The Hippie Aesthetic of the 60s Is “Art Nouveau on Acid”
November 28, 2019
The Hippie Aesthetic of the 60s Is “Art Nouveau on Acid”
— Read on kottke.org/19/11/the-hippie-aesthetic-of-the-60s-is-art-nouveau-on-acid
Pete Buttigieg Lies About Education Disparities
November 26, 2019
It proves men like him are more willing to perpetuate the fantastic narrative of negro neighborhoods needing more role models and briefcase-carriers than make the people in power stare into the sun and see the blinding light of racism. Get-along moderates would rather make shit up out of whole cloth than wade into the waters of reality. Pete Buttigieg doesn’t want to change anything. He just wants to be something.
— Read on www.theroot.com/pete-buttigieg-is-a-lying-mf-1840038708/amp
“If you pay them, Facebook will run any ‘political’ ad you want, even if it’s a lie. And they’ll even help you micro-target those lies to their users for maximum effect,” he said.
“Under this twisted logic, if Facebook were around in the 1930s, it would have allowed Hitler to post 30-second ads on his ‘solution’ to the ‘Jewish problem’.”
— Read on www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-50525884
Fighting Back Against White Nationalist Violence – Team Warren – Medium
November 22, 2019
These crimes took place at different times, in different places across our country, but they share much in common. They were intended to create fear. They were motivated by hate and bias. And they are incompatible with our values and have no place in American life.
— Read on medium.com/@teamwarren/fighting-back-against-white-nationalist-violence-87b0c550f51f
White Nationalism – are we surprised that Warren has a plan to deal with it?
‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’: Can you say ‘sincere’ and ‘heartening’? | MPR News
November 22, 2019
He understood the darkness in children’s lives and gave them — and all the damaged Lloyds and Freds of this world — a way to grow into adults who understand that being good is endlessly renewable hard work.
— Read on www.mprnews.org/story/2019/11/21/npr-a-beautiful-day-in-the-neighborhood-can-you-say-sincere-and-heartening
How to recognize AI snake oil / Boing Boing
November 22, 2019
How to recognize AI snake oil / Boing Boing:
Princeton computer scientist Arvind Narayanan (previously) has posted slides and notes from a recent MIT talk on “How to recognize AI snake oil” in which he divides AI applications into three (nonexhaustive) categories and rates how difficult they are, and thus whether you should believe vendors who claim that their machine learning models can perform as advertised.
No Friend But The Mountains : NPR
November 22, 2019
Over the decades the Kurds have been inspired by, allied with, relied upon and betrayed by the United States. This week we explore who the Kurds are, who they are to the United States and what, if anything, we owe to them.
— Read on www.npr.org/2019/11/06/776794310/no-friend-but-the-mountains
The Siege of Mecca — Throughline — Overcast
November 22, 2019
The Siege of Mecca — Throughline — Overcast
— Read on overcast.fm/+QfXWu6BhQ
This one moment has shaped much of world events over my entire life.
(164) iSongs – YouTube
November 21, 2019
Popular songs covered with Garage Band on iPhone, in realtime.
I have done this once, The Who’s Baba O’Relily, with a bit of trial and error… It’s fun.
Fun Tip: You can export from Garage Band to a ringtone, if so inclined…
2020 candidate Pete Buttigieg “troubled” by clemency for Chelsea Manning – CBS News
November 21, 2019
2020 candidate Pete Buttigieg “troubled” by clemency for Chelsea Manning – CBS News:
South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who launched a an exploratory committee in January to run for president in 2020 as a progressive Democrat, is criticizing former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning and former NSA contractor Edward Snowden for disclosing classified information.
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