I am on the Kill List. This is what it feels like to be hunted by drones | Voices | The Independent
The point of this isn't just one person's claims but the fact that the US has a kill list. Kill. List. »
How to Make Pittsburgh a Startup Hub
How to Make Pittsburgh a Startup Hub »
Two Superpowers We Wish We Had | Bill Gates
Pay equality isn’t just about overt discrimination, but how or whether we value women’s time »
For Good Men To See Nothing — Medium
Today's must-read: "All it takes for sexism to prosper is for good men to see nothing." »
Why Tech Leaders Are Following Google to Portland
Why Tech Leaders Are Following Google to Portland »
A Neural Network Playground
Probably the best ML demo I've ever seen »
The TSA's Randomizer App- - Video Clip | Comedy Central
TSA airport screeners failed to detect weapons and explosives in almost every test. »
Botkit for Facebook Messenger — Why Not?
Excited to announce: Botkit has comprehensive support for Facebook Messenger on day one. »
Design Everything - Designer Fund
Why @designerfund is excited about the new @framerjs - - complete with Framer expert tips for the n… »
“I had so many advantages, and I barely made it”: Pinterest engineer on Silicon Valley sexism — Quartz
the things people don't tell you will happen in your swanky tech co internship »
Help Laughing Squid Grow As a Independent Blog Through a Monthly Pledge of Support
I just supported @LaughingSquid using @Thankroll — the easiest way to fund the creators you »
Humble Telltale Bundle (pay what you want and help charity)
Oh man, this @humble bundle has so many awesome @telltalegames in it! If didn't already own them all... »
Introducing the new Framer - Framer
Framer will introduce a new generation of software designers to code—and that’s a good thing. Bravo @framerjs team! »
Introducing Auto-Code - YouTube
New @framerjs looks »
Uber_FooterLONGER_mobile
Uber's full report has much more. Interesting that they only "fully comply" with about ⅓ of law enforcement reqs »
All of the Following People Are Older Than Ted Cruz
"All of the Following People Are Older Than Ted Cruz" ✋ »
Uber says gave U.S. agencies data on more than 12 million users | Reuters
Uber just disclosed that it has handed over info on over 12 million users to the US government »
Portraits after 1, 2 & 3 glasses of wine - Album on Imgur
Note to self: Have two glasses of wine before someone takes your picture. »
Public Radio Story Private Pods: Now, Forever, and Yesterday — Medium
“ we must remember everything is going to explode and we’re all going to die” — @johnmoe »
Facebook Wants To Be The Layer Between You And The Future - BuzzFeed News
Excellent story from @nitashatiku on today's F8 and the message behind the message »
Feminism Proving Popular With Men After Being Re-Released In Tactical Matte Black – Point & Clickbait
Feminism Proving Popular With Men After Being Re-Released In Tactical Matte Black »
Join our early testing program | About Pinterest
Use Pinterest a lot? Want to get access to new stuff early? Join our early testing program! »
Bother - Bot Making IDE: Tracery
I made a little IDE for making bots with @GalaxyKate's Tracery. It lets you write the data in a spreadsheet »
Atavist and Facebook Instant Articles
Facebook's Instant Articles just opened to everyone, with @atavist as a publishing tool partner »
Melissa McCarthy Crowd Surfs to Accept the ‘Comedic Genius’ Award | 2016 MTV Movie Awards - YouTube
Watch Melissa McCarthy's great acceptance speech as the first woman to win MTV's Comedic Genius Award. »
Can't Program? Now There's A WYSIWYG For Designing With Code | Co.Design | business + design
“How do you introduce designers to code? You take a page from the early days of the web, and build them a WYSIWYG.” »
Science Fair Projects - Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project - 4/12/16 - YouTube
new episode of still untitled is up! refresh your podcast feed, or watch on yt »
Mediachain Developer Update VII — Mine Labs
New dev update: Mediachain ❤️ IPFS »
SpaceX Photos | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Updated landing photos from droneship remote cameras »
Geek to Live: The Todo.txt AIM bot
As I was ogling Facebook Messenger Platform today, realized my @todotxt AIM bot is almost 10 years old »
BuzzFeed Openlab Blog
Speaking of open source 360 degree camera setups BuzzFeed's @openlab already released (an inexpensive) one »
Tony Conrad: 1940–2016 | Frieze
Here it is! My massive Tony Conrad obituary for Frieze, featuring interviews with 15 of his friends & collaborators. ... »
Narrow the Gapp: Look up the gender wage gap by occupation
Narrow the Gapp: Look up the gender wage gap by occupation by @GinaTrapani #EqualPayDay https://t.… »
