Jennifer 8. Lee
Head of @plympton. Doc producer of @pictcharacter, @generaltsomovie. Emoji via @unicode/@emojination. @credcoalition. Once @nytimes. [email protected]
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Why Ruth Bader Ginsburg Wasn’t All That Fond of Roe v. Wade
The late Supreme Court justice believed the landmark ruling was too sweeping and vulnerable to attacks, explains Professor Mary Hartnett, co-author of Justice Ginsburg’s authorized biography
Jennifer 8. Lee
RBG thought strong case because based on gender equality and example of government enforcing abortion vs enforcing pregnancy. RBG didn’t like Roe because it was too sweeping and based woman’s right to privacy. Gender equality would have been better basis.
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The US air force gave her a choice: your baby or your job
As a new culture war rages around abortion, scholars believe a 1970s case taken up by Ruth Bader Ginsburg shows the lengths the US government has gone to in the past to control women’s sexuality
Jennifer 8. Lee
The 1970s abortion case that could have been Roe vs Wade (argued by RBG!), where a pregnant Air Force nurse was told to get an abortion (legal in military bases), or lose her job. SCOTUS took up case and Air Force changed policy fearing loss. No hearing.
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Don’t Fill Ginsburg’s Seat. Signed, the Republican Senators of 2016.
Republicans from 2016 make their case against Republicans of today.
The Heist
In Donald Trump’s America, wealthy people and large corporations have won big.
Jennifer 8. Lee
Excited for @publicintegrity's first podcast, The Heist, which digs deep into the tax-cuts law to show who really benefited. Based on a two-yea investigation. New episode will be posted every Thursday through Oct. 15! Subscribe
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There won’t be a clear end to the pandemic — The Atlantic
The collective sense of closure we’re all longing for may never arrive. Instead, brace for a slow fade into a new normal.
Jennifer 8. Lee
“The break between the Before Times and the present was conspicuous, but the transition from the present to the After Times will likely be more piecemeal and less tidy.”
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One Data Scientist’s Quest to Quash Misinformation
Sara-Jayne Terp uses the tools of cybersecurity to track false claims like they’re malware. Her goal: Stop dangerous lies from hacking our beliefs.
Jennifer 8. Lee
Informative @wired piece on analyzing misinformation through the prism of a security framework—attack and defense—led by @ngree_h0bit and @bodaceacat, tools by @VV_X_7, incubated by @credcoalition’s Misinfosec, supported by @craignewmark
6d
Scientific American Endorses Joe Biden
We’ve never backed a presidential candidate in our 175-year history—until now
Jennifer 8. Lee
Scientific American endorses Joe Biden. The first endorsement in its 175 year history for the historically politically neutral organization.
7d
WisDems Presents: A Princess Bride Reunion
This event will feature:
A script-read by the beloved Princess Bride Cast
A Q&A moderated by Patton Oswalt
Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Carol Kane, Chris Sarandon, Mandy Patinkin, Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, Rob Reiner, and...
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Jennifer 8. Lee
Starting in ~30 minutes, a table reading of The Princess Bride with much of the original cast: Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Billy Crystal, Carol Kane, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn, Christopher Guest. Also Rob Reiner.
9d
A Princess Bride Reunion (exclusive event)
Chip in any amount to join us for this exclusive Princess Bride Reunion! It's only going to be livestreamed once.
Jennifer 8. Lee
Original cast (mostly) of The Princess Bride reuniting for a script reading. Fundraiser for the Wisconsin Democrats. @benwikler. Who put this amazing event together.
10d
Cobra Kai - Wikipedia
Jennifer 8. Lee
How did I only know discover (through an email blast from Netflix) that there has a been a TV series based on the Karate Kid for two seasons already?! (Called Cobra Kai, and originally on YouTube premium)
11d
Memos
Jennifer 8. Lee
I loved reading @BessemerVP's original deal memos on @shopify, @pinterest, @twilio, @Wix and more. Especially their observations on the founders. Their imagined upside for @Shopify was two orders of magnitude too small!
12d
The Whitewashing of Black Music on TikTok
The optics of the app—where the mostly white star users have embraced musical styles like Jersey club—play into a long, infamous history of white appropriation of Black arts.
Jennifer 8. Lee
The piece on TikTok that @LatoyaPeterson (and I) have been waiting for someone to write.
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5 Takeaways From ‘Rage,’ Bob Woodward’s New Book About Trump
Mr. Woodward reveals that President Trump sought to play down the severity of the coronavirus and repeatedly denigrated the U.S. military.
Jennifer 8. Lee
In describing his chemistry with Kim Jong-un to Bon Woodward, Trump said: “You meet a woman. In one second, you know whether or not it’s going to happen.”
12d
A museum let a group of penguins wander its empty rooms, and they couldn't take their eyes off the paintings
Penguins from Kansas City Zoo spent a day at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, where they admired masterpieces by Monet and Caravaggio.
Jennifer 8. Lee
This will bring a smile to folks. Penguins wandering an art museum in Kansas City!
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'Finally free': Mississippi AG drops case against Curtis Flowers, tried 6 times for the same crime
Curtis Flowers, the man tried six times for the same crime, will not face a seventh trial, the Mississippi Attorney General's Office announced Friday.
Jennifer 8. Lee
Mississippi will drop homicide case against Curtis Flowers after six trials. The 26-year-old case drew national attention before the Supreme Court after it was the subject of "In The Dark” podcast (which was honored by the RFK Journalism awards).
17d
Emoji 15.0 Submissions Re-Open April 2, 2021
The Unicode Consortium is postponing the submissions of new emoji for Unicode version 15.0 until April 2, 2021. This delay follows on the ...
Jennifer 8. Lee
Announcement from Unicode: No new emoji proposals will be accepted until April 2021, in large part because of delays from COVID-19.
20d
Prior Secretaries | U.S. Department of the Treasury
Jennifer 8. Lee
Steve Mnuchin profile is chance to note there have been 77 US Treasury Secretaries — all of them white men (home.treasury.gov/about/history/…). In contrast white women, black men and black women have served as both U.S. Attorney General and Secretary of State. nytimes.com/2020/08/30/bus…
22d
Steven Mnuchin Tried to Save the Economy. Not Even His Family Is Happy.
The coronavirus was an opportunity for the Treasury secretary to redefine his legacy, for better or worse.
Jennifer 8. Lee
Steve Mnuchin profile is chance to note there have been 77 US Treasury Secretaries — all of them white men (home.treasury.gov/about/history/…). In contrast white women, black men and black women have served as both U.S. Attorney General and Secretary of State. nytimes.com/2020/08/30/bus…
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