[nonostantement #73] - gentrified graffiti / berlusconi in your brain / veinte años
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Bodies in Seats
"At Facebook’s worst-performing content moderation site in North America, one contractor has died, and others say they fear for their lives"How Graffiti Became Gentrified
"Two decades after Rudy Giuliani tried to rid New York City of graffiti, the art form is flourishing—with unexpected consequences."How 9 People Built an Illegal $5M Airbnb Empire in New York
"A May visit from a New York City Department of Buildings inspector revealed the building had been illegally converted into 12 rooms, four squeezed onto each floor, equipped with a total of 24 beds for nightly rental"The Political Legacy of Entertainment TV
"We study the political impact of commercial television in Italy exploiting the staggered introduction of Berlusconi's private TV network, Mediaset, in the early 1980s. We find that individuals with early access to Mediaset all-entertainment content were more likely to vote for Berlusconi's party in 1994, when he first ran for office. The effect persists for five elections and is driven by heavy TV viewers, namely the very young and the elderly."Jony Ive to form independent design company with Apple as client
"Apple today announced that Sir Jony Ive, Apple’s chief design officer, will depart the company as an employee later this year to form an independent design company which will count Apple among its primary clients."Japanese Menswear Still Rules. Here's Why.
"Yoshio Kubo, Bed J.W. Ford and Auralee were among a new crop of Japanese menswear designers who took Paris by storm, but the country’s enormous influence over the market runs deep."“Chernobyl” is the highest-rated TV series ever
"HBO’s show rates higher on IMDb than other historical dramas and even 'Breaking Bad'”Witnessed — Hong Kong's Anti-Extradition Law Protests with Christopher Lim
Re-made in China
"From Marxism to hip hop, China’s appropriations from the West show that globalisation makes the world bumpy, not flat"The Pentagon has a laser that can identify people from a distance—by their heartbeat
"The Jetson prototype can pick up on a unique cardiac signature from 200 meters away, even through clothes."
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