Gawker.com to End Operations Next Week
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This Is What's Missing From Journalism Right Now | Mother Jones
MoJo estimates its prison story cost $350,000. The banner ads that ran with it brought in $5,000. »
An Open Letter to Managers of Women — Medium
“An Open Letter to Managers of Women” by @JasonShen »
Why Am I So Fat? — Medium
And that, children, was the sound of @SaraJBenincasa dropping some knowledge on a troll. »
Video Games Densetsu: The Sega Digitizer System, a tool used by graphic...
yoooo these pictures of Sega's pixel art hardware @_@ »
gawker.horse
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Bias will Destroy Your Company (But it Doesn’t Have to) — Medium
“I want you to picture bias like pollution.” — @karlitaliliana »
John Maeda’s Next Gig? Design Kingpin of the Open Web | WIRED
Congrats John @johnmaeda's Next Gig? Design Kingpin of Open Web cc @automattic Maeda launchs »
How to Adult if you don’t have an employer Adulting for you (aka, how to get your financial, tax… — Medium
Are you an indie creator? Here's HOW TO ADULT by my friend Nora Ryan (produces w/@remixeverything) ... I CAN'T EVEN »
Sen. Sessions: Central Park Five Ad Shows Trump Has Always Believed In Law And Order - BuzzFeed News
Forget Rio. The real competition is among those vying to be named the stupidest Trump apologist. »
Rez Infinite Soundtrack - Cory Schmitz
Packaging design for Rez Infinite soundtrack!! Cc @enhance_games @PlayStation @mizuguchitter https… »
Uber Begins its Endgame: Replacing Humans | Motherboard
Uber’s self-driving car service debuts in Pittsburgh in 2̶0̶1̶8̶ 2̶0̶1̶7̶ 12 days. »
Design.blog
Congrats John @johnmaeda's Next Gig? Design Kingpin of Open Web cc @automattic Maeda launchs »
Justice Department says it will end use of private prisons - The Washington Post
BREAKING: Justice Department says it will end use of private prisons »
Who will play Trump in Clinton's prep debates?
I think @jkottke is onto something »
Access, Accountability Reporting and Silicon Valley - Nieman Reports
“There is no Woodward and Bernstein or Kate Boo of tech reporting.” »
Elizabeth Sampat is creating Game Development Resources | Patreon
For anyone with an interest in games and design, this is a wonderful project (and person!) to back »
The "Rope Mother" Margaret Hamilton | National Air and Space Museum
Happy 80th bday to Margaret Hamilton, the MIT scientist whose code put a man on the moon: https:… »
Who is Verified on Twitter, and Why Does it Matter? | Model View Culture
I wrote about how men get Verified way more than women and why it matters »
Mike Cernovich: Based Lawyer of Gamergate — Medium
Twitter has decided to verify this. »
VIDEO: Bizarre, naked Donald Trump statue appears in Union Square, NYC | abc7ny.com
.@NYCParks removed a naked Donald Trump statue from Union Square, then issued a statement https… »
A strange digital time capsule — Track Changes
In the interest of timeliness I wrote about this Windows NT/OS/2 shootout »
Sign up - AngelList
Change consumer finance: (@hellodigit) is hiring a Product Manager, Growth in SF! »
For US Olympians, gold medals come with a hefty tax bill - BBC News
really the most galling part is that athletes who earn the IOC hundreds of thousands of dollars get $25,600 at most »
Thimbleweed Park Delores Trailer - YouTube
This trailer for Thimbleweed Park shows some super fun touches that transcend "retro adventure" »
Collision in VR: 9 Techniques | elevr
How do you deal with collision in VR where the player's head is the camera? 9 techniques »
Gawker, Money, Speech, And Justice | Popehat
Mr. @popehat steps back from Gawker to note a bigger issue: Still too easy to quash coverage with bogus lawsuits. »
human.co/posts/human-joins-mapbox.html
Excited to see @human joining @Mapbox. Can't wait to see what they do next! »
