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indivisible Francis Bellamy – The Pledge of Allegiance
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A paradox in the pledge! Indivisible indicates an unequivocal oneness, yet the Republic is made up of the many.

However, the many combine to form one country, “one Nation,” that cannot be split apart.

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We did not discriminate against Whitney because of her age or gender Sean Rad – Leaked Memo Re Sexual Harassment Suit
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Wolfe alleges the other founders refused to include her name in press coverage because:

it “makes the company look like it was an accident.” According to Mr. Mateen “a girl founder,” who at the time was 24, devalued the company. They also said five founders looked like “too many cooks in the kitchen.”

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Leaked Memo Re Sexual Harassment Suit Sean Rad – Leaked Memo Re Sexual Harassment Suit
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Rad sent this internal memo to Tinder’s staff yesterday a day after former VP of Marketing Whitney Wolfe filed a sexual harassment suit against the company.

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Burwell v. Hobby Lobby (Dissent) Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Ft. Justice Elena Kagan, Justice Sonia Sotomayor & Justice Stephen Breyer) – Burwell v. Hobby Lobby (Dissent)
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passionate Dissent, calling the Majority Opinion “a decision of startling breadth.”

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We felt that it was important to investigate the common worry that seeing friends post positive content leads to people feeling negative or left out. Facebook (Ft. Adam Kramer) – Statement on Emotional Manipulation Test
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A widely covered University of Michigan study showed that increased Facebook usage is correlated with increased feelings of sadness and loneliness. Another study concluded that Facebook could even cause problems in relationships, by increasing feelings of jealousy.

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why some people have concerns about it Facebook (Ft. Adam Kramer) – Statement on Emotional Manipulation Test
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While Facebook’s data-use policy mentions that user information can be studied, many have argued that the study did not follow the practice of obtaining “informed consent.”

https://twitter.com/DoNotGoGently/statuses/483280993986416640

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my and Jamie and Jeff's recent study published in PNAS Facebook (Ft. Adam Kramer) – Statement on Emotional Manipulation Test
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Experimental evidence of massive-scale emotional contagion through social networks.

For one week in January 2012, the three researches tweaked the feeds of roughly 700,000 users to show a disproportionate number of positive or negative statuses.

The results, which showed that others' moods on your news feed can affect you, were published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

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Statement on Emotional Manipulation Test Facebook (Ft. Adam Kramer) – Statement on Emotional Manipulation Test
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A blog post written in response to media outrage over a 2012 study in which Facebook manipulated almost 700,000 users' news feeds in order to study “emotional contagion through social networks.”

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Because you trust us to make every moment of your day better Google (Ft. Songza) – Songza Acquisition
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“You” equals 5.5 million active users. The company has not disclosed how many of them opt to pay for the $.99 weekly subscription service that does away with ads.

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Songza Acquisition Google (Ft. Songza) – Songza Acquisition
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On the heels of the Beats/Apple deal, Google acquires music streaming service Songza.

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