WIRED
Edward Snowden on Protecting Activists Against Surveillance
4 min · · “Turnkey tyranny” has never been closer. For some communities, it feels like it’s already here. · Shared by 22, including Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor
Harvard Business Review
Closing the Strategy-Execution Gap Means Focusing on What Employees Think, Not What They Do
7 min · · Escape the tyranny of the tangible. · Shared by 19, including Clemens M. Schuster
The Washington Post
Black teens were fundraising for their football team. Then a white woman held them at gunpoint, police say.
· The woman forced them to lie on the ground and threatened to shoot if they moved, the boys told police. · Shared by 18, including Deborah Blum, Noah Toly, Scott McLeod
VentureBeat
YouTube disables 210 channels tied to Hong Kong disinformation campaigns
1 min · · Google's YouTube is the latest digital platform to confirm it has been manipulated to spread disinformation about the Hong Kong protests. · Shared by 17, including Chris O'Brien, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
Forbes
We Are Not A Dashboard: Contesting The Tyranny Of Metrics, Measurement, And Managerialism
11+ min · · Data sciences and technology could, and must, play a vital role. But they haven’t earned the right to be considered an end in themselves. They represent potentially valuable tools, ideally in the… · Shared by 17, including 📁𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧
Journal
The Tyranny of the S Curve
6 min · · It’s no secret that growing a successful B2C business is hard. Failure rates are high and the companies that do survive can never rest on… · Shared by 16, including andrew chen, Gianluca Diegoli
Süddeutsche Zeitung
“We have at most a year to defend American democracy, perhaps less“
19+ min · · Timothy Snyder is a professor of history at Yale University and the author of numerous books of European history, including „Bloodlands“ and „Black Earth“. His most recent book, “On Tyranny: Twenty... · Shared by 16, including Ryan Boren
Matt Stoller
How Monopolies Broke the Federal Reserve
12+ min · · Hi, Welcome to Big, a newsletter about the politics of monopoly. If you’d like to sign up, you can do so here. Or just read on… Today I’m going to offer some speculative thoughts on the relationship… · Shared by 13, including Taylor Pearson, Tim O'Reilly
The Washington Post
Opinion | The New York Times omits mention of race from its history of the tea party
· Newspaper amplifies its original look back at the anti-Obama movement to add important context. · Shared by 12, including Deborah Blum
Insider Business
The 9 terms and phrases you need to know if you think you're being manipulated
11+ min · · Simply knowing the terms may give you strength. · Shared by 7
Forbes
Huawei Issues Shock Warning: 'Live Or Die Moment' As U.S. Expands Blacklist
3 min · · Huawei warns employees of drastic changes as the impact of the latest U.S. blacklist announcement hits home. · Shared by 4, including Thomas Power
Mail & Guardian
State’s failures impede land reform
5 min · · Scathing Constitutional Court judgment bemoans land reform department’s inability to get job done in time
chiefmomofficer.org
The Worst Question You Get Asked When Applying For A Job (And What To Do Instead Of Answering) ~ Chief…
6 min · · Today I'm ranting about my least favorite question that gets asked too often during the job application process. I'll talk about why the question just isn't one an applicant can answer - and share…