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🔗 linkblog: New Catan game has overpopulation, pollution, fossil fuels, and clean energy'
Interesting! I haven’t been into Catan for years, but this could bring me back.
🔗 linkblog: After years of trying, the U.S. government may finally mandate safer table saws'
I have a scar from a nearly 20-year old table saw injury, and that made this fascinating to read.
🔗 linkblog: How anti-vaccine activists and the far right are trying to build a parallel economy'
Gab’s been showing up more in the news lately, so I guess I should dust off some of that Gab data I have and move it closer to publication.
🔗 linkblog: Even The Most Well-Meaning Internet Regulations Can Cause Real Harm'
I’ve only skimmed this so far, but while I firmly believe that the fetishizing of freedom of expression is causing real issues in our world, I appreciate Masnick’s critique. I expect I’ll always be more keen on regulation than he is, but that doesn’t make him wrong in the points he’s making here.
🔗 linkblog: College DEI programs survive as clock runs out on KY Republican supermajority'
This feels too good to be true? But if the legislation is really dead (at least this time around), I’ll take it.
🔗 linkblog: AI already uses as much energy as a small country. It’s only the beginning.'
There are some important and interesting pieces of information in here.
🔗 linkblog: Elon Discovers When Content Moderation Makes Sense: When He Can Use It To Protect Racist Bigots From Being Called Out'
“Mentioning names both is and isn’t allowed. It’s a quantum superposition of content moderation that only collapses when observed by Musk himself.” 😂😂😂
🔗 linkblog: Pluralistic: The antitrust case against Apple (22 Mar 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow'
I’ve been waiting for Doctorow’s take on this, and it’s good. I’m an Apple user, but Doctorow’s criticisms all ring true to me.
🔗 linkblog: Politicians Who Voted to Ban TikTok May Own as Much as $126 Million in Tech Stocks'
I doubt this is as straightforward as the headline makes it sound, but there are lots of interesting points in this article.
🔗 linkblog: Call for Submissions: The Deleted Comments Department - Exponent II'
Bookmarking for future research. What a fascinating (if frustrating) interplay of social media platforms and religious authority.
🔗 linkblog: As The US Freaks Out About TikTok, It’s Revealed That The CIA Was Using Chinese Social Media To Try To Undermine The Gov’t There'
Oh, so the moral panic is hypocritical, too.
🔗 linkblog: “Line upon line, precept on precept”? Maybe not.'
Fascinating perspective. I’d never learned this before.
🔗 linkblog: Trump Says Some Migrants Are ‘Not People’ and Predicts a ‘Blood Bath’ if He Loses'
I don’t understand how this has a chance to win in November. gift link
🔗 linkblog: Elon Musk abruptly cancels Don Lemon’s X talk show hours after interview'
Free speech absolutism wins again.
🔗 linkblog: Hackers are targeting a surprising group of people: young public school students'
Audrey Watters was warning about something like this almost a decade ago. It’s time for edtech folks to step up and recognize that technology in schools goes far beyond that exciting new classroom tech—and that we can’t do something about stuff like this if we’re overly focused on efficiency and effectiveness.
🔗 linkblog: When Viral Advocacy Fails: TikTok’s Call Flood To Congress Backfires'
Masnick puts this better than I could. This legislation is dumb, but this advocacy feels dumber.
🔗 linkblog: Une Miss Allemagne âgée de 39 ans et originaire d'Iran : un pied de nez aux racistes et misogynes'
On vit dans un monde pourri, mais quelle jolie façon d’apprendre la phrase « pied de nez ».
🔗 linkblog: Roku Will Bork Your TV Unless You Promise Not to Sue'
Companies can really suck. I liked Roku, too.
🔗 linkblog: ALPR Maker Flock Broke Laws Repeatedly While Installing Cameras, Courting Cop Shops'
Flock provides the ALPRs here in Lexington, which makes this especially frustrating.
🔗 linkblog: The job applicants shut out by AI: ‘The interviewer sounded like Siri’'
So, if employers save time from AI, and applicants save time from AI, where’s the net benefit? Or does it become a new burden for everyone?
🔗 linkblog: Tech Billionaire Tries to Ease Fears of Hawaii Takeover by Donating $150 Million to Hospitals'
Last few sentences of the article really make the point.
🔗 linkblog: Kirtland Temple purchased by LDS church for $192.5 million'
I have my own (complicated) thoughts to share on this later, but more than anyone else, I’ve wanted to hear from David Howlett (and, okay, Lach Mackay). Appreciate Jana’s coverage here.