Links Feb 17 - 23, 2019

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Saturday Feb 23, 2019

"Here's a weird little consequence of digital map use. It's getting harder to teach children algebra."   nytimes.com

NYT tech reporter Kevin Roose takes the first step toward recovery, "My name is Kevin, and I have a phone problem."   nytimes.com


Friday Feb 22, 2019



Trump administration begins efforts to strip work permits from immigrant spouses:"   sfchronicle.com  📰

May 2018: "The magic start age of 26 appeared again last month, in a New York Times OpEd by someone named Shikha Dalmia, advocating the H4 work visas created in 2015 not be eliminated..."   offlinereport.net

"Real Things and Why They Matter" is the sub-head of the book "Revenge of Analog," and they matter:


Thursday Feb 21, 2019

The new Local Radio Freedom Act, introduced by a bipartisan group of 124 congressmen, "opposes any potential legislation that would impose new performance royalties on broadcast radio stations for music airplay."   radioink.com

Putin sternly warns U.S. against putting missiles in Europe:   sfchronicle.com  📰


Wednesday Feb 20, 2019

Harvard prof and author tells Kara Swisher that Zuckerberg's statement reveals he thinks democracy is a failed experiment of the past, "we cannot let this go, Mark has already let it go, he's a cynic on democracy."    recode.net  

A Wall Street Journal editorial says Amazon's failed bid for a second headquarters in New York's Queens borough signifies the end of corporate welfare.   wsj.com  📰


Tuesday Feb 19, 2019

Newly launched Aspen Tech Policy Hub is a tech policy incubator, including thought leaders from both the tech and policy world early in the process.   sfchronicle.com  📰

Active NFL player Richard Sherman pens an OpEd for our regional daily, blasting NBC for firing Bob Costas because the broadcaster had commented on concussions, "the Costas firing is but one more sign of blatant disrespect toward NFL players."   sfchronicle.com  📰

Buildings are California's second-largest source of planet-warming emissions after transportation, and the state's Public Utilities Commission is formulating plans to wean homes and businesses away from natural gas toward carbon-neutral electricity.   sfchronicle.com  📰


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