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Wednesday morning, in what marks a tectonic shift in the publishing industry, the New York Times is expected to officially begin a long-awaited partnership with Facebook to publish articles directly to the social media giant, a source with direct knowledge of the talks told me.

More via: The New York Times–Facebook Deal Is Here

Even for a company that's trying to produce driverless cars and "solve" mortality, getting employees to overcome their own biases is a challenge.

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Source: Cherrington, Ernest H. (1920), The Evolution of Prohibition in the United States of America, Westerville, Ohio: The American Issue Press Sources: National Constitution Center, U.S. House Archives

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When I started writing, I thought I was talented. I was six, and I’d written something precocious that attracted praise from the grownups around me, and that praise included a descriptive dimension: I hadn’t just written something that was good – I was a good writer.

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"I'd like to thank you all for coming today to see me say you won't see me much later. It's feels really gratifying that news of me going away so soon after I re-arrived has brought so many of you here. I'm warmed and touched in a way that loosing a third Presidential election could never warm me. My pride thanks you, my ego thanks you. And to all my supporters who told me their future career prospects were brighter supporting other candidates, my wife thanks you." More here.

Buh-bye ebrybody (sniff sniff)