U.S. Approval of Labor Unions at Highest Point Since 1965
This feels like a sign of progress to me (and also a sign that ordinary workers need help). #Society [Link]
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Welcome to the new Verge
“We also thought about where we came from and how we built The Verge into what it is today. And we landed on: well shit, we just need to blog more.” Love. #Media [Link]
Launch House, a tech startup incubator, sold entrepreneurs on the promise of community
This is a cult. #Technology [Link]
The world is not designed for equitable parenting
So far, I’ve been the primary nappy-changer in my child’s world. That’s not virtue signaling or trying to make a point: it simply seems fair that, given that I’m biologically incapable of breastfeeding or carrying a child to term, I help out where I can. Aaron
Take Care of Your Blog
“There are no rules to blogging except this one: always self-host your website because your URL, your own private domain, is the most valuable thing you can own. Your career will thank you for it later and no-one can take it away.” #Technology [Link]
Netherlands Plans to Launch Slavery Apology Fund for Awareness Projects
“The fund will be announced after the nation officially apologizes for its role in slavery by the end of this year or the beginning of next year, according to people familiar with the matter. It may be as big as 200 million euros ($204 million), the people said, speaking on
Jack Dorsey’s Former Boss Is Building A Decentralized Twitter
“It's not about machine learning, or AI, generating the perfect viral media, it's about groups of people getting together and finding meaning with each other.” Rabble is doing important work. #Technology [Link]
I was arrested after asking "who elected him?" at the proclamation of King Charles
“What other freedoms can be suppressed in the name of monarchy? Who else will be arrested under the vile Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Act?” #Democracy [Link]
A letter to my mother on the event of my child's birth
Dear Ma, My child was born last Friday. I wish you could meet them. The first time I saw their face in person (strikingly similar to their 3D ultrasound, but here, not an echo of a person but a real-life human being in front of me), they couldn’t breathe.
Make Your Voter Guide ICONIC
“This kind of user-friendly experience is something we keep dreaming that more newsroom voter guides will feature.” #Media [Link]
I’m a psychologist – and I believe we’ve been told devastating lies about mental health
“If a plant were wilting we wouldn’t diagnose it with “wilting-plant-syndrome” – we would change its conditions. Yet when humans are suffering under unliveable conditions, we’re told something is wrong with us, and expected to keep pushing through. To keep working and producing, without acknowledging our hurt.” #Health [Link]
A Black protester voiced anger at police in South Carolina. She got 4 years in prison
“You have people who stormed the Capitol, who led to the death of law enforcement, who tried to overturn an election and fracture democracy. And they're getting two months, three months, six months. And Brittany Martin gets four years.” #Democracy [Link]