Check out our #ElectionDay #Democracy coverage at The 19th: https://19thnews.org/topics/election-2022/
I accidentally threw away my "I voted" sticker, but I voted, and I'd like you to please imagine the really cute picture I was going to take of my baby wearing it. Also, please vote. Go do it. Go go go.
Planning to stay up and watch the election, mostly to make sure our site stays up and performant. Which election snacks should I have to hand? Bear in mind I might need extreme comfort food.
Worried about Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC) particularly wrt topics that might be actionable. Will there be a cohort that incorporates people who visit abortion websites, for example? How actionable might that data be in an adverse regime?
Vote. Vote vote vote vote vote. Vote. Vote vote. Please please please. Here's a choose-your-own-adventure Twitter thread taking you through how, if you need it: https://twitter.com/19thnews/status/1587861871536656384
My colleague Errin Haines interviewed VP Harris for a show on BET tonight at 9pm ET. You should tune in - and learn more over at The 19th: https://19thnews.org/2022/11/kamala-harris-midterms-bet/
The really fun thing about the fediverse will be when hundreds of new platforms start spinning up, each with their own focus and interaction model. Some of these already exist, of course, but there are many more, just waiting to bloom. That's what a commons can be.
I sing the same song to my baby that my mother memorably used to sing to me. It’s meaningful to me, and it also breaks my heart.
Getting a surprising number of emails off of getblogging.org asking me how to blog. Considering what to do about it. Guessing “just start writing about stuff that interests you” isn’t an adequate answer, but that’s kind of what you have to do.
Finding parenting punishingly hard lately. Just exhausted. Really unhappy baby. Really unhappy brain.
I made a commitment to make my website a first-class participant in the fediverse this week. Which, of course, means everyone who uses Known (if they want). Let's see if I get there.
It’s impossible to tell the stories of the Arab Spring, Black Lives Matter, MeToo - but also the Trump Presidency and Jan 6 - without Twitter. I wonder how history books will describe it, and how children in 20 years will imagine it worked.
Up in the night to feed the little one. I wonder who he will become, and what kind of a world he’ll grow up into. I hope we find a way to be kinder, more equitable. But I suspect he’ll have a fight on his hands. I’ll have his back, however he needs me.
Tired: heading to the fediverse
Wired: heading to fidonet
If I had a startup right now, I’d be trying my hardest to hire ex-Twitter employees. But honestly, I hope a bunch of them start their own, learning from what they know now.
If you're a journalist or newsroom, how are you approaching changes at Twitter? What are your contingencies? (Asking as me, not on behalf of my employer.)
When people on Twitter complain about their "free speech" being violated, they're literally only talking about content that harasses and calls for violence on vulnerable people. It's not good faith discourse and it's not an impulse the tech industry should capitulate to.
My baby had a nightmare, and his expression when he woke up to find it wasn’t real was effervescent.
I’d been dreaming about the time my middle school science teacher berated students whose parents didn’t buy books at home and felt the same way.
Wondering if / when the carbon footprint of AI will overtake the carbon footprint of blockchain.
The full lineup for our Future of the Workforce event in Austin this month is pretty amazing. It's free to attend in person and online. If you're coming in person, I'll see you there! https://19thnews.org/events/future-of-the-workforce-austin-texas/
Prediction: if the fediverse continues to succeed, someone will build a Google-style centralized full-text search engine that also allows you to post and reply from your federated profile, and we'll all use it.
I feel like there's a really good joke that ends with (Taylor's Version Control) but I can't quite find it.
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