01
Vulture
Little Richard Put Wild Sex Into the Top 40 for Good
Vulture
20+ min · · The self-described king and queen of rock-and-roll died today at 87. · Shared by 16, including Jerry Saltz, Rick Powell
RIP the Architect of Rock 'n' Roll. A great eulogy from one of my all-time favorite writers on pop music, Bill Wyman.
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The Guardian
Too black, too queer, too holy: why Little Richard never truly got his dues
The Guardian
6 min · · How did a turbaned drag queen from the sexual underground of America’s deep south ignite rock’n’roll? We unravel the mystery behind Little Richard’s subversive genius · Shared by 15, including Rick Powell, Jason Stanley
03
reasonstobecheerful.world
How a Group of Political Novices Ended Gerrymandering in Michigan
reasonstobecheerful.world
4 min · · Their success proves that you don't need political power -- or a Supreme Court majority -- to redraw congressional districts. · Shared by 5, including Rick Powell
Some hope.
04
adbusters.org
Digital Bill of Rights
adbusters.org
1 min · · A spectre is haunting you from behind your screen — the spectre of surveillance capitalism. It is high time that digital citizens, in the face of rampant techno-tyranny, openly mount a resistance to… · Shared by 7, including Rick Powell
Basics.
05
radiohead.com
Radiohead Public Library
radiohead.com
· An official online resource containing everything we, Radiohead, have ever done, more or less. Videos, music, artwork, websites, merchandise, and assorted ephemeral materials. · Shared by 71, including Rodrigo Noales, Brian Solis, Tac Anderson, M. Serdar Kuzuloğlu, Emily is writing a book, Jeremy Cowart, Ines Bieler, 3voor12, Rick Powell, Austin Kleon, oniropolis
Embodying the original spirit of the Internet.
06
3quarksdaily.com
Sunday Poem
3quarksdaily.com
2 min · · Do not make Grief your God Instead Make it a cup of coffee The espresso percolator wheezing on the biggest eye of the stove Consider the dress line up every spark you own and weep at its small… · Shared by 5, including Rick Powell
Do not make Grief your God.
07
sensesofcinema.com
World Poll 2019 — Introduction
sensesofcinema.com
20+ min · · It is the project here at Senses of Cinema that we love to present every single year – the annual World Poll. It’s a mammoth effort involving contributors from across the world from a wide range of… · Shared by 5, including Rick Powell
Best films of 2019 from critics around the world.
08
The Atlantic
Why the Coronavirus Is So Confusing
The Atlantic
Summary · 20+ min · · A guide to making sense of a problem that is now too big for any one person to fully comprehend · Shared by 837, including Ed Yong has left The Atlantic, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 🐙, Jay Rosen, Mathew Ingram, Steve Silberman, Eric Topol, Ethan Marcotte, Carl T. Bergstrom, zeynep tufekci, Virginia Hughes, Maarten Lambrechts @maarten@vis.social, Jennifer Ouellette, Timothy Caulfield, Bill Hanage, Christopher Allen, Jo Wolff, Marc Abrahams, David Wallace-Wells, Dr. Janet D. Stemwedel, PhD 🏳️🌈, Jennifer Stirrup #MBA Topics: #AI #Data #Strategy
09
SoundCloud
Classic Pop, in the style of Frank Sinatra
SoundCloud
· OpenAI is an AI research laboratory discovering and enacting the path to safe artificial general intelligence. · Shared by 4, including Rick Powell
Weird, weird, weird.
10
The New Yorker
The Coronavirus Is Rewriting Our Imaginations
The New Yorker
4 min · · What felt impossible has become thinkable. The spring of 2020 is suggestive of how much, and how quickly, we can change as a civilization. · Shared by 373, including Dan Hill, 🌏🔎Leigh Alexander 🐬💿✨, William Gibson, Neuropsychology, Christian Hernandez, Thomas Power, jenny odell, Bethany Brookshire, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Akshat Rathi, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Cathy 🌻, Bill McKibben, Noah Smith, Danielle Fong 🙋🏻♀️, Tiago Forte, Christopher Lauer™, Gerd Leonhard, Paolo Pedercini 🥶, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA
I don't all this but Kim Stanley Robinson is one of my favorite writers.
