Introducing the Overflow Offline project

“Many coders would say they rely on Stack Overflow to get work done, but Hicklin’s situation is different. She had no access to the internet while incarcerated.” Great initiative.  #Technology [Link]

News in America: Public Good or Private Enterprise?

“Most Americans believe news organizations prioritize their own business needs – over serving the public interest: More than three in four say news organizations are first and foremost motivated by their own financial interests, while just 12% of Americans say news outlets act as civic institutions first.”  #Media [Link]

Afghan couple accuse US Marine of abducting their baby

“This is a story about how one U.S. Marine became fiercely determined to bring home an Afghan war orphan, and praised it as an act of Christian faith to save her. Letters, emails and documents submitted in federal filings show that he used his status in the U.S.

Hair Straighteners May Pose a Small Risk for Uterine Cancer, Study Finds

“For women in the study who had never used hair straighteners, the risk of developing uterine cancer by the age of 70 was 1.64 percent, the research found, while the rate for frequent users of straighteners was more than doubled at 4.05 percent.”  #Health [Link]

When your salary requires you not understand the labor movement

“In most people’s interactions with a workplace, the company takes too much and gives too little. The only recourse for labor is to form structures of counter-power to try and balance the equation.”  #Business [Link]

How We Uncovered Disparities in Internet Deals

“Recent research from activists and academics has pointed out a digital divide for high-speed internet between the parts of major American cities where ISPs have upgraded the infrastructure (often rich and predominantly White) and the frequently poorer, predominantly communities of color where they have not made upgrades.”  #Technology [Link]

The Future of the Workforce - live in Austin

We’re hosting a conversation about the future of the workforce, in-person in Austin, Texas, and streaming online everywhere. It’s free to register and attend. Here’s more about the event: From the Great Resignation to the Great Reshuffle, our working lives have transformed during the pandemic — especially in

s13e10: Dying Slowly, and then All At Once; Scrollytelling

This is so sad. And honestly, given I post many links a day, kind of scary.  #Technology [Link]

Texas schools send parents DNA kits to identify their kids’ bodies in emergencies

““You have to understand, I’m a former law enforcement officer,” Walder, who has lived in Texas for 14 years, said. "I worry every single day when I send my kid to school. Now we’re giving parents DNA kits so that when their child is killed with the

Microsoft Full Circle

“The entire reason why Windows faltered as a strategic linchpin is that it was tied to a device — the PC — that was disrupted by a paradigm shift in hardware. Microsoft 365, on the other hand, is attached to the customer.” I’m a much bigger fan of the new Microsoft

The AT Protocol

“The world needs a diverse market of connected services to ensure healthy competition. Interoperation needs to feel like second nature to the Web.” I’m cautiously optimistic - and certainly curious.  #Technology [Link]

The BBC at one hundred

“Its relationship with the British state has been fraught, a function of its peculiar dual status as both a news organization and a nominally unifying cultural service, and of its funding status.”  #Media [Link]