Reveling in Black Twitter’s complex, ongoing legacy

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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 08.08.21 By the start of the Trump era, Black Twitter had become not just a thriving subsection of the social platform; it was, as Jason Parham writes on Backchannel, "a fully realized world with its own codes and customs." In this third installment of our epic oral history of Black Twitter, "Getting Through," covering 2016 to the present, Parham turns to voices who revel in the humor and humanity, respite, and even renewal that Black Twitter supplied as the Trump presidency unfolded, the George Floyd murder unleashed a movement, and a pandemic shattered the globe. "These were spaces where people could witness a collective experience of joy and relaxation, since many of us were shut out of concerts," says one interviewee, André Brock, author of Distributed Blackness: African American Cybercultures. "My wife is still mad about our Janet Jackson tickets." The Editors | WIRED   A People's History of Black Twitter, Part III BY JASON PARHAM | 12-MINUTE READ Joy and pain, harmony and discord, organization and chaos—there's no single way to define Black Twitter's complex, ongoing legacy.   The Truth About the Quietest Town in America BY STEPHEN KURCZY | 10-MINUTE READ The National Radio Quiet Zone limits wireless communications. But a journey to its center in Green Bank, West Virginia, reveals a town at odds with itself.   Protecting the Immune-Compromised Keeps Everyone Safe BY TARA HAELLE | 7-MINUTE READ It isn't just about social responsibility. It's about ending the pandemic and not giving  the coronavirus chances to evolve.   A Field Guide for Nature-Resistant Nerds BY PAUL FORD | 4-MINUTE READ Yes, yes, the dirt is horrifying. But it's also how we make bitcoin apps.   Putin Is Crushing Biden's Room to Negotiate on Ransomware BY JUSTIN SHERMAN | 4-MINUTE READ A new cybercrime treaty Russia presented to the UN signals once again that the regime won't help clamp down on attacks. From the Archive     The 60-Year-Old Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill BY MEGAN MOLTENI | 18-MINUTE READ All pandemic long, scientists brawled over how the virus spreads. Droplets! No, aerosols! At the heart of the fight was a teensy error with huge consequences. GET WIRED Summer Sale! Ending Soon: Get WIRED for $10 $5. You can't see into the future, but you can subscribe to WIRED. Subscribe now.     This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or manage your newsletter subscriptions   Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.