Interesting essay.
A Model for Identity in Software
https://christine.website/blog/identity-model-software-2021-01-31
US Fascism
A very unsettling conversation. We are in deep trouble.
American fascism isn’t going away
A conversation with Yale’s Jason Stanley about the latent pathologies in American politics.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2021/1/29/22250294/trump-american-fascism-jason-stanley
👉 Your curated weekly Design and Front-End resources:
- color picker with accessibility options
- CSS dogmatism
- CSS drop-shadow generator
- measuring UX
- saying no
- Instagram monetization
- sexist comment being roasted
- lot of relaxing inspiration
https://stephaniewalter.design/blog/pixels-of-the-week-january-31-2021/
Google has suspended Element (@matrix) from the Play Store for "Sexual Content and Profanity". Basically same story as with Subway Tooter a while back. Element is to Matrix as Chrome is to the web. Curiously, Chrome is still on the Play Store.
The “tech will abandon SF” take always seemed a little thin. I’m glad it’s not just me https://missionlocal.org/2021/01/amid-news-of-tech-exodus-why-so-many-are-staying-and-still-arriving/
Robinhood stock trading app, blocked users from Trading certain stocks (such as gamestop) and is now facing a class action lawsuit
I somehow missed this news when it came out but the Nobel secretary said he regretted giving Obama the peace prize https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34277960
While I’m reasonably happy with how SF has been doing, I’m extremely worried that LA is reopening. Their numbers are in a bad spot, and they need to start acting like it. #coronavirus #california #WearAMaskOrStayInside https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/L-A-s-reopening-plan-resembles-S-F-s-15903752.php
ContraPoints - J.K. Rowling https://peertube.parleur.net/videos/watch/9d799ea7-1de8-4155-98d6-af1c7d421684
This is a disgusting abuse of power. Amazon knows remote elections are equally valid, fair, and safe. They just want to require a date and time to disenfranchise the voting workers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2021/01/24/amazon-union-vote-in-person-covid-19/6693642002/
RT @feedusink@twitter.com
twinks assorting dominance by comparing bookshelf size and fullness
RT @doctorow@twitter.com
It's been more than a year since @jack@twitter.com announced Project Blue Sky, inspired by @mmasnick@twitter.com's "Protocols, Not Platforms," paper - a critical work explaining how walled gardens can be transformed into open protocols.
https://knightcolumbia.org/content/protocols-not-platforms-a-technological-approach-to-free-speech
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