Entries from June 2020 ↓

• Twitter
  RT @adamconover: The lie you’ve been sold is that consumers like you and me are responsible for plastic pollution. The truth is that the companies that MAKE single-use plastics are at fault, but rather than change they’ve waged a campaign to shift the blame to you and me.
• The Lie Behind Plastic Pollution Is That We’re Responsible
  RT @adamconover: The lie you’ve been sold is that consumers like you and me are responsible for plastic pollution. The truth is that the companies that MAKE single-use plastics are at fault, but rather than change they’ve waged a campaign to shift the blame to you and me.
• Far-UVC light (222 nm) efficiently and safely inactivates airborne human coronaviruses | Scientific Reports

  I believe this is reliable and significant: far ultraviolet (UVC) light at a specific wavelength—invisible to humans—could be used indoors to kill coronavirus in the air. Specialized lamps could be mass-produced for use in restaurants, theaters, and gyms.
  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-67211-2 https://twitter.com/JamesGleick/status/1277956274009837573/photo/1

  “far-UVC light has a range in biological materials of less than a few micrometers, and thus it cannot reach living human cells in the skin or eyes … But because viruses (and bacteria) are extremely small, far-UVC light can still penetrate and kill them.”

• Voter Suppression: November's Looming Election Crisis – The Atlantic

  “Black voters, on average, wait 45 minutes longer to vote than white voters; Latino voters wait 46 minutes longer…black and Latino voters in Florida were more than two times as likely to have their mail-in ballots rejected as white voters.” -@AdamHSays

  https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/06/voter-suppression-novembers-looming-election-crisis/613408/

• Our Ghost-Kitchen Future | The New Yorker
• How the White House Coronavirus Response Went Wrong – The Atlantic
• Third Place Books Seattle Staycation | Bonfire
• 5 new books: Riley Sager's 'Home Before Dark,' Shayla Lawson
• BBC Sounds – Grounded with Louis Theroux – Available Episodes
• Mind Fuck: Writing Better Sex | The Sewanee Review
• Belly fat in older women is linked to a 39% higher risk of dementia within 15 years, study says
• From pandering to Putin to abusing allies and ignoring his own advisers, Trump's phone calls alarm US officials – CNNPolitics
• Supreme Court: Its decision on the CFPB, explained – Vox
• Twitter
  RT @goldman: Idk seems bad
• Twitter
  RT @Celeste_pewter: This entire first paragraph:
• Nearly 60,000 lbs. of chicken nuggets being recalled because they may contain a rubber material – CNN
  “Nearly 60,000 lbs. of chicken nuggets being recalled because they may contain a rubber material”
  Wondering if that translates to about 50k chickens who were killed for nothing
• Fundraiser for Rural Utah Project Education Fund by Ethel Branch : Navajo & Hopi Families COVID-19 Relief Fund
• Twitter
  RT @john_overholt: The five worst days in the history of the US coronavirus pandemic are the last five days.

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• Opinion | Trump’s Napalm Politics? They Began With Newt – The New York Times
• Now introducing personal protective equipment — For Him! – The Washington Post
• This Is Trump’s Plague Now – The Atlantic
  RT @JeffreyGoldberg: I did not know, until I read this @davidfrum piece, that Sebastian Gorka calls masks "COVID burqas." Which is… really something.
• Why tech didn’t save us from covid-19 | MIT Technology Review
• Marty Baron Made The Post Great Again. Now, the News Is Changing. – The New York Times
• (500) https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/russian-bounties-to-taliban-linked-militants-resulted-in-deaths-of-us-troops-according-to-intelligence-assessments/2020/06/28/74ffaec2-b96a-11ea-80b9-40ece9a701dc_story.html
  RT @maddow: “Russian bounties to Taliban-linked militants are believed to have resulted in the deaths of U.S. service members, according to intelligence assessments”
• Houston hospitals hit 100% base ICU capacity. Then they stopped reporting data. – HoustonChronicle.com
  RT @GlennKesslerWP: Houston hospitals hit 100% base ICU capacity. Then they stopped reporting data.
• Twitter
  RT @rexparker: It’s embarrassing that it’s so simple
• Twitter
  RT @kharijohnson: Some thoughts on the exchange between @timnitGebru and @ylecun this week
• (500) https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/06/28/facebook-zuckerberg-trump-hate/
  RT @lizzadwoskin: SCOOP: We go inside FB’s tortured relationship w/Trump. New docs show how FB has transformed itself to accommodate him since 2015. His influence on their policies has reshaped the world’s information battlefield. W/ @craigtimberg @TonyRomm
• Twitter
  RT @nkjemisin: This is why she’s there. This has always been the goal of "school choice" and other privatization advocates: to take public money meant to ensure that all Americans get a decent education, give it only to their already-privileged kids, and leave poor kids to die.
• Twitter
  RT @EricHolthaus: The main finding of one of the most important climate studies in recent years, published last week, has barely made the news (I wonder why):

