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Illinois Woman Speaks Out Against Student-Teacher Affair Memoir

3 years 5 months ago
In 2001, I was groomed, abused and assaulted by my high school teacher. Because I was 17 at the time, this constituted a crime under Illinois law, but even if I had been 18, the harm and the abusive dynamics would have been the same. That is why I was so concerned when I recently became aware of the news story about a teacher brazenly posting about his “affair” with an 18 year old student.
Faith Colson

Marriott Hacked, Again. Will Face Few Repercussions, Again.

3 years 5 months ago
You know the drill. Company X over-collects user data in the hopes of monetizing it, then does a poor job securing it or giving their customers control over it. If you’re lucky, Company X comes clean about its failures, whether it’s a hack or just leaving customer data openly accessible on an unsecured Amazon cloud […]
Karl Bode

Daily Deal: HP EliteBook 840G4 (Refurbished)

3 years 5 months ago
This refurbished EliteBook from HP pairs a fast processor with 8GB of RAM to help make multitasking easier, and its speedy 256 solid-state drive can house your essential media, games, and other data. It also features three USB ports so you can make the most of your system by expanding it with peripheral devices. This […]
Gretchen Heckmann

Lunchtime Photo

3 years 5 months ago
This is a little patch of school bells, everyone's favorite flower, on the side of Laguna Canyon Road near the Blue Bell Foundation for Cats.
Kevin Drum

Senators Klobuchar And Warren Are Mad That Meta Is Taking Down Abortion Posts; If They Were Serious, They’d Protect Section 230

3 years 5 months ago
Almost exactly a year ago, Senator Amy Klobuchar (with Senator Ben Ray Lujan) introduced a bill to create a giant hole in Section 230 for “medical misinformation.” The bill would make social media sites like Facebook and Instagram potentially liable for any “health misinformation” found on their platforms. Of course, as we explained at the […]
Mike Masnick