#Gatekeepers

Andy Budd

andybudd

This is why user research is often seen as a threat. It’s easy for an executive to get their way by claiming it’s something the “users want” based on a

Gail Simone

GailSimone

I have a theory about 2020.Bear with me...I’ve done the math and it checks out, but I have no way to prove it, so it’s purely theoretical.At this time.1/ Here’s

The Q Origins Project

QOrigins

Naturally, Q watchers talk a LOT about the rhetoric on Q Instagram.But the truth is, most of the gatekeepers there are doing a good job tamping down on violent incitement

Sara Grochowski

thehidingspot

I recently got in an argument with an old bookstore colleague about how I think booksellers, generally and always, should commit to stocking books from a variety of voices, particularly

M’BlockU

rodimusprime

Here's the thing about the Bill Simmons article that spoke the loudest. When it came to the black people he seemed to consider worthy of hosting a podcast he sounded

Laura Zats

LZats

Last week, many generous people spoke about why, as a rule, white people should not be writing POC POV characters. A key reason for this is because publishing is not

Natasha 🚜🌾 🌈 ‏ نتاشا

nuts2406

Positive patriarcy is apparently now a thing.Innocent women fluttering their eyelashes to get men to do their grocery shoppingHelpless women running to male colleagues because they are incapable of solving

Dr. Pragya Agarwal FRSA

DrPragyaAgarwal

Today I finally wrote that email 20 yrs later. To the professor on my MA course who agreed to give me a recommendation letter for my PhD and then wrote

Lim Wei Jiet 🇲🇾

limweijiet

This decision has chilling consequences on media freedom & free speech in Malaysia. Here's why:1. Msiakini was in contempt for 3rd party comments disparaging the Judiciary on its website. FC

Wesley Yang

wesyang

Hsieh's case is an instructive one: given infinite means to pursue happiness, attract friends, have artists and musicians and intellectuals play court to you, would you be able to construct

on hiatus

StorySorcery

Story time: In June 2020, I took part in PitMad and was overwhelmed by the agent requests I received. In the end, I had 3 agent offers. 2 calls went

David B. Larter

DavidLarter

There is strong correlation between Trump's twitter feed and the "readiness drills" that NXIVM inflicted on its members: Designed to keep them in a state of anxious anticipation and train

Bart Barber

bartbarber

Here’s the first suggestion for steps to improve things in the SBC. It’s probably also the one that may disappoint some of you the most: We need to be more

Melissa Blue, feeling like Dakota Gray

mel_thegreat

I have tried to let this shit go all day, but I am peak annoyed on two fronts now.And quite frankly, it is the end of 2020. We started this

Glenn Greenwald

ggreenwald

The New Ruling Coalition: Opposition to Afghanistan Withdrawal Shows Its Key Factionshttps://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-new-ruling-coalition-opposition An unholy union of the National Security State and the neocon-backed and corporate-fun

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

There was a line from the old Counting Crows song "Mr. Jones" that always stuck with me: "When I look at the television, I want to see me, staring right

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