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Why does Facebook want you to be on their algorithmic feed?

2 years 7 months ago
Social networks mostly have two different kinds of feeds: one that's a simple reverse chronological listing of posts from people you follow, and another that's controlled by an algorithm. On Twitter, users are forever complaining that the platform switches them to the algorithm without asking, and I imagine Facebook is the same. But why? A ...continue reading "Why does Facebook want you to be on their algorithmic feed?"
Kevin Drum

U.S. Senate OKs Hawley proposal to expand coverage for atomic bomb-related illness to St. Louis

2 years 7 months ago

The U.S. Senate voted narrowly Thursday in favor of expanding a program that compensates Americans who become ill because of exposure to radiation from the country’s development and testing of nuclear weapons to cover Missourians. The proposal, offered by Sen. Josh Hawley, was attached as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, which authorizes […]

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Allison Kite