I'm a citizen of Lexington, Kentucky, the United States, the world, and the digital sphere. Politically, I care about equality (and changing structures to support it), elections (that is, making them more fair and representative), and electronics (or, rather, their impact on society).
I am a believing agnostic in Community of Christ with a (mostly) cherished past as a (mostly) literalist Mormon.
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🔗 linkblog: just finished 'All Options Are Not on the Table as Biden Moves Troops Closer to Ukraine - The New York Times'
- kudos:This whole situation sucks. link to ‘All Options Are Not on the Table as Biden Moves Troops Closer to Ukraine - The New York Times’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Ukraine Gave Up Nuclear Weapons 30 Years Ago. Today There Are Regrets. - The New York Times'
- kudos:I strongly believe in nuclear disarmament, but it’s still hard not to have some sympathy for this point of view. link to ‘Ukraine Gave Up Nuclear Weapons 30 Years Ago. Today There Are Regrets. - The New York Times’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'House Votes For COMPETES Act, Even With Its Problems, Almost Entirely On Party Lines | Techdirt'
- kudos:This is why I want a U.S. Pirate Party link to ‘House Votes For COMPETES Act, Even With Its Problems, Almost Entirely On Party Lines | Techdirt’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'G.O.P. Declares Jan. 6 Attack ‘Legitimate Political Discourse’ - The New York Times'
- kudos:Some of the scariest news I’ve read this week. link to ‘G.O.P. Declares Jan. 6 Attack ‘Legitimate Political Discourse’ - The New York Times’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Air Force Taps Clearview AI to Research Face-Identifying A.R. Glasses - The New York Times'
- kudos:Who thought this was a good idea??? link to ‘Air Force Taps Clearview AI to Research Face-Identifying A.R. Glasses - The New York Times’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'SHOP SAFE Will Stomp Out Online Sales of Used and Homemade Goods | Electronic Frontier Foundation'
- kudos:Intellectual property is important, but overreach is a real problem. We should be liberalizing IP, not cracking down on it. link to ‘SHOP SAFE Will Stomp Out Online Sales of Used and Homemade Goods | Electronic Frontier Foundation’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Senator Wyden: EARN IT Will Make Children Less Safe | Techdirt'
- kudos:Surveillance is not going to help kids. link to ‘Senator Wyden: EARN IT Will Make Children Less Safe | Techdirt’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Spotify CEO Daniel Ek defends Joe Rogan deal in tense company town hall - The Verge'
- kudos:Even if Spotify could demonstrate it isn’t a publisher here, platforms don’t get a free pass on content. Also, podcast platforms run counter to podcasting, so Spotify’s trying to be successful there is just as troublesome as the costs it’s willing to pay to do so. link to ‘Spotify CEO Daniel Ek defends Joe Rogan deal in tense company town hall - The Verge’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'The Tennessee School Board-Approved Maus | Boing Boing'
- kudos:Dark but funny, and a great imitation of the original art. [link to ‘The Tennessee School Board-Approved Maus | Boing Boing’](https://boingboing.net/2022/02/01/the-tennessee-school-board-approved-maus.html?utm_source=rss
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Lexington KY police test license plate cameras to solve crime | Lexington Herald Leader'
- kudos:We should all be concerned about this. Describing this as “high tech” in the first line of the story fetishizes surveillance. It’s gross. link to ‘Lexington KY police test license plate cameras to solve crime | Lexington Herald Leader’
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I have not (and do not care to) read a lot about the Spotify thing, but podcasts are meant to be a platformless, open medium—one of the few left on the web. If you’re going to make one exclusive, you absolutely take responsibility for content moderation.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Tennessee school board bans Pulitzer prize-winning Holocaust novel, Maus | Holocaust | The Guardian'
- kudos:Maus is one of the most important graphic novels that has ever existed—on one of the most important subjects for our students to learn about. This is a mind-bogglingly dumb decision. link to ‘Tennessee school board bans Pulitzer prize-winning Holocaust novel, Maus | Holocaust | The Guardian’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Devin Nunes, CEO Of Trump's TRUTH Social, Confirms That 'Free Speech' Social Media Will Be HEAVILY Moderated | Techdirt'
- kudos:This inconsistency is mind boggling. link to ‘Devin Nunes, CEO Of Trump’s TRUTH Social, Confirms That ‘Free Speech’ Social Media Will Be HEAVILY Moderated | Techdirt’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Ky. lawmakers resurrect bill to make it illegal to insult police, boost penalties for 'rioting' – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville'
- kudos:Nope nope nope. link to ‘Ky. lawmakers resurrect bill to make it illegal to insult police, boost penalties for ‘rioting’ – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'The EU Wants Its Own DNS Resolver that Can Block 'Unlawful' Traffic * TorrentFreak'
- kudos:Do not like the sound of this. Will likely bring it up when teaching DNS this semester. I’ve been reading up on it for research, and it’s hard to overstate how important DNS is. link to ‘The EU Wants Its Own DNS Resolver that Can Block ‘Unlawful’ Traffic * TorrentFreak’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'German Police Caught Using COVID-Tracing Data To Search For Crime Witnesses | Techdirt'
- kudos:Contract tracing is good, but apps for it are scary. Ugh. link to ‘German Police Caught Using COVID-Tracing Data To Search For Crime Witnesses | Techdirt’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'New Bill Claims To Ban 'Surveillance Advertising,' But Doesn't Actually Do It | Techdirt'
