Non-theist Christian and elder in Community of Christ. I have Mormon roots and aspirations to do better with justice and peacemaking—especially in the digital sphere but also in Lexington, Kentucky, the U.S., and the world more broadly.
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🔗 linkblog: just read '7-Eleven breached customer privacy by collecting facial imagery without consent | ZDNet'
- kudos:We ought to be talking more about biometric data. link to ‘7-Eleven breached customer privacy by collecting facial imagery without consent | ZDNet’
🔗 linkblog: just read '‘Sideloading is a cyber criminal’s best friend,’ according to Apple’s software chief - The Verge'
- kudos:By this logic, macOS is malware’s best friend by allowing users to install software outside the App Store. It’s a dumb argument. link to ‘‘Sideloading is a cyber criminal’s best friend,’ according to Apple’s software chief - The Verge’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Texas' governor wants 'pornographic' school library books removed : NPR'
- kudos:To paraphrase George Smiley, you can learn a lot about how those in power will treat people by the way they treat books. link to ‘Texas’ governor wants ‘pornographic’ school library books removed : NPR’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Public transportation can save the world — if we let it'
- kudos:Public transit forever. Lexington is considering BRT, and I’m really hoping it comes through. Would give me some more commuting options. link to ‘Public transportation can save the world — if we let it’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Florida Bars State Professors From Testifying in Voting Rights Case - The New York Times'
- kudos:So gross. link to ‘Florida Bars State Professors From Testifying in Voting Rights Case - The New York Times’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Facebook Changes Corporate Name to Meta - The New York Times'
- kudos:The weirdest part of this article to me is how you have Frances Haugen talking to the UK Parliament in one paragraph and then Nick Clegg—former deputy PM—defending “Meta” as their employee not long after. link to ‘Facebook Changes Corporate Name to Meta - The New York Times’
🔗 linkblog: just read '#181 Absolutely Devious Lick | Reply All'
- kudos:What a great episode. link to ‘#181 Absolutely Devious Lick | Reply All’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Google and Facebook’s Ad Empires - The New York Times'
- kudos:Tech companies are often ad companies, and it behooves us to remember that. link to ‘Google and Facebook’s Ad Empires - The New York Times’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'How hospitals inflate bills for healthy births by labeling them 'emergencies' : Shots - Health News : NPR'
- kudos:So much ugh. link to ‘How hospitals inflate bills for healthy births by labeling them ’emergencies’ : Shots - Health News : NPR’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Viewing website HTML code is not illegal or “hacking,” prof. tells Missouri gov. | Ars Technica'
- kudos:This story just gets more and more ridiculous. link to ‘Viewing website HTML code is not illegal or “hacking,” prof. tells Missouri gov. | Ars Technica’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Employees pleaded with Facebook to stop letting politicians bend rules | Ars Technica'
- kudos:Facebook might need more moderators, but they shouldn’t be company executives… link to ‘Employees pleaded with Facebook to stop letting politicians bend rules | Ars Technica’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'She Is Breaking Glass Ceilings in Space, but Facing Sexism on Earth - The New York Times'
- kudos:Sobering read. link to ‘She Is Breaking Glass Ceilings in Space, but Facing Sexism on Earth - The New York Times’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Trump’s site Truth Social broke software rules, says copyleft group - The Verge'
- kudos:Do not mess with open licensing. link to ‘Trump’s site Truth Social broke software rules, says copyleft group - The Verge’
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Just finished Cory Doctorow’s Attack Surface, a few months after reading Little Brother and Homeland. It is the addition to that series we need right now.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Texas Removed an L.G.B.T.Q. Resource Page After a Candidate Complained - The New York Times'
- kudos:This is frustrating and sad. link to ‘Texas Removed an L.G.B.T.Q. Resource Page After a Candidate Complained - The New York Times’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Missouri governor threatens reporter who discovered state site spilling private info - The Verge'
- kudos:If viewing the source code of a web page is hacking, my black hat skills just went up a thousandfold. link to ‘Missouri governor threatens reporter who discovered state site spilling private info - The Verge’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'U.S. Antigovernment Groups Are Influencing the French Far Right - The New York Times'
- kudos:This is worrying. There’s a long tradition of open far right movements in France, and if the U.S has something to teach them, it should make us think twice about what’s happening here. link to ‘U.S. Antigovernment Groups Are Influencing the French Far Right - The New York Times’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Facebook whistleblower hearing: France Haugen finally got Republicans to stop yapping about anti-conservative bias.'
