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🔗 linkblog: just read 'Inequitable Access: An Anti-Competitive Scheme by Textbook Publishers | Electronic Frontier Foundation'
OER forever. This article makes me sad.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Google and Facebook’s Ad Empires - The New York Times'
Tech companies are often ad companies, and it behooves us to remember that.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Viewing website HTML code is not illegal or “hacking,” prof. tells Missouri gov. | Ars Technica'
This story just gets more and more ridiculous.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Employees pleaded with Facebook to stop letting politicians bend rules | Ars Technica'
Facebook might need more moderators, but they shouldn’t be company executives…
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Bugs Bunny's Official D&D Character Sheet Is A 15th-level Illusionist | Boing Boing'
A fun article that reminds me of my plans to create a Cleric of Trickery based on George Smiley for an upcoming 5e campaign.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Trump’s site Truth Social broke software rules, says copyleft group - The Verge'
Do not mess with open licensing.
🔗 linkblog: just read '42 years later, how 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' has endured : NPR'
Posting this for hoopy froods to read.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Missouri governor threatens reporter who discovered state site spilling private info - The Verge'
If viewing the source code of a web page is hacking, my black hat skills just went up a thousandfold.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'A squeaky glove compartment accidentally sounds like light jazz | Boing Boing'
This delights me to no end.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'U.S. Antigovernment Groups Are Influencing the French Far Right - The New York Times'
This is worrying. There’s a long tradition of open far right movements in France, and if the U.S has something to teach them, it should make us think twice about what’s happening here.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Facebook whistleblower hearing: France Haugen finally got Republicans to stop yapping about anti-conservative bias.'
Interesting article. I’m particularly interested in the idea of focusing on algorithms rather than content.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Facebook’s outage likely cost the company over $60 million | Ars Technica'
A compelling reminder that social media companies make money from eyeballs pointed at screens.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Shang Chi Director: American Born Chinese Series for Disney+'
Tentatively excited! Such a great comic—they’d better do it justice.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Opinion | Don’t Let Amazon Eat the Film Industry - The New York Times'
The more pies Amazon has its fingers in, the more concerning it becomes.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Amazon Astro Leaks Data All Over New Carpet'
Well played, The Onion. Well played.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Fairphone’s latest sustainable smartphone comes with a five-year warranty - The Verge'
Really want to see Fairphone start selling in U.S.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Majority of Americans support national data privacy standards: poll | TheHill'
This means we’re going to get some soon, right?
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Despite Arrests And Setbacks, Far-Right Proud Boys Press New Ambitions : NPR'
Worrying read but important one.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'The Melting Face Emoji Has Already Won Us Over - The New York Times'
I immediately connected with this emoji the first time I saw it. Also, I remember writing a paper in high school arguing that emoticons were legitimate “language.” The paper was horrible, but I still believe in that central thesis, and I think emojis are vindicating it.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'IRS Reports Your Taxes Specifically Were Spent To Drone-Strike Kids'
I get that this is The Onion and that this isn’t how taxes work, but this article still fees like a gut punch.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Lexington opens key pedestrian bridge over Man O’ War | Lexington Herald Leader'
This sounds like a great place for a family bike ride!