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Seventy-five years ago, in August 1946, George Orwellโ€™s โ€œAnimal Farmโ€ was published in the United States. It was a huge success, with over a half-million copies sold in its first year. โ€œAnimal Farmโ€ was followed three years later by an even bigger success: Orwellโ€™s dystopian novel โ€œNineteen Eighty-Four.โ€  In the years since, Orwellโ€™s writing has left […]
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The food industry, and in particular livestock, remains unsustainable in many categories across climate, supply, nutrition, and accessibility. This has become more evident during the pandemic as meat producers grappled with food and worker safety issues. In May, Tyson Foods was linked to almost 5,000 cases of coronavirus in its meat-processing plants across 15 states, […]
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A few days ago, thanks to my algorithmic recommendationsโ€Šโ€”โ€Šnot from the sources I usually read, but selected on the basis of subject matter of interest to meโ€Šโ€”โ€ŠI came across an article about a 57-year-old American who after being released following a 37-year jail term, was asked about his impressions of something as commonplace as a smartphone, or the […]
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At a Twitter event for analysts, the company presented its plansโ€Šโ€”โ€Špreviously disclosed to the SECโ€Šโ€”โ€Što double its revenue by the end of 2023, with the goal of reaching 315 million monetizable daily users. The company, which is doing well in the wake of last yearโ€™s threat of a shareholder rebellion to replace CEO Jack Dorsey, has interesting plans for […]
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A post on Salesforceโ€™s website heralds the end of the nine-to-five era, explaining that it makes no sense to expect people to continue working in this archaic way, and proposes three new approaches: flex, fully remote and office-based, which will define how the company works when things normalize after the pandemic. The company says it expects the flex format to be adopted by the […]

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