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medium.engineering
Typography is impossible
medium.engineering
14+ min · · The practical guide to why laying out type never quite does what you want · Shared by 170, including Jeff Atwood, Atul Pradhananga, Adriano Latorre, George M 🇪🇺, Dayyan Smith, Bryan Onel, Matt, Victor Tolosa, Alexander Seifert, Andrea Desiato, Niklaus Gerber, Martijn, Benoist Lawniczak, mastodon.social/@renestalder, Serge K. Keller ❦, Brad Brooks
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pierrickcalvez.com
A Five Minutes Guide to Better Typography — Pierrick Calvez
pierrickcalvez.com
1 min · · A Five Minutes Guide to Better Typography · Shared by 471, including David Hellmann, Brad Brooks, Tris Hussey, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, ErmanTaylan.eth, Mark Kaigwa, Helmi, Lailo, Ryan Boren, Kunal Bhatia, Dominik Grolimund, Matthias Lampe, Mike Taylor, Bernardo Mannelli, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Eric L. Barnes 🏝️, Rand Fishkin, Ian Lurie 🇺🇦 @ianlurie@mastodon.social, Balthasar Glättli🌻 🕊
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The Washington Post
Fascism is back. Blame the Internet.
The Washington Post
8 min · · It’s polarizing our politics, making us ignore inconvenient facts and impeding real activism. · Shared by 118, including @mainec@fromm.social, Kim Dik, Tim Müller, Thomas Pleil, Brad Brooks, Mark Kaigwa, Dominik Grolimund, Stephanie A Kowalski, Adrienne Fichter, Thomas Power
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pierrickcalvez.com
A Five-Minute Guide to Better Typography
pierrickcalvez.com
5 min · · A Five-Minute Guide to Better Typography — The Work of Pierrick Calvez — Visual Design & Writing — Mobile (+86) 177 2256 9682 — Instagram, Twitter: @pierrickcalvez · Shared by 154, including Phillip Murphy, Paranoid Paradigm, Brad Brooks, Tintin, Gabriele, ashley 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦, David Hellmann, Mike Taylor
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BBC News (World)
The godfather of fake news
BBC News (World)
15+ min · · Meet one of the world’s most prolific writers of disinformation · Shared by 41, including Jane, Fawzi A. Baba-Ali, luis antónio santos, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Brad Brooks, Charles Baldwin
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POLITICO
How the Intercept Is Fueling the Democratic Civil War
POLITICO
17+ min · · The national security site has found fresh energy as a savvy, progressive attack dog in national politics. But is it undermining its own side? · Shared by 58, including Mathew Ingram, luis antónio santos, Thomas Pleil, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Charles Baldwin, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Brad Brooks
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Literary Hub
43 of the Most Iconic Short Stories in the English Language
Literary Hub
10 min · · Last year, I put together this list of the most iconic poems in the English language; it’s high time to do the same for short stories. But before we go any further, you may be asking: What do… · Shared by 202, including Jesse Baer (moved to mastodon), Esther Schindler, Christian Surchi, Brad Brooks
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The Atlantic
Long-Haulers Are Redefining COVID-19
The Atlantic
14+ min · · Without understanding the lingering illness that some patients experience, we can’t understand the pandemic. · Shared by 295, including Daniel Kraft, MD, Gayla Trail, Undark Magazine, David Wallace-Wells, Virginia Hughes, Helen Branswell 🇺🇦, TaylorLorenz.Substack.com, Mar Hicks, Brad Brooks, Ed Yong has left The Atlantic, HealthyWomen.org, Rachel Thomas, Alice Wong 王美華, Philanthropy News Digest, Liv 😷, Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis, Esther Schindler
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UX Collective
6 visual design principles that UX designers should be aware of
UX Collective
9 min · · When I was studying visual communications design in college, I was fascinated by how much power designers have in making people think… · Shared by 105, including five5star // Design Graphique, Nick Floro, Veerle Pieters, Matthias Lampe, Brad Brooks, CSS Weekly
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The Guardian
Men going their own way: the rise of a toxic male separatist movement
The Guardian
9 min · · The men of the MGTOW movement aim to live their lives with no female contact. The idea began on the fringes of the internet – so how has it made it all the way to the White House? · Shared by 122, including Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, Brad Brooks, Beate Jordaan, Neil Hart 💙, Lee Keyes, Steve Faulkner SteveFaulkner@mastodon.social
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The Guardian
How to take the perfect breath: why learning to breathe properly could change your life
The Guardian
7 min · · It is claimed that ‘breathwork’ can help improve our sleep, digestion, immune and respiratory functions, while reducing our blood pressure and anxiety. All of which, in the midst of a pandemic, sounds… · Shared by 389, including Marsha Collier, Liv 😷, Bernhard Huessy, Jane, Neil Hart 💙, Niklaus Gerber, Brad Brooks
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briankrebs
Confessions of an ID Theft Kingpin, Part I
briankrebs
9 min · · At the height of his cybercriminal career, the hacker known as "Hieupc" was earning $125,000 a month running a bustling identity theft service that siphoned consumer dossiers from some of the world's… · Shared by 52, including Nrupal Akolkar, Vinny Lingham, Brad Brooks, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
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Narratively
The (Literally) Unbelievable Story of the Original Fake News Network
Narratively
20+ min · · Once upon a time in Guatemala, the CIA hired a cocky American actor and two radio DJs to launch a revolution and oust a president. Their playbook is being used against the U.S. right now. · Shared by 350, including luis antónio santos, Esther Schindler, Christian Surchi, Allen Gannett, Kiki, Noah Kagan, Michael Schär, shanesnow, Jennifer Ouellette, Brad Brooks, Ian M Calvert, Nir Eyal, Amaury
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The Guardian
Michael Moore warns that Donald Trump is on course to repeat 2016 win
The Guardian
2 min · · Film-maker says enthusiasm for president in swing states is ‘off the charts’ and urges everyone to commit to getting 100 people to vote · Shared by 42, including Jason Stanley, Brad Brooks, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor
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❤️ Umair
We Don’t Know How to Warn You Any Harder. America is Dying.
❤️ Umair
17+ min · · We Survivors of Authoritarianism Have a Message America Needs to Hear: This is Exactly How it Happens, and It’s Happening Here. · Shared by 179, including Peter Kolchinsky, Yisong Yue, Jennifer Ouellette, Dave McClure, William (Bill) Kennedy, Russ Cox, @augieray@mastodon.social, Brad Brooks, Robert Scoble, Kevin Mitchell @WiringtheBrain@ mstdn .social, Amy Jo Kim, p-y.wtf where the sky is blue, Sameer Ajmani, Patricia Smith, Eric Bailey, Tiffany Shlain, Steve Faulkner SteveFaulkner@mastodon.social, Brent Toderian, Jonathan Eisen
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The Guardian
The right's culture war is no longer a sideshow to our politics
The Guardian
4 min · · Conservatives are winning elections by inventing threats to ‘our culture’, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik · Shared by 84, including Mike Butcher, Brad Brooks, alan rusbridger