Jon MarthalerFor the MINNESOTA Star Tribune: #MNUFC is about to start what feels like its third season of 2024, with new players - and new questions to answer.
#Minneapolis, Minnesota
Former options trader. Now stay-at-home dad. Huge promotion.
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Andrew LokenauthThe wealthy avoid taxes using the “Buy-Borrow-Die” strategy:
Step 1: Buy assets and hold (to avoid capital gains taxes from selling)
Step 2: Borrow money from Banks for living expenses using assets as collateral, at low interest rates (while assets appreciate)
Step 3: Interest paid on borrowed money is a tax write off
Step 4: Wait and repeat. The long-term gains on assets outweigh the short-term cost of borrowing money
Step 5: Pass assets to kids, tax-free (with stepped-up basis) and repeat
Dr. Lucky Tran 
Only 5% of national TV news segments that covered the record-breaking heatwave in Texas mentioned #climate change. Don't look up.
Only 5% of national TV news segments on the record-shattering heat wave that scorched Texas mentioned climate change
Throughout the recent record-breaking and deadly heat wave that affected millions across Texas and other parts of the Southwest, major TV networks largely failed to report on the links between climate change and the extreme heat. Over a two-week period from June 15-29, an analysis by Media Matters found: Only 5% of the 310 segments and weathercasts about the heat wave across national TV news mentioned climate change. Major cable news networks – CNN, Fox News Channel, and MSNBC – aired 187 segments or weathercasts about the heat wave, but only 8 mentioned climate change. MSNBC mentioned the connection between the extreme heat and climate change 5 times and CNN mentioned it 3. Corporate broadcast networks – ABC, CBS, and NBC – aired a combined 123 segments or weathercasts that discussed the heat wave, but only 7 mentioned climate change. ABC led the way with 5 mentions, while CBS and NBC each mentioned the connection between extreme heat and climate change once.
#MNUFC HEATH OUT
Aaron BurrellI know that #Threads is going to just explode. My wife installed it and is already posting.. She would have never signed up for a Mastodon sever.. and that is fine too.
I think if #Meta follows through with #ActivityPub it will be great for #Mastodon. If you don't want to join #Threads you can still communicate with ppl that would never join #Mastodon. It also provides a gateway for ppl if they want to leave #Threads in the same way ppl left AOL for the wider Web.
Ruben Bolling 🪲🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug comic
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College admissions, per our Supreme Court
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College admissions, per our Supreme Court
Jay KuoThe extremist majority on the Supreme Court has been messing with another important guardrail for our system: standing. Toward the end of this term, they seemed to pull it out of a hat to advance a political agenda. I dive into how they did it and what it means, in today’s piece. https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/standing-out-of-nothing?sd=pf
Standing, Out of Nothing
This is Part 3 of a series examining the Supreme Court in light of its recent, radical rulings. Today’s topic is “standing”—the principle where the Court is only supposed to take on cases where there has been a real injury or harm to a party. A key curb upon the Supreme Court’s power is “standing.” That is to say, the Court is only supposed to hear cases where at least one of the parties has a basis to “stand” before it and plead its case. The root of this limitation lies directly in the Constitution within Article III, which says the judiciary can only decide an actual “case or controversy.”
Katie MackI'm SUPER EXCITED to share with you this series of quantum physics explainer videos I produced with the Perimeter Institute! Check out Episode 1: Wave Particle Duality now ➡️ https://youtu.be/DfQH3o6dKss Subscribe the channel to catch each episode as it’s released! #Quantum101
Quantum 101 Episode 1: Wave Particle Duality Explained
Russell ContrerasAs the nation celebrates its 247th birthday, some Native Americans will use social media posts, T-shirts and other messaging to draw attention to three words written in the Declaration of Independence to describe their ancestors: "merciless Indian savages."
The Conversation U.S.This #FourthofJuly weekend, stop using #nationalism and #patriotism as synonyms.
🇺🇸Patriotism encompasses devotion to the country as a whole – including all the people who live within it.
🇺🇸Nationalism refers to devotion to only one group or people over others.
https://theconversation.com/what-is-the-difference-between-nationalism-and-patriotism-208170
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A 1950 poster shows Superman – a refugee from another planet and a character created by two Jewish immigrants to the U.S. – teaching this lesson to school kids. #USPolitics #American #4thOfJuly
