October 21, 2016
The private prison industry is mobilizing its clout and money to dodge the DOJ’s decree to end use of private prisons. / The Washington Post
Native Americans are killed by police at higher rates than any other group in America, and yet they are often overlooked or misidentified by the media and the larger narrative around police brutality. / In These Times
In case you needed another reason to not click on Facebook ads—the ones they mine all your sweet, sweet data for—it’s absurdly easy to set up a phishing scam that appears to lead to a legitimate website via Facebook’s advertising network. / Medium
“The chances are slim that I hit anyone,’ he says, ‘but the possibility bothers me.” Don’t ask your soldier who they killed; they might not know or want to know. / Narratively
As millions more continue dying from opioid overdoses, Big Pharma is expanding the market for its opioids by marketing them for “secondary effects,” like helping with constipation. / The Washington Post
“Male visions of a post-collapse civilization have traditionally fallen along two lines: a cozy Wild West where men can be real men, or a living nightmare where dangerously confident females have ruined everything after someone let them out of the kitchen long enough to think they deserved power.” The alt-right currents in sci-fi in response to a female future that has already arrived. / The Baffler
Your Friday Kickstarter: Loes Heerink spends days photographing vendors in Hanoi from above, and hopes to make a book from the photographs. / lonelyplanet.com, kickstarter.com
The Clinton Foundation’s extensive work in Colombia should, by all accounts, be exemplary. Instead, it directed profits to a donor’s energy company at the expense of poor Colombians. / Fusion
Pen-and-ink music video of an underground escape from unknown creatures is one way to motivate you to finish the morning. / Vimeo
“We weren’t ‘journalists.’ People had that experience. Like, if we found an article we liked, but it was written in some esoteric or intellectual, jerk-off crap, we would just re-write it so our brothers on the street could understand it.... A lot of how the way media works now is what we were doing.” Interviews with two former staffers of the Black Panthers’ newspaper. / East Bay Express
“All the passion that we had is here today.” Former panther Ericka Huggins draws a direct line from the Black Panther Party to the work of Black Lives Matter. / Independent Lens
Though this year celebrates the 50th anniversary of the start of the Black Panther movement, in just a few years, we will be noting the 50th anniversary of its demise, which began when the Chicago Police Department and Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, with assistance from the FBI, assassinated Panther Fred Hampton in his bed in Chicago in 1969. / In These Times, Chicago Reader
Compelling brief audio testimonials by former members of the Black Panthers. / The New York Times
The Times reconsiders its past coverage of the Black Panthers. / Stephen Shames
The UK’s May reportedly told EU leaders, “It will be hard for me to accept things you agreed among yourselves.” / politico.eu
“Despite the admirable efforts of the short-lived metrosexual movement, most straight men still view the use of beauty products to enhance their appearance as taboo.” A battle cry for men to wear makeup—and the first time we’ve seen “metrosexual” called “admirable” and “a movement.” / Quartz
In California, building impact fees “have made entry-level housing almost nonexistent.” / builderonline.com
The Los Angeles Sparks beat the Minnesota Lynx, 77-76, to win the franchise’s third WNBA championship. / Los Angeles Times
For your Saturday morning reading pile: Is it true that Americans do (much, much) better when they have an enemy in common? / nationalinterest.org
“Recurring cases of the yips like Lester’s have occasionally afflicted baseball players, such as second basemen Steve Sax and Chuck Knoblauch, who suddenly could not throw to first, and catcher Mackey Sasser, who had trouble throwing the ball back to the pitcher.” You don’t have to be a baseball fan to appreciate this story of how the Cubs’ Jon Lester pitched a win last night despite being unable to throw to first base. / New York Times
French kissing rules mapped by France’s départments, based on this database. See also: A traveler’s guide to global greetings. / combiendebises.free.fr, The New York Times
Russian government hackers Fancy Bear have the full backing and resources of a superpower, but due to terrible cybersecurity hygiene, are able to utilize simple email phishing scams to gain access to their many targets, including the DNC, John Podesta, Colin Powell, citizen journalists, and others. / BuzzFeed
Trump has ever only “won” one lawsuit he filed in response to someone saying something mean about him, and the end result of that case is in dispute. / USA Today
A full third of Saudi airstrikes in Yemen hit civilians. / The Guardian
Because sometimes it’s Friday, and the weekend’s almost here, and you need some time to yourself to watch skiers and snowboarders crash and burn. / jerryoftheday.net