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The Masters offers public phones as alternatives to cellphones. Here’s what attendees think

Fast Company Tech

The 16-year-old from Houston had the rare opportunity to use a public telephone for the first time. In place of those security blankets, there are several public telephone banks of those throwback devices from days gone by. ” The line at the public phone bank can stretch up to 10 people deep at the height of the Masters.

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Timing Year-End Fundraising in an Election Year: A Survival Guide

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If you live in one of the seven swing states like Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, or Wisconsin, and the election noise is positively crushing, you may consider how you might schedule your appeals to maximize attention. There’s one caveat. Don’t let other people’s fear stop you from working for your mission.

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Today’s housing crisis could learn from this 1960s anti-poverty program

Fast Company Tech

It wasnt just about rebuilding streets or erecting public housing. This commitment to community participation gave rise to a new kind of public servant what sociologists Martin and Carolyn Needleman famously called guerrillas in the bureaucracy. Photo: Georgia State University Special Collections ] What went wrong?

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A 4 million-square-foot data center is planned for this Alabama town—but residents are pushing back

Fast Company Tech

billion proposal from politicians charged with representing the public. Efforts by Inside Climate News to speak with public officials in Bessemer about the proposal, called Project Marvel, were met with silence. Because residents packed the meeting room, the city argued in court, there was no deficiency in public notice.

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Thinking of moving out of the U.S? Here are 10 hotspots for remote workers

Fast Company Tech

The D8 Visa also allows for family reunification, provides access to Portugals excellent public healthcare system, and offers a pathway to permanent residency or citizenship after five yearsmaking it a top choice for global remote professionals. Portugal meanwhile has the advantage of being an hour nearer the U.S.

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The charging stations of tomorrow might look a lot more like architecture

Fast Company Tech

Right now, access to charging infrastructure is deeply uneven, notes Omar Asensio, associate professor at the Carter School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech. Gig workers who drive EVs often dont have home chargers, and rely on a fragile public network. Electric scooters dont even exist in some neighborhoods. The plugs dont work.

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Inside the booming edibles economy

Fast Company Tech

Von Pfetten compares the public level of knowledge about the cannabis industry and all the products available to skincare in the 1960s. It plans to expand to Florida, the Carolinas, and Georgia next. It essentially layered another product onto its logistics infrastructure.