The Guardian
The Battle for People’s Park, Berkeley 1969: when Vietnam came home
4 min · · A year before Kent State, police shot at protesters in California, killing one. A new oral history of the clash is a searing read · Shared by 8
The Guardian
Britain is run by a self-serving clique. That’s why it’s in crisis
5 min · · Government and culture are dominated by the same narrow section of the population. It’s no way to run a country, says Guardian columnist Gary Younge · Shared by 18, including Eve Livingston, Thomas Power
New Scientist
The father of all men is 340,000 years old
3 min · · We had thought that all men share a common male ancestor who lived within the last 140,000 years – but one African American man has broken the mould · Shared by 8
Scientific American
Authenticity Under Fire
5 min · · Researchers are calling into question authenticity as a scientifically viable concept. · Shared by 33, including Gregg Caruso, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Bob Sutton, Steve Faktor, John Hagel, Daron Larson, luis antónio santos
The Guardian
Torn apart: the vicious war over young adult books
13+ min · · Authors who write about marginalised communities are facing abuse, boycotts and even death threats. What is cancel culture doing to young adult fiction? · Shared by 10
blog.stephsmith.io
How to Be Great? Just be Good, Repeatably
14+ min · · A thought piece on what it takes to truly be great and what that even means in the first place. · Shared by 630, including Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Thomas Power, Niklaus Gerber, Jonathan Kogan, Yonatan Levy, Sascha Brossmann (he/him) 🇪🇺🇺🇦, Martina Pugliese, Aadit Sheth, Dominik Grolimund, Dez S. Papp, Ben Collins, Stephanie A Kowalski, Howard Getson, Kunal Bhatia, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Peter Steinberger, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Mark Kaigwa, Mike Taylor, Cameron Yick ~ @hydrosquall@vis.social on mastodon
freeCodeCamp.org
Want to know how Deep Learning works? Here’s a quick guide for everyone.
6 min · · Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are some of the hottest topics right now. · Shared by 1557, including DonDahlmann, Ines Bieler, Katja Evertz, Nicolas Berg, Andreas Heer, @AlgoCompSynth@ravenation.club by znmeb, Mara Averick, Klaus Eck, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Fanzo, Chris Roth, Ron McIntyre, von Moerenburgh, Dominik Grolimund, Patrick Scheuerer, Thomas Power, Helmi, Dr. Nettra Pan 👁, Herbert Bay, Massimiliano Aroffo
machinelearnings.co
The Non-Technical Guide to Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence
20+ min · · Machine learning and artificial intelligence (ML and AI) have seized Tech mindshare in a way few topics have in recent memory. · Shared by 8279, including Gabriele, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, Pete Skomoroch, Thomas Power, Brent Summers, Kris Fannin, Chris Messina, Lord Travis Wright, Klaus Eck, Frank, Werner Vogels, Kenneth Kalmer, Harpreet Singh, Herbert Bay, Lluís Codina, Fabricio Teixeira, Antonio Vieira Santos, DonDahlmann, Howard Getson, Mike Ivars
The New York Times
America’s Cities Are Unlivable. Blame Wealthy Liberals.
5 min · · The demise of a California housing measure shows how progressives abandon progressive values in their own backyards. · Shared by 207, including Liv 😷, Alexia Bonatsos, Pedro Noguera, justin, Alexandra Wong, Nicholas C. Zakas, Rand Fishkin, Rob Weinert-Kendt, Greater Greater Washington, Joe Germuska, Tim O'Reilly
TED Talks
Want to make something, but have no idea where to begin? Here’s some inspiration from Adam Savage
6 min · · Special-effects designer and Mythbuster Adam Savage offers a call to action and vision map to every would-be maker and dreamer out there. · Shared by 33, including Stephanie A Kowalski
Entrepreneur
10 Star Wars Quotes That All Entrepreneurs Should Take to Heart
4 min · · There is no try, but there is always the pivot. · Shared by 7
CNBC
Google uses Gmail to track a history of things you buy — and it's hard to delete
3 min · · Google collects the purchases you've made, including from other stores and places like Amazon, and saves them on a page called Purchases. · Shared by 127, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, George M 🇪🇺, Yvette Dubel, Matt Cutts, Builtvisible, Charles Baldwin, Prof. Arun Kumar वाघचौरे, cbz, Grégoire Japiot 🌻, Kiki, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Ralph Hutter, Kaspar Manz
The Guardian
Why the Guardian is changing the language it uses about the environment
2 min · · From now, house style guide recommends terms such as ‘climate crisis’ and ‘global heating’ · Shared by 209, including Katja Evertz, David Cochrane, Thomas Pleil, Christina, Nieman Reports, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, René Clausen Nielsen, janfsauer, Dominik Grolimund, CORRECTIV, Amber Mac, Duncan Geere has left 🔰, Christopher Lauer™, Liliane Ferrari ™, Jörgen Camrath, Do The Green Thing, Martin Hoffmann, Belén Kayser, Nils Hitze
fonts.google.com
Google Fonts
1 min · · Shared by 690, including Keith Frankish, @meyerweb@mastodon.social, Merlin Mann, Meng To, Craig Mod, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis, zeldman, Pablo Stanley, Brian Lovin, Jacob Cass, Sara Soueidan, Tobias van Schneider, Roman Nurik 🇺🇦, Marijn van Putten, Adham Dannaway, Una 🇺🇦, Jane Manchun Wong, Chris Messina, erik spiekermann
The Washington Post
Perspective | Alexa has been eavesdropping on you this whole time
6 min · · Our tech columnist listened to four years of his Alexa archive, and discovered Amazon tracks us in more ways than we might want. · Shared by 81, including BrendanEich, Loughlin O'Nolan, Luca Like, ❤️ Umair, Thomas Power, Marsha Collier, Mathew Ingram, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Shoshana Zuboff, Brian Tomlinson ⚡️
The Guardian
Facebook admits huge scale of fake news and election interference
3 min · · Company deletes 2.8bn fake accounts as it pours resources into protecting EU elections · Shared by 97, including Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, Mathew Ingram, Bill Johnston, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, luis antónio santos, Chris Messina, Amber Mac, Azeem Azhar, Charles Baldwin, Matt Navarra, Mark Kaigwa, Thomas Power, Adrienne Fichter, Richard Deitsch