I Fooled Millions Into Thinking Chocolate Helps Weight Loss. Here's How.
Today's must read: the great chocolate diet scam, or how news orgs end up spreading junk nutrition science »
KUNG FURY Official Movie [HD] - YouTube
"Kung Fury" is live. Runtime is 31 minutes. »
Bradley Horowitz Says That Google Photos is Gmail for Your Images. And That Google Plus Is Not Dead… — Backchannel — Medium
Mobile UI for new Google Photos is elegant and simple to use. Gmail for images, as @StevenLevy reports »
KUNG FURY Official Movie [HD] - YouTube
Kung Fury is live, 31 minutes of dinosaur-riding, Nazi-punching madness. »
I'm a black ex-cop, and this is the real truth about race and policing - Vox
a (sadly too rare) honest and straightforward insider take on cop culture. »
How We're Voting on the Union, and Why
Turning the Gawker unionization debate into content is genius —> »
1995 Vannevar Bush Symposium, Tape 5 - Tim Berners-Lee : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive
Tim Berners-Lee's hilarious meltdown in shame that people are using browsers, URLs, HTML. »
Polycode
Polycode 0.8.4 is officially released with binary downloads for Win, Mac and Linux, plus a new website and forums! http://t.… »
Cobra Club by Robert Yang
Cobra Club, my free dick-pic photo studio game on body image + privacy, is out!! #MembersOnly http… »
An interview with a Google Street View driver — The Message — Medium
I interviewed @GoogleDriver419 for @message. On finding the job through a temp agency, driverless cars, and more »
Cops Arrest Subway Riders For "Manspreading": Gothamist
Note the mother kicked and beaten in front of her children by NYPD for fare evasion after she paid full fare. »
A New Chapter for Path — The Road — Medium
A New Chapter for @Path: @DaumKakaoGlobal Will Acquire Path and Path Talk »
eranhill
off-topic-exp »
Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Cyberspace by Brian J Brennan on Vimeo
Hi friends if you wanna watch me ramble about music & tech & stuff my talk from @web_rebels is up right over here → »
Stripe: Android Pay
Android Pay is coming. Learn more and sign up for the beta »
Adactio: Journal—Web! What is it good for?
Another “must read” from @adactio – »
The vast, unplayable history of video games - Boing Boing
Must-read: @xoxogossipgita on how games will lose their history if we don't change our culture »
An incomplete list of words that are now startups. — The Message — Medium
An incomplete list of words that are now startups, by @shashashasha »
Make Me Go See The Entourage Movie by Wendy Molyneux Drake - GoFundMe
Well, I'm officially seeing Entourage. I HATE EVERYONE. »
Google’s Quest For Complete Control Of Your Digital Life - BuzzFeed News
today’s Google keynote previewed perhaps the fullest realization of the power of buying into an ecosystem whole hog http://t.c… »
Vine
I'm so sorry, world »
Hot Date by George Batchelor
HOT DATE is released! A romantic evening of speed dating. >> << »
p5js Diversity Panel, May 2015 on Vimeo
Here's the Vimeo channel for the #p5jscon Diversity Panel lectures: (cc: @tinysubversions @gerwitz @digitalcoleman »
Google Design — Instrument
We got to work on the new @GoogleDesign web portal. Thanks, Google. »
Should I Fly With My Baby or Just Walk Her From Los Angeles to Detroit?
