The most used languages on the internet

“Millions of non-native English speakers and non-English speakers are stuck using the web in a language other than the one they were born into.”  #Technology [Link]

Pride Month: In conversation with The 19th's LGBTQ+ reporters

“It’s hard for me to get excited about Pride Month as a concept this month, because we are in that place where … it feels to a lot of trans people like we are being threatened to the point of genocide.”  #Society [Link]

Climate Crisis Has Stranded 600 Million Outside Most Livable Environment

“Climate change is remapping where humans can exist on the planet. As optimum conditions shift away from the equator and toward the poles, more than 600 million people have already been stranded outside of a crucial environmental niche that scientists say best supports life.”  # [Link]

Leviathan Wakes: the case for Apple's Vision Pro

“Now we’ll get to answer the AR question with far fewer caveats and asterisks. The display is as good as technologically possible. The interface uses your fingers, instead of a goofy joystick. The performance is tuned to prevent motion sickness. An enormous developer community is ready and equipped to

Apple Vision

“The arc of technology, in large part led by Apple, is for ever more personal experiences, and I’m not sure it’s an accident that that trend is happening at the same time as a society-wide trend away from family formation and towards an increase in loneliness.”  #Technology [Link]

The Coming Fight Over American Surveillance

“The government had little difficulty persuading lawmakers to renew the law in 2012 and 2018, despite growing evidence that it was being used to spy on Americans. But that evidence is now overwhelming, and the politics of surveillance have radically shifted.”  #Democracy [Link]

Twitter Admits in Court Filing: Elon Musk Is Simply Wrong About Government Interference At Twitter

“Twitter’s filing is like a beat-by-beat debunking of the conspiracy theories pushed by the dude who owns Twitter. It’s really quite incredible.”  #Technology [Link]

Alexandra Holt's Insurgent Experiment in Fine Dining at Roxanne

““I’m sorry we’re not sticking a silver spoon up anyone’s ass when they walk in,” she says. “But we’re there just to give people a good time. A memory of a few good hours in their day. So I put eyes on their tiramisu, you know?

Moderation Strike: Stack Overflow, Inc. cannot consistently ignore, mistreat, and malign its volunteers

“The new policy, establishing that AI-generated content is de facto allowed on the network, is harmful in both what it allows on the platform and in how it was implemented.” #AI [Link]

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]