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A Brief History of Open Letters To Twitter

Everyone has always known exactly what Twitter has needed to do. Immediately! Here’s proof.

Slate‘s David Auerbach has a plan to fix Twitter. In brief, it involves making it a more welcoming place and minimizing harassment by shielding users from tweets other than those sent by people they’ve chosen to follow. He outlines his strategy—soberly headlined “What Twitter Must Do”—in the form of an open letter to Twitter itself:

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The Privacy Issues You Should (And Shouldn’t) Worry About With BYOD

If you use your personal phone for work, should you be worried about your Tinder profile and NSFW Facebook posts?

How are you reading this story—on your work phone or computer, or on a personal device that you use for work? If it’s the latter, you’re in the majority. Sixty percent of respondents in a 2014 survey said their companies already had a bring your own device (BYOD) policy in place, and another 14% said their companies were developing one. The year before, Garter researchers predicted that half of employers would actually require their staff to use their own devices for work by this year.

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On The Hunt For Natural Beauty Products For Women Who Actually *Like* Makeup

The creators of Beauty Lies Truth are advocating for better—and bolder—natural beauty products.

It sounds like the start of a joke: A rock star and a Harvard business school student team up and start a beauty blog. But Beauty Lies Truth is a real site started by Alexis Krauss, one half of the band Sleigh Bells, and Harvard Business School student Jessica Assaf. Their goal? To advocate for a beauty industry that is inclusive to getting dolled up, but with makeup that has safer and more natural ingredients.

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