Apr 5, 2018

Venture-backed scooters

By Michael Mizrahi • Issue #18 • View online

Astounding photos capture graveyards of unused dockless vehicles in American cities

In response to the widely circulated photos and articles about dockless bike piles in China, this from Slate.

Also, Vanity Fair on the recent and sudden scooter invasion in San Francisco:

There’s no way in the year of our Lord 2018 that I am riding one of those … People are zooming past pedestrians without a single fuck to give. Mind you, there’s also people on bikes on the sidewalk, so it’s wheelmageddon.

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It’s weirdly hard to steal Mark Zuckerberg’s trash

I don’t know what to think of The Outline anymore.

I reached out to a representative at Facebook to confirm how Mark Zuckerberg disposes of his garbage, but as of press time, they did not respond.

The Outline, Facebook, and Zuck aside – I found the Supreme Court case about trash and privacy very interesting.

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Outside Voices

This excerpted essay by Sloane Crosley is gold. So much fun to read, and I immediately bought the book afterwards.

Be kind, I thought, for some of the people you meet are using the same organic dishwashing liquid.

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Nestlé Makes Billions Bottling Water It Pays Nearly Nothing For

There’s also a documentary on Netflix called Tapped about the bottled water industry. Read this or watch that.

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Gender and your kitchen design

I think I need that matte Black Tie edition Kitchen Aid after reading this.

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