I Have No Idea What This Startup Does and Nobody Will Tell Me
Helena, how does it work? Also what does it actually do? »
The Humans Hiding Behind the Chatbots - Bloomberg
So strange how many companies hide the humans behind their AI. We go the other way on that. (via @Jo… »
How Social Autopsy Fell for GamerGate Trutherism -- Following: How We Live Online
Have you been following the Social Autopsy fiasco? This @jessesingal write-up is a sad, good recap »
Quinnexperienced - Be A Better Bystander: How Third Parties Can Help...
I just wrote a big ol thing on how bystanders and third parties can help people being targeted by online abuse »
Documenting TV History: Letters & Other Objects
This is everything that was on TV in 1986. Really, everything. (via @TedOnTV) »
Calendly - Qcut Portland
PDX Tall-Lady PSA: @Qcutbrand is giving away a FREE, made-to-order pair of jeans to the tallest customer fit by 4/23 »
It’s Hard to Name Web Aesthetic Movements — Track Changes
It's hard to name web aesthetic movements is what i wrote for today's newsletter »
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard: Australian biosecurity - YouTube
This isn't a public service announcement it is a hostage clip with the dogs at gun point off camera. »
KU Scammers on Amazon – What’s Going On? | Ann Christy | Navy Commander by Day, Secret Writer by Night! | AnnChristy.com
Lots of ppl in my FB feed talking about this article by @AnnChristyZ on how scammers have ruined Kindle Unlimited: https://t… »
Facebook pulls down mega-popular celeb site The Shade Room’s page for alleged copyright violations » Nieman Journalism Lab
Facebook yanks the super-popular celebrity news account The Shade Room with no explanation »
Bill — Medium
I lost my friend Bill Campbell today. I can't stop missing him »
jacobian.org/writing/psychological-safety-in-infosec
Inspired by @konklone, I wrote some thoughts about psychological safety and InfoSec »
Fantastic Vocab
So I took the words generated by my @fantasticvocab bot and made them into a dictionary you can contribute to »
Talking to the world with Thington — Welcome to Thington — Medium
“Talking to the world with Thington” by @mattb »
On Becoming Anti-Bernie — Medium
One of the most thrilling things I've read in a while: “On Becoming Anti-Bernie” by Robin Alperstein #imwithher »
Postloudness
Presenting… @postloudness, a collective of audio shows featuring underrepresented voices. https… »
“Genius hesitates” — Medium
“‘Genius hesitates’” Great post by @pomeranian99 »
junk gallery | Social Network Shojo
Blacky @guinoir is so good. His new "Social Media Shoujo" aesthetic is SO GOOD »
Jed Schmidt: Building BoroJS - YouTube
jed is funny. he did a talk. then he turned it into words & pictures. it’s about comm... »
Watch Brandon Wall's Vine "Trump refers to the terrorist attacks as "7-11""
Speaking in Buffalo, Trump just accidentally referred to the 2001 terrorist attacks as "7-11” »
Theranos Is Subject of Criminal Probe by U.S. - WSJ
Theranos is subject of criminal probe »
Schedule - WWDC - Apple Developer
Interesting that the keynote isn't at Moscone this year »
TidBITS Turns 26: Thoughts on Apple’s Evolution
Adam expounds on Apple 26 years in, and makes a Princess Bride joke »
The Pulitzer Prizes
Wowzer: 'Killing the Colorado' @ReadMatter's copro with @ProPublica, was a Pulitzer finalist for National Reporting! »
One Person’s Heaven is Another Person’s Hell — Medium
Are you living the life you'd *choose*? Thought-provoking & beautifully written by @tempo. “One Person’s Heaven..." »
It pays to be TALL (this week)
This wk at @Qcutbrand the tallest lady to do a fitting at shop gets a free pair of jeans. Next week is the shorties. »
The Pulitzer Prizes
This is one heckuva Pulitzer cover letter. »
Three Pulitzers for The New Yorker - The New Yorker
Congrats to all the Pulitzer winners, including @NewYorker writers @kathrynschulz, @emilynussbaum, & Bill Finnegan: h... »
Stupid Shit No One Needs & Terrible Ideas Hackathon Toronto Tickets, Sat, 28 May 2016 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite
OH NOOOO @stupidhackTO: ohhhhh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no COME TO THIS HACKATHON »
Why Did 'Doctor Strange' and 'Ghost in the Shell' Whitewash Their Asian Characters? - Hollywood Reporter
Read these two paragraphs on ScarJo, Ghost in the Shell, and Asian actors. @therebeccasun https:/… »
Websites That Work | Indiegogo
Reminder that all I want for my birthday this year is for y’all to donate to Kronda’s indiegogo. »
The call volume for Trans Lifeline has... - Greta Gustava Martela | Facebook
"The call volume for Trans Lifeline has doubled since HB2 was passed. This shitty law has a body count." »
Should I exercise my options? — Medium
Should I exercise my options? A worksheet for founders & employees: (timely given tax day) »
I Photoshopped Kanye Kissing Himself And A Famous Artist Reportedly Made $100,000 Off It
Fractal attribution squabbles in this mural of Kanye kissing Kanye »
Helping Build The New Yorker Today — Lickability Blog
Helping Build The New Yorker Today. »
The missing piece in the “podcast revolution” — Medium
"No more tech podcasts...wait except this one," and "WHAT IS THAT TRIANGLE?" »
WAKE UP! by Spike Lee -- Filmed in the heart of Brooklyn, New York!
