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Remarkable that in all the mainstream media’s attacks on tech companies for the live-streaming of a mass murder, there’s no talk of their own disproportionate saturation coverage, which is the real enabler.https://nyti.ms/2W3IfRG 

Trumps Free Speech Order Could Backfire (does anyone really think that Trump could do something constructive about free speech, a concept he does not grasp?)https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2019/03/25/trumps_free_speech_order_could_backfire_110318.html …

INNATE: New book on genes, brain, and development by Kevin Mitchell. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/plastic-brains-how-upbringing-makes-little-difference-to-personality-1.3824237#.XJhrjrvnSik.twitter … via @IrishTimes

Historians Uncover Lost Socrates Dialogues Where He Just Gave Up And Started Screaming That Opponent A Fucking Brainwashed Shill (Onion satire). https://www.theonion.com/historians-uncover-lost-socrates-dialogues-where-he-jus-1833416965?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=theonion_twitter&utm_campaign=sharebar … via @theonion

I love stick shifts, but once again elite media’s technophobia overwhelms its ability to do logic & math: “Backup cameras reduce fatalities by almost a third, therefore they are more dangerous.”https://nyti.ms/2Ykay08 

Fake news is a marginal phenomenon (mostly goes to right-wing nuts & just reinforces their beliefs). The problem is real but statistically illiterate news. https://quillette.com/2019/03/17/news-pre-news-fake-news-and-statistics/ … via @Quillette

Another essay on why the SAT is the most egalitarian criterion for college admissions.https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/no-one-likes-the-sat-its-still-the-fairest-thing-about-admissions/2019/03/22/5fa67a16-4c00-11e9-b79a-961983b7e0cd_story.html?utm_term=.7ace11a9eb75 …

Why translation matters for the Arab world | Khadija Hamouchi | An interview with Faisal Saeed al-Mutar, founder of Ideas Beyond Borders. https://twitter.com/@khadijahamouchi …https://thearabweekly.com/node/42940 

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Bae, clapback, turnt, fleek, woke, catfishing, ghosting, lit, oof? Harvard history of English course hosts its own March Madness betting tournament on which words will next enter the language. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/03/harvard-history-of-english-course-hosts-its-own-march-madness/ … via @Harvard

Americans Are Divided by Racial Ideology, Not Race Itself. Anti-African American sentiment is rare in all blocs (including White Trumpists). Minority voters are more moderate on racial issues than white progressives.https://nyti.ms/2W6MfRs 

This mindless mobbing, intolerance of disagreement, and abdication of reason are catnip for the Right and undermine the credibility of the academy. https://www.wsj.com/articles/triggered-by-weinsteins-harvard-lawyer-11552950103?shareToken=st40b54d0042bd44a1bfedf1ae5fa36c08 … via @WSJ

The two Cambridges lose their minds. Part 1, Massachusetts: A Harvard law professor agrees to represent an unpopular client, and undergrads say they’re traumatized, writes @HMDatMI https://www.wsj.com/articles/triggered-by-weinsteins-harvard-lawyer-11552950103?shareToken=st40b54d0042bd44a1bfedf1ae5fa36c08 … via @WSJ

The two Cambridges lose their mind. Part 2, England. Cambridge University withdraws visiting fellowship of academic who refuses to refer to transgender people by chosen pronouns https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/03/20/cambridge-university-withdraws-visiting-fellowship-academic/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw … via @telegraphnews

Torn - Why I Left Judaism ~ Rebecca Goldstein Part 2 @Platobooktour https://youtu.be/vs3cIWQlcpA  via @YouTube

Why I Left Orthodox Judaism ~ Rebecca Goldstein, part I @platobooktour https://youtu.be/VGjNVFATQmE  via @YouTube

Read with Michelle Martin: Steven Pinker, ‘Enlightenment Now’ (Singapore radio interview).https://omny.fm/shows/money-fm-893/read-with-michelle-martin-steven-pinker-enlightenm …

New interview in Men's Health magazine: In 2019, Steven Pinker Still Says the World Is Doing Better Than You Thinkhttps://www.menshealth.com/health/a26487546/steven-pinker-world-progress-interview/# …

Carbon Taxes Are the Original Green New Dealhttps://nyti.ms/2CvUBe4