'Simpson’s great accomplishment was to be indicted for a crime and then receive the kind of treatment typically reserved for rich white guys.'

The one essay to read on OJ. By Ta-Nehisi Coates. theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

A useful guide from WIRED on how to prevent your data from being used to train different AI services.

Also a question: if you delete your Tweets, do X's terms of service still let them train Grok on them?

wired.com/story/how-to-s…

I asked Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark whether we should worry AI will get sentient and kill us. He said we should decouple sentience with risk. And then things got weird!

Spotify:  spoti.fi/32aZGZx
Apple:  apple.co/3AebxCK
Etc. pod.link/1522960417/

If your profile begins with you physically chasing your subject down a hallway, you've earned my attention.

Read Elaine Godfrey on Matt Gaetz: theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

You, too, can surrender to temptation: accounts.theatlantic.com/products/

A very smart guide --- with links to papers --- on different kinds of gender bias in AI. thegradient.pub/gender-bias-in…

The Masai have grazed cows on the Serengeti for centuries. They believe it’s their duty from God. Now they are being wiped out by the Dubai royals, conservationists, and their own government’s belief in national identity. Stephanie McCrummen theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

You know you have a problem when you get a text from Mom that reads: 'We cannot wait to see you! I have beet juice, wheat germ and flaxseed. 💕'

.Daniel A. Gross, a science editor @newyorker, got John McPhee on the phone for our Daily newsletter. His first time experiencing an earthquake at 93 years young! link.newyorker.com/view/5be9fbf02…

'White Rural Rage illustrates how willing many members of the U.S. media and the public are to believe, and ultimately launder, abusive accusations against an economically disadvantaged group of people that would provoke sympathy if its members had different skin color and voting…

Like probably everyone else in NYC, my first thought was: “what are the people upstairs doing now?”

The creator of the crazy XZ Backdoor hack, at first glance, seemed to work for China. But they also worked on Chinese holidays and took Easter off. Who was it? Andy Greenberg (@agreenberg at the other places)
wired.com/story/jia-tan-…

Had Erdal Arikan been able to stay in the US, he would have created opportunities for thousands of other engineers, scientists and other American workers as well.

fun story: i lost my high school ring in 1991

found decades later on the side of the road by a kind englishman
whose son-in-law shares an investigative spirit & love of lord of the rings w/ me, so now we are reunited

check out the saga in his own words..thanks a million mike!!

Meet the TikTok whistleblower who got DC's attention.

He says TikTok & the FBI surveilled him 24-7, among other improbable claims. Yet he found a ready audience with US lawmakers over his allegations of TikTok's ties to China. Big scoop from Louise Matsakis

wired.com/story/tiktok-w…

Jonathan Levin, a distinguished economist and Stanford alumnus who has led the Stanford Graduate School of Business as dean for the last eight years, has been appointed the next president of Stanford University, the Board of Trustees announced today. stanford.io/3TIqneN

Journalism job listings can have a more sinister tone when read as headlines

I ❤️ journalism. Congratulations to my mega-talented, totally brilliant colleagues at The Atlantic.

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A fabulous Ken Burns interview about Beyonce's new album and the history of country music. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

Tonight Texas Tribune won its first National Magazine Award, in the reporting category, alongside our partners ProPublica and FRONTLINE. We were recognized for our investigation into the law enforcement response to the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde.
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