I flew with my baby. The world ended. I'm sorry. »
#BeyonceAlwaysOnBeat - Single Ladies x Duck Tails - YouTube
The internet: For no real reason, here is Beyonce's 'Single Ladies' video, crossed with the theme to 'Duck Tales'. http… »
Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert Indicted On Federal Charges - BuzzFeed News
Holy cow: Dennis Hastert indicted. Big @BuzzFeedNews scoop. »
Jenny Tiffany - Land Gallery
Show: Our friend @JennyTiffany shares her Animals & Instruments at @landpdx starting in June. »
NEON STRUCT: Die Augen der Welt
Neon Struct - (PC/Mac/Linux, $) "Nouveau stealth goodness" - @simoncarless »
bit.ly/1Ksrd4b
Next Tuesday, @base2john and Holly Cohen present "Accessible video game controllers & APIs for Accessibility" http://t.... »
blog.uber.com/deaf-community-improvements#.VWc0UWuk6LY.twitter
Always be 10x better… Expanding opportunity thru technology. App Updates for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Partners »
psmag.com/nature-and-technology/one-womans-quest-to-fix-the-process-of-reporting-sexual-assault
hey i'm building this! in-depth look at @pacificstand at the what & why of our sexual assault reporting tool Callis... »
bit.ly/1Awd99H
There is no new episode of RS this week. But I did write this blog post about Vine over at @InfiniteGuest dot org! »
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: List: Sufjan Stevens Song or Quote From the National UFO Reporting Center?
McSweeney’s, I love you. List: Sufjan Stevens Song or Quote From the National UFO Reporting Center? »
Serial
This week’s big news: We’re working on 2 new seasons at once. Get our newsletter for the latest straight from Sarah. »
Sureshbhai Patel’s long, slow road to recovery | NRI Pulse
“I try and encourage him to go for walks with me, but he refuses” via @NRIPulse »
Moby Dick Big Read
Moby Dick read aloud, each chapter by a different famous person/artist. The first chapter: Tilda Swinton! »
You Draw It: How Family Income Affects Children’s College Chances - NYTimes.com
I now think about this chart (about fairness) all the time. You should too. Plus drawing! »
Charles Huettner
another walk cycle to add to the pile i keep out back. »
Space Weird Thing - YouTube
These folks made a "sweded" parody of the "Space Oddity" video and re-wrote the lyrics with the 1000 commonest words »
- Path puts a silly amount of trust in its avatars,...
IMHO the best thing anyone ever wrote about Path »
DDC#90 Narwhal vs. Orca by DecodeDC | Free Listening on SoundCloud
The podcast this week asks @Harper about the overblown hype of the '12 battle between Obama & Romney's tech campaigns h... »
Pronoun Island: English Language Examples
Wow is super cool! You can make links (like for your Twitter bio) in the form »
‘Tech’ Is Political—How We Respond to It Needs to Be Just as Political | The Nation
“High-tech tools are constrained by market incentives & government surveillance interests that are very intertwined.” »
Inspiring! People Describe The First Time They Drank Gatorade - YouTube
reminder: strong, wild garbage. #footballmilk »
The game is the game
A video supercut of all the tautological phrases (e.g. "the game is the game") from The Wire »
Making Chocolate at Mi Lindo Oaxaca (Dallas, Texas) - YouTube
Mi Lindo Oaxaca, in Dallas, Texas, making its own chocolate for mole. Not just slow food, but a way of life. »
Pipeline
See what it's like to be a freshman girl in STEM and put yourself through the pipeline »
Dudes talking about diversity - YouTube
Male tech execs talk diversity: Imagine if their answer on user acquisition was "Gee, it's hard. We're trying." »
Google’s New Photos App Is Like Gmail For Pictures - BuzzFeed News
Google’s New Photos App is Like Gmail For Pictures. Here are the details (FIXED LINK) »
June 15, 2015 | The Nation
It's live! Check out the new issue of the Nation on tech and inequality I guest edited w @Lhunthendrix & @sarahrln... »
XOXO SF Meetup | Facebook
Hey friends, it’s been too long! Here’s an @XOXO SF meetup for June → »
Mi Mero Mole's Nick Zukin Reverse Engineers Taco Bell, After Portland Taco Bells Close
We rebuilt the Bell. And, shhhh, we'll do a guisado quesarito for you this week. »
Virtual Reality and the Pioneers of Cyberspace — Backchannel — Medium
Jerry Garcia on virtual reality: “Well, they outlawed LSD. It’ll be interesting to see what they do with this.” »
livewithart.20x200.com/newslettersignup
Went with '40s btw, which you'll be able to see for yrself if you get the @20x200 NL »
medium.com/@shashashasha/an-incomplete-list-of-words-that-are-now-startups-7241e15ffeb
I put together an incomplete list of words that are now startups »
Dudes talking about diversity - YouTube
And now ... Dudes Talking About Diversity at #CodeCon »
blog.fogcreek.com/dev-life-interview-with-casey-muratori
Fog Creek recently did a Q&A with me, for those interested »
Senator Ernie Chambers introduced the death penalty repeal bill every year that he served as a Nebraska state senator since he was first ...