John Maeda, Why Automattic? | Design.blog
Welcome @johnmaeda! More from our new Global Head of Computational Design and Inclusion »
Announcing PowerShell on Linux - PowerShell is Open Source! - Scott Hanselman
Announcing PowerShell on Linux - PowerShell is Open Source! »
Is Trump Purposely Sabotaging His Campaign? — Medium
Amusing article on Trump by Michael Moore. »
5 Reasons Hello From The Magic Tavern Is The Perfect Podcast For D&D Fans | Geek and Sundry
The @MagicTavern podcast is the perfect #CriticalRole chaser. »
Non Breaking Space Show № 90: Chris Coyier — Practical SVG
⭐ new blog post: talked with @chriscoyier about his new book, Practical SVG on @nbsptv »
WIRED Endorses Optimism | WIRED
It’s important to have leaders who believe things get better from here—who want to build things other than barriers »
These Mysterious Symbols Have Been in 19 Video Games and No One Knows Why | VICE | United States
My story on how a set of mysterious symbols have shown up in 19 games and nobody knows why. http… »
Trump before classified briefing: I don’t trust US intel | TheHill
Trump says he doesn't trust US intelligence agencies and won't use them if elected »
Watch do yall got laptops's Vine "damn she thicc
I've watched this 100 times already »
Trump advisers waged covert influence campaign
New Manafort investigations today: Politico: AP: Me »
Instagram
I really like FB's green roof »
In a Town Near You, People Are Being Evicted From Their Homes Because They Called the Police for Help | American Civil Liberties Union
Thanks to Amber Heard for generously donating to the ACLU! More on our work supporting domestic violence survivors: https://t.co… »
While eating man's face, Florida 'cannibal killer' wore Trump 'Make America Great Again' hat / Boing Boing
Florida 'cannibal killer' wore a Trump 'Make America Great Again' hat while eating victim's face. Cops didn't shoot. »
Black Republicans Growing Even More Frustrated With Trump Effort - BuzzFeed News
The chairman of Florida's Black Republican Caucus was escorted out of a Trump rally »
Today in Weather & Climate: Warmest month in human history edition (Tuesday, August 16th)
Just to repeat: July was likely hottest month in history of human civilization. Like, farming, the wheel, integers https:… »
linkedin.com/pulse/what-would-alexa-do-tim-o-reilly?published=t
My latest #NextEconomy post is about interaction design for intelligent agents. It's a bit of a love letter to Alexa »
aframe.io/blog/aframe-v0.3.0
OH MY GOD, I JUST TRIED THIS AND IT IS THE BEST. »
On Generative Algorithms - Sand Spline · inconvergent
I love seeing procedural art algorithms deconstructed. Great explanations here. »
Why Representation Matters at the Olympics
my sister @ktzhu is always making/writing amazing things without telling me »
Gawker.com to End Operations Next Week
to end operations next week »
At the Rio Olympics, sexism runs rampant
Two powerful, and devastating, must-reads on the Olympics, gender, and race: & »
Brainstorm Deck by Scott Thomas — Kickstarter
Kicked this hard. Brainstorm Deck, a smart idea, beautifully designed, as you'd expect from @simplescott & Co. »
Transgender Bathroom Access to Extend to All Federal Buildings - NBC News
Shout out to our Public Building Service colleagues for establishing inclusive restrooms in all fed buildings »
Take Our Twitter Harassment Survey - BuzzFeed News
BuzzFeed News is conducting a survey to understand just what happens when abusive tweets are reported to Twitter. https://t.… »
Oracle Says Google Didn’t Play Fair, Wants Third Trial (Oh God) | Motherboard
In which @sarahjeong again risks her sanity to explain the many-tentacled Lovecraftian horror that is #googacle. https://t.c… »
Did Paul Manafort aid protests against US troops? | Fusion
