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Aspect Ratios of Flags, by Xawnia Wagner. One of my pet peeves is how most flags stocked at retailers, both online and in meatspace, are the incorrect aspect ratio. For example, neither the Irish Tricolour nor the Stars and Stripes should be 3 : 5—they should be 1 : 2 and 10 : 19, respectively.
I will die on this hill.
The Periodic Table of Emoji, brought to us by Shady Characters.
“They’re Ruining People’s Lives:” Bans on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Youth in the US, an extensive report by Yasemin Smallens et al. for Human Rights Watch.
The New York Times Continues to Double Down on Biased, Inaccurate Transgender Coverage, by GLAAD.
Federal Judge Temporarily Enjoins Federal Prison Officials from Withholding Health Care From Incarcerated Trans People, by K. Richardson.
American trans woman files asylum claim in Canada after Trump’s edict on gender, by Marie Woolf.
Texas to require sex assigned at birth on state documents, by Donald Padgett, via the Campaign for Southern Equality.
Our Regression on Gender Is a Tragedy, Not Just a Political Problem, by David Wallace-Wells.
Puerto Rico Supreme Court Recognizes “X” Gender In Major Win For Nonbinary Rights, by Melissa Goset.
Hegseth Orders Navy to Strip Name of Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk from Ship, by Konstantin Toropin.
What this makes me realize is: I’m lucky. I don’t know what things will look like 100 years from now — I’m sure we’ll adapt — but I am grateful to have lived my entire life in an era where people strive to (and make it feasible to) not break the web.
Keeping the Web Up Under the Weight of AI Crawlers, by starchy@infosec.exchange.
Jen got interviewed about all sorts of stuff in episode 667 of the Shop Talk Show this week.
Les Liaisons Dangereuses Or The Wrong Love For Proxy Detections, by Karl.
Using AI to Evaluate Internet Standards, by Mark.
Can Directories Rise Again?, by Jay Hoffmann, via Karl.
Pathological demand avoidance, by Winnie Lim.
Vivre dans la dignité, c'est également pouvoir aux autres de mourir dans la dignité.
— Karl
Looking Elsewhere, by Robb Owen, via David Larlet.
The hidden time bomb in the tax code that’s fueling mass tech layoffs, by Catherine Baab.
What can Kenji Yanobe’s cosmic cats teach us about humanity?, by Jennifer Pastore. We saw this exhibit when we visited Hannō in the spring.
[A] closer examination of the decisions — and concurring opinions — provides some insights into how the liberal justices are proceeding in this moment: Crafting narrow decisions that can control strong majorities while reinforcing liberal principles and preventing further rightward shifts.
In doing so, the liberal justices also could be seen as taking actions attempting to keep the court together — as much as possible — in the face of an executive branch whose leader is seeking to take more and more power for himself and a legislative branch whose leadership largely doesn’t seem to care.
Notes on the Varieties of Resistance, by Rebecca Solnit.
Trump preparing large-scale cancellation of federal funding for California, by Annie Grayer, Gabe Cohen, and Betsy Klein.
Catherynne M. Valente is publishing a multi-part series of posts about the situation we all find ourselves in these days, called Move Fast and Break People. Three parts have been posted so far:
- Part 1: How the Internet Gave Us the World—Then Took It Away
- Part 2: Everyone’s Third Place
- Part 3: Asshole Monoculture
Shot: Boston Fleet leave captain Hilary Knight unprotected in PWHL expansion, by Emma Healy.
Chaser: PWHL Seattle Signs Hilary Knight to One-Year Contract.
Good for her. (I’m not crying, you’re crying.)