Facebook Employees Asked Mark Zuckerberg If They Should Try to Stop a Donald Trump Presidency 
it would be really interesting to see a concerted effort from a major tech co to block trump from becoming president ht… »
Achewood § April 15, 2016
happy new achewood day »
UC Davis pepper-spray officer awarded $38,000 - SFGate
Lieutenant John Pike of #UCDavis. Awarded $38,000 for his "pain and suffering." Really. »
ncjobslostfromhb2.com
@marcprecipice not heard of one, but there's a running total of jobs lost. »
‘Ghost in the Shell’ Ran Tests to Make White Actors Look Asian
Exclusive - ‘Ghost in the Shell’ producers ran VFX tests to make white actors appear Asian: ht… »
Operational WhatsApp (on iOS) — Medium
Operational WhatsApp. WhatsApp is a great replacement for iMessage, but it is not the ultimate secure messenger »
bit.ly/1XAzk4Y
Kanye's Kobe shirt now available »
The Unfirm(ary)
Hey Portland! Are you quiet & groovy & looking for a temporary coworking space? @heathersabrina’s got you covered! »
Robotatertot
That moment you realize your child who draws comics is way funnier than you'll ever be: https://t… »
Twitch
We'll be streaming much of today's #Mistakes symposium #ComputerHistory »
Chester 5000: Isabelle and George by Jess Fink — Kickstarter
Okay, IT'S HERE! The Chester 5000 Kickstarter is now LIVE!! ✨ »
National. Liberal. White. Pick two. (with images, tweets) · cshirky · Storify
Storified: Sen. Sanders' campaign holds a lesson for future political movements: National. Liberal. White. Pick two. https://t… »
Theorizing the Web - Conference Live Stream
Hello I am at Theorizing the Web and I will be tweeting on #TtW16 about it! But not too much! Livestream is »
‘Dolphin Lover’: Controversial Documentary Available On Y | Indiewire
You've never seen a more shocking relationship than in short doc #DolphinLover »
Twitter Mute Till Election
Need to mute someone till the election? I got something for ya »
The Market Fairy will not solve the problems of Uber and Lyft | Ian Welsh
Nailed it. “This sharing economy shit [only] works in a shitty economy.”—@iwelsh »
Ani, Are You Okay? - YouTube
“Ani Are You Okay” »
pbs.twimg.com/media/CgHRiQjWwAY6EWt.jpg
It doesn’t seem necessary to put ‘An American company’ on this ad (thanks @mattblaze!) »
Scanning all the things | elevr
New blog post: Scanning all the things! »
How a Frozen Neutrino Observatory Grapples with Staggering Amounts of Data | Motherboard
Finding event needles in terabyte-sized haystacks of data from the IceCube neutrino observatory in Antarctica »
The Guiding Principles of KO_OP — KO_OP Words — Medium
I wrote about the guiding principles behind @KOOPmode. Hopefully you find some interesting insight »
Songonauts, An Episodic Musical Podcast About a Struggling Band and Their Magical Drum Machine
Hey cool, we're featured on Laughing Squid! via @LaughingSquid »
‘Ghost in the Shell’ Ran Tests to Make White Actors Look Asian
@BeccaCanote this just keeps getting better »
Report from the Front Lines | Communications Workers of America
Two striking Verizon employees were struck by "a Verizon management attorney driving his Porsche." »
Seven on Seven 2016 Tickets, Sat, May 14, 2016 at 12:00 PM | Eventbrite
Seven on Seven tickets are now on sale! We're gonna sell out so make sure to pick them up soon if you wanna go »
Alpha Channel / FX The Simpsons IDs 2016
These promos are so great. »
Origin Story — Write the Docs
We just published a bit about our origins: - So grateful for the wonderful #writethedocs communit… »
Put a Bird on It: Why Jewelbots Aren’t a Fitness Tracker for Kids — Jewelbots Ink — Medium
ICYMI: Put a Bird On It, why @jewelbots isn’t a fitness tracker for kids. »
Barack Obama: taking money from 1 percenters compromised my politics / Boing Boing
Barack Obama: taking money from 1 percenters compromised my politics »
Bit and Pen - copywriting, content marketing, consulting for app shops and tech - Bit & Pen
App developers and others in tech: I’m starting my own content and consulting agency to take on larger projects: https://t.co… »
Politics - Economic Pessimism at its Highest Point This Year
Black citizens are twice as likely to say 'the country is headed in the right direction' as whites are. »
Kindle Oasis Is a Reality Check for Design Snobs + Subtraction.com
Well phrased, @khoi. All of it. "Kindle Oasis Is a Reality Check for Design Snobs" »
TtW16 Program
Define the “automated personality” with @tinysubversions @deedottiedot @katelosse @jomc @judithd #TtW16 »
