The borderless, technology-focused mindset of Africa’s future leaders.

Ghanaian President Vows Not to Shut Down Social Media During Elections.

Various African countries have developed a routine of blocking social media platforms before, during and after elections citing “security concerns”.

Silent University: Wissen schaffen – gemeinsam mit Geflüchteten, MigrantInnen und Asylsuchenden.

Inbox ~10.

aka the Great Unsubscribe Cataclysm of Fall 2016.

Uber wants to take over public transit, one small town at a time.

Amazing Ping Pong Trick Shots 2016 (via sploid.gizmodo.com).

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[A short article pretending to be] The Underground Guide to Chinese Counterculture.

In fact, punks like Li have learned that even screaming into a mic won’t get everyone to listen. Punk rock accounts for a slim slice (by some estimates, as little as $1.5 million) of what Statista estimates to be China’s $917 million music industry.

The 3 Percent.

New survey, part of most definitive portrait of gun ownership in decades, shows just 3% of American adults own half of guns in the US.

Tatiana Maslany! Rami Malek! Julia Louis-Dreyfus! Aziz Ansari!

2016 Emmys broke more than one trend: this was an awards show that didn't suck.

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WashPost Makes History: First Paper to Call for Prosecution of Its Own Source (After Accepting Pulitzer).

In doing so, the Washington Post has achieved an ignominious feat in U.S. media history: the first-ever paper to explicitly editorialize for the criminal prosecution of its own source — one on whose back the paper won and eagerly accepted a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.