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Reading, watching, playing, using: November 2020

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        "text": "This is my monthly roundup of the tech and media I consumed and found interesting. Here's my list for November.BooksCaste, by Isabel Wilkerson. A sobering, intelligent take on America's unspoken caste system, comparing it to similar systems around the world. For me, the history of how the Nazis looked to America's treatment of its Black population was particularly shocking.StreamingThe Undoing. You know, I was skeptical, but it worked out well. It's somewhere between absolutely trash TV and a gripping thriller. And I like creepy Hugh Grant way more than I like apparently-charming Hugh Grant.The Flight Attendant. Fresh off The Big Bang Theory, which I consider to be easily the worst television show ever made, Kaley Cuoco redeems herself in this pulpy, funny, unsettling thriller. It reminded me a bit of Run. Definitely a guilty pleasure watch - but that's kind of what I needed.Save Yourselves! I felt personally attacked. But this hipsters-are-oblivious-of-an-alien-invasion movie is more of a roast than a takedown, and is absolutely hilarious. Recommended.Notable ArticlesBusinessJustice Department Files Antitrust Lawsuit Challenging Visa\u2019s Planned Acquisition of Plaid. \u201cVisa\u2019s con\u00adcerns about Plaid un\u00adder\u00adpinned its de\u00adci\u00adsion to buy the com\u00adpany and pay a large rev\u00adenue mul\u00adti\u00adple for it, the law\u00adsuit al\u00adleges. The gov\u00adern\u00adment said Visa\u2019s CEO de\u00adscribed the deal as an \u201cin\u00adsur\u00adance pol\u00adicy\u201d to neu\u00adtral\u00adize a threat to the com\u00adpa\u00adny\u2019s debit busi\u00adness. The law\u00adsuit quoted an\u00adother ex\u00adec\u00adu\u00adtive who in 2019 com\u00adpared Plaid to an is\u00adland \u201cvol\u00adcano\u201d whose cur\u00adrent ca\u00adpa\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties are just \u201cthe tip show\u00ading above the wa\u00adter\u201d and warned that \u201c[w]hat lies be\u00adneath, though, is a mas\u00adsive op\u00adpor\u00adtu\u00adnity\u2014one that threat\u00adens Visa.\u201d\u201dUnexpected & Inevitable. \u201cThe investor hears it and at first they don\u2019t believe you. \u201cNah,\u201d they say, as they start to argue with you whether that\u2019s the way the world really works. Then, after a beat or two, they go, \u201cwait, you\u2019re right.\u201d And after another moment, they think \u201cfuck, that\u2019s the only way it can be.\u201d\u201d I agree with Eric: this is what investors are looking for. You have an insight about the world that most people don\u2019t, and you\u2019re uniquely equipped to capitalize on it.Spotify to acquire Megaphone. Megaphone is the network formerly known as Panoply. Spotify seems to be single-handedly creating value in the podcast market right now, but Apple has been quietly making acquisitions - like to keep its own ecosystem competitive.Apple\u2019s Shifting Differentiation. I found this exploration of Apple\u2019s chip strategy to be really interesting. \u201cInstead the future is web apps, with all of the performance hurdles they entail, which is why, from Apple\u2019s perspective, the A-series is arriving just in time. Figma in Electron may destroy your battery, but that destruction will take twice as long, if not more, with an A-series chip inside!\u201dWomen-owned businesses are struggling. Stimulus could help.. \"Women and people of color were shut out of much of the initial rounds of stimulus because the program was set up to work through commercial banks. Those who didn\u2019t have an existing relationship with a commercial bank found it harder to access the funds. And because the money ran out quickly, it left many without a lifeline.\"The Double Standard of Female CEOs Moving Fast and Breaking Things. \u201cWe hold our female CEOs to impossible standards while not holding their male counterparts to high enough ones.\u201dThe privacy fight is heading to the office. \u201cI don't think Americans believe in privacy universally. And it's not a constitutional right. It's like, we have a right to free speech, we have a right to bear arms, we don't have a right to privacy in our federal constitution.