New Manafort investigations today: Politico: AP: Me »
Manafort’s man in Kiev - POLITICO
New Manafort investigations today: Politico: AP: Me »
Amber Heard’s Divorce Settlement With Johnny Depp Goes to Charity | Variety
Amber Heard donates $7 million divorce settlement to charity »
Rookie » Hero Status: Poly Styrene
I wrote about Poly Styrene, her underrated legacy, and owning black weirdness for @RookieMag http… »
u hatin' i be like
i see you hatin and i be like »
Inside Laika studios, where stop-motion animation goes high tech | The Verge
So @TashaRobinson got to visit Laika studios I am so jealous »
The incredible true story of the Epcot Horizons superfans who ruled the ride / Boing Boing
The incredible true story of the Epcot Horizons superfans who ruled the ride »
readme-checklist/checklist.md at master · ddbeck/readme-checklist · GitHub
writing a README? This checklist from @ddbeck will help! »
Donald Trump foreign policy adviser accused of anti-Semitic remarks | McClatchy DC
Trump advisor: "The ovens were too small to kill 6 million Jews" »
DoJ says it will end private federal prisons / Boing Boing
DoJ says it will end private federal prisons »
Faux Victorian couple ejected from Butchart Gardens for fancy attire / Boing Boing
Faux Victorian couple ejected from Butchart Gardens for fancy attire »
Gen Con Gaming: 'Machi Koro: Bright Lights, Big City' - GeekDad
Gen Con Gaming: 'Machi Koro: Bright Lights, Big City' @IDWGames @Pandasaurusgame »
Blue Rivers of Bioluminescent Shrimp Trickle Down Oceanside Rocks in Okyama, Japan | Colossal
Blue Rivers of Bioluminescent Shrimp Trickle Down Oceanside Rocks in Okyama, Japan »
Justice Department says it will end use of private prisons: Report
BREAKING: Corrections Corp. and GEO Group resumes, drop 25% on report that DOJ will stop using private prisons » »
Patagonia's CEO Explains How To Make On-Site Child Care Pay For Itself | Fast Company | Business + Innovation
.@Patagonia CEO Rose Marcario explains how the company recoups 91% of the costs of onsite child care »
Flood destroys home of man who believes floods sent to punish gays / Boing Boing
Flood destroys home of man who believes floods sent to punish gays »
Flood Destroys Home Of Hate Group Leader Who Claims God Sends Natural Disasters To Punish Gays – The Gaily Grind
A flood destroyed the home of a hate group leader who claims that god sends natural disasters to punish gay people »
thenib.com/wind-powered-cargo
Shipping containers revolutionized transportation, but the ships are a disaster for the environment. What's next? »
Google Chrome, Firefox Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability - Miscellaneous Ramblings of A Hacker
What a neato hack! RTL URLs get flipped, making phishing easier! #cybersecurity »
Walmart’s Out-of-Control Crime Problem Is Driving Police Crazy
Yet another way Walmart foists its expenses onto the public. »
Breitbart's Stephen Bannon, now Trump's new CEO, reveals his master plan / Boing Boing
Breitbart's Stephen Bannon, now Trump's new CEO, reveals his master plan to @VanityFair »
Trailer: 'Hidden Figures' tells true story of black women at NASA who launched John Glenn into orbit / Boing Boing
Trailer: 'Hidden Figures' tells true story of black women at NASA who launched John Glenn into orbit »
blog.arduino.cc/2016/08/18/this-burger-drop-machine-captures-the-perfect-shot
this impressive no-CGI 'burger drop' shot was created by an Arduino-driven robot »
Judge grants Happy Birthday lawyers $4.6M, citing “unusually positive results” | Ars Technica
Should be a very happy birthday indeed for the lawyers who liberated Happy Birthday—they've been awarded $4.6MM »
The radical art of holding hands with strangers | Art and design | The Guardian
like this - clever piece of something so simple but still sadly transgressive as performance in public »