Hawking backs interstellar travel project - BBC News
Stephen Hawking is backing a project to send tiny spacecraft to another star system within a generation. »
In Its Fight Against Fake News, Facebook Found A Resilient Foe - BuzzFeed News
Remember when Facebook was cracking down on fake news? Well, about that... »
Lorem Dim Sum
Lorem dim sum Do fu fa Shaomai Congee Shangai steam buns chicken feet mini egg tarts steamed sponge cake tofu... »
Here's The Truth About The Anti-LGBT "Bathroom Predator" Myth - YouTube
How many times in the history of ever has a sexual predator pretended to be trans to visit the ladies room? Never. »
National Weather Service will stop using all caps in its forecasts | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
BEGINNING ON MAY 11, @NOAA’S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS WILL STOP YELLING AT YOU. »
Is Anything Worth Maximizing? — Medium
The transcript to my metrics talk is now available, with footnotes: (talk still »
Moishe's Blog - Fascists, and their apologists
I wrote about my grandfather, and LambdaConf »
“I had so many advantages, and I barely made it”: Pinterest engineer on Silicon Valley sexism - Quartz
“I had so many advantages, and I barely made it”: Pinterest engineer @triketora on sexism in Silicon Valley. https://t.co… »
Mushroom Kingdom of Heaven (big play films) - YouTube
quick little video @StephenReedy helped me make, if you have a second Music by @CarolSingsLand #m… »
Bot Platform 2.0
Telegram continues to push the boundaries of messaging »
Uber assigns "its IP to Bermuda, leaving less than 2% of its revenue taxable by the US" / Boing Boing
Uber assigns "its IP to Bermuda, leaving less than 2% of its revenue taxable by the US" »
Final Statement on the LambdaConf Controversy – John A De Goes
LambdaConf's going w/ the "we are unethical and this is fine everything's fine please shut up" approach I see »
In Its Fight Against Fake News, Facebook Found A Resilient Foe - BuzzFeed News
The NYT cited a fake news source in a December editorial about guns, didn't realize until now »
Online Buddies Hawking Products - On The Media - WNYC
Chris Bray, developer of SmarterChild, in 2002 about how people interact with that bot »
What The Internet And New York City Have In Common - The Awl
ANIL DASH, I MEAN I'M NO BETTER, OLD-TIMERS, THE INTERNET »
WordPress 4.5 “Coleman”
Looks like WordPress 4.5 has shipped: Great work by @GetSource and all who assisted. »
Introducing the new Framer - Framer
the new @framerjs update looks incredible. every digital product team should be using it. »
GaymerX • Year Four by GaymerX — Kickstarter
can we hit our last stretch goal with 8 hours to go?????? »
A brief history of America and Cuba
A good, 6-minute history on US/Cuba relations. Obama is the first U.S. president since Coolidge in 1928 to visit »
A Federal Judge Compared Uber to Silk Road | Motherboard
A federal judge compared Uber to Silk Road »
Comic Books, Like Everything Else, Benefit From Diversity (VIDEO) | U.S. > Life/Culture
There's no simpler a truth: Everything benefits from diversity — even comic books. (@JamalAndress, @NewsyVideos) https://… »
The Foo Show: Inside the Peculiar World of the VR Talk Show | WIRED
Awesome story from @kobunheat on Foo VR and the software-only world @willsmith is building »
Go to Sleep, Monster!: Kevin Cornell: 9780062349156: Amazon.com: Books
Huzzah! "Go To Sleep, Monster!" launches today! »
arqbackup.com/blog/arq-5-massively-faster-backup-and-restore
Arq 5 is out today! Big upgrade. We’re really excited about this. Here are the details »
The worst gadget ever supplies mains power over USB / Boing Boing
The worst gadget ever supplies mains power over USB »
Instagram
Go to sleep happy and hopeful for the world. »
Fury Road (2015) - Movies with Mikey - YouTube
.@mikeyface's film dissections are an art form unto themselves. watch his mad max video. it's goddamn brilliant »
This is the new digital center of the United States | Fusion
This is the new digital center of the United States. by @kashhill »
Steven Hawking wants to send tiny 'nanocraft' space probes to Alpha Centauri / Boing Boing
Steven Hawking wants to send tiny 'nanocraft' space probes to Alpha Centauri »
The Avalanches Are Officially Back, Announce Festival Shows | Pitchfork
.@TheAvalanches are officially back, announce festival shows »
Announcing the Black Belt Sessions at DockerCon 2016 | Docker Blog
Black Belt Talks @DockerCon 2016 with @frazelledazzell @boucher @justincormack @crosbymichael @kobolog & @allingeek: http... »
Making Space for Indigenerds - Native Peoples - March-April 2016 - Native Peoples
