Month: May 2020

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Because he’s an asshole

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On May 27, 2020
Facebook knows that it is poisoning political discourse, it could take steps to ameliorate the situation, but refuses to because it would make Republicans mad: That presentation went to the heart of a question dogging Facebook almost since its founding: Does its platform aggravate polarization and tribal behavior? The answer it found, in some cases, […]
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The Murder of George Floyd

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On May 26, 2020
While many things have been put on pause in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, cops murdering Black people is not one of them. Yesterday in Minneapolis is the latest example, when white MPD officer Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck for over five minutes while Floyd begged Chauvin that he couldn’t breathe and […]

Sociopaths ‘r US

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On May 26, 2020

Read this letter: Jack Dorsey has a net worth of around $5 billion. He likes ice baths, dating models, and building a Death Ray he will use to extort one trillion dollars from the world’s nation

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No good answers

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On May 26, 2020
Amy Davidson Sorkin has a smart, measured piece working through the huge issue of school openings in fall 2020. Another term (at least) of school closures would have devastating effects on many students and parents, but that doesn’t solve the problem of how to open schools without causing outbreaks that would cause schools to get […]

Bite the Big Apple

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On May 26, 2020

Amy Cooper is a white New York woman who was recorded in a viral video calling police on a black man who asked her to leash her dog in the Ramble section of Central Park on Memorial Day. The inciden

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It is really, really long past time to stop giving Shaun King money for anything: But 14 months after launching, almost none of what King promised to build has appeared and the site has struggled with issues that alienated many subscribers. The headquarters and television studio was quietly shuttered last summer, and all Atlanta-based staffers […]
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