January 2019 – Link(s) of the Day

Dirty Damn Hippies

Why America is Republican?

https://newrepublic.com/article/63975/damn-dirty-hippies

How President Trump Is Like A Terrible Poker Player

I was playing poker in Atlantic City this weekend, so Iâve had poker on the brain as Iâve been thinking about President Trumpâs tactics during the partial gover…

Source: fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-president-trump-is-like-a-terrible-poker-player/

Google GDPR fine shows ’embarrassing’ extent of how firms misuse people’s data

Data experts say record â¬50 million fine for tech giant is a seminal moment for people’s privacy

Source: www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/google-gdpr-fine-eu-data-privacy-cnil-amazon-apple-a8740191.html

How Much Do You Think Your Pension is Worth?

Whenever the topic of retirement planning comes up, it is often associated with building as much wealth as possible so that you can reach that time when you no longer have to work to create income. Building wealth, accumulating assets, investing money are always the centres of discussion. What about your pensions? What if you …

Source: retirehappy.ca/how-much-do-you-think-your-pension-is/

California Teacher Retirement Benefits Are Hardly Modest–But CalSTRS Doesn’t Want You To Know That

The average full-career California teacher receives a pension benefit equal to 105% of their final earnings. CalSTRS CEO says the plan isn’t generous enough. The Chief Executive Officer of the California State Teacher Retirement System (CalSTRS) believes the stateâs public school teacher pension plan is too stingy. As Ed Ring of […]

Source: www.forbes.com/sites/andrewbiggs/2015/08/28/california-teacher-retirement-benefits-are-hardly-modest-but-calstrs-doesnt-want-you-to-know-that/

More Than $20 Million Crowdsourced For Border Wall Will Be Refunded

Iraq war veteran Brian Kolfage had raised the money through GoFundMe. On Friday, he said donations would go towards a non-profit he created to build the wall, rather than the U.S. government.

Source: www.npr.org/2019/01/12/684852688/more-than-20-million-crowdsourced-for-border-wall-will-be-refunded

Photoshop Fail: Australian PM Had Two Left Feet in Official Website Photo

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was the victim of a humorous Photoshop fail this week after people noticed that the family photo at the top of

Source: petapixel.com/2019/01/09/photoshop-fail-australian-pm-had-two-left-feet-in-official-website-photo/

A $20,243 bike crash: Zuckerberg hospital’s aggressive tactics leave patients with big bills

I spent a year writing about ER bills. Zuckerberg San Francisco General has the most surprising billing practices I’ve seen.

Source: www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/1/7/18137967/er-bills-zuckerberg-san-francisco-general-hospital

I Shot Exactly One Film Photo Every Day for a Year

No matter how it looks, this is the story of the photographs I didn’t make this year. On January 1st, 2018 my colleague, the military photojournalist C.S.

Source: petapixel.com/2019/01/04/i-shot-exactly-one-film-photo-every-day-for-a-year/

This chart shows how quickly college tuition has skyrocketed since 1980

College tuition since 1980 has grown twice as quickly as inflation on other consumer goods.

Source: www.businessinsider.com/this-chart-shows-how-quickly-college-tuition-has-skyrocketed-since-1980-2015-7