Making Space for Indigenerds: First-ever INDIGENOUS COMIC CON (November) @leefrancisIV @johnni… »
Bake: An amazing space-themed Hubble cake / Boing Boing
Bake: An amazing space-themed Hubble cake »
New York: Bernie Sanders Is Our Last Chance
the fantastic @sanbonmatsuj on the once-in-a-lifetime bernie opportunity »
Leaving Beta, New Sponsors - Let's Encrypt - Free SSL/TLS Certificates
Let's Encrypt is no longer in beta and we have some great new sponsors! »
Mass arrests at DC protest over money in politics / Boing Boing
Mass arrests at DC protest over money in politics »
Mass arrests at DC protest over money in politics / Boing Boing
Mass arrests at DC protest over money in politics »
EventListenerOptions/explainer.md at gh-pages · WICG/EventListenerOptions · GitHub
An example of the impact of making touch listeners "passive" on a JS-heavy web page. See https://t.c… »
LSD's impact on the brain revealed in groundbreaking images | Science | The Guardian
Incredibly cool: a study that researched & visualized the brain activity of a person on LSD. https:/... »
Public Comment Period Extension (New Deadline: 04/18/16) · Issue #183 · WhiteHouse/source-code-policy · GitHub
Or, you know, in a week from now. The White House just extended the public comment deadline »
Support Agent Silicon Florist
POCs in PDX! Looking for a entry level tech role? Apply for this job at @panic! Their office is so cool! »
Greenland sees record-smashing early ice sheet melt | Climate Home - climate change news
Greenland sees record-smashing early ice sheet melt. That graph is terrifying. »
Your horrible jokes just sent a woman to college | Polygon
Great article on our Science Scholarship from @polygon: More info »
Is Parenthood the Enemy of Creative Work? -- The Cut
Is Parenthood the Enemy of Creative Work? via @TheCut »
Leaving Beta, New Sponsors - Let's Encrypt - Free SSL/TLS Certificates
@mcelhearn @danajschwartz @robpegoraro @methode @googlewmc @EFF Looks like @letsencrypt just left beta »
You wouldn’t like me when I’m hungry | dooce®
You wouldn't like me when I'm hungry »
You wouldn’t like me when I’m hungry | dooce®
You wouldn't like me when I'm hungry »
Breakthrough Starshot announces plans to send ship to Alpha Centauri | Ars Technica
Moore's Law + tiny light sail + big lasers + $100MM = an actual chance at reaching the stars in our lifetime. »
Anti-HB2 billboard near NC state line tells visitors to ‘set your clock back 100 years’ | News & Observer
Anti-#HB2 billboard near NC state line tells visitors to ‘set your clock back 100 years’ https://… »
Vacasa, Portland vacation rental management company, raises $35 million | OregonLive.com
Vacasa's first outside investment is a whopper: $35m, Silicon Forest's biggest venture round in 2 years »
Spokesman for new Berlin airport sacked for deriding botched project | World news | The Guardian
Spokesman for new Berlin airport said "the project was “shit” and “no one can guarantee” that it will ever open" »
Ti Point Tork » Blog Archive » NZ Herald’s “News” Is Shit and Lazy
In which I vent about the state of NZ news and take an analytic shit on @NZHerald. »
The dark side of Guardian comments | Technology | The Guardian
New research into comments on the Guardian: 8 of the 10 most abused writers are women; the other 2 are black men https://t.c… »
2016 New Coders Survey
New to coding? This five minute survey will help @codenewbies serve you »
How ‘Empowerment’ Became Something for Women to Buy - The New York Times
I wrote a piece for @NYTMag about "empowerment," a word that functions like entrapment https://t.… »
The Largest Ever Analysis of Film Dialogue by Gender: 2,000 scripts, 25,000 actors, 4 million lines
Someone analyzed dialogue by gender from 2,000 films. Good data journalism that’s as depressing as you’d expect »
A faster FT.com – Engine Room
"there are clear and highly valued benefits in making the site even faster" »
The Absurd Primacy of the Automobile in American Life - The Atlantic
@BikePortland Thought you might enjoy this article, if you haven't seen it already »
The Truth About How Uber’s App Manages Drivers
The Truth About How Uber’s App Manages Drivers by @mawnikr - »
Republicans to wealthy: We just can’t quit you - The Washington Post
“Here on Planet Earth, there is zero real-world evidence large tax cuts for the wealthy super-charge the economy.” https://t.c… »
Carli Lloyd: Why I’m Fighting for Equal Pay - The New York Times
Why I’m fighting for equal pay Carli Lloyd, a co-captain of #USWNT, explains »
Sprint calls T-Mobile 'ghetto' in exceptionally tasteless ad | The Verge
Lmao RT @verge: Sprint calls T-Mobile “ghetto” in exceptionally tasteless ad »
Cards Against Humanity Live - The iO Theater - iO Chicago