\u201dGoogle Pay relaunch transforms it into a full-fledged financial service. Of note: \u201cGoogle has co-branded banking accounts coming up in 2021. The new service, called Plex, essentially allows banks to partner with Google and use Google Pay as their own direct banking app.\u201dHow Venture Capitalists Are Deforming Capitalism. \"Even the worst-run startup can beat competitors if investors prop it up. The V.C. firm Benchmark helped enable WeWork to make one wild mistake after another\u2014hoping that its gamble would pay off before disaster struck.\" VCs are upset about this article, but honestly, to me, it rings true.Secret Amazon Reports Expose Company Spying on Labor, Environmental Groups. \"Dozens of leaked documents from Amazon\u2019s Global Security Operations Center reveal the company\u2019s reliance on Pinkerton operatives to spy on warehouse workers and the extensive monitoring of labor unions, environmental activists, and other social movements.\" Gross.Hulu raises Live TV price to $65, matching YouTube TV\u2019s latest price hike. Here\u2019s what I can\u2019t fathom: why people tolerate cable TV at all. Every time I dive into it, I regret it. It\u2019s a morass of shitty ads and low-quality programs that shout at you.Unilever NZ\u2019s 1-year trial of a 4-day week. I'm very into this.CultureThe Shape of a Story. A beautiful exploration of narrative plot, Moomins, allegory, and the purpose of story in navigating real-world challenges.Zillow Surfing Is the Escape We All Need Right Now. Is it? Or is it another form of doomscrolling, searching for places we could never afford in aspiration of an unreachable life we were told we could have? Hey, I'm just asking questions here.As \u2018Doonesbury\u2019 turns 50, Garry Trudeau picks his 10 defining strips. Doonesbury is by far the best syndicated cartoon strip. I'm a lifetime fan. I met Trudeau once, at the Edinburgh Book Festival; we talked about Asterix. Lovely man.Who\u2019s in the Crossword? I loved this: a data-driven exploration of representation in crossword clues, with insight into how they\u2019re produced.MediaConfusion at BBC as boss says staff can attend Pride marches after all. \u201cHe told staff on Friday morning they would still be allowed to attend LGBT Pride marches, providing they remained celebratory and individuals were not seen to be taking a stand on any \u201cpoliticised or contested issues\u201d.\u201d Pride marches are still political protests. This is a ridiculous stance.Google funds mouthpiece of Rwandan regime. \u201cThe worst case scenario for the NGO representative, however, is that \u201eGoogle is signalling that it is funding repression and supports the muzzling of free speech, the closing of political space in Rwanda and attacks on political opponents and human rights defenders.\u201c\u201dTravel influencers are being paid to whitewash authoritarian regimes. \u201cUncritically spreading political propaganda is unethical under all circumstances and especially in the form of branded content, where the lines are very blurry, and the audience might therefore not recognize it as such.\u201dHow a crop of startups are trying to make for-profit local news work. \"Evan Smith, the CEO of the Texas Tribune, said that when launching the local politics driven news site more than a decade ago, \u201cWe decided that for-profit was a non starter and that the market had failed.\u201d\"News publishers dial up the marketing heat on their subscription products. Subscriptions are far better than advertising as a support mechanism. And news sustainability is deeply important.Yes, Product Thinking Can Save Journalism. Six Reasons Why News Media Need Product Thinkers. \"Knight Lab\u2019s series on product thinking in media started with a question: \u201cJournalism Has Been Disrupted. Can Product Thinking Save It?\u201d After more than 25 years in digital publishing -- and as the editor for the series -- I think the answer is \u201cYes.\u201d\"PoliticsHow a C.I.A. Coverup Targeted a Whistle-blower. \u201cThe C.I.A. has corrupted F.B.I. agents to violate basic rules as to how the Department of Justice does criminal prosecutions.\u201dUber and Lyft had an edge in the Prop 22 fight: their apps. \u201cIn the weeks leading up to Election Day, the companies used their respective apps to bombard riders and drivers with messages urging them to vote for Prop 22, the ballot measure.