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In 2021 I used music to kill my brain as much as possible - it was the worst year of my life to date - and the weird result is that my top songs playlist is really dumb but also kind of slaps, so I...
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This W3C vision group note is great: "W3C leads the community in defining a World Wide Web that puts users first, by developing technical standards and guidelines to empower an equitable, informed, and...
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Mail-in voting works really well for me: I can do my research and fill in my ballot side-by-side, in my own time, in my own space. https://werd.io/2024/how-i-vote
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I don't like reading from an ereader - I'm one of those old-school people who prefer actual paper books - but I can no longer use a reading light in bed because it'll wake up the kid. An ereader with a...
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"A recent MIT study indicated that “the cloud” now has a larger carbon footprint than the airline industry, and that “a single data center can consume the equivalent electricity of 50,000 homes.”"...
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"This has long been the dream, and it seems like the platforms betting on it in various ways — Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, Flipboard, and others — are where all the energy is, while attempts to rebuild...
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“The FTC’s final rule to ban noncompetes will ensure Americans have the freedom to pursue a new job, start a new business, or bring a new idea to market.” This is genuinely wonderful....
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Look, can we at least agree that mass graves and tying peoples' hands and feet and summarily executing them is a crime against humanity? This goes so far beyond any kind of reasonable response. And no,...
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Rather than looking at war as some kind of horse race or team sport, let's be on the side of the people and families whose lives will be destroyed for generations.
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Further reading: https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/22/middleeast/khan-younis-nasser-hospital-mass-grave-intl/index.html
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Buried here: "Vox Media’s technology news publication The Verge says it also has plans to federate its own site to have more ownership over its content and audience."...
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Marc Andreessen on poor people: “I’m glad there’s OxyContin and video games to keep those people quiet.”...
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Some thoughts on America's ban on TikTok. It's as stupid today as it was when Trump first proposed it: https://werd.io/2024/the-xenophobic-un-american-tiktok-ban
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There are obviously three models of government: iOS, Windows, and Linux. Hear me out. https://werd.io/2024/the-three-operating-system-models-of-government
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"The University administration respects all student protests, just not this one. Students have fought for many important causes over the years, and their right to protest is sacrosanct. In this case,...
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Tonight I found a list of all the people who were interned at Ambarawa 6, one of the concentration camps for women and children where my dad spent the first few years of his life alongside my...
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I wrote about the life experiences (mine and my family's) that led to my worldview, why I believe in an open, progressive world, and why I'm motivated to build an open social web....
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