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They Hacked Their School District When They Were 12. The Adults Are Still Trying to Catch Up.

Education Week: The hack started small, in 7th grade, when they bypassed their middle school’s internet filters to watch YouTube during lunch.  But by the time Jeremy Currier and Seth Stephens were caught, more than two years later, their exploits had given them extraordinary reign over the computer network of the Rochester Community Schools, a […]

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What the Democrats Must Do Now to Defeat Trump

Schoon gezegd door Obama, gequote door David Remnick in The New Yorker: Even in his exhaustion and bewilderment, Obama painted a picture of voting that was half hopeful. “I love the stillness and the mystery of the day or two before elections, because in a lot of ways everything goes radio-silent,” he said. “Nobody at […]

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‘Full Trumpism’: The president’s apocalyptic attacks reach a new level of falsity

The Washington Post over de afgelopen Amerikaanse campagne: “All his bad characteristics get amplified when he’s in a crunch,” Murphy said. “He doesn’t have any allegiance to the truth or reality to begin with, so he’s drunk on crowds, in a corner and under great political pressure.” Waarom die druk? Should Democrats win the House […]

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We Need an FDA For Algorithms

Eindelijk een medestander voor het idee dat ik al langer heb: een nationaal onderzoeksinstituut voor algorithmes. De Britse wiskundige Hannah Fry schreef een boek erover en bij Nautilus deed ze een interview: It has to be a government, really, that does this. It has to be government that analyzes this stuff on our behalf and […]

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• Zalige lucht

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Nog rijker met de grootste voetbalshow op aarde

NRC met een geweldige football leaks: Voor superrijke voetbalclubs is de Champions League niet groots genoeg. Ze werken aan een plan voor een nog exclusievere ‘Super League’. Om héél eerlijk te zijn? Ik zou dat een geweldig idee vinden. Een gesloten Europese topcompetitie met 16 ploegen die in handen zijn van rijke tiesten en daarnaast […]

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The Conspiratorial Hate We See Online Is Happening Increasingly In Real Life Now

Buzzfeed: If memetic and information warfare are a game, that means you can win. And winning can translate into something that feels like real power. The claim that 4chan “memed a president into existence” isn’t just a catchphrase; it’s a line on a résumé.

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• Weekendje kliniek

RSV, verdomme.

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Muji just made a driverless shuttle bus, and it’s a minimalist wonder on wheels

Vanaf maart in de straten van Helsinki, aldus Fast Company: 😍

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Fight Fire With Fire, or Be Civil With Trump? The Obama Coalition Is Unsure

The New York Times ging mee op campagnepad met oud-president Obama: “There’s something at stake in this election that goes beyond politics,” Mr. Obama said in Milwaukee last week. “What is at stake is a politics that is decent. And honest. And lawful. That tries to do right by people and that’s worthy of this […]

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