Fairuz, #Lebanon’s icon, turns 90 on a day that the skies again taste of fire & smoke.“From my heart a greeting of peace to Beirut. She is wine from the spirit of the people, she is bread & jasmine from their sweat, so how did she come to taste of fire and smoke?” youtu.be/Qp_Z0PyrDzI?...

Le Beirut-Fairuz لبيروت (with english lyrics)

YouTube video by M H

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Must-read: Carole Cadwalladr on how to survive the Broligarchy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... She’s been my hero since she broke the story (Observer, 2018) of how Cambridge Analytica mined Facebook data to game Brexit & the 2016 US election, w/$ from Robert Mercer and wiles from Steve Bannon.

How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr

In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance

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Brilliant essay. I reread The Magic Mountain during Trump’s 1st term, and found myself downloading the Audible version in my post-election gloom the other week—but George Packer articulates, far better than I ever could, why Mann’s writing is so fortifying in times like these

Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 2y ago

Read George Packer on Thomas Mann: "We live in an age of human self-contempt. We’re hardly surprised when our leaders debase themselves with vile behavior and lies...it takes a constant effort not to accept this as normal." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Highlighting rider ratings can reduce ride cancellations for groups vulnerable to bias, but other relevant information has a smaller, non-significant effect, from Christopher R. Knittel, Donald MacKenzie, Michiko Namazu, Bora Ozaltun, Dan Svirsky, and Stephen Zoepf https://www.nber.org/papers/w33118