The New Yorker
The Shoddy Conclusions of the Man Shaping the Gun-Rights Debate
· Shared by 4, including Rick Powell
The New York Times
I Know What You Think of Me
5 min · · Anxiety: We worry. A gallery of contributors count the ways. Recently I received an e-mail that wasn’t meant for me, but was about me. I’d been cc’d by accident. This is one of the darker hazards of… · Shared by 5, including Rick Powell
City Journal
The Fallacy of Equal Knowledge
4 min · · If we had the same information, we’d all agree—right? · Shared by 5, including Rick Powell
The New York Times
The Battle Over Gender Therapy
20+ min · · More teenagers than ever are seeking transitions, but the medical community that treats them is deeply divided about why — and what to do to help them. · Shared by 44, including Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Ken Schwencke, Rick Powell, Andrew Sullivan, Mathew Ingram, ErikWemple, Jesse Baer (moved to mastodon)
edwardsnowden.substack.com
The All-Seeing "i": Apple Just Declared War on Your Privacy
7 min · · “Under His Eye,” she says. The right farewell. “Under His Eye,” I reply, and she gives a little nod. · Shared by 264, including Albert Ràfols, Tactical Tech, Gerd Leonhard, Aral Balkan, Faik Ersoy, Michael (मुकेश), Thomas Power, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Tim Bray, Niklaus Gerber, Jonathan Kogan, zooko❤ⓩ🛡🦓🦓🦓, Evan Selinger, Josep M. Ganyet, John Nosta, Glenn Greenwald, Leif Wolkenhauer, Privacy Matters, Rick Powell, Stefan Diepolder
appleprivacyletter.com
An Open Letter Against Apple's Privacy-Invasive Content Scanning Technology
5 min · · Read and sign the open letter protesting against Apple's roll-out of new content-scanning technology that threatens to overturn individual privacy on a global scale, and to reverse progress achieved… · Shared by 358, including Martin Steiger 🦈, Aral Balkan, Thomas Power, Diogo Mónica, Privacy Matters, Rick Powell
freddiedeboer.substack.com
Planet of Cops
6 min · · originally published in May of 2017 · Shared by 10, including Prof Sophie Scott CBE, Rick Powell
youtube.com
Krystal Ball: Bill Gates Is LYING TO YOU On Vaccine Patent Protection
· Krystal Ball details how Bill Gates' solution to poor nation vaccine distribution protects Pharma profits.About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with... · Shared by 11, including Rick Powell, Steve Faktor
The New York Times
What if Instead of Calling People Out, We Called Them In?
9 min · · Prof. Loretta J. Ross is combating cancel culture with a popular class at Smith College. · Shared by 235, including Prof Sophie Scott CBE, Adam Grant, Aparna Nancherla, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Olivia Nuzzi, Jennifer Stirrup #MBA Topics: #AI #Data #Strategy, Nir Eyal, Lee Keyes, Christina Hoff Sommers, Lenore Skenazy, Todd Kashdan, Steven Pinker, Mike Novogratz, Sarah Lyall, Mkay, justin caouette, Gabriele, Amy Edmondson, John C. Havens (he/him), Pedro Noguera
Glenn Greenwald
No Matter the Liberal Metric Chosen, the Bush/Cheney Administration Was Far Worse Than Trump.
14+ min · · Fantasies of a Trump-led fascist coup have redounded to the benefit of many -- especially those responsible for abuses far worse than those of the current president. · Shared by 20, including Rick Powell, Helmi, Kelsey D. Atherton, now available on Bluesky
The New Yorker
Noam Chomsky Believes Trump Is “the Worst Criminal in Human History”
6 min · · The activist and linguist expressed serious concerns about the future of American democracy, although, in his view, it “was never much to write home about.” · Shared by 55, including Rick Powell, Liv 😷, Steve Silberman, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Dr. Jeffrey Guterman, Justin Tiehen, John Tasioulas
HuffPost
Dr. Opioid
· William O’Brien was a well-heeled doctor with a thriving Philadelphia medical practice. He was also at the center of a massive painkiller supply chain... · Shared by 34, including Rick Powell, Benji Hyam
The American Prospect
The Corporatization of Nursing Homes
17+ min · · A tragic history of how we’ve treated elderly citizens, for profit · Shared by 12, including David Weigel, Matthew Holt, Rick Powell
Quillette
The Misguided Campaign Against Journalistic Objectivity
6 min · · Locked down in a northern Ontario cottage over the summer, I found myself listening to CBC Radio’s Sunday Edition, an eclectic three-hour weekly morning show hosted, until his recent retirement, by… · Shared by 6, including Rick Powell
Matt Taibbi
The Left is Now the Right
11+ min · · We laughed at the Republican busybody who couldn't joke, declared war on dirty paintings, and peered through your bedroom window. Now that person has switched sides, and nobody's laughing · Shared by 38, including Christina Hoff Sommers, Michael Shermer, Sebastien Meunier, Rick Powell, Jochen Burkhard
youtube.com
Zaid Jilani FORCEFULLY Rebuts Counter-Cancel Culture Speech Letter
· Journalist Zaid Jilani gives his take on the growing backlash over a letter defending free speech. Published in Harper's Magazine, the document was signed by... · Shared by 6, including Rick Powell