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by Chris Black Every day, we spend large portions of our time using internet services, including Facebook, Google, Instagram, Netflix, Amazon, LinkedIn, GrubHub, and so on. We volunteer not just Tweets and Likes, but massive volumes of data about ourselves, who we are, what we value, our fears, goals, desires, and so on. This isn’t … Read more

Update: Councilwoman Gym’s communications director Eric Schulz reached out to The Post Millennial after publication to try to clarify her comments. Schulz claims that Ms. Gym was referring to students who “had attacked” and later, students who “had been attacked.” No such clarification has been made in The Philadelphia Inquirer as of yet. Original story … Read more

Five members of the Ohio Republican Party’s Central Committee filed a lawsuit against the Ohio GOP, Party Chairman Robert A. Paduchik and Party Treasurer David W. Johnson on Monday, citing a missing $3 million. As reported by the Ohio Star, the plaintiffs are seeking the court to grant their four requests: An injunction against Paduchik … Read more

More than a quarter of American households are made up of people living alone as the ranks of senior citizens swell and younger Americans continue to delay life milestones that previous generations reached earlier in life. There were 37 million one-person households in the United States in 2021, the U.S. Census Bureau reported this week, … Read more

The xenobots don’t just reproduce, they have spontaneously found a new way to reproduce that has never been used by any organism on Earth. https://nypost.com/2021/11/30/worlds-first-living-robots-can-now-reproduce-scientists-say/ These first 'living robots' make 'babies' in their mouths + The millimetre-sized machines, are neither traditional robots nor animasl, but programmable organisms+ The organisms gather cells inside a Pac-Man-shaped 'mouth' … Read more

From the Nestmann Group, November 30, 2021: We periodically remind our American readers that by simply going about their daily lives, they’re likely committing multiple crimes. As we pointed out last month, for instance, you could be imprisoned for walking your dog on federal property without a leash, or with too long a leash. Indeed, as attorney … Read more

via CNBC: CEOs and corporate insiders have sold a record $69 billion in stock in 2021, as looming tax hikes and lofty share prices encourage many to take profits. As of Monday, sales by insiders are up 30% from 2020 to $69 billion, and up 79% versus a 10-year average, according to InsiderScore/Verity. The selling … Read more

The Federal Trade Commission ordered nine major retailers, including Amazon, Kroger, and Walmart, to release company information to illuminate ongoing supply chain issues that are disrupting the U.S. economy. “Supply chain disruptions are upending the provision and delivery of a wide array of goods, ranging from computer chips and medicines to meat and lumber,” FTC … Read more

Richard Cordray — a longtime ally of progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) — is being considered for a key Federal Reserve position. According to a CNBC report, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) has “spoken to the Biden administration about Cordray and others who could serve as the Fed’s vice chair for supervision.” The Wall Street Journal … Read more