Making its Twitter Debut! "Wake Up!" by @SpikeLee Standing up for @BernieSanders & a political revolution! https://... »
A Conference About Building Businesses | Release Notes
Please join us in welcoming these speakers to the Release Notes 2016 stage! @film_girl @Politepix @LithaJozi @mb https:/… »
Should all locks have keys? Phones, Castles, Encryption, and You. - YouTube
This (Short! Interesting! Easy to understand!) video on why encryption backdoors won't work is really excellent »
60,000 Fewer Democrats in Brooklyn and No Clear Reason Why - WNYC
Brooklyn is losing Democrats. About 63k of them. by @brigidbergin @thepapaya »
Kickstarter Secrets by Greg Pak — Kickstarter
ICYMI, this morning I launched a Kickstarter for a book of tips about Kickstarter called #KickstarterSecrets! »
Fired Cal Coach Who Asked Reporter For Three-Way Gets Nevada Job, Releases Docs Which Prove Nothing
Berkeley coach fired for serially sexually harassing a reporter is immediately hired by the U of Nevada. »
Attending - WWDC - Apple Developer
Is this the first instance of an Apple map embed (outside of iCloud Find my phone) »
Stephen's Sausage Roll on Steam
Stephen's Sausage Game is out now! I felt inspired to interpret the character! »
mapzen.com/blog/mapzen-sf-event-april-26
...and then on mapping with perspective at @mapzen w/ @vruba, @thisisaaronland & @invisiblefunnel Tues 26th, 6.30pm »
Project Riboflavin - YouTube
Um. What is going on here? »
UNCTV Hackathon
Yesterday I gave a short presentation about public media, and media in general, for @UNCTV. Here are the slides »
El Purista Smokers Armchair | Uncrate
I could start smoking for this chair »
A tiny forest tribe built a DIY drone from YouTube to fight off illegal loggers — Quartz
This semi-patronizing title doesn't do justice to the kickass organizational and technical work being done in Guyana https:/… »
OMFGCO Open House!
Our new studio isn't finished yet, but screw it—we are having a party anyway. Beer, live airbrush art, snax! »
Idle Thumbs > Shows > Playscape: Los Angeles > Episodes > Zoë Quinn
#PlayscapeLA Ep6 is up! Zoë Quinn/@UnburntWitch & I talk comedy, FMV games, and failure »
Fundraising Q&A for 2015 Tax Bill - YouTube
Last 15 minutes for my tax day fundraiser - paypal is [email protected]. Answering all Questions. »
Instagram
Ocean friends with @chicazul. @ Vancouver Aquarium »
110 Years Later: What If The 1906 Earthquake Struck Today? | Hoodline
110 Years Later: What If The 1906 Earthquake Struck Today? by @SCdowning »
“Everyone But Cis Men”: Creating Better Safe Spaces for LGBT People - The Toast - The Toast
my new @TheToast piece is up - why "no cis men allowed" spaces are a bad idea, & how should we create queer space? »
Stephen's Sausage Roll on Steam
puzz lovers: Stephen's Sausage Roll is out. It's huge. Its sausages will wreck your mind. Go »
Trump "hopes it doesn't involve violence" if Republicans deny him their nomination / Boing Boing
Trump "hopes it doesn't involve violence" if Republicans deny him their nomination »
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Back door analogy from @SMBCComics »
How strangers can hack the phone in your pocket - CBS News
How strangers can hack the phone in your pocket | #IntelGroup »
alexstjohn.com/WP/download/Recruiting%20Giants.pdf
Here's a fucking horrific presentation by Alex St. John - the guy behind that crunch article https:… »
Amazon.com: The End of Ownership: Personal Property in the Digital Economy (The Information Society Series) (9780262035019): Aaron Perzan...
