Democrats in Congress are arguing among themselves about whether to pass a massive spending bill, or merely a large one. They should listen to voters, who are pointing the way. A new Morning Consult poll asked voters what they think of the child tax credit Democrats expanded as part of the American Rescue Plan Congress passed in March. That law sharply increased the credit for most families with kids under 18, while also eliminating a work requirement for eligibility. Low-income families that… Source link
Read More »Yahoo or Yeehaw? You know the answer ….
Breadcrumb Trail Links Local News While all whoops of joy are welcome around town, a look at Stampede history shows “yahoo” has been the favoured choice for many a year. Author of the article: Monica Zurowski • Calgary Herald Publishing date: Jul 12, 2021 • 11 minutes ago • 5 minute read • Join the conversation Harry the Horse, the official mascot for the Calgary Stampede, has an easy answer when it comes to whether yahoo or yeehaw is the best… Source link
Read More »Rupert Murdoch’s answer to Google News is dead after only 18 months
Enlarge / The now-defunct news aggregator was an excellent source of boldface, italics, underline, and wildly mismatched typefaces. In August of 2019, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp announced that it was developing Knwez, its own “conservative friendly” alternative to Google News. Knewz went live without much fanfare in January of 2020, and officially died today, less than eighteen months later. What was Knewz? Knewz described itself as “an… Source link
Read More »India’s ‘Ugliest’ Language? Google’s Answer, Kannada, Drew a Backlash
It was an odd, unanswerable question. Still, it was on the mind of at least one Google user in India. What is the country’s “ugliest” language? For anyone who typed the question into the platform’s search bar recently, its algorithm produced a fact box confident of the answer: a tongue called Kannada, spoken by tens of millions of people in India’s south. Informed of that result, many of them weren’t happy. Several politicians in the state of Karnataka, where most Kannada speakers… Source link
Read More »India’s ‘Ugliest’ Language? Google Had an Answer (and Drew a Backlash).
It was an odd, unanswerable question. Still, it was on the mind of at least one Google user in India. What is the country’s “ugliest” language? For anyone who typed the question into the platform’s search bar recently, its algorithm produced a fact box confident of the answer: a tongue called Kannada, spoken by tens of millions of people in India’s south. Informed of that result, many of them weren’t happy. Several politicians in the state of Karnataka, where most Kannada speakers… Source link
Read More »Google-backed database could help answer big COVID questions
Benjamin Thompson, Noah Baker, and Amy Maxmen discuss the latest COVID-19 news. Your browser does not support the audio element. Download MP3 To answer the big questions in the pandemic, researchers need access to data. But while a wealth has been collected, much of it isn’t collated or accessible to the people who need it. This week sees the launch of Global.health, a database that aims to… Source link
Read More »The Trump ally who still heads the Postal Service will soon answer to Congress over delays
Louis DeJoy became a household name last year when he, as Postmaster General, faced criticism over delays in U.S. mail, especially around the time when mail-in ballots would prove critical in the presidential election. While many of former President Trump’s allies have since moved on to think tanks or their own runs for political office or even SPACs, DeJoy remains as the nation’s Postmaster General. It’s not that President Joe Biden or other Democrats are suddenly fans of the longtime… Source link
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