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🔗 linkblog: 4 takeaways from the third Jan. 6 hearing : NPR'
Pence deserves credit for the steps he took on January 6th, but I agree that he has responsibilities to do more right now.
🔗 linkblog: Trump Attorney Eastman Admitted His Jan. 6 Plot Was Illegal—and Asked for a Pardon'
All of this is worrying, but not as worrying as the possibility that it won’t make a difference in the minds of people who should be outraged.
🔗 linkblog: Diverse and inclusive stock photos for your next presentation, learning design, etc – George Veletsianos, PhD'
Really appreciated George’s post here. Looking forward to trying these out in future slide decks.
🔗 linkblog: $1-2 Billion In Streaming Ads A Year Aren’t Being Watched Because The TV Is Off | Techdirt'
I mean, there’s still plenty to be worried about when it comes to targeted advertising and smart TVs, but this is a good reminder to take a step back.
🔗 linkblog: What the Latter-day Saint hymn ‘Love at Home’ has to do with blackface'
So, so many wild things in this article. I grew up loving this hymn and had no idea it had roots in blackface minstrelsy. Hope the Church will take it out of its next hymnbook, but I’m not holding my breath. The real kicker is Brigham Young’s concern about blackface—not because it’s racist but because it’s degrading to white people.
🔗 linkblog: This PC orchestra, built from 512 floppy disk drives, is wondrous to hear and behold - The Verge'
I remember the first Floppotron, and 3.0 continues to be delightful. I may have to show this in class next year.
🔗 linkblog: Facebook Says Apple is Too Powerful. They're Right. | Electronic Frontier Foundation'
Doctorow is spot on here. Apple may be the most benevolent of the big tech companies, but it still has far too much power over its users.
🔗 linkblog: A far-right plan to riot near an Idaho LGBTQ event heightens safety concerns at Pride : NPR'
Given the aggressively queerphobic language I’ve read on Gab, events like this are worrying but not surprising. More worrying is the way that this queerphobic language is increasingly used in the mainstream GOP. How do Republican politicians and voters feel about these events?
🔗 linkblog: Senator Declares Amazon Ring's Audio Surveillance Capabilities 'Threaten the Public' | Electronic Frontier Foundation'
I’ve been plenty spooked by Ring’s video capabilities, but apparently I haven’t been worried enough about its audio surveillance.
🔗 linkblog: EFF’s Flagship Jewel v. NSA Dragnet Spying Case Rejected by the Supreme Court | Electronic Frontier Foundation'
Disappointing news, but glad for the fight that the EFF and others are waging.
🔗 linkblog: How the Federal Government Buys Our Cell Phone Location Data | Electronic Frontier Foundation'
The only thing worse than the already-bad reality of powerful, private data brokers is public agencies buying what they have to sell.
🔗 linkblog: Trump’s ‘Free Speech’ Social Network, Truth Social, Is Banning People For Truthing The Truth About January 6 Hearings | Techdirt'
This is a peak example of what performative concerns about “free speech” boil down to.
🔗 linkblog: Big Tech Has Spent $36 Million on Ads to Torpedo Antitrust Bill - WSJ'
I haven’t read much about this bill, but it’s worrying that powerful entities have such an advantage in the debate about limiting their power.
🔗 linkblog: Telecom Lobbyists Are About To Scuttle The Nomination Of A Popular Reformer To The FCC And Nobody Much Seems To Care | Techdirt'
Depressing read, though I’ll freely admit I haven’t been paying enough attention here myself.
🔗 linkblog: The linguistics search engine that overturned the federal mask mandate - The Verge'
Very, very interesting read on how the purported objectivity of big data is influencing how (conservative) judges use corpus linguistics.
🔗 linkblog: Ted Lasso season 3 might be the show’s final one - The Verge'
I hope it will be the last. End it while it’s still good.
🔗 linkblog: Elon Musk Threatens to End Twitter Deal Without Information on Spam Accounts - The New York Times'
What a mess. Glad to be pivoting toward my blog and Mastodon.
🔗 linkblog: Axon Halts Plans to Sell Flying Taser Drones to Schools'
What’s the point in having an ethics board if you’re going to so flagrantly ignore them? Good on members for responding with resignations, and thank goodness Axon woke up to how dunb their decision was.
🔗 linkblog: Firm proposes Taser-armed drones to stop school shootings : NPR'
This is unbelievably dumb. School shootings can’t be solved by technology—it’s a social and political problem. Shame on Axon.
🔗 linkblog: The Internet Can Still Be Small And Nice, But It’s On All Of Us To Make That Work | Techdirt'
Some good thoughts by Masnick on a good op-ed by Wheaton.
🔗 linkblog: Our Obsession With Gas Prices Is Driving America Nuts'
I have long been skeptical of gas prices as a talking point. Some interesting thoughts in here.
🔗 linkblog: Two-Thirds of Republicans Believe Great Replacement Theory, New Poll Shows'
GOP has some reckoning to do.
🔗 linkblog: ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Is a Mashup of the Things That Make Up Star Wars'
I’m interested in this argument about Star Wars feeling like a TTRPG campaign setting. Throughout much of middle and high school, I played the Wizards of the Coast Star Wars TTRPG, and that made even the prequel movies beloved because they became a setting to explore rather than movies to be unsatisfied with.