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DC Dream Jobs: Alan Turchik, Nat Geo Engineer

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"How do we use these devices to improve and protect our planet?"...

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Startups To Start Noticing: Lorica Clothing

Kaylee DuganMay 17, 2017

If you're looking to intimidate the Lulu-loving folks in your next SoulCycle class, look no further....

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Startups To Start Noticing: Cleanly

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It’s the number one most hated chore based on the imaginary survey I created in my mind....

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Startups To Start Noticing: Fluent City

Kaylee DuganMarch 22, 2017

Remember when your parents made you sign up for Spanish or French?...

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Startups To Start Noticing: Prescription Chicken

Kaylee DuganJanuary 1, 2017

The world is hungover... but this can help. ...

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Startups To Start Noticing: HUNGRY

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Ordering food in D.C. has gotten harder, but not in the way it used to be....

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DC Dream Jobs: REI’s Kyle Wakayama

Kaylee DuganSeptember 7, 2016

“I’m out climbing, I’m going to be disconnected for two weeks.”...

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Startups To Start Noticing: ATTIC DC

Kaylee DuganAugust 31, 2016

"I started to really appreciate the aesthetic of older pieces you can’t buy new anymore."...

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Startups To Start Noticing: Postmates

Kaylee DuganAugust 16, 2016

"It’s way more than just food delivery."...

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DC Dream Jobs: Edit Lab

BYT at largeAugust 2, 2016

"People root for each other. They want everyone else to succeed. I love it, I love it so much."...

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DC Dream Jobs: Smithsonian Folklife Festival’s Jackie Flanagan Pangelinan

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You can tell Jackie Flanagan Pangelinan isn’t lying when she admits she loves almost every part of her job. There's no spinning it this way or that way, she's h...

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Startups To Start Noticing: Cater2.me

Kaylee DuganJune 29, 2016

"We do a really good job at expanding people's culinary horizons."...

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Startups To Start Noticing: Spotfund

Kaylee DuganJune 28, 2016

"I don’t think Kanye West would put Go Fund Me on his Twitter account."...

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DC Dream Jobs: Julianne Brienza of Capital Fringe

BYT at largeJune 27, 2016

Photos by Jeff Martin Words by Eden Raskin Jenkins Julianne Brienza might actually be my hero. She is one tough lady who is deeply determined and dedicated ...

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Startups To Start Noticing: Honeygrow

Kaylee DuganApril 27, 2016

"I think I would hop in a Delorean, see the 2009 version of myself, and say, 'Fuck you, I’m not telling you anything.'"...

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25jun6:00 pm8:30 pmProfs & Pints: The Real “Game of Thrones”6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Bier Baron Tavern

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Profs and Pints presents: “The Real ‘Game of Thrones,’” a look at the medieval conflict that helped inspire the hit TV series, with Sabrina Baron, assistant research professor of history at the University of Maryland at College Park.

The HBO series Game of Thrones is one of the most popular in television history, drawing more than 30 million people weekly to watch destruction, debauchery, dragons, and the brutal fight for the Iron Throne.

Come learn the history from which the show draws. It might not feature real dragons or Khaleesi, but it does have nearly all the violence, treachery, and strange family relationships. It was called the Wars of the Roses because it involved a protracted fight for England’s throne between two branches of its royal family, one represented by a red rose, the other, by a white one.

Professor Baron has extensively studied and taught the Wars of the Roses as an expert in early modern English political history. Come hear her untangle the complicated genealogical roots of the wars that have inspired other writers, including Shakespeare, to take pen to paper.

You’ll learn about deadly wine, sex and politics, the finer points of infanticide, and sibling rivalry taken to a new level. Also part of the story are women plotting, brothers flip-flopping, a few too many surviving children, and a symbolic dragon, at least.

Among the questions she’ll tackle: What happens when a child is born with a full set of teeth? How could a horse save a kingdom? Did a hunchback sit on the throne? What actual historical events, or their parallels, can be found in the Game of Thrones series? You’ll have a royally fun time hearing the answers. (Advance tickets: $12. Door: $15, save $2 with a student ID. Listed time is for door. Talk starts 30 minutes later. Please give yourself time to place any orders and be settled into place.)

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(Tuesday) 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Location

Bier Baron Tavern

1523 22nd St NW Washington DC 20037

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Advance tickets: $12. Door: $15, save $2 with a student ID.

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26jun6:00 pm8:00 pmHeineken Go Dutch! D.C. United Pre-Party6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Walter's Sports Bar

26jun6:00 pm8:30 pmProfs & Pints: The Next Big Internet Threat6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Bier Baron Tavern

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Profs and Pints presents: “The Next Big Internet Threat,” a look at faked depictions as a weapon for damaging real people, with Joshua A. Geltzer, founding executive director and visiting professor of law at Georgetown’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection.

Americans are worried about what’s happening online, and they should be. In recent months, we’ve seen social turmoil over the deletion of controversial accounts from digital platforms like Facebook and Twitter; public disclosure of criminal charges for continuing Russian interference in our elections; and new types of disinformation operations emanating from Moscow, Tehran, and even here in the United States.

But these latest incidents are only part of a far bigger trend. In our novel digital age, it has become far too easy for bad actors to spread harmful content far and wide, swiftly and with just the click of a button.

All told, the Internet age has seen four major waves of digital threats. First came child pornography. Next came trolling. Then we endured terrorist recruitment and radicalization online. And most recently we’ve suffered from foreign election interference. None of these challenges has been entirely resolved, and the more recent of them remain serious threats, not just to the integrity of online dialogue but to American security and democracy. But the fifth wave is now fast upon us—and it might prove the thorniest of all. Call it “reputational exploitation.” It’s the false disparagement of others–other individuals, other companies, even other governments–for one’s own benefit. And it’ll only get more effective through the use of “deep fakes,” which play off the universal temptation to equate seeing with believing, and artificial intelligence, which can tailor reputational assaults to particular micro-audiences to maximize their effectiveness.

Join Professor Joshua Geltzer of Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection to discuss the waves of digital threats we’ve endured and those yet to come. He’ll discuss these challenges, the responses so far, and what more needs to be done to protect our digital domain and, ultimately, ourselves. (Advance tickets: $12. Doors $15, save $2 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. Please arrive in plenty of time to place any order and be seated and settled in.)