There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
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Had a dream that Chuck D spit verses in Trump's face and just got louder every time POTUS said: "Excuse me." Chuck won.
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Thursday - August 17, 2017 Thu - 08/17/17
rantnrave:// Find me someone that thinks deeper than the initial thought. In a hurry... With more parents working in the '70s and '80s, kids were often left on their own, ushering in a golden age of children's television shows to keep them entertained. So pour yourself a bowl of FROOT LOOPS, pull up your bean bag and enjoy the stories behind some of the best like DEGRASSI, SPONGEBOB, ALL THAT and others in "The Kids Are Alright: Children's TV Oral Histories"... TAYLOR SWIFT transformed herself from pop star to feminist hero with her testimony against a DJ she accused of groping her. Her legal victory inspired other sexual assault victims, but will others be able to follow in her path? "Taylor Swift Takes the Stand"... Hope some of the good people stole some of those tiki torches to make S'MORES... How will football be played in 20 years? Will eSports be mainstream? How will we watch the NHL? Will unicorns roam the NBA? The future is coming sooner than you think. We take at look at "The Future of Sports"... Talkers get taken down by talking. Wimpy white supremacist talkers cry as they get taken down... The hand movements, pointing, puckered mouth and over-enunciation of words are all tells of a liar who doesn't know what they're talking about... Happy Birthday to FRED DAVIS, MIKHAIL LAPUSHNER, BEN FRITZ, TATUM LADE, and LYNNE JOHNSON. and Belated to DONOVAN LEITCH, BEN BERRY, JENNA TRABULUS, SANDY SMALLENS, MO TOUEG, and LAURA GOLDBERG.
- Jason Hirschhorn, curator
eton mess
Deadspin
The Fallout From Sportswriting's Filthiest F***-Up
by Jeff Pearlman
The story of the most flagrant mistake in the modern history of sports journalism begins with a 21-year-old editor.
Hollywood Reporter
The Kardashian Decade: How a Sex Tape Led to a Billion-Dollar Brand
by Leslie Bruce
In 2007, an L.A. family's unvarnished docuseries launched on E!, and reality television, female body image, social media and, above all, the economy of celebrity were forever changed. Now the stars and producers of the megafranchise (nine TV spinoffs, hundreds of millions of dollars earned) reveal the secrets of its improbable explosion into the zeitgeist.
POLITICO Magazine
The Breitbart Presidency
by Rich Lowry
Over the past few days, Trump hasn't spoken as the leader of the country, or even leader of one party, but as a leader of an inflamed faction.
The Walrus
Inside the Controversial Concussion Lab That Could Save Football
by Brett Popplewell
Why Toronto researchers are questioning the link between the sport and long-term brain damage
ESPN
A rookie, a brother and a hail of gunfire
by Yaron Weitzman
One year ago, Hawks guard Malcolm Delaney was celebrating his first NBA contract. Days later, his brother could barely remember his own name.
The Aspen Institute
Hacking Hate and Extremism
by Steve Clemons, Wajahat Ali, Haris Tarin...
Fake news. Extremist propaganda. Religious intolerance. Trolling. Sexual harassment. Bullying. And we haven't even talked about grumpy cat emojis. Social media is being successfully used and abused by hate groups to promote a toxic agenda that often marginalizes and targets religious and ethnic minorities and women.
STAT
Silicon Valley's ambitious new bet: Brain 'modems' that restore sight, hearing, and speech
by Charles Piller
Paradromics is one of several Silicon Valley companies developing brain-machine interfaces to replace senses and abilities lost to disease and injury.
McKinsey & Company
Two views on how customer experience can better serve US military veterans
by Tony D’Emidio, Maurice Hage Obeid and David Malfara
Robert McDonald, the former secretary of the US Department of Veterans Affairs, and Tom Allin, the agency’s former head of veterans experience, discuss the role of frontline employees and organizational innovation in building a customer-centric culture.
Paste
The Story of Spectre: How HP Reinvented Itself Through Design
by Chuong Nguyen
HP keeps design at the highest priority in its laptops today, but half a decade ago it would have been unimaginable to envision HP keeping pace with companies like Apple.
The Outline
How a Board Game About Bitter Legal Struggles Became a Bitter Legal Struggle
by Rollin Bishop
After Andrew Yoon drowned, his mother and best friend fought for control of the board game he created.
banana pancakes
Wired
The 'Work from Home' Dream Doesn't Work
by Greg Lindsay
Technology didn’t kill the office. Instead it made coworking spaces even more important in today’s gig-economy world.
Genius
The Complicated Relationship Between Elvis Presley & Hip-Hop
by Ken Partridge
Artists from Chuck D to Jaden Smith have thoughts on the King's legacy.
Slate Star Codex
Fear And Loathing At Effective Altruism Global 2017
by Scott Alexander
Effective altruism is the movement devoted to finding the highest-impact ways to help other people and the world. Philosopher William MacAskill described it as “doing for the pursuit of good what the Scientific Revolution did for the pursuit of truth”. They have an annual global conference to touch base and discuss strategy.
Racked
Charlottesville White Supremacists Missed the Jewish Connection to Their Polos
by Chavie Lieber
Over the weekend, the country's attention was focused in horror on Charlottesville, Virginia, where hundreds of young men bearing tiki torches swarmed the "Unite the Right" rally organized by white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and other hate groups.
Medium
Why Personalization Projects Fail
by Erica Smith
It happens alarmingly often; massive projects, meant to personalize site experience, either fail or stop dead after making only small inroads into the problem. At the heart of most of these failures are a few common mistakes, and at the heart of these mistakes is the personalization loop.
The Verge
Meet the streamers using Twitch to pay for college
by Megan Farokhmanesh
As she neared 24 straight hours of playing "Dead Space," Kaitlyn Richelle watched in shock as a $250 donation flashed across her screen. "That's the goal," she shouted. "That's the tuition." She paused her Twitch stream, struggling to get a full sentence out. She had just raised $5,000 to help pay for medical school.
CNN
Russia Decoded
by Clarissa Ward, Matthew Chance, Fred Pleitgen...
A country of mystery, power, and influence, Russia has dominated international headlines in 2017. Want to know about Russia's secret service, oligarchs, its media, military, Putin's power, the Kremlin? CNN gives you a 101.
Harvard Business Review
How Gatorade Invented New Products by Revisiting Old Ones
by David Robertson
Innovation isn’t just about diversification.
recode
Chuck Klosterman wants you to talk about what he wrote -- not how he wrote it
by Peter Kafka, Chuck Klosterman and Eric Johnson
The essayist and author of "Chuck Klosterman X" talks about Taylor Swift and the future of journalism on Recode Media with Peter Kafka.
Columbia Journalism Review
Peter Hessler on a foreign correspondent's approach to Trump country
by Corey Hutchins
In a recent issue of "The New Yorker," staff writer Peter Hessler brought readers to the western Colorado city of Grand Junction for a piece that delves into the personalities of Trump supporters in a place that becomes a stand-in for rural America writ large.
Daily Dot
The cult appeal of Poppy, the perfect pop idol of the future
by Jay Hathaway
Poppy is a manufactured pop star for the internet age. But who is she really? Does it even matter?
The Ringer
The Great Golf Relegation
by Nathan Hubbard
How does golf stay exciting after the PGA Championship? A relegation tournament to close out the season.
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