Do we truly own anything in the digital economy? @APerzanowski and I wrote a book trying to answer that question. https://t.co… »
Futurist Architecture Formed From Neatly Stacked Chewing Gum by Sam Kaplan | Colossal
Futurist Architecture Formed From Neatly Stacked Chewing Gum by Sam Kaplan »
Official Android Blog: Welcome to Google Play Music, the podcast episode
Podcasts are now part of Google Play Music, and our entire library is there! »
Food Tank Summit - DC Live Stream
Can’t join #FoodTank for the DC Summit on 4/20-21? Sign up for the FREE live stream! »
BioShock Director Ken Levine’s Next Stop? An Interactive Twilight Zone Movie | WIRED
Ken Levine's next project is a Twilight Zone interactive film. My exclusive interview »
Supreme Court sends Authors Guild packing, won't hear Google Books case / Boing Boing
Supreme Court sends Authors Guild packing, won't hear Google Books case »
Creativity Is Much More Than 10,000 Hours of Deliberate Practice - Scientific American Blog Network
10,000+ hours | Deliberate practice is important among some professions, though not others. »
Four years later, Popehat's favorite con-artist is indicted / Boing Boing
Four years later, Popehat's favorite con-artist is indicted »
Silicon Valley’s Legendary ‘Coach’ Bill Campbell Has Died | Re/code
Silicon Valley's Legendary "Coach" Bill Campbell Has Died via @karaswisher »
Introducing Disruption — Relay FM
This is just a regular, normal twee »
broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/why-nerds-are-so-sexist?utm_source=vicefbus
"Why nerds are so sexist." Excellent article, guaranteed to make many guys furious. https://t.… »
Prisoner’s Letters Document Tragedy and Hope Inside Guantánamo
Mohammed al-Hamiri was released from Guantanamo his week. These are his diaries »
Earl Thomas wedding: Seahawks safety dressed like king (photos)
Seahawks safety Earl Thomas dressed like an actual king for his wedding »
No Man’s Sky: Sean Murray Lets Anthony Carboni Play, Regrets It – PlayStation.Blog
No Man's Sky programmer Sean Murray lets Anthony Carboni play and immediately regrets it: https://… »
Monday Morning Smile: "Ma'agalim" - Jane Bordeaux — Zooglobble
A lovely and surreal penny arcade w/ music from @jb_band_ -- video heads up via @LoriHenriques »
"As A Father of Daughters" - The Toast
As A Father Of Daughters, I Think We Should Treat All Women Like My Daughters | »
A Productive Look at Burnout in the Games Industry (And Everywhere Else) | Prescription Pixel Blog
This on burn-out is intelligent, well-researched and authoritative. It might save your life. »
Postloudness
Audio on the fringe. Postloudness is now LIVE! »
A toxic web: what the Victorians can teach us about online abuse | Technology | The Guardian
New article: What role can research play in responding to online harassment? I look to food safety for inspiration https://… »
Blasting Off this Thursday, April 21st! | Todd McHatton
The Imaginary Accomplishments Podcast is blasting off April 21st! »
Media Websites Battle Faltering Ad Revenue and Traffic - The New York Times
“Media Websites Battle Faltering Ad Revenue and Traffic” ➟ »
Extra-thin LEDs put a screen on your skin
I hope this leads to future forehead name displays »
Melissa Harris-Perry Joins ELLE.com as Editor-at-Large
We could not be more thrilled to welcome our new editor-at-large, @mharrisperry »
Melissa Harris-Perry Joins ELLE.com as Editor-at-Large
Thrilled to announce I am the new editor-at-large »
Student removed from California flight for speaking Arabic | Toronto Star
Do you think he Southwest employees responsible for this were even reprimanded? »
The Really Big One - The New Yorker
Congratulations to @kathrynschulz for winning a @PulitzerPrize for her story "The Really Big One." »
How a Photographer's Project Is Highlighting Diverse 'Techies' - Fortune
What does a typical "techie" look like? This photography project is challenging assumptions. http… »
Ludum Dare 35 | Ludum Dare
just submitted my first @ludumdare game, wobble yoga ➰〰➰ play it »
Mechanical doping used in Strade Bianche and Coppi e Bartali, claims investigation | Cyclingnews.com
Look at this crazy ass technological arms race when it comes to maybe hiding secret motors in Pro Racing bicycles. https:… »
How newsroom pressure is letting fake stories on to the web | Media | The Guardian
When ad rates for page views on fake news and real pays the same you know a huge correction has yet to hit media https://t.co… »
Jack Lew nears decision to keep Hamilton on front of $10 bill, put a woman on the $20 - Apr. 16, 2016
Just so, Mr. Lew. Hamilton saw the future; Jackson was a hateful bastard. Ask any Seminole, if you can find one. https://t.c… »
'What's It Like In Space' Reveals How to Belch in Zero Gravity and Other Tales
'What's It Like In Space' Reveals How to Belch in Zero Gravity and Other Tales »
Slack hires ex-Twitter engineer who sparked diversity conversation
"Empathy and engineering, when was the last time you heard those two words spoken in the same sentence?" - @shaft »
Get the App!
