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Ellen Pao Is Stepping Down as Reddit's Chief

nytimes.com – Mike Isaac – Jul 10 – Ellen Pao, the interim chief executive of Reddit, resigned from the online message board on Friday after a week of ceaseless criticism from scores of angry users over the handling of an employee departure. Ms. Pao will be replaced by Steve Huffman…
ಠ_ಠ Ellen Pao's resignation is the most viewed story across The New York Times right now. t.co/ftUmvxfKtb t.co/SResEDmFLT
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Ryan Sarver RT @nytimes: Ellen Pao said her departure was a result of a disagreement with Reddit's board on the future of the company t.co/jkoCCkXZOJ
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ಠ_ಠ RT @nytimes: Ellen Pao said her departure was a result of a disagreement with Reddit's board on the future of the company t.co/jkoCCkXZOJ
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Peter Armstrong Terrible CEO Before The Founder Triumphantly Returns as a Service t.co/fFFRxd9tCn t.co/xhONyd12D0
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Andrew Nystrom RT @MikeIsaac: After resigning as Reddit CEO, Ellen Pao takes to the threads to respond to commenters. t.co/ftUmvxxlRL t.co/9Y1cBs967L
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Joshua Topolsky, Bloomberg Web Chief, Said to Be Leaving Company

nytimes.com – Ravi Somaiya – Jul 10 – Joshua Topolsky, hired with great fanfare by Bloomberg in 2014 to oversee its web expansion as a media company, will leave the company next week after clashes with its founder, Michael Bloomberg, according to two people with knowledge of the…
Megan McCarthy RT @jayrosen_nyu: Compare the current turmoil at Bloomberg t.co/tBQNL7Vp20 to turmoil at Reuters in 2013: t.co/rnz2p2J4a3 Many similar features.
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Sriram Krishnan Asking @aarthir to rename Lumoid after herself right away. Did not plan ahead when naming. t.co/OFrYdVQqkE t.co/ox10a3nxxG
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ಠ_ಠ RT @mediagazer: Behind Topolsky's exit, rising tensions at Bloomberg after Michael Bloomberg reasserts control t.co/4PneOJq8l7 t.co/C1dEqaKBZZ
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Mediagazer Behind Topolsky's exit, rising tensions at Bloomberg after Michael Bloomberg reasserts control t.co/4PneOJq8l7 t.co/C1dEqaKBZZ
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Adrian Monck Love those "people" #journalism t.co/f7LRoPrOB8 t.co/db3vq0rqOK
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Review: Harper Lee's 'Go Set a Watchman' Gives Atticus Finch a Dark Side

nytimes.com – Michiko Kakutani (@ActualNYTMK) – Jul 10 – We remember Atticus Finch in Harper Lee's 1960 classic, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” as that novel's moral conscience: kind, wise, honorable, an avatar of integrity who used his gifts as a lawyer to defend a black man falsely accused of…
Brooke Hammerling A literary hero falls. Men are complicated yo. #Atticus t.co/2sGiwtwuva
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Ben Bell RT @nytimesbooks: A Times review of Harper Lee's new novel, in which Atticus Finch has startling racist views t.co/k6vJEN5JJt
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Gavin Purcell RT @coopnytimes: First review! @michikokakutani on ALL the chapters of Harper Lee's 'Go Set a Watchman' t.co/fhy7pCmfRJ
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Megan McCarthy RT @AlexandraJacobs: An "ack" moment for all the lit'ry parents who named their kids Atticus. @michikokakutani reviews Go Set a Watchman: t.co/xsxBv1ma9t
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Alexander Nazaryan RT @daniellemattoon: Harper Lee depicted Atticus Finch as a bigot in "Watchman." Then an editor stepped in and we got "Mockingbird." t.co/2kH5SQdQIS
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Pao Out as Reddit CEO; Co-Founder Huffman Takes Over

recode.net – Kara Swisher – Jul 10, 2:14 PM – Ellen Pao is stepping down as Reddit CEO, a move that comes amid mounting pressure after a series of management mishaps that has angered its very vocal online community. Steve Huffman, Reddit co-founder and original CEO, is taking over immediately.
Chris O'Brien Reddit board says some Redditors write "sickening things" about Reddit CEO. LOL. Board should read Reddit more often. t.co/9M9WStFkon
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Mathew Ingram RT @coralproject: Good that @reddit's statement acknowledged the abuse Pao received from redditors t.co/NZahAJN7IL t.co/PwxM06UIk0
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Tim Bradshaw "The reduction in compassion that happens when we're all behind computer screens is not good for the world." -@sama t.co/SRhnKYa11M
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paul berry RT @mathewi: Fascinating - Pao resigns and co-founders Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman are back in charge, just like the old days t.co/V66tVthESf
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Mathew Ingram Fascinating - Pao resigns and co-founders Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman are back in charge, just like the old days t.co/V66tVthESf
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Psychologists Shielded U.S. Torture Program, Report Finds

nytimes.com – James Risen – Jul 10 – WASHINGTON — The Central Intelligence Agency 's health professionals repeatedly criticized the agency's post-Sept. 11 interrogation program, but their protests were rebuffed by prominent outside psychologists who lent credibility to the…
Chris Fralic RT @jayrosen_nyu: American Psychological Association adopted ethics policies that made it look like torture had the blessings of APA. t.co/8i7zzV724l
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Jonathan Abrams RT @declanm: Psychologists secretly OK torture conducted secretly by U.S. government and secretly approved by U.S. politicians. t.co/i3PKLdHoGk
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Hacker News Psychologists Shielded U.S. Torture Program, Report Finds t.co/t5SA0KlXUd
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Emily Steel RT @NickKristof: Psychologists played a crucial role in US torture program, report finds t.co/3uDqyT0B0Z
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Breaking News Report: CIA used prominent outside psychologists to quell internal objections to interrogation program - @nytimes t.co/LBZWYjaXAb
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Tennis's Top Women Balance Body Image With Quest for Success

