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Men (on the Internet) don’t believe sexism is a problem in science, even when they see evidence – The Washington Post

Rachel Feltman10 years ago10 years ago08 mins

Disappointing, but not surprising. (Steve Debenport/iStock) As a follow-up to recent studies on sexism and harassment in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), researchers studied the Internet’s reaction to the evidence those studies provided — and it turned out the way you’d expect, if you’ve ever been on the Internet. Male commenters flipped out. The new study’s results were published…

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New Clues

The Cluetrain Manifesto10 years ago10 years ago026 mins

Once were we young in the Garden… ======= section ======== The Internet is us, connected.The Internet is not made of copper wire, glass fiber, radio waves, or even tubes.The devices we use to connect to the Internet are not the Internet. Verizon, Comcast, AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, and 中国电信 do not own the Internet. Facebook, Google,…

Why Philadelphia’s Gun Crisis Reporting Project couldn’t make it » Nieman Journalism Lab

Joseph Lichterman10 years ago9 years ago013 mins

W ithin the first few weeks of his participation this fall in the Philadelphia Social Innovations Lab — a semester-long program run by two University of Pennsylvania professors that helps social entrepreneurs incubate ideas to improve the city — Jim MacMillan had a sense of where he could have improved the Gun Crisis Reporting Project….

The newsonomics of the newly quantified, gamified news reader » Nieman Journalism Lab

Ken Doctor10 years ago10 years ago022 mins

What’s in your news diet? Sure, we can name the sites, papers, and stations that pepper us with news through the day and week. But we can’t easily sum up what we’ve read and how much of it, or really get an accurate sense of the balance between serious Times or Guardian fare versus the…

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Look! A PC On A Stick! | TechCrunch

Alex Wilhelm10 years ago10 years ago02 mins

Begin: WordPress Article Content You can get pretty much anything on a stick. You can actually, and I kid you not, get fried butter on a stick. And soon, thanks to Intel, you can even get a full, Windows 8.1 PC on a stick. The Windows 8.1-based Compute Stick contains a quad-core Atom processor, 32 gigabytes…

The chain stores of New York | Capital New York

Sarah Laskow10 years ago10 years ago028 mins

paging_filterThe commercial avenues of Park Slope are filled with cute little shops and restaurants, and many of them are the first and last of their kind, existing only here. But a significant number are part of a slightly more successful species: the neighborhood mini-chain.Bark, a hot dog joint, has a second location in Greenwich Village….

Culture

13 Surprising Numbers That Sum Up What It’s Really Like to Date Today – Mic

Ellie Krupnick10 years ago10 years ago08 mins

Many drunken New Year’s resolutions concern losing weight, saving money or quitting unhealthy habits. But in the quiet of our minds, away from the midnight celebrations, many of our unspoken resolutions possess more emotional weight. Get more into the dating scene. Lose that single status by summer. End the relationship that’s been dragging on too…

NASA Posts a Huge Library of Space Sounds, And You’re Free To Use Them – Create Digital Music

Peter Kirn10 years ago10 years ago08 mins

Oct 22 2014Space is the place. Again. And SoundCloud is now a place you can find sounds from the US government space agency, NASA. In addition to the requisite vocal clips (“Houston, we’ve had a problem” and “The Eagle has landed”), you get a lot more. There are rocket sounds, the chirps of satellites and…

The Blame for the Charlie Hebdo Murders – The New Yorker

George Packer10 years ago10 years ago07 mins

A tribute at the Place de la Republique, in Paris, to victims killed during the attack at Charlie Hebdo. Credit Photograph by Aurelien Meunier/Getty The murders today in Paris are not a result of France’s failure to assimilate two generations of Muslim immigrants from its former colonies. They’re not about French military action against the…

What We Give Up When We Become Entrepreneurs — Science of Us

Jennifer Senior10 years ago10 years ago044 mins

The cubicle may be cozier, and more creativity inducing, than we think. Illustration by Mark Weaver Photo: Mark Weaver What do we give up when we all become freedom-seeking, self-determining, autonomous entrepreneurs? A lot, actually. One October day, I sat in on a seminar at the Freelancers Union called “Building a Foundation for Your…

Birthright Citizenship Is a Sacred Guarantee – The Atlantic

Comic Book Publisher Drops Neil Gaiman Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations – The New York Times

I Saw What New, Young Post-MAGA Trump Supporters Look Like

Scores of career State Dept. diplomats resign before Trump inauguration – The Washington Post

Neo-Nazis Love the Nazi-Like Salutes Elon Musk Made at Trump’s Inauguration | WIRED

Elon Musk Appears to Make Fascist Salute at Trump Inauguration Rally

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Men (on the Internet) don’t believe sexism is a problem in science, even when they see evidence – The Washington Post

New Clues

Why Philadelphia’s Gun Crisis Reporting Project couldn’t make it » Nieman Journalism Lab

The newsonomics of the newly quantified, gamified news reader » Nieman Journalism Lab

Look! A PC On A Stick! | TechCrunch

The chain stores of New York | Capital New York

13 Surprising Numbers That Sum Up What It’s Really Like to Date Today – Mic

NASA Posts a Huge Library of Space Sounds, And You’re Free To Use Them – Create Digital Music

The Blame for the Charlie Hebdo Murders – The New Yorker

What We Give Up When We Become Entrepreneurs — Science of Us