What we are reading August 21, 2024
We are catching up with the news and Elon Musk. Here are some stories you might have missed this week.
The truth behind all those former gifted kid memes
How the “gifted” label rearranges your life.
Constance Grady
Trump campaign hack-and-leak appears like a rerun of 2016. This time, media outlets are responding differently | TechCrunch
Faced with a new hack-and-leak operation targeting the Trump presidential campaign, journalists and media outlets are taking a different approach to their reporting.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
What Kamala Harris and Beyoncé have in common
The “Freedom” singer can not talk to the press; the presidential candidate has to.
Jonquilyn Hill
No, the FDA Didn’t Reject MDMA Therapy Because of Big Pharma—It Was Because of Shoddy Science
The evidence points less to wariness of psychedelics and more to too little experience with clinical trial standards.
Katie MacBride
Gemini is taking over Google
On The Vergecast: Google AI, app store shenanigans, and fancy TVs.
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Jury convicts white Florida woman in fatal shooting of her Black neighbor during ongoing dispute
A Florida jury has convicted a white woman accused of manslaughter in the shooting death of her Black neighbor amid an ongoing feud over the neighbor’s children.
CURT ANDERSONNike’s $25B blunder shows us the limits of “data-driven”
The illusion of data as “objective” conceals that it rarely shows you the whole picture. Making decisions based on the easiest data to…
Pet Rock Olympics a three-generation family affair
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Anthony A. Mestas, Pueblo Chieftain
Step Away From Screens With the 32 Best Family Board Games
From monsters to kittens to strategy games, these sets will liven things up on nights when everyone is tired of screens.
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