Archive - August 29th, 2016

AJ+

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LOL Racism in the workplace: What you can do to protect your white employees from hearing about it. via Facebook http://ift.tt/2c43uQr through IFTTT

Chronoto.pe

August 29 Comments Off on Chronoto.pe Category: Facebook, Feed

This is very impressive work by NextDoor and provides a useful action template for other companies. Internet communities don’t have to be toxic, but it takes effort. “Then the company analyzed how the variations changed user behavior. The most effective variation, Tolia said, involved multiple new things—the tip asking users to reflect on what really […]

Israel Joins Bikini Fray, Ordering Concert Singer to Cover Up

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Somehow, protecting democracy seems to keep coming down to regulating what women are wearing. Yet it seems no one can quite agree just how much or how little clothing constitutes liberty. Gee, could it be that attempting to force beachwear might just have nothing to do with freedom at all? In a twist on the […]

The Secret Justice System That Lets Executives Escape Their Crimes

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In this must-read addition to your #longreads BuzzFeed news takes a deep dive into the international ‘court’ that the Trans-Pacific Partnership would subject US law to. One used by executives to escape the rule of law and by corporations to essentially pass vetos on sovereign nations’ laws. And of course to make a profit… lots […]