Month: May 2021
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A Pennsylvania Lawmaker and the Resurgence of Christian Nationalism | The New Yorker
A Pennsylvania Lawmaker and the Resurgence of Christian Nationalism How Doug Mastriano’s rise embodies the spread of a movement centered on the belief that God intended America to be a Christian nation. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/on-religion/a-pennsylvania-lawmaker-and-the-resurgence-of-christian-nationalism Later that evening, Mastriano appeared on Facebook Live for his fireside chat, looking spooked. He told viewers that…
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The COVID Reporters Are Not Okay. Extremely Not Okay. – Study Hall
The COVID Reporters Are Not Okay. Extremely Not Okay. When I told my editors at The Daily Beast that I needed to quit my job as the newsroom’s lead COVID reporter, I couldn’t even say the word “quit.”Even now, weeks later, it feels like a Link: https://studyhall.xyz/the-reporters-are-not-okay-extremely-not-okay/ I was struggling to stay above water when…
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‘Belonging Is Stronger Than Facts’: The Age of Misinformation – The New York Times
‘Belonging Is Stronger Than Facts’: The Age of Misinformation (Published 2021) Social and psychological forces are combining to make the sharing and believing of misinformation an endemic problem with no easy solution. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/world/asia/misinformation-disinformation-fake-news.html We are in an era of endemic misinformation — and outright disinformation. Plenty of bad actors are helping the trend along.…
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Week Eighteen
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Sports photography with the Sony A1 Assignment: Jill Biden visit Under the bridge – Provo
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The G.O.P. Won It All in Texas. Then It Turned on Itself. – The New York Times
The G.O.P. Won It All in Texas. Then It Turned on Itself. (Published 2021) The Republican Party trounced the Democrats at every level in Texas in November, only to see its politicians turn on one another over the pandemic and voter-fraud conspiracy theories. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/04/magazine/texas-republicans.html Early on the morning of Oct. 19, an air-conditioner repairman…
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Feeling Blah During the Pandemic? It’s Called Languishing – The New York Times
There’s a Name for the Blah You’re Feeling: It’s Called Languishing (Published 2021) The neglected middle child of mental health can dull your motivation and focus — and it may be the dominant emotion of 2021. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/well/mind/covid-mental-health-languishing.html Part of the danger is that when you’re languishing, you might not notice the dulling of delight…
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Facebook and the Normalization of Deviance | The New Yorker
Facebook and the Normalization of Deviance The trouble with waiting to address problems long after you know that they exist. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/facebook-and-the-normalization-of-deviance “In the three years I’ve spent at Facebook, I’ve found multiple blatant attempts by foreign national governments to abuse our platform on vast scales to mislead their own citizenry,” Zhang wrote…
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John Swartzwelder, Sage of “The Simpsons” | The New Yorker
John Swartzwelder, Sage of “The Simpsons” The first major interview with one of the most revered comedy writers of all time. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/john-swartzwelder-sage-of-the-simpsons Swartzwelder’s specialty on “The Simpsons” was conjuring dark characters from a strange, old America: banjo-playing hobos, cigarette-smoking ventriloquist dummies, nineteenth-century baseball players, rat-tailed carnival children, and pantsless, singing old-timers.…
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Havana syndrome: NSA officer’s case hints at microwave attacks since 90s | Espionage | The Guardian
Havana syndrome: NSA officer’s case hints at microwave attacks since 90s When Mike Beck developed a rare form of Parkinson’s US intelligence concluded he was the victim of a hi-tech weapon via the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/02/havana-syndrome-nsa-officer-microwave-attacks-since-90s That raises more questions about why the CIA and state department were so reluctant to believe their own officers could…