“6 Corporations Control 90% of the Media in America” and other Tweeted Links…
6 Corporations Control 90% of the Media in America [morriscreative.com]
U.S. soldiers were ambushed in Niger. Here's what American forces are doing there [youtube.com] » @BreakingBrown
Despite Exposés Hundreds of Judges Preside in New York Without Law Degrees [propublica.org] » @tonetalks
In West Los Angeles, the American dream collides with a different kind of profit imperative [topix.com]
Americans Are Wary of Being Alone with the Opposite Sex [nytimes.com]
Silicon Valley Women, in Cultural Shift, Frankly Describe Sexual Harassment [nytimes.com]
[]( "Liz Meriwether [lizmeriwether]") I don’t need to be “held sacred”. I need birth control, paid maternity leave, child care options, universal pre-K, and a safe work place.
Today I learned only 16 black women in the US have raised more than $1M in funding. Ever. Sigh.
This discriminates against women, since women academics are more likely to be married to men in their field than th… [twitter.com]
You’ve got to be kidding. A Novato man faces just five years, despite intentionally running down four bicyclists. [marinij.com]
If flying to the US, you probably want to get to the airport a bit earlier than usual - new security checks start: [bbc.co.uk]
“Leave Now”: Spray-Painted Hate in the California Desert [newyorker.com]
America’s Future Is Texas [newyorker.com] » @BreakingBrown
Just a reminder that Richard Spencer walks the streets, inciting genocide in this country & Joshua Williams is stil… [twitter.com]
66% of #teachers in #Kaduna failed exams set for 6 yr old #students. This is a larger crises in #education that sim… [twitter.com]
young bruh, our indigenous ancestors used to use controlled burns to make the landscape look like a golf course -now we got eco-rape😣
Confederacy: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) [youtube.com]
How the Grenfell Tower fire happened, explained [youtube.com]
July 2, 1777: Vermont Becomes the 1st American Territory to Abolish Slavery [blackthen.com]
July 1, 1974: Martin Luther King’s Mother, Alberta King, Slain in the Church [blackthen.com]
July 1, 1889: Frederick Douglass Named the Minister to Haiti (1889) [blackthen.com]
Marie-Joseph Angélique: Escaped Bondage Only to Be Recaptured and Tortured to Death [blackthen.com] » @RowenaMonde
“Uncivil”: The Civil War Stories We Didn’t Learn in School [kolumnmagazine.com] [twitter.com]
Space Isn’t What You Think It Is [nautil.us]
In Neanderthal DNA, Signs of a Mysterious Human Migration [nytimes.com]
Large-Scale Study 'Shows Neonic Pesticides Harm Bees' [news.slashdot.org] » @MindOverMunch, @Hood_Biologist
Something Big Is Warping Our Outer Solar System [science.slashdot.org]
Prozac Nation Is Now the United States of Xanax [nytimes.com]
A bus that runs on formic acid [bbc.com]
Urban nature: What kinds of plants and wildlife flourish in cities? [theconversation.com] » @Hood_Biologist
New Florida law lets any resident challenge what’s taught in science classes [washingtonpost.com] » @Hood_Biologist
More Millennials Are Having Strokes [scientificamerican.com] » @MindOverMunch, @ChefKorennn, @CHEFAHKI
‘Anumeric’ people: when a language has no words for numbers [theconversation.com]
The Dangerous Irrelevance of String Theory | Not Even Wrong [math.columbia.edu]
Survival of the smallest: the contested history of the English short story [newstatesman.com] » @Nalo_Hopkinson, @RowenaMonde
Women in Theatre: Lynn Nottage [youtube.com] » @NewBlackMan, @sweetpotatosoul
Warner Bros., Tolkien Estate Settle $80 Million 'Hobbit' Lawsuit [yro.slashdot.org]
Kazuo Ishiguro, the 2017 Nobel Prize Winner in Literature, in The New Yorker [newyorker.com]
Interview with Ex Machina’s Scientific Advisor [blog.ycombinator.com] » @megafunkmega
This Week in Fiction: Hye-young Pyun on the Role of Suspense in Storytelling | The New Yorker [newyorker.com]
Browse a Collection of Over 83,500 Vintage Sewing Patterns [openculture.com]
Midtown Detroit restaurant faces 300% rent hike - when the lease runs out, rent will jump from 1750 to 7000 a month… [twitter.com]
Afro-Vegan Is the Healthyish Cookbook We Need Right Now [bit.ly] [twitter.com]
5 Ethiopian Foodies you should follow! [blackfoodie.co]
Pashofa is a simple corn dish that has been an important food to Chickasaw people for centuries. #NationalFoodDay [twitter.com]
Our next Ciclavia: Iconic Wilshire Boulevard! See you all December 10th! [twitter.com]