GoFundMe said Friday that it would refund $20 million raised by more than 300,000 donors for President Trump's border wall after an account aiming to raise $1 billion for the wall changed part of its campaign.
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👓 What if the Obstruction Was the Collusion? On the New York Times’s Latest Bombshell | Lawfare
Between Friday’s New York Times story and other earlier material, we might be in a position to revisit the relationship between the “collusion” and obstruction components of the Mueller investigation.
👓 Trump’s Typos Reveal His Lack of Fitness for the Presidency | The Atlantic
They suggest not just inadequate manners or polish, but inadequate thought.
👓 The Woman With Lapis Lazuli in Her Teeth | The Atlantic
An analysis of dental plaque illuminates the forgotten history of female scribes.
👓 The Instagram-Husband Revolution | The Atlantic
The men behind the camera are ready to step into the spotlight.
President Trump said Thursday that he will “maybe definitely” declare a national emergency to free up funds for his long-promised wall at the southern border. One reason for the president’s hesitation might be that he is awaiting word from the people who would be asked to give such a declaration the green light: Justice Department lawyers at the Office of Legal Counsel, or OLC, where I worked from August 2016 until I quit in mid-November.
👓 $30 plug-and-play kit converts a Bird scooter into a “personal scooter” | Boing Boing
👓 Bird Scooter tried to censor my Boing Boing post with a legal threat that’s so stupid, it’s a whole new kind of wrong | Boing Boing
👓 2019.01: Href.Cool Updates | Kicks Condor
Okay, so I’ve added outgoing Webmentions to Href.cool. This means that sites will be notified if they are linked in any of my category.
Incidentally, the directory itself has also has Webmentions. So, if you have an Indieweb blog and you want to recommend a link to the directory: make a post containing the link you want to submit and a link to the category page you think it belongs on and I will get the message. I may also choose to list submitted links at the bottom of the page. Or, yeah, you tell me if this is useful to you.
👓 The Rise and Demise of RSS | Motherboard
Before the internet was consolidated into centralized information silos, RSS imagined a better way to let users control their online personas.
👓 Passive Tracking > Active Tracking | Eddie Hinkle
In the most recent episode of Two Dads Talking, Jonathan and I talk about tracking our information and whether we are using active or passive applications. Jonathan is using mostly passive applications that collect his behavior and translate that into posts on his website. I, on the other hand, spen...
🎧 “The Daily”: Senator Claire McCaskill on Losing Missouri and the Politics of Purity | New York Times
As the senator prepares to leave office, she sat down with us to talk about her defeat in the midterm elections and the path forward for the Democratic Party.
🎧 “The Daily”: The Ethics of Genetically Editing Babies | New York Times
A scientist in China claimed to have created the world’s first gene-edited human beings. How should the U.S. respond?
🎧 “The Daily”: A Year in the Russia Investigation | New York Times
We look at the major twists in the investigation over the past year and what to expect in 2019.
🎧 “The Daily”: Why Republicans Want a Criminal Justice Overhaul | New York Times
Many conservative lawmakers support a bill that would enact the most significant changes to the federal criminal justice system in decades.