Joined Trakt.tv

I just joined the television/film scrobbling service Trakt.tv. Curious how/if I can work it into my own personal website. It would be cool if it supported micropub.

I’m already tracking some of what I’m watching here. You can even subscribe to the feed.

#YetAnotherSocialSilo

A Long-Sought Proof, Found and Almost Lost | Quanta Magazine

Read A Long-Sought Proof, Found and Almost Lost by Natalie Wolchover (Quanta Magazine)
When a German retiree proved a famous long-standing mathematical conjecture, the response was underwhelming.

I am an Arctic researcher. Donald Trump is deleting my citations | The Guardian

Read I am an Arctic researcher. Donald Trump is deleting my citations by Victoria Herrmann (The Guardian)
These politically motivated data deletions come at a time when the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the global average

Checkin Big 5 Sporting Goods

Need a new tire pump for the bicycle.

This is my first time here. It’s pretty nice and more selection than I would have guessed. They have twice the number of SKUs a space this side should have. There were an awful lot of quirky homeless people inside and in the parking lot, but I suppose it goes with the neighborhood.

Donald, This I Will Tell You | New York Times

Read Donald, This I Will Tell You by Maureen Dowd (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. 
Continue reading Donald, This I Will Tell You | New York Times

📖 Read Loc 1-261 of 6508 of The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires by Tim Wu

📖 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.