🔗 linkblog: just read 'trains are people'

19 August 2021 - kudos:

I have been enjoying these posts from a Micro.blog user documenting his cross-countey Amtrak travels. link to trains are people

🔗 linkblog: just read 'Amazon reportedly plans to open its own department stores - The Verge'

19 August 2021 - kudos:

Amazon is just too big. This line stood out: “Amazon is now in the odd position of replacing stores that it helped kill off.” link to Amazon reportedly plans to open its own department stores - The Verge

🔗 linkblog: just read 'Opinion | The Illusion of Privacy Is Getting Harder to Sell - The New York Times'

19 August 2021 - kudos:

This blurb stood out to me: “Apple says, relentlessly, that privacy is the central feature of its iPhones. But as the photo scanning demonstrates, that’s true only until Apple changes its mind about its policies.” Seems to me we shouldn’t be dependent on tech companies’ decisions to ensure privacy. link to Opinion | The Illusion of Privacy Is Getting Harder to Sell - The New York Times

🔗 linkblog: just read 'How Teenagers Are Rediscovering An Old Game About Authoritarianism | by Clive Thompson | Aug, 2021 | OneZero'

18 August 2021 - kudos:

Papers Please is one of the finest and most moving games I have ever played. It deserves all the attention and all the praise. link to article