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🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Netflix Reveals New Wallace & Gromit Movie, Chicken Run 2 Cast'
More Wallace and Gromit is always welcome.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Sedition Prosecution Of Oath Keepers Members Shows The FBI Can Still Work Around Encryption | Techdirt'
We can prosecute criminals without weakening encryption.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Parents and child care providers of unvaccinate kids say they've hit rock bottom : NPR'
We do not value child care—including unpaid child care—in this country. It is shameful, especially considering how many of us proclaim to value children.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Dear January 6 Committee: Curb Your Appetite - Center for Democracy and Technology'
I absolutely support the work of this committee, which makes it all the more important I carefully consider the means that they are using.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Want the ‘TLDR’ on a site’s terms of service? There’s a bill for that - The Verge'
Great example of a forced acronym here.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Refugees Held With Djokovic in Australia Briefly in Spotlight'
A wake up call and compelling story.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Banned from Facebook and Twitter, far right groups are still a presence online. : NPR'
Interesting read on a subject I expect to be following for a while.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'A Year Later, Jan. 6 Becomes Just Another Wedge in a Divided Nation - The New York Times'
Worried about our present—and for our future.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Ky. Senate redistricting maps boost GOP in Congress, legislature – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville'
I am shocked—shocked!—to find gerrymandering going on in this establishment.
🔗 linkblog: just finished '6 Kentucky residents have pleaded guilty over Capitol riot | Lexington Herald Leader'
A reminder of local involvement in the Capitol attack.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Election Falsehoods Surged on Podcasts Before Capitol Riots, Researchers Find - The New York Times'
Podcasts are one of the last bastions of the open internet, but that evidently comes at a cost. So long as Apple and Spotify are trying to corner the podcast market, they should be moderating their content.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Republicans limit debate on first day of Ky. legislative session – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville'
Supermajority is not enough for some folks, it seems.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Smartphones Are a New Tax on the Poor | WIRED'
Important and enlightening read.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Trump says his supporters weren't behind the Jan. 6 attack — but I was there : NPR'
We must not forget that day or let others redefine it.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'The governor of Missouri thinks looking at website source code is a crime - The Verge'
Stupid story gets yet stupider.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'In 2021, the Police Took a Page Out of the NSA’s Playbook: 2021 in Review | Electronic Frontier Foundation'
Time to write some representatives. This is terrifying stuff.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Michigan’s New Congressional Maps Undo Years of Gerrymandering - The New York Times'
Some hope for defeating gerrymandering.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Tumblr goes overboard censoring tags on iOS to comply with Apple’s guidelines - The Verge'
There are clear cases where platforms need to be moderating more content, but let’s not forget the seemingly-well-intentioned but overreaching cases either.