The Atlantic
How the Pandemic Will End
20+ min · · The U.S. may end up with the worst Covid-19 outbreak in the industrialized world. This is how it’s going to play out. · Shared by 1328, including Phil (SubStack link in bio) Plait, William Gibson, Food Babe, David Wallace-Wells, Ezra Klein, 🌻 Laura Fitton (she/her) 🌻, Ed Yong has left The Atlantic, Matt Goodwin, Paul Graham, Dr. Jeffrey Guterman, Marc Lipsitch, Jeff Atwood, Guy Kawasaki, Eric Topol, Hiroko Tabuchi, Tim Harford, Tomas Pueyo, Alexis C. Madrigal, Jay Rosen, Steve Silberman
MIT Technology Review
We’re not going back to normal
6 min · · Social distancing is here to stay for much more than a few weeks. It will upend our way of life, in some ways forever. · Shared by 565, including m, Thomas Fuchs , R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #1A #AI, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Bill Gross, Aníbal M. Astobiza, Frank Gruber, caroline sinders, David V. Johnson, Gerd Leonhard, W. David Stephenson, Klaus Eck, John Koetsier, Peter van Sabben.eth, Jana Eggers, Thomas Power, Steve Case, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, justin caouette, Jake Jackson
The Guardian
Revealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions
6 min · · New data shows how fossil fuel companies have driven climate crisis despite industry knowing dangers · Shared by 488, including Aral Balkan, Dr Jim Walsh, Xxederik Xxnhouttx - Xxnterbloex, Tara Imani, AIA, Prof Michael E. Mann, The Real Prof. Katharine Hayhoe, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 🐙, Chris Skinner, Antonio Vieira Santos, Gerd Leonhard, Brett King #TheFuturists #OptimalHumanity ✈️, Tristan Harris, Adrien Salazar, Bruce Lawson, Dr. Janet D. Stemwedel, PhD 🏳️🌈, Skoll Foundation, Steve Faulkner SteveFaulkner@mastodon.social, Noah Iliinsky vis.social/@noahi, Elinor Stutz, Deborah Blum
The Atlantic
The Miseducation of the American Boy
20+ min · · Why boys crack up at rape jokes, think having a girlfriend is “gay,” and still can’t cry—and why we need to give them new and better models of masculinity · Shared by 378, including Jane, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Lee Keyes, Reshma Saujani, Dorlee Michaeli, MBA, LCSW, Scott Galloway, Desmond Williams, Carly, Pedro Noguera, Mark Isero, Alexandra Wong, Rick Powell, Jonathan Kogan, David E. Kirkland
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
The Guardian
Fresh Cambridge Analytica leak ‘shows global manipulation is out of control’
4 min · · Company’s work in 68 countries laid bare with release of more than 100,000 documents · Shared by 339, including Carl Zimmer, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Scott Galloway, A C Grayling #FBPE #Reform #Rejoin #FBPR, Joy Harjo, Axel Rauschmayer (INACTIVE), Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Shoshana Zuboff, Guy Kawasaki, Susan Krauss Whitbourne PhD, ABPP, Pippa Malmgren, Gregg Caruso, Chris Isak, Carla Gentry 🎶, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, John Battelle, Steve Silberman, Chris Messina, 艾未未 Ai Weiwei
The New York Times
The Rich Really Do Pay Lower Taxes Than You
5 min · · The 400 wealthiest Americans now pay a lower rate than the middle class. · Shared by 318, including Deborah Blum, Rand Fishkin, Brett King #TheFuturists #OptimalHumanity ✈️, Scott Galloway, Paul Irish, DHH, Aral Balkan, Nathan Yau, kate wagner (rilke era), Azeem Azhar, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Carl Zimmer, Carla Gentry 🎶, Scott McLeod, Chris Skinner, AGI.Eth | MTL.Eth, Scott Santens, Massimo Pigliucci, Jeff Atwood, Jerry Saltz
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
ncov2019.live
Coronavirus Dashboard
