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Aug 28 2019

"You’re as dumb as a post" [copy]

#97:

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Hope the weeks been treating you well🌞.
I don't know about you but I'm definitely going to think twice the next time I'm topping my loyalty card with money.
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ज्ञान

😷 TikTok is fuelling India's deadly hate speech epidemic

I'm used to seeing articles like this now. But the vivid stories here give a new, visceral perspective on how hate and division is translating offline.

📅 The calendar that could have been (Twitter thread)

It has 13 months, is effectively a lunar calendar and each day is the same date every month.

The International Fixed Calendar fixes all the shortcomings of the standard Gregorian calendar (which we use), while maintaining maximum compatibility.

🤔 YouTube’s Susan Wojcicki: 'Where's the line of free speech – are you removing voices that should be heard?'

A really frustrating read for me. But it provides a different perspective from the article I shared last week about content on YouTube.

☕ Starbucks, a monetary superpower

Starbucks has ~$1.6 billion in 'stored value card liabilities' i.e. the Starbucks Card. So ~6% of the firm's liabilities are comprised of coffee addicts paying 0% for the privilege of lending to their supplier.

📲 How to Make a Phone Farm

Ordinary Americans are using armies of phones to generate cash to buy food, diapers, and beer through ad fraud.

⚽ Football coach Bill Campbell became Silicon Valley's go-to guru

Google leaders Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Alan Eagle recall the teachings of the late Bill Campbell, who coached some of tech’s biggest luminaries.

Today's subject line is from this article

Make your career great again

Here are a few open roles at well-known, vetted, and promising tech companies: