Power of One
“It’s not about how many views you have, how many likes, trying to max all your stats… sometimes a single connection to another human is all that matters.” #Technology [Link]
Latest
This moment isn't about decentralization
I think it’s important to understand that what’s happening today in social media is not because decentralization’s time has come: it’s because Twitter’s time has gone. The core need being expressed by millions of users isn’t “get me a decentralized protocol that nobody owns
Why do prison emails cost so much?
I’m soliciting prompts for discussion. This piece is a part of that series. An anonymous reader asks: Why do emails in jail cost 50 cents each? Since around 2016, US inmates in 43 state prison systems and the Federal Bureau of Prisons have been able to send electronic messages
How We Reached Dairy Farm Workers to Write About Them
“The reporters’ process underscores one of our central beliefs at ProPublica: Publishing a story about injustice isn’t enough if we don’t reach the people who are directly affected.” #Media [Link]
How I Won $5 Million From the MyPillow Guy and Saved Democracy
“But if more people sought truth, even when that truth is contrary to their beliefs — such as when a Republican like me destroys a Republican myth — then I think we really can save democracy in America. In fact, I think that’s the only way.” #Democracy [Link]
2023: The year equitable journalism goes mainstream
“For too long, journalism has had a laser focus on holding power to account, rather than widening its aperture to recognize the opportunity to build and share power in and with communities.” #Media [Link]
Henry Kissinger at 100: Still a War Criminal
“Kissinger’s diplomatic conniving led to or enabled slaughters around the globe. As he blows out all those candles, let’s call the roll.” #Democracy [Link]
Generative AI: What You Need To Know
“A free resource that will help you develop an AI-bullshit detector.” #AI [Link]
Patronage may be the business model for news
I’m soliciting prompts for discussion. This piece is a part of that series. Hunter Walk asks, in two prompts: What's one business model you wish consumers would get more comfortable with because it would be a net-positive for media/news/society? And similarly, what's one
Recycled plastic can be more toxic and is no fix for pollution, Greenpeace warns
“But … the toxicity of plastic actually increases with recycling. Plastics have no place in a circular economy and it’s clear that the only real solution to ending plastic pollution is to massively reduce plastic production.” #Climate [Link]
Georgia GOP Chair: If the Earth Really Is Round, Why Are There So Many Globes Everywhere?
“Everywhere there’s globes…and that’s what they do to brainwash… For me, if it is not a conspiracy, if it is, you know, ‘real,’ why are you pushing so hard? Everywhere I go, every store, you buy a globe, there’s globes everywhere—every movie, every TV show,
CEO of biggest carbon credit certifier to resign after claims offsets worthless
“It comes amid concerns that Verra, a Washington-based nonprofit, approved tens of millions of worthless offsets that are used by major companies for climate and biodiversity commitments.” #Climate [Link]