Improving how we calculate writer earnings - 3 min read
Medium’s payment scheme for writers is still opaque and bad, but at least it’s no longer based on how many times readers clicked a “clap”... »
Zuckerberg will push cryptocurrency as remedy for inequality - Axios
Billionaires are becoming parodies of billionaires. »
gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/tourists-flood-joker-stairs-frustrating-bronx-residents
'We Hope It Ends': Tourists Flood The 'Joker Stairs,' Frustrating Locals »
November is National Conspiracy Writing Month (NaCoWriMo)!
I'm glad to announce that this is actually happening. Details below. The truth is out there. ??????? »
Janelle Shane: The danger of AI is weirder than you think | TED Talk
This is my TED talk about artificial intelligence, and why it's important to understand that it's pretty clueless »
bossfightbooks.com/products/nba-jam-by-reyan-ali
Happy publication day to NBA Jam by Reyan Ali (@nbajambook)! The creation, impact, & leg... »
Google Hired A Former Top DHS Staffer Who Once Defended The Muslim Travel Ban
Google Hired A Former Top DHS Staffer Who Once Defended The Muslim Travel Ban via @RMac18 »
Neo Cab Knows Choices in Games—and in Capitalism—are Often Illusions - Paste
The new videogame Neo Cab never loses sight of the people tangled up in capitalism's web. https:… »
Job Application for 2020 Product Design Intern at Lyft
We're looking for product design interns in 2020! »
Facebook will spend $1 billion to address California’s affordable housing crisis - The Verge
Facebook will spend equivalent of 3/5s of a WeWork founder's golden parachute on affordable housing. »
The Internet and the Third Estate – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
Fantastic, short (15m), must-read on the transformative power of the internet from @stratechery touching on everything from historical co... »
Equifax used "admin/admin" as login and pass for an unencrypted server full of your personal data / Boing Boing
Equifax used "admin/admin" as login and pass for an unencrypted server full of your personal data »
Update: Maxime Bernier too racist even for Quebec - The Beaverton
Update: Maxime Bernier too racist even for Quebec #cdnpoli #elxn43 »
Alexa and Google Home abused to eavesdrop and phish passwords | Ars Technica
As foretold by prophecy, Alexa and Google Home are being used to eavesdrop and phish passwords. »
jvns.ca/blog/2019/10/21/print-collection-of-my-first-7-zines
put together some links to bookstores where you can buy the box set of my first 7 zines »
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Don’t miss this part of William Taylor’s statement. Most people in government make big sacrifices because they believe in the value of s... »
Iceland’s tourism boom, reconsidered - Vox
"there’s prejudice at work when wealthy, white westerners have been tourists, if not colonizers, for centuries, but now that the rest of ... »
Read the Ukraine Envoy’s Statement to Impeachment Inquiry - The New York Times
Trump’s malfeasance has been made clear over and over but I’m still slack jawed at this testimony from the Ukraine envoy »
The Delicate Ethics of Using Facial Recognition in Schools | WIRED
this is not a "delicate" ethics case. not even a little. »