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Eric Umansky @ericuman

2 years ago

I want to tell you a story about body cameras and *Derek Chauvin* What Chauvin did to George Floyd, kneeling on his neck, was his move. He had done to others. It was all recorded by body cams. But the footage was kept secret. And Chauvin was left unpunished [short THREAD]

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The New Yorker @NewYorker

2 years ago

“If we cannot come up with ways for A.I. to reduce the concentration of wealth,” the science-fiction writer Ted Chiang writes, “then I’d say it’s hard to argue that A.I. is a neutral technology, let alone a beneficial one.” nyer.cm/S1tsAQd

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Judd Legum @JuddLegum

2 years ago

1. @DollarGeneral is one of the most successful retailers in the world It had $37.8 billion in sales last year It operates over 18K stores, and plans on opening up 1K more this year That's 3 new stores a day! It is also an extraordinarily dangerous place to work. 🧵

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

3 years ago

This article poses a good question: How can rents be up in NYC if the population is down? But it settles for unsatisfying conspiracy theories when there's actually a pretty clear answer. curbed.com/2023/01/nyc-re…

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derek guy @dieworkwear

3 years ago

how to tell if a cashmere knit is high quality 1. cheap cashmere is coated w chemicals, so when ur in a store, bring the sweater up to ur nose & smell it 2. rub it across ur lips to see if it's greasy 3. put the sleeve in ur mouth & taste it 4. now gently chew 5. eat the sleeve

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Ben Sprung 🇺🇦 @bgsprung

3 years ago

mind blown by a YouTube comment of all things

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The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor

3 years ago

One painting from every year of the 20th century, in chronological order. 1900: Sunbeams by Vilhelm Hammershøi 1/100

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zed @onthemend1199

3 years ago

@lceCreamSocial @ParkerBranton Pasta la vista

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Paul Fairie @paulisci

3 years ago

A List of Things People Blamed on Jazz 🧵

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Paul Fairie @paulisci

3 years ago

A List of Things People Blamed on Bicycles 🧵

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Read Starting Somewhere @JPHilllllll

3 years ago

So you're telling me the cops did a mass shooting.

sylvie @sylvie_ish

3 years ago

So you're telling me the cops did a mass shooting.

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Paul Fairie @paulisci

3 years ago

A Brief History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore 🧵

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DeliberatelyBuriedComics @DelibBuriedCmx

3 years ago

Lil’ chefs…

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Leah Feiger @LeahFeiger

3 years ago

In light of the draft of a leaked majority Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade, I want to call your attention to the people that would be impacted most by the end of legalized abortion across the United States. 🧵:

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Jake Hanrahan @Jake_Hanrahan

3 years ago

@PopularFront_ The Channel5 report from #Ukraine is out. Great work. Was a pleasure. Have a watch: youtu.be/DBah5HNknLM

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Jaeah J. Lee @jaeahjlee

3 years ago

We studied how prosecutors used rap music against 200+ criminal defendants. The majority were Black men. Some only teenagers. Some sentenced to death. I wrote about the insidious practice enabled by murky, wonky evidence rules: nytimes.com/2022/03/30/opi…

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Jeffrey Gettleman @gettleman

4 years ago

A Tale of Two Refugees. A young man fleeing war in Sudan and a young woman evacuating Ukraine cross into Poland at the same time. What happens to them says a lot about the world we live in. Written with @MonikaPronczuk. nytimes.com/2022/03/14/wor…