medium.engineering
Typography is impossible
medium.engineering
~14 min read · From 2016 · The practical guide to why laying out type never quite does what you want
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pierrickcalvez.com
A Five Minutes Guide to Better Typography — Pierrick Calvez
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1 min read · From 2017 · A Five Minutes Guide to Better Typography
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The Washington Post
Fascism is back. Blame the Internet.
The Washington Post
8 min read · From 2018 · It’s polarizing our politics, making us ignore inconvenient facts and impeding real activism.
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A Five-Minute Guide to Better Typography
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5 min read · From 2018 · A Five-Minute Guide to Better Typography — The Work of Pierrick Calvez — Visual Design & Writing — Mobile (+86) 177 2256 9682 — Instagram, Twitter: @pierrickcalvez
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BBC Breaking News
The godfather of fake news
BBC Breaking News
~15 min read · From 2018 · Meet one of the world’s most prolific writers of disinformation
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POLITICO Magazine
How the Intercept Is Fueling the Democratic Civil War
POLITICO Magazine
~17 min read · From 2019 · The national security site has found fresh energy as a savvy, progressive attack dog in national politics. But is it undermining its own side?
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Literary Hub
43 of the Most Iconic Short Stories in the English Language
Literary Hub
10 min read · 2020-08-13 · 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…
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The Atlantic
Long-Haulers Are Redefining COVID-19
The Atlantic
~14 min read · 2020-08-19 · Without understanding the lingering illness that some patients experience, we can’t understand the pandemic.
Reader View · Shared by 157, including Daniel Kraft, MD, Gayla Trail, PhilanTopic, David Wallace-Wells, Virginia Hughes, Helen Branswell 🇺🇦, Taylor Lorenz, Mar Hicks, Brad Brooks, Ed Yong, HealthyWomen.org, Rachel Thomas, Alice Wong 王美華, Undark Magazine, Liv 😷, Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis, Esther Schindler
UX Collective
6 visual design principles that UX designers should be aware of
UX Collective
9 min read · 2020-08-23 · When I was studying visual communications design in college, I was fascinated by how much power designers have in making people think…
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The Guardian
Men going their own way: the rise of a toxic male separatist movement
The Guardian
9 min read · 2020-08-26 · 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?
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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 read · 2020-08-26 · 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…
Reader View · Shared by 241, including Marsha Collier, Liv 😷, Bernhard Huessy, Jane, Neil Hart 💙, Niklaus Gerber, Brad Brooks
briankrebs
Confessions of an ID Theft Kingpin, Part I
briankrebs
9 min read · 2020-08-26 · 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…
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Narratively
The (Literally) Unbelievable Story of the Original Fake News Network
Narratively
20+ min read · 2020-08-27 · 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.
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Guardian US
Michael Moore warns that Donald Trump is on course to repeat 2016 win
Guardian US
2 min read · 2020-08-29 · Film-maker says enthusiasm for president in swing states is ‘off the charts’ and urges everyone to commit to getting 100 people to vote
Reader View · Shared by 42, including Jason Stanley, Brad Brooks, Dan Gillmor
❤️ Umair
We Don’t Know How to Warn You Any Harder. America is Dying.
❤️ Umair
~17 min read · 2020-08-30 · We Survivors of Authoritarianism Have a Message America Needs to Hear: This is Exactly How it Happens, and It’s Happening Here.
Reader View · Shared by 180, including Peter Kolchinsky, P.Y., Jennifer Ouellette, Dave McClure, Augie Ray, Russ Cox, William (Bill) Kennedy, Brad Brooks, Robert Scoble, Kevin Mitchell, Yisong Yue, Amy Jo Kim, Sameer Ajmani, Tiffany Shlain, Eric Bailey, Patricia Smith, Steve Faulkner, Brent Toderian, Jonathan Eisen
The Guardian
The right's culture war is no longer a sideshow to our politics
The Guardian
4 min read · 2020-08-31 · Conservatives are winning elections by inventing threats to ‘our culture’, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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