nytimes.com – Ben Rothenberg – Jul 10 – WIMBLEDON, England — While most celebrities go incognito behind a hat and sunglasses, Serena Williams uses a different tactic to blend into a crowd: long sleeves. During an appearance on Home Shopping Network for her clothing line, Williams…
Stacy Martinet RT @moorehn: This story is awful. Legitimately the worst sexist dreck from headline to every sentence. t.co/QmaQRS6T9B t.co/rRAqdvwG06
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Nisha Chittal "Despite Williams's success...body-image issues among female tennis players persist" t.co/uZddhI7Z86
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David Chen Good rule of thumb: if you're a journalist, would you write your article he same way about a dude? If not, reconsider t.co/gRSQ5XBVPk
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Libby Brittain I love how aspirational this is: t.co/5qpYnYr5CN, but this, in the NYT, is the truth: t.co/GhsWY5o6mC t.co/5aHXZCWxGA
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Ellen Pao Is Out as CEO of Reddit

WSJ – Jeff Elder – Jul 10 – Reddit, one of the most highly trafficked websites in the world, is replacing its chief executive, Ellen Pao, ending an eight-month tenure that was enmeshed in controversy. Ms. Pao is resigning and being replaced by co-founder and former chief…
John Crowley Reddit chief Ellen Pao resigns in the wake of the 'mishandled' firing of its director of talent Victoria Taylor t.co/D9TiA8TPeL
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WSJD Days before resigning as Reddit CEO, Ellen Pao commented on its (mostly young, male) users t.co/zkZmjsuLwt t.co/PliNy6kLWV
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WSJD RT @ScottMAustin: Ellen Pao on Reddit: "The good has been off-the-wall inspiring, and the ugly made me doubt humanity." t.co/iHuBSi0qhH
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Mathew Ingram RT @ScottMAustin: Ellen Pao on Reddit: "The good has been off-the-wall inspiring, and the ugly made me doubt humanity." t.co/iHuBSi0qhH
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Denmark's wind farms generated 140% of the country's electricity needs yesterday

qz.com – Svati Kirsten Narula – An unusually windy day gave Scandinavia another chance to show off its global superiority in clean energy yesterday. On July 9, Denmark's wind farms generated more than enough power to meet nationwide electricity demands—with a 16% surplus…
Ted Rheingold RT @joyce: Denmark's wind farms generated 140% of the country's electricity needs yesterday t.co/k9moshuLF3 t.co/NssyXlnDRz
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Anthony De Rosa Denmark generated a day's worth of energy using wind farms for the entire country...and still had a surplus t.co/WknIfagRxk
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Gmc RT @qz: Denmark's wind farms generated 140% of the country's electricity needs on Thursday t.co/6XVoJtEgja t.co/mT561WZQPf
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Hacker News Denmark's wind farms generated 140% of the country's electricity needs yesterday t.co/lQEzCdEY28
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Empathy Is Actually a Choice

nytimes.com – Jul 10 – ONE death is a tragedy. One million is a statistic. You've probably heard this saying before. It is thought to capture an unfortunate truth about empathy: While a single crying child or injured puppy tugs at our heartstrings, large numbers of…
Susan McPherson Empathy Is Actually a Choice t.co/oK5sqNAMD0 via @NYTimes
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Reese Jones empathy is perhaps a limited resource, like a fossil fuel, which we cannot extend indefinitely or to everyone. What, then, is the relationship between empathy and morality? perhaps empathy is only as limited as we choose it to be
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Jonathan Abrams RT @suicideblows: Article on empathy. It's not necessarily hard-wired, it can be a choice. So come on narcissist bosses, be nicer. t.co/FlCfQiYHgO
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Jonathan Abrams RT @triketora: empathy is actually a choice >> ha, had this argument with an ex who told me "i am just not empathetic like you are" t.co/mPtfjTkebP
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Jonathan Abrams Dweck found when people learned empathy was skill that could be improved they engaged in more effort to experience it t.co/qswzl7UUqV
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Sweden runs out of garbage, forced to import from Norway

MNN – Matt Hickman – Jan 26 – Design devotee blogs about cities, innovation, architecture and green building. Sweden, a recycling-happy land where a quarter of a million homes are powered by the incineration of waste, is facing a unique dilemma: The nation has run out of…
Courtney Guertin RT @tedr: Sweden runs out of garbage to power it energy plants, forced to import from Norway t.co/EeWcpMSE88 Only 4% of refuse goes to landfill
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Jonathan Abrams RT @tedr: Sweden runs out of garbage to power it energy plants, forced to import from Norway t.co/EeWcpMSE88 Only 4% of refuse goes to landfill
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Eric Case RT @tedr: Sweden runs out of garbage to power it energy plants, forced to import from Norway t.co/EeWcpMSE88 Only 4% of refuse goes to landfill
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Ted Rheingold Sweden runs out of garbage to power it energy plants, forced to import from Norway t.co/EeWcpMSE88 Only 4% of refuse goes to landfill
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