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Research Fellow in AI & News @risj_oxford | Research Associate & PhD @oiioxford | AI, news, (mis)info, democracy | Affiliate @TowCenter | My views etc…

Jan 12, 2020, 6 tweets

Sundays are a good time to clear out my open browser tabs. But instead of simply closing them for good, I might as well share some of the readings I particularly enjoyed recently. #SundayRead

This Nieman essay on solving the network crisis, by @wphillips49, is just another example of what a terrific thinker and writer Whitney is.

niemanlab.org/2019/12/a-time…

The last column of the great @garyyounge for the Guardian is sad and uplifting at the same time and should be on everyone's reading list.

“Imagine a world in which you might thrive, for which there is no evidence. And then fight for it.”

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Then there's this long-read by Charlotte Higgins on a scandal in Oxford’s ancient papyrus collection which is perhaps the best true crime story I've read recently.

theguardian.com/news/2020/jan/…

Also, @beccalew has written this sharp analysis of YouTube and radicalisation. Another must-read as is the rest of her work: ffwd.medium.com/all-of-youtube…

Finally, this NYT report from the annual meeting of the American Economic Association (their "Burning Man") and the discipline’s problems with discrimination & harassment is very good, not least bc econ is far from the only field struggling with this.

nyti.ms/2sT2l8r

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