Ernie Chambers introduced the death penalty repeal bill every year he served as NE state senator since he was elected »
‘Space Weird Thing’, A Reimagining of the David Bowie Song ‘Space Oddity’ Using Only the Most Common English Words
A Reimagining of David Bowie's 'Space Oddity' Using Only the Most Common English Words »
producthunt.com/posts/pinpoint-2
We’re also over on @ProductHunt and could use your votes if you’re into that sort of thing. »
GIMP-Win project wasn’t hijacked, just abandoned | SourceForge Community Blog
SourceForge confirms they add malware to binaries—“used to deliver easy-to-decline third-party offers” »
The Spy Who Billed Me | Atlas Obscura
This is amazing. How spies handle filing their expense reports, from @atlasobscura. (cc: @planetmoney, @tylercowen) »
Vine
The foreground windows and lighting in Jenny LeClue are pretty sweet :) »
gimletmedia.com/episode/26-craigslist-horsleys-list
If, after listening to this week's show, you want to learn more about Philip Bowden, check out our website. »
KFC: Finger Lickin’ Good
KFC: Finger Lickin’ Good »
Dead Sites Posting - The Awl
Like The Matrix, but for viral video: "Human content creators have a special brand authenticity machines crave." »
Being a Better Online Reader - The New Yorker
It's fun to read about the hazards of online reading as an online article, accidentally proving every point. »
Instagram
#sabertricks @ Google 1950 »
'Tampon tax' will end July 1 - Politics - CBC News
The #TamponTax dies on July 1st. »
On Google, Apple, and Silicon Valley's Homeric struggle with diversity
Diversity on stage at Google I/O set a new, if not mind-bogglingly high, bar for cos like Apple, says @selenalarson http://… »
What Amazon Taught the Cops | The Nation
Predictive policing is “more a management strategy than a crime-fighting tactic.” Do read @lifewinning’s »
NATIONAL HAMBURGER DAY – May 28 | National Day Calendar
Today is National Hamburger Day. Let's take a moment to remember all the burgers we've lost. »
Play the first chapter of this creepy, charming girl detective game - Boing Boing
It’s hard to be both creepy and adorable, but teen detective Jenny LeClue somehow pulls it off »
Today in Tabs: The Good, The Bad, The Fake Diet Science | Fast Company | Business + Innovation
It’s intern @karenkho’s LAST guest tabs, but don’t worry, the big earthquake starts any minute now »
The Heavy - How You Like Me Now? (Official Video) - YouTube
@romanmars yes. I hear a constant loop of The Heavy's How You Like Me Now 24/7 »
Venus Patrol B-Side - nodo-chinko: DEV_352 Want to be like him.
From the B-Side: nodo-chinko: DEV_352 Want to be like him. »
Homebrew Blog — What We're Curious About at Homebrew...
You know the secret lists VCs keep about ideas they're looking to fund? Ours is no longer a secret »
Official Gmail Blog: Thanks to you, Inbox by Gmail is now open to everyone
Thanks to you, Inbox by Gmail is now open to everyone »
WeWork - Platform for Creators | Coworking Office Space, Benefits, Support
I recently signed-up for the new multi-city @WeWork Commons membership, it's worth it for the benefits alone. »
Mad Max: Fury Road by Coma-Doof Warrior | Soundslice interactive sheet music
Mad Max flame-throwing guitarist: the unofficial sheet music. »
negativity sandwiches - WHO VISUALIZED THE BOMP? This is a talk I gave,...
