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2025-06-12 09:59:33 UTC

Bluesky is a scoldy refuge for #Resistance Twitter. (Unfortunately it’s not possible to read this piece without subscribing.)
https://slate.com/technology/2025/06/bluesky-scoldy-resistance-twitter.html?via=rss

2025-06-08 13:28:50 UTC

Apparently the security system at the White House depends on all internet traffic going through their routers. The DOGE dudes got around that by installing Starlink, and they move stuff in and out without being detected.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musks-doge-goons-surreptitiously-transmitted-reams-of-white-house-data/

2025-06-08 03:44:48 UTC

Bill Atkinson, Who Made Computers Easier to Use, Is Dead at 74.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/technology/bill-atkinson-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

2025-06-08 01:37:59 UTC

Newsom blasts deployment of National Guard to LA as ‘purposefully inflammatory.’
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/07/newsom-national-guard-los-angeles-00393526

2025-05-10 15:16:56 UTC

UVA Tried To Shut Down Its Historical Tours Discussing Slavery. These Students Resisted.
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/uva-historical-tours-slavery-students

2025-05-07 14:20:45 UTC

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it's like a massive book burning.

2025-04-23 00:50:18 UTC

Universities band together, fight “unprecedented government overreach.”
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/04/200-university-presidents-reject-the-coercive-use-of-public-research-funding/

2025-04-11 06:11:24 UTC

The SAVE Act Would Hurt Americans Who Actively Participate in Elections.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/save-act-would-hurt-americans-who-actively-participate-elections

2025-04-10 11:57:18 UTC

Aussies miss when morning routine didn't involve finding out whatever the fuck this cunt did today.
https://chaser.com.au/general-news/aussies-miss-when-morning-routine-didnt-involve/

2025-04-10 11:28:04 UTC

Federal workers fear Musk’s ‘efficiency’ agency is using AI to spy on them: ‘They are omnipresent.’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/10/elon-musk-doge-spying

2025-04-07 08:48:03 UTC

Big Tech Backed Trump for Acceleration. They Got a Decel President Instead.
https://www.404media.co/big-tech-backed-trump-for-acceleration-they-got-a-decel-president-instead/

2025-03-16 14:53:51 UTC

Docs: A collaborative note taking, wiki and documentation platform that scales. Built with Django and React. Opensource alternative to Notion or Outline.
https://github.com/suitenumerique/docs

2025-03-16 11:51:24 UTC

Trump admin makes Asheville remove ‘DEI’ language to access hurricane relief aid. Think where this could go. You want health care? Buy a Tesla first.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-admin-makes-asheville-remove-192212840.html

2025-03-09 17:12:13 UTC

Ghost is implementing ActivityPub. It seems to be taking a long time.
https://activitypub.ghost.org/actually-i-take-that-back/

2025-03-03 21:05:04 UTC

𝗬𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 you can get bold or italic text in your social media posts even though the software doesn't theoretically support styles in text.
https://yaytext.com/bold-italic/

2025-03-02 21:51:12 UTC

DOGE’s savings page fixed old mistakes — and added new ones.
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/01/nx-s1-5313853/doge-savings-receipts-musk-trump

2025-02-11 11:57:45 UTC

Paul Krugman explains why Trump wants to close the CFPB.
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/springtime-for-scammers?publication_id=277517&post_id=156876364&isFreemail=true&r=w33x&triedRedirect=true

2025-02-02 15:56:27 UTC

Mastodon doesn't seem to have a way to delete abusive replies. If so, this is a big omission.

2025-02-01 18:36:21 UTC

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since twitter came out in 2006, every twitter-like service has not allowed links.
this is something mastodon could make a big selling point of.

