Capitalism and Schizophrenia – Annotated
Before starting the most successful media company in the history of the Internet, BuzzFeed founder…
Capitalism and Schizophrenia – Annotated
Before starting the most successful media company in the history of the Internet, BuzzFeed founder Jonah Peretti was apparently an armchair Marxist and postmodern theorist. Some people believe this essay, first published just after Peretti graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 1996, lays the theoretical foundation for Buzzfeed’s media empire. Peretti’s piece originally appeared in…
Nonprofit leaders furious as Chan Zuckerberg Initiative cuts funding
Earlier this year, Juan Hernandez was having exciting conversations with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative about what to do with his next round of funding. Hernandez, the CEO of Creser Capital Fund, had received $500,000 two years earlier from Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s mammoth philanthropic organization for his nonprofit, which provides loans to Latino entrepreneurs….
Efforts to Weed Out Fake Users for Online Advertisers Fall Short
Brands are spending billions of dollars on ads without knowing for sure that they are actually being shown to humans. The companies they pay to help figure that out are struggling with the task. At least 40% of web traffic is made up of fake users, or computerized bots, according to cloud-services provider Cloudflare. And…
The Anxiety of Influencers
It’s noon in Los Angeles toward the end of the Plague Year, and I’m lounging on the patio of a swanky three-floor mansion, watching a scrum of teenage boys perform trending TikTok dances. Arranged in a tidy delta formation near the jacuzzi and pool, the five boys smile into the glare of a ring light,…
Andrew Tate, charged with rape and trafficking in Romania, returns to the U.S.
Controversial influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, who both face charges in Romania, including human trafficking and sexual intercourse with a minor, have arrived in the United States after a travel ban on them was lifted, according to their spokesperson and Romanian prosecutors. A spokesperson for the brothers, Mateea Petrescu, said the two landed in…
As measles cases rise in the U.S., some adults may need a vaccine booster : Shots – Health News : NPR
A measles outbreak in West Texas is continuing to spread. And with kindergarten vaccination rates dipping across the country, more communities may be at risk of outbreaks. But it’s not just kids who should be vaccinated. Infectious disease experts say some adults may need to get revaccinated, too. Measles can spread incredibly fast — it’s one of…
Government Workers Cannot Be Fired for Their Political Views – The Atlantic
The First Amendment forbids widespread loyalty purges. Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty Just a few years ago, then-Senator J. D. Vance of Ohio said that if Donald Trump were reelected, he would advise the president to “fire every single mid-level bureaucrat, every civil servant in the administrative state” and “replace them with our people.”…
Birthright Citizenship Is a Sacred Guarantee – The Atlantic
The attack on it is a violation of the nation’s post–Civil War rebirth. Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty The attempt to end birthright citizenship in the United States is an attempt to reverse history, to push our nation back, way back, before the Dred Scott decision of 1857 and the secession crisis that soon…
Comic Book Publisher Drops Neil Gaiman Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations – The New York Times
The comic book company that publishes the graphic novels and comics of Neil Gaiman announced this weekend that it would no longer work with him after a storm of sexual misconduct allegations and that it would halt the publication of his forthcoming “Anansi Boys” series. The company, Dark Horse Comics, wrote on X on Saturday:…
I Saw What New, Young Post-MAGA Trump Supporters Look Like
The Cruel Kids’ Table Among the young, confident, and casually cruel Trumpers who, after conquering Washington, have their sights set on America. At the Power 30 Awards at Sax on January 19. Photo: Mark Peterson/Redux for New York Magazine It’s Monday, January 20, the first night of Donald Trump’s second presidency, and just a couple…
