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The Mez Ledger · Monthly Close September 8 – October 8, 2019 821 stories · Vol. 19 · Catalogue 41 · Issue 281 Get it by email ↓
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The Smithsonian's Lonnie Bunch: Learning from history

Lonnie G. Bunch III is enamored of American history. Last June he was named Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, which he calls "part of the glue that holds the country together." Bunch, who oversaw the creation of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture, is in charge of 19 museums, 21 librari…

CBS · 1 sources

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What dominated October

3 stories that ran all month
  1. Technology

    Systems Thinking in Practice (2016)

    7 of 30 days · 7 articles

  2. Technology

    Interview with Edward Snowden

    6 of 30 days · 7 articles

  3. Technology

    The Inuit agree on a common writing system

    5 of 30 days · 6 articles

Top Stories 1 stories

  1. Back surgery saved him from paralysis. Then the bills arrived: over $650,000

    CBS · 1 outlets

Business 56 stories

  1. WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO

    wsj.com · 2 outlets

  2. 94k Bitcoin (1B USD) transferred from unknown wallet to unknown wallet

    twitter.com · 1 outlets

  3. Gitlab More Than Doubles Valuation to $2.75B Ahead of Planned 2020 IPO

    forbes.com · 1 outlets

  4. California passes bill that classifies gig economy workers as employees

    nytimes.com · 1 outlets

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  1. Stripe’s new funding round values company at $35B

    wsj.com · 1 outlets

  2. WeWork says will file to withdraw IPO

    reuters.com · 1 outlets

  3. Paypal Withdraws from Facebook's Libra Cryptocurrency

    cnbc.com · 1 outlets

  4. 50 U.S. states and territories announce broad antitrust investigation of Google

    washingtonpost.com · 1 outlets

  5. Elliptic Curve Cryptography Explained

    fangpenlin.com · 1 outlets

  6. 20,000 Startup Ideas

    unawaz.github.io · 1 outlets

  7. If You Run a Small Business, Park in the Back of the Parking Lot

    skyclerk.com · 1 outlets

  8. Hackers Hit Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey in a ‘SIM Swap’

    nytimes.com · 1 outlets

  9. MyPayrollHR CEO Arrested, Admits to $70M Fraud

    krebsonsecurity.com · 1 outlets

  10. New federal rules limit police searches of family tree DNA databases

    sciencemag.org · 1 outlets

Sports 38 stories

  1. Microsoft introduces Windows 10 X for dual-screen devices

    reddit.com · 2 outlets

  2. Why I Write Games in C (yes, C)

    jonathanwhiting.com · 1 outlets

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  1. Almost one in five men admits to having no close friends, a survey has found

    thetimes.co.uk · 1 outlets

  2. Solar and Wind Power So Cheap They’re Outgrowing Subsidies

    bloomberg.com · 1 outlets

  3. Match.com Used Fake Ads to Swindle Users, F.T.C. Says

    nytimes.com · 1 outlets

  4. EFF Wins Access to License Plate Reader Data to Study Law Enforcement Use

    eff.org · 1 outlets

  5. WeWork parent pulls IPO following pushback: sources

    reuters.com · 1 outlets

  6. Show HN: Bot Land, a game where you fight others via code

    bot.land · 1 outlets

Technology 606 stories

  1. Richard M. Stallman resigns

    fsf.org · 4 outlets

  2. 'We good now China?' South Park creators issue mock apology

    theguardian.com · 2 outlets

  3. Apple Hides Taiwan Flag in Hong Kong

    nytimes.com · 3 outlets

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  1. Tesla Model 3 represented over 15% of September new car sales in The Netherlands

    cleantechnica.com · 1 outlets

  2. Interview with Edward Snowden

    justice.gov · 7 outlets

  3. Blizzard Suspends Professional Hearthstone Player for Hong Kong Comments

    playhearthstone.com · 1 outlets

  4. The boring technology behind a one-person Internet company (2018)

    broadcast.listennotes. · 1 outlets

  5. California bans private prisons

    theguardian.com · 1 outlets

  6. Serverless: slower and more expensive

    einaregilsson.com · 1 outlets

  7. Sunsetting Python 2

    python.org · 1 outlets

  8. Colorado Town Offers 1 Gbps for $60 After Years of Battling Comcast

    techdirt.com · 1 outlets

  9. Culture Fit Interview Questions

    github.com · 2 outlets

Entertainment 39 stories

  1. Google contractors in Pittsburgh vote to unionize

    m.pghcitypaper.com · 2 outlets

  2. Show HN: See a Satellite Tonight. No Telescope Required

    james.darpinian.com · 1 outlets

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  1. Show HN: Best of Show HN

    augmented-ui.com · 4 outlets

  2. Show HN: Browse Reddit in 3D

    3dforreddit.com · 2 outlets

  3. Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Facebook

    ft.com · 1 outlets

  4. After 'South Park' Censorship Episode, China Deleted the Show from the Web

    vice.com · 1 outlets

  5. Too Many Video Streaming Choices May Drive Users Back To Piracy

    techdirt.com · 1 outlets

  6. Show HN: Ledonardo, my light painting hardware project

    stavros.io · 1 outlets

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