We speak to people every day in other countries, with wildly different backgrounds, contexts and beliefs. We're all people. All connected.
I'm wary of "tolerance" because it implies ambivalence towards people who are different to ourselves. I think we should strive for love.
People endure unspeakable violence for important parts of their identity. They should be safe to find community on the Internet.
Not having to conceal at least some aspects of your identity is incredible privilege.
One reason I care so much about privacy and ownership: my ancestors have endured incredible hardships just for who they were. Many still do.
With all due respect to California, there is only one geographic location I love in the entire world, and it's on the east coast.
NYTimes by way of Song Exploder, dissecting a hit song in a beautiful video: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/08/25/arts/music/justin-bieber-diplo-skrillex-make-a-hit-son...
@fmanjoo Based on what I know of the food industry, I'm totally cool with the government enforcing the definitions of common foods.
Apple now selling the watch as a way for K12 kids to secretly check their messages. Quiet envy for the students who can afford a $500 watch.
Loneliness kills more people than obesity; its health effects are comparable to smoking. http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2013/08/dangers_of_loneliness_soci...
Coursera is concentrating on professional development and MOOCs as marketing for colleges. Wise. http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/as-coursera-evolves-colleges-stay-on-and-investors-buy-in/572...
"First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they attack you. Then you win." Fun fact: Gandhi never said it. A trade unionist did.
"Cultural libertarians" is a pretty amazing euphemism for "social conservatives".
Interesting piece about Burning Man. I should go and see for myself one year. https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/08/burning-man-one-percent-silicon-valley-tech/
There's a Redecentralize conference in London this October - and attending costs just £5. http://redecentralize.org/conference/
Drinking two buck chuck that had been left in a box for 4+ years. Much tastier than expected.
Ooh. Any friends going to #SFEMF? Sounds fun. http://www.sfemf.org/
For a while, I was one of the leading developers of WinHelp files. A game company tried to hire me. I was 16 and didn't care about money.
20 years ago, I ran a magazine distributed in Windows Help format. Files were self-contained, small, and could contain hypertext & media.
Nobody's talking about the big feature Windows 95 introduced 20 years ago today: images in Windows Help files could be more than 16 colors.
@SunFoundation Sorry to hear about Politwoops. Let us know at @withknown if we can help find it a new home.
In the wake of John Oliver, have any tech companies set themselves up as tele-churches yet? Interesting that both groups take seed funding.
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