- kudos:Interesting article. I’m particularly interested in the idea of focusing on algorithms rather than content. link to ‘Facebook whistleblower hearing: France Haugen finally got Republicans to stop yapping about anti-conservative bias.’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Facebook’s outage likely cost the company over $60 million | Ars Technica'
- kudos:A compelling reminder that social media companies make money from eyeballs pointed at screens. link to ‘Facebook’s outage likely cost the company over $60 million | Ars Technica’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Opinion | Don’t Let Amazon Eat the Film Industry - The New York Times'
- kudos:The more pies Amazon has its fingers in, the more concerning it becomes. link to ‘Opinion | Don’t Let Amazon Eat the Film Industry - The New York Times’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Amazon Astro Leaks Data All Over New Carpet'
- kudos:Well played, The Onion. Well played. link to ‘Amazon Astro Leaks Data All Over New Carpet’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Fairphone’s latest sustainable smartphone comes with a five-year warranty - The Verge'
- kudos:Really want to see Fairphone start selling in U.S. link to ‘Fairphone’s latest sustainable smartphone comes with a five-year warranty - The Verge’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Majority of Americans support national data privacy standards: poll | TheHill'
- kudos:This means we’re going to get some soon, right? link to ‘Majority of Americans support national data privacy standards: poll | TheHill’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Despite Arrests And Setbacks, Far-Right Proud Boys Press New Ambitions : NPR'
- kudos:Worrying read but important one. link to ‘Despite Arrests And Setbacks, Far-Right Proud Boys Press New Ambitions : NPR’
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Something feels characteristically Utah about this Park City company trying to turn graham crackers into a rugged frontier food while conveniently omitting its origins in the temperance movement.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'IRS Reports Your Taxes Specifically Were Spent To Drone-Strike Kids'
- kudos:I get that this is The Onion and that this isn’t how taxes work, but this article still fees like a gut punch. link to ‘IRS Reports Your Taxes Specifically Were Spent To Drone-Strike Kids’
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I think you can be glad a villain got unmasked but uneasy that Batman’s the one who did it.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Pentagon Acknowledges Aug. 29 Drone Strike in Afghanistan Was Tragic Mistake - The New York Times'
- kudos:What a heartbreaking story. We need to rethink our relationship with drones—and war. link to ‘Pentagon Acknowledges Aug. 29 Drone Strike in Afghanistan Was Tragic Mistake - The New York Times’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Apple and Google Remove ‘Navalny’ Voting App in Russia - The New York Times'
- kudos:This is maybe the best example I’ve seen of app stores being a problematic model. Is there an Android app that could be sideloaded? Definitely isn’t for Apple, and that’s shameful. link to ‘Apple and Google Remove ‘Navalny’ Voting App in Russia - The New York Times’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Political parties complained Facebook’s algorithm promoted polarization - The Verge'
- kudos:What a read. Platforms don’t just host content, they manipulate that content. link to ‘Political parties complained Facebook’s algorithm promoted polarization - The Verge’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Secret Facebook program reportedly let celebrities avoid moderation - The Verge'
- kudos:Bookmarking this for my content management class. link to ‘Secret Facebook program reportedly let celebrities avoid moderation - The Verge’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Opinion | Which Victims of 9/11 Get Remembered? - The New York Times'
- kudos:A very powerful read. I was not politically confident as a teenager, but I remember already feeing uneasy with how the attacks were being evoked within a couple of years. A couple of decades later, I think we all need to be asking the hard questions. link to ‘Opinion | Which Victims of 9/11 Get Remembered? - The New York Times’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'How Wikipedia grew up with the war on terror.'
- kudos:Great read on what’s become perhaps the most defensible platform on the social web (though Wikipedia certainly still has its problems). link to ‘How Wikipedia grew up with the war on terror.’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'ProtonMail removed “we do not keep any IP logs” from its privacy policy | Ars Technica'
- kudos:On the internet, more and more people can learn you’re a dog. link to ‘ProtonMail removed “we do not keep any IP logs” from its privacy policy | Ars Technica’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Kentucky Schools Struggle With Coronavirus Outbreaks - The New York Times'
- kudos:Oh good, we’re making the national news on this. link to ‘Kentucky Schools Struggle With Coronavirus Outbreaks - The New York Times’
🔗 linkblog: just read 'U.S. Global War on Terror Has Taken Nearly 1 Million Lives'
- kudos:Sobering read. link to ‘U.S. Global War on Terror Has Taken Nearly 1 Million Lives’