Russell T Davies to return as Doctor Who showrunner
Wowsers! RTD revived the best show ever made and laid the blueprint. I'm excited. [Link]
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Fairness Friday: helping migrants at the border in Del Rio, TX
I’m posting Fairness Fridays: a new community social justice organization each week. I donate to each featured organization. If you feel so inclined, please join me. Like many people, I was appalled by the pictures of horse-bound border patrol agents corralling Haitian immigrants in Del Rio, Texas. Although the
Drops
I’m kind of into MSCHF’s drops: a new project every fourth Monday. I’ve bought a few - my favorite is Spotting Plutes, a field guide for spotting plutocrats. More than anything, it’s just a lot of fun. I’ve noticed that a few other groups have
Returning to the Office and the Future of Work
"Wage labor can harm us in subtle and insidious ways, too. The American ideal of a good life earned through work is “disciplinary,” according to the Marxist feminist political philosopher Kathi Weeks, a professor at Duke and often-cited critic of the modern work ethic. “It constructs docile subjects,” she
The trouble with ERGs
"An ERG wants to make all these really concrete changes often at a workplace but has no power to do that [...] They might have some funding or the ear of an executive, which we did at Uber, but ultimately it kind of relies on the good faith of an
Kids who grew up with search engines could change STEM education forever
"Gradually, Garland came to the same realization that many of her fellow educators have reached in the past four years: the concept of file folders and directories, essential to previous generations’ understanding of computers, is gibberish to many modern students." [Link]
Harvard study challenges gender’s role in COVID-19 death rates
"Researchers agree more men are dying of COVID-19. But a new paper challenges whether biology is to blame." Men are more likely to be at risk due to their context and profession (and sometimes, attitude). [Link]
Hiring senior Ruby on Rails engineers anywhere in the US
I'm looking for a senior Ruby on Rails engineer to join me at ForUsAll. ForUsAll was established to help more Americans reach financial safety in retirement. If you're employed by a Fortune 500 company or a well-funded startup, you probably have lots of retirement options; ForUsAll
Changing my policy on affiliate links
Going forward, I may include affiliate links in my posts when I'm linking out to products I recommend, including in my end-of-month link roundups. You can be assured of several things: I won't link to products I wouldn't have recommended anyway, and I'
Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s Pursuit of Power
"The specifics of the discussion were secret — but, as I report in my book, Thiel later told a confidant that Zuckerberg came to an understanding with Kushner during the meal. Facebook, he promised, would avoid fact-checking political speech — thus allowing the Trump campaign to claim whatever it wanted.
Thoughts and actions for the week of September 20, 2021
I’m going to start kicking off my week with a list of thoughts and actions. Join me! Thoughts 1. There was a time when the web was really fun: a new medium that people approached with a sense of play. Even TechCrunch, back when it was a blog run
Looking for a writer’s group
I’m looking for a writer’s group that meets some or all of the following characteristics: It’s completely private. Everyone agrees that nothing leaves the group. It’s almost all asynchronous. No Zoom write-ins, etc. Every month there’s a check-in where you can read aloud if you