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A dozen of the web's favorite writers on culture, technology, politics, history, the future, and the intersections of all of the above.

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@Medium24 Nov 2015
“Surveying Your Identity Or Surveillance” by @YungRama medium.com/message/beyond-id…
Surveying Your Identity Or Surveillance

Surveying Your Identity Or Surveillance

Arguments for a digital census

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Best word yet on #Facebook selective empathy in wake of #Paris by @zeynep @Medium @Message medium.com/p/664437b6427
The Politics of Empathy and the Politics of Technology

The Politics of Empathy and the Politics of Technology

Thorny (and Inevitable) Questions on Empathy from Facebook’s Safety Check to Google’s People Finder

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.@message haha that image of the Yahoo Pipes interface sends a bunch of Fetch modules into Union instead of multi-feed Fetch, rookie mistake
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@NiemanLab20 Aug 2015
What will the TV guide look like when Vox and BuzzFeed are side-by-side with HBO and ESPN? medium.com/message/tv-channe…
TV Channel Guide from the Future

TV Channel Guide from the Future

What Television Will Look Like in Five Years

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joanne mcneil@jomc11 Aug 2015
It's @zingbot on @message! On archiving &mapping historic queer nightlife for @outgoingNYC medium.com/message/outgoing-…
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@zeynep31 Jul 2015
My response to @h0d3r's important piece on "the Web We Have to Save". "The Web of Relationships We have to Save." medium.com/message/the-web-o…
The Web of Relationships We Have to Save

The Web of Relationships We Have to Save

A link is not just a link, it’s a relationship

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“I Am Not Well” by @tressiemcphd medium.com/message/i-am-not-… #BecauseIHaveWorntheOrangeJumpsuit #DrivingWhileBlack
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@JustinBaum31 Jul 2015
Best critique of the Apple Watch (and smartwatches in general) that I have read. medium.com/message/the-apple… by @jomc – at Manhattan, NY
The Apple Watch is a Watch.

The Apple Watch is a Watch.

And it doesn’t fit anyone. Not even Jony Ive.

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If you liked Nora Ephron's classic I Hate My Purse you'll love @page88 on the #AppleWatch as salvation medium.com/message/stop-rumm…
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No more non-diverse panels from now on: “How I organized panels on technology with women speaking” by @jomc #tech medium.com/p/bcb40a94f033
How I Organized a Series of Six Panels on Technology with Only Women Speaking

How I Organized a Series of Six Panels on Technology with Only Women Speaking

more gateways, fewer gatekeepers

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NYPL Labs@nypl_labs27 Jul 2015
Selecting The Next Librarian of Congress - What librarians would like to see in the #nextLoC by @jessamyn medium.com/message/the-next-…
The Next Librarian of Congress

The Next Librarian of Congress

What librarians would like to see in the LoC

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Lane Becker@monstro27 Jul 2015
“My ideals need to be made real through an existing imperfect system if I’m going to get anything done at all.” medium.com/p/4fe1a41ecc7d – at San Francisco, CA
Compromising your Principles

Compromising your Principles

Five ways to feel okay about yourself and your choices as a sometimes-activist.

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Brad Fox@brad_fx27 Jul 2015
If anyone you care about suffers #depression and u don't get it, @quinnnorton's amazing essay "Descent" is must read bit.ly/1gZUTMY
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@EFF19 Jul 2015
What should we hope for in the next Librarian of Congress? @jessamyn provides a librarian's perspective: eff.org/r.zm9b #nextLOC
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joanne mcneil@jomc1 Jul 2015
Move Fast and Queer Things @melissagira on #haltamc Joe as "counter to queer characters that are 'just like us'” medium.com/message/move-fast…
Move fast and queer things

Move fast and queer things

Before Halt and Catch Fire’s designated old Bosworth had his world stirred last week — by a programmer at Mutiny, who was flirting with a…

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Rex Sorgatz@fimoculous1 Jul 2015
Vox Should Buy Urban Dictionary #XshouldbuyY medium.com/message/x-should-…
[ X ] Should Buy [ Y ]

[ X ] Should Buy [ Y ]

How Pundits Write Slash Fic for Big $$$

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Rex Sorgatz@fimoculous30 Jun 2015
Still need to create a Twitter Bot that unloads on anyone who writes an "X Should Buy Y" story. medium.com/message/x-should-…
[ X ] Should Buy [ Y ]

[ X ] Should Buy [ Y ]

How Pundits Write Slash Fic for Big $$$

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@Medium30 Jun 2015
“The Tyranny of the Telephone” by @jessamyn medium.com/message/the-tyran…
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joanne mcneil@jomc30 Jun 2015
new series for @message on tech in tv &movies. medium.com/message/the-scree… first up: a look at my beloved #computershow medium.com/message/halt-and-…
The Screen on the Screen

The Screen on the Screen

An ongoing series looking at tech culture in film and television.

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@Medium11 Jun 2015
Android Fam! Want to help us test a beta of OUR ANDROID APP? me.dm/android
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