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I blame the Squirrel

·Jul 6, 2017

Gender Equality … and why it takes generations to fix

One amazing thing that is happening right now (in the western world) is how we have almost reached the point where gender equality is becoming the norm (although the US is lagging behind). When it comes to gender equality, there are two parts to it. There is the equal opportunity…

Feminism

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Gender Equality … and why it takes generations to fix
Gender Equality … and why it takes generations to fix
Feminism

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Baekdal Extra

·Mar 17, 2017

Remember, the #muslimban was only supposed to be three months

Just a quick note to journalists covering the #MuslimBan: You are letting the day-to-day minutia distract you from the real story. Remember what the original Executive Order said? Let me remind you: When the original ban was first announced back on January 28, 2017, it was to block travel from…

Politics

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Politics

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I blame the Squirrel

·Jan 26, 2017

Will We Ever Have Real Democracy?

As a media analyst, life on Twitter these days is difficult. There is so much negativity, so much bigotry, hatred, abuse, racism, and outright insanity. As someone tweeted a few days ago: “Social media has been destroyed by Trump.” And he is right. It has. At least for us working…

Politics

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Will We Ever Have Real Democracy?
Will We Ever Have Real Democracy?
Politics

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I blame the Squirrel

·Oct 5, 2016

What the [beep] happened to us?

Did you see this news story from earlier this week? As comedy writer Simon Blackwell put it: “What the fuck has happened to us?” You know what’s happening here? We are now just one step away, as another comedian put it, from “forcing certain people to wear a special armband…

Politics

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What the [beep] happened to us?
What the [beep] happened to us?
Politics

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I blame the Squirrel

·Aug 3, 2016

The Sexist Test … Flip the Gender

Not a day goes by these days without yet another story of a male executive making sexist remarks about women, their role in society and their abilities. And when I say male executive, I really mean old white males who are in a position of power. Today we came across…

Feminism

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The Sexist Test … Flip the Gender
The Sexist Test … Flip the Gender
Feminism

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Baekdal Extra

·Jul 31, 2016

The Real Size of New York City … and analytics

Here is a weird little thing to think about. How big is the New York City really? How big is any city? Well, we could take out a map and measure the geographic space that it occupies. This will tell you that New York City is about 789 km² when…

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The Real Size of New York City … and analytics
The Real Size of New York City … and analytics

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Baekdal Extra

·Jul 29, 2016

How a Growth in Social Engagement is Also a Drop in Reach and Loyalty

Earlier this week, Jessica Guynn, Silicon Valley reporter from USA Today tweeted: The problem, however, is that this isn’t what we hear from the Instagrammers. Instead, I am hearing from Instagrammers that they are having a harder time with engagement overall. So how can we have these two very…

Facebook

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Facebook

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Baekdal Extra

·Jul 27, 2016

Are US Newspapers Still Stuck With 1990s Family Values?

The big news today, of course, is that Hillary Rodham Clinton has been nominated for President by the Democrats. This marks the first time in US history that a major political party has a female leader. …

Hillary Clinton

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Are US Newspapers Still Stuck With 1990s Family Values?
Are US Newspapers Still Stuck With 1990s Family Values?
Hillary Clinton

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I blame the Squirrel

·Jul 24, 2016

The Last of the Angry White Men And the Future of Tomorrow

There is a fascinating thing happening in our world today, in that we are in the middle of the transformation between the disconnected and the connected. And it has a serious impact on the short term future of our political focus. If we look at all the latest elections (across…

Politics

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The Last of the Angry White Men And the Future of Tomorrow
The Last of the Angry White Men And the Future of Tomorrow
Politics

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Baekdal Extra

·Jul 22, 2016

The problem with cognitive ease and news

The always amazing Derek Muller, from Veritasium, recently published a great explainer video about how we are all susceptible to “cognitive ease”. Cognitive ease is the concept of which when you hear something repeatedly, your brain starts to form connections around it, thus making it easier for you to process…

Politics

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Politics

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Thomas Baekdal

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Author, Professional Writer, Magazine Publisher and Media Analyst. www.baekdal.com

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