2022
The fewer requirements we have, the less of a burden these requirements become. The more often we have the same thing every day, the more likely they are to become a requirement.
– Leo Babauta, lowering your life’s requirements
The scope of digital life is often underplayed or entirely misunderstood by a lot of people, whether hobbyists or those who publish.
Yes, a lot of what made Twitter is clearly going to disappear entirely. But make no mistake, a lot of people will never care about ownership.
Listening to Budapest by George Ezra 🎵
Listening to Oil and Water by Incubus 🎵
Listening to Maps by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs 🎵
The Qatar World Cup is not a festival of sport.
It is the endorsement of what Human Rights Watch has reported as “Discrimination, Ill-Treatment in Detention, Privacy Violations, Conversion Practices”: Qatar: Security Forces Arrest, Abuse LGBT People
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Since 2010, thousands of migrant workers have died suddenly and unexpectedly in Qatar, despite undergoing medical tests before travelling to the country.
Amnesty International can help us understand the cost of those football games we’re celebrating. ⚽
I was not involved in the wider web, the world of blogs, or the tech hobbyist communities of the pre-social media days. Yet, whenever I read Aaron Swartz' site I continue to feel deep rage that he was murdered.
His words should be published in print, and preserved in general.
Perhaps Procter & Gamble doesn’t care of their making us into a nation of fat slobs, but there’s no reason why programmers and the rest of the startup world need to be so amoral.
— Aaron Swartz, Everything Good is Bad For You
I love this story about Jerome Gence.
Our sweet precious angel is at the salon for the first time and he immediately got excited, behaving perfectly. We’re so lucky. 😊
I’ve made more meals in the past 2 months than the entirety of my life before then.
Also, I’ve already done a lot of my christmas present shopping.
I think moving down south has done things to me. 🤔
Small networks, large web.
… mainstream levels of ease of use …
— Jason Becker, on his blog
When I read the words “mainstream levels of ease of use” all I can think about is The Good Place:
There’s something so human about taking something great, and ruining it a little so you can have more of it.
To me, the idea of the big social web and the silos and convenience and everybody on the web altogether… it all just feels like that quote.
Perhaps I’m too cynical but I don’t want to see people throw their lives away for this anymore. The web, open and decentralised, can handle virality and all of that; let the networks be smaller, more secure, and given closer attention by actual humans with an emphasis on effort and care as can be seen in smaller physical communities.
Do we let creators/influencers/web projects end?
An important question being asked by Jason Becker. The more we embrace paid endeavours with a limited run on the web, the healthier our entire culture will become.
People: “Twitter is great because I get to follow the news in real time”
Me, thinking about how I’d rather not die of a heart attack: “cool story 👍”