Manifold Garden | Jobs
Posting for evening crowd, I am looking for a programmer to help me garden some manifolds: https:/… »
Ludum Dare? We're In. - YouTube
LOL this gem from #ldjam this time last year. 1 day @mikekasprzak will let @Britt_t_Brady and I d… »
Instagram
A beluga and @chicazul. »
The Technium: The Post-Productive Economy
"Civilization is not just about saving labor but also about “wasting” labor to make art" Fab piece by @kevin2kelly »
go.berniesanders.com/page/-/Bernie%20Taxes%20Full.pdf
Want to read Bernie Sanders' tax returns? Here you go. »
Speaking is Difficult
Speaking is Difficult, a simple & powerful short film about mass shootings in the US since 2011 »
Seattlish — THE VIADUCT CLOSURE IS COMING HERE IT COMES HERE IT COMES
THE VIADUCT CLOSURE IS COMING HERE IT COMES HERE IT COMES - AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! »
Clinton Is Winning The States That Look Like The Democratic Party | FiveThirtyEight
"The South" is way more representative of the Democratic Party than the places Sanders is winning. »
Instagram
He now thinks people go to work to eat pretzels and sit in swivel chairs. Which is basically right. »
Instagram
about to play this free show at emerson suites in ithaca with @sammusmusic and this place is way… »
vulture.com/2016/04/time-to-start-appreciating-melissa-mccarthy.html
YAAAS to this piece on Melissa McCarthy. Stop saying she aways plays the same role. »
Uber and Lyft don't cover their cost of capital and rely on desperate workers / Boing Boing
Uber and Lyft are only economically viable because there are so many people desperate for work »
THE BIRTH OF A NATION: Official HD Teaser Trailer - YouTube
Birth of a Nation teaser trailer from @NateParker »
Instagram
A @moment macro lens and a @LumeCube play very well together. »
Star Simpson is designing classic circuits from Forrrest Mims' "Getting Started in Electronics" / Boing Boing
Star Simpsondesigning classic circuits from Forrrest Mims' "Getting Started in Electronics" »
The Doom Movement Bible - Doomworld Forums
pretty fascinating technical exploration of doom movement, by @andrewrstine »
Petition · New York Public Radio: Pay WNYC interns a living wage · Change.org
I'd love to see @wnyc pay interns more than $12/day, would go a long way to helping make pubilc radio more diverse. »
Ignite SF: Behind The Curtain Tickets, Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite
the chance to see @mwichary talk about keyboard history at #IgniteSF is worth the whole price of admission alone »
Tech journalist Kara Swisher plans to run for San Francisco Mayor - SFGate
Tech journalist @KaraSwisher plans to run for San Francisco Mayor via @SFGate »
In a win for unions, appeals court reverses ruling that threw out teacher tenure in California - LA Times
In a win for unions, appeals court reverses ruling that threw out teacher tenure in California »
A New Japanese Meme Involves People Comparing Baby's Arms To Bread - BuzzFeed News
A new Japanese meme involves people comparing baby’s arms to bread »
Fanfest 2016 - Bring On The Wrecking Machine! - EVE Community
Good news! My storytelling presentation at EVE FanFest will be livestreamed this Thursday! »
Flong Blog + News » New-Media Artists are the Unpaid R&D of Ad Agencies
As always, @golan’s great post, New-Media Artists are the Unpaid R&D of Ad Agencies, is relevant »
Submissions Are Now Open For Fantastic Arcade 2016 | JUEGOS RANCHEROS
HEY DEVELOPERS: submit your game now for @fantasticarcade 2016! »
Welcome to The Rift Herald! - The Rift Herald
We teamed up with @SBNation to bring you a joint @LeagueOfLegends community. Come check it out! »
We will look back at cyber-harassment as a disgrace – if we act now | Danielle Citron | Opinion | The Guardian
"If we act now, future generations might view cyber-harassment as a disgraceful remnant of internet’s early history” »
Advanced parenting with a child who loves garage-doors / Boing Boing
Advanced parenting with a child who loves garage-doors »
I tried to warn women about Jian Ghomeshi
There is a genre of written content that works by feeding women to online mobs »
Uber and Lyft don't cover their cost of capital and rely on desperate workers / Boing Boing
Uber and Lyft don't cover their cost of capital and rely on desperate workers »
From beyond the grave, Terry Pratchett orders Neil Gaiman to adapt Good Omens for TV / Boing Boing
From beyond the grave, Terry Pratchett orders Neil Gaiman to adapt Good Omens for TV »
