related Internet Big Five Policy
ed Harris Supporter Outraged By Postcard Trolling… Did They Go Too Far? By clashdaily.com Published On :: Mon, 04 Nov 2024 10:15:55 +0000 She likes Kamala's polices enough to put a lawn sign up on her property, but when one toll with a postcard personalizes those policies... she loses it. The post Harris Supporter Outraged By Postcard Trolling… Did They Go Too Far? appeared first on Clash Daily. Full Article Videos
ed OOPS: SNL Tried To Help Kamala… But Boosted TRUMP Instead (VIDEO) By clashdaily.com Published On :: Mon, 04 Nov 2024 10:40:07 +0000 It was supposed to be a push to help her over the finish line. It ended up giving Trump a free shot with their audience instead. The post OOPS: SNL Tried To Help Kamala… But Boosted TRUMP Instead (VIDEO) appeared first on Clash Daily. Full Article Videos
ed The STRONGEST Argument For Re-Electing Trump Was Published On The White House Website By clashdaily.com Published On :: Mon, 04 Nov 2024 10:50:00 +0000 Whether America realized it or not, on the last day of Trump's Presidency, Trump was already making his case for his return to the Oval Office. And it was a strong case in his favor. The post The STRONGEST Argument For Re-Electing Trump Was Published On The White House Website appeared first on Clash Daily. Full Article News Clash
ed Former BLM Chapter Co-Founder Switches To Trump In ’24 … What Changed His Mind? By clashdaily.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 10:10:35 +0000 Mark Fisher was co-founder of the Rhode Island chapter of BLM. He voted for Joe Biden in 2020. Does he have buyers remorse? Yeah, you could say so. His viral video is causing a stir... but there's more to that story. The post Former BLM Chapter Co-Founder Switches To Trump In ’24 … What Changed His Mind? appeared first on Clash Daily. Full Article Videos
ed Soldier Succumbs To Injuries Sustained In Biden’s Doomed Gaza Pier Mission By clashdaily.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 10:40:39 +0000 At the State of the Union, Joe Biden Joe Biden made a 'bold' announcement that America would be building a pier to deliver aid to Gaza. Four months later, he admitted it was a failure. The post Soldier Succumbs To Injuries Sustained In Biden’s Doomed Gaza Pier Mission appeared first on Clash Daily. Full Article News Clash
ed Convicted Jihadi Terrorist Hired As Social Justice Prof In Western University By clashdaily.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 04:39:39 +0000 For anyone thinking that 'social justice' is less about 'justice' and more about being a delivery system for a poisoned ideology, the story of Dr Hassan Diab, is the proverbial 'Exhibit A'. The post Convicted Jihadi Terrorist Hired As Social Justice Prof In Western University appeared first on Clash Daily. Full Article News Clash
ed Cowardly Kamala Pulls A Hillary — Refuses To Concede As Trump Paints The Country Red By clashdaily.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 06:45:15 +0000 It's all over but the crying for a campaign that was supposed to be characterized by 'joy'. There will be no concession speech tonight. At little before 1 am, Kamala is running like a scared rabbit. The post Cowardly Kamala Pulls A Hillary — Refuses To Concede As Trump Paints The Country Red appeared first on Clash Daily. Full Article News Clash
ed YIKES: Kamala’s Failed Campaign Finished DEEP In Debt — Here’s The 411 By clashdaily.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 09:47:09 +0000 It was just a couple of weeks ago that the media was bragging about Kamala's HUGE fundraising haul. The post YIKES: Kamala’s Failed Campaign Finished DEEP In Debt — Here’s The 411 appeared first on Clash Daily. Full Article News Clash
ed We Dodged A Demonic Political Bullet By clashdaily.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 10:30:15 +0000 Take a good look at the people melting down on social media because their team didn't win an election. That's what it looks likes when your politics becomes your faith. The post We Dodged A Demonic Political Bullet appeared first on Clash Daily. Full Article Doug's Columns
ed Demonic & Damned to Ridiculously Redeemed! (Eph.2:1-10) By clashdaily.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 10:45:49 +0000 We all know that *one* guy who acts like he's doing the world a favor just by showing up. The post Demonic & Damned to Ridiculously Redeemed! (Eph.2:1-10) appeared first on Clash Daily. Full Article Doug's Columns
ed OOPS: Planned Parenthood Sounds Alarm As Lefties Weaponize Abstinence By clashdaily.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 10:30:26 +0000 Without a consequence-free hook-up culture, Planned Parenthood's business model collapses. The left's response to Trump's election is an existential threat... to itself! The post OOPS: Planned Parenthood Sounds Alarm As Lefties Weaponize Abstinence appeared first on Clash Daily. Full Article News Clash
ed Democrats Have Another Problem to Worry About as Man Who Helped Trump Win Has Eyes on Blue State By www.westernjournal.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 00:06:25 +0000 Conservative activist Scott Presler, whose organization Early Vote Action helped swing Pennsylvania to the right in the general election, announced Monday he will be working to do the same in […] The post Democrats Have Another Problem to Worry About as Man Who Helped Trump Win Has Eyes on Blue State appeared first on The Western Journal. Full Article News 2024 election New Jersey Pennsylvania Republicans Voting