The Typekit Blog | Preview a new look for fonts on Typekit
So, so excited to finally show you all the new, improved Typekit! »
‘Reclaim Invention’ for the benefit of everyone - Creative Commons
Universities shouldn’t sell patents to trolls. Let’s ‘Reclaim Invention’ to benefit everyone h… »
PowerShell is Microsoft’s latest open source release, coming to Linux, OS X | Ars Technica
PowerShell is Microsoft’s latest open source release, coming to Linux, OS X by @drpizza »
Rio 2016: Gabby Douglas’s Olympics experience fits the pattern of how we treat black female athletes - Vox
Two powerful, and devastating, must-reads on the Olympics, gender, and race: & »
UC Davis Chancellor spent $400K+ to scrub her online reputation after pepper-spray incident / Boing Boing
"UC Davis Chancellor spent $400K+ to scrub her online reputation after pepper-spray incident" - go Streisand effect! »
Why focusing on private prisons won't end mass incarceration - Vox
This is why focusing on private prisons was never going to be the way to end mass incarceration. »
Justice Department says it will end use of private prisons - The Washington Post
Justice Department says it's ending the use of private prisons »
Post-Recession, homeowners doing much better than renters - Curbed
New study shows housing market getting tougher for renters, exacerbating U.S. inequality »
Love and Relationships Books - Best Sellers - The New York Times
If a book with 174 "fucks" in it = NY Times Best Seller, then anything is possible. DARE TO DREAM, MOTHERFUCKERS. »
Welders Complete Final Plug Fusion Welds on SLS Liquid Hydrogen Tank | NASA
Plugging Away Inside Massive SLS Fuel Tank: Welders Complete Final Plug Fusion Welds on SL… »
Fake human sacrifice filmed at Cern, with pranking scientists suspected | Science | The Guardian
Had it not been captured on video, would the physicists' mock ritual human sacrifice really have happened at all? »
AP Sources: Manafort tied to undisclosed foreign lobbying
So before the election is out, Paul Manafort could wind up in jail. Who saw that coming? »
The Caging of America - The New Yorker
The D.O.J. has announced plans to end its use of private prisons. @AdamGopnik on the caging of America »
Harry Briggs Jr., a Catalyst for Brown v. Board of Education, Dies at 75 - The New York Times
Harry Briggs, Jr, who was among the students at the center of Brown v. Board of Education, has died at 75 »
California Database Lists 42 Infants As Suspected Gang Members
The word "gang", much like sagging pants and hoodies, is merely a red herring to commodify and racially code youth. htt… »
Uncovering the brutal truth about the British empire | Marc Parry | News | The Guardian
Uncovering the brutal truth about the British empire | Study of suppression of Kenya’s Mau Mau rebellion. #sschat »
Ladykiller in a Bind is set to deliver your kink next month - Kill Screen
aaahhhh I love this good one @christinelove !! »
New York Times to Shelve NYT Now App - The New York Times
So sad to see the @NYTNow app is being shelved. I’ve really loved using it every day. Exceptional work, all »
White Thugs Destroy Gas Station, Fight Attendant, but Will Get Away With It Because White Privilege
White Thugs Destroy Gas Station, Fight Attendant, but Will Get Away With It Because White Privilege »
Announcing WEIRD REALITY: Head-Mounted Art && Code (Oct. 6-9)
I can't go to this, but you should: “WEIRD REALITY: Head-Mounted Art && Code” #vr »
TimesMachine: Thursday August 19, 1920 - NYTimes.com
Today in 1920: 19th amendment ratified; women gain right to vote in The United States. https://t.c… »
U.N. Admits Role in Cholera Epidemic in Haiti - The New York Times
BREAKING: U.N. Admits Role in Cholera Epidemic in Haiti »
Designing for you, your company or your clients
We're looking for London based designers to help us design a new MOO ux. Good karma & £100 Amazon voucher https://t... »
