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Mastodon 4.2
Lots of good new changes here - and in particular a much-needed search overhaul. My private instance is running the latest and I like it a lot. #Technology [Link]
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John Grisham, other top US authors sue OpenAI over copyrights
"A trade group for U.S. authors has sued OpenAI in Manhattan federal court on behalf of prominent writers including John Grisham, Jonathan Franzen, George Saunders, Jodi Picoult and "Game of Thrones" novelist George R.R. Martin, accusing the company of unlawfully training its popular artificial-intelligence based
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‘The scripts were the funniest things I’d ever read’: the stars of Peep Show look back, 20 years later
Before there was Succession, there was Peep Show. A brilliant piece of TV that launched a bunch of careers. If you haven't seen it, give yourself the gift of checking it out. #Culture [Link]
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Revealed: top carbon offset projects may not cut planet-heating emissions
“The vast majority of the environmental projects most frequently used to offset greenhouse gas emissions appear to have fundamental failings suggesting they cannot be relied upon to cut planet-heating emissions, according to a new analysis.” #Climate [Link]
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Online Safety Bill: Crackdown on harmful social media content agreed
This is a horrendous bill that is designed to encourage self-censorship, including around topics like "illegal immigration", as well as vastly deepen surveillance on internet users. And Britain passing it will likely embolden other nations to try the same. #Technology [Link]
I'm going to keep using Zapier for my link blog
The way my link blog works is like this: I save an article, website, or book I thought was interesting to a database in Notion using the web clipper, together with a description and a high-level category. (These are Technology, Society, Democracy, and so on.) I also have a checkbox
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Remote work may help decrease sexual assault and harassment, poll finds
“About 5 percent of women who were working remotely reported instances in that time, compared with 12 percent of in-person women workers. Overall, only 5 percent of remote workers reported instances in the past three years, compared with 9 percent of those who work fully or mostly in person.” #Labor
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Migrants tracked with GPS tags say UK feels like ‘an outside prison’
I had no idea Britain was fitting migrants and asylum seekers with ankle bracelets and surveilling them to this level. It seems impossible that this is something people would think is right and just. The dystopian cruelty is mind-boggling. #Democracy [Link]
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A (more) Modern CSS Reset
I particularly valued the explanations here. I spend less time coding these days - I can go weeks without writing a line - and I’m determined to keep my skills up. #Technology [Link]
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The Berkeley Hotel hostage
I know people who worked with Douglas Adams and I'm incredibly envious of them. He seems like someone I would have really enjoyed meeting - and his books (all of them) were a huge part of my developing psyche. This story seems so human, so relatable. Trapped by
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A New Low: Just 46% Of U.S. Households Subscribe To Traditional Cable TV
I've lived in the US for twelve years, and at no point have I even been tempted by traditional cable. Every time I encounter it, I wonder why people want it. It's a substandard, obsolete product. So this is no surprise. #Media [Link]
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19th News/SurveyMonkey poll: The State of Our Nation
Lots of interesting insights in this poll, including on nationwide attitudes to gender-affirming care (only 29% of Republicans think their party should focus on it) and gun control (82% of Americans want to restrict access in domestic abuse cases). #Society [Link]