Links Mar. 3-9, 2019

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Saturday Mar 9, 2019

"This one stood out to me: Zuckerberg requested that the privacy team make the “Only Me” audience setting unsticky so that over time, Facebook would lapse the privacy control."   twitter.com   github.com

Women under-represented in Voyager playlist.   laphamsquarterly.org


Friday Mar 8, 2019

"Service providers attribute the disruption to technical problems, but organizations like Internet without Borders say that the government has ordered mobile phone companies to cut internet access."   globalvoices.org  ➰

"By the time he was caught, his extraordinary avarice had become so commonplace that not even a federal judge could blame him for it."   theatlantic.com

"Yes, Zuckerberg created Facebook to help socially awkward kids like himself meet girls—but he was also intent on growing an online village designed to break down the barriers between people by changing our conceptions of privacy."   theatlantic.com

"I’ve read many tweets about the school doesn’t matter but apparently it does. Copy Editor for The Bulletin at @DominguezHills here still looking for a paid job in the industry after three years of actively applying."   twitter.com

"Apart from your other points, that’s something today’s kids don’t get to do: open an encyclopedia volume at random and read about whatever. I used to love doing that."   twitter.com


Thursday Mar 7, 2019

More measles cases break out after passengers share flight with sick passenger.   msn.com

Shoppers buy more in stores than online.   fashionnetwork.com

April 2018: "The Department of Homeland Security posted a contract request this week for "Media Monitoring Services," which will compile a database of hundreds of thousands of journalists, bloggers and "media influencers" for the federal government."   cbs.com

German regulator says Facebook must stop combining user data:   businessinsider.com

NBC San Diego TV station broke a widely-cited story based on documents leaked to them from DHS showing a secret database of journalists lawyers and activists illegally barred from entering Mexico perform work.   nbcnews.com

Can web sites detect whether you are using private browsing mode?   security.stackexchange.com

Martin Shkreli Still Running His Drug Company From Behind Bars:   thedailybeast.com

Embassy Staffers Say Jared Kushner Shut Them Out of Saudi Meetings:   thedailybeast.com

"Publics see mobile phones and social media bringing certain benefits to them and their societies. But these views are paired with widespread concerns about their impact on children."   pewinternet.org

Human employee as advertised company feature   axios.com

Gaslit Nation Podcast said Brexit and Trump "Were the same crime."   gaslitnation.libsyn.com

Florida bill would ban plastic straw bans until 2024:   theguardian.com

Spirited Media is selling off its local sites and pivoting to consulting:   neimanlab.org


Wednesday Mar 6, 2019

Apparently school kids in Europe have a strike-friendly culture, and can go out every Friday - some Americans are trying to create a strike-friendly culture for the purpose of reversing human-induced CO2 emissions.   sierraclub.org

LTE writer says 5 female presidential candidates is not a "glut."   nytimes.com  ➰

Slide show: wilderness homes designed to survive every challenge.   msn.com

11 sites that will publish your writing.   mojo.dailybruin.com




Tuesday Mar 5, 2019

"We'll need to be mining a dozen times as many metals to meet demand for wind turbines and solar panels by 2050."   popularmechanics.com

A judge issued a rebuke to Sinclair Broadcasting today, FreePress reported: "In the order, Halprin also stated that a broad inquiry into whether Sinclair is of fit moral character to 'hold any station license ... would be more appropriately considered in the context of a future proceeding in which Sinclair is seeking Commission approval, for example, involving an application for a license assignment, transfer, or renewal.'"   freepress.net

We need to name the digital revolution's birthdate more often, "Those in their mid-30s today came of age on the cusp of the digital revolution."   nytimes.com

2012: "And this is the Los Angeles Times at my local newsrack this morning."   richardkargl.com

PG&E: It Isn't Possible to Fully Comply With Wildfire Prevention Rules:   kqed.org






Monday Mar. 4, 2019



The 20 most long-lived cars still in production:   msn.com


Sunday Mar. 3, 2019

Save us from distracted phone zombies:   ft.com

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