[SC 2.4.4] I'll be in Toronto for a11yTO Conf
I'm writing this from an airport! I'll be in Toronto for a11yTO Conf. Let me know if you're gonna be there too and we can hang out.
Tengo Project Is A Miracle
I'm always down for an acknowledgement of craft.
Italian Music through the Lens of Complex Networks
Delivers what it promises.
The Medieval Masterpiece, the Book of Kells, Is Now Digitized and Available Online
Also delivers what it promises!
Octopuses seen hunting together with fish in rare video — and punching fish that don't cooperate
You scamps.
Content Fighting Systems
Hear me out: make WordPress a worker-owned co-op.
Paralyzed Jockey Loses Ability to Walk After Manufacturer Refuses to Fix Battery For His $100,000 Exoskeleton
"Straight’s experience is a nightmare scenario that highlights what happens when companies decide to stop supporting their products and do not actively support independent repair."
How did you find me?
A website where you leave the reason as to how you came to be on the site.
We should take awkwardness less personally, and more seriously
"But awkwardness is different: it’s not something an individual causes, and it’s not something an individual can resolve on their own; it’s a social rupture."
How Snobbery Helped Take The Spice Out Of European Cooking
Rich people ruin everything.
Why main character syndrome is philosophically dangerous
"To the conquering hero, all interactions are transactional, all awe self-directed."
Stressed young people in China are tapping digital wooden fish
There's a lot of good content going on here, but I also really enjoyed the subtle dimming effect they used to make the pure white accents pop even more.
Substack’s CEO Would Rather Not Think About the Racist Stuff. Okay?
Christ Best is a piece of shit.
Developing anti-SLAPP policies for A11y Slack with Harvard Cyberlaw Clinic
I'm not exactly happy with the outcome here, but I really appreciate the effort. That said, you can just kick people out of your private group if they're being horrible or affiliated with horrible things.
Conservatives Test Whether the Supreme Court Will Do Literally Anything They Want
Oh.
Too much efficiency makes everything worse: overfitting and the strong version of Goodhart's law
"Increased efficiency can sometimes, counterintuitively, lead to worse outcomes."
Research finds ShotSpotter slows police responses to 911 calls
Why waste tax dollars on cop phrenology when you can spend it on this instead?
The $1,000 Wheelchair
The more competition we can have in this area the better.
I had a great conversation this week, and part of it was about how angry were that AI-related stuff has to live in our minds and force our attention.
I think I'm going to keep sharing this content out as a way to process it, but also keep it in its own little self-contained area:
AI Avatars Are Doing Job Interviews Now
The far right is using AI to sell Hitler to a new generation
Sorry, AI won’t “fix” climate change
Devs gaining little (if anything) from AI coding assistants
Worst government use of ChatGPT: in a child protection report