Thinking Outside the Box
Uncommon perspectives and solutions to common problems.
Collection by Charles Baldwin
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Bloom: a free and open source Google
9 min · · 🇫🇷 Version française ici We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. TL;DR To bring an answer to the universal and unprecedented challenges of our century, we… · Shared by 40, including mastodon.social/@renestalder, Matthias Kahr, Matthew Turland, Charles Baldwin, Mike Ivars, David Garner
The New Republic
How to Convince Americans to Abolish the Death Penalty
4 min · · The moral argument doesn't work. Opponents of capital punishment in New Hampshire succeeded with a different approach. · Shared by 8, including Charles Baldwin
Ars Technica
Before Netscape: The forgotten Web browsers of the early 1990s
8 min · · From the archives: Does anybody remember Erwise? Viola? Cello? Let's reminisce. · Shared by 70, including Thomas Power, luis antónio santos, Andrea Smith, Esther Schindler, Jason Walz, Charles Baldwin, Katja Evertz, Yvette Dubel, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to
The Daily Beast
Pelosi's Strategy Is Working, And Trump Is One Step Closer to Being F*cked
1 min · · Democrats who want impeachment yesterday aren't paying attention. Between McGahn, the ruling on taxes, and Cohen, the Resistance has had a banner week. · Shared by 8, including Charles Baldwin, Carly
CNN
Finland is winning the war on fake news. Other nations want the blueprint
1 min · · Russia's neighbor has developed a plan for countering misinformation. Can it be exported to the rest of the world? · Shared by 136, including Digital Ideation, Yvette Dubel, Nieman Reports, Stephanie A Kowalski, Esther Schindler, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, luis antónio santos, Tobias Kopka, Charles Baldwin, Mathew Ingram, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Bill Johnston, Christian Fauteux
Insider Business
What's really behind X, Google's most mysterious company
4 min · · From Internet-delivery balloons and energy solutions to health sector ventures, here are some of the projects the elusive company has worked on. · Shared by 5, including Charles Baldwin
EFF
California Now Classifies Immigration Enforcement as “Misuse” of Statewide Law Enforcement Network
3 min · · It has taken more than a year, but the California Attorney General’s Office has implemented steps to protect immigrants from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other agencies that… · Shared by 5
The Guardian
We froze the salaries of 20 executives
3 min · · Executive pay is skyrocketing in the US. But I froze the salaries of my top team to benefit my company’s other workers – and it worked · Shared by 21, including Matthias Kahr
RTÉ
France to ban e-scooters from pavements in September
1 min · · France will ban electric scooters from pavements in September, the transport minister said, in a backlash against a surge of the commuter gizmos invading pedestrian areas.
Gizmodo
Palantir's Github Page Is the New Battleground in the Fight Against ICE
3 min · · Tech activists continue to organize and win across many of the industry’s biggest firms—and increasingly the online spaces tech workers gather are becoming battlegrounds in their own right. Take… · Shared by 18, including anildash.com, Charles Baldwin, Katja Evertz
Bloomberg CityLab
The Longer the Commute, the Less Students Sleep
6 min · · Children who endure long school commutes get significantly less sleep and exercise. · Shared by 10, including Charles Baldwin
Bloomberg CityLab
The Effects of Housing Restrictions in Pricey Cities Are Exaggerated
6 min · · According to two scholars, the idea that an insufficient supply of housing is a main cause of cities' economic problems is based on flawed premises. · Shared by 18, including Philanthropy News Digest
CNET
Tenants win right to physical keys over smart locks from landlords
3 min · · It's a key victory for tenants who didn't want smart locks and apps tracking their activities. · Shared by 25, including Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Mark Kaigwa, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Leonardo Sumulong
National Review
Amazon Prime Pulls back the Curtain on China’s Propaganda
· The first rule of China in pop culture: Never criticize China. · Shared by 7
Fast Company
The newest hot coworking space costs just $2.25 an hour, because it is a parking spot
3 min · · WePark shows that in cities like San Francisco, coworking is unaffordable to many, and the sheer volume of free space allocated to parked cars could be put to much better use. · Shared by 149, including Dominik Grolimund, Greater Greater Washington, Glenn Oberholzer, Strong Towns, Thomas Power, Daniel Jörg, Great Place To Move, Devon ☀️, Daniel Hüfner
CJR
Facebook’s PR game is showing
2 min · · Facebook no doubt thought banning the accounts of prominent alt-right misinformation vectors like Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, and Laura Loomer would be a win-win. Not only would it allow the… · Shared by 8, including Mathew Ingram