[nonostantement #69] - the north face defacing wikipedia / emojis in court / the ceo of mercedes-benz retiring
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1838-2019: Street Photography - A Photo For Every Year
"Compilation of street photography and music from 1838 to the present day. Compiled/remastered/color adjusted all images and sound"[In Italian] - Tempo liquido, flessibile | Lezioni di musica
"Per chi scrive musica il tempo è elemento indispensabile come le note o il ritmo, qualcosa che si deve plasmare a seconda delle esigenze del progetto competitivo, un contenitore allo stesso tempo resistente e impalpabile. liquido e immutabile, eterno e provvisorio.""Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users
"Back in January, Google announced a proposed change to Chrome’s extensions system, called Manifest V3, that would stop current ad blockers from working efficiently. In a response to the overwhelming negative feedback, Google is standing firm on Chrome’s ad blocking changes, sharing that current ad blocking capabilities will be restricted to enterprise users."[Video] - Still Ill: 25 Years of ‘Ill Communication’ by the Beastie Boys
"Michael “Mike D” Diamond and Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz diving deep into the making of the band’s epic 1994 album – and, arguably, one of their high points as artists and generational touchstones."How Many Bones Would You Break to Get Laid?
"'Incels' are going under the knife to reshape their faces, and their dating prospects."Do Not Trust That Stranger’s 5-Star Review
"When I see that hundreds of other people liked the hotel I just booked, it’s a pat on the back."Far Right Networks of Deception
"Avaaz investigation uncovers flood of disinformation, triggering shutdown of Facebook pages with over 500 million views ahead of EU elections"[Video] - Arms Sales: USA vs Russia
"U.S. and USSR/Russian arms sales from 1950 through 2017. The underlying data comes from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's Arms Transfers Database. Units are expressed in trend indicator values (TIV). Each dot on the map = one TIV."Let’s talk about The North Face defacing Wikipedia
"Yesterday, we were disappointed to learn that The North Face, an outdoor recreation product company, and Leo Burnett Tailor Made, an ad agency retained by The North Face, unethically manipulated Wikipedia. They have risked your trust in our mission for a short-lived marketing stunt."How fascism works
"A new book by Yale philosopher Jason Stanley is the latest attempt to clarify what fascism is and how it functions in the modern world. Stanley focuses on propaganda and rhetoric, so his book is largely about the tropes and narratives that drive fascist politics."Instagram star with nearly 3 MILLION followers is lambasted on social media after complaining that she failed to sell just 36 T-shirts
"Despite seemingly having so many fans, she was unable to move a very limited quantity of merchandise — and social media users are shocked."[Video] - Is China's fishing fleet taking all of West Africa's fish?
"The BBC investigates illegal and unsustainable fishing off the west coast of Africa to find out how one of the most fertile ecosystems on earth has been pushed to the brink."Emoji are showing up in court cases exponentially, and courts aren’t prepared
"Bay Area prosecutors were trying to prove that a man arrested during a prostitution sting was guilty of pimping charges, and among the evidence was a series of Instagram DMs he’d allegedly sent to a woman. One read: “Teamwork make the dream work” with high heels and money bag emoji placed at the end. Prosecutors said the message implied a working relationship between the two of them. The defendant said it could mean he was trying to strike up a romantic relationship. Who was right?"Can Data Be Human? The Work of Giorgia Lupi
"The information designer and data humanist Giorgia Lupi describes her profession as 'telling stories with data,' which sounds like an oxymoron, until you see her work."[In Italian] - Il Pd ha speso 130.299 euro per i post su Facebook
"A urne chiuse, possiamo finalmente stilare una classifica di chi ha speso di più su Facebook per la campagna elettorale delle elezioni europee. E, soprattutto, capire chi ne è stato davvero avvantaggiato in base ai risultati (e chi no)."Vevo’s Greg Duffy explains how artists can ‘growth hack the music video’
"‘Growth hacking’ is very much a Silicon Valley phrase: a term used to cover a range of tactics used by startups when they’re trying to build a big audience very fast, in their early years.
Yesterday at Music Ally’s Sandbox Summit conference in New York, Vevo’s business operations and strategy manager Greg Duffy applied the term to music: specifically to music videos."The demise of the nation state
"After decades of globalisation, our political system has become obsolete – and spasms of resurgent nationalism are a sign of its irreversible decline."[Video] - Retirement is about exploring your wide open future.
"It's the last day as CEO of Mercedes Benz and the long deserved retirement of Dieter Zetsche lies ahead. To the applause of numerous employees, he takes off his company ID, says his goodbyes and leaves the company for the very last time. This could all be a very sad day, wouldn't it be for the one thing waiting at home."
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