Twitter has a really good anti-harassment tool — and it’s finally available to everyone - The Washington Post
Twitter is FINALLY making quality filter, its best anti-harassment tool, available to everyone. »
Deus Ex’s cyberpunk future makes for a brilliant puzzle game | The Verge
Deus Ex’s cyberpunk future makes for a brilliant puzzle game »
Donald Trump's 27-day spiral - CNNPolitics.com
When asked about being down in the race, Trump adviser replies, "Says »
NPR Website To Get Rid Of Comments : NPR Ombudsman : NPR
NPR are ending comments because everything you've heard about them being unrepresentative of the audience is true: https… »
Justice Department says it will end use of private prisons - The Washington Post
The DOJ concluded private prisons are both less safe and less effective, aims to end their use. »
Enjoli — Medium
Damn this is a good piece »
skyliner.io
Congrats @marcprecipice @coda and @mcfunley on the launch of @SkylinerHQ! We've tested it at @timehop and it's »
Machine Learning and Art Hackday Tickets, Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite
anyone in boston want to hack on ML + art? @kadamwhite, @whichlight, and I are throwing a 1 day hackday August 20 :) https://t.co… »
Generator Arctic: Northern Exposure
Tested goes North - Norm & Joey are on the ship! Arctic sci-tech insight @nchan @joeyfameli »
Pitch Black: Black founders take center stage & you get to play the "shark" Tickets, Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 5:30 PM | Eventbrite
Its back!! #PDX event that celebrates Black #startups. Get your tickets quick. #PitchBlackPDX #ReturnOfTheBlack https://t.… »
Dent:Space
Go to on 9/21-22 & get involved in space exploration. It's free!! »
Frank Ocean
music from the album is playing and it's... beautiful i'm crying »
Frank Ocean
Frank Ocean is (seemingly) livestreaming right now »
My Four Months as a Private Prison Guard: A Mother Jones Investigation | Mother Jones
In case you missed @shane_bauer's article "My Four Months As A Private Prison Guard," see »
Gawker Was a Great Place to Become a Journalist - The New Yorker
.@AdrianChen, a former Gawker writer, remembers how working for the Web site made him a better journalist. »
Gawker Was a Great Place to Become a Journalist - The New Yorker
Gawker gave one of the best modern young reporters at the @newyorker today, @AdrianChen, his start »
Talkabot
Announced another round of super smart people to speak @TalkabotConf See the extended lineup here: and RT and stuff! »
Buy Tickets | DonutJS
T-minus 12 days till donut.js resumes at The Cleaners! »
Documentation
Our docs are now faster, with simpler navigation and richer code snippets: ✨ »
We Were Sued by a Billionaire Political Donor. We Won. Here's What Happened. | Mother Jones
This is not an isolated incident either. Mother Jones was almost similarly bankrupt by a lawsuit from a billionaire https… »
HOLE QUEST (with images, tweets) · halfcadence · Storify
ONE YEAR AGO THIS VERY MINUTE I GOT STUCK IN A HOLE AND TWITTER GOT ME OUT »
How To Choose A Password - YouTube
@jessysaurusrex @xeni Oh oh oh! I have a song about this. »
The Gettysburg Address: A Graphic Adaptation, a nuanced and moving history of race, slavery and the Civil War - Boing Boing
The Gettysburg Address: nuanced, moving history of race, slavery and the Civil War #2yrsago »
Welcome to digit!
Change consumer finance: (@hellodigit) is hiring a Product Manager, Growth in SF! »
Framer - Prototyping Tool
A slick new website with resources for beginner + advanced users and a community page — »
iam8bit Productions | Oh, hello there
#RezInfinite #Vinyl + Book! Order Aug 19, 9am PDT @ @enhance_games @Mizuguchitter #PS4 »
Gawker - Today's gossip is tomorrow's news
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