New Lines Magazine
When the Establishment No Longer Calls the Shots in Writing History
11+ min · · From Tiananmen Square to the trans-Atlantic slave trade, deciding how the past is remembered is one of the invisible roles of rulers. But newer social movements are challenging whether the narrator… · Shared by 12, including Matteo Furia
Vox
Call it authoritarianism
9 min · · The Republican Party has embraced an agenda that rigs the rules in their favor. There’s a name for that behavior. · Shared by 100, including Jamil Smith جميل كريم, Mark Bradley, Scott Santens, Matteo Furia
The New York Times
The Art of the Lie? The Bigger the Better
8 min · · Lying as a political tool is hardly new. But a readiness, even enthusiasm, to be deceived has become a driving force in politics around the world, most recently in the United States. · Shared by 142, including Thomas Power, Matteo Furia, Richard Dawkins, Millie Tran, Gabriele, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Luminous Kaleidoscope, Christian Surchi, Scott Murray, Lynn Cherny, Esther Schindler, Michael Shermer
The New York Times
The American Abyss
19+ min · · A historian of fascism and political atrocity on Trump, the mob and what comes next · Shared by 841, including Niall Ferguson, Jeff Zeleny, TaylorLorenz.Substack.com, Charles Arthur, Wolfgang Blau, Matt Goodwin, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Barry Ritholtz, Nouriel Roubini, emily bell, felix salmon, Brian Stelter, Jason Stanley, Kevin M. Kruse, Stefan Ottlitz @hierprivat@mastodon.social, Jay Rosen, John Battelle, Ida Bae Wells, Rob Wijnberg, Alfie Kohn
WIRED
Platforms Must Pay for Their Role in the Insurrection
3 min · · Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have spent years fomenting and enabling yesterday's violence at the Capitol. Policymakers need to do something about it. · Shared by 190, including Steve Silberman, Tom Connor, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Gabriele, luis antónio santos, Matteo Furia, rogerverhoeven, Amicitia, Backchannel, Morten Gade, Deborah Blum, Zephyr Teachout, Karen K. Ho, Scott Galloway
The Atlantic
Worst Revolution Ever
7 min · · Attacking the U.S. Capitol is not an act of patriotism. Obviously. · Shared by 169, including Kevin Roose, W. Blake Gray, Memen Isimo, Niall Ferguson, Scott McLeod, Making Sense Podcast, Carolyn Porco, Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis, Mathew Ingram, Jeremy Faust MD MS (ER physician), Matteo Furia, Klaus Eck, Jeffrey Flier, Andrew Sullivan, Scott Galloway
The New York Times
The Rich Kids Who Want to Tear Down Capitalism
9 min · · Socialist-minded millennial heirs are trying to live their values by getting rid of their money. · Shared by 136, including Aparna Nancherla, TaylorLorenz.Substack.com, Keerthi G, Mike Maples, Jr, David V. Johnson, Taylor Moore, Matteo Furia, Philanthropy News Digest, Anand Sanwal, Jill I-Am-Permanently-OFF-Bird-Site Duffy
medium.com
Why Arguments Still Work
5 min · · As a philosophy professor, the hardest thing to hear is that people are giving up on arguments. And yet, it is common for people to say… · Shared by 128, including Ceferino Díaz, Aníbal M. Astobiza, Anita Leirfall, Marylin Delgado (@marylindelgado@zirk.us), Matteo Furia
The Atlantic
The Next Decade Could Be Even Worse
19+ min · · A historian believes he has discovered iron laws that predict the rise and fall of societies. He has bad news. · Shared by 632, including Filippo Antonio Capizzi, Cameron Yick ~ @hydrosquall@vis.social on mastodon, Graham Brown-Martin, Nomad Capitalist, Mike Troiano, Sascha Brossmann (he/him) 🇪🇺🇺🇦, David Nagel, David Ndii, Bill Johnston, Doug Sundheim, Matthias Lampe, Noah Smith, Christian Fauteux, Stowe Boyd, Essaadi, purecoach, Balaji, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Paolo Pedercini 🥶, David Austin Walsh
CJR
Washington Post public editor: the powerful have realized they don’t need the Post
3 min · · This month we learned that Tesla, a $400 billion public company run by one of the richest people in the world, has done away with its media relations department—effectively formalizing an informal… · Shared by 105, including Brian Armstrong 🛡️, Nat Eliason, Stowe Boyd, T. Greer, Paul Graham, Nicholas Diakopoulos, BenYT, Oliver Traldi, Hrag, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Matteo Furia, Balaji, Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis, Mathew Ingram
The Atlantic
America Is Having a Moral Convulsion
20+ min · · Levels of trust in this country—in our institutions, in our politics, and in one another—are in precipitous decline. And when social trust collapses, nations fail. Can we get it back before it’s too… · Shared by 121, including Trey Tweets Into the Void, Matteo Furia, Ethan Zeigler, Kevin Kelly, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Scott Monty, Lee Keyes, Mihai Badita, Phillip Murphy, Jochen Burkhard, Ian M Calvert, Brian Stelter, @mainec@fromm.social, Joshua Benton, Philanthropy News Digest
POLITICO
Why the right-wing has a massive advantage on Facebook
6 min · · A company executive responds to claims of bias. · Shared by 199, including Beate Jordaan, Phillip Murphy, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, luis antónio santos, Kevin Roose, Matteo Furia, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, Nate Silver, Judd Legum, Mark Kaigwa, Ernie Smith is also @ernie@writing.exchange, Rick Powell, rogerverhoeven, Mathew Ingram, Matt Navarra, Julia Ioffe, Brad Brooks, Mike Troiano
NPR
One Author's Argument 'In Defense Of Looting'
9 min · · In her new book, writer Vicky Osterweil argues that looting is a powerful tool to bring about real, lasting change in society. · Shared by 150, including Esther Schindler, Douglas Karr, Matteo Furia, Niall Ferguson, @jason, Matt Taibbi, l. ones, Peter Todd/mempoolfullrbf=1, Olivia Nuzzi, Joshua Benton, Jeffrey Flier, Christina Hoff Sommers
The New York Times
The Trump Campaign Accepted Russian Help to Win in 2016. Case Closed.
4 min · · “Cooperation” or “collusion” or whatever. It was a plot against American democracy. · Shared by 114, including William Gibson, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Jason Stanley, Kevin Mitchell @WiringtheBrain@ mstdn .social, Prof Michael E. Mann, Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈, Dave Kellogg, Matteo Furia, Barbra Streisand, Mathew Ingram, Michael (मुकेश), Follow me on Bluesky or Mastodon (see below), Mkay, Jill Jacobson, Felix M, Barry C Smith
The New York Times
‘The Whole of Liberal Democracy Is in Grave Danger at This Moment’
8 min · · Trump’s America has accelerated “the authoritarian dynamic.” · Shared by 93, including Katja Evertz, Matteo Furia, Stowe Boyd, Jason Stanley, Felix M, Massimo Pigliucci, Claudia Sommer, Scott Santens
World Economic Forum
How Estonia's digital society became a lifeline during COVID-19
6 min · · Estonia spent years building one of the world's most advanced digital economies. When COVID-19 struck, it was ready. Here's what we can learn from its pioneering strategy. · Shared by 90, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Glen Gilmore #MWC23, Fabian Künzli, Matteo Furia, Jansnet, Ron Shevlin, Amber Mac, Till Quack, Vala Afshar