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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. 🤔
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 👍”
I think it’s time for the pro-web people (yep that includes those of us who like Micro.blog) to reconsider WordPress.
It appears to be a product being driven in much the same way as the silo networks and other parts of Big Tech. But it gets a pass because they’re not Facebook.
The return of inessential is my highlight of the week.