icymi - last week in oslo i talked about a shitty interactive in-browser version of le tigre's deceptacon i made - »
thisiscolossal.com/2015/05/tempescope
The Tempescope is an Ambient Weather Device that Simulates the Forecast on Your Desktop »
The Kindle Finally Gets Typography That Doesn't Suck | Co.Design | business + design
The Kindle Finally Gets Typography That Doesn't Suck | | business + design »
Frisky Fun for All: The World of Adult Comics by Lucy Bellwood | Free Listening on SoundCloud
Audio from Frisky Fun for All, the Adult Comics panel from #VanCAF, is now live! »
Ace Hotel New York | Luxury Boutique Hotel in New York City
NYC: Last of our @drip Creator Sessions tonight at @acehotel wi/ @Mike_Doughty_. Free hangs! »
Pinpoint – Mark Up Screenshots on the App Store on iTunes
The rumors are true: @lickability just released @getpinpoint: a new app app to mark up your screenshots. »
From the editor: How Quartz is doing video – Quartz
"How Quartz is doing video," @kevinjdelaney's note to readers »
Sponsors - CSSconf EU 2015
Tech people! Your company wants to support a community-driven conference? Here’s why you should check out @CSSconfeu »
Holidaymakers' misery as boat people from Syria and Afghanistan seeking asylum set up migrant camp to turn popular Greek island of Kos in...
Daily Mail out-DailyMails itself: Syrian refugees thoughtlessly ruining Brits' island holidays http://t… »
App Camp For Girls 3.0 | Indiegogo
We just launched App Camp 3.0, our funding campaign to expand and reach more girls in more locations. Join us! http://t.… »
2015 Internet Trends Report
Drone growth is uniquely fast and global #InternetTrends »
Stalking Your Friends with Facebook Messenger — Faith and future — Medium
Yet another reason I don't use Facebook. Location on by default in Messenger. WTF? »
Pornoscanner lobbyist's new job: overseeing TSA spending - Boing Boing
Pornoscanner lobbyist's new job: overseeing TSA spending »
Indie Fund Now Backing Her Story « Indie Fund
indie fund now backing Her Story! »
We Asked 6 Famous Video Game Designers About The ... | ClickHole
I don't know who wrote this @ClickHole article, but I kind of want to hire them to think of game ideas for us: http://t.… »
This fresh, romantic take on Solitaire will have you hooked - Boing Boing
Regency Solitaire is a ballroom-decorating romantic card game and you NEED IT. I promise. »
Tech Industry Employees Drinking Liquid Meals To Work Longer Hours - The Onion - America's Finest News Source
Tech Industry Employees Drinking Liquid Meals To Work Longer Hours #WhatDoYouThink? »
Movies in the Park 2015
PDX: it’s Movies in the Park season: From @KYouell, every screening mapped to each park »
Op-ed in PA paper calls for Obama's execution, then apologizes when readers complain - Boing Boing
Op-ed in PA paper calls for Obama's execution, then apologizes when readers complain via @BoingBoing »
Image: Katamari's Prince, bronz'd - Boing Boing
Image: Katamari's Prince, bronz'd »
Steve Wozniak says the media is wrong about him and Steve Jobs - Boing Boing
Steve Wozniak says the media is wrong about him and Steve Jobs via @BoingBoing »
Amicus Brief of Computer Scientists in Support of Petition of Writ of Certiorari | Electronic Frontier Foundation
10 out of 10 computer scientists (and me) agree in @EFF's amicus brief on Oracle v Google: APIs aren't copyrightable »
Tech Champion De Blasio Under Fire on Plan to Regulate Uber Apps - Bloomberg Politics
Here's your dystopia: Far left politicians demanding veto rights over app updates. »
bikeportland.org/2015/05/28/rider-in-gladstone-fatality-was-2015-reed-college-grad-143658
—> Rider in Gladstone fatality graduated from Reed College last week »
Crafting performance alerting tools: DevOps & Web Performance, O'Reilly Velocity Conference, Santa Clara, CA, May 27 - 29, 2015
Are you at #velocityconf? MAKE SURE to see @aemcknig's killer talk on improving your perf (and other) alerts at 4:10! http:… »
Job Application for Product Team Coordinator at Vox Media
