Month: November 2023
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A Hedge-Fund Founder’s Obsessive Storytelling | The New Yorker
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A Hedge-Fund Founder’s Obsessive Storytelling A new book about Ray Dalio, the founder of Bridgewater Associates, paints an unflattering picture—but it’s hard to imagine a record more damning than the one Dalio has created himself. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/a-hedge-fund-founders-obsessive-storytelling Dalio’s inquisitions, in Copeland’s telling, could get overtly cruel. He once berated a top deputy—a…
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From Pixels to Punches: Geolocating a neo-Nazi and White Nationalist Combat Event in Los Angeles – bellingcat
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From Pixels to Punches: Geolocating a neo-Nazi and White Nationalist Combat Event in Los Angeles – bellingcat Chapters of an emerging white nationalist network from across the United States participated in a joint combat sports event in the Los Angeles area this August, according to open source evidence geolocated by Bellingcat. via bellingcat: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/11/16/from-pixels-to-punches-geolocating-a-neo-nazi-and-white-nationalist-combat-event-in-los-angeles/ Several…
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A Day in the Life of the Guy Who Harassed You on a Dating App | The New Yorker
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A Day in the Life of the Guy Who Harassed You on a Dating App At 12:10 P.M., I ate my meat-only Chipotle bowl alone. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/a-day-in-the-life-of-the-guy-who-harassed-you-on-a-dating-app I eat my meat-only Chipotle bowl alone.
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No Human Being Can Exist | Online Only | n+1 | Saree Makdisi
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No Human Being Can Exist | Saree Makdisi What we are not allowed to say, as Palestinians speaking to the Western media, is that all life is equally valuable. That no event takes place in a vacuum. That history didn’t start on October 7, 2023, and if you place what’s happening in the wider historical…
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Inside the Israeli Crackdown on Speech | The New Yorker
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Inside the Israeli Crackdown on Speech Since the October 7th attack, Palestinians and peace activists in Israel have increasingly been targeted by employers, universities, government authorities, and right-wing mobs. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-human-rights/inside-the-israeli-crackdown-on-speech When Frey tried to check if there was anyone outside his apartment door, he discovered that someone had blocked the viewfinder.…