Jayson Massey @jaysonmassey@qoto.org

"The fact that nearly 40 million Americans live in poverty is a national embarrassment. But it’s also a choice. If poverty exists, it’s because we “wish and will it to.”"

--Matthew Desmond, Poverty, By America

#america #poverty

https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/.../how-abolish-poverty

"A well-known ransomware group claimed responsibility for a cyberattack that wreaked havoc on operations at MGM Resorts, one of the world’s largest casino-hotel chains, according to a post from malware research group VX-Underground. ALPHV, also known as BlackCat, claimed it executed the attack by identifying an MGM employee on LinkedIn who worked in IT support, and simply calling the MGM help desk. Astonishingly, the attack took about 10 minutes to execute."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2023/09/13/ransomware-attack-mgm-resorts/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailydozen&cdlcid=61705045521306d489c64ec8&section=tech&sh=6ad0c3b05f38

This is a very provocative concept: Speaking Lies to Power

"In a world dominated by vested interests and half-truths, the act of deception takes on shades of gray. When does deception serve a noble cause, and when does it merely perpetuate a cycle of misinformation?"

https://www.friendsjournal.org/daryl-hannah-barbie-quaker-tricksters/

"Maria Montessori and her many disciples believed that children are, in their essence, methodical, self-directed beings with a strong work ethic. Her prophetic pedagogy was developed in the early 20th century with the least powerful in mind—she worked with children who were poor, or traumatized, or who lived in Rome’s ghastly asylums. And yet, today, there are only a few hundred public Montessori schools in the U.S. “The obvious irony of Montessori’s crusade on behalf of the poorest and least powerful in society is that its most visible legacy is selective private schools for the élite,” Jessica Winter writes. Read about why Maria Montessori’s approach still resonates today—and how it became so exclusive: "

https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/the-miseducation-of-maria-montessori?u