Our awesome Product Team Coordinator @MikeACase is switching to work on company-wide stuff so this role is now open »
Who Writes Novels? - The New Yorker
Who's writing novels? An illustration by Tom Gauld »
Incredible: Chipotle Is Paying For This Couple’s ... | ClickHole
“Incredible: Chipotle Is Paying For This Couple’s Wedding, And All They Expect In Return Is A Favor Someday” »
banyanops.com/blog/analyzing-docker-hub
Over 30% of Official Images in Docker Hub Contain High Priority Security Vulnerabilities »
Tina Fey, Amy Poehler Action Figures: SNL Weekend Update Dolls
Coming soon: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler action figures. »
The Web of Alexandria (follow-up)
Everybody together now: “The web is not a part of nature. It was not discovered; we don't have to just accept it.” http://t.co… »
Announcing embeddable card stacks - Vox
Now anyone can embed @voxdotcom card stacks and McClatchy is a launch partner »
gimletmedia.com/2015/05/were-hiring-development-producer
Gimlet! Is! Hiring! Producers should apply! »
It's pretty darned easy to pull off a nutritional "science" hoax - Boing Boing
It's pretty darned easy to pull off a nutritional "science" hoax »
I don't really 'get' this game, but I like it - Boing Boing
I really want people to discuss this game with me bc idgi »
SourceForge grabs GIMP for Windows’ account, wraps installer in bundle-pushing adware [Updated] | Ars Technica
SourceForge is jumping in on the adware business, spending the trust they've earned over the years like currency http://t.… »
roadsandkingdoms.com/2015/the-root-of-all-things
"Once there, he found the cause of his distress: a squid blocking his intestines." »
You're Worth It 02.09 / Amazon Mechanical Turk Special by BerlinCommunityRadio | Free Listening on SoundCloud
"ASMR Mechanical Turk. Please relax for an hour while I whisper and perform HITs. I earn 21 cents." »
Chinese astronaut: We want more cooperation - CNN.com
+1. End Congress's ban on NASA-China cooperation NOW! --> Chinese astronaut calls for cooperation, access to ISS »
I get a wife bonus and I deserve it, so STFU | New York Post
Well, here's the follow-up to the whole wife-bonus thing »
Ubiquitous Computing with Google - Google I/O Schedule
Join me tomorrow at 2pm in to talk about Ubiquitous Computing. Room 1 if you're at Google I/O, livestream otherwise. »
Justice tells Supreme Court not to hear Google's API appeal - Fortune
API interoperability seems a lot like standardizing hardware or power specs. Yet cluelessness abounds »
What it takes to support and grow Vox Product | Vox Product Blog
you can read his thoughts about what the job is, since it’s not an obvious one, but makes our team so much better »
subtraction.com/2015/05/28/google-io-countdown
Quick thoughts on Google I/O countdown and how the company is doing with design. »
The Fallen of WWII - fallen.io - Data-driven documentary about war and peace
So thrilled to finally launch a #dataviz documentary about war & peace #MemorialDay2015 htt... »
The best email app for the iPhone | The Verge
This week, @sokane1 found the best email apps for iPhone and Android »
A dungeon game within an experimental documentary book - Boing Boing
A dungeon game within an experimental documentary book. »
Michael LaCour Made Up a Teaching Award, Too -- Science of Us
In the category of Best Use of a Chrome Extension While Investigating Academic Fraud, the winner is »
Logjam, Part 2: Did the NSA Know the Internet Was Broken? | Electronic Frontier Foundation
Today's weakened crypto is tomorrow's mass spying. How Logjam should inform our current backdoor debates »
Super Cricket Fighter Turbo (Sparkling Vinegar)
>Super Cricket Fighter Turbo (@Spark_Vinegar) >Free - Android »
Editorial Assistant position - Choice of Games LLC
Choice of Games is looking to hire another editor »
TSA Body Scanner Lobbyist Now Overseeing Spending on TSA Security - The Intercept
Lobbyist for company that produced TSA full-body scan machines takes congressional job overseeing TSA spending: http://t… »
