Ronald Reagan vs. Racism ??
POLITICS — A perfect Ronald – Daniel Fallenstein for ftn.media: When Ronald Reagan still was US president he spoke at the NAACP convention in 1981. An he ad a powerful message to hate groups and their twisted agenda.
INNOVATION — Attack of the clones – Betsy Morris and Deepa Seetharaman for wsj.com: Facebook methodically copies startup ideas.
MEDIA — Spot the bot – Russell Brandom for theverge.com: A new tool helps to identify troll bots on Twitter. But its not perfect. Yet.
IT — Vyborg, the cyborg virus – Devin Coldewey for techcrunch.com: Computer reads DNA. DNA contains malicious code. Computer gets infected. This actually happened.
PEOPLE — Strings attached – Tamara Warren for theverge.com: Cords are today’s equivalent of yesterday’s ballpoint pens. We lose them, break them, and eventually, we leave them behind.
DEBATE — Alt-Crybabies – Noah Rothman for commentarymagazine.com: “There are now social incentives in place to claim victimization, and such claims have proliferated as a result. This phenomenon is almost universal to identity politics m movements, and the alt-right is no exception.”
BUSINESS — Orange is the new recession – Lindsey Scott for hired.com: The current political climate has caused uncertainty among the tech industry, particularly as it relates to hiring activity between US-based companies and foreign candidates.
BUSINESS — Distributed – Seth Miller for shift.newco.co: “Cheap distribution already changed the world once. It most likely will happen again.”
ACTIVISM — Blind censorship – Dottie Lux and Lil Miss Hot Mess for wired.com: It's all fun and games, until social media censorship of presumed hate speech hits the groups it was supposed to protect.
SOCIETY — What will be the legacy of the New South? – Yaël Ossowski for ftn.media: For many around the world, the American south remains an odd place with many strange rituals and a bewildering anachronism in the form of a glorified Confederate past. But there is so much more to it.