2025-02-01 17:58:39 UTC

I did a rewrite of the [oursocialweb.org](http://oursocialweb.org ) home page. I hope the people doing social web work at FOSDEM will consider this point of view.
https://oursocialweb.org/

2025-01-28 13:12:07 UTC

Is Bluesky billionaire-proof?
http://scripting.com/2025/01/28/130324.html?title=isBlueskyBillionaireProof

2025-01-16 19:11:57 UTC

Mark Cuban is ready to fund a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky's AT Protocol.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/16/mark-cuban-is-ready-to-fund-a-tiktok-alternative-built-on-blueskys-at-protocol/

2025-01-07 12:25:34 UTC

McDonald’s rolls back DEI programs, ending push for greater diversity.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/06/mcdonalds-diversity-programs

2025-01-02 22:21:25 UTC

Mark saw his patient comfort a dying man. And that moment has stayed with him.
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/02/g-s1-40561/unsung-hero-medical-student-dying-patient-comfort

2025-01-01 14:44:13 UTC

Pornhub Is Now Blocked In Almost All of the U.S. South.
https://www.404media.co/pornhub-is-now-blocked-in-almost-all-of-the-u-s-south/

2024-12-28 06:14:46 UTC

Heather Cox Richardson on the war that has broken out in his coalition.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-27-2024?publication_id=20533&post_id=153706185&isFreemail=true&r=w33x&triedRedirect=true

2024-12-27 22:11:59 UTC

Trump says Bill Gates asked to meet in apparent message to Musk.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/27/politics/donald-trump-bill-gates-elon-musk/

2024-12-27 22:05:07 UTC

MAGA Activists Worry That Nativism And Tech Oligarchy May Not Go Hand In Hand.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/who-got-duped-maga-activists-worry-that-nativism-and-tech-oligarchy-may-not-go-hand-in-hand

2024-12-25 13:22:40 UTC

Toyota is donating $1 million to Trump's inauguration.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/toyota-is-donating-1-million-trumps-inauguration-2024-12-24/

2024-12-24 18:48:42 UTC

Denmark boosts Greenland defence after Trump repeats desire for US control.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgzl19n9eko

2024-12-24 14:27:46 UTC

Whatever forces you into copying and pasting into tiny little text boxes, that's how you know you're in a silo.
http://scripting.com/2024/12/24.html#a141952

2024-12-24 12:46:03 UTC

My favorite news sources, pros and bloggers, podcasts, culture, business, tech, politics.
https://news.scripting.com/

2024-12-20 23:36:41 UTC

Amazing that the tech industry hasn't tried to retrieve its reputation from the ones who are repping us in DC nowadays. Software doesn't *have* to treat their users like nobodies.
http://scripting.com/2024/12/20.html#a230615

2024-12-20 18:31:26 UTC

NY Democrat: "Elon Musk has Donald Trump in a vise."
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5050368-musk-directing-trump-administration/

2024-12-20 11:53:09 UTC

What would a government shutdown mean for you?
https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2024/why-is-the-government-shutting-down/

2024-12-20 10:19:48 UTC

The Ghosts in the Machine, by Liz Pelly.
https://harpers.org/archive/2025/01/the-ghosts-in-the-machine-liz-pelly-spotify-musicians/

2024-12-20 00:40:48 UTC

The GOP Is Treating Musk Like He’s in Charge.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/12/the-gop-is-treating-musk-like-hes-in-charge/681117/?gift=f35zZN0v_gDFE8xNwlQAHa0RxyZ37nOM3GKJgDunSkY&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

2024-12-19 19:36:16 UTC

$44 billion to buy Twitter looks like the biggest bargain ever. From that seat he controls the spending of Congress. The budget deal he just killed would have spent hundreds of billions.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/us/politics/elon-musk-politics.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ik4.duPB.d-mLpNEjBSwZ&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

2024-12-19 19:27:46 UTC

The period of left-wing illiberalism that began about a decade ago seems to have drawn to a close. The final cause of death was the reelection of Donald Trump.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/12/cancel-culture-illiberalism-dead/681031/?gift=f35zZN0v_gDFE8xNwlQAHUWzWFEQ5KXT57i6SiyqhME&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

2024-12-17 06:43:08 UTC

Elon Musk will not receive highest-level government security clearance.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/16/elon-musk-government-security-clearance?CMP=us_bsky

2024-12-16 20:20:40 UTC

Starlink Satellite Phone Service from T-Mobile.
https://www.t-mobile.com/coverage/satellite-phone-service

