N.W.A. in the late 1980s. Three different versions of the marketing campaign for the band's biopic Straight Outta Compton appeared on Facebook: one for white audiences, one for black audiences, and on

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One woman’s story of racism, sexism, and discrimination at Squarespace. 18 min read · Mar 14, 2016 -- As a young black woman in the tech industry, by virtue of my existence, I am bound to face discrim

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More has changed in the past few years for women who allege rape than in all the decades since the women’s movement began. Consider the evidence of October 2014, when a Philadelphia magazine reporter at a Hannibal Buress show uploaded a clip of the comedian talking about Bill Cosby: “He gets on TV,…

analyzing the Anchor launch using social data. Published in Render-from-betaworks · 5 min read · Feb 23, 2016 -- (full disclosure: betaworks pre-seeded Anchor ) Research shows that densely connected g

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Logan Wright 6 min read· Feb 16, 2016 -- Server side swift has been an exciting prospect ever since Apple officially released an open source linux compatible version. My curiosity finally got the better of me and it was time to give it a try. I haven’t had any backend experience aside from a few…

February 16, 2016 A Message to Our Customers The United States government has demanded that Apple take an unprecedented step which threatens the security of our customers. We oppose this order, which

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I don’t know about you, but for me, the raging war between Bernie Bros and the Hillarybots has reached peak absurd. Last week, when I complained on Facebook about anti-Hillary sexism, a pro-Sanders co

Press enter or click to view image in full size Not to mention 400 Duane Reades. What happened to the people that were there before? What happens to those neighborhoods now that their communities are gone forever? Press enter or click to view image in full size This isn’t unique to New York or…

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