  "Capitalism is destroying ‘safe operating space’ for humanity, warn scientists"

  We are in a climate emergency.

• The game of life: Maria Konnikova on what she’s learned from poker
  The game of life: Maria Konnikova on what she’s learned from poker
• AI Weekly: A deep learning pioneer's teachable moment on AI bias | VentureBeat
• Twitter
  RT @gregsramblings: Sure, it’s a fun feature, but it’s also super important because, like school uniforms, it allows students to avoid sharing their economic situation with classmates.
• Life Hatched From Soft Eggs, Some a Foot Long, in Dinosaur Era – The New York Times
• Trump Retweets Video Of Apparent Supporter Saying 'White Power' : Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice : NPR
  RT @NPR: President Trump retweeted a video of a white man — driving a golf cart with "Trump 2020" and "America First" signs — yelling "white power" in response to protesters.

  Sharing the video, Trump wrote, "Thank you to the great people of The Villages."

• Best wine delivery service for 2020: The Panel, Winc, Cellars Wine Club, Vinebox and more compared – CNET
• 17 Wine Subscription Services that Will Make You Feel Like a Sommelier | Vogue
• (500) https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/with-trump-leading-the-way-americas-coronavirus-failures-exposed-by-record-surge-in-new-infections/2020/06/27/bd15aea2-b7c4-11ea-a8da-693df3d7674a_story.html
  RT @ddiamond: TONY FAUCI has been blocked from some media appearances, amid White House concern that interviewers are trying to turn him on the president, @ToluseO @jdawsey1 @yabutaleb7 report.
• Twitter
  RT @ddiamond: TONY FAUCI has been blocked from some media appearances, amid White House concern that interviewers are trying to turn him on the president, @ToluseO @jdawsey1 @yabutaleb7 report.

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• Notebag

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• The Nostalgia Machine
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• Twitter
  RT @LeslieMac: Only white male leaders get to say “we didn’t know” and it not be a moratorium on their leadership.
• Untitled (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7Ka0stsTO0&feature=youtu.be)
  RT @oceancleanup: #OceanVoyagesInstitute completes
  LARGEST OPEN OCEAN CLEAN UP IN HISTORY
  returning to Honolulu with 103 tons of plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch after 48 days at SEA.
• Trump bruised as polls favour Biden – but experts warn of risk of dirty tricks | US news | The Guardian
  RT @tribelaw: Very worth reading to prepare for a catastrophe-plagued presidential election and a chaotic success this November and December.
• Twitter
  RT @mekkaokereke: Even women that master these additional constraints on communication, use some percentage of their mental energy to do so.

  This creates a performance drag.