2024-12-15 09:53:43 UTC

I asked ChatGPT to “roast me and don’t hold back” and omg that really hurts. Seems it has been remembering all the hoops I make it jump through, who knew it could harbor so much resentment. Not kidding.
https://chatgpt.com/share/675ea664-3680-8012-9b78-064bbe4f5200

2024-12-15 09:45:17 UTC

AOC #1 kickass Dem.
https://daveverse.wordpress.com/2024/12/15/aoc-1-kickass-dem/

2024-12-14 23:43:54 UTC

Highly recommend this week’s Chris Lydon podcast.
https://radioopensource.org/blyth-is-back/

2024-12-14 20:25:13 UTC

Scripting News: Online communities can work.
http://scripting.com/2024/12/14/184411.html

2024-12-13 18:09:06 UTC

On January 20, 2025, we will face a barrage of chaotic assaults including potential US debt default, damaging new tariffs, mass firings of federal employees, and catastrophic budget cuts. Their primary target, the dollar, will be assaulted f...
https://washingtonspectator.org/project-russia-reveals-putins-playbook/?ref=america2.news

2024-12-13 09:44:50 UTC

I wanted Matt to start a Mastodon instance for WordPress users, then one day I realized he had done just that, and the software I had been working on could post to it.
https://mastodon.social/@npub1v7f…4pgk/113644817289884129

2024-12-12 01:12:01 UTC

Christopher Wray Says He’ll Step Down as F.B.I. Director.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/us/politics/wray-trump-fbi-director.html?unlocked_article_code=1.g04.ShFE.XOUi3ulC16w2&smid=url-share

2024-12-11 12:57:17 UTC

Time's 2024 Person of the Year, finalists: Kamala Harris, Kate Middleton, Elon Musk, Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump. Some say it's truly Trump, but I think it must be Musk.
https://www.today.com/news/time-2024-person-of-year-shortlist-rcna183210

2024-12-11 01:30:03 UTC

Krugman’s last column. This bit got me thinking. “billionaires who don’t feel sufficiently admired.” Will write more about that tomorrow.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/opinion/elites-euro-social-media.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gk4.xh6j.KQSKfcWr5l8a&smid=url-share

2024-12-09 22:59:17 UTC

I did a podcast interview with with George Lakoff in 2008 in Berkeley, where I was living at the time. Pretty sure it was his first podcast.
http://scripting.com/stories/2008/02/25/interviewWithGeorgeLakoff.html

2024-12-09 19:18:31 UTC

Person of Interest in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Killing Identified as Prep School Valedictorian.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/person-interest-unitedhealthcare-ceo-killing-181942543.html

2024-12-09 17:44:39 UTC

Bluesky is missing the one thing that would make it convincingly open, simplicity. They're blowing a lot of smoke at the idea of whether they're open or not. There could be a pony behind the smoke, or not.
https://battellemedia.com/archives/2024/11/bluesky-twitter-and-the-open-network

2024-12-09 13:05:49 UTC

These guidelines evolved over many years of trying to reason with trolls and spammers.
https://this.how/commentGuidelines/

2024-12-08 14:02:03 UTC

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a long time ago they invited me to present my ideas, and like an idiot i thought that's what they wanted, instead it was an ambush, people mostly wanting to ridicule me because they thought anything that a person does can't be any good, it has to come from a big company like mozilla or google. i thought then and still do now, how do they justify wasting their time on such a ridiculous thing, i kept on doing what i was doing, but switched off their browser first chance i got.

2024-12-07 23:19:01 UTC

“Mozilla isn’t just another tech company — we’re a global crew of activists, technologists and builders, all working to keep the internet free, open and accessible.”
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-brand-next-era-of-tech/

2024-12-07 13:54:01 UTC

I drive a Tesla Model Y, the best car I've ever owned. I wish Elon Musk wasn't associated with it. If there were a good alternative to the Tesla, I would divest in a minute. I could afford to do it and would welcome the opportunity.
http://scripting.com/2024/12/06.html#a150415

2024-12-06 23:16:20 UTC

1996: Of Mice and Menus.
http://scripting.com/davenet/1996/06/03/ofmiceandmenus.html