\u201d Let\u2019s please make this illegal.Evidence suggests several state Senate candidates were plants funded by dark money. Just one of a litany of dirty tricks used in this election.I Lived Through A Stupid Coup. America Is Having One Now. \u201cHa ha ha, they lede, who\u2019s going to tell him? Bitch, who\u2019s going to tell you? An illegitimate leader has got all the guns and 40% of your population is down to use them. And y\u2019all got jokes.\u201dWe Need Election Results Everyone Can Believe In. Here\u2019s How.. Smart suggestions for improving trust in our elections (undercutting the kind of FUD we\u2019ve seen this month).Trump races to weaken environmental and worker protections before January 20. Actively ghoulish.SocietyWhy is Covid-19 is killing more men than women in middle age? Scientists are looking for answers not only in underlying health risks but also in biological and external factors. \u201cOver\u00adall, how\u00adever, men make up about 54% of U.S. deaths, and a sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcantly higher por\u00adtion in mid\u00addle age. The death-cer\u00adtifi\u00adcate data through late Oc\u00adto\u00adber show men make up nearly 66% of more than 42,000 Covid-19 deaths oc\u00adcur\u00adring among peo\u00adple be\u00adtween their mid-30s and mid-60s.\u201dAmericans, Stop Being Ashamed of Weakness. \"Too often in America, we are ashamed of being weak, vulnerable, dependent. We tend to hide our shame. We stay away. We isolate ourselves, rather than show our weakness.\"Kamala Harris will be the first HBCU grad in the White House. \u201cIt\u2019s not just about her being a Black woman. It\u2019s about her being more than that, the intersectionality of who she is.\u201dLiving With a QAnon Family as the Prophecy Crashes Down. \u201cThey\u2019re treating it like there\u2019s going to be an apocalypse \u2014 no matter who wins.\u201dFlorida passes $15 minimum wage, a hike that could narrow the gender pay gap. Two important facts here: if a higher minimum wage can be passed in Florida, it can be passed just about anywhere. And it will disproportionately help women and people of color.The new normal: Women and LGBTQ+ people are buying guns in 2020. \u201cAlthough there is no official demographic breakdown of gun sales by race or gender, interviews with the gun community \u2014 new owners, sales people, analysts and activists \u2014 reveal a mounting anxiety among women and LGBTQ+ people, particularly those of color. And some are choosing to arm themselves for the first time.\u201dWhy is life expectancy in the US lower than in other rich countries?. \u201cThe short summary of what I will discuss below is that Americans suffer higher death rates from smoking, obesity, homicides, opioid overdoses, suicides, road accidents, and infant deaths. In addition to this, deeper poverty and less access to healthcare mean Americans at lower incomes die at a younger age than poor people in other rich countries.\u201dPerformative philanthropy and the cost of silence. \"Days after joining the Criminal Justice Reform department, I was warned by a senior member of the team that I should avoid pushing for grantmaking strategies that centered racial equity, as Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan did not believe race was relevant to the issue of mass incarceration. I was told that previous attempts to educate the couple on this matter had contributed to a former employee being terminated.\"Less screen time and more sleep critical for preventing depression. \"A cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of data from the UK Biobank, involving almost 85,000 people, has found that lifestyle factors such as less screen time, adequate sleep, a better-quality diet, and physical activity strongly impact depression.\" Also, water is wet.Federal government to execute first woman since 1953. It was a heinous crime, but the death penalty is a disgusting, brutal practice that is not befitting of a supposed democracy.A dinner party killed my Dad. Please stay safe this Thanksgiving.AMA: Racism is a threat to public health. \u201cThe AMA recognizes that racism negatively impacts and exacerbates health inequities among historically marginalized communities. Without systemic and structural-level change, health inequities will continue to exist, and the overall health of the nation will suffer.