End of an era: Tim Cook Will Step Down as Apple C.E.O., by Kalley Huang and Tripp Mickle.
Community Letter from Tim, by Tim Cook.
Also with big “end of an era” energy: Tick, by Chris. As I tried to say elsewhere, everybody who contributes to web standards hopes to leave the web better than they found it. Chris certainly has.
Priority of Constituencies, by Brian. I helped Alice with the rewrite of this principle while we were both on the TAG—and the updated version is an improvement in many respects—but I’ll always have a soft spot in my heart for the concision of the original:
In case of conflict, consider users over authors over implementors over specifiers over theoretical purity.
Doty, Nick. Enacting Privacy in Internet Standards. Ph.D. dissertation. Advisor: Deirdre K. Mulligan. University of California, Berkeley. 2020. https://npdoty.name/enacting-privacy/.
The Unseen Pioneer: Nicola Pellow and the Dawn of the Web, by Aash Gates.
China’s Parallel Web Behind the Wall, by Declan Chidlow, via Kottke.
Federal Judge Vacates Kennedy Declaration, Permanently Blocks Trump’s Trans Youth Care Hospital Threats, by Erin Reed. This is truly great news. Gender-affirming care saves lives.
Also by Erin: Montana Supreme Court Rules Its [State’s] Constitution Entirely Protects Trans Citizens In Landmark Ruling. The ruling: Transgender discrimination is, by its very nature, sex discrimination. Article II, Section 4 is unequivocal in its intolerance for discrimination based on sex.
See also Three rulings in the past week show the scope and breadth of efforts to fight anti-trans attacks, byChris Geidner.
Iconic Lesbian Sports Couple Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe Are Breaking Up, by Riese. 😭
Just let me compute in peace, by Neil Brown.
One item purchased, Ten emails, by Josh Ghent, via Eric Bailey.
Also via Eric: Why weekends are under threat, by Alex Mayyasi.
Also via Eric: The Future of Everything is Lies, I Guess, by Kyle Kingsbury.
Threat models, by Jeremy.
The hardest thing to write is less, by Zeldman.
An Insider’s Guide To Horologically-Minded Eats In Geneva, by Katie Pennington. For drinks, I’d add:
- The rooftop lounge at L’Hôtel Métropole has a great view for when the weather’s nice.
- For cocktails, I like Black Sheep for whiskey-based drinks, and Little Barrel for rum-based ones.
- Le Phare is my favorite queer bar in town.
Linz, Juan J. The Perils of Presidentialism. Journal of Democracy, vol. 1 no. 1, 1990, p. 51–69. Project MUSE, https://.
A Well-Aimed Potato: The Klan, Notre Dame, and Today, by Dan Sinker.
Bodega Cats of New York, a project by Dan Rimada, via Kottke.
