Taking the Long View - 8/3/2023

Key dates and Fall book launches to watch

AHHHHHH - as I was putting together today’s calendar newsletter, I heard the best news. Taylor Swift added more tour dates in the US!!!! She’s coming to Miami, New Orleans, Indianapolis, and Toronto in 2024. Tickets go on sale on August 11 (at least for the Indy dates).

But you’re not here for my Taylor Swift obsession. 🤣 

Some more updates on the newsletter front before we get to the calendar. This is the second week of my new posting schedule where Wednesdays are more in-depth analysis, Thursdays are a look at key dates you should be paying attention to, and Sundays are for links to What I’m Reading.

I’ve also removed the paywall from my archives. I’ve struggled with what to put behind the paywall and what not to. In talking with

Writers at Work with Sarah Fay

yesterday (She’s such a fantastic Substack coach. If you want help with your own newsletter, I can’t recommend her enough.) I decided that while I do want to make this newsletter a revenue stream for me, I ultimately want to get my thoughts out there. Having content behind a paid archive doesn’t allow me to do that. 

So, anyone can now access some of my more popular posts, such as:

• How I Mapped Out My Post-Facebook Journey - I talk about the process I went through to understand what I wanted next in my career and how to focus my work at Anchor Change.

• Reclaim the Fairy Tale - Life as a single woman isn’t easy, and society is not set up to celebrate us. In this post, I talk about my own journey of navigating single career life.

• Platforms and Politicians: A New Chapter - In early 2023, Meta said it was letting former President Trump back on its platforms. I look at how platforms have traditionally engaged candidates and governments and how that might change.

• Platforms run away from politics and news - A look at how some platforms want nothing to do with politics anymore, but they aren’t going to be able to avoid it - so they should have a plan.

I do ask you, though, to please support the independent journalism I’m trying to do. As a free or paid subscriber, you make it possible for me to bring you in-depth analyses of the most pressing issues in tech and politics.

On with the show!

This week, I thought I would share two sets of dates that I think people should be paying attention to.

The first is all of the books coming out this Fall. Below is what is in my Amazon pre-order cart. There’s some tech stuff, some lifestyle/cooking, and some fiction. I love to read, and I love getting recommendations from others. If there’s anything I’ve missed that you are looking forward to, share it with me, and I’ll put it in a future newsletter!

• September 12, 2023 - Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson 

• September 12, 2023 - Yellowstone: Official Dutton Ranch Family Cookbook by Gabriel "Gator" Guilbeau 

• September 19, 2023 - The Home Edit: Stay Organized: The Ultimate Guide to Making Systems Stick by Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin 

• October 3, 2023 - Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence and Power on the Internet by Taylor Lorenz 

• October 24, 2023 - Liar in a Crowded Theater: Freedom of Speech in a World of Misinformation by Jeff Kosseff 

• October 24, 2023 - Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things by Adam Grant 

• October 31, 2023 - Big Heart Little Stove: Bringing Home Meals & Moments from The Lost Kitchen by Erin French 

• November 14, 2023 - Broken Code: Inside Facebook and the Fight to Expose Its Harmful Secrets by Jeff Horwitz 

• February 6, 2024 - The Women: A Novel by Kristin Hannah 

I also want to share two books that I read recently that I thought were fantastic.

The Gutenberg Parenthesis: The Age of Print and Its Lessons for the Age of the Internet by Jeff Jarvis and If You Could Live Anywhere by Melody Warnick. 

In Jarvis’ book, he takes a look at the impact the Gutenberg press had on society and the transition we’re making now into a new age.  Warnick’s book provides a framework for people who might be thinking about where they want to live in an age where more of us can work from anywhere.

The second set of dates I wanted to flag are all of the Trump trial dates. I’ve got them below, but Axios also has this handy graphic to see when all of these will be and how they fall compared to the various primary election dates.

We also have the date for Meta’s annual Connect conference and the second GOP primary debate!

Have a great rest of your week.

Calendar

🚨NEW 🚨

• September 27, 2023 - Meta connect 

• September 27, 2023 - Second GOP Primary Debate

• October 2, 2023 - Trump Org. civil fraud suit (Trump trial)

• January 15, 2024 - Trump E. Jean Carroll civil defamation suit

• January 29, 2024 - Trump Pyramid scheme class-action suit

• March 25, 2024 - Trump NY State criminal hush money suit

• May 20, 2024 - Trump classified documents trial

Topics to keep an eye on:

• Biden Administration POV on Texas and Florida laws

• Next round of Code of practice on disinformation platform reports

• Facebook 2020 election research 

  • 4/16 have been published

• TV shows about Facebook - Doomsday Machine and second season of Super Pumped

• August 3, 2023 - Amazon Q2 Earnings Call

• August 3, 2023 - Apple Earnings Call

• August 10 - 13, 2023 - Defcon

• August 20, 2023 - Guatemala runoff

• August 21, 2023 - Meta responses to Oversight Board recommendations in Brazil election case due

• August 23, 2023 - Zimbabwe Election

• August-2023 – Eswatini election

• August 23, 2023 - First GOP Presidential Primary Debate

• August 28, 2023 - Meta response due to Oversight Board decision on Cambodian Prime Minister

• August - End of UK parliamentary session. Must pass Online Safety Bill by then.

