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A quotation from Molly Ivins

I don’t think there was ever a time when money was not important in politics. The single most striking development in American politics is the extent to which money is so predominant that everything else including the public interest is insignificant.

Molly Ivins (1944–2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Interview (2006-10-09), “Who’s It Screw, and Who’s Doing the Screwing?” by Rosalind Alexander, Seattle Weekly

More about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/85840/

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arXiv: GoogleTrendArchive: A Year-Long Archive of Real-Time Web Search Trends Worldwide. “Unlike Google Trends, which requires specifying search terms in advance, Trending Now captures search queries experiencing real-time surges, offering a way to inductively discover trending patterns across regions for studying collective attention dynamics. However, Google does not provide historical access […]

Repeal the Online News Act to better inform Canadians
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https://the-14.com/repeal-the-online-news-act-to-better-inform-canadians/

The Conversation: How misreading Google Trends is fuelling Bondi attack conspiracy theories. “Google told the ABC Google Trends may sometimes show searches when none actually happened due to ‘statistical noise’. I have studied the mechanics of Google Trends extensively in my research, and I can confirm this is true – and the ‘noise’ can lead to strange results, especially when looking at […]

PINE TREE POWER
Consumer-Owned Power Could Slash Your Electric Bill

This could change everything.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aELimf6ct60&ab_channel=MorePerfectUnion

Maine residents will vote this November on whether to create the first statewide consumer-owned utility in the country.
They're facing skyrocketing electricity bills and frequent power outages, while the corporate utilities (CMP and Versant) that dominate the state brought in $187 million in profit last year. Both the companies are owned by foreign entities.
Residents are organizing to take power back into their own hands — literally. A ballot measure on the November ballot could create the consumer-owned utility non-profit Pine Tree Power, and put it under community control.

We talked with residents about what this would mean for them.
#Interview #reverseprivatization #publicowned #statepowergrid #climateresiliance #publicinterest #nonprofit #takethepowerback