Matt Stoller writes at BIG:
1,574 more wordsOver the weekend, the Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey posted a tweet favorable to Hong Kong protesters, a tweet that said “Fight for Freedom.
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How Joe Biden Empowered China's Censorship of the NBA
Y2K Ruined Life As I Knew It: A Rant
Illustration by Sarah DeMercurio
I was born in 1982. I remember our one landline, rotary phone, having to change the television manually by turning the dial, basic cable, and — of course — really bad style. 2,327 more words
The Opioid Crisis Is About More Than Corporate Greed
Zachary Siegel reports in the New Republic:
1,181 more words“Just like Doritos keep eating. We’ll make more.”
“It’s like people are addicted to these things or something.
Facebook and agnotology
From Azeem Azhar’s Exponential View newsletter this morning:
276 more wordsFacebook co-founder, Chris Hughes, says with great clarity what so many now believe: Facebook should be broken up…
Avengers: Endgame
This is a short and disjointed stream-of-consciousness note on Avengers: Endgame, with SPOILERS. 568 more words
Guantánamo’s Darkest Secret
Ben Taub writes in the New Yorker:
3,081 more wordsThe Guard
In 2004, Steve Wood was deployed to Guantánamo Bay, as a member of the Oregon National Guard.
Intentional Immigration Ignorance, Part Two: A Wall Is Not Enough [Video]
In part one we saw that building a physical barrier on America’s southern border is a wise and moral action to confront the invasion of illegal aliens into the country. 1,825 more words
