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ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Raw Story: Pentagon poured money into social media influencers and TV stars to attract Gen Z: report. “The Pentagon enlisted entertainers MrBeast, Kelly Clarkson and Guy Fieri last year to help boost flagging enlistment, according to newly revealed documents. Rolling Stone obtained a Government Accountability report last month showing a 10-percent decline in military favorability among the […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/07/pentagon-poured-money-into-social-media-influencers-and-tv-stars-to-attract-gen-z-report-raw-story/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/07/pentagon-poured-money-into-social-media-influencers-and-tv-stars-to-attract-gen-z-report-raw-story/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>KLKN: Nebraska treasurer announces new website that tracks state spending. “Nebraska State Treasurer Tom Briese announced a new website Monday that tracks every penny spent by the state…. The site is designed to allow users to select an item and look further into why the state is spending money on that specific item or why it is receiving money from that specific agency.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/07/klkn-nebraska-treasurer-announces-new-website-that-tracks-state-spending/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/07/klkn-nebraska-treasurer-announces-new-website-that-tracks-state-spending/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>The Register: LA deputies dogged by New Year date glitch in patrol car PCs . “Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed to The Register in the past few hours the computer technology it uses to send officers to the scene of alleged crimes is still non-functional. A spokesperson pointed out that the office had applied for funds to avoid the breakdown, but none were allocated to fix the […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/03/the-register-la-deputies-dogged-by-new-year-date-glitch-in-patrol-car-pcs/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/03/the-register-la-deputies-dogged-by-new-year-date-glitch-in-patrol-car-pcs/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Loudwire: Alice in Chains, Shinedown &amp; More Face Scrutiny in Report on Pandemic Relief Payouts. “In some of the other cases highlighted in the report, there were clear misuse of pandemic funds for personal benefit. For instance, the investigation uncovered that rapper Lil’ Wayne spent $1.3 million of his $8.9 million grant to cover private jet flights, while spending another $460,000 on […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2024/12/20/loudwire-alice-in-chains-shinedown-more-face-scrutiny-in-report-on-pandemic-relief-payouts/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2024/12/20/loudwire-alice-in-chains-shinedown-more-face-scrutiny-in-report-on-pandemic-relief-payouts/</a></p>
Doug Bostrom<p>It's mind-blowing in the context of our mythology of money but understanding this is key to many critical matters, including dealing with <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>.</p><p>Demand logic from kneejerk rejection.. The inculcation of plot holes in the story of money runs deep.</p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/GovernmentFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentFinance</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/02/outdated-and-misleading-is-it-time-to-reassess-the-very-concept-of-money?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/books/2024/apr</span><span class="invisible">/02/outdated-and-misleading-is-it-time-to-reassess-the-very-concept-of-money?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</span></a></p>