- kudos:Helpful if worrying read. link to ‘New Bill Claims To Ban ‘Surveillance Advertising,’ But Doesn’t Actually Do It | Techdirt’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Fact-Checking McConnell’s Comparison of Black Turnout Rates - The New York Times'
- kudos:Fact checking is always important, but especially so here. link to ‘Fact-Checking McConnell’s Comparison of Black Turnout Rates - The New York Times’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Kentucky county sees COVID-19 surge tied to ball games. | Lexington Herald Leader'
- kudos:Hooray for sports? link to ‘Kentucky county sees COVID-19 surge tied to ball games. | Lexington Herald Leader’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Sedition Prosecution Of Oath Keepers Members Shows The FBI Can Still Work Around Encryption | Techdirt'
- kudos:We can prosecute criminals without weakening encryption. link to ‘Sedition Prosecution Of Oath Keepers Members Shows The FBI Can Still Work Around Encryption | Techdirt’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Parents and child care providers of unvaccinate kids say they've hit rock bottom : NPR'
- kudos:We do not value child care—including unpaid child care—in this country. It is shameful, especially considering how many of us proclaim to value children. link to ‘Parents and child care providers of unvaccinate kids say they’ve hit rock bottom : NPR’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Dear January 6 Committee: Curb Your Appetite - Center for Democracy and Technology'
- kudos:I absolutely support the work of this committee, which makes it all the more important I carefully consider the means that they are using. [link to ‘Dear January 6 Committee: Curb Your Appetite - Center for Democracy and Technology’](https://cdt.org/insights/dear-january-6-committee-curb-your-appetite/?utm_source=rss
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Want the ‘TLDR’ on a site’s terms of service? There’s a bill for that - The Verge'
- kudos:Great example of a forced acronym here. link to ‘Want the ‘TLDR’ on a site’s terms of service? There’s a bill for that - The Verge’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Lexington students oppose anti-CRT legislation at rally | Lexington Herald Leader'
- kudos:Good for these students. link to ‘Lexington students oppose anti-CRT legislation at rally | Lexington Herald Leader’
🔗 linkblog: just finished '20 Years Later, Guantánamo Remains a Disgraceful Stain on Our Nation. It Needs to End.'
- kudos:Shut it down. link to ‘20 Years Later, Guantánamo Remains a Disgraceful Stain on Our Nation. It Needs to End.’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Refugees Held With Djokovic in Australia Briefly in Spotlight'
- kudos:A wake up call and compelling story. link to ‘Refugees Held With Djokovic in Australia Briefly in Spotlight’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Banned from Facebook and Twitter, far right groups are still a presence online. : NPR'
- kudos:Interesting read on a subject I expect to be following for a while. link to ‘Banned from Facebook and Twitter, far right groups are still a presence online. : NPR’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Companies Donated Millions to Those Who Voted to Overturn Biden's Win - The New York Times'
- kudos:Not happy about this. link to ‘Companies Donated Millions to Those Who Voted to Overturn Biden’s Win - The New York Times’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'A Year Later, Jan. 6 Becomes Just Another Wedge in a Divided Nation - The New York Times'
- kudos:Worried about our present—and for our future. link to ‘A Year Later, Jan. 6 Becomes Just Another Wedge in a Divided Nation - The New York Times’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Ky. Senate redistricting maps boost GOP in Congress, legislature – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville'
- kudos:I am shocked—shocked!—to find gerrymandering going on in this establishment. link to ‘Ky. Senate redistricting maps boost GOP in Congress, legislature – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville’
🔗 linkblog: just finished '6 Kentucky residents have pleaded guilty over Capitol riot | Lexington Herald Leader'
- kudos:A reminder of local involvement in the Capitol attack. link to ‘6 Kentucky residents have pleaded guilty over Capitol riot | Lexington Herald Leader’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Election Falsehoods Surged on Podcasts Before Capitol Riots, Researchers Find - The New York Times'
- kudos:Podcasts are one of the last bastions of the open internet, but that evidently comes at a cost. So long as Apple and Spotify are trying to corner the podcast market, they should be moderating their content. link to ‘Election Falsehoods Surged on Podcasts Before Capitol Riots, Researchers Find - The New York Times’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Republicans limit debate on first day of Ky. legislative session – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville'
- kudos:Supermajority is not enough for some folks, it seems. link to ‘Republicans limit debate on first day of Ky. legislative session – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Trump Endorses Viktor Orban, Hungary’s Far-Right Prime Minister - The New York Times'
- kudos:Ugh ugh ugh. link to ‘Trump Endorses Viktor Orban, Hungary’s Far-Right Prime Minister - The New York Times’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Smartphones Are a New Tax on the Poor | WIRED'
- kudos:Important and enlightening read. link to ‘Smartphones Are a New Tax on the Poor | WIRED’
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Trump says his supporters weren't behind the Jan. 6 attack — but I was there : NPR'
- kudos:We must not forget that day or let others redefine it. link to ‘Trump says his supporters weren’t behind the Jan. 6 attack — but I was there : NPR’