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Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Patreon is now basically a payday lender.
Sacha Meyers • Bitcoin Is Venice: Essays on the Past and Future of Capitalism
surreal to read a tech piece from a once-highly respected institution referencing five or ten prominent figures in silicon valley, none of whom are willing to respond for comment. most writers covering the industry are seen as activists now, not journalists. trust is shattered.
the ideology that holds truth is a substance to be molded to purpose is becoming dominant with frightening speed.
Ashley Rindsberg • The Gray Lady Winked: How the New York Times's Misreporting, Distortions and Fabrications Radically Alter History
The map: misrepresenting Montana and Manhattan.
Scott Berinato • Good Charts
The Vox Doctrine
Media companies are profiting from a crisis they helped create. Vox/Recode dismissed the pandemic, scorned precautions, told you not to wear masks, even attacked philanthrophy!
Now they're setting traffic records.
Need citizen journalism, not corporate media.
Pluralistic: Tiktok’s Enshittification (21 Jan 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily Links From Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorowpluralistic.net
- Smart Brevity is teachable.
Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, • Smart Brevity
Substack also seems to understand something that few other technology platforms have understood: that the atomic unit of media isn’t an article, nor a media brand, but instead is the creator themselves.