September 8, 2016

#YouTubeIsOver won’t trend for long. Some influential creators are mad about notices from Google about changes to ads, but they’re nothing major. / digiday.com

“Thiel, a lifelong Tolkien enthusiast, argues for a more generous interpretation: the stones were ‘indisputably good’ in the first two ages of Middle Earth, he insists, and though they were used for evil in the third, ‘that just reminds us that there’s great responsibility that comes with power and that anything can become corrupted if we’re not careful.’” Given the damage Saruman did with his palantir, this seems like a bad assumption to make. / The Baffler

President Obama has a puzzling record on climate: heroic diplomatic efforts abroad vexed by infighting and apathy at home. / The New York Times