· Live coronavirus dashboard tracker. See data, maps, social media trends, and learn about prevention measures. · Shared by 244, including Mathew Ingram, Christian Müller, Scott Monty, Matthias Lampe, Klaus Eck, Rick Powell, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Noah Smith, Bill Johnston, Danielle Fong 🙋🏻♀️, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Eszter Hargittai 😷💉🌻, Randy Olson, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr
The Intercept
How Big Tech Manipulates Academia to Avoid Regulation
15+ min · · A Silicon Valley lobby enrolled elite academia to avoid legal restrictions on artificial intelligence. · Shared by 243, including John Tasioulas, Dr. Anna Jobin (also on Mastodon), Faik Ersoy, tante, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Thomas Pleil, Lluís Codina, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Jason Stanley, Rick Powell, Luis Roig | @darum@indieweb.social, Matthias Lampe, Gerd Leonhard, Katja Evertz, Simone Luchetta, AGI.Eth | MTL.Eth, Yisong Yue, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, Anita Leirfall, Alex Barrera
The New York Times
America Wasn’t a Democracy, Until Black Americans Made It One
20+ min · · Our founding ideals of liberty and equality were false when they were written. For generations, black Americans have fought to make them true. · Shared by 240, including Nilofer Merchant, David Madden, justin, Parody of a Parody Account, Mkay, Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis, DeLong🖖, Jason Stanley, Ida Bae Wells, Michael (मुकेश), @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl, Mathew Ingram, Mark Kaigwa, Doug Kessler, Bjorn Larsen, NYTimes Communications, Philanthropy News Digest, Rob Weinert-Kendt, Skoll Foundation, Avinash Kaushik
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
The New York Times
The 1619 Project
1 min · · American slavery began 400 years ago this month. This is referred to as the country’s original sin, but it is more than that: It is the country’s true origin. · Shared by 231, including Phin Barnes, Monica Burns #EdTech #Education, Jane, Berrak Sarikaya, Minda Harts, Amy Cuddy, PhD, joe mcnally, ACLU, Katie Benner, Ida Bae Wells, Stewart Alsop, Matt Brennan, Brian Stelter, Amy Jo Kim, Rep. Suzan DelBene, Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis, Sam Sifton, Mathew Ingram, Alice Wong 王美華, Aníbal M. Astobiza
Stratechery
Privacy Fundamentalism
9 min · · The current privacy debate is making things worse by not considering trade-offs, the inherent nature of digital, or the far bigger problems that come with digitizing the offline world. · Shared by 195, including Grégoire Japiot 🌻, ThomNagy, Josep M. Ganyet, Bernhard Huessy, Fern, Ricky Yean, Mark Little, Chris Messina, Jonathan Kogan, Scott Monty, Esther Schindler, Raphael Bratschi, Adrienne Fichter, Nir Eyal, Rick Powell, Matthias Lampe, Faik Ersoy, Scott Brinker, Mathew Ingram, Claudia Sommer
Aeon+Psyche
Cheerfulness cannot be compulsory, whatever the T-shirts say
8 min · · Practising the Greek virtues of wisdom and courage is one thing. But being cheerful the American way borders on psychosis · Shared by 179, including Jane, Rick Powell, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl
Harper's Magazine
A Letter on Justice and Open Debate
· July 7, 2020 The below letter will be appearing in the Letters section of the magazine’s October issue. We welcome responses at letters@harpers.org Our cultural institutions are facing a moment of trial. Powerful protests for racial and social justice are leading to overdue demands for police reform, along with wider calls for greater equality and […] · Shared by 175, including Simon Hix, Richard Dawkins, Judd Legum, Hrag, Charles Duhigg, Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈, Hiroko Tabuchi, Scott Galloway, Kara Swisher, @jason, Jean-François Gariépy 🧬, Mathew Ingram, Christina Hoff Sommers, Alice Wong 王美華, Jay Rosen, Joshua Benton, Paul Graham, Matt Goodwin, Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis, Niall Ferguson