Author: Jim

Politics Can’t Fix What Ails Us

Solutions to social problems lie close to home.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/04/opinion/politics-civility.html?smid=em-share

Web Content by and for the Masses

When Caterina Fake arrives at the end of a plane flight, she snaps a photo of the baggage carousel with her camera phone to assure her mother, who views the photo on a Web page minutes later, that she has traveled safely.     And if every picture tells a story, that may be only the start. At Flickr, the popular Web photo-sharing service where Ms. Fake, a co-founder, posted the photo, it can be tagged with geographic coordinates for use in a photographic map, or become part of a communal database of images that can be searched for certain colors or characteristics. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/29/technology/web-content-by-and-for-the-masses.html?smid=em-share

Web Content by and for the Masses

When Caterina Fake arrives at the end of a plane flight, she snaps a photo of the baggage carousel with her camera phone to assure her mother, who views the photo on a Web page minutes later, that she has traveled safely.     And if every picture tells a story, that may be only the start. At Flickr, the popular Web photo-sharing service where Ms. Fake, a co-founder, posted the photo, it can be tagged with geographic coordinates for use in a photographic map, or become part of a communal database of images that can be searched for certain colors or characteristics. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/29/technology/web-content-by-and-for-the-masses.html?smid=em-share

We’re Watching the End of a Digital Media Age. It All Started With Jezebel.

The feminist site Jezebel presaged major changes in the way America talks about race and gender and pioneered the fusion of audience, writers, politics and identity.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/03/opinion/jezebel-gawker-buzzfeed-ben-smith.html?smid=em-share

Why Trump Won’t Let Go of His Dream of Domination

It’s gotten him this far.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/03/opinion/trump-evolutionary-psychology.html?smid=em-share

The Curious Conservative Case Against Defending Ukraine

George Orwell would have called it objectively pro-Putin.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/02/opinion/republican-ukraine-russia.html?smid=em-share

Lina Khan: We Must Regulate A.I. Here’s How.

Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission, on the agency’s oversight of the A.I. revolution.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/03/opinion/ai-lina-khan-ftc-technology.html?smid=em-share

Disney v. DeSantis: How Strong Is the Company’s Lawsuit?

The First Amendment ramifications are substantial.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/30/opinion/disney-desantis-florida-lawsuit.html?smid=em-share

How Scalia Law School Became a Key Friend of the Court

George Mason University’s law school cultivated ties to justices, with generous pay and unusual perks. In turn, it gained prestige, donations and influence.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/30/us/supreme-court-scalia-law-school.html?smid=em-share