[list] good reads and links: wk 2020-06-22

June 22, 2020

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notes

• NY-ers! JUNE 23rd PRIMARY - GO VOTE

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links

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reads

• [Consumer Reports] Millions of Americans Can’t Afford Water, as Bills Rise 80% in a Decade

• [The Economist] Racism in Australia is not just a thing of the past

• [ProPublica] My Family Saw a Police Car Hit a Kid on Halloween. Then I Learned How NYPD Impunity Works.

• [Scientific American] What ‘Less Lethal’ Weapons Actually Do

• [Polygon] Former employees accuse Cards Against Humanity of a racist and sexist office culture

• [Gothamist] “What I See”: Thoughts On Protests From NYC Teens

• [Gothamist] Three ‘Ribbon’ Bike & Pedestrian Bridges For NYC Are More Than A Coronavirus-Concocted Fantasy

• [Recode] Instagram used to be where people escaped the news. The Black Lives Matter protests changed that.

• [NPR] Black Progressives Appear To Surge In Primaries, While Trump-Backed Candidates Lose

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rona-related

• [STAT] Why the porn industry has a lot to teach us about safety in the Covid-19 era
• [NYT] How The Virus Won
• [BuzzFeed] The CDC Lost Control Of The Coronavirus Pandemic. Then The Agency Disappeared

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sports

• [NYT] NASCAR Drivers Support Bubba Wallace After Noose Is Found in Talladega Garage
• [NYT] Novak Djokovic Tests Positive for the Coronavirus
• [NYT] 100 Days Without Sports