Hey Chicago. Come join the @CAH test kitchen at iO this weekend. it is a CAH-medy show. »
The Sharing Economy Doesn’t Share the Wealth - Bloomberg
Treasury's after Pfizer, but Airbnb & Uber are dodging U.S. taxes, too @davidkski https://t.c... »
This is Facebook's gorgeous, open-source 360-degree video camera | The Verge
WHAT: This is Facebook's gorgeous, open-source 360-degree video camera »
Facebook's buried Save feature has 250 million users a month, and a new button to help it spread | The Verge
HUH: FB's buried Save feature has 250 million users, and a new button to help it spread »
Map: Literally every goat in the United States - The Washington Post
Map: Literally every goat in the United States »
The Guardian wants to engage with readers, but how we do it needs to evolve | Media | The Guardian
Read about the @guardian's efforts to foster more thoughtful, less abusive comment sections. »
This horrifying and newly trendy online-harassment tactic is ruining careers - The Washington Post
This horrifying and newly trendy online-harassment tactic is ruining careers »
I Am Not the Decorator: Female Architects Speak Out - The New York Times
Female architects speak out on sexism, equal pay and more »
Autonomous Tractor Brings In The Harvest | Hackaday
This Maker put a drone autopilot into his tractor to make it autonomous »
18F — Take our code: 34 reusable projects from 18F
Since 18F's code belongs to you, I wrote a list of our open source projects you might want to reuse for your work: https://t… »
What's It Like in Space? Book Launch! (& celebration of 55 years of humans in space!) | Facebook
SF friends and space nerds: I’m celebrating Yuri’s Night and my bday at @arielwaldman’s book launch this evening. »
An Event Apart: Boston 2016
Boston. Bosox baseball. Back Bay beauty. Bumper crop of web pros. Be there! »
Websites That Work | Indiegogo
Recognize #EqualPayDay by pitching in a few bucks to 'Websites That Work' by my colleague @KarvelDigital »
Techies
@Mr_Bingo - @helena, who’s behind »
Legacy Systems: call for contributors | The Recompiler
Have you submitted your ideas for our legacy systems issue? You have until the end of Friday! »
Portland Public Schools / Homepage
Don't forget: #PPSBoard meets at 6 pm at BESC, 501 N. Dixon St to vote on west-side boundary changes. Live stream at https:… »
Show & Tell @ ConvergeSE / #ShowTellConverge
Hey peeps arriving to #convergese @hearsparkbox party on tues @codepen show & tell on wed »
Gillian Anderson: I Was Offered Half Duchovny’s Pay for ‘The X-Files’ Revival - The Daily Beast
"The studio required Anderson to stand a few feet behind Duchovny on camera, never side-by-side with him." »
slideshare.net/mobile/ActivateInc/activate-tech-and-media-outlook-2016/23
As bot-mania peaks at #f8, worth looking at @activateinc's overview from last year of how the bot market matures »
Botkit by Howdy
Botkit is a proven bot platform that already powers the most popular bots in Slack. Now for Facebook Messenger »
Twitch
Gonna be streaming some webVR programming in an hour or so »
Saving for a Daughter but Not a Son: This Father Is Starting a Fund to Combat the Wage Gap
It's #EqualPayDay so you should read about @ftrain's "Jump the Gap" fund for his daughter »
Death to Bullshit
Go to and select "Turn bullshit on" to get a reasonably accurate idea of what it's like to read a l… »
Join Slack Developer Hangout on Slack!
Bots on Facebook will be a big deal. Join our community of bot builders and learn how it all works. #f8 »
The gender pay gap for women in the U.S. - Narrow the Gapp
I built a web site that helps you look up the wage gap by occupation. Now updated with the latest data: #EqualPayDay »
Hillary for America
lol just own it. »
The Cards Against Humanity and SMBC Science Ambassador Scholarship
Great article on our Science Scholarship from @polygon: More info »
Seven on Seven
We just announced the lineup for this year's Seven on Seven - so proud and excited of @rhizome! »
How Many of Me
I don't know if this site @kerby pointed me to is correct, but wow. »
ThinkUp Blog — The Worst Bugs in the World
Conversational interfaces are *really* hard; ordinary bugs become real human issues. I've screwed this up myself. »
But WHAT CAN BE DONE: Dos and Don’ts To Combat Online Sexism | Leigh Alexander
Also @leighalexander has a killer list of what can be done to combat online sexism specifically. »
Framer - Prototyping Tool
We’re counting down to our biggest release ever. Get ready for the all new Framer — »
XRAY.fm // Portland's New Progressive Radio Station
It's our last all Babes for a while as @thethermals are headed out on the road. Tune in 4-6pm PDT »