01
jacobinmag
Thank You, Bernie Sanders
jacobinmag
4 min · · Bernie Sanders took socialism out of the margins and into the American mainstream for the first time in generations. His contributions to the struggle for a better world cannot be overstated. · Shared by 9, including Rick Powell
02
freeCodeCamp.org
200 universities just launched 560 free online courses. Here’s the full list.
freeCodeCamp.org
20+ min · · If you haven’t heard, universities around the world offering their courses online for free (or at-least partially free). These courses are… · Shared by 841, including Christiane Link, Stephen C Sanders, Massimiliano Aroffo, Max R. Scheer, designshard, Nils Hitze, Dominik Grolimund, Lluís Codina, Mark Kaigwa, Michael Carroll, Jonathan Kogan, Ron McIntyre, Eric L. Barnes 🏝️, Thomas Power, Rezha Julio, Stephanie A Kowalski, Liliane Ferrari ™, Ward Plunet, k, Thomas Pleil
The word of the month is FREE.
03
The Cut
My Mind Is a Palace Stuffed With Exquisite Garbage
The Cut
3 min · · And yours can be, too. · Shared by 280, including Matthias Lampe, Rick Powell
04
NRK
Chasing climate change
NRK
15+ min · · In Norway, way up by the Arctic circle, global warming is already affecting people and nature. Here's how. · Shared by 224, including Danny Preussler, 🇺🇦, Dan Hill, Donneker, John Paul Caponigro, Annik Burgdorfer-Grolimund, Mars Rebello, Prof. Kim Nicholas *WeCanFixIt.substack.com*, Thomas Pleil, Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, Oscar MacDonald, Liliane Ferrari ™, Marius Bleuer, Draven, keithwilson@fediphilosophy.org on Mastodon 🦣, Enrique Dans, Rick Powell, Brian Rinaldi
05
The Guardian
‘The only uncertainty is how long we’ll last’: a worst case scenario for the climate in 2050
The Guardian
5 min · · In their new book, the architects of the Paris climate accords, Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac, lay out radical but hopeful alternatives for the future of humanity · Shared by 221, including Matthias Lampe, Jansnet, Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, Ahmed Samir, Katja Evertz, Stephanie A Kowalski, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Rick Powell
06
Fast Company
This map shows which companies have lasted hundreds (and even thousands) of years
Fast Company
3 min · · A new set of maps charts the world’s oldest companies—and exposes the ways many of them relied on slave labor. · Shared by 538, including Antonio Ramos, Jose Paul Martin, Tamsen Webster, Message Strategist (she/her), John Koetsier, Mark Kaigwa, Howard Getson, Liliane Ferrari ™, Jonathan Kogan, Jennifer Hurst, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Jessel Sookha, Matthias Lampe, Juliana de Albuquerque | @ajuliana@mas.to, Gisele Navarro, Katja Evertz, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Rick Powell, Pixel, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl, Marius Bleuer
07
The Guardian
Revealed: quarter of all tweets about climate crisis produced by bots
The Guardian
5 min · · Draft of Brown study says findings suggest ‘substantial impact of mechanized bots in amplifying denialist messages’ · Shared by 478, including Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Dr. Alec Couros, The Real Prof. Katharine Hayhoe, Carl Robinson 🎙️, Prof Michael E. Mann, Steve Faktor, Bill McKibben, Andres Oppenheimer, Dr. Jacquelyn Gill, Deborah Blum, marco iacoboni, Thomas Power, Mathew Ingram, Matt Navarra, Ray Monk, Claudia Sommer, Bethany Brookshire, W. David Stephenson, Tristan Harris, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
08
POLITICO
Inside Hillary Clinton’s Secret Takeover of the DNC
POLITICO
10 min · · When I was asked to run the Democratic Party after the Russians hacked our emails, I stumbled onto a shocking truth about the Clinton campaign. · Shared by 126, including Rick Powell, Luzius Meisser, Bjorn Larsen, Brad Brooks, Warren Puckett 🏴, DonDahlmann, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Michael Musgrove, Chris Messina, Thomas Power, Ian King
Depressing.
09
Aeon+Psyche
The conversation about American torture is 400 years old
Aeon+Psyche
10 min · · For 400 years, Americans have argued that their violence is justified while the violence of others constitutes barbarism · Shared by 22, including Rick Powell, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire
Still a thing.
