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Monday - May 15, 2017 Mon - 05/15/17
rantnrave:// Great picks today, light on the ranting and raving given I published all weekend... Need to calm down? Click this or this... No matter what your political persuasion is, truth and transparency are paramount. Facts are facts. Sidelining data that doesn't fit your narrative is dangerous to society. Especially when other federal agencies are the first ones that need that data... Also concerned about balanced media given the new SINCLAIR deal. Need more coverage on this and the concerns given recent events... Now watching Laura Poitras ' new film RISK about WIKILEAKS' JULIAN ASSANGE... Going to STOCKHOLM in June. Where else should I go nearby?... Top 100 items on REDEF... Some of the best in-depth looks at the media business... Happy Birthday to BRIAN SUGAR, JAN FROUMAN, and WILL MOLONEY.
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The Guardian
Follow the data: does a legal document link Brexit campaigns to US billionaire?
by Carole Cadwalladr
On 18 November 2015, the British press gathered in a hall in Westminster to witness the official launch of Leave.EU. Nigel Farage, the campaign's figurehead, was banished to the back of the room and instead an American political strategist, Gerry Gunster, took centre stage and explained its strategy.
Stratechery
WannaCry About Business Models
by Ben Thompson
WannaCry is yet another systematic breakdown in security: the blame, though, is less with Microsoft and end users - nor the government - but rather a mismatched business model.
Backchannel
Melinda Gates and Fei-Fei Li Want to Liberate AI from “Guys With Hoodies”
by Jessi Hempel
These two female technologists discuss the promises of artificial intelligence - and how to diversify the field.
TED Talks
Asking for help is a strength, not a weakness
by Michele L. Sullivan
We all go through challenges — some you can see, most you can't, says Michele L. Sullivan. In a talk about perspective, Sullivan shares stories full of wit and wisdom and reminds us that we're all part of each other's support systems. "The only shoes you can walk in are your own," she says. "With compassion, courage and understanding, we can walk together, side by side."
The Daily Beast
Where Terrorism and the Ivory Trade Collide
by Kate Brooks
Kate Brooks, a photojournalist and director of the documentary ‘The Last Animals,’ on why the United States must take immediate action to stop the ivory trade.
Esquire
How Donald Trump Destroyed a Football League
by Drew Jubera
An oral history of the rise and fall of the USFL.
The New Yorker
RETRO READ: Nixon vs. the Media
by Richard Harris
Our thirty-seventh President’s disdain and distrust for journalism were part of a long history of contentious relationships between Commanders-in-Chief and the press.
MTV News
The Rise And Reign Of Drag: A Weekend Of Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve, And Talent At RuPaul’s DragCon
by Inkoo Kang
RuPaul didn’t invent drag, but after two days at his drag conference, it’s clear that none of this would exist in the mainstream, as it does today, without him
The Washington Post
The left’s misguided obsession with ‘cultural appropriation’
by George F. Will
Our culture is enriched by the melding of different artistic traditions.
NPR
I'm From Philly. 30 Years Later, I'm Still Trying To Make Sense Of The MOVE Bombing
by Gene Demby
Philadelphia native Gene Demby was 4 years old when city police dropped a bomb on a house of black activists in his hometown. Thirty years later, he's still trying to make sense of it all.
acquiesce
MEL Magazine
The First Family of Dildos
by Mike Sager
How the Doc Johnson sex-toy empire is entering its second generation
Variety
Inside the Roller-Coaster Journey to Get David Lynch’s ‘Twin Peaks’ Back on TV
by Maureen Ryan
It came to David Lynch in a flash: A red room. A dream version of Laura Palmer. An older Special Agent Dale Cooper, silent and pensive. The Man From Another Place, speaking cryptically: “That gum y…
The New York Times
Education Disrupted: How Google Took Over the Classroom
by Natasha Singer
The tech giant is transforming public education with low-cost laptops and free apps. But schools may be giving Google more than they are getting.
Digital Trends
How Amanda Palmer gave the music industry the finger with crowdfunding
by Mike Mettler and Amanda Palmer
How Amanda Palmer gave the music industry the finger with crowdfunding
The Ringer
The Startup Industry’s Toxic “Side Hustle” Fixation
by Kate Knibbs
Startup culture’s obsession with “side hustle” gets more unsettling the closer you look
The Muse
Costume Designer Ane Crabtree On Creating The Handmaid's Tale's Ghastly, Gorgeous Dystopia
by Lisa Butterworth
If you’re watching Hulu’s adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel The Handmaid’s Tale, nothing sends a chill down the spine like the visage of Elisabeth Moss, Alexis Bledel, or any number of Handmaids obscured by the “wings” of lily-white bonnets and bedecked in ominous, hooded red capes.
The Guardian
As Cannes turns 70, must cinema adapt to survive in new digital era?
by Vanessa Thorpe
Festival bosses are welcoming TV shows but have banned Netflix films from the Palme d’Or
Columbia Journalism Review
A focus on digital habits could help news publishers fight Facebook
by Alex Schmidt
Clay Johnson's 2013 book, "The Information Diet," lamented the state of people's news and media habits in the digital age. In it, he compared online users' media consumption to the obesity epidemic-we consume too little that is good for us and too much fatty, substance-less content-and laid out his "case for conscious consumption."
Aeon Magazine
Has art ended again?
by Owen Hulatt
Ever since Hegel, artists and critics alike have been claiming that art is finished. But what could that actually mean?
McKinsey & Company
Harnessing the potential of data in insurance
by Ari Libarikian, Kia Javanmardian, Doug McElhaney...
Insurers collect a wealth of data, but few have found a way to monetize this asset. New “data as a business” models point the way forward.
Scientific American
An Alternate History of the Atomic Age
by Lee Billings
Scientist and author Gregory Benford discusses his latest book, The Berlin Project
BuzzFeed
Harry Styles Isn't Following The Pop Star Playbook
by Pier Dominguez
Unlike most of his contemporaries, newly solo One Direction star Harry Styles is performing a retro rock earnestness. But is that what listeners are looking for?
Privacy International
Cambridge Analytica Explained: Data and Elections
by Frederike Kaltheuner
Recently, the data mining firm Cambridge Analytica has been the centre of tons of debate around the use of profiling and micro-targeting in political elections. We’ve written this analysis to explain what it all means, and the consequences of becoming predictable to companies and political campaigns.
MUSIC OF THE DAY
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"The Drugs Don't Work"
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