Friday, September 20, 2019

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The Mysterious Death Of The Hacker Who Turned In Chelsea Manning, I Tried The Light Phone For A Week — Could I Survive On Just Texts And Calls?, The Verge's iOS 13 Review: Dark Mode, A New Photos App And Bugs
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DARK PLACES
WHAT HAPPENED TO ADRIAN LAMO
The Mysterious Death Of The Hacker Who Turned In Chelsea Manning
npr.org
Adrian Lamo was a hero in the hacker community for years. Everything changed when he began exchanging messages with US Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning.
FEELING A BIT EVIL
Silicon Valley Goes To Therapy
nytimes.com
Bummed out by the world and their role in it, tech workers are seeking help — and founding some start-ups along the way.
RACISM LAID BARE
The University Of Texas' Secret Strategy To Keep Out Black Students
www.theatlantic.com
Long-hidden documents show the school's blueprint for slowing integration during the civil-rights era.
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Side Hustles Made Simple
teachable.com
Over 70,000 attendees can't be wrong! Grab a spot for Teachable LIVE, a free online summit, to hear the interent's most successful entreprenuers show you how to turn your experience into a profitable online course.
I DON'T BELONG HERE…
GOTTA SEE THEM ALIENS
Watch: It's 'Storm Area 51' Day, And Yes, A News Camera Has Captured Someone Naruto Running
youtube.com
The Storm Area 51 event called for people to Naruto run to the military base and thus inspired many Naruto-related memes. Here in this video this guy hilariously decided to bleed memes into reality.
WE ALL SCREAM FOR LESS SCREEN
I Tried The Light Phone For A Week — Could I Survive On Just Texts And Calls?
theguardian.com
It proved surprisingly hard — but not for the reasons I expected.
WICKET MEN
How Two Kentucky Farmers Became Kings Of Croquet, The Sport That Never Wanted Them
deadspin.com
"At first they were all making fun of us for bending over to hit," Mark says. "'Til they saw how we shot."
DRAWN APART
Municipal Borders Have A Huge Impact On Millions Of People's Daily Lives. Here Are A Few Of America's Starkest
www.vice.com
Piedmont, California; Grosse Pointe, Michigan; and Roxbury, Massachusetts, may be separated by thousands of miles, but they've been shaped by the same man-made forces.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
WE CAN'T EVEN PICK A FAVORITE
Skateboarder Pulls Off Some Of The Most Inventive, Mind-Boggling Tricks We've Ever Seen
youtube.com
Jenkem Magazine calls Matt Tomasello's skating "Rodney Mullen on bath salts," and it's hard to disagree. This stuff is wild.
IN THE NEWS
Live Updates From The Global Climate Strike
New Revelations Deepen Scandal Over Trump Whistleblower Complaint
Bill de Blasio Drops Out Of Presidential Primary
The Verge's iOS 13 Review: Dark Mode, A New Photos App And Bugs
DIGG PICKS
Every Cyclist Should Have These Tools
huckberry.com
If you have a bike, it's inevitable that something will go wrong during a ride. Keep this multi-tool with you, and you'll be able to get back on the road.
De Blasio couldn't hack it, but we know you'll be able to make it to the end of Friday.