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Perspective | Why it’s so important that UNC trustees give Nikole Hannah-Jones the tenure she deserves
Jun 29, 2021 | Washington Post
It’s not always easy to make the right decision when you find yourself in the middle of a culture war.
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Opinion | Ken Burns is an optimist. But he’s very worried about America.
Jun 28, 2021 | Washington Post
The documentarian wants us to rediscover the delights of humbling ourselves before the past — and the courage to engage with our national failures honestly.
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Everyone Is Beautiful and No One Is Horny - Blood Knife
Jun 27, 2021 | Blood Knife
The human body has become a strange contradiction at the heart of the modern blockbuster. Sexy, yes. But sexual? No.
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Alden Global Capital and Tribune’s board are dancing at the edge of the law
Jun 25, 2021 | Nieman Lab
Tribune board members acted in their own interests, not their newspaper chain’s, while Alden failed to disclose a secret investor meeting and misrepresented its cash position.
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How to run a small social network site for your friends
Jun 22, 2021 | runyourown.social
This document exists to lay out some general principles of running a small social network site that have worked for me. These principles are related to community building more than they are related to specific technologies.
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Lockdown was not a sabbatical
Jun 22, 2021 | Vox
Don’t worry if you haven’t grown as a person during the pandemic.
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Does the Air Fryer Deliver on Its Golden Promise? (Published 2019)
Jun 21, 2021 | www.nytimes.com
Melissa Clark cooks with an air fryer, the kitchen appliance of the moment, to see if it really provides deep-fried taste without the fat.
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Mapbox Faces Union Drive as Labor Organizers Extend Push in Tech
Jun 15, 2021 | www.bloomberg.com
A Little More Remote Work Could Change Rush Hour a Lot
Jun 12, 2021 | www.nytimes.com
Peak commute time has long ruled our lives, our cities, our tax dollars. But it doesn’t have to.
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Oldies Are Goodies
Jun 11, 2021 | (Re)Structuring Journalism
So it’s been a while. OK, a very long while. OK, a very very long while. But since this post is about the value of old stuff, perhaps it’s appropriate it’s been three years or so …
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A Top Editor Becomes Her ‘True Self’
Jun 05, 2021 | www.nytimes.com
Gina Chua is returning to the Reuters offices post-pandemic as one of the most senior transgender journalists in the country.
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The Space Force is unsure of who the good guys are in ‘Star Wars’
Jun 03, 2021 | Task & Purpose
The (Space) Force is strong with this one.
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Behind the Music at the U.S. Open - TV - Vulture
May 31, 2021 | New York Magazine
Most of the top seeds pick for themselves, sometimes challenging the sport's still-conservative image. Read the full recap.
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Vaccine waitlist Dr. B collected data from millions. But how many did it help?
May 29, 2021 | MIT Technology Review
Almost 2.5 million people signed up to Dr. B with the promise of getting leftover vaccines. Months later, the site won’t disclose how many doses it helped deliver—or what it plans to do with user data.
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Perspective | Emily Wilder’s firing is a story of bad faith, not bad tweets. Newsrooms must do better.
May 28, 2021 | Washington Post
The AP should have guided a young reporter through a crisis — not caved to a right-wing mob.
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And so the cutting begins
May 27, 2021 | Media Nation
Alden Global Capital is wasting no time in taking a chainsaw to its newly acquired newspapers. NPR media reporter David Folkenflik tweeted a thread that contains some horrifying details about what …
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GitHub Next | Flat Data
May 21, 2021 | GitHub Next
GitHub Next Project: Flat explores how to make it easy to work with data in git and GitHub. It builds on the “[git scraping” approach pioneered by Simon Willison](https://simonwillison.net/2020/Oct/9/git-scraping/) to offer a simple pattern for...
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Stop Worrying and Love the F-150 Lightning
May 21, 2021 | The Atlantic
Here are seven ways Ford’s first electric pickup truck signals that decarbonization has entered a new era.
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