2024-12-05 17:28:21 UTC

Biden White House Weighs Preemptive Pardons for Potential Trump Targets.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/12/04/biden-white-house-pardons-00192610

2024-12-05 17:23:19 UTC

Bahamas rejects Trump’s plan to take in deported migrants.
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/05/2024/bahamas-rejects-trumps-plan-to-take-in-deported-migrants

2024-12-04 19:51:26 UTC

Threads takes an important baby step toward true fediverse integration.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/4/24313229/threads-follow-fediverse-mastodon-users-post-notifications

2024-12-04 19:50:33 UTC

David Frum: "It is an ominous sign that Morning Joe felt it had to apologize for something I said on air."
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/12/appeasement-new-age-trump/680871/?gift=f35zZN0v_gDFE8xNwlQAHaR_aG-uEILvzAygwDvOvHo

2024-12-04 15:42:44 UTC

Dan Rather interview with Neil Young. What a story, and Rather is a great interviewer.
https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-big-interview/the-big-interview-with-neil-DpbhyUsIlWf/

2024-12-04 01:11:57 UTC

I don’t think Biden should sacrifice his son in defense of values that most voters don’t respect.
https://www.editorialboard.com/with-pardon-of-son-biden-shows-a-way-forward-for-democrats/

2024-12-03 20:27:17 UTC

NY Times: Best TV Shows of 2024.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/arts/television/best-tv-shows-2024.html

2024-12-03 13:21:00 UTC

Perhaps relatives of the president should also be immune from prosecution.
http://scripting.com/2024/12/03.html#a124843

2024-12-02 22:57:43 UTC

Threads takes on Bluesky with more advanced search.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/02/threads-takes-on-bluesky-with-more-advanced-search/

2024-12-02 21:55:57 UTC

Billionaires won’t "escape" to space while the world burns.
https://www.salon.com/2021/07/07/no-billionaires-wont-escape-to-space-while-the-world-burns/

2024-12-01 20:11:16 UTC

The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars.
https://theconversation.com/the-worlds-280-million-electric-bikes-and-mopeds-are-cutting-demand-for-oil-far-more-than-electric-cars-213870

2024-12-01 19:31:16 UTC

'Cohousing' is the answer for some people who find parenting isolating.
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/11/29/nx-s1-5210688/lonelieness-epidemic-social-isolation-parenting-cohousing

2024-11-29 19:22:31 UTC

Poll: Where would you like to get your podcasts?
https://mastodon.social/home

2024-11-29 18:54:43 UTC

I want to add an important feature to podcasting that can only work with RSS, it can’t work with Spotify, Google, Audible etc.
http://scripting.com/2024/11/29.html#a133619

2024-11-29 18:38:55 UTC

Beatles ‘64 trailer. Yeah yeah yeah! ;-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLzMtQJnH8k

2024-11-26 23:42:48 UTC

A review of the Kia EV6.
https://a.wholelottanothing.org/a-review-of-the-kia-ev6/

2024-11-26 12:08:48 UTC

Scripting News: There are no more gotchas.
http://scripting.com/2024/11/21/143547.html

2024-11-25 09:46:29 UTC

Yesterday I suggested that the Democratic Party run a members-only Bluesky. Next idea is that AWS or Digital Ocean offer a one-click install of a personal Bluesky. For many years I advocated Amazon of...
http://scripting.com/2024/11/24.html#a143646

2024-11-25 00:09:31 UTC

The Democrats on Twitter.
https://x.com/TheDemocrats

2024-11-25 00:06:37 UTC

Donald Trump Thinks He Won’t Have Enough Power.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/opinion/trump-recess-appointments-constitution.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ck4.IXbb.OEuzJH8nQ0CO&smid=url-share

2024-11-24 18:09:31 UTC

I asked ChatGPT how Republican scholars adjudicate bathroom access for intersex people. A not-too-surprising answer.
https://chatgpt.com/c/6743512b-4410-8012-8de4-958f977c466e

2024-11-24 13:01:48 UTC

‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03784-6

2024-11-23 17:49:32 UTC

Why is joining Bluesky like buying an EV?
https://memex.naughtons.org/why-is-joining-bluesky-like-buying-an-ev/40113/

