The average American worker takes less vacation time than a medieval peasant

by magnora7 to /s/news from (businessinsider.com)

The role of the US government in Mexico's drug dealing and drug cartel wars.

by HibikiBlack to /s/conspiracy from (businessinsider.com)

The cost of Trump's bailout program for farmers is poised to more than double | Markets Insider

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A reminder that in 2003, both Democrats and Republicans passed a bill allowing US Govt to spread propaganda to its own citizens, funded by its own citizens.

by HibikiBlack to /s/conspiracy from (businessinsider.com)

Inside the mysterious Manhattan apartment building on East 66th Street, where underage models, lawyers, and key players in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking circle all live. Ex-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak is a frequent visitor.

by TheWebOfSlime to /s/news from (businessinsider.com)

Google has been temporarily asked / forced? to stop listening in on its users across Europe after leaked data sparked privacy concerns

by BillionDollarEgg3 to /s/DecentralizeAllThings from (businessinsider.com)

Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele calls evangelicals who support Trump 'the biggest phonies of all'

by IamRedBeard to /s/AntiTrumpAlliance from (businessinsider.com)

The average American worker takes less vacation time than a medieval peasant

by magnora7 to /s/news from (businessinsider.com)

US Customs just seized a ship owned by JPMorgan after authorities found $1 billion worth of drugs on it | Markets Insider

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Barnes & Nobles acquired by Zionist Jew Paul Singer's hedge fund - Here Comes the Censorship

by Jesus to /s/conspiracy from (markets.businessinsider.com)

The term "alpha male" only applies to caged animals, at most.

by Aetherist to /s/Undoublespeak from (businessinsider.com)

Trump and Putin share an inside joke over Election Meddling

by IamRedBeard to /s/AntiTrumpAlliance from (businessinsider.com)

45 unreal photos of 'billionaire bunkers' that could shelter the superrich during an apocalypse

by The_In-Betweener to /s/conspiracy from (businessinsider.com)

Facebook shareholder revolt gets bloody: Powerless investors vote overwhelmingly to oust Mark Zuckerberg as chairman

by Mnemonic to /s/Internet from (businessinsider.com)

The North Korean Official Who Handed Trump a 'Very Nice' Appreciation Letter is Reportedly Now in a Prison Camp

by Stankmango to /s/communismwatch from (businessinsider.com)

TV Companies Gun for Direct-To-Consumer Dollars, Facebook and Google's Privacy Crackdown, Pepsi Fights Back

by Stankmango to /s/privacy from (businessinsider.com)

Apple CEO Tim Cook urges college grads to 'push back' against algorithms that promote the 'things you already know, believe, or like'

by happysmash27 to /s/Internet from (businessinsider.com)

Sheryl Sandberg Revealed the New Scare-Tactic Facebook is Using to Stop Regulators from Breaking up the Company

by Stankmango to /s/AntiFacebook from (businessinsider.com)

Neuroscience shows that 50-year-olds can have the brains of 25-year-olds if they sit quietly and do nothing for 15 minutes a day

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Microsoft accused of being 'complicit' in persecution of 1 million Muslims after helping China develop sinister AI capabilities

by useless_aether to /s/Geopolitics from (businessinsider.com)

I'm taking Yale's class on happiness — and halfway through, these 4 tricks are already working Happiness can be learned. That's the central idea behind Yale's most popular class ever.

by SundogsPlace to /s/SundogsPlace from (businessinsider.com)

Israel Grants First Golan Heights Oil Drilling License To Dick Cheney & Rothschilds Company "GENIE ENERGY", Right After Trump Recognized Isreal Ownership Claim on the Golan Heights

by magnora7 to /s/WorldNews from (businessinsider.com)

Israel Grants First Golan Heights Oil Drilling License To Genie energy, a Rothschild, Murdoch, Cheney-Linked Company

by useless_aether to /s/WorldPolitics from (businessinsider.com)

"This bizarre building in Brooklyn is a home for more than 20,000 crickets — here’s why" by Gene Kim and Rob Ludacer (2017-01-08) - with embedded video

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggested members of Congress should get paid more, but a majority of Americans want the complete opposite

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"This bizarre building in Brooklyn is a home for more than 20,000 crickets — here’s why" by Gene Kim and Rob Ludacer (2017-01-08) - with embedded video

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Google fined $1.7 billion over a 3rd breach of EU antitrust rules in 3 years

by useless_aether to /s/news from (businessinsider.com)

The Saudi hit squad linked to the Khashoggi murder reportedly asked for a performance-related bonus for torturing and kidnapping so many people

by useless_aether to /s/NotTheOnion from (businessinsider.com)

The US is starting to build once-banned cruise missiles for the first time since the Cold War

by useless_aether to /s/Geopolitics from (nordic.businessinsider.com)

South Korean K-pop company dives 14% after one of its stars is charged with supplying prostitutes | Markets Insider

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This incredible time-lapse released by Minnesota's Department of Transportation show how modern bridges are built in America

by magnora7 to /s/technology from (businessinsider.com)

Ted Cruz introduced a term limit bill that would allow just two terms for Senators

by TheWebOfSlime to /s/TheWebOfSlime from (amp.businessinsider.com)

