These politically motivated data deletions come at a time when the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the global average
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👓 Day 7: To AMP or not to AMP? #100DaysOfIndieWeb | Kevin Marks
Alan made a bookmarklet to go from the AMP version of an article to the canonical one. This is useful for sharing, but as Aaron pointed out, going the other way is handy for removing ad cruft, which can be a 14GB/day download. So, here's the 'to amp' version:javascript:var url = false;var links = do...
👓 The Improbable Life of Paul Erdős | New York Times
This week we celebrate the life of the most published mathematician in history, Paul Erdős (AIR-dosh), who was born 100 years ago on March 26. Dr. Erdős, who has been called the world’s greatest problem poser and solver, collaborated with over 500 mathematicians before his death in 1996.“There are still a lot of Erdős’s vibrations going around,” says Ronald L. Graham, professor of computer science and engineering at the University of California, San Diego, and longtime Erdős friend and collaborator. “His impact will be felt for a long time.”
Donald, This I Will Tell You | New York Times
Donald, you said you could shake up Washington and make it work again. Instead, you’re the one who got worked over.
👓 Recent Social Importer Updates | Beau Lebens
I’ve been trying to make small improvements to the Keyring Social Importers package (and People & Places) that I maintain, and have made a number of them over the last few weeks. Here are some details of recent updates which you may have missed: People & Places Improved the labels being used for e...
📖 Read Loc 1-261 of 6508 of The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires by Tim Wu
So you think that you control what you read, watch, and listen to? Better take a closer look…
Many will know and understand the outline of the argument here, but it’s important to read the details of the case studies so we can help break “The Cycle”, an aptly named problem.
In some sense, this is a microcosm of governments over the past 12,000+ years when looked at from a Big History perspective.
Why You Should Never Accept The First Hotel Room You’re Offered | Huffington Post
Be courteous, but firm.
👓 A President’s Credibility | Wall Street Journal
Trump’s falsehoods are eroding public trust, at home and abroad.
👓 How To Score A Hotel Room Upgrade Every Time | Huffington Post
Be courteous, but firm.
What killed the romcom? It was Love, Actually
Richard Curtis’s sexist, saccharine turkey is being recooked at a time when TV romance is far superior. May it teach filmmakers to aim higher.
Leftover Rice Could Make You Very Sick | Lifehacker Skillet
On a scale from “1” to “listeria” the amount of stomach trouble I would expect a bowl of rice to give me falls around a “2,” but apparently the seemingly innocuous grain can inflict a lot of pain if it’s not stored properly.
👓 Indie checkin flow | Ryan Barrett
Update: I’ve automated this. Here’s my 2015 IndieWeb launch commitment: I’d like to be able to post indie checkins easily, both here and on Facebook. I’d like to use Faceboo…
👓 Feeling underpowered | Jeremy Cherfas
Where to begin?
This is by way of a whinge, and the solution is at least straightforward. Learn how to do what you want to be able to do, dummy.
For a good long while, I've been feeling seriously underpowered when it comes to being able to do what I want to do online. I can't really date the start of it, I just know that I am no longer able to scratch my itches as once I was. That irks me. I know there are professionals and, even more valuably, amateurs who will scratch itches very similar to mine. But they're not my itches, and I'm not scratching them.
👓 But there were people starving in China … | EatThisPodcast
… and the Romans did knead Bread Matters magazine recently linked to an interview with Jim Lahey, “inventor” of no-knead bread. I eventually tracked it down1 and gave it a listen, and on the whole it is very interesting. Two things, however, irked me. One, relatively trivial, is an idiot comme...