It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. | | | | Bobby Cannavale is the Dark Army’s U.S. fixer, Irving, on Sam Esmail's Mr. Robot. And he's awesome.
(USA Network) | | | | |  | “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”
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| | rantnrave:// Last night I went to an event to support COACHART, an organization that creates a transformative arts and athletics community for families impacted by childhood chronic illness. Over 1 million children in CALIFORNIA suffer. "Children living with chronic illness may feel isolated because of their condition. Frequent hospital visits and deficient immune systems often cause them to miss time in school and recreational activities. Families, overwhelmed by the cost and demands of ongoing medical care, often lack the resources to seek out or afford extracurricular activities. Healthy siblings are affected too when family resources are focused on a chronically ill child. CoachArt supports these families by offering free recreational lessons that bring a sense of normalcy back into their lives." What a wonderful thing. Many of my friends including ZANDER LURIE, JIMMY PITARO, BOB ROBACK, SEAN MORIARTY, ERIK MORENO, BRENT WEINSTEIN, and WALTER DELPH are on the board. Last night's GALA OF CHAMPIONS honored pal CHRIS SILBERMANN and his partner TED CHERVIN who run ICM PARTNERS. CoachArt offers a platform for volunteers who offer expertise in artistic or athletic hobbies and matches them with kids with the same interest. These volunteers are heroes. In one of the videos they showed last night, DISNEY PUBLISHING hosted kids as they learned to tell stories, animate them and publish their own books. Just heart warming. I have to figure out how to get involved more. They have no option to teach kids how to complain better, so I have to find another activity given my expertise is not an option. Please check it out and if you live in California, see how you can get involved. Lot of nastiness going on in the world and if you could see the smiles on these kids faces it took about 2 seconds to forget all that... I used to think the word curation was snobbish. It brought with it images of high minded snobs in areas like art or music. To be a truly great curator you can be discerning but you can't be a snob. If you are, you suck at curation... OMG, please help us... Hey, you better up your HALLOWEEN game... Happy Birthday to JONATHAN SCHULHOF (always Jonny to me), SERENA ALTSCHUL, STEVE GILLMOR, and BRAD KLAPPER. | | | - Jason Hirschhorn, curator |
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 | The Atlantic |
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 | March SHREDNESS |
| About the only positive in this perfect s***storm of self-destruction is that I've seen metal become more popular than it ever has been in my lifetime, including the heyday of hair metal. For several years now, I've seen kids at shows wearing Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, and Motorhead shirts. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| The long read: Expert interrogators know torture doesn’t work - but until now, nobody could prove it. By analysing hundreds of top-secret interviews with terror suspects, two British scientists have revolutionised the art of extracting the truth | | |
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 | Slate |
| Fandom cares about the internet because, in a very real way, fandom lives online. | | |
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 | How We Get To Next |
| Who are the prosthetics and exoskeletons of the future for? | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| When it comes to clean energy, the United States is falling behind a country that the president loves to hate. | | |
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 | The Outline |
| In Pakistan, the Fuhrer’s name sells clothes. | | |
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 | POLITICO Magazine |
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 | BBC Future |
| A new theory of emotions reveals just how easily our feelings can be shaped by context - offering some powerful ways for dealing with stress. | | |
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 | Peggy Noonan |
| Why do Americans own so many guns? Because they don’t trust the protected elites to protect them. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| Facebook responded to some questions about its role in the 2016 presidential election, and its plans to safeguard its platform in the future. | | |
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 | Bloomberg |
| Something is lost as big-box stores move into urban areas and cultural centers are squeezed out. | | |
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 | Business Insider |
| The COO of Facebook has nothing but excuses and backward-looking statements for a Russian misinformation war that is still very much ongoing. | | |
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 | Columbia Journalism Review |
| Donald Trump turned his Twitter ire on NBC and the NFL this past week. But beyond just criticizing them, Trump is threatening to punish the network and the league with the government’s regulatory might. Trump tweeted on Wednesday that NBC’s broadcasting license “must be challenged” and potentially “revoked,” based on a series of NBC news […] | | |
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 | Afropop Worldwide |
| Fela Anikulapo-Kuti would be 79 years old this month, had he not died from complications of AIDS in 1997. By the time of his death, Fela was the inventor of the enduring and influential Afrobeat music style, the composer of an enormous body of music, and one of the bravest political voices in 20th century African music. | | |
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| Slate |
| The world-building we see in great sci-fi can help the real world, too. | | |
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 | Racked |
| Victoria's Secret, Aerie, and others are deputizing campus brand reps across the country. | | |
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 | The New Yorker |
| Officials describe Miller as a savvy operator who is the beneficiary of a dysfunctional and understaffed Administration. | | |
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 | Nautilus |
| As the philosophers say: wherever you go, there you will be. For these researchers, incredibly, enjoyment is not the primary reason why we play video games. For the British artificial intelligence researcher and computer game designer Richard Bartle, the kaleidoscopic variety of human personality and interest is reflected in the video game arena. | | |
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 | Roads & Kingdoms |
| A pre-history of techno, the sound of black Detroit. | | |
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 | Variety |
| The job of a music supervisor is largely misunderstood, according to panelists at the Guild of Music Supervisors State of Music in Media Conference, who said their role is as much about detective and curatorial work as it is about sound-tracking. | | |
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 | NPR |
| In 2002, Donald Trump was expected to be a savior for Rancho Palos Verdes. But over the next decade, he brought lawsuits and offended residents. It's a lesson in Trump's management style. | | |
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