  This sprinter is fast! But if her peers don’t also have parachutes, she’ll probably either look slower, or get tired first

• Twitter
  RT @PessimistsArc: November 20th 1918 December 7th 1918
• Twitter
  RT @sailorbluto: me trying to convince people i’m goth
• (500) https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/06/26/black-ergs-tech/
  RT @nitashatiku: New from me: tech companies* rely on their most marginalized employees to fix a system that excludes them, typically without additional pay or time off

  *all companies

• (500) https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/realmenwearmasks-may-be-helpful-but-the-fact-that-we-need-it-is-a-shame/2020/06/27/8f372340-b7eb-11ea-aca5-ebb63d27e1ff_story.html
  "Making men feel manly in masks is, unfortunately, a public-health challenge of our time"
  🙄🙄🙄
• The COVID Tracking Project | The COVID Tracking Project
• See In Black
• Masha Gessen: 'I never thought I'd say it, but Trump is worse than Putin' | Books | The Guardian
• Twitter
  RT @KizzyPhD: 🙃

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• Twitter
  RT @sahilkapur: The Trump administration SCOTUS brief includes a section explicitly arguing that the ACA’s preexisting condition protections should be killed.
• Untitled (https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/19/19-840/146406/20200625205555069_19-840bsUnitedStates.pdf)
  RT @sahilkapur: NEW tonight: Trump administration files a brief asking the Supreme Court to wipe out Obamacare, arguing that the individual mandate is unconstitutional and that the entirety of the law must be struck down with it.
• Untitled (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/opinion/confederate-monuments-racism.html)
  RT @EricaJoy: "I have rape-colored skin. My light-brown-blackness is a living testament to […] the Old South.

  If there are those who want to remember the legacy of the Confederacy, if they want monuments, my body is a monument. My skin is a monument." -@caroranwill

• Twitter
  RT @richdavisphd: What does a mask do? Blocks respiratory droplets coming from your mouth and throat.

  Two simple demos:

  First, I sneezed, sang, talked & coughed toward an agar culture plate with or without a mask. Bacteria colonies show where droplets landed. A mask blocks virtually all of them.

• How the World Missed Covid-19’s Silent Spread – The New York Times
• COVID-19 Texas
• Researchers Find Critical Backdoor in Swiss Online Voting System – VICE
• Experts Find Serious Problems With Switzerland's Online Voting System – VICE
• e-Voting: Dialogue with experts on redesigning the trial phase
• The polar regions in a 2°C warmer world | Science Advances
  RT @MichaelEMann: From the abstract of our review article last year in @ScienceAdvances (Post et al, "The polar regions in a 2°C warmer world"):
  "Over the past decade, the Arctic has warmed by 0.75°C, far outpacing the global average"
  You read that right: The past DECADE.
• Twitter
  RT @MichaelEMann: From the abstract of our review article last year in @ScienceAdvances (Post et al, "The polar regions in a 2°C warmer world"):
  "Over the past decade, the Arctic has warmed by 0.75°C, far outpacing the global average"
  You read that right: The past DECADE.
• Twitter
  RT @MichaelEMann: From the abstract of our review article last year in @ScienceAdvances (Post et al, "The polar regions in a 2°C warmer world"):
  "Over the past decade, the Arctic has warmed by 0.75°C, far outpacing the global average"
  You read that right: The past DECADE.
• Twitter
  RT @MichaelEMann: Actually, it’s faster than that (h/t @ClimateOfGavin):
• Twitter
  RT @MichaelEMann: Actually, it’s faster than that (h/t @ClimateOfGavin):
• Twitter
  RT @MacMcCannTX: much to think about
• Tweet by Phil Galfond
  6/26/20, 14:57
• Twitter
  RT @danielradosh: I’m gonna guess whoever chose to go with "seminal" has not actually read it
• Twitter
  RT @theferocity: *looks directly at camera*
• KOMO: COVID-19 cases in King County increase by 60 percent
• Buy Fremont Mischief Distilling | Great American Craft Spirits
• Wine Club — Brimmer & Heeltap
• Canada’s lost months: When COVID-19′s first wave hit, governments and health officials were scattered and slow to act – The Globe and Mail
• What the world needs now: lessons from a poker player
• What the world needs now: lessons from a poker player
• Arizona's coronavirus crisis follows misleading data use and emphasis on rapid reopening – The Washington Post

