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Twitter Bans Milo Yiannopoulos, Initiates Major Internet Free Speech War – Hit & Run : Reason.com

Robby Soave8 years ago8 years ago05 mins

Nelvin C. Cepeda/ZUMA Press/NewscomMilo Yiannopoulos, the Breitbart tech editor and Trump-loving alt-right superstar, has been permanently banned from Twitter following accusations that he directed his followers to send abusive comments toward actress Leslie Jones. But while Yiannopoulos certainly straddles the line between being a free speech provocateur and merely a serial violator of Twitter’s terms…

Do You Eat Like a Republican or a Democrat? | TIME

Chris Wilson8 years ago05 mins

Take this quiz to find out In the land of “two Americas,” it turns out Republicans and Democratsdon’t even like the same foods. Using exclusive data provided by Grubhub, an online food delivery service that partners with restaurants all over the country, we examined the aggregate ordering patterns of customers across nearly 200 congressional districts. Out of 175 popular…

New Cities – Y Combinator Posthaven

Adora Cheung9 years ago06 mins

We want to study building new, better cities. The world is full of people who aren’t realizing their potential in large part because their cities don’t provide the opportunities and living conditions necessary for success. A high leverage way to improve our world is to unleash this massive potential by making better cities. It’s more…

My Roommate the Prostitute – Narratively

Shulem Deen9 years ago9 years ago036 mins

It was late morning, and I was putting up a fresh pot of coffee when I heard the first meow. It sounded awfully close, as if from inside the apartment instead of the backyard one story down. Then I heard it again, and there was no doubt. WTF?!! I texted my roommate. You got a…

Requiem for a Headphone Jack — 500ish Words

M.G. Siegler9 years ago07 mins

image: Buster Hein/Cult of Mac Requiem for a Headphone Jack The latest bit of antiquated technology Apple is going to kill. Thank god. I can’t wait for how much this is going to piss some people off. But I say YES, please. I tweeted that last November in response to a rumor that Apple would…

Britain’s Elites Can’t Ignore the Masses – Bloomberg View

Megan McArdle9 years ago9 years ago018 mins

This past weekend, I found myself in the British borough of Luton, pondering a British exit from the European Union. “How did you find yourself in Luton?” you will ask, and I will reply, “That is a long story, and alas, a very dull one, so let’s just proceed upon the assumption that I was…

Peter Thiel’s Attack On Gawker Is Not an Abuse of Wealth | Ian Welsh

Ian Welsh9 years ago04 mins

So, some years ago, Gawker outed Peter Thiel as gay. To the best of my knowledge, there was no public interest case to be made: Thiel was not funding anti-gay initiatives or some such. They also published Hulk Hogan’s sex tape and did various other scummy things. Thiel, being a billionaire, decided to take them…

The Transgender Bathroom Debate and the Looming Title IX Crisis – The New Yorker

Jeannie Suk9 years ago014 mins

Attorney General Loretta Lynch recently stated that North Carolina’s new law regarding transgender people and public restrooms is in violation of federal civil-rights law. Credit Photograph by Drew Angerer / Getty Barrier Status: ‘none’ This month, regional battles over the right of transgender people to access public bathrooms were elevated to national legal theatre. First,…

Who actually owns the stock market – Business Insider

Bob Bryan9 years ago04 mins

Paramount/YoutubeYes, they bought frozen concentrated orange juice, but you get the idea.It’s easy to think that the stock market is the playground of hedge funds and day traders, but in reality most of the stock market is owned by the average joe. In fact, the largest chunk is doing one thing: helping people retire. In…

Just in: Critic quits after newspaper bows to pressure and pulls his opera review – Slipped Disc

norman lebrecht9 years ago02 mins

Arthur Kapitainis is probably the most respected music critic in Canada. Just not by the Canadian Opera Company. When COC read his review for Mametto II online in the National Post they sent over a complaint to demand its removal (recte: two corrections). Unbelievably, the weak-kneed newspaper obliged. (see Comments below for COC account of…

The Cognitive Burden of Poverty

Geeks for Monarchy: The Rise of the Neoreactionaries | TechCrunch

The Moldbug Variations | Corey Pein

Curtis Yarvin, Political Theorist – Tablet Magazine

The Joe Manchin Trolley Problem

What Peter Thiel, J.D. Vance, and Others Are Learning From Curtis Yarvin and the New Right | Vanity Fair

I Disagree

Do You Eat Like a Republican or a Democrat? | TIME

New Cities – Y Combinator Posthaven

My Roommate the Prostitute – Narratively

Requiem for a Headphone Jack — 500ish Words

Britain’s Elites Can’t Ignore the Masses – Bloomberg View

Peter Thiel’s Attack On Gawker Is Not an Abuse of Wealth | Ian Welsh

The Transgender Bathroom Debate and the Looming Title IX Crisis – The New Yorker

Who actually owns the stock market – Business Insider

Just in: Critic quits after newspaper bows to pressure and pulls his opera review – Slipped Disc