The Republica

"The average workday lengthened by 48.5 minutes in the weeks following stay-at-home orders and lockdowns, and the number of meetings increased by 13 percent" — via

~ New interview with @ljin18 ~ We dive deep on: ∙ late night writing flow ∙ her vision for the world ∙ challenging the status quo — via

The Wisconsin GOP is welcoming Kanye West to the ballot in what increasingly looks like an effort to siphon votes away from Biden. But in 2016, it took Johnson + Stein. — via

Yes, Trump failed & COVID-19 has brought the US to its knees. Corrupt & racist policies broke a system that never worked for many in the first place. But we’re not a nation of quitters. I still believe different policies can make big, structural change. — via

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NEW from me & @KFILE: Trump's pick to become the US ambassador to Germany, retired Col. Douglas Macgregor, demonized refugees in Germany as "unwanted Muslim invaders." He advocated to enact martial law on the US-Mexico border and "shoot people" as needed. — via

Among complaints from Colorado State athletes staffers: Coaches have told players not to report COVID-19 symptoms, threatened players with reduced playing time if they quarantine and claim CSU is altering contact tracing reports to keep players practicing — via

"When the world stopped cracking open, I couldn’t see at first because of the blood running down my face." A harrowing first-person account of the Beirut blast, and the kindness of strangers, from an injured @VivianHYee — via

This qualified immunity decision from Judge Carlton Reeves is truly extraordinary. … — via

STUNTWOMEN trailer. I am so here for this. — via

Solitary confinement is the prison system’s torture device and it is used all too frequently. We must protect people from suffering this inhumane treatment and eliminate this practice immediately. Me for @businessinsider #BlackLivesMatter #COVID19 — via

I talked to Brandon and Kevin from 'Supermarket Sweep.' — via

Police officers lie. All the time. They lie on arrest reports. They lie on the stand. They lie about traffic stops. About consenting to a search. About civil rights violations. And these lies form the very foundation of our criminal justice system. — via

Small glimpse into what’s about to happen on so many campuses. — via

ICE gave two filmmakers behind-the-scenes access to document Trump’s zero tolerance immigration policy. What they captured is horrifying: ICE agents taunting/mocking detainees, conducting illegal raids, giddily trying to get their numbers up, etc. — via

🚗👮Just in: ex-Google & Uber exec Anthony Levandowski gets 18-month prison sentence for stealing a document from Google's self-driving car program. Judge Alsup had a lot to say about why it was the "biggest trade secret crime" he had seen. More here: — via

Workers are taking action for the Black Lives Matter movement and holding companies accountable for the systemic racism our industry exploits. We’re in this together but we still have a long way to go. Here’s how we can make change together: — via

‘How do you do, fellow kids’ is the ‘how do you do, fellow kids’ of memes — via

Facebook's latest scandal involves *spins giant wheel* facilitating the illicit sale of ancient Syrian artifacts *spins again* in private smuggler groups *spins a third time* by ISIS. — via

Between the murder hornets, the aggressive bees and the sharks, nature has done more than any elected official to encourage Americans to stay inside this summer — via

I don't remember who first wrote this but the SCOTUS leaks basically started once a veteran of the hyperpartisan and very leaky Starr investigation joined the court. — via

We’re releasing a new feature at Upstream called Guest Speaker. We are hosting an Upstream Social on Friday w/ the first guest speaker, @TaylorLorenz! We’re still invite-only right now but if you request access + mention Taylor, we will try to let you in: — via

The Census Bureau is ending efforts to count the country’s population on Sept. 30, a month sooner than planned. About 40% of the country has not been counted. — via

🚨Biosecurity experts ran dozens of pandemic war-games to prep for this crisis. My NEW feature w/@jefftollef asks what went wrong. They depicted #coronavirus, leaky travel bans, PPE shortages, vaccine scrambles, battles btwn leaders. But not Trump. — via

New and important for app and website developers: With iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur, you can harden your SMS-delivered one-time codes against phishing with domain-bound codes. All it takes is a small tweak to your message format. — via

"The CCP has also established a new online portal that allows people to refer their compatriots to police for political crimes." Accessible in Australia, it facilitates allegations of "attacking the party...harming the national image & slandering heroes." — via

I wrote about Talib Kweli’s alleged online harassment campaigns and its broader implications for black women’s safety online. — via

Trump appears not to have even a rudimentary understanding of a pandemic that his staff insists occupies him full time. @pbump — via

Getting evicted is one of the most searing life experiences. It happened to my family once and it was the most destabilizing event in a childhood filled with instability. This will wreck people. — via

cured meats, pickled vegetables, dried fruits and jams are all working class foods ffs — via

It's pub day for THE DEVIL's HARVEST, a story about injustice in California that Publisher's Weekly called "essential reading." — via

Qanon cultists mass reported a TikTok teen’s anti-cop comedy clip to FBI and DHS, then DHS spread the clip to local police claiming it was an instructional video for aspiring terrorists, leaked DHS documents reveal — via

i wrote the cover story for @wired's september issue it's about tiktok, blackface, and the consequences of cultural theft — via

It’s my publication day and there’s a review of my book by @JamesGleick in @nytimesbooks! 🚀📖🎉 #EndO… — via

i wrote about 'black is king' — via

Dutch health minister says fuck PRs, pushing to master, YOLO — via

It is with *total delight* I am finally able to share with you my new book— Kissa by Kissa: How to Walk Japan, Book One A book about the countryside of Japan, the culture of toast (pizza toast!), and mid-twentieth century Japanese cafés called kissaten. — via

Vaccines exist for many viruses. But only one (smallpox) has ever been eradicated. It took 15 years of obsessive global coordination. “We will probably be living with this virus for the rest of our lives.” Brilliant, sobering, must-read @sarahzhang: — via

On the now-banned The Donald's subreddit's new forum TheDonald[dot]win: "tracking apps estimate that the new website has the approximate daily traffic of a subreddit with 2.5 million subscribers." — via

AURORA, Colo. — "Police detained and handcuffed a Black mother and four children after mistaking their SUV for a stolen motorcycle from another state." #DefundPolice — via

Microsoft should walk away if it has to pay the fee Trump proposes for TikTok - for the sake of all U.S. multinationals. With @djtgallagher — via