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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.


Bonne

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.


Twin flames emerge from the baskets of a basketball court in a crowded indoor arena.
, 14 July 2025

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:

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.