10
snopes.com
U.S. Medical Schools Boost LGBTQ Students, Doctor Training
snopes.com
4 min · · Ask any LGBTQ patient about awkward doctor visits and chances are they’ll have a story to tell. · Shared by 6, including Rick Powell
jonathanrosenbaum.net
In Defense of Non-Masterpieces
jonathanrosenbaum.net
16+ min · · From the April 17, 1998 Chicago Reader. — J.R. Eighteen Springs Rating ** Worth seeing Directed by Ann Hui Written by John Chan With Leon Lai, Wu Chien-lien, Anita Mui, Ge You, Annie Wu, and Huang… · Shared by 7, including Rick Powell
One of my favorite concepts of film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum.
12
youtube.com
Saagar Enjeti: ABC News reveals corporate control by silencing socialist journalist
youtube.com
· Saagar Enjeti calls out ABC News' hypocrisy in the suspension of David Wright. About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that brea... · Shared by 5, including Rick Powell
Enjeti comes from the right, defends a leftist journalist's right to free speech.
13
Serious Eats
Homemade Spicy Chili Crisp Recipe
Serious Eats
3 min · · This version is inspired by the original Laoganma's Spicy Chili Crisp, but taken up a notch. It's loaded with extra-large pieces of fried shallot and garlic chips, bonus aromatics for some subtle… · Shared by 8, including Rick Powell
Yummy.
14
snopes.com
Did Bernie Sanders 'Honeymoon' in Soviet Russia?
snopes.com
4 min · · A 1988 political trip attracted new attention in the lead-up to the 2020 election. · Shared by 6, including Rick Powell
Face-check.
15
Boston Review
Radicalism Begins in the Body
Boston Review
20+ min · · Junot Díaz interviews science fiction writer Samuel R. Delany about what it means to be an aging sex radical and why he wrote the essay “Ash Wednesday.” · Shared by 9, including Rick Powell
My favorite writer.
16
Boston Review
English as a Sexual Language
Boston Review
8 min · · Garth Greenwell’s Cleanness movingly depicts the vulnerabilities of queer desire, but it also continues a long tradition of exoticizing Eastern European sexuality. · Shared by 6, including Rick Powell
17
MIT Technology Review
We’re not going back to normal
MIT Technology Review
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
18
The Week
A pro-lifer shrugs in the face of mass death
The Week
5 min · · The editor of a conservative religious magazine cautions against shutting down the country over a pandemic, even if it means a bunch of people die · Shared by 8, including Rick Powell
The decadence of the religious far-right.
19
Serious Eats
How Pressure Cookers Actually Work
Serious Eats
8 min · · Everything you need to know about how pressure cookers work, including answers to such questions as, "Who invented them?", "Will they explode?", and "What's up with cooking in Denver, Colorado?" · Shared by 10, including Rick Powell
Need to know. I've been afraid of them. No more.
20
brightlightsfilm.com
Contagion (2011) in a Time of Contagion
brightlightsfilm.com
9 min · · The virus, on screen and off, spreads at a rate that outpaces the economy. Marx would not be surprised that Trump is calling for a return to work since workers[...] · Shared by 6, including Rick Powell
21
Guernica Magazine
Push Play
Guernica Magazine
7 min · · It is now mostly unclear why I thought it was a good idea to bring Dolly Parton’s Greatest Hits to school with me. · Shared by 96, including Rob Weinert-Kendt, Rick Powell
My favorite essay from these past weeks. I hope Dolly reads it.
22
Financial Times
Arundhati Roy: ‘The pandemic is a portal’
Financial Times
12+ min · · The novelist on how coronavirus threatens India — and what the country, and the world, should do next · Shared by 213, including Elrond Burrell (he/him), Eithiriel DeMeré 🏴🥀🏳️🌈, Thomas Power, Gerd Leonhard, Gregg Gonsalves, William Gibson, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Simon C, Mariana Mazzucato, Alice Wong 王美華, dj patil, Kai Kupferschmidt, Dr Joana Casaca Lemos, Philanthropy News Digest, Dr Rani Lill Anjum 🐦, Kainaz Amaria, Anne Thompson, Anthony Hamelle, Mark Kaigwa, Robin Wigglesworth
23
972mag.com
How a shoemaker started the West Bank's only mask factory overnight
972mag.com
3 min · · What started as an experiment days after the coronavirus outbreak in the West Bank is now a factory producing thousands of masks a day. · Shared by 25, including Loubna Rais, Steve Portigal 🇨🇦🇺🇸, Rick Powell