Classic paper on economic models is secretly a masterclass in thinking, talking, writing and convincing / Boing Boing
Paper on economic models, secretly a masterclass in thinking, talking, writing & convincing »
Study: Dyson hand-dryers aerosolize germs on unwashed gloves, spreading them farther than other methods / Boing Boing
STUDY Dyson dryers aerosolize germs on unwashed gloves, spreading farther than other methods »
I am on the Kill List. This is what it feels like to be hunted by drones | Voices | The Independent
Amazing personal testimony. Unless refuted, this stands as a defining indictment of extrajudicial assassination: https://t.… »
jacobinmag.com/2016/04/north-carolina-mccrory-lgbt-bias-bathroom-bill
The same companies that oppose North Carolina’s bathroom bill bankroll the politicians who passed it. »
Clay Bavor, Google's VP of VR, on His Plan to Make Virtual Reality Amazing for Everyone | WIRED
Inside Google’s Plan to Make VR Amazing for Absolutely, Positively Everyone »
Radiohead New Album Out in June, Manager Says | Pitchfork
!!! Radiohead New Album Out in June via @pitchfork »
PVP - just my type
@GlennF Still my proudest achievement writing for PvP »
nym.ag/1Nt3Nwn
UC Davis tries to scrub pepper-spray incident from web, so now it's the top result on Google https://t.c… »
I See Your Value Now: Asperger’s and the Art of Allegory | Jay Edidin
Working on consolidating more of my free-floating digital writing into one place. First step »
Gamasutra: John Szczepaniak's Blog - Maps to the Stars (of development)
Wow. Hand drawn maps of Japanese game dev offices from the 80s/90s, drawn from memory by people who worked there »
Write the Docs NA 2016 Speakers - Write the Docs North America 2016
I'm going to speak about @18F work at @writethedocs in Portland in May: - excited to explain our eRegulations work! »
Mysterious, unverifiable new letter surfaces: “Matthew Keys is innocent” | Ars Technica
Mysterious, unverifiable new letter surfaces: “Matthew Keys is innocent” by @cfarivar »
How Technology Helps Creditors Control Debtors - The Atlantic
My 2nd article in the series. Kill switches, GPS, rootkits: how tech is transforming debtor/creditor relationships https://… »
Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems | Books | The Guardian
Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems »
Typing test: The 12.9-inch iPad Pro advantage - Six Colors
Typing speeds on various iPad keyboards, and some praise for the 12.9-inch iPad Pro’s software keyboard »
Edward Snowden and Jean-Michel Jarre have made a techno track
ok so @Snowden is down with chipmusic – I did not see this one coming. »
...and slide on the ice - nntp.perl.org
Many thanks to @rjbs for all he has done as he steps down as pumpking - »
Microsoft sues US government for the right to tell you when feds are reading your email / Boing Boing
Microsoft sues US government for the right to tell you when the feds are reading your email »
Negotiating the Whirlwind - The New Yorker
I can't stop thinking about this Philip Gordon quote »
Marc Bolan of T. Rex hosted a glam rock TV music show in the 1970s, and it was awesome / Boing Boing
Marc Bolan of T. Rex hosted a glam rock TV music show in the 1970s, and it was fantastic. »
Malick Sidibé, Malian Photographer Who Shot A Changing Africa, Dies At 80 | ARTnews
An obituary for photographer Malick Sidibé, who died at the age of 80 »
How Toy Story 2 Got Deleted Twice, Once on Accident, Again on purpose
TIL 90% of Toy Story 2 was deleted by rm -rf * and only saved because an employee had been working from home. »
Gianluca Gimini - *product design & visual communication - homepage
Beautiful, photorealistic renderings of people’s wrong understandings of bicycles ♻️@lunavis https… »
#atxbots 2 - Intro to Botkit: Building blocks for building bots Tickets, Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 6:30 PM | Eventbrite
The big question is, do we serve tacos or pizza while we teach you how to build bots? COME VISIT US ON MONDAY. »
Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14316 | Windows Experience Blog
Native Bash in Windows 10 whatever... — WIN 10 IS FINALLY GETTING SOME PROPER EMOJIS!!! »
Crystal Beasley's Data-Driven Antidote to Fast Fashion - The Design Issue 2016 - Portland Mercury
Many women think it's their own unruly curves or torso that makes finding a "perfect" pair of jeans so unachievable. »
What caused Haiti’s cholera epidemic? The CDC’s museum knows but won’t say.
