This essay is truly remarkable -- really connects all the dots to explain what Musk, Thiel et al are actually up to, and it's much, much worse than you think

I wonder if our children's children will someday visit some other country and look at the rich cultural diversity there and say, "We have nothing like this in America."
4/4

In center city, outside of a Jewish deli, he said something to the effect of, "It is so wonderful here. Your city is so rich with culture." He pointed at the deli. "We have nothing like this in Germany."

I was perhaps a little too blunt in my response: "And whose fault is that?"
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We went through the Italian Market and Chinatown, through white and black and latin and asian neighborhoods. 2/x

Back in the... mid-nineties?... a cousin of mine from Germany was visiting the U.S. He was interested in seeing Philadelphia, so I took him on an ad-hoc tour. I took him through the worst parts of the city and the best, and everything in between. 1/x

How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance

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This is a test. This is only a test. If this was a real post, I'd probably be just as testy.