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 finished 'YouTube’s New Copyright Transparency Report Leaves a Lot Out | Electronic Frontier Foundation'
Easy to forget that YouTube is functionally the only game in town… and that there are big consequences for that.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Link Taxes: A Bad Idea for Journalism and the Open Internet - Internet Archive Blogs'
Good read on an important subject.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Proud Boys Regroup Locally to Add to Ranks Before 2022 Midterms - The New York Times'
Very worrying. Underlines the importance of local politics.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Mayfield candle factory’s labor practices under scrutiny in wake of deadly tornado – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville'
I am glad someone is doing this reporting, and I’m even more glad it’s from here in Kentucky instead of folks from outside.
🔗 linkblog: just finished '‘Sesame Street’ Was Always Political - The New York Times'
A delightful and important read.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Western Kentucky tornadoes: How to help, donate money, blood | Lexington Herald Leader'
Important read for folks looking to help.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'At Mayfield, Ky. factory, incarcerated people among workers feared dead and injured – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville'
Just when you thought this couldn’t get any worse.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'How Trump and the 2020 race is weighing on Georgia Gov. Kemp in 2022 : NPR'
A sign of scary things to come. I haven’t taught my department’s information literacy class for several semesters; I hope it’s up to the task of combatting this sort of thing.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Storms, tornadoes: Western Kentucky death toll update | Lexington Herald Leader'
Heartbroken for Western Kentucky and everywhere else that’s seen destruction.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Apple’s concessions in China reportedly include a secret $275 billion deal and one odd change in Maps - The Verge'
Apple is better than many tech companies, but that doesn’t make it good.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Further Shift Away from Income Taxes Would Worsen Inequities, Harm State's Economy - Kentucky Center for Economic Policy'
The last thing we need is a more regressive taxation system.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Researchers explain why they believe Facebook mishandles political ads : NPR'
Size and scale remain problems for Facebook and other social media platforms.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Report - Legal Loopholes and Data for Dollars: How Law Enforcement and Intelligence Agencies Are Buying Your Data from Brokers - Center for Democracy and Technology'
This report sounds terrifying. Even the Capitol rioters deserve some freedom from this kind of surveillance.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Emails show what happened before Missouri gov. falsely called journalist a “hacker” | Ars Technica'
This dumb story got even dumber.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Utah Makes Welfare So Hard to Get, Some Feel They Must Join the LDS Church to Get Aid — ProPublica'
Bishop roulette makes for terrible public policy.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Twitter policy aimed at improving privacy sparks concerns over misuse : NPR'
File this under bad solutions to worse problems.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'The Internet Needs Fair Rules of the Road – and Competitive Drivers | Electronic Frontier Foundation'
Appreciate this argument for the need for true ISP competition alongside net neutrality.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'KU reaches compromise with Lexington tree-cutting protesters | Lexington Herald Leader'
Wish I had commuted earlier today to see this; when I biked past, there were only KU folks, no protestors. ALSO: “protesters might be abetting murderers by taking up police time” is not a good look.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Qualcomm’s new always-on smartphone camera is a privacy nightmare - The Verge'
Takes some real self-confidence to describe an always-on camera as a feature, not a nightmarish bug.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Podcast Episode: Who Should Control Online Speech? | Electronic Frontier Foundation'
Such a good conversation on such an important topic.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Ky. lawmakers plan to quickly pass redistricting maps – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville'
Dreading this whole process.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Meta ordered to sell Giphy by UK regulator - The Verge'
I had completely forgotten that Meta owned Giphy.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Fayette schools considers spending $440,00 for outside drivers | Lexington Herald Leader'
School buses are the most common form of public transit around here, and we still can’t do that right.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'How Steve Bannon Has Exploited Google Ads to Monetize Extremism — ProPublica'
Another reason to be wary of automated ad exchanges.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Pluralistic: 28 Nov 2021 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow'
Intellectual property can be a human rights issue.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'In Kentucky, the ‘Lost Cause’ lingers as a new myth takes hold | Lexington Herald Leader'
Compelling article on histories we’ve made and the ones we are now making.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'How will KY spend its $4.6B in infrastructure bill funds? | Lexington Herald Leader'
Helpful read on infrastructure money coming to Kentucky.