Money is power - How China’s Communist Officials Became Venture Capitalists

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How China’s Communist Officials Became Venture Capitalists Bloomberg

Athletes are 'Crying' Over 'Inedible' Olympic Quarantine Food

Congressional Staffers Unionize After Viral Instagram Account Exposes Poor Working Conditions Forbes

Money is power Cory Doctorow, Pluralistic. “Monopoly was converted to money, money to power, power to policy.” And so it goes

Satire; Woman Shamelessly Sleeps Her Way Laterally Across Corporate Ladder

Our democracy has been corrupted by money

Inc. – This Is the Mindset You Need to Be Successful at Remote Work, According to a New Cambridge Study. “A simple change in how you think about remote work can make your days instantly more productive and pleasant. What does it take to make remote work successful? For both employees and entrepreneurs, a good tech setup and relatively distraction-free space is certainly essential. 

So are techniques to keep endless Zoom calls from destroying your productivity (and sanity). A modern approach to management that focuses on what people produce rather exactly how and when they produce it helps too.   But even with these basics in place, some people thrive in remote work while others struggle. Why is that? The nature of a team’s work clearly has something to do with it (experts say innovation is tougher at a distance), as does individual personality and seniority (young people benefit from the passive education of being around colleagues). But, according to a fascinating new study out of the University of Cambridge recently published in Human-Computer Interaction, there’s another hidden factor that’s essential for remote work success — the right mindset…”

Following up on last week's post, The IRS Wants To Scan Your Face:  IR-2022-27 (Feb. 7, 2022), IRS Announces Transition Away From Use of Third-Party Verification Involving Facial Recognition

IRS Office of Chief Counsel hosts Navigating Careers in IRS' Office of Chief Counsel today at 12:30 PM EST (register here). 

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Freud and the Miseries of Politics The New Republic

Bacon in Moscow by James Birch review – darkly funny account of art behind the iron curtainGuardian

The discovery of Egypt’s lost city BBC

A brief history of how Parsis flourished in Zanzibar (with a cameo from Freddie Mercury) Scroll

When Private Equity Becomes Your Landlord Pro Publica