ed Watch: Oprah Pressed Over Claims That Kamala Harris' Campaign Paid Her $1M for Political Endorsement By www.westernjournal.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:35:53 +0000 It was one of the high points in the early days of the Kamala Harris campaign, the honeymoon period where the vice president — newly minted as the Democratic nominee […] The post Watch: Oprah Pressed Over Claims That Kamala Harris' Campaign Paid Her $1M for Political Endorsement appeared first on The Western Journal. Full Article News 2024 election Campaign Campaign finance Celebrities Democrats Hollywood Kamala Harris Oprah Winfrey
ed CNN Host Reportedly Leaving Network After Short-Lived Stay: His Career Change Is Completely Absurd By www.westernjournal.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:42:13 +0000 Three years ago, Chris Wallace walked away from Fox News over concerns that those at the “Fair and Balanced” network were beginning to, as he put it, “question the truth.” […] The post CNN Host Reportedly Leaving Network After Short-Lived Stay: His Career Change Is Completely Absurd appeared first on The Western Journal. Full Article Commentary Chris Wallace CNN Establishment media Fox News Social media
ed Flashback: Video of Tom Homan Taking Down AOC Resurfaces, Showing Why Trump Picked Him By www.westernjournal.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:27:01 +0000 Shortly after President-elect Donald Trump appointed Tom Homan as “border czar,” the immigration hardliner’s hilarious 2019 smackdown of Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York went viral on social media. […] The post Flashback: Video of Tom Homan Taking Down AOC Resurfaces, Showing Why Trump Picked Him appeared first on The Western Journal. Full Article Commentary Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Border crisis Border security Donald Trump Illegal immigration Trump administration
ed NFL Analyst Michael Strahan Speaks Out After Becoming Embroiled in National Anthem Controversy By www.westernjournal.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:53:22 +0000 One of the greatest pass rushers in NFL history appears to be taking a pass himself when it comes to directly addressing a raging controversy. Pro Football Hall of Famer […] The post NFL Analyst Michael Strahan Speaks Out After Becoming Embroiled in National Anthem Controversy appeared first on The Western Journal. Full Article News Sports Celebrities Football Fox Sports Instagram National anthem NFL U.S. News Veterans Day
ed Trump Makes His Pick for US Ambassador to Israel as Conflict in Gaza Remains Heated By www.westernjournal.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 20:31:25 +0000 President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is his pick to be the next U.S. ambassador to Israel. “Mike has been a great public servant, Governor, […] The post Trump Makes His Pick for US Ambassador to Israel as Conflict in Gaza Remains Heated appeared first on The Western Journal. Full Article News 2024 election Donald Trump Israel Mike Huckabee Politics
ed Fired FEMA Worker Reveals Discrimination Against Trump Supporters Was Even Worse Than First Reported By www.westernjournal.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 20:39:18 +0000 Just because you’re paranoid, it doesn’t mean you’re wrong. And for any supporters of President-elect Donald Trump who feel that they’ve been unfairly targeted by the government, but were summarily […] The post Fired FEMA Worker Reveals Discrimination Against Trump Supporters Was Even Worse Than First Reported appeared first on The Western Journal. Full Article Commentary Donald Trump Federal Emergency Management Agency Florida Liberalism Liberals Natural disasters North Carolina Republicans South Carolina Viral
ed Biden Asked If He'll Get a Hostage Deal by the End of His Term, and His Response Is Telling By www.westernjournal.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 21:08:42 +0000 Legendary Christian writer C.S. Lewis gave us an analogy to help explain otherwise inexplicable moments such as this. Tolerance, Lewis once wrote, “parodies love as flippancy parodies merriment.” In a […] The post Biden Asked If He'll Get a Hostage Deal by the End of His Term, and His Response Is Telling appeared first on The Western Journal. Full Article Commentary Biden administration Donald Trump Fire Hamas Israel Joe Biden Middle East U.S. News
ed Democratic Politician Crashes Her Car While Allegedly Drunk, Hurls Vile Insults at Responding Officer: Police Report By www.westernjournal.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 21:35:14 +0000 A Chicago-area Democrat hurled an insult at police Sunday after being charged with drunken driving, according to local news reports. Samantha Steele represents the Second District on the Cook County […] The post Democratic Politician Crashes Her Car While Allegedly Drunk, Hurls Vile Insults at Responding Officer: Police Report appeared first on The Western Journal. Full Article News Alcohol Chicago Democrats Investigation Police U.S. News