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🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Tennessee school board bans Pulitzer prize-winning Holocaust novel, Maus | Holocaust | The Guardian'
Maus is one of the most important graphic novels that has ever existed—on one of the most important subjects for our students to learn about. This is a mind-bogglingly dumb decision.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'The EU Wants Its Own DNS Resolver that Can Block 'Unlawful' Traffic * TorrentFreak'
Do not like the sound of this. Will likely bring it up when teaching DNS this semester. I’ve been reading up on it for research, and it’s hard to overstate how important DNS is.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'German Police Caught Using COVID-Tracing Data To Search For Crime Witnesses | Techdirt'
Contract tracing is good, but apps for it are scary. Ugh.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Fact-Checking McConnell’s Comparison of Black Turnout Rates - The New York Times'
Fact checking is always important, but especially so here.
🔗 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.