On #womenshistoryday and as part of #womenshistorymonth I want to share the inventor of modern #HipHop Cindy Campbell, who wanted to throw a "Back to School Party" and then a birthday party for herself. She described the event as โ€œa spiritual experiencโ€ฆlnkd.in/eWnqTzi
American Black communities have lower vaccination rates because USA healthcare sucks. On @npr Up First this morning, Alison Aubry falsely puts "hesitancy" as the first reason that Black communities have lower vaccination rates. Black communities have low vaccine hesitancy.
This is so ridiculously smart in its simplicity, it fills me with joy every time I think about it (it is also living & breathing the "lo-tech" & "no-tech-for-just-tech's-sake" approach Etiene mentions further upthread ๐Ÿ’ฏ)
Etiene Dalcol (sign-up for Polygloss early beta!) https://twitter.com/etiene_d
So, which languages does polygloss cover? โœจALL WRITTEN LANGUAGES! โœจSee, instead of building some high-tech AI that only works for English, polygloss is a dumb game. I...
Can't take credit for this one, but suffice it to say, Istvans rule. ๐Ÿ˜Ž
I like the Email TC39 trick of publishing an ISO one-pager which literally normatively references the latest Ecma standard, so updates are automatic. Thanks, @awbjs and I...

When Daddy makes pancakes for dinner ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ’ฉ

Why Are Haitians Rising Up? https://www.leftvoice.org/why-are-haitians-rising-up

Long story short: The United States refuses to allow the first free Black nation to do so.

This proposal about the future of advertising on the Web looks very bleak and Iโ€™m only on the few first paragraphs. The desperate need to relinquish more control from people is too stark. https://github.com/WICG/privacy-preserving-ads/blob/main/Parakeet.md

When Daddy makes pancakes for dinner ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ’ฉ
I mean, I went to American public school so I have never thought monarchy was a good system but it is a realllllly Bad system. Like you keep this whole institution around just for the tourism dollars?!?
The only reason I'm interested in the interview going on is because of this series, which really shows how cruel monarchy is to the people in it.
So anyway the five-part Princess Diana series on the @yourewrongabout podcast is pretty good and more useful for understanding current events than I thought it would be b...
Iโ€™m starting to think that royalty might be an inhumane institution for the people in it.
#PartyDown is coming back!!! themarysue.com/party-down-is-โ€ฆ
It is hard to choose, what is it that I most miss of Japan, but every single convenience store's shelves overflowing with heavenly delicious rice balls is a big one ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ’•
Rami Ismail (ุฑุงู…ูŠ) https://twitter.com/tha_rami
A dear friend posted a photo from this incredibly omusubi place in Los Angeles, so I googled to see if there's any good places that make omusubi in the Netherlands and t...
Oh no. I am genuinely excited that I got free *name brand* floss with my rite aid credit.

NFTs introduce one of the worst things of capitalism: the concept of scarcity (especially false forms of it around food, water and homes). All at the inflation of prices to extract wealth from people - not trading value. I canโ€™t support them and nor should you.

OMG Aya Cash just walked in and she is just perfect.
Strong Detective Lester Freamon vibe from Motherโ€™s Milk on S02 of The Boysz youtu.be/1RAoWoD0XRk
Let's talk about @Experian, one of the three major US credit reporting bureaus. They are required, by law, to allow you to freeze your account. They also sell a product called CreditLock which doesn't add much functionality to a credit freeze. 1/6

Are you letting it hang out during eternal Caturday?

Forgot to note this: 7 year Portlandiversary last Friday!