Amazon Self-Publishing Promised To Democratize Publishing. Instead

IF YOU’RE A PART OF KON KLIK AT LATITUDE, YOU CAN BE ABSURDLY WRONG WITH NO CONSEQUENCES. If you’re an outsider, you get mocked and shamed for being right

Brilliant Emma Beddington: How WFH has shown us the real lives behind the job titles

How WFH has shown us the real lives behind the job titles We’ve swapped offices for front rooms and meetings for online conferencing, but this new world of home working has created some unexpected bonds and insights

IN RELATED NEWS, JOHN DILLINGER REJECTS CALL FOR BANK ROBBERY INVESTIGATION: Coronavirus: China rejects call for probe into origins of disease.

Watching the press, you can tell who’s hiding something — and who’s helping them

OUT ON A LIMB: Communist China Looks for Europe’s Backbone, Confirms It Doesn’t Have One

IF ONLY THIS PROFESSOR HAD BEEN HOMESCHOOLED: Harvard vs. the Family. A Harvard law professor distorts research findings to justify her campaign to ban homeschooling.

Become a Manufacturing Powerhouse in 2020—An Economic Recipe for Our Times

On bringing manufacturing back home

Analysis: We have data on which workers the pandemic has hit hardest — the numbers are staggering

There's a hot debate raging about how and when the lockdown should be lifted. And there is another debate brewing about what changes we need to make to deal with the big issues that have been thrown up by this crisis, writes Laura Tingle.



When in Doubt: Hang Up, Look Up, & Call Back Krebs on Security (Robert M). Important. Another lesson here: Don’t use debit cards for purchases!!!! And only use ATMs at bank branches. Less likely to be compromised than ones in stores.

China’s diplomats show teeth in defending virus response.

From Asia to Africa, London to Berlin, Chinese envoys have set off diplomatic firestorms with a combative defense whenever their country is accused of not acting quickly enough to stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

They belong to a new generation of “Wolf Warrior” diplomats, named after patriotic blockbuster films starring a muscle-bound Chinese commando killing American bad guys in Africa and Southeast Asia with his bare hands.

When the Trade Data Tells You More About Tax (Avoidance) than about Trade

Amazon given €294m in tax credits  

The lucky group enjoying fewer constraints under COVID: developers

The NSW government has cleared the way for stroke-of-a-pen development approvals. Trust it if you dare

Joint Committee on Taxation – Description Of The Tax Provisions Of Public Law 116-136, The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, And Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, April 22, 2020: “This document, prepared by the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation in consultation with the staffs of the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance, describes the tax provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act (the “Act”). For each provision, this document includes a description of present law, a description of the provision, and the effective date. Unless otherwise noted, the description of present law with respect to each provision describes the law in effect immediately before enactment of the provision and does not reflect changes to the law made by the enacting legislation or by subsequent legislation. The Act includes two Divisions, A and B. Division B consists of emergency appropriations for coronavirus health response and agency operations. All the provisions described in this document are in Division A (Keeping Workers Paid and Employed, Health Care System Enhancements, and Economic Stabilization). Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), unless otherwise stated. References to the Secretary are to the Secretary of the Treasury, unless otherwise stated. A table that shows the estimated revenue effects of the CARES Act and that was published after the Senate passed the Act and the House of Representatives scheduled debate on the Act is included in the appendix…”

Amazon Self-Publishing Promised To Democratize Publishing. Instead…

It has become a cesspool for scammers and con artists and crackpots of every kind. Worse, it even helps promote racist supremacist views. What can be done? – ProPublica