\u201dPeriod poverty: Scotland first in world to make period products free. I miss living in a progressive nation.TechnologyI became an unwanted woman in tech.. \u201cThere is something innately different now about my words. They\u2019ve not changed, but their context has entirely shifted. It\u2019s as though I walk around now with a badge that invites dismissal and disrespect. That badge is called womanhood.\u201dRoam: My New Favorite Software Product. I have a Roam account but I haven\u2019t made it work for me yet. Articles like this make me want to try harder to get on the bandwagon.A new way to plug a human brain into a computer: Via veins. Do not want. (But future iterations might be more interesting / palatable.)DHS Buying Cellphone Geolocation Data To Track People. \"The Department of Homeland Security is purchasing consumer cellphone data that allows authorities to track immigrants trying to cross the southern border, which privacy advocates say could lead to a vast \u201csurveillance partnership\u201d between the government and private corporations.\" Hands up if you're surprised.User Stories Not Wireframes. \"User stories provide the context of what a wireframe is for. When you give user stories to a developer, you greatly increase the chances they will be thoughtful about the product and features they are implementing. When they understand the bigger picture \u2014 who is this for, what are they trying to accomplish and why are they trying to accomplish it \u2014 they can take ownership over the project.\"Product Hunt requirements document. A wonderfully concise example of what a good requirements document can look like.HP ends its customers' lives. There's a reason why the free software movement started with printer drivers. It's mind-boggling to me how HP can continue to be so antagonistic to their customers. (Inkjet printers are the worst deal in technology.)What using AT&T\u2019s 768kbps DSL is like in 2020\u2014yes, it\u2019s awful. A reminder that if you\u2019re serving all of America, you can\u2019t assume a high-quality broadband connection.Apple Silicon M1 Chip in MacBook Air Outperforms High-End 16-Inch MacBook Pro. I\u2019m waiting for version 2, but this is super cool.Your Computer Isn't Yours. \"This means that Apple knows when you\u2019re at home. When you\u2019re at work. What apps you open there, and how often. They know when you open Premiere over at a friend\u2019s house on their Wi-Fi, and they know when you open Tor Browser in a hotel on a trip to another city.\"Parler, Backed by Mercer Family, Makes Play for Conservatives Mad at Facebook, Twitter. Bleuch.How Discord (somewhat accidentally) invented the future of the internet. I\u2019m not a gamer, so I was late to Discord. But it does feel like pet of the future of online communities.The iOS COVID-19 app ecosystem has become a privacy minefield. \u201cIt's hard to justify why a lot of these apps would need your constant location, your microphone, your photo library.\u201d Relatively few of these apps use the comparatively privacy-protecting APIs developed by Apple and Google.How the U.S. Military Buys Location Data from Ordinary Apps. \u201cA Muslim prayer app with over 98 million downloads is one of the apps connected to a wide-ranging supply chain that sends ordinary people's personal data to brokers, contractors, and the military.\u201d This is spectacularly not okay.We Need Mandatory Enduser APIs for Social and Search Systems. This is an older piece (from 2018) but it still holds up, and I agree with it completely.As internet forums die off, finding community can be harder than ever. It feels like this problem has been solved lots of times over on the internet - but it's both a huge problem and a real opportunity for the right startup.How a young, queer Asian-American businesswoman is rethinking user safety at Twitter. \u201cSu's goals sit at the heart of what could become a very different Twitter one day, if \u2014 and it remains a very big conditional \u2014 the company is serious about the changes it's been signaling over the last year.\u201d Fingers crossed.Rock-star programmer: Rivers Cuomo finds meaning in coding. The only time \"rock star programmer\" is an acceptable phrase.The Secrets of Monkey Island's Source Code. A deep look into assets and code behind my favorite game of all time.\u2018Tokenized\u2019: Inside Black Workers\u2019 Struggles at Coinbase. \u201cOne Black employee said her manager suggested in front of colleagues that she was dealing drugs and carrying a gun, trading on racist stereotypes. Another said a co-worker at a recruiting meeting broadly described Black employees as less capable. Still another said managers spoke down to her and her Black colleagues, adding that they were passed over for promotions in favor of less experienced white employees.\u201dBuilding your own website is cool again, and it's changing the whole internet. All hail the indieweb. I\u2019m here for it.",
