The story of Mother's Day - which was shared with me, appropriately, by my mother. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-dance-connection/201305/mothers-day-the-true-story-never-to...
I dashed out a Medium reply about the Edinburgh startup ecosystem. Might be time for a real post about Elgg. https://medium.com/@benwerd/ah-edinburgh-f510cf64ebd5?source=linkShare-3b16402f5b9d-1462547693
*reads a few pages from Trump manual*
*turns to minion*
"Initiate phase two."
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/728297587418247168
@kylewmahan That looks true. It's kind of a missed opportunity for understanding from both sides.
Maciej is one of my tech heroes, and I think this YC rejection of @pinboard is a huge missed opportunity. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11633278
I mean, it'll be the hardest thing you do in your entire life, but you can dress casual for it. https://twitter.com/bigomaha/status/728247092435509248
The Stonewall Inn will become a national monument. Rightly so. http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/05/04/obama-to-name-stonewall-inn-first-national-lgbt-monument/
This should be obvious, but people spent more time with long-form content than short-form, even on a mobile device. http://www.journalism.org/2016/05/05/long-form-reading-shows-signs-of-life-in-our-mobile-news-world/
Micropub is a W3C working draft for a standard API that posts content to a domain. https://www.w3.org/TR/micropub/ #indieweb #socialmedia #openweb
Heading to @Mozilla SF for Homebrew Website Club at 6:30. If you're in the area, you should join us!
Although some of my personal details have changed, these are the things I think are important. Also foreign policy: https://words.werd.io/blowback-mountain-f1f926169a3#.xeyeadwek
I wrote this about Bernie Sanders back in February. It's still my position. https://words.werd.io/i-m-a-startup-founder-here-s-why-i-support-bernie-sanders-8cb0fa41e87b#.6jqrwr...
Sharing this for interest's sake, but for the record, I think Cafe Gratitude food is tasty. http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/may/03/vegan-restaurant-meat-eating-owners-cafe-gratitu...
It's worth considering how many algorithms really are just rooms full of people. http://gizmodo.com/want-to-know-what-facebook-really-thinks-of-journalists-1773916117?utm_medium=sha...
"Unrestrained power is many things, but it's not American." A vital essay by Edward Snowden: https://theintercept.com/2016/05/03/edward-snowden-whistleblowing-is-not-just-leaking-its-an-act-of-...
Pretty striking generational difference. https://twitter.com/_spock/status/727618193653522432
MetaFilter is still my favorite website. Sorry, other websites. Great chat between Matt Haughey and Indie.vc: https://medium.com/strong-words/a-lifestyle-business-can-kill-you-2e45add4107f#.h7kx4rfv5
I don't think Ted Cruz is fundamentally better than Donald Trump in any way; in some ways he was worse. But I'm not looking forward to this.
Project Include launched today, accelerating diversity & inclusion in tech, and asking vital questions: https://medium.com/projectinclude/introducing-project-include-d0c3b8358fd5#.yx3uujstn
@aral I obviously don't support invasive ads, but Flattr / Blendle don't work. And free-to-read media has social value that subs erase. Hard
Came across these activists tonight, who are hunger striking for justice in SF. Meet with them, @mayoredlee. http://m.nydailynews.com/news/national/king-frisco-5-strikers-demand-justice-san-francisco-cops-arti...
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