Fake news, hate speech, and the consolidation of ‘outsider’ type candidates that pit themselves against traditional ways of doing politics were the elements that came together to produce the populist tendencies that have recently taken centre stage in Latin America. The strong presidential character of Latin American political systems ensures that the personality of the …
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Over the past few years, NFL cheerleaders have been standing up for themselves. Cheerleaders for the Oakland Raiders, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New York Jets, Buffalo Bills, and Cincinnati Bengals have all sued over poor pay and requirements that they pay for their own makeup, uniforms, and transportation. Now, a former New Orleans Saints cheerleader is …
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His tiny fingertips skimmed the iPad. The hands of a surgeon, thought his mother. So graceful, so confident. Or maybe the piano. They’ll fly on piano keys. Yes. They were the hands of someone who’ll play Carnegie Hall. “Simon, which face looks mean?” They made it a game. Not as much mean as recalcitrant, he …
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Surgery instruments. Pixabay: Public Domain. Who should decide over a woman’s body? Who should decide whether a woman ought to be permanently sterilized? Should the woman be entitled to make that decision? Or should the judiciary be the one to make that decision for her? Should her opinion count? Should she be heard? These might …
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You really shouldn’t steal from Mark Rober. I mean, you shouldn’t steal from anyone, but you REALLY shouldn’t steal Mark Rober’s mail. The engineer and YouTube star really knows his stuff – he literally helped design the Mars Rover. But when Rober realized people were stealing his packages (he caught the thieves on his home …
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, turns 151 years old this month. One of the several stories he wrote for the Post is “The Death Voyage,” the tale of a German naval disaster in World War I. You can read “The Death Voyage” by Arthur Conan Doyle by downloading the PDF.
Wounded protester evacuated in Gaza. Since the beginning of the protests on March 30 more than 90 Palestinians have been shot dead by Israeli snipers, and over 10 000 thousand more have been injured. Picture by Khaled Omar/Xinhua News Agency/PA Images. All rights reserved.The Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip has reminded the …
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It was now a few weeks from Christmas, and I dug my hands into my pockets as I approached the Reb’s front door. A pacemaker had been put into his chest a few weeks earlier, and while he’d come through the procedure all right, looking back, I think that was the man’s last chip. His …
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When Mark Zuckerberg told Congress that Facebook would use artificial intelligence to detect fake news posted on the social media site, he wasn’t particularly specific about what that meant. Given my own work using image and video analytics, I suggest the company should be careful. Despite some basic potential flaws, AI can be a useful …
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When you’re young, people project their crushes on you as if you’re a blank screen. Folks gush as infants in each others vicinity gurgle and giggle at nothing in particular: “Oh, look, these two kids love each other!” In middle school, friends will cackle if you stare a little too long at someone: “You must be in looooove.” …
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