The dark side of Guardian comments | Technology | The Guardian
Of the 10 most abused writers on the Guardian, eight are women, and the two men are black »
National Weather Service will stop using all caps in its forecasts | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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In Its Fight Against Fake News, Facebook Found A Resilient Foe - BuzzFeed News
the facebook newsfeed is an incredible tool for spreading fake news »
I am on the Kill List. This is what it feels like to be hunted by drones | Voices | The Independent
Read this. Internalize this. And stop telling me who to vote for, because none of them are going to stop this. https://t.… »
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 »
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" https://t.c… »
Botkit for Facebook Messenger — Why Not?
Wanna build a bot for FB? Already built on @SlackHQ? You’re in luck thanks to @HowdyAI! »
The TSA's Randomizer App- - Video Clip | Comedy Central
TSA airport screeners failed to detect weapons and explosives in almost every test. »
“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". appreciate & identify with this honest account by @triketora ❤️ »
How to Make Pittsburgh a Startup Hub
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A Neural Network Playground
Probably the best ML demo I've ever seen »
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Uber's full report has much more. Interesting that they only "fully comply" with about ⅓ of law enforcement reqs »
Introducing Auto-Code - YouTube
New @framerjs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! »
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! »
Design Everything - Designer Fund
Why @designerfund is excited about the new @framerjs - - complete with Framer expert tips for the n… »
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. »
Stripe: In your country
香港, 你好!We're now sending out invites for our Hong Kong private beta. You can sign up for one »
BuzzFeed Openlab Blog
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Science Fair Projects - Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project - 4/12/16 - YouTube
On this week's #StillUntitled, science fair projects and my upcoming trip to DC for the #WHScienceFair! »
Top Sheets Are a Scam | GQ
I was so confused by this article If your sheet is too long, why not just tuck it in more…? »
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 »
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 »
Mediachain Developer Update VII — Mine Labs
New dev update: Mediachain ❤️ IPFS @IPFSbot @mine_labs »
Atavist and Facebook Instant Articles
Facebook's Instant Articles just opened to everyone, with @atavist as a publishing tool partner »
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.” »
Is Anything Worth Maximizing? — Medium
Fantastic talk worth every second of your 46 minutes: Think I disagree with some of the conclusions, give me a week »
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 »
Mushroom Kingdom of Heaven (big play films) - YouTube
quick little video @StephenReedy helped me make, if you have a second Music by @CarolSingsLand #m… »
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. »
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. »
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… »
Bot Platform 2.0
Telegram continues to push the boundaries of messaging »
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 »
GaymerX • Year Four by GaymerX — Kickstarter
Just 22 hours left to back @GaymerX: Year Four on Kickstarter! It's a fantastic and important event. #EveryoneGames »
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. »
The best thing to ever happen to landlords, property managers, and renters — What’s next in housing — Medium
I just published “The best thing to ever happen to landlords, property managers, and renters” »
MORNING MAKEUP MADNESS by q_dork
Now u have the opportunity to put on makeup in 10 seconds or less. Go and be fabulous. »
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So, yeah, if a Muslim attendee comes to you and says their ability to participate will be compromised »
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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 »
A Federal Judge Compared Uber to Silk Road | Motherboard
A federal judge compared Uber to Silk Road »
Introducing the new Framer - Framer
the new @framerjs update looks incredible. every digital product team should be using it. »
The worst gadget ever supplies mains power over USB / Boing Boing
The worst gadget ever supplies full mains power over USB ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ »
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 »
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 »
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Go to sleep happy and hopeful for the world. »
Clarity 2016 Wrapup by Chris Coyier on CodePen
Miss all the conversation about style guides that happened at @clarity_conf? My notes & thoughts »
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 »
The People and Tech Behind the Panama Papers - Features - Source: An OpenNews project
Allllllll the tech details on the Panama Papers, a hugely exciting Q+A by @cabralens w/ @kissane in @source . »
Public Comment Period Extension (New Deadline: 04/18/16) · Issue #183 · WhiteHouse/source-code-policy · GitHub
The White House extended the public comment deadline on their source code policy until 4/18: You've still… »
Mass arrests at DC protest over money in politics / Boing Boing
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Save 80% on Triple Town on Steam
Both Road Not Taken & Triple Town are currently 80% off right now on Steam!! »
AT&T built warrantless wiretap rooms for the NSA / Boing Boing
AT&T built warrantless wiretap rooms for the NSA #10yrsago »
2016.djangocon.eu/blog/article/2016-04-11-coc-transparency-report/#blogcontent
We published DjangoCon Europe Code of Conduct Transparency Report. Read it »
Your horrible jokes just sent a woman to college | Polygon
Great article on our Science Scholarship from @polygon: More info »
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… »
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@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 »
WordPress 4.5 “Coleman”
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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" »
A faster FT.com – Engine Room
Fascinating test by the FT: Slowing their web site negatively affected engagement, revenue, and session depth. »
2016 New Coders Survey
New to coding? This five minute survey will help @codenewbies serve you »
The Largest Ever Analysis of Film Dialogue by Gender: 2,000 scripts, 25,000 actors, 4 million lines
These visualizations of male-to-female dialogue ratios in film are amazing and damning. Incredible. »
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 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 - »
The fight for the future of NPR: Can public radio survive the podcast revolution?
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Tennis, Often Seen as Leader in Equal Pay, Still Has Gap to Close - The New York Times
Roger Federer, $731,000; Serena Williams, $495,000: The Pay Gap in Tennis »
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 »
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. https://t… »
Top 10 Multi-Platform Social Networking Websites & Forums – March 2016
Did you know Reddit is larger than Twitter? I didn't. »
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 »
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 »
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
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What's It Like in Space? Book Launch! (& celebration of 55 years of humans in space!) | Facebook
@Thetarynarnold I hope you and any other @Patreon space geeks can come celebrate tonight! Details »
An Event Apart: Boston 2016
Boston. Bosox baseball. Back Bay beauty. Bumper crop of web pros. Be there! »
Websites That Work | Indiegogo
I supported @kronda helping small biz making websites that work, you should too #startup #smallbiz #wordpress »
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! »
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: https://t.c… »
Botkit by Howdy
Botkit is a proven bot platform that already powers the most popular bots in Slack. Now for Facebook Messenger »
Twitch
Making a virtual reality page inspired by one I made in 2000 inspired by Hamsterdance, LIVE »
Saving for a Daughter but Not a Son: This Father Is Starting a Fund to Combat the Wage Gap
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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!
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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 »
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 »
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. https://t.c… »
Dictionary.com | Find the Meanings and Definitions of Words at Dictionary.com
#TwitterFight: Merriam-Webster vs over a poorly chosen stock photo »
Save 20% on Road Not Taken on Steam
Both Road Not Taken & Triple Town are currently 80% off right now on Steam!! »
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
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