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About Lambert Straser Dear reader, I have similarly characterized my views as pragmatic and cynical. Let’s briefly explain them. I believe in universal programs that bring tangible material benefits, especially to the working class. Medicare for All is a prime example, but tuition-free colleges and post office banks also fall under this category. The same goes for job guarantees and debt jubilees. Clearly, neither liberal Democrats nor conservative Republicans can carry out such a plan. This is because both are neoliberalisms of different nature (“for the market”). I don’t really care about profiteering “isms”, but either way we need to…
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Reporting Highlights Lost Belongings: As cities remove more encampments, they often take people’s belongings, which can include items needed to survive and irreplaceable mementos. Storage Programs: Some cities with large homeless populations have been sued for depriving people of their property; in response, they established programs to store what’s taken. Failed Policies: ProPublica examined such programs and found that people whose belongings are taken in encampment removals rarely get…
ProPublica is a nonprofit news company that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive the biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Register for the virtual discussion on November 21st. In this discussion, reporters will guide you through ProPublica’s reproductive health coverage. Georgia authorities have dismissed all members of the state commission charged with investigating maternal deaths. The move came in response to ProPublica obtaining an internal report detailing the two deaths. In September, ProPublica reported on the deaths of Amber Thurman and Candy Miller, which the state Maternal Mortality Review Board determined were preventable. These are the first…
Whether you’re refining your business model, mastering new technology, or finding a strategy to take advantage of the next market boom, Inman Connect New York prepares you to take a bold step. The next chapter is about to begin. Please join us. Join us and thousands of other real estate leaders from January 22-24, 2025. Today, Inman announces the 2024 winners of the Best of Proptech Awards. This prestigious award celebrates those who are at the forefront of real estate technology (proptech) innovation and are redefining the real estate industry. As technology changes everything from how homes are built to…
Whether you’re refining your business model, mastering new technology, or finding a strategy to take advantage of the next market boom, Inman Connect New York prepares you to take a bold step. The next chapter is about to begin. Please join us. Join us and thousands of other real estate leaders from January 22-24, 2025. In the real estate industry, adaptability and strategy separate teams that thrive from those that simply survive. Teams Report 2024 focuses on trends that are redefining the way teams operate, hire, and grow. Edited by RealScout, Tom Ferry, and T3 Sixty, this book outlines “how…
Baidu on November 12, 2024 unveiled glasses with built-in AI assistants, launching a Chinese rival to Meta Ray-Ban, which has achieved rare success with AI-powered hardware. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBEIJING – Chinese tech giant Baidu on Thursday reported a 3% annualized revenue decline in its third quarter, but still beat market expectations on growth in its AI cloud. Revenue for the quarter ended Sept. 30 was $4.78 billion. Net income increased 14% to $1.09 billion. Baidu said its non-online marketing revenue surged 12% to the equivalent of $1.1 billion, mainly driven by its artificial intelligence cloud business.Here’s what…
Resetting and refreshing your company’s culture starts with understanding your current situation so you can make targeted and effective improvements, writes coach Var Workman. Whether you’re refining your business model, mastering new technology, or finding a strategy to take advantage of the next market boom, Inman Connect New York prepares you to take a bold step. The next chapter is about to begin. Please join us. Join us and thousands of other real estate leaders from January 22-24, 2025. Every company, every team, and even every family has a culture, either by accident or by design. If a culture expert…
Whether you’re refining your business model, mastering new technology, or finding a strategy to take advantage of the next market boom, Inman Connect New York prepares you to take a bold step. The next chapter is about to begin. Please join us. Join us and thousands of other real estate leaders from January 22-24, 2025. In the fast-paced, image-driven world of luxury real estate, professional presentation of a home can make or break a sale. Few people know this better than Samantha Senia, the visionary CEO and designer of Elite Home Staging and Elite Maison in Los Angeles. With over…
As 2024 draws to a close, Jimmy Burgess and Keeping Current Matters’ David Childers look at the most common concerns clients are currently expressing. Whether you’re refining your business model, mastering new technology, or finding a strategy to take advantage of the next market boom, Inman Connect New York prepares you to take a bold step. The next chapter is about to begin. Please join us. Join us and thousands of other real estate leaders from January 22-24, 2025. Now that the election is over, there are specific questions that prospective home buyers and home sellers have. Keeping Current Matters’…
As AI-generated content proliferates online, discover the leading tools and technologies designed to: [+] Detect synthetic text, images, and audio.adobe stock Since ChatGPT was launched just two years ago, the amount of synthetic (or fake) content online has increased exponentially. First, not all “fake” content is inherently bad. Generative AI text, image, and audio tools have streamlined many repetitive tasks, from drafting everyday letters and notices to storyboarding and prototyping for more creative projects. But problems arise when AI-generated content is intended to mislead, misinform, or spread fake news. Some go so far as to say it could destabilize the…