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• Coronavirus in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count – The New York Times
• Coronavirus Map: Tracking the Global Outbreak – The New York Times
• Castro: ‘This Is The Time to Make Change’ In Policing – The Atlantic
• CRISPR gene editing in human embryos wreaks chromosomal mayhem
• Untitled (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/opinion/black-lives-matter-corporations.html?smid=tw-share)
  RT @Sifill_LDF: He is saying it. A MUST READ for corporate America from @FordFoundation President @darrenwalker.
• How the Virus Won – The New York Times
• AWS Outposts resources
• NASA Names Headquarters After ‘Hidden Figure’ Mary W. Jackson | NASA
  RT @maejemison: Extremely pleased by the news that #NASA HQ in Washington DC will be named after Mary W. Jackson, the first African American woman engineer at NASA! . #MaryJackson #hiddenfigures2020
• Twitter
  RT @annnwallace: I had so much fun recording this podcast with @grapesfrog, hopefully it comes through how much we enjoy each other.
• Untitled (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/24/technology/facial-recognition-arrest.html)
  RT @jovialjoy: Robert Williams wrongly arrested in front of family due to a false facial recognition match; 30hrs detained. As a black man accosted by police the outcome could have been fatal & still the consequences of face misidentification are indelible& irreversible

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• Breakthrough Drug for Covid-19 May Be Risky for Mild Cases – The New York Times
• Mekka *My Mask Protects You* Okereke on Twitter: "Hey underrepresented folks in technical roles! Performance review season is upon us. I want to take a few moments to remind you about some practical tips that can help you be evaluated more fairly in this

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• High levels of arsenic found in US Whole Foods’ bottled water brand
• Twitter
  RT @DKThomp: The declining median age of COVID patients is a critical story.

  Some of it is a statistical result of expanded testing—that’s important.

  But you don’t get a sudden doubling of hospitalizations led by younger Texans just by administering more tests.

• How I Became a Poker Champion in Less Than a Year – The Atlantic
• Your Black Friends Are Busy · Inspiration
• Twitter
  RT @PedsOtoDoc: 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣“Being seen now inevitably meant I was invisible before. That realization stung.”

  Thank you for sharing this piece.

• The Invisibility of Black in white spaces – Rebekah Fenton – Medium
• Abolish the #TechToPrisonPipeline
  @ahntilza Apparently 😬, but here is a petition:
• COVID-19
  IHME
• Twitter
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• It's OK To Use "They" To Describe One Person: Here's Why | Dictionary.com
• TROND LED Torchiere Floor Lamp, Modern Sky Tall Dimmable Lamp 30W, 5500K Natural Daylight, Max. 5000lm, 71-Inch, 30-Min Timer, Standing Pole Uplight for Living Room Bedroom Office, Black – – Amazon.com
• dabreegster/abstreet: A traffic simulation game exploring how small changes to roads affect cyclists, transit users, pedestrians, and drivers.
  Ever been on a bus stuck in traffic, wondering why there are cars parked on the road instead of a bus lane? A/B Street is a game exploring how small changes to a city affect the movement of drivers, cyclists, transit users, and pedestrians.
• (500) https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/amid-threats-and-political-pushback-public-health-officials-leaving-posts/2020/06/22/6075f7a2-b0cf-11ea-856d-5054296735e5_story.html
  RT @Sifill_LDF: Listen, this is one of the most chilling articles I’ve read in a long time. This is the madness that takes hold in a cult.
• Randomized Smoothing of All Shapes and Sizes, Part I
• “Rosie the Resistor Single Pin” graphic pin by Resistbot. | Cotton Bureau
• U.S. COVID-19 Cases & Deaths per capita – Google Drive
• Twitter
  RT @weinbergersa: Rubbing it in.
• Emergency Kentucky GOTV — Donate via AB Charities
• Twitter
  RT @juliaioffe: Protestors in Washington, D.C. tearing down a statue of Andrew Jackson, the president responsible for the Trail of Tears and a hero to President Trump. Video courtesy of ⁦⁦@jonathanchase_⁩
• Twitter
  RT @claydumas: This is the former director of the White House Situation Room and someone who held leadership roles in national security and intelligence for 30+ years. Follow his lead and take Trump’s tweet as the threat that it is.
• (500) https://ow.ly/CtVM30qRPsp
  RT @MotherJones: US states have spent the past five years trying to criminalize protest.
• The Best Mac Keyboard Shortcuts | Digital Trends
• The Great Slate 2020 — Donate via ActBlue