        "html": "<p>This is my monthly roundup of the tech and media I consumed and found interesting. Here's my list for November.</p><h3>Books</h3><p><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/books/caste-oprah-s-book-club-the-origins-of-our-discontents-9780593230251/9780593230251\">Caste, by Isabel Wilkerson</a>. A sobering, intelligent take on America's unspoken caste system, comparing it to similar systems around the world. For me, the history of how the Nazis looked to America's treatment of its Black population was particularly shocking.</p><h3>Streaming</h3><p><a href=\"https://www.hbo.com/the-undoing\">The Undoing</a>. You know, I was skeptical, but it worked out well. It's somewhere between absolutely trash TV and a gripping thriller. And I like creepy Hugh Grant way more than I like apparently-charming Hugh Grant.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.hbomax.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GX5MHsQzwwIuLwgEAAACp\">The Flight Attendant</a>. Fresh off <em>The Big Bang Theory</em>, which I consider to be easily the worst television show ever made, Kaley Cuoco redeems herself in this pulpy, funny, unsettling thriller. It reminded me a bit of <em>Run</em>. Definitely a guilty pleasure watch - but that's kind of what I needed.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.saveyourselvesmovie.com/\">Save Yourselves!</a> I felt personally attacked. But this hipsters-are-oblivious-of-an-alien-invasion movie <a href=\"https://www.vulture.com/2020/10/the-save-yourselves-ending-and-those-pouffes-explained.html\">is more of a roast than a takedown</a>, and is absolutely hilarious. Recommended.</p><h3>Notable Articles</h3><h4>Business</h4><p><a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-department-files-antitrust-lawsuit-challenging-visa-s-planned-acquisition-of-plaid-11604591434\">Justice Department Files Antitrust Lawsuit Challenging Visa\u2019s Planned Acquisition of Plaid</a>. \u201cVisa\u2019s con\u00adcerns about Plaid un\u00adder\u00adpinned its de\u00adci\u00adsion to buy the com\u00adpany and pay a large rev\u00adenue mul\u00adti\u00adple for it, the law\u00adsuit al\u00adleges. The gov\u00adern\u00adment said Visa\u2019s CEO de\u00adscribed the deal as an \u201cin\u00adsur\u00adance pol\u00adicy\u201d to neu\u00adtral\u00adize a threat to the com\u00adpa\u00adny\u2019s debit busi\u00adness. The law\u00adsuit quoted an\u00adother ex\u00adec\u00adu\u00adtive who in 2019 com\u00adpared Plaid to an is\u00adland \u201cvol\u00adcano\u201d whose cur\u00adrent ca\u00adpa\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties are just \u201cthe tip show\u00ading above the wa\u00adter\u201d and warned that \u201c[w]hat lies be\u00adneath, though, is a mas\u00adsive op\u00adpor\u00adtu\u00adnity\u2014one that threat\u00adens Visa.\u201d\u201d</p><p><a href=\"https://obviousstartupadvice.com/2020/11/11/unexpected-inevitable/\">Unexpected &amp; Inevitable</a>. \u201cThe investor hears it and at first they don\u2019t believe you. \u201cNah,\u201d they say, as they start to argue with you whether that\u2019s the way the world really works. Then, after a beat or two, they go, \u201cwait, you\u2019re right.\u201d And after another moment, they think \u201cfuck, that\u2019s the only way it can be.\u201d\u201d I agree with Eric: this is what investors are looking for. You have an insight about the world that most people don\u2019t, and you\u2019re uniquely equipped to capitalize on it.</p><p><a href=\"https://hotpodnews.com/spotify-to-acquire-megaphone/\">Spotify to acquire Megaphone</a>. Megaphone is the network formerly known as Panoply. Spotify seems to be single-handedly creating value in the podcast market right now, but Apple has been quietly making acquisitions - like to keep its own ecosystem competitive.</p><p><a href=\"https://stratechery.com/2020/apples-shifting-differentiation/\">Apple\u2019s Shifting Differentiation</a>. I found this exploration of Apple\u2019s chip strategy to be really interesting. \u201cInstead the future is web apps, with all of the performance hurdles they entail, which is why, from Apple\u2019s perspective, the A-series is arriving just in time. Figma in Electron may destroy your battery, but that destruction will take twice as long, if not more, with an A-series chip inside!