• Mid-September: All Tech Is Human - Responsible Tech Summit NYC

• September 10, 2023: Russia to hold elections in four Ukrainian provinces

• September 19, 2023 - UN General Assembly high-level debate begins

• September 27-29, 2023: Athens Democracy Forum

• September 28-29, 2023 - Trust & Safety Research Conference 

• TBD September: Atlantic Festival

• TBD September: Unfinished Live

• September 2023 – Bhutan election

• September 2023 – Tuvalu election

• September 9, 2023 – Maldives election

• September 28-29, 2023 - The Atlantic Festival

• September 30, 2023 – Slovakia election

• September 2023 – Rwanda election

• October 2023 – Oman election

• October 2023 Poland election

• October 8, 2023 – Pakistan election

• October 10, 2023 – Liberia election

• October 14, 2023 – New Zealand election

• October 22, 2023 – Switzerland election

• October 29, 2023 – Argentina election

• October 2023 – Gabon election

• October 2023 – Ukraine election

• Nov 14 - Book Release, Broken Code: Inside Facebook and the Fight to Expose Its Harmful Secrets by Jeff Horwitz 

• November 15, 2023 - Aspen Cyber Summit

• November 20, 2023 – Marshall Islands election

• November 29, 2023 – Argentina election

• December 1-3, 2023: Build Peace 2023 Conference

• December 20, 2023 – Democratic Republic of the Congo election

• December 2023 –Togo election

• 2023 or 2024 – Peru election

• TBD – Dominica election

• TBD – Luxembourg election

• TBD – Myanmar election

• TBD – Spain election

• TBD – Gabon election

• TBD – Madagascar election

• TBD – Haiti election

• TBD – Libya election

• TBD – Singapore election

2024

• January 15, 2024 - Iowa GOP Caucus

• January 2024 – Bangladesh election 

• January 2024 – Finland election 

• January 13, 2024 – Taiwan election 

• February 4, 2024 – El Salvador election 

• February 4, 2024 – Mali election 

• February 14, 2024 – Indonesia election 

• February 25, 2024 – Senegal election 

• February 25, 2024 – Belarus election 

• March 8-16, 2024 - SXSW

• March 17, 2024 – Russia election 

• March 31, 2024 – Ukraine election 

• April 10, 2024 – South Korea election 

• April 2024 – Solomon Islands election 

• April 2024 – Maldives election 

• May 5, 2024 – Panama election 

• May 19, 2024 – Dominican Republic election 

• May 20, 2024 - Trump trial on classified docs

• June 2024 – Mongolia election 

• June 6-9, 2024 - EU Parliament Elections

• July 7, 2024 – Mexico election 

• July 15 - 18, 2024 - Republican National Convention

• August 19 - 22, 2024 - Democratic Convention, Chicago

• October 27, 2024 – Uruguay election 

• October 2024 – Mozambique election 

• October 2024 – Chad election 

• November 2024 – Guinea Bissau election 

• November 2024 – Moldova election 

• November 2024 – Romania election 

• November 5, 2024 – United States of America election 

• November 12, 2024 – Palau election 

• December 2024 – Croatia election 

• TBD – Algeria election 

• TBD – Austria election 

• TBD – Belgium election 

• TBD – Botswana election 

• TBD – Burkina Faso election 

• TBD – Chad election 

• TBD – Comoros election 

• TBD – Croatia election 

• TBD – Dominica election 

• TBD – Egypt election 

• TBD – Ethiopia election 

• TBD – Georgia election 

• TBD – Ghana election 

• TBD – Iceland election 

• TBD – India election 

• TBD – Iran election 

• TBD – Jordan election 

• TBD – Kiribati election 

• TBD – Kuwait election 

• TBD – Lithuania election

• TBD – Madagascar election 

• TBD – Mauritania election

• TBD – Mauritius election

• TBD – Montenegro election 

• TBD – North Korea election

• TBD – North Macedonia election

• TBD – Romania election 

• TBD – Rwanda election

• TBD – San Marino election

• TBD – Slovakia election 

• TBD – South Africa election

• TBD – South Sudan election

• TBD – Syria election 

• TBD – Tunisia election

• TBD – United States of America election 

• TBD – Uzbekistan election

• TBD – Venezuela election