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Like Frances, Eryn and I have also been rewatching The West Wing. Periodically on the show there are these moments where politicians from both parties solemnly uphold democratic norms while treating each other with respect and wow, those scenes hit different twenty years later.
Via Kottke: The Extrapolated Futures Archive is a reverse-lookup for speculative fiction. Describe a situation you are facing, and find the SF stories that already worked through the implications.
Constellations, a short story by Jeff VanderMeer, also via Kottke.
Via Matt: Whole New World is a fan archive of SOPHIE’s output, no matter how obscure.
Via Virginia: Will Joseph Pearson’s Mud displace Marked as my preferred Markdown previewer? Only time will tell. IIRC I met him when I met Virginia, at the Internet Archive’s Books in Browsers in 2011.
Via Jeremy: Aaron Gustafson’s <form-saver> element is a great progressive enhancement that improves the user experience of forms on the web.
Join the Sovereign Tech Standards Network, by Tara Tarakiyee of the Sovereign Tech Agency.
They told me the internet was forever, by Sam Sharp, via Frances.
Also via Jeremy: Expansion artifacts, by Matt Ström-Awn.
Curators, by Matthias Ott.
Programming used to be free, by Alisa Sireneva, and Hook It Up to the Machine, by Jim Nielsen, both via Eric Bailey.
Ky Decker asks: Do I belong in tech anymore? (via Kottke)
Also via Eric:
- The Destroyed Remnants of a Lost World Are Falling to Earth, Scientists Discover, by Becky Ferreira.
- you can use the Cosmic Odometer, by Rohan Jadhav, to figure out exactly how far you’ve traveled since birth, and the exact radius of the sphere of your light cone.
‘Is it life? We can’t tell’: NASA’s Curiosity rover finds organic molecules on Mars, by Hannah Devlin, via Kottke.
Notes on Access Journalism, by Hamilton Nolan.
Equity for Europeans, by Armin Ronacher.
It’s Lesbian Visibility Week, so here’s a great survey of Iconic Lesbian Poets Everyone Should Know from Sassafras Patterdale, and 31 Irish lesbian trailblazers who have paved the way for a better Ireland from the fine folk at GCN.
Speaking of visible lesbians: OMG, what a cutie! 😍
People Think My Wife Is My Twin: The Subtle Homophobia Of Being Seen As ‘Family’, But Not Married, by Chelsea Devona.
EU Highest Court Says Hungary’s Anti-LGBTQ Laws Breach Democratic Values, by Margaret Hetherman.
Texas Tech Issues Ban On Students Writing On LGBTQ+ Topics, by Erin Reed.
Also by Erin: Trump’s FCC Targets Parental Rating System Over Transgender TV Characters.
Also by Margaret Hetherman:
- Appeals Court Clears The Way For Trans Women Inmates To Be Transferred To Men’s Facilities.
- Louisiana Bill Advances: Seeks Uniform Definition Of “Sex” Based On Biological Sex As Noted At Birth.
The Trump Administration is Preparing to Attempt a Nationwide Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Adults, by Aleksandra Vaca.
Colorado: Gov. Polis signs a law protecting kids’ privacy in name changes, by Artemis T. Douglas.
Also by Artemis: Tennessee begins signing anti-trans bills; with seven passed in the past week.
Read These Books To Better Understand the Origins of Trans Exclusionary Sports Policies, by Stef Rubino.
The Insidious Reason Blue State Hospitals are Abandoning Trans Kids, by Katelyn Burns.
Also by Katelyn: Republicans Brought This Upon Themselves: The GOP started the Gerrymander Wars, Democrats will finish it.
Presidents Can Be Impeached Because Benjamin Franklin Thought It Was Better Than Assassination, by Kat Eschner, via Kottke.
The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish, by Lucas Waldron and Patricia Callahan, via Kottke. Truly horrifying.
“I’m obviously taking a risk here by advertising emoji directly,”, by Marcin Wichary, via Shady Characters.
I love when in release notes, there are more resolved issues than new features. Maintenance is care. Care is respect.
— Karl
Gone but Not Forgotten: Recovering the Dead Web, by Sawood Alam.