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The New Yorker
24 Hours at the Epicenter of the Coronavirus Pandemic
The New Yorker
· Doctors and nurses, a talk-show host, a congressman, workers in deserted museums and theatres, men on early release from Rikers, and the newly unemployed strained to keep New York City, and… · Shared by 66, including Mathew Ingram, Revista Mongolia, Lam Thuy Vo, Allison Arieff, Anita Leirfall, Semil, Rick Powell, Esther Schindler, Kainaz Amaria
Fantastic read.
12
Aeon+Psyche
Why keeping bees means thinking about landscape as a system
Aeon+Psyche
10 min · · The gift of a half-wanted hive took me into the world of bees, kept and wild: a place of generosity and attentiveness · Shared by 26, including Anita Leirfall, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Rick Powell, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine
13
The Guardian
The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months
The Guardian
12+ min · · When a group of schoolboys were marooned on an island in 1965, it turned out very differently to William Golding’s bestseller, writes Rutger Bregman · Shared by 1344, including Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Jeff Atwood, Austin Kleon, Matthew Herper, Chris Hadfield, Jay Rosen, Dan Snow, Caterina Fake, Marsha Collier, Rutger Bregman, Alfie Kohn, 𝙎𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙯 💡, Dr. Pete Meyers, Larry Ferlazzo, Matt Zoller Seitz, Steve Case, Albert Wenger 🌎🔥⌛, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, BrendanEich
Reasons to be cheerful.
14
The New York Times
One-Third of All U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Are Nursing Home Residents or Workers
The New York Times
2 min · · In at least 13 states, more than half of coronavirus deaths are tied to long-term care facilities for older adults, according to a New York Times database. · Shared by 68, including John Nosta, Marc Lipsitch, Eric Topol, Mark Hogan, Hiroko Tabuchi, Elad Gil, Rick Powell, zeynep tufekci, 🌻 Laura Fitton (she/her) 🌻, Juan Cole, William Gibson, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻
15
Science Magazine
‘Finally, a virus got me.’ Scientist who fought Ebola and HIV reflects on facing death from COVID-19
Science Magazine
6 min · · Top virologist Peter Piot spent 1 week at a London hospital in April and has been recovering at home since · Shared by 379, including Edward Tufte, @augieray@mastodon.social, Eric Topol, William Gibson, Carl T. Bergstrom, Carl Zimmer, Max Roser, Kai Kupferschmidt, Cameron Sinclair, Jason Stanley, Steven Sinofsky, Balaji, Azeem Azhar, Delip Rao e/σ, Bill Hanage, Andrea Kuszewski 🧠, News from Science, felix salmon, Helen Branswell 🇺🇦, Robb Wolf
16
nature
Galileo’s story is always relevant
nature
4 min · · With science denialism stronger than ever, who better to revisit? By Alison Abbott · Shared by 93, including Rick Powell, Christian Surchi, Marius Bleuer
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youtube.com
Zaid Jilani explains what's wrong with the NYT's 1619 Project
youtube.com
· Journalist Zaid Jilani weighs in on the controversy over the Pulitzer Prize winning 1619 Project that caused a fundamental disagreement over the trajectory o... · Shared by 5, including Rick Powell
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The Guardian
He lived in the US for 40 years. Then he became the first to die from Covid-19…
The Guardian
7 min · · Carlos Ernesto Escobar Mejia’s death in San Diego last week was preventable, his sister says, as coronavirus has infected hundreds in Ice detention · Shared by 20, including Rick Powell, ACLU, Bjorn Larsen