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Emerald City Comic Con Is Officially Delayed Due To Coronavirus Worries
As more and more people announced their plan to skip Emerald City Comic Con because of concerns regarding COVID-19, one of the biggest questions on everyone’s minds was whether the convention would actually go on as planned next week. While ECCC isn’t being cancelled outright, things are changing for the convention.
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Amazon Will Pay Taxes In Seattle If It’s The Last Thing Kshama Sawant Does
An ugly fight in 2018 saw Amazon and other business interests strong-arm the Seattle City Council into repealing a small tax meant to alleviate the city’s homelessness crisis. Today, in a bold challenge to Jeff Bezos and other oligarchs of the Pacific Northwest who call Seattle their corporate home, Seattle council-member and avowed socialist Kshama…
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Jeff Bezos Now Has A $2 Billion Charity Fund — I Have Some Questions
Jeff Bezos, who is both famously uncharitable and the wealthiest man in modern history, announced today via a tweet that he’d be allocating $US2 billion—a little over 1 per cent of his net worth—to housing and educating underserved communities. So, where’s the catch?
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Researchers Used Rideshare Service To Test A Stingray-Detecting Device
Researchers at the University of Washington are developing tech to detect the use of a controversial device used by law enforcement to track and surveil mobile phones.