James Fallows
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A digital jobs program to help America's economic recovery
Google 20h 3 tweets
A new suite of Google Career Certificates and other efforts to help people prepare for jobs, creating economic opportunity for everyone.
Tuskegee Airmen
HISTORY 11h 1 tweets
The Tuskegee Airmen were the first black military aviators in the U.S. Army Air Corps (AAC), a precursor of the U.S. Air Force. Trained at the Tuskegee Army
James Fallows Bob Costas on CNN saying DC NFL team will become Red Tails. Hope that’s so. 11h
Access Esri User Conference 2020
Esri.com 18h 1 tweets
James Fallows In early July in most recent years, I’ve been in San Diego for the ~20,000-attendee worldwide User Conference. Of course it’s virtual-only this year. But opening session begins in an hour, freely available to anyone here 18h
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
Bloomberg.com 18h 1 tweets
Quit Chrome. Safari and Edge Are Just Better Browsers for You and Your Computer.
Joanna Stern - WSJ 44h 5 tweets
Could this be the year when you pack up your bookmarks and switch from Google Chrome to another browser? Joanna Stern weighs alternatives like Microsoft’s Edge and Apple’s Safari.
James Fallows I am long-time Chrome guy. But this is interesting (and I do notice the RAM / CPU issue): And on different plane of technology, this: 20h
You Should Start Writing Letters
Nytimes.com 18h 2 tweets
Zoom calls and texts are emotionally draining, but exchanging handwritten notes can be sublime.
James Fallows I am long-time Chrome guy. But this is interesting (and I do notice the RAM / CPU issue): And on different plane of technology, this: 20h
China’s Xinjiang Policy: Less About Births, More About Control
The Atlantic 3d 4 tweets
Like the one-child policy, Beijing’s repressive actions against minority Uighur Muslims are about preserving power.
The Big Boy President Wore a Big Boy Mask And Now the Election is Over, Aides Say
Mother Jones 44h 4 tweets
This is the sort of positive reinforcement people use on dogs.
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James Fallows . knows how to make his point. 43h
Zuckerberg Never Fails to Disappoint
Nytimes.com 3d 13 tweets
He cannot hold on to such enormous power and avoid responsibility when things get tough.
James Fallows Excellent, trenchant column by Power wielded so irresponsibly begs for external controls. (To extend the analogy Swisher uses: that was true of meat packers in the days of ‘The Jungle,’ has become true of this firm now.) 3d
Portland Place couple who confronted protesters have a long history of not backing down
STLtoday.com 3d 56 tweets
Public records and interviews show Mark and Patricia McCloskey are almost always in conflict with somebody, often concerning property rights.
Texas executes Billy Wardlow, who was 18 when he killed a man. Experts argued that's too young for a death sentence.
Jolie McCullough - The Texas Tribune 5d 2 tweets
Wardlow had asked the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that he was too young to get the Texas death penalty. His execution was the first in Texas to proceed during the pandemic as the coronavirus rages across the state.
James Fallows Read what Lincoln Caplan wrote about Billy Joe Wardlow, scheduled for Texas’s first execution since the pandemic, set for tonight (barring SCOTUS stay): And 5d
Should Billy Joe Wardlow Be Executed for a Crime Committed When He Was Eighteen?
The New Yorker 13d 3 tweets
A condemned man in Texas is asking the Supreme Court to consider the clinical, if not compassionate, possibility of redemption.
James Fallows Read what Lincoln Caplan wrote about Billy Joe Wardlow, scheduled for Texas’s first execution since the pandemic, set for tonight (barring SCOTUS stay): And 5d
Introducing the Best Hospitals for America | Washington Monthly
Washington Monthly 7d 6 tweets
Here are the institutions that save lives, save money, and serve social justice.
Decision for 2020-21 Academic Year
Fas.harvard.edu 8d 10 tweets
7/6/2020
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James Fallows Actually, what they’re saying is a little different from this summary: 8d
Coronavirus Data for July 3, 2020
Coronavirus.dc.gov 10d 1 tweets
(Washington, DC) – The District’s reported data for Friday, July 3, 2020 includes 12 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to 10,447. The District reported two additional COVID-19 related...
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James Fallows Independence Day greetings from us here in DC! 10d
Reliable Sources with Brian Stelter
CNN 101d 5 tweets
Reliable Sources examines how journalists do their jobs and how the media affect the stories they cover in this weekly CNN program.
Aspen Ideas 2020: Mitt Romney, Alicia Garza, Michael Eric Dyson, Brian Greene, Lulu Miller
YouTube 11d 1 tweets
Mitt Romney says China is “the greatest adversary we’re going to face over the coming century.” He dives deep into the country’s rise. The transformation in ...
James Fallows . interview tonight, w at virtual v interesting *because* this would essentially be platform of any (sane) R or D next administration. Starts at time 4:00 of this 11d
Skies Magazine
Issues.skiesmag.com 12d 1 tweets
James Fallows A fascinating, sobering article from airline pilot Sarina Larson on flying in the era of Covid. 12d
Gov. Greg Abbott orders Texans in most counties to wear masks in public
Patrick Svitek - The Texas Tribune 12d 9 tweets
The order comes as coronavirus cases continue to surge in the state.
How to Reverse the Resentful, Unequal, Uncaring Parts of American Culture
James Fallows - The Atlantic 1191d 2 tweets
A new book by Charles Peters looks to the past to address the problems of the contemporary United States
James Fallows For those wondering “What’s a use of eagle imagery, that has no unwanted Nazi connotations,” I give you: FDR’s National Recovery Act. “We Do Our Part.” More, about book w that title by Charles Peters: 12d