Published inOneZero·Jun 4, 2020Member-onlyUber, Lyft, and Revel Curfew Shutdowns Leave Riders StrandedEssential workers may be exempt from curfew orders, but their commute options are not — On Tuesday nights, Glen Livingston normally walks from his home in New York City’s South Bronx neighborhood to his 11 p.m. shift as a supervisor at a homeless shelter in East Harlem. It’s a trip the 34-year-old Bronx native has been making for years. …Transportation5 min readTransportation5 min read
Published inOneZero·May 29, 2019Member-onlyThis ID Scanner Company is Collecting Sensitive Data on Millions of BargoersPatronScan says it sells security. Privacy advocates worry it’s selling mass surveillance. — We’ve all seen it, and some of us have lived it: A bar patron mouths off to a bouncer, tags a wall, gets in a fight, or is just too drunk and disorderly. They’re not just kicked out for the night, but “eighty-sixed” — permanently banned from the establishment. Now…Privacy15 min readPrivacy15 min read
Published inOneZero·Mar 7, 2019Member-onlyThe Sharing Economy Was Always a Scam‘Sharing’ was supposed to save us. Instead, it became a Trojan horse for a precarious economic future. — Founded in 2014, Omni is a startup that offers users the ability to store and rent their lesser-used stuff in the San Francisco Bay Area and Portland. …Sharing Economy14 min readSharing Economy14 min read
Aug 1, 2016The Uber ConAn exclusive sponsorship deal with the DNC frayed Uber’s logistics, riled critics, and almost convinced me of the benefits of free-market capitalism. — The storm was so bad that the ceilings in the media tents began to bow, and we took this as our cue to leave. We were well-informed of our options: One could easily escape the Democratic National Convention by public transit or Uber car, but not Lyft, taxi, or a…Democrats4 min readDemocrats4 min read
Jul 29, 2016Hey LadiesDemocratic National Convention’s conditional celebration of a certain kind of woman The rise of identity politics is so often representative of a down cycle in revolutionary politics, a kind of retreat from the outside world and a renewed inward focus. Like most one-sentence statements about politics, this is a broad…DNC3 min readDNC3 min read
Jul 27, 2016The Bernie BustA convention congested, if not contested The opening day of the Democratic National Convention saw a series of marches, rallies, and protests in support of a Democratic candidate for president — just not the one likely to be nominated. …Politics3 min readPolitics3 min read
Jul 25, 2016Inside the RNCA last sketchbook from what could well be the last days of this Republican Party After three days of Republican National Convention, I’d begun to grow numb — though not ever truly numb enough, as organizers were intent on closing the bars at least an hour prior to each evening’s…2016 Election3 min read2016 Election3 min read
Jul 22, 2016Peter Thiel at the RNCIn his Trump endorsement, entrepreneur and venture capitalist Peter Thiel both proudly announced his homosexuality and argued against the party’s “fake culture wars.”Politics1 min readPolitics1 min read
Jul 22, 2016The origin of Donald J. TrumpRepublican presidential candidate Donald Trump seems to have sprouted a fancy new middle initial this week. But where do baby middle names come from anyway?Donald Trump1 min readDonald Trump1 min read
Jul 21, 2016RNC bobbles to its logical conclusionIt’s my last night drawing this savage spectacle. I already met 3D-printed Bobble-Donald at the Alliance for American Manufacturing display. What else should I see, where should I go, and what might I draw, friends?Politics1 min readPolitics1 min read