Some great reporting here: "What Caused Haiti's Cholera Epidemic" »
Grimes says 'numerous' producers have demanded sex from her | Music | The Guardian
Grimes says 'numerous' producers have demanded sex from her »
Negotiating Salary with Finesse: Tips from Lawyer Katie Lane - Print Magazine
Attorney @_katie_lane shares tips on negotiating salary in this course excerpt »
Intel planning for thousands of job cuts, internal sources say | OregonLive.com
Intel planning for thousands of job cuts, internal sources say »
UC Davis spent thousands to scrub pepper-spray references from Internet | The Sacramento Bee
The Streisand effect in full force: “UC Davis spent thousands to scrub pepper-spray references from Internet” »
Sanders tax return shows about $200,000 in income, modest charitable giving in 2014 - The Washington Post
Breaking news: Man with job makes nearly all income from said job. Like most people. »
Merkel allows prosecution of German comedian who mocked Turkish president - The Washington Post
"He went on to call the poem a 'serious crime against humanity'" Poetry is BACK. great job - @janboehm ! »
Why the iPhone sometimes feels stuck in the past | The Verge
Great post from @backlon. I went through this last month: Why the iPhone sometimes feels stuck in the past »
Sean Parker’s streaming service will change movies, and theaters can’t stop it | The Verge
Sean Parker’s streaming service will change movies, and theaters can’t stop it »
The secret rules of the internet | The Verge
A must read : The secret rules of the internet platforms have power to decide who can or cannot speak #moderation »
Five Things I Won't Miss at The Times -- and Seven I Will - The New York Times
There's a mole inside NYT, and other delights, in @sulliview's column today. »
I CAN'T SLEEP / Kio Stark
Starting tomorrow, get intermittent stranger stories from me at or (same content) »
Municipal Archive by Kio Stark
Starting tomorrow, get intermittent stranger stories from me at or (same content) »
live.theverge.com/microsoft-build-2016-live-blog
THE GREATEST PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION ARTIST EVER IS ON STAGE. »
We’re Hiring: Outreach, Social Impact — Medium
This role at @Medium for Head of Social Impact could be truly meaningful. Underrepresented folks: Please apply! »
Developers can run Bash Shell and user-mode Ubuntu Linux binaries on Windows 10 - Scott Hanselman
ANNOUNCED: Developers can run Bash Shell and user-mode Ubuntu Linux binaries on Windows 10 »
xkcd: Jack and Jill
xkcd: Jack and Jill »
San Francisco, CA | AlterConf
Last night I launched a SURPRISE, Bay Area friends »
'Mixed Reality' Technology Brings Mars to Earth | NASA
The answer, happily, is yes. And your tour guide is Buzz Aldrin. Coming this summer to Kennedy Space Center »
Citing anti-LGBT law, Portland to block employee trips to North Carolina | OregonLive.com
#Portland to block employee trips to North Carolina because of anti-LGBT law. »
How New York Gets Its Water - The New York Times
Fun working with @Rueby and @joshjcochran on this piece. »
Saladin Ahmed's tumblr, HIRE HUGO-NOMINATED WRITER SALADIN AHMED TO HELP...
My novel critique service is now open to new clients. Hire me to read your manuscript! »
Twitch
Stream time! Drawing a Disneyland Pickle emoji!? »
2016 Intel Level Up Game Developer Contest
Make a game and have it judged by ME (and others) in the Intel Level Up game dev contest! Deadline 5/24! Coming up! »
Design | The New York Times Company
We’re hiring a product designer to create the future to The Time’s Real Estate section, search & apps. Interested? »
Marian Call | Concert Window
Hey internet friends! A week from tomorrow I have a SUPERGROUP online concert. Such collaborationz. RSVP! »
Leaving Everywhere
@hotdogsladies have you seen this "Dear Iowa, I have Enjoyed Your Corn" open letter generator by @tinysubversions https://t… »
Screen shot of Boing Boing circa 1993 - Boing Boing
Screen shot of Boing Boing circa 1993 #1yrago »
Beeteeth — Home
I just updated the shop with a bunch of new products for spring. You are NOT gonna hate it. »
SimpleTax: Free Canadian Tax Return Software
@flipzagging strongly recommend that *most* Canadians check out it's free/donation and a breeze to use. »