Links which will live in infamy
Clearing out my Safari tabs on .
Damsels Undistressed, by Samantha Shannon, author of The Priory of the Orange Tree.
Black and White + 1 = Full Color, by Brian.
Unsigned and Hella Broke: The East Bay’s Dirt-Hustling 1990s Hip-Hop Subculture, by Mosi Reeves.
Everything that is wrong in museums starts with wall labels, by Aaron Straup Cope.
Ding dong, coal is dead, by Sammy Roth.
Twenty Ways to Minoritise a National Language, by Josie Giles, via Language Hat. The era of deliberate and legislated language extermination as a matter of national policy in these islands has passed – we’ve now entered an era of managed decline, where everyone thinks that minority languages are important and fewer and fewer people use them.
Claude, Beloved Albino Alligator at SF’s Cal Academy, Dead at 30, by Elize Manoukian.
I’ll be keeping an eye on Dominic Gallagher’s newest project, the Gaeltaċt Type Foundry.
25 Things to Say to Your Children, by Joanna Goddard, via Kottke.
I Have Created A Turkey Fiend, by Barry Petchesky, via Eric W. Bailey.
A coordinated campaign to drive trans people out of public life, by Parker Molloy.
Dem. Senator Gallego’s Leaked Texts Echo Far-Right Gender Panic And Misogyny, by Erin Reed.
Also by Erin: New Missouri Bill Would Ban “Social Transition” In Schools, Even With Parental Permission.
“We’re taking this to court”: Doctors Are Fighting New Zealand’s Puberty Blocker Ban, by s. baum.
Also by s. baum: UK’s ‘Girl Scout’ Group Has Banned Trans Girls From Joining In Cruel New Low.
I bear the scars of a healthcare system that fails trans people, by Jenny Maguire.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people, memo says, by Adam Rhodes.
Bringing organizational maturity to radical groups, by Willow.
Breaching the Trust Thermocline Is the Biggest Hidden Risk in Business, by Gareth Edwards. Except this applies to any institution—cf. the current US government.
Speaking of which, the 2025 National Security Strategy was published by the White House the other day. It is a complete abdication of America’s role in the postwar order. (Heather Cox Richardson)
Critique de l’urbanisme et politiques de la domination, by Steka, from the Atelier d’Écologie Sociale et Communalisme, via Karl.
Upzoning Fantasies, by Fernando Martí, via Scott Feeney.
So… I accidentally named an MBTA bus stop, by AggravatingSmoke1829, via Bryan.
The Web Runs On Tolerance, by Terence Eden.
Bolder Links, by Roman Komarov.
The premise and value of human-centered research is that subject matter experts apply their skills to the design of studies that uncover relevant information from appropriate research participants in service of organizational goals. Every concession we make in the name of efficiency or innovation that removes humanity from this process is debasement and a step toward irrelevance.
Grid Paper, a handy web app by Dave Rupert, via Jasper Tandy. Read more about it in Dave’s announcement post.
Also via Jasper: No Streaks, by Luke Lanchester.
A Love Letter to FreeBSD, by Tara Stella, via Eryn.
We are a group of current and former Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), security leaders, and practitioners who have seen how compromises unfold in the real world across industry, academia, and government. We write to correct a set of persistent myths about digital risk to everyday people and small businesses (as opposed to high-risk individuals) that continue to circulate widely online and in public advice columns.
Standards Queues, by Brian.
Time to Migrate, by Tim Bray.
I can see where Ploum is coming from, […]though I find his position a bit perplexing. Isn’t the point of an open protocol, like ActivityPub, to provide a structure that can be used by others to build whatever they want?
You can’t legislate serendipity, by Ben Werdmuller.
Tora-Neko: Your English Guide to the Hanshin Tigers, by Seta & Lili.
Speaking of my Tigers, I’m very happy to see 佐藤輝明 got named the Central League MVP for this past season. Well deserved.