Mid-July link roundup
Judges Paved the Way For the Federal Government’s Deadly Occupation of Memphis, by Madiba K. Dennie.
Garrett Bucks asks, Do you believe that everybody should have fun or that only a few people should have fun? (Via Kottke)
I Bought a House and Became Part of the Problem, by David Moscrop, via David Larlet.
Also via David: Goodbye, forever, probably, by Salma Alam-Naylor.
Accessibility is resistance!, by Léonie.
echoborg (n.): a person who […serves] as [a] human [conduit] for the words of a chatbot.
(Term from a 2015 David Robson article, via Erin McKean)
Which is a riff on cyranoid (n.): A person whose words originate from the mind of another person who transmits them by radio
(Wiktionary), inspired by Cyrano de Bergerac.
Rewriting Bun in Rust, by Jarred Sumner.
Reducing layer overhead in LBSE, by Nikolas Zimmermann.
Streamlining Social Decision Making for Improved Internet Standards, by numerous researchers.
I Dated Graham Platner. I Believe Jenny Racicot and Lyndsey Fifield, by Emily Suttle-Braun.
We didn’t need a rape accusation to know Graham Platner was unfit, by Marisa Kabas
The curdling of the American man, by Ryan Broderick.
Websites as anthologies of self, by James.
Stacks: Run classic HyperCard stacks on modern macOS, by Jeff Halter, via Kottke.
How One Woman Is Using the UN to Attack Trans Rights Worldwide, by s. baum.
Also by s. baum:
- TERF Activist J.K. Rowling Threatens To Finance Wave Of Attacks On Amnesty International Over Report On Anti-Trans Groups.
- Markey Tells Moulton He Threw Trans Kids “Under the Bus” In MA Dem Senate Primary Debate.
High Court told politics, not science, behind puberty blocker ban, by Neil Sands.
Judge denies WPATH request to block FTC from proceeding in Texas, by Chris Geidner.
New Hampshire governor signs law forcing schools to out transgender students, by Jacob Ogles.