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The Download: Chicago’s surveillance network, and building better bras

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Inside Chicago’s surveillance panopticon Chicago has tens of thousands of surveillance cameras—up to 45,000, by some estimates. That’s among the highest numbers per capita in the US. Chicago boasts one of the largest…

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How the Internet Ruins Young People - Freya India

Freya India is a writer and commentator known for her sharp insights on youth culture, mental health, technology, and modern relationships. Freya's Links: Substack - https://www.freyaindia.co.uk Book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Girls®-Gen-Z-Commodification-Everything/dp/1800754701 Triggernometry is proudly independent. Thanks to the sponsors below for making that possible: - MassZymes by BIOptimizers: digestive enzyme formula. CLICK https://bioptimizers.com/trigger. Use code TRIGGER .net/trigg...

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Waiting for the Lightning Bolt

Waiting for the Lightning Bolt “You’d be a pretty good get for us.” In the second season finale of the hit Netflix series Nobody Wants This, this encouragement is offered by a Jewish woman named Esther to protagonist Joanne, who has been wrestling with the decision to convert to Judaism. It’s a remarkable turnaround from the previously frosty dynamic between Joanne (Kristen Bell), and Esther (Jackie Tohn). Joanne is learning a key aspect of the lived Jewish experience: the choices that would ...

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