Discourse Discord — The Nib
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Outrage after video captures white Baton Rouge police officer fatally shooting a black man – The Washington Post
On July 5, two white Baton Rouge police officers were involved in a deadly altercation with 37-year-old black man Alton Sterling. Sterling was pinned down by the officers and fatally shot. His death has sparked protests and anger. (BatonRougeCrime.com) A bystander video showing two white police officers involved in a deadly altercation with a 37-year-old…
Peter Thiel’s Lawyer Threatens Deadspin Over Feature on “Betting Expert” RJ Bell
RJ Bell, the “Vegas oddsmaker” in charge of the sports betting website Pregame.com, and subject of a lengthy investigation by Ryan Goldberg on Gawker’s sister website Deadspin, has enlisted Charles J. Harder—the same lawyer who has threatened Gawker over Ashley Feinberg’s reporting on Donald Trump’s hair—to demand a retraction of the article. Meticulously reported over…
The Aspiring Writer Who Became an Eating-Contest Emcee – The New Yorker
Barrier Status: ‘none’ George Shea, the emcee for the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, held at Coney Island, on the Fourth of July, believes that there are two main reasons that more than two and a half million people tune in to watch the event on television each summer. The first is the appeal of…
Lin-Manuel Miranda Leaving ‘Hamilton’: Fans Wait Hours for a Ticket | Variety
Start Article Post Content Debbie Alsebai has spent 55 hours of her life waiting for a ticket to “Hamilton.” The first time she tried to snag one of the very few seats released to the cancellations line before each performance, she stood for 12 hours before having to return home to Boston. The second time she…
The worst ISIS attack in days is the one the world probably cares least about – The Washington Post
First, they came for Istanbul. On Tuesday night, three suspected Islamic State militants launched a brazen assault on Turkey’s main airport, exploding their suicide vests after gunning down numerous passengers and airport staff. At least 45 people were killed. The world panicked; Istanbul Ataturk Airport is one of the busiest hubs in Europe and the Middle East, and…
Trump Days – The New Yorker
Barrier Status: ‘none’ He Appears Trump is wearing the red baseball cap, or not. From this distance, he is strangely handsome, well proportioned, puts you in mind of a sea captain: Alan Hale from “Gilligan’s Island,” say, had Hale been slimmer, richer, more self-confident. We are afforded a side view of a head of…
What Happens When the Media Ignores You — Medium
What Happens When the Media Ignores You This morning, a couple hundred graduate students began their studies at Syracuse University’s Newhouse School. I was asked to offer opening remarks about “the state of the media.” Below is an excerpt of that speech. I’d like to talk to you today about what that world looks like…
Air conditioning energy: AC saves lives and causes less climate change than heating.
AC isn’t just about one’s social status and affiliation; it’s a matter of public health: Heat waves kill at least as readily as cold, causing hundreds of deaths every year in the U.S.Photo by Stephen Chernin/Getty Images “Why is America so over air-conditioned?” asks the New York Times in last weekend’s Sunday Review. The…
Pottermore problems: Scholars and writers call foul on J.K. Rowling’s North American magic – Salon.com
A few months ago, when J.K. Rowling released “A History of Magic in North America” on the Pottermore website, Native critics, scholars, readers and writers voiced their concerns with her appropriation of living traditions cherished by Native peoples. You can’t just claim and take a living tradition of a marginalized people. That’s straight up colonialism/appropriation @jk_rowling. —…