These incredible LAN party photos remind us how much work it used to be to play games together

Hi, yes, this was teenage me.  #Technology [Link]

The baby stack at 9 months

Before our son was born last September, I published a UsesThis-style baby stack of devices and software we were using. He’s now nine months old, so I thought I’d revisit the list now that he’s been alive for longer than he gestated. We’ve got far more

Tech Elite's AI Ideologies Have Racist Foundations, Say AI Ethicists

“More and more prominent tech figures are voicing concerns about superintelligent AI and risks to the future of humanity. But as leading AI ethicist Timnit Gebru and researcher Émile P Torres point out, these ideologies have deeply racist foundations.  #AI [Link]

Meta Is Trying, and Failing, to Crush Unions in Kenya

“Kenyan content moderators at Meta have been fighting for better compensation for workers forced to watch videos of murder, rape, and ethnic cleansing. Meta was initially unwilling to give in to these demands, but Kenyan courts are intervening on the side of workers.”  #Technology [Link]

Guy Who Sucks At Being A Person Sees Huge Potential In AI

“Just yesterday, I asked an AI program to write an entire sci-fi novel for me, and [as someone who will die an empty shell of a man who wasted his life doing nothing for the world and, perhaps, should never have been born] I was super impressed.”  #AI [Link]

Creating Psychological Safety for Black Women at Your Company

“Leaders who are truly committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace must ask themselves these two critical questions: What are the individual, interpersonal, and organizational costs of neglecting how psychological safety is different for Black women? And how might a tailored approach to psychological safety boost well-being

Is Bluesky Billionaire-Proof?

“Unlike Mastodon, which is notoriously confusing for the uninitiated, it’s simple to get started on Bluesky.” Mastodon has work to do.   #Technology [Link]

The notable list: June 2023

This is my monthly roundup of the links, books, and media I found interesting. Do you have suggestions? Let me know! Apps + Websites AI Generative AI: What You Need To Know. “A free resource that will help you develop an AI-bullshit detector.” Games TimeGuessr. Fun little game that asks you

A pledge to fight climate change is sending money to strange places

“Although a coal plant, a hotel, chocolate stores, a movie and an airport expansion don’t seem like efforts to combat global warming, nothing prevented the governments that funded them from reporting them as such to the United Nations and counting them toward their giving total.”  #Climate [Link]

Earth is in ‘the danger zone’ and getting worse for ecosystems and humans

“Earth has pushed past seven out of eight scientifically established safety limits and into "the danger zone," not just for an overheating planet that's losing its natural areas, but for well-being of people living on it, according to a new study.” #Climate [Link]

Can Americans really make a free choice about dying?

A characteristically nuanced, in-depth piece about the debate around assisted suicide.  #Health [Link]

Block Party anti-harassment service leaves Twitter amid API changes

“Announced in a blog post last night, Block Party’s anti-harassment tools for Twitter are being placed on an immediate, indefinite hiatus, with the developers claiming that changes to Twitter’s API pricing (which starts from $100 per month) have “made it impossible for Block Party’s Twitter product to