Read Maker Faire halts operations and lays off all staff (TechCrunch)
Financial troubles have forced Maker Media, the company behind crafting publication MAKE: magazine as well as the science and art festival Maker Faire, to lay off its entire staff of 22 and pause all operations. TechCrunch was tipped off to Maker Media’s unfortunate situation which was then c…

📺 "The Newsroom" Contempt | Netflix

Watched "The Newsroom" Contempt from Netflix
Directed by Anthony Hemingway. With Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher Jr., Alison Pill. Will continues to defy the government by refusing to out the name of the source of the stolen documents. The team tries to make sure that the first reporter that wrote the story gets out of the middle east safely, and ACN's new buyer's style of news doesn't sit well with Charlie. Sloane and Don keep dodging Human Resources, and Mac sets up a secret meeting of her own. Sloane and Charlie try to ...
I’m kind of missing Neil Sampat (portrayed by Dev Patel) in these episodes now. He really gives the show some heart–even when he’s not present.

📺 "The Newsroom" Main Justice | Netflix

Watched "The Newsroom" Main Justice from Netflix
Directed by Alan Poul. With Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher Jr., Alison Pill. When the team attends the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, Mac makes an unexpected acquaintance and Will gets a surprise.
Ryan Howard??! Maybe this is why the show jumped the shark? It is nice to see some overarching commentary on the new media making its way into the conversation here.

📺 "The Newsroom" Run | Netflix

Watched "The Newsroom" Run from Netflix
Directed by Greg Mottola. With Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher Jr., Alison Pill. While Rebecca must once again defend ACN during a possible lawsuit, Will tries to protect Neal from the aftermath of the DOD leak; Charlie and Leona deal with a hostile takeover; Sloan worries about Don's involvement with insider information.
I’d seen all the original episodes when they aired, but I don’t think I’d ever seen any of the season 3 episodes before. Kind of nice to have some “new” episodes to watch. 

📺 "The Newsroom" Boston | Netflix

Watched "The Newsroom" Boston from Netflix
Directed by Anthony Hemingway. With Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher Jr., Alison Pill. In the wake of the Genoa debacle, the team decides to use caution in reporting a major breaking story. Neal is contacted by an anonymous source in possession of stolen government documents; Sloan looks to solve a takeover puzzle.

📺 "The Newsroom" Election Night: Part II | Netflix

Watched "The Newsroom" Election Night: Part II from Netflix
Directed by Alan Poul. With Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher Jr., Alison Pill. As coverage of Election Night 2012 continues, the staff has to decide on which breaking story to pursue. Leona decides to let Reese decide. Mac and Will's situation heads closer to the edge. And Sloan finds her anonymous bidder.

📺 "The Newsroom" Election Night: Part I | Netflix

Watched "The Newsroom" Election Night: Part I from Netflix
Directed by Jason Ensler. With Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher Jr., Alison Pill. On the night of the 2012 presidential election, Maggie and Don chase a story, Sloan and Mac ask Neal for a favor, Don learns that Jerry has a lawsuit in store for him too, and Will and Mac's personal differences return.

📺 "The Newsroom" Red Team III | Netflix

Watched "The Newsroom" Red Team III from Netflix
Directed by Anthony Hemingway. With Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher Jr., Alison Pill. In the aftermath of ACN's Operation Genoa report, the staff who put it together face some serious blowback, not just when the government responds but also when the sources' credibility comes into question.

👓 Univ. Of Alabama Returns $21.5 Million Gift; Donor Urged Boycott Over Abortion Law | NPR

Read Univ. Of Alabama Returns $21.5 Million Gift; Donor Urged Boycott Over Abortion Law (NPR.org)
The move comes after Hugh Culverhouse Jr. urged students and businesses to boycott Alabama over its restrictive new abortion law. The school says its rejection of the money isn't related to that law.
Wow!
Read Privacy Is Just the Beginning of the Debate Over Tech by Jathan Sadowski (onezero.medium.com)
Controversial ‘smart locks’ show the way that surveillance tech begins with the poor, before spreading to the rest of us

Instead, when we talk about technology, we should be thinking about power dynamics.

Great piece about ethics in technology.

Read Render Snarky Comments in Comic Sans by Zach LeathermanZach Leatherman (Zach Leatherman)

Hosting my own content and comments allows me to be a bit more creative with it. So I decided to take this a step further and have a little fun with negative comments.

This isn’t intended to be a hot-take on Comic Sans. Instead it’s meant to change the tone of the negativity to make it sound like a clown is yelling at a kid’s birthday party.

This is an awesome way to handle some comments online.