Medium just evolved online publishing. The bar is now higher for everyone. https://medium.com/the-story/making-medium-more-powerful-for-publishers-39663413a904#.irze29tmz
Is anyone else looking forward to the US counterpart to the #PanamaPapers as much as I am? 👏
This is nothing. Let me tell you a story about the launch codes ... http://qz.com/602928/floppy-disks-and-windows-xp-nuclear-weapon-technology-is-hilariously-out-of-dat...
Giving writers network effects is a big idea. Empowering them to make a living from their writing is huge.
Still weird to live in a place where this is even remotely controversial - but good news! http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/SF-supervisors-seek-to-make-employers-pay-for-7227924.php...
Techies is a series of 100 portraits showcasing diversity in Silicon Valley. Fun to see people I know in the mix. http://www.techiesproject.com/
A fascinating piece about Yahoo's plight and the myopia of engineering (and media) culture. http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/04/marissa-mayer-vs-kim-kardashians-ass-what-sunk-yahoos-media-a...
An important conversation about the future of AI (and bots, which aren't always true AI) in journalism. https://medium.com/whither-news/artificial-intelligence-real-journalism-63762371b1d9
Heralding 1999 as a golden age for the web is unbearably elitist. 250m people were online in total; mostly white and wealthy. 3.5bn today.
"I'm stuck in San Francisco
And time keeps dragging on"
https://gist.github.com/catamorphism/f56ebbdd2f9554b859b9925c46fed830
This exploration of police cameras, bias and interpretation is amazing. Thought-provoking and worth your time. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/04/01/us/police-bodycam-video.html
Scotland is now the only country in the world where the majority of political leaders are lesbian, gay or bisexual. http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/04/02/four-scottish-party-leaders-are-now-out-as-lgb-as-labours-kezia...
@gjmf I don't understand how we can allow this, but I also don't understand how to fix it. Awful.
The homeless people huddling for warmth in BART stations makes me so sad, every day. This is barbaric. Society should have a safety net.
I love the New Yorker, but don't like this TrueCrypt story. No proof offered, but encryption is smeared. http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-strange-origins-of-truecrypt-isiss-favored-encryption-to...
Discovery: oolong tea puts me in my most productive brainspace. Is there a healthy limit to drinking this stuff?
iHeartRadio is $21bn in debt and about to die. I'm convinced this is finally the year for podcasting. http://www.medialifemagazine.com/coming-the-collapse-of-radios-iheartmedia/
I enjoy the idea that Trump fires dogs. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/715013260462960642
The real unicorns. https://twitter.com/KarlTheFog/status/715053149120290820
Among my very worst nightmares. https://human.parts/what-its-like-to-be-on-a-bomb-threatened-plane-3c6becac691f#.wr5z9qw19
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