A minimum-wage worker needs 2.5 full-time jobs to afford a one-bedroom apartment in most of the US

by Orangutan to /s/economics from (businessinsider.com)

Microsoft's top lawyer met with Pope Francis to discuss the ethics of artificial intelligence

by useless_aether to /s/Jesuits from (businessinsider.com)

Amazon and Hulu's algorithms are recommending conspiracy theory films, and the consequences could be more serious than you might think

by The_In-Betweener to /s/ConspiracyHeadlines from (businessinsider.com)

Saudi Arabia calls Canada one of the world's worst oppressors of women in bizarre crusade

by BillionDollarEgg3 to /s/Religion from (nordic.businessinsider.com)

South Korea is building a $40 billion city designed to eliminate the need for cars

by useless_aether to /s/WorldNews from (businessinsider.com)

Facebook is to democracy what smoking is to health, say tech experts — who think the cure is breaking up the social network

by useless_aether to /s/propaganda from (amp.businessinsider.com)

AI 101: How learning computers are becoming smarter

by TheWebOfSlime to /s/news from (businessinsider.com)

Denver could become the first US city to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms

by useless_aether to /s/Psychonaut from (businessinsider.com)

China is testing creepy drones that look and fly like real birds to monitor citizens

by useless_aether to /s/communismwatch from (amp.businessinsider.com)

Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian issued an ominous warning for Facebook: 'We've hit peak social'

by The_In-Betweener to /s/MeanwhileOnReddit from (businessinsider.com)

I've used Apple computers my entire life. Here's why I'm never buying one again.

by Mnemonic to /s/technology from (amp.businessinsider.com)

Elite foreshadowing..? Bill Gates thinks a coming disease could kill 30 million people within 6 months — and says we should prepare for it as we do for war

by Tom_Bombadil to /s/conspiracy from (businessinsider.com)

Facebook employees react to the latest scandals: 'Why does our company suck at having a moral compass'

by magnora7 to /s/technology from (businessinsider.com)

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg isn't accountable to anyone, so it's time Congress took away the source of his power

by Mnemonic to /s/technology from (nordic.businessinsider.com)

Students in Brooklyn protest their school's use of a Zuckerberg-backed online curriculum that Facebook engineers helped build

by salvia_d to /s/conspiracy from (businessinsider.com)

Facebook reportedly had its Republican-linked PR firm try to blame George Soros for the anti-Facebook movement [Double-Intrigue?]

by Mnemonic to /s/Internet from (businessinsider.com)

Alaska universal basic income doesn't increase unemployment

by Orangutan to /s/BasicIncome from (businessinsider.com)

A man used Trump's 'grab them by the p---y' tape to justify groping a woman on a Southwest flight, prosecutors say

by allie to /s/news from (businessinsider.com)

The Saudi government reportedly targeted and punished several dissidents after McKinsey identified them in a report

by Mnemonic to /s/WorldNews from (uk.businessinsider.com)

Friendly reminder, in 2003, both Democrats and Republicans passed a bill allowing US Govt to spread propaganda to its own citizens, funded by it's own citizens

by useless_aether to /s/propaganda from (businessinsider.com)

Powerful Facebook investors just co-filed a proposal to take down Mark Zuckerberg as chairman

by Mnemonic to /s/Internet from (businessinsider.com)

It now costs $50 to produce one megawatt-hour of solar energy. Coal, on the other hand, costs $102 per megawatt-hour to produce.

by Orangutan to /s/Futurology from (businessinsider.com)

It looks like China just laid out how it wants Google to help it persecute its Muslim minority

by Mnemonic to /s/Internet from (businessinsider.com)

Marijuana makes you want more sex, not less — and it might even make you enjoy it more

by SundogsPlace to /s/SundogsPlace from (businessinsider.com)

Trump's business career is more connected to Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy than we ever knew

by allie to /s/politics from (businessinsider.com)

For the first time, researchers will release genetically engineered mosquitoes in Africa

by Vigte to /s/news from (businessinsider.com)

San Bernardino apartment complex shooting puts 10 in 'critical' condition

by r721 to /s/news from (businessinsider.com)

China is attempting the largest artificial rain experiment in history, over an area 3 times the size of Spain

by magnora7 to /s/WorldNews from (businessinsider.com)

It's not just Facebook: Customer confidence in social media companies has deteriorated overall

by Mnemonic to /s/technology from (businessinsider.com)

Asia Argento has denied allegations that she sexually assaulted a 17-year-old actor.

by Mnemonic to /s/news from (businessinsider.com)

America's oldest shopping mall has been turned into beautiful micro-apartments — take a look inside

by magnora7 to /s/whatever from (amp.businessinsider.com)

In 1950-‘60s the Army admitted to using motorized blowers atop a low-income housing high-rise to send potentially dangerous compound in predominantly black areas of St. Louis. The gov’t said tests were part of bio-weapons program and STL was chosen because of its resemblance to Russian cities.

by magnora7 to /s/history from (businessinsider.com)

Success in America has nothing to do with hard work — and we're in the middle of a 'war on normal people'

by Orangutan to /s/politics from (businessinsider.com)