[SC 2.4.4] A lot of big feels in a lot of different places
I am kind of emotionally all over the place with this week's newsletter. A lot of big feels in a lot of different places.
Lossy CSS compression for fun and loss (or profit)
Just incredible, really.
The surreal life of a professional bridesmaid
This is absolutely wild.
What the Hell Happened to Huy Fong Sriracha?
Huh.
Breaking up with Slack and Discord: why it's time to bring back forums.
Co-signed. I cut my teeth on vBulletin.
Review: Chris Dixon's Read Write Own
Hi, I'd like to report a murder.
Flappy Bird Think Pieces
10 year anniversary!
Project: El Pollo Diablo
h/t Ethan for this one.
'You Can't Be Depressed, You're An Inspiration.'
"As 'inspirational people', I sometimes feel that we cannot let anyone down and the concept of us being depressed or down is just not acceptable."
The Ghost Did What?! Translation Exposing Providentialist Thinking
The cool thing about this phenomenon is it goes both ways.
How the word ‘voodoo’ became a racial slur
"Most of the time, the authors used these narratives about voodoo to argue that African Americans were unfit for citizenship, voting rights and holding public office because of their so-called superstitions. "
mixtape garden
mixtape garden is a site for making mixtapes together!
Woman Got Cremation Ads in the Mail After Getting Chemotherapy
There keep being these moments in tech where any just society would bring the regulation hammer down hard, and this is one of them.
AI cannot be used to deny health care coverage, feds clarify to insurers
And speaking of regulation. Good luck enforcing it, though.
The unsettling scourge of obituary spam
Oh, here's another one.
28-ton, 1.2-megawatt tidal kite is now exporting power to the grid
Good job, kite!
CDC to update its COVID isolation guidance, ditching 5-day rule: Report
Bad job, CDC!
Scientists Surprised to Find Mushroom Growing Out of Frog
He's just a little guy.
I worry our Copilot is leaving some passengers behind
Josh puts so many thoughts and concerns I have into words. So did Léonie.