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jimkane57 , to bookstodon
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Kelly Oliver's Villainy in Vienna. This is the third and final book in Oliver's inaugural series, the "Fiona Figg Mystery" series. This time Fiona is off behind enemy lines to Vienna (who is on Germany's side in WW1) to catch her nemesis, Fredrick Fredricks, the dashing German spy. The dry humor that comes through the conflict with the various characters is one of the highlights of this series. ☕☕☕☕review
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isles , to world in China has 12½ times more robots in its workforce than experts expected: report

china.usc.edu/wealth-inequality-us-and-china

I see that the US is bad and that China is rushing to catch up. However, I’m not a USA apologist and one graph can’t tell you all the disparities between governments.

worldpopulationreview.com/…/wealth-inequality-by-…

Shows the US at worst and China at worst.

Peanutbjelly , to technology in Music publishers sue Amazon-backed AI company over song lyrics

Music publishers sue happy in the face of any new technological development? You don’t say.

If an intern gives you some song lyrics on demand, do they sue the parents?

Do we develop all future A.I. Technology only when it can completely eschew copyrighted material from their comprehension?

"I am sorry, I’m not allowed to refer to the brand name you are brandishing. Please buy our brand allowance package for any action or communication regarding this brand content. "

I dream of a future when we think of the benefit of humanity over the maintenance of our owners’ authoritarian control.

MikeDunnAuthor , to bookstadon
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Today in Labor History October 13, 1902: Teddy Roosevelt threatened to send in federal troops as strikebreakers to crush a coal strike. The strike by anthracite coal miners in eastern Pennsylvania was led by the United Mineworkers of America (UMWA). The region had had dozens of previous strikes led by earlier and now defunct unions like the WBA. The UMWA was created 12 years prior, when the Knights of Labor Assembly merged with the National Progressive Miners Union. Over 100,000 miners participated in the strike, threatening to cut off heating fuel for most of the country. It was also the first strike settled by federal arbitration. The miners won a 9-hour work day (down from 10) and a 10% wage increase.

This was the same region where, in 1877, 20 Irish union activists were hanged on false charges of Molly Maguire terrorism to crush the WBA, brought on by the shenanigans of agent provocateur James McParland, working for the Pinkertons. That struggle is depicted in my novel, Anywhere But Schuylkill, which you can purchase here: https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/michael-dunn

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CeeBee , to nostupidquestions in Why cant the Middle East just chill out?

/ - War is good for business

/ - Peace is good for business

bionicjoey , to risa in It's not that he's *wrong* in this case, but...

Quark has no problem selling weapons. You forget Rule of Acquisition … or was it ?

FaceDeer , to worldnews in ‘War Is Good for Business,’ Declares Executive at London’s Global Arms Fair
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Indeed, Rule of Acquisition clearly states that. But also remember Rule of Acquisition :

Peace is good for business.

Decronym Bot , (edited ) to selfhosted in Why would someone choose ubuntu server over a headless debian installation?

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters
LTS Long Term Support software version
LXC Linux Containers
NAS Network-Attached Storage
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

4 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 9 acronyms.

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