Camera catches police wrestling pregnant black woman to the ground for no reason whatsoever
Police on video throwing pregnant black woman to the ground for not giving her full name instantly on request. »
Anonymous Fear-Mongering About the Patriot Act from the White House and NYT - The Intercept
No joke: #NSA will have team on "Hot Standby" #IfThePatriotActExpires, in case....who knows? http://… »
The shocking human toll of FIFA’s corruption - The Washington Post
Of all the Fifa corruption this image has to be the most sobering. »
John Roderick Thinks You Should Be Able to Take a Train From Ballard to Capitol Hill. Here's How He'd Do It. - Slog - The Stranger
.@JohnRoderick and Alon Bassok have a light rail plan to get you from Ballard to Capitol Hill. htt… »
When Stephen Fry met Jony Ive: the self-confessed fanboi meets Apple's newly promoted chief design officer - Telegraph
Having finally read all the Ive "promotion" stuff, seems pretty simple to me. This is the key: http:/… »
How Fake Money Saved Brazil : Planet Money : NPR
Now you know why Brazil’s currency is called the real. »
Drizzy and the New Celebrity Worship - NYTimes.com
Latest column, live now! RT @NYTmag Drizzy and the New Celebrity Worship »
I'm a black ex-cop, and this is the real truth about race and policing - Vox
This piece, from a former cop who is black, is absolutely harrowing. »
TopatoCo: The Fullbright Company
It's the @GoneHomeGame mugs! There are four of them! They're all good for keeping secrets. Shh http://… »
lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2015/05/27/recode-to-vox
This is incredibly harsh. It might even be true! The Magazine may be a victim to this analysis, too. »
The Triumphant Return of SkyMall - The Atlantic
C&A Marketing, the same company that revived Polaroid and Ritz Camera, is bringing back Skymall »
Sign in - Google Accounts
Go to and search for any word. This is magic, pure and simple. /cc @googlephotos »
First Annual North Brooklyn Pride Festival by North Brooklyn Pride Festival — Kickstarter
Help raise awareness about the invisible youth with the North Brooklyn Pride Festival »
eleVRant: Camera Circles for Stereo Spherical Video |
Wonder how Google's new VR camera could work? Check out our old post on stereo camera circles. »
Subscribe to XOXCO Dispatch
We're about to send a really interesting @XOXCO Dispatch about robots and messaging. Subscribe »
events.google.com/io2015/#
Countdown page for Google I/O 2015 is very nice. (You have 1 hr 45 mins left to see it.) »
events.google.com/io2015
Google I/O livestream--watch it »
portlandoregon.gov/parks/article/489142
PDX: it’s Movies in the Park season: From @KYouell, every screening mapped to each park »
Relay FM
On Air: Clockwise with @jsnell, & @dmoren - »
Google Design
Welcome to the new »
Google Design
Google Design »
Google Design
The new is alive. Fun fact, we @instrument spent a lot of time making it accessible for low vision and assistive tech »
2015 Internet Trends — Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers
Why hasn't @kpcb made Mary Meeker's trends report into a website and hired a designer to multiply the accessibility? »
Freelance To Be You and Me with Katie Lane (Episode 76) — The New Disruptors
Highly recommend a listen to this excellent episode of The New Disruptors about contracts »
The Message — Medium
If you want to keep up with all the @Message writers, you can follow The Message as well on Medium »
Washington, DC | State of the Map US 2014
Nine days left to State of the Map US - register by June 1! #OpenStreetMap »
nomo zilla
@worrydream re "historical quirk" »
The Office Time Machine
Holy mackerel, have you guys seen @joesabia's amazing "The Office" Time Machine? »
Prey Anti Theft: Track & find stolen Phones, Tablets and Laptops
Pro tip for showing at cons: Install Prey (or similar) on any demo laptop you might leave unattended just in case: https://t.c… »
Endorphin Apps | Pace
Hey, Portland, it's 74º and clear. Let's go #running! @endorphinapps »