Metablogging
“Metablogging is something any team can and should do.” I very much like this practice. #Technology [Link]
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New Creative Era
“BUT WE DON’T WANT TO GO VIRAL. WE JUST WANT THE BASICS: TO MAKE WORK WE’RE PROUD OF WITH PEOPLE WE RESPECT AND WHO RESPECT US THAT’S TRUE TO OUR INTENTIONS AND WHO WE ARE AND ARE NOT” #Culture [Link]
The US Is Openly Stockpiling Dirt on All Its Citizens
““This report reveals what we feared most,” says Sean Vitka, a policy attorney at the nonprofit Demand Progress. “Intelligence agencies are flouting the law and buying information about Americans that Congress and the Supreme Court have made clear the government should not have.”” #Democracy [Link]
In a First, Wind and Solar Generated More Power Than Coal in U.S.
“Wind and solar generated more electricity than coal through May, an E&E News review of federal data shows, marking the first time renewables have outpaced the former king of American power over a five-month period.” #Climate [Link]
Reddit communities to ‘go dark’ in protest over third-party app charges
“More than 3,000 subreddits have joined the protest, and will go “private” on Monday, preventing anyone outside the community from seeing their posts.” Over 87% of subreddits joined the protest. #Technology [Link]
My first startup
I fell into startups by accident. There were two paths I could have gone down at university. Next to an over-posed photo taken at a digital photo booth at a branch of Boots the Pharmacist in downtown Oxford, my high school yearbook declares that I’m likely to become a
Pageboy: A Memoir, by Elliot Page
Raw, personal, and honest: a memoir of transition and survival by someone who has been in the public eye for most of his life but never really seen. There's no sanitized veneer to his writing, and my life is better for having read his story. I hope his
Nine out of 10 people are biased against women, says ‘alarming’ UN report
“At the current rate of progress it will take 186 years to close gaps in legal protections. It also explains why, while there has been some progress on enacting laws that advance women’s rights, social norms continue to be deeply entrenched and pervasive.” #Society [Link]
Researchers discover that ChatGPT prefers repeating 25 jokes over and over
“When tested, "Over 90% of 1,008 generated jokes were the same 25 jokes.”” We have a lot in common. #AI [Link]
Europe: Is compulsory military service coming back?
“After the collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War in Europe, many countries abolished compulsory military service. But in the wake of the war in Ukraine, several are considering bringing it back.” #Democracy [Link]
The Risks of Staying Put
“I have to remember that my health is more important than my job. And the pain that you’re used to is still a pain you should run away from.” #Labor [Link]
Is GitHub Copilot Any Good?
“The code generated by Copilot is often wrong, but always subtly so, which means that when I let it fill in any non-trivial suggestion for me, I spend a considerable amount of time doing ‘code review’ on the code it emits.” #Technology [Link]