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View More NewsToday’s guest is C.J. Ciaramella, a Reason reporter whose new cover story traces 250 years of American efforts to build a more humane prison system and the recurring failures that followed. Nick Gillespie talks with Ciaramella about how the penitentiary system began as a humanitarian alternative to corporal punishment and quickly descended into brutality. They trace the evolution of American prisons through convict leasing, forced labor, overcrowding, and mass incarceration, and discuss why many state correctional systems are now approaching a breaking point. They also discuss the collapse of the bipartisan criminal justice reform movement, what Ciaramella learned from visiting…
In brief A Katowice court approved pretrial detention for Roman Ż., charged with computer fraud and organized crime membership. Three others were held in pretrial detention last week over an alleged plan to take control of Zondacrypto founder Sylwester Suszek’s assets. One charge alleges nearly €8 million left the exchange operator’s account to buy property in France. A Polish court has approved pretrial detention for a fifth suspect in the investigation into crypto exchange Zondacrypto, Prosecutor General Waldemar Żurek said late on Monday.Roman Ż., named under the Polish convention of abbreviating suspects’ surnames, was charged earlier that day with membership…
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My guest today is Tanveer Ahmed. He’s a psychiatrist and the author of three books, Fragile Nation, In Defence of Shame and The Exotic Rissole. He’s just written a piece for Quillette about something he sees in his consulting room and in the data at the same time: men who have quietly stopped working and who have stopped looking for work. Not unemployed exactly, but demoralised. It’s a distinction that turns out to matter enormously, and we get into why.TranscriptEditor’s note: This transcript has been lightly edited for readability.CL: Hi, Tanveer. You’ve written a piece for Quillette this week called Men…
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Your look at what’s coming in the week starting Sept. 7. Read the full article here
In brief The actors behind Liquid’s 4,000 BTC security incident returned 3,400 BTC to the federation wallet. The transfer followed a signed message from…
Simon Gerovich said Metaplanet had not adequately explained the structure, and denied involvement in MMXX Ventures’ trading decisions. Read the full article here
In brief OpenAI’s chief scientist called for voluntary slowdowns until shared safety standards are established. Pachocki said monitoring models’ reasoning is becoming less reliable.…
In brief Quantum computers capable of breaking blockchain cryptography could arrive as soon as 2030, Project Eleven wrote in a report. Recent hardware developments…
Last week, we released apkeep version 1.0.0, the latest edition of our command-line Android package downloading software. Rather than indicating major changes for the…
from the MAGA-just-means-hating-American dept The content of their character was never up for consideration. Under Donald Trump, the only thing that matters is the…
Data centers are big buildings full of machines that process what we do on our phones and computers. AI requires even more computing power,…
AI agents will become more relevant than humans on the internet within the next decade, a shift already already forcing Google, Facebook and Amazon…
A Republican US House of Representatives member running for reelection has won his party’s primary after crypto-affiliated groups contributed more than $500,000 in supportive…
In brief Chrome silently downloads a ~4GB Gemini Nano file called weights.bin to eligible devices with no opt-in prompt, and automatically re-downloads it if…
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche says an 11-month investigation produced “a body of evidence” that supports the federal indictment against former FBI Director James…