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• Twitter
  RT @reevesjw: Everyone: “Teddy Roosevelt was mostly good. This monument removal thing is going too far.”

  Everyone after seeing the statue: “Oh, I see. Maybe a new statue then?”

• US States Have Spent the Past 5 Years Trying to Criminalize Protest – Mother Jones
• Twitter
  RT @EmmaKennedy: Guy tweeting exactly what @realDonaldTrump tweets has been suspended for the second time
• Untitled (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/19/arts/black-photographers-self-portraits.html)
  RT @pbmit: These photos are deeply affecting. Haunting me since June 19th when I contemplated them the first time.
• This Safari Extension Can Clean Links With Trackers – The Mac Observer
• Coronavirus May Be a Vascular Disease, Which Explains Everything | Elemental
• EMERGING COVID-19 SUCCESS STORY: VIETNAM’S COMMITMENT TO CONTAINMENT
• Twitter
  RT @womensart1: Surrealist Remedios Varo, Cats Paradise, 1955 #womensart
• (500) https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/06/21/arctic-temperature-record-siberia/
  RT @billmckibben: Siberian town tops 100 degrees F, the hottest temperature ever recorded north of the Arctic Circle.
  This scares me, I have to say.
• Twitter
  RT @JeffDean: . @L_badikho’s clear example here is an illustration that seemingly minor choices in learning algs. or loss can have significant effects, so bias in ml systems is about much more than "just avoid data bias".

  ML researchers & practicioners must pay attention to these issues!

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• Twitter
  RT @jameshamblin: This is an extremely consequential admission.
• Untitled (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2c5frs17gQ&feature=youtu.be)
  RT @YoYo_Ma: When my trip to Kenya this month was canceled, I asked the artists of @ExileKeyFilms in Kakuma Refugee Camp to contribute to #songsofcomfort. Here is the message they wanted to share with the world. #songsofchange #blacklivesmatter #WorldRefugeeDay
• Twitter
  RT @YoYo_Ma: When my trip to Kenya this month was canceled, I asked the artists of @ExileKeyFilms in Kakuma Refugee Camp to contribute to #songsofcomfort. Here is the message they wanted to share with the world. #songsofchange #blacklivesmatter #WorldRefugeeDay
• Twitter
  RT @YoYo_Ma: When my trip to Kenya this month was canceled, I asked the artists of @ExileKeyFilms in Kakuma Refugee Camp to contribute to #songsofcomfort. Here is the message they wanted to share with the world. #songsofchange #blacklivesmatter #WorldRefugeeDay
• Twitter
  RT @saladinahmed: this is not satirical
• Twitter
  RT @AlexSteffen: It was 100º F, 70 miles north of the Arctic Circle today.

  We live now on a far different planet than we did 50 years ago. And we’re never going back again.

• Scientists Simulated a Sea Slug to Study Decision Making. Then It Got Addicted to Drugs
• Twitter
  RT @common: Reminder: if your vote truly didn’t matter, they would not be trying this hard to suppress your vote.
• Untitled (https://apnews.com/56faebddd07e5fc3b349e3e3e30453b2)
  RT @drvox: 1. This week in Trump: a thread.

  AG Bill Barr, acting as Trump’s consigliere, moved to fire US SDNY Attorney Geoffrey Berman, who is involved in investigations & prosecutions of key Trump allies. Berman refused. JOD pushing forward regardless. A purge.

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