\u201d</p><p><a href=\"https://19thnews.org/2020/11/why-women-owned-businesses-are-struggling-and-how-a-new-round-of-stimulus-could-help/\">Women-owned businesses are struggling. Stimulus could help.</a>. \"Women and people of color were shut out of much of the initial rounds of stimulus because the program was set up to work through commercial banks. Those who didn\u2019t have an existing relationship with a commercial bank found it harder to access the funds. And because the money ran out quickly, it left many without a lifeline.\"</p><p><a href=\"https://www.thisisgoingtobebig.com/blog/2020/11/15/the-double-standard-of-female-ceos-moving-fast-and-breaking-things\">The Double Standard of Female CEOs Moving Fast and Breaking Things</a>. \u201cWe hold our female CEOs to impossible standards while not holding their male counterparts to high enough ones.\u201d</p><p><a href=\"https://www.protocol.com/privacy-fight-work-office\">The privacy fight is heading to the office</a>. \u201cI don't think Americans believe in privacy universally. And it's not a constitutional right. It's like, we have a right to free speech, we have a right to bear arms, we don't have a right to privacy in our federal constitution.\u201d</p><p><a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/?p=1724095\">Google Pay relaunch transforms it into a full-fledged financial service</a>. Of note: \u201cGoogle has co-branded banking accounts coming up in 2021. The new service, called Plex, essentially allows banks to partner with Google and use Google Pay as their own direct banking app.\u201d</p><p><a href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/11/30/how-venture-capitalists-are-deforming-capitalism\">How Venture Capitalists Are Deforming Capitalism</a>. \"Even the worst-run startup can beat competitors if investors prop it up. The V.C. firm Benchmark helped enable WeWork to make one wild mistake after another\u2014hoping that its gamble would pay off before disaster struck.\" VCs are upset about this article, but honestly, to me, it rings true.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dp3yn/amazon-leaked-reports-expose-spying-warehouse-workers-labor-union-environmental-groups-social-movements\">Secret Amazon Reports Expose Company Spying on Labor, Environmental Groups</a>. \"Dozens of leaked documents from Amazon\u2019s Global Security Operations Center reveal the company\u2019s reliance on Pinkerton operatives to spy on warehouse workers and the extensive monitoring of labor unions, environmental activists, and other social movements.\" Gross.</p><p><a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/?p=1723796\">Hulu raises Live TV price to $65, matching YouTube TV\u2019s latest price hike</a>. Here\u2019s what I can\u2019t fathom: why people tolerate cable TV at all. Every time I dive into it, I regret it. It\u2019s a morass of shitty ads and low-quality programs that shout at you.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.strategy.rest/?p=9987\">Unilever NZ\u2019s 1-year trial of a 4-day week</a>. I'm very into this.</p><h4>Culture</h4><p><a href=\"https://popula.com/2020/11/17/the-shape-of-a-story/\">The Shape of a Story</a>. A beautiful exploration of narrative plot, Moomins, allegory, and the purpose of story in navigating real-world challenges.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/19/style/zillow-surfing-home-listings.html\">Zillow Surfing Is the Escape We All Need Right Now</a>. Is it? Or is it another form of doomscrolling, searching for places we could never afford in aspiration of an unreachable life we were told we could have? Hey, I'm just asking questions here.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/11/27/doonesbury-garry-trudeau-anniversary/\">As \u2018Doonesbury\u2019 turns 50, Garry Trudeau picks his 10 defining strips</a>. Doonesbury is by far the best syndicated cartoon strip. I'm a lifetime fan. I met Trudeau once, at the Edinburgh Book Festival; we talked about Asterix. Lovely man.</p><p><a href=\"https://pudding.cool/2020/11/crossword/\">Who\u2019s in the Crossword?</a> I loved this: a data-driven exploration of representation in crossword clues, with insight into how they\u2019re produced.