{"id":5270,"date":"2018-01-26T16:06:41","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T21:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/?p=5270"},"modified":"2018-01-26T16:06:41","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T21:06:41","slug":"5-interesting-stories-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/2018\/01\/26\/5-interesting-stories-4\/","title":{"rendered":"5 interesting stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are the five most interesting stories I found today\u00c2\u00a0instead of relying on trending news algorithms<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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  1. “Nigerians return from slavery in Libya to thriving sex-trafficking industry back home”<\/a> (Washington Post<\/em>) –<\/strong> Molly O’Toole reports on the grim outcome for migrants who have managed to escape human traffickers.<\/li>\n
  2. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Conservatives and Counterrevolutionaries: Corey Robin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcThe Reactionary Mind\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/a> (LA Review of Books) –<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u0153This is why conservatism, though fundamentally concerned with economics,” Lily Geismer writes in her review, “has also been inextricably linked to forms of patriarchy and white supremacy: what unites them all is the effort to protect power in both the public and private sphere.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/li>\n
  3. “Your Sloppy Bitcoin Drug Deals Will Haunt You for Years”<\/a> (Wired<\/em>) –<\/strong> Andy Greenberg explains why the blockchain (and law enforcement) never forgets.<\/li>\n
  4. “The Great British Empire Debate”<\/a> (New York Review of Books<\/em>) –<\/strong> No, argues Kenan Malik, colonialism wasn’t good for the world.<\/li>\n
  5. “Ghost towers: half of new-build luxury London flats fail to sell”<\/a> (The Guardian<\/em>) –<\/strong> Only 900 apartments priced above \u00c2\u00a33 million out of 1,900 units built last year have sold as Brexit is dampening the appetite of foreign buyers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Here are the five most interesting stories I found today\u00c2\u00a0instead of relying on trending news algorithms. [Sign up here if you’d like to receive these by email.] “Nigerians return from slavery in Libya to thriving sex-trafficking industry back home” (Washington Post) – Molly O’Toole reports on the grim outcome for migrants who have managed to … <\/p>\n

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