All of our podcasts are now on @GooglePlay! »
How ‘Empowerment’ Became Something for Women to Buy - The New York Times
Objects & experiences you can purchase while conditions determining who can access & accumulate power stay the same. https://t.co... »
Elizabeth Warren Wants To Take Down TurboTax | ThinkProgress
Today’s tax day. Blame Intuit for your taxes being so hard and costly to get done. »
Abby Smith Rumsey: How Digital Memory is Shaping Our Future Tickets, Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 6:30 PM | Eventbrite
Cool SF event: Abby Smith Rumsey, author of new book on digital archiving's impact, speaks at Internet Archive »
Brutalist Websites
'Brutalist Websites' »
Open Source Bridge 2016 proposals / Open Source Bridge: The conference for open source citizens
I know you have burning knowledge to share about open source citizenship. Submit to @osbridge! »
Elle.com
Thrilled to announce I am the new editor-at-large »
Roguelike Celebration
Also because since I apparently don't know my own limits - I'm also running a conference about roguelikes »
jed/building-brooklynjs · GitHub
jed is funny. he did a talk. then he turned it into words & pictures. it’s about comm... »
An Unbelievable Story of Rape | The Marshall Project
We won a Pulitzer for An Unbelievable Story of Rape! »
Marian Call | Concert Window
Hey Internet, I'm playing a concert for you with @molly23 and @sethboyer and many friends! This Saturday! RSVP »
Qrion at Red Bull Music Academy, 10/22/2015 - YouTube
this @_Qrion_ set posted by @brandonnn is still the #1 fuel for my late night creative sessions »
GitHub - jessicard/remote-jobs: A list of semi to fully remote-friendly companies in tech
My friend @jessicard put together a list of remote-friendly tech companies »
Uber's Business Isn't Built to Help Disabled People | WIRED
This is a really great, well-written article on Uber's relationship with disabled passengers (via @ZenMonkey) https://… »
How to Stay Safe When the Big One Comes - The New Yorker
@johnmoe Did the story a week later where she backed down from the more terrifying language win something too? »
Fund Club
SO if you can afford $100 a month & want to make tech better, JOIN US to fund awesome, beautiful, important things https... »
Fund Club
If you make $100k+/yr, head to to support amazing orgs improving diversity in tech. Funding round starts 9am PST! »
Twitter Video
zuckerberg interviewed on cnbc 12 years ago, about “the facebook” which at the time boasted >100k users »
Why aren’t we using SSH for everything? — Medium
ssh-chat is making a comeback today for some reason, come join the chaos. »
dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/09/24/miss-a-payment-good-luck-moving-that-car
Reminder if you’re lucky enough to not know: lenders remotely shut off people’s cars, too. https://t.… »
Performance review gender bias: High-achieving women are 'abrasive' - Fortune
"Be less abrasive" is the "You'd looked prettier if you smiled more" of performance reviews. https://t… »
Stephen's Sausage Roll
a simple 3D puzzle game, is out on $29.99 »
Stephen's Sausage Roll
My hero @increpare released a puzzle game about cooking sausages that will b r e a k your mind »