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View More NewsThe Columbia Police Department (CPD) wants South Carolinians to know that it has zero tolerance for “hate speech,” and that’s a problem. Last week, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), a First Amendment organization, sent Columbia’s police chief a letter after the CPD posted an image on Facebook with text that says, “WE HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR HATE SPEECH.” The image, posted on June 25, also features a police officer holding a phone that says “BLOCK LIST LOADING.” In the post’s caption, the CPD wrote, “We have seen an increase in vulgar, racist, threatening, bullying, and disrespectful comments…
Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt.GM!Today’s top news: Crypto majors are flat over the weekend but up 3-4% on week; BTC at $65k Clarity Act vote will take place on Sept 15 Fomo App sets new record in revenue and fees, up 5x+ over past 6-8 weeks Robinhood Chain sees big green as Cashcat rebounds 50% to $150M FWA triples over the weekend as dev teases new pools, big buybacks 📈 Bitcoin ETFs See Biggest Inflows Since MaySpot Bitcoin ETFs pulled…
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In 1940, one of the great literary showdowns of the last century took place between one of Britain’s great men of letters and a writer whose name most readers of this essay will never have heard. From one corner of the literary ring strode George Orwell, the ancient-jacketed patron saint of plain speaking, cigarette adroop. Facing him was another assiduous smoker—a pipe man, in this case—and writer of popular children’s stories. This mismatched fight did not go as expected.The morbidly private Charles Hamilton was the undisputed world champion of that peculiarly British genre, the English school story, and over the…
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from the doomed-to-repeat-it dept When I was in high school, part of the mandatory social studies curriculum included watching the miniseries Roots in class…