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South by Southwest: Dan Rather

Dan Rather is a star “Who’s giving $5 Billion to the US presidential campaign and what do they want for it?” – Dan Rather. “No one wins debates, except the networks. The U.S. presidential election will be nasty enough to gag a buzzard.” – Dan Rather. “What current journalism needs: context, background, perspective, tough questions.” – Dan Rather “Who’s giving $5 Billion to the US presidential…

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South by Southwest 2016: Technology

Dozens of panels presented what was cutting edge in 2016. Companies including 6SensorLab, Admetsys, and Noninvasix. 6SensorLab described a device in development that could detect and report on the chemical composition of a sample of food called NIMA. Iskander Smit explained the research about the use of haptics placed on the human wrist. Body data was beginning to be gathered for individual use.…

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South by Southwest 2016: Transportation

Smart Cities Challenge Panel at SxSWi 2016 Seven Mayors and the U.S. DOT Secretary Fox #SXSW2016 #SXSWi2016 Austin chosen for the Smart City Challenge. The US DOT has chosen Austin for some transportation connection upgrades. Seven Mayors and the U.S. DOT Secretary Fox #SXSW2016 #SXSWi2016 Austin chosen for the Smart City Challenge. South by Southwest Interactive 2016. #SXSWi2016 #SXSW2016…

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South by Southwest 2016: Technology, Law, and Ethics

Panels on this topic. Encryption Wars “We live in the Great Surveillance Society” – Amit Yoran. “Developers must take into account misuses of their technology” – Stewart Baker. “Britain: more cameras per capita, turning in computer mikes give grim meaning to Open Society.” – Amit Yoran. “Apple will ensure Iphone unhackable. In tech do we trust? Or are they dumping the social costs on us?…

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Hey, we've got a leader: Nancy Pelosi, at Texas Tribune Festival

Nancy Pelosi gets a standing welcome from conference attendees. Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, is interviewed by Abby Livingston, Washington Bureau Chief for the Texas Tribune. America’s place in the world ipsum lorem

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Texas Tribune Festival 2015

Parking right up front at Texas Tribune Festival (at AT&T Conference Center at UT Austin). Is the Texas fracking boom over? Chaos is “behind us”, says panelist Fracking: South Texas will never be the same as it was The Tribune Festival The event has spread across the campus, so my first stop was Welsh Hall, where panelists in “Is the Boom Over?” wondered about whether the road deterioration…

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Texas Tribune Festival: Talking Feds Podcast

Ellen Rosenblum, Attorney General of Oregon, visits with attendees after the podcast “Talking Feds”. Also pictured are these panelists: Katie Phang of MSNBC’s “The Katie Phang Show”; Keith Ellison, Attorney General of Minnesota; and Harry Litman, host of the “Talking Feds” podcast and Senior Legal Columnist for Los Angeles Times. Texas Tribune Festival, Austin Texas. (photo by Clair LaVaye)…

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Texas Tribune Festival: More Panels and events

Sarah Longwell and David Simis: Who the Voters Really Are Sarah Longwell and David Simas discuss who the voters really are at a Tribfest panel. David Simas is Managing Director, Research, Emerson Collective; Former White House Director of Political Affairs Sara Longwell is the executive director of Republican Voters Against Trump, a nationwide campaign showcasing former Trump voters who no…

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Texas Tribune Festival: Donald Trump vs. the DOJ

The Guardian Presents: Donald Trump vs. the DOJ. Panelists: Katie Phang, Host of “The Katie Phang Show,” MSNBC; Katie Benner, Reporter, The New York Times; Joyce Vance, Distinguished Professor at University of Alabama School of Law and Former U.S. Attorney; Hugo Lowell, Senior Political Correspondent, The Guardian; and Frank Figliuzzi, Retired Assistant Director, FBI and National Security…

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Texas Tribune Festival: George Conway and Sarah Conway

Attorney and Atlantic contributor George Conway talks to The Bulwark’s Sarah Longwell about the status of the Trump legal cases. The event was a recording of the podcast “George Conway Explains It All (To Sarah Longwell)”. George Conway is a contributor to The Atlantic and is also President and Executive Director of @PsychoPAC24, the Anti-Psychopath Political Action Committee. Sarah Longwell is…

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Texas Tribune Festival 2024: Evan Smith & John Arnold

Evan Smith interviews investor and philanthropist John Arnold. John Arnold is the co-founder and co-chair of Arnold Ventures, a philanthropic institution that supports research and advocacy for evidence-based solutions to the nation’s public policy challenges. Evan Smith is the co-founder of The Texas Tribune and Senior Advisor, Emerson Collective. Texas Tribune Festival, Austin Texas. (photo by…

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J. Micheal Luttig: "The Constitution prevailed. Those in charge of it failed."

J. Michael Luttig speaks with Harry Litman about the U.S. Constitution and recent Supreme Court rulings on immunity and insurrection.

Harry Litman interviews J. Michael Luttig on the vibrancy and the vulnerability of the Constitution at Tribfest 2024. J. Michael Luttig is former Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. Harry Litman is the host of the “Talking Feds” Podcast and a senior legal columnist at Los Angeles Times. Texas Tribune Festival, Austin Texas. (Photo by Clair…

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Hacking and tracking fingers, automobiles, with Daito Manabe and Kaoru Sugano

Yamamoto, Daito Manabe, and Kauru Sugano discuss the use of open models for creative collaboration during South by Southwest Interactive 2013. At Omni Hotel in downtown Austin, Texas. There was a point in time when I understood this. Now it remains as a mysterious poem. Poem Note Daito Manabe Daito Manabe and MIKKO Manabe artist Genome data Github MAD fan fiction videos, about 600…

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Darden Smith at Austin Forum, where music and tech flood the Austin zone with...

Darden Smith at the Austin Forum on Austin Music: Music and Tech — the Perfect Storm. (Texas State Theatre). The perfect storm: high costs and low revenue Darden Smith kicked off the Austin Forum playing some righteous tunes, strumming his beat-up guitar, embracing us in his Sweet Lovin’ Arms. Austin at its finest. Smith said Sweet Lovin’ Arms, released in 1993, paid the rent for three years.…

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Can the Center Hold?

Hurrah! It’s the fabulous Julie Mason, Texan bred, once a proud journalist at the Houston Chronicle, now working with POTUS, and with Sirius XM Radio. Line up: Kay Bailey Hutchison, former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros, John H. Sununu, a former Governor of New Hampshire and White House chief of staff, U.S. Sen Evan Bayh. The crisis in Washington: no leadership, adrift…

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Larry Lessig's 2016 presidential run

Larry Lessig, professor of law at the Harvard School of Law and Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, co-founder of Creative Commons, and (briefly), a 2016 Democratic presidential candidate. Lessig was interviewed by Karen Tumulty, a correspondent for The Washington Post. For context (from Wiki): Larry Lessig described his candidacy as a referendum on campaign finance reform and…

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Liar, Liar: looking up-data for your dirty, dirty, lies

Liar, Liars, steroids are fire According to Noah Zandan, clarity of language and in your writing indicate truthiness. When you tell the truth, you use simpler sentences. What does this say about smart people? Do complicated sentences hide the lies? Lance Armstrong said many words, very rapidly, and ultimately he was found to have taken many, many steroids. All of his inspiration words plastered…