Link roundup, mid-February edition
Protests Erupt At Stonewall After Trump Removes Trans People From Monument Website, by Erin Reed, and National Parks Have A Spine, Trans Lives Are On The Line:
Protest At Stonewall National Monument In Photos by Abbie Thompson for Go.
MTPC and MassEquality Respond to the Rejection and Hateful Treatment of a MA Resident’s Passport Application: [We] have been in contact with a transgender resident of Massachusetts whose US Passport application, new Passport, and supporting documentation were damaged and destroyed.
Take a deep breath, and say out loud: I am not a machine, I am not meant to scale. You have a finite amount of energy, and a community of people around you who can use that energy. You can use that energy, to make it through the day, which is the most important thing. Waking up tomorrow is the name of the game.
Discovery Coding, by Jimmy Miller, via Karl.
Some Ways To Contribute To WebKit and Web Interoperability, by Karl.
For years we’ve been saying that tech is political, and that tech is not neutral. But I don’t know if we’re communicating the full nuance of that adage. It’s not just a warning about bad Apples (or Palantirs) who might use code to dabble in evil extracurriculars. More important to me is the understanding that technologies often carry an ideology inside them[…]
Tools tend to exist between us and a goal, and the shape of the tool tells us something about how to proceed, and what outcomes are desirable. Tech enacts and shapes our world, our lives, and our politics.
Guns don’t kill people, guns are designed to help people kill people.
Maybe we should consider the beliefs and assumptions that have been built into a technology before we embrace it? But we often prefer to treat each new toy as as an abstract and unmotivated opportunity. If only the good people like ourselves would get involved early, we can surely teach everyone else to use it ethically!
Nothing Stands In Your Way When You're A Boy, by Denny Carter.
The SAVE Act Would Disenfranchise Millions of Citizens, from the Center for American Progress, via Kottke.
Ja, det er ubehagelig når noen tar et vanlig ord eller et symbol og bruker det til noe hatefullt.
Og det er enda mer ubehagelig når det viser seg at en har nikket med til noe som viste seg å være en hundefløyte.
Men det er sånn verden er i dag.
Og mer enn på mange tiår er det viktig at vi verner om de som er mer sårbare enn oss selv.
Via Leah:
To those who can hear me, I say—do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed—the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish…
Irish-language exemptions: ‘It’s all firefighting and band-aids, instead of a sensible approach’, by Peter McGuire, via Language Hat.
The hardest working font in Manhattan, by Marcin Wichary, via Jeremy.
Via Faisal:
[In] this nightmare scenario, could Canadians successfully resist an American invasion? Absolutely. I know this because I have studied insurgencies around the world for more than two decades, and I have spent time with ordinary people who have fought against powerful invading armies. […]
This scenario would guarantee the destruction of both Canada and the United States. No one in their right mind would choose this gruesome future over a peaceful and mutually beneficial alliance with a friendly neighbour.