2024-11-23 17:41:39 UTC

2016: Don't feed the troll.
https://this.how/trolls/

2024-11-23 17:30:55 UTC

AppleScript Fun with Claude.
https://johnjohnston.info/blog/applescript-fun-with-claude/

2024-11-23 13:01:12 UTC

Douglas Rushkoff, one of my favorite people in the world, is interviewed on the On The Media podcast this week.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-hank-green-makes-the-truth-go-viral-plus-the/id73330715?i=1000677963564

2024-11-22 19:33:56 UTC

How lesbian escort agencies became a form of self-care in Japan.
https://theconversation.com/for-the-very-first-time-i-really-enjoyed-sex-how-lesbian-escort-agencies-became-a-form-of-self-care-in-japan-242840

2024-11-22 19:32:14 UTC

Why Is Everyone Calling It a Landslide? Because the Democrats went off-the-air on Election Day, as always. They’re on holiday.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/11/22/trump-win-popular-vote-below-50-percent-00190793

2024-11-22 14:14:17 UTC

I ordered a new 15-inch MacBook Air with M3 chip, arriving on Monday. I'm going to be doing all my work in Electric Drummer on that machine. Wish me luck.
https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-air/15-inch-midnight-apple-m3-chip-with-8-core-cpu-and-10-core-gpu-24gb-memory-512gb

2024-11-22 13:56:25 UTC

Most of the people Trump is appointing are actors. When it comes time to make things happen they’ll find there’s a difference between acting and doing.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/george-c-scott-as-patton-bettmann.html

2024-11-22 12:16:45 UTC

A Good Country’s Bad Choice.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/11/good-country-bad-choice/680743/?gift=f35zZN0v_gDFE8xNwlQAHYBfJ_kuIQW1jXdJTUHp7T0&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

2024-11-22 08:56:46 UTC

Americans elected Biden in the midst of crisis. Instead of understanding that, Democrats went back to brunch.
https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/brunch-interrupted

2024-11-22 02:48:27 UTC

Safely Publish to Web from Google Docs with Pantheon Content Publisher.
https://pantheon.io/blog/introducing-pantheon-content-publisher

2024-11-22 02:31:47 UTC

An ad giant wants to control your next TV’s OS.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/11/an-ad-giant-wants-to-control-your-next-tvs-operating-system/

2024-11-22 01:51:39 UTC

Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani wins third MVP award, joining AL winner Aaron Judge.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/nov/21/shohei-ohtani-aaron-judge-mvp-awards

2024-11-21 18:11:17 UTC

"The answer is staring you in the face. Dems are only on the air for a few months every four years. Of course the other side spins you like crazy."
http://scripting.com/2024/11/21/143547.html

2024-11-21 10:35:41 UTC

Speak for America, Democrats.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/speak-for-america-democrats-biden-stand-up-trump-transition

2024-11-20 22:12:42 UTC

Why doesn't President Biden use the FBI to vet Trump's cabinet nominees?
https://politicalwire.com/2024/11/20/trump-set-to-skip-fbi-vetting-for-cabinet-nominees/

2024-11-20 21:29:34 UTC

Whoever ends up owning Chrome, we could use a new browser war.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91231751/google-chrome-sale-department-of-justice-browser-war

2024-11-20 21:19:44 UTC

The Repubs have Twitter. The Dems need their own. That's impossible, any time soon, but at least let's get started. I did a podcast yesterday about how to bootstrap it. The answer -- let's restart kamalahq asap.
https://shownotes.scripting.com/scripting/2024/11/19/weFoundTheKamalahqTeam.html

2024-11-20 14:44:35 UTC

Timothy Snyder on the Handmaid's Tale.
https://snyder.substack.com/p/men-and-women-perform?publication_id=310897&post_id=151882919&isFreemail=true&r=w33x&triedRedirect=true

2024-11-20 14:37:58 UTC

2009: RSS has no Fail Whale. (This was an important point, still is.)
http://scripting.com/stories/2009/09/05/rssHasNoFailWhale.html