Thinking Outside the Box
Uncommon perspectives and solutions to common problems.
Collection by Charles Baldwin
The Washington Post
As legal marijuana booms, Denver votes on decriminalizing hallucinogenic mushrooms
· Proponents say “magic mushrooms” can help with depression, chronic pain, addiction, PTSD and anxiety. Opponents say too much is unknown and don't want Denver to be a drug hotspot. · Shared by 7, including Charles Baldwin
The Guardian
Edinburgh closes roads in city centre to cut air pollution
1 min · · Motorised traffic will be banned during Open Streets event on first Sunday of each month · Shared by 27, including Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, Ross Wood, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Charles Baldwin
practicaltypography.com
Typography 2020 | Butterick’s Practical Typography
8 min · · “You cannot bore people into buying your product”, according to David Ogilvy. So true. Nevertheless, election season arrives, and radical boredom inevitably becomes the preferred… · Shared by 43, including bouiboui, Lena V. Groeger, Irene Au, Charles Baldwin, Jane, Jacob Cass, Design Shack, Neil Lee
Scientific American
Actually, We Should Not All Use They/Them Pronouns
4 min · · A response to a recent Scientific American essay · Shared by 13
The Hill
California Senate passes bill that would keep Trump off 2020 ballot unless he releases tax returns
2 min · · The California state Senate on Thursday approved a bill to require candidates appearing on the presidential primary ballot — including President Trump — to release five years worth of income tax… · Shared by 8
Bloomberg CityLab
Brussels Is Banishing Cars. Critics Say It's Not Enough.
5 min · · Boulevards that were once choked with traffic are turning into pedestrian-only spaces. But some advocates are demanding bigger changes.
grist
Lawns are the No. 1 irrigated ‘crop’ in America. They need to die.
2 min · · It’s time to culturally stigmatize the classic over-watered, over-fertilized, over-mowed American lawn. · Shared by 11, including Eric Holthaus, anildash.com
ACLU
There’s a Battle Brewing at Google Over Employee Speech. The Outcome Affects Us All.
4 min · · The outcome of a battle heating up at Google over the limits of employee free speech will have huge consequences for all of us. Will Google shut down internal dissent and silence whistleblowers? Or… · Shared by 5
Bloomberg CityLab
Can Backyard Tiny Houses Embed Affordable Housing in L.A.?
7 min · · In Los Angeles, a new program seeks to finance and build accessory dwellings for homeowners who agree to rent them to Section 8 voucher-holders.
The New Yorker
The Airbnb Invasion of Barcelona
20+ min · · In the tourist-clogged city, some locals see the service as a pestilence. · Shared by 61, including David Nagel, 瑞拿頭, Jochen Burkhard, 📁𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧, Charles Baldwin, Liliane Ferrari ™, Eugene Wei, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Josep M. Ganyet
Bloomberg CityLab
Housing Can’t Be Both Affordable and a Good Investment
6 min · · The two pillars of American housing policy are fundamentally at odds. · Shared by 35, including Current Affairs, Shawn Venasse
medium.com
Operation Mindfuck 2.0
3 min · · Propaganda used to mean getting people to believe stuff. Now it means getting them to question what they believe or whether there’s any truth at all. However disorienting this is, it may not be all… · Shared by 38, including Mathew Ingram, Gerd Leonhard, douglas rushkoff, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
projectseen.com
Project "Seen"
1 min · · Seen is a typeface that is concerned with privacy and the interception of our communications by the NSA. It automatically strikes through so called spook words as they are written. Try writing words anywhere on this website. · Shared by 6
BBC News (World)
An algorithm wipes clean the criminal pasts of thousands
6 min · · A ground-breaking project in California could see 250,000 people freed from their criminal record this year. · Shared by 18, including Chris Schultz✌️ & ❤️, Thomas Power, Mike Tamir, PhD, Christina
The Guardian
From inboxing to thought showers: how business bullshit took over
15+ min · · The long read: Vacuous management-speak is easily laughed off – but is there a real cost to talking rubbish? · Shared by 108, including Liv 😷, Jane, Christian Fauteux, Henning von Vogelsang, Maureen, Esther Schindler, Nico Lumma, Charles Baldwin
WIRED
A 1970s Essay Predicted Silicon Valley's High-Minded Tyranny
6 min · · Published in Ms. magazine, "The Tyranny of Structurelessness" observes that organizations built to avoid hierarchy develop leaders with pernicious power. · Shared by 29, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Anthony Hamelle, Backchannel, Charles Baldwin