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Mini-Stories: Volume 17 - 99% Invisible
Mini-Stories: Volume 17 - 99% Invisible
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. It’s mini-stories season! Gather the kids around the fire because We have a year-end mix of short stories about a rogue architect, spooky kitchens, a hundred year old music streaming service, and the crazy way the French tried to make telling time less crazy. Let’s go!!! The
·99percentinvisible.org·
Mini-Stories: Volume 17 - 99% Invisible
Who’s Killing All These Stories About a Controversial Tech Mogul?
Who’s Killing All These Stories About a Controversial Tech Mogul?
A tech guru is waging a war on major media outlets across three continents, hiring a “media assassin” law firm to kill stories connecting him to “hacks-for-hire” controversy.
·thedailybeast.com·
Who’s Killing All These Stories About a Controversial Tech Mogul?
Learning, Unlearning, and Relearning
Learning, Unlearning, and Relearning
This is a quote I like that’s attributed to Alvin Toffler from his 1970 book, Future Shock: The illiterate of the twenty-fi
·kottke.org·
Learning, Unlearning, and Relearning
Deepfakes: Public vs Personal Use.
Deepfakes: Public vs Personal Use.
I just ran across an article about a high school girl whose classmates deepfaked naked images of her. I don’t want to link to it because…
·medium.com·
Deepfakes: Public vs Personal Use.
Google & Adobe: Our Regulatory Systems Just Woke Up
Google & Adobe: Our Regulatory Systems Just Woke Up
While regulators have long struggled with how to attack big tech, a landmark ruling and a big disclosure suggests that big tech is finally getting noticed.
·tedium.co·
Google & Adobe: Our Regulatory Systems Just Woke Up
Netanyahu’s Chickens Come Home to Roost
Netanyahu’s Chickens Come Home to Roost
Or, How States Create Their Own Enemies You may or may not be familiar with the concept of “blowback.” Basically, it’s the idea that most foreign policy threats faced by nation-states are the unintended consequences of their own past foreign interventions and exercises of power. The October 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel is a...
·c4ss.org·
Netanyahu’s Chickens Come Home to Roost
How Twitter broke the news
How Twitter broke the news
“No one chasing money in media ever chased Twitter. But anyone chasing power found themselves irresistibly drawn to the platform.”
·theverge.com·
How Twitter broke the news
Calculator: How much does elder care cost where you live?
Calculator: How much does elder care cost where you live?
The cost of assisted living, nursing homes and other types of care for older adults has risen dramatically across the country, but it also varies widely by state. See how much different types of care cost in your state.
·washingtonpost.com·
Calculator: How much does elder care cost where you live?