Drop whatever you are doing and take a few minutes to read this piece from @natematias — it's the most important thing I've read this year about the path forward in understanding how information technologies are shaping society, and what we can do to make this a force for good.
I know this is that Hallmark holiday where our timelines are filled with people remembering/celebrating their mothers. Not everyone can remember without pain though, and I just want to say that I see you too.
It took me a long while (and much therapy) to properly remember and process, and here’s what I wrote a couple of years ago: https://medium.com/@leafwarbler/how-death-opened-up-the-world-to-me-fdd5d6b0dc8a
By allowing the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration to expire, the White House has codified into law that the virus will remain permanently embedded in society, continuing to infect, disable and kill masses of people for the foreseeable future.
Thomas's "long con of principled advocacy for Black self-reliance and opposition to white largesse has finally run its course. Turns out, he was never against reparations—he just wanted them for himself."
Clarence Thomas Is What He Wrongly Accuses Black Folks of Being | The Nation https://www.thenation.com/article/society/clarence-thomas-supreme-court/
Uh oh!
Drug-resistant ringworm reported in US for first time; community spread likely | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/05/drug-resistant-ringworm-reported-in-us-for-first-time-community-spread-likely/
More of this please:
“In an accord with an Indian tribe, the city of Seattle agrees to create passageways so salmon can swim upriver past three hydroelectric dams.”
Lawsuit Asserting the ‘Rights of Salmon’ Ends in a Settlement That Benefits The Fish - Inside Climate News https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06052023/lawsuit-asserting-the-rights-of-salmon-ends-in-a-settlement-that-benefits-the-fish/
A landmark lawsuit filed by the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe asserting the “rights of salmon” has been settled, with the city of Seattle agreeing to provide passageways for the fish around hydroelectric dams on the Skagit River. In the suit, filed against the city last year in a tribal court, the Sauk-Suiattle argued that the three […]
“We had no idea, the public record had no indication, that he was anything more than an ordinary — if you could say such a thing — sex offender who had been convicted and went to jail.”
Mr. Epstein had been very publicly accused of sexually abusing girls as young as 14. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/us/jeffrey-epstein-leon-botstein-bard-college.html?unlocked_article_code=mwqPojvkW5pTz7vWpfRpDCMq6dX8ps-IJF4lqp91wXfbI8CHYq51CVSS1JR5U2k1hqM3Es5i-EcQwfaj96otMoVQdpS4r3ib3sKsDQPasKBMryvCtzKpYGz0zj02fpAH8GkaVGeT1eKKz_6f7txcDX27FTIkF3KH5ll31kyJz9MJcgXqok_LVub8xsxd7hLEdBMN06NDbS1tiXW1ZM2NS237OMvFXmugKO8bcY5343BNd5B0ou4VgZxZZS7huyWMuIrM67NO9OMTmx3bOGyjNJtnUfBSKO33r-PRhWAkv2M5WRq85bJQjKhEK4Wfr-HyA0Ua870LAbifKXa9HpHoVYd0FkP-n5UzxmLz5co&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Carl T. Bergstrom
