Fake Yeezys fund terrorism, maybe
The counterfeit fashion industry often relies on child labor, and the profits have gone to fund terrorists, including the brothers who shot up Charlie Hebdo.
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It’s that time of year when we like to think about food and drink
I don’t know where the reindeer end and he begins. Fascinating look into culture of Finland’s reindeer farmers. Reindeer meat is becoming chic, but production is falling due to climate change, predators, and logging. ↩︎ Economist, posted Dec. 24, 2016 A short article by Mayukh Sen on how and
December 24, 2016
Trump’s pick for National Security Adviser, former Defense Intelligence Agency head Michael Flynn, allegedly met the leader of a far-right Austrian party founded by Nazis with direct ties to the Kremlin this week. / The Washington Post, HuffPost, The New York Times Related: An analysis of Flynn’s tweets
The year in review, from every (interesting) angle we can find
Moving into the next year, lifting up quality journalism―specifically quality journalism written by women and members of other marginalized groups―will be all the more vital. Round out your year in reading with this excellent collection of 29 standout pieces of writing and reporting by some of our best
The internet is an amazing, magical place—until it fails
Another reason to delete Uber: It hoards all of its data from the cities it works in. (So does Lyft.) This news was largely caught up in the midst of the #DeleteUber protests (delete Uber, by the way), but Uber has graciously decided to allow cities and the public to
He sees you when you’re sleeping. He knows when you’re awake.
This isn’t a data-sharing agreement—it is a secret government programme that turns the Department for Education into a border control force. The United Kingdom’s education department is encouraging teachers to spy and report on children of illegal immigrants and to create a “hostile environment” for them
December 23, 2016
Over the last year and change, conservative lawmakers in Congress and across state governments and legislatures have systematically cut down funding to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers to record lows. Per a Guttmacher Policy Review article, that may just have been the beginning. / guttmacher.org Internal Facebook training documents
RIP Sharon
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings release their final music video created before Jones's death, a lovely claymation rendering of Charles Brown's "Please Come Home for Christmas."
Mariachi men of Yugoslavia
“For a short period, it seemed showbiz here was dominated by Mexicans and their local reps.” On the "Yu-Mex" music of Soviet-era Yugoslavia.
The case of the North Carolina coup
Our state government can no longer be classified as a full democracy. When it comes to the integrity of the voting district boundaries no country has ever received as low a score as the 7/100 North Carolina received. By measures of electoral integrity, North Carolina rates only as partly-