Late October tumbling

God, I hate the time vortex (Brian). Twice a year, I find out that my meetings are pinned to several different time zones, including but not limited to PST/PDT, EST/EDT, UTC, GMT/BST, and JST.

Principles for Global Online Meetings, by Mark.

The PSF has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program, because taking it would have required them to dismantle their diversity, equity, and inclusion program.

Trump has polarized how the public views politicization, by Don Moynihan.

Fuck these out-of-touch plutocrat fucks: none of them gives a shit about the rest of us, by Jeff Tiedrich.

Trump is Setting up a Corrupt Royal Court and Companies are Flocking to Pay Tribute, by Katelyn Burns.

USDA Website Blames SNAP Benefits Expiring On Trans People And Immigrants During Shutdown, by Erin Reed.

Karl: Toutes les boîtes aux lettres et réseaux d’amis (social networks) meurent quand le nombre de publicités dépasse le contenu utile.

陳至中的跨性別遊行台北登場　盼社會照亮多元。 See also 3,000 march in Taipei to support transgender community, by Wu Kuan-hsien, via EITM.

Also via EITM: Why many transgender Americans are preparing to flee the country, by Avishay Artsy and Noel King.

The Midwest Princess Project, founded by Chappell Roan, seeks to uplift trans youth and LGBTQ+ communities through action, care, and connection, via Abbie Thompson.

Middlebury mourns the death of Lia Smith ’26, by Madeleine Kaptein.

Gender Affirming Care for me, Not for Thee, also by Katelyn.

RTÉ: Is í Catherine Connolly an chéad uachtarán eile ar an Stát[…] Beidh mé i mo ghlór don tsíochán.

Receipts: a brief list of prominent articles proclaiming the death of the web, by Jeffrey Zeldman.

Replanting Articles: Bring Legacy Posts to Your Website, by Richard MacManus, via Karl.

Building a UI Framework, by Ian.

Addressing Editor Content, by Marijn Haverbeke, via Karl.

Re: the first paragraph of Lionel Dricot’s Une vie sans notifications, Karl observes: Et c’est pour cela que nous faisons tous nos propres moteurs de blog aussi. Guilty as charged.

Ten years after she invented the very concept of emotion and gave us all the ability to feel them, CRJ has gotten married. She must really, really, really, really, really, really like him. Best wishes to them both.