David Golumbia, 1963–2023
Sad to hear that David Golumbia died. If you’re unfamiliar with The Politics of Bitcoin and you’re in tech, it’s a must-read. #Technology [Link]
An endless battle for the rights of the underclass
Every word of this, but particularly: "Cultural warfare was a political ploy designed to keep workers from recognizing our common ground and banding together against corporate abuses and thefts.” #Democracy [Link]
WordPress blogs can now be followed in the fediverse, including Mastodon
I'd prefer if this was default WordPress functionality - but the big lede is buried here. Hosted WordPress sites are getting fediverse compatibility. That's a huge deal. #Technology [Link]
The Ad Industry Bailed On News. Can An AI Solution Offer A Way Back?
Services like this become single points of failure with outsize power over the journalism industry. It's a bad idea. No one entity should be the arbiter of bias in news or where a buyer should put their money. For one thing, who watches that entity's own
US economy going strong under Biden – Americans don’t believe it
It's how we measure the economy, stupid. #Democracy [Link]
Zine: How We Illustrate Tech (and AI) at The Markup
Lovely! #Media [Link]
An update on Sup, the ActivityPub API
A little while back I shared an idea about an API service that would make it easy to build on top of the fediverse. People went wild about it on Mastodon and Bluesky, and I got lots of positive feedback. My startup experience tells me that it’s important to
Finishing With Twitter/X
Who at the intersection of tech and politics is still posting on Twitter? And should they be? A good breakdown. #Technology [Link]
What Mitt Romney Saw in the Senate
A fascinating read that makes me want to check out the full book, which seems to me like an attempt by Romney to save the Republican Party from Trumpism (as well as, let’s be clear, his own reputation). Wild anecdote after wild anecdote that highlights the cynicism of Washington
Earth ‘well outside safe operating space for humanity’, scientists find
“This update finds that six of the nine boundaries are transgressed, suggesting that Earth is now well outside of the safe operating space for humanity.” No biggie. #Climate [Link]
Unity has changed its pricing model, and game developers are pissed off
As with API pricing changes across social media, these tiers disproportionately penalize indie developers. The message is clear: they don't want or need those customers. In a tighter economy, much of technology is re-organizing around serving bigger, wealthier players. #Technology [Link]
White House to send letter to news execs urging outlets to 'ramp up' scrutiny of GOP's Biden impeachment inquiry 'based on lies'
I couldn’t be less of a fan of the current Republican Party but I hate this. The White House should not be sending letters to the media encouraging them to do anything. That’s not the sort of relationship we need our journalistic media to have. #Media [Link]