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Retroactive

Retroactive: ICYMI From Ordinary Times This Week

Retroactive is a #ICYMI #links listing of all the great reading from the week that was. This week’s unique writing on culture and politics contributed by @trumwill @hyacinthgrrl @musepolsci @samwilkinson @wvEsquiress @OG_Jaybird @four4thefire and more.

head tax

Taxing in the Name Of: Seattle Head Tax Repealed

Back in May the Seattle City Council unanimously passed the “head tax” under the auspices of raising funds for the homeless. But in the face of opposition from Seattle’s largest businesses, and a certain legal challenge to the law itself, the council has reversed themselves.

Summit

Supercomputers Reach The Summit, For Now

Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a facility born from the drive to accomplish scientific feats before an international competitor does the same. In the modern day race for the worlds most powerful computer, the ORNL-housed Summit supercomputer has put the US back in the lead…for now.