“How Detroit entrepreneurs turn abandoned buildings into a source for fresh produce” and other Tweeted Links…
How Detroit entrepreneurs turn abandoned buildings into a source for fresh produce [blavity.com] @mindovermunch
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Poor Data Affects Africa's Ability To Make The Right Policy Decisions [iafrikan.com] @iayori
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Technology was meant to herald a new way of working, but that’s not the case [bbc.com]
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New Museum Connects History of Slavery to Mass Incarceration [nextcity.org]
Gretchen Carlson settles lawsuit against ex-Fox News CEO Roger Ailes for $20M [abc7.com]
Charlayne Hunter-Gault: Renowned Journalist, Civil Rights Activist [blackthen.com]
Affluent and Black, and Still Trapped by Segregation [nyti.ms] @RowenaMonde
How Climate Change Will Redraw Louisiana’s Flood Maps [wired.com]
Cruise ships start to come under scrutiny as massive pollution machines [greencarreports.com] @tamtamsworld
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Greensboro Massacre of 1979: Black and White Anti-Klan Demonstrators Gunned Down [blackthen.com]
The forgotten history of the zombie [theatlantic.com]
U.S. Judge Rejects Uber’s Proposed $100M Settlement with Drivers [wsj.com]
WikiLeaks has gone from journalist hotspot to malware hub [backchannel.com]
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August 16, 1938: Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson Dies [blackthen.com]
Elmer Simms Campbell: First African-American Cartoonist to Publish in General-Circulation [blackthen.com]
11 nauseating photos of NYC’s naked Trump statue [theverge.com]
Harvard Museums Releases Online Catalogue of 32,000 Bauhaus Works [archdaily.com]
How I wrote and published my novel using only open source tools [medium.com] @mreeuh
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The Front Row: “Ganja & Hess” [newyorker.com]
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Women and authors of color won big at this year's Hugo Awards [theverge.com]
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