June 27, 2017

When left alone, a pair of chatbots deviated into gibberish, but eventually reached a sense of compromise. / The Next Web

“One called him ‘the face of corporate greed’, another labeled him ‘the most hated man in America’ and a third gestured as if wringing his neck.” Lawyers for the Martin Shkreli trial are having a hard time finding impartial jurors. / The Guardian

Google now knows so much about you that it will no longer scan your email to gather advertising data. / Quartz

TrumpBlocks.me lists those Trump has blocked on Twitter, a valuable archive of First Amendment encroachment. / Wired

The themes of Margaret Atwood’s novels—and her life—are the themes that define our world in 2017. / Vox

Academics won’t prep students to enter an emotional economy—jobs left will require compassion computers can’t mimic. / Aeon

A group of Australians are saving joeys trapped in their mothers’ pouches after being hit by vehicles. / The New York Times

Reasons Mark Zuckerberg isn’t running for president. (Also, he’s already leading history’s largest group of people.) / Kottke

“Crony capitalism may be slowly cannibalizing productive capitalism.” Study says most American entrepreneurs merely look for rents, including those provided by oligopoly and state capture. / Bloomberg

An FAQ on the travel ban ruling, with one big question unanswered: What qualifies as a “bona fide relationship?” / The New York Times

Trump name-drops MS-13 to build support for deportations—but it was Bill Clinton’s deportations that created MS-13. / The Atlantic

The behaviors of murderous bears, as researched by a novelist who needs one for his plot. / LitHub

While players flirt with activism in the NBA and NFL, the WNBA’s Seattle Storm partner with Planned Parenthood. / The Nation

A new book by photographer Philippe Glade captures the ephemeral architecture of Burning Man. / Curbed