Silicon Valley: A Reality Check | Slate Star Codex
Read this thing by @slatestarcodex to slightly alleviate current negativity regarding everything #SiliconValley »
Nick Jones - Interface Prototyper / Designer
Hello, I'm Nick, I am a freelancer. This is my new portfolio: please tell your friends »
great78.archive.org
Looks like we can tell people this is happening. GREAT 78: The Internet Archive's 78 RPM Collection is live, folks »
Parakeet in the 60's by Louie Mantia - Dribbble
What if we existed in the 60s (but just for today)? »
AWS Chatbot Challenge | Devpost
Amazon is running a hackathon for people who want to make chat bots: . Awesome to see it on @devpost ! »
Et Tu Rod? Why The Deputy Attorney General Must Resign - Lawfare
#NotesFromUnderTrump, Day 113: My bottom line on Rod Rosenstein. »
Nick Jones - Interface Prototyper / Designer
Coolest website you'll see all year Couldn't be more proud of @narrowd for keeping the creativity a… »
The Milky Boys | Do By Friday
Do By Friday #25: “The Milky Boys” The challenge: watch “The Social Network.” »
House Hippo - YouTube
Bring back the house hippo PSA and port it to America cause we desperately need it »
14 (plus) popular apps for Slack – Several People Are Typing — The Official Slack Blog
Despite our democracy crumbling, this week I wrote two Slack pieces on mobile and apps »
A federal court has ruled that an open-source license is an enforceable contract — Quartz
Big Win for Open Source. A federal court has ruled that an open-source license is an enforceable contract. »
Why Doesn’t Hollywood Cast Asian Actors? - YouTube
My smart friends @knguyen and @mikerugnetta talk about whitewashing »
GitHub - nayafia/microgrants: A list of microgrant programs for your good ideas
Annnnd if you know of other microgrant programs, add them to this list »
themarysue.com/comey-goodbye-letter
The Mary Sue analyzes Comey's goodbye letter and it's perfect »
Swipe Right to Let Me Take Your Profile Photo – Hannah Wei – Medium
I just published “Swipe Right to Let Me Take Your Profile Photo” »
economist.com/Trumptranscript
President Donald Trump thinks you pay $15 a month for health insurance. »
2016: First Presidential Election Since Voting Rights Act Gutted - Rolling Stone
Must've been coincidence it was also 1st election in 50 years without full Voting Rights Act https:/… »
Rocket Blasts Off During 2017 Student Launch Challenge | NASA
Rocket Blasts Off During 2017 Student Launch Challenge via NASA »
Instagram
[Warning, this may cause motion sickness or seizures] This is a test run of our electric sled… »
Cornelius - 『あなたがいるなら』"If You're Here" - YouTube
here’s the first video from the new @corneliusjapan album »
Judge Asks Federal Prosecutors to Investigate Uber's Self-Driving Car Program - BuzzFeed News
This is going to be the most interesting thing in tech in quite some time: via @priyasideas »
Justice Dept. requests Manafort's bank records in Russia probe: report | TheHill
JUST IN: Justice Department requests Manafort's bank records in Trump Russia probe: report https://t.c… »
Support: Monumental Hands Rise from the Water in Venice to Highlight Climate Change | Colossal
Support: Monumental Hands Rise from the Water in Venice to Highlight Climate Change »
Ransomware hackers have stolen hospitals and doctors' offices across the UK / Boing Boing
#NHS under massive cyber-attack: Ransomware hackers have stolen hospitals and doctors' offices across the UK »
18f.gsa.gov/2017/05/11/the-next-steps-towards-bug-bounty-program-for-technology-transformation-service
TTS is proud to announce an award of the first public bug bounty program run by a civilian agency! »
history of the entire world, i guess - YouTube
Hey remember that "History of Japan" video? Dude made another one! »
Video: Melissa McCarthy As Sean Spicer Spotted Rolling Down 58th Street: Gothamist
Video: Melissa McCarthy spotted rolling down Manhattan street as Sean Spicer. »
pudding.cool/2017/05/song-repetition
In case you missed it: @puddingviz compressed song lyrics using the Lempel-Ziv algorithm »
What's Behind America's Maternal Death Rate? : NPR
The US has much higher maternal death rates than any other developed country. This is not ok, and it’s fixable. »
Gamasutra - How Zach Gage fine-tuned the difficulty curve of TypeShift
Latest @Gamasutra lead story goes in-depth with @helvetica on @PlayTypeshift's design »
Trump Just Said Not To Believe Anything Other White House Officials Say - BuzzFeed News
Trump literally just said not to believe anything other White House officials say »
Dwayne Johnson for President! | GQ
"The cold, hard truth is that if Donald Trump can be elected president, Dwayne Johnson can be elected president." »
This Robot Is Livestreaming All the Gnarly Stuff It’s Seeing in the Deep Sea - Motherboard
This robot is livestreaming all the gnarly stuff it's seeing at the bottom of the sea https://t.co… »
For sharing a scientific paper, a young researcher faces jail time
For sharing a scientific paper, a young researcher faces jail time via @statnews »
Amazon’s Echo calling doesn’t let you block people - The Verge
I'm gonna assume the Echo team is mostly white dudes who've never been stalked before »
Did Disney Ruin Pixar? - The Atlantic
2200 words on how Pixar "sucks." Bullshit. Cars franchise is lame kiddie faire, but their other work remains superb »
Further notes on scenius
Our world is an ecosystem being lead by people who believe in an egosystem. »
Defenders or enablers? | Fox News
If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem. #impeachtrump Defenders or enablers? | Fox News »
Federal Bureau of Investigation - FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
Federal Bureau of Investigation - "Our oath of office" To the US Constitution Not to any person »
Sound like Brian Eno with his Yamaha DX7 synth patches from 1987
Just what you need to make your own ambient classic. »
China Moves to Reopen Market to U.S. Beef | USDA
@realDonaldTrump As I understand it, this was brokered under (yet again) President Obama »
Trump Warns Comey and Says He May Cancel Press Briefings - NYTimes.com
Guys. I know this is going to come as a surprise. But I don't think he wants us to know what's he's up to. »
America has become so anti-innovation – it's economic suicide | Technology | The Guardian
@benthompson another interesting take on same topic, from different perspective »
The Trump administration gets the history of Internet regulations all wrong - The Washington Post
Fact check: Clinton-era Internet-access rules did not represent any "light-touch" utopia. It's good they didn't. »
Trump Warning to Comey Prompts Questions on ‘Tapes’ - The New York Times
I almost want him to do it. It's not like we learn anything from those briefings. »
The Girls’ Soccer Team That Joined a Boys’ League, and Won It - The New York Times
The Girls’ Soccer Team That Joined a Boys’ League, and Won It “I always try to show that soccer isn’t just for boys” »
One GOP lawmaker’s plan to save money: Turning non-English-speaking kids over to ICE - The Washington Post
Oh my god :( “One GOP lawmaker’s plan to save money: Turning non-English-speaking kids over to ICE“ »
Sessions issues sweeping new criminal charging policy - The Washington Post
Jeff Sessions wants to resurrect the failed War on Drugs, which destroyed families. We won't go back. »
SecureDrop - The Washington Post
You can send audio files to the @washingtonpost SecureDrop. Just saying. »
Do By Friday
I am literally outraged that @AlexCox edited out the part of this week's where she threw up »
Support Will Lewis creating Indie Game Events
@PIGSquad has been up to rad stuff recently so I'm lvling up my @Patreon pledge. Give em some love »