</p><h4>Media</h4><p><a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/oct/30/bbc-boss-clarifies-rules-for-staff-attending-pride-marches?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other\">Confusion at BBC as boss says staff can attend Pride marches after all</a>. \u201cHe told staff on Friday morning they would still be allowed to attend LGBT Pride marches, providing they remained celebratory and individuals were not seen to be taking a stand on any \u201cpoliticised or contested issues\u201d.\u201d Pride marches are still political protests. This is a ridiculous stance.</p><p><a href=\"https://netzpolitik.org/2020/freedom-of-the-press-google-funds-mouthpiece-of-rwandan-regime/\">Google funds mouthpiece of Rwandan regime</a>. \u201cThe worst case scenario for the NGO representative, however, is that \u201eGoogle is signalling that it is funding repression and supports the muzzling of free speech, the closing of political space in Rwanda and attacks on political opponents and human rights defenders.\u201c\u201d</p><p><a href=\"https://restofworld.org/2020/the-authoritarian-influencers/\">Travel influencers are being paid to whitewash authoritarian regimes</a>. \u201cUncritically spreading political propaganda is unethical under all circumstances and especially in the form of branded content, where the lines are very blurry, and the audience might therefore not recognize it as such.\u201d</p><p><a href=\"https://digiday.com/media/go-in-small-with-clear-eyed-expectations-how-a-crop-of-startups-are-trying-to-make-for-profit-local-news-work/\">How a crop of startups are trying to make for-profit local news work</a>. \"Evan Smith, the CEO of the Texas Tribune, said that when launching the local politics driven news site more than a decade ago, \u201cWe decided that for-profit was a non starter and that the market had failed.\u201d\"</p><p><a href=\"https://digiday.com/media/more-is-more-news-publishers-dial-up-the-marketing-heat-on-their-subscription-products/\">News publishers dial up the marketing heat on their subscription products</a>. Subscriptions are far better than advertising as a support mechanism. And news sustainability is deeply important.</p><p><a href=\"https://knightlab.northwestern.edu/2020/11/23/product-thinking-can-save-journalism-product-management-news-media/\">Yes, Product Thinking Can Save Journalism. Six Reasons Why News Media Need Product Thinkers</a>. \"Knight Lab\u2019s series on product thinking in media started with a question: \u201cJournalism Has Been Disrupted. Can Product Thinking Save It?\u201d After more than 25 years in digital publishing -- and as the editor for the series -- I think the answer is \u201cYes.\u201d\"</p><h4>Politics</h4><p><a href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/11/09/how-a-cia-coverup-targeted-a-whistle-blower\">How a C.I.A. Coverup Targeted a Whistle-blower</a>. \u201cThe C.I.A. has corrupted F.B.I. agents to violate basic rules as to how the Department of Justice does criminal prosecutions.\u201d</p><p><a href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/4/21549760/uber-lyft-prop-22-win-vote-app-message-notifications\">Uber and Lyft had an edge in the Prop 22 fight: their apps</a>. \u201cIn the weeks leading up to Election Day, the companies used their respective apps to bombard riders and drivers with messages urging them to vote for Prop 22, the ballot measure.\u201d Let\u2019s please make this illegal.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.local10.com/news/local/2020/11/11/evidence-suggests-several-state-senate-candidates-were-plants-funded-by-dark-money/\">Evidence suggests several state Senate candidates were plants funded by dark money</a>. Just one of a litany of dirty tricks used in this election.</p><p><a href=\"https://medium.com/indica/i-lived-through-a-coup-america-is-having-one-now-437934b1dac3\">I Lived Through A Stupid Coup. America Is Having One Now</a>. \u201cHa ha ha, they lede, who\u2019s going to tell him? Bitch, who\u2019s going to tell you? An illegitimate leader has got all the guns and 40% of your population is down to use them. And y\u2019all got jokes.\u201d</p><p><a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/opinion/election-integrity.html\">We Need Election Results Everyone Can Believe In. Here\u2019s How.</a>. Smart suggestions for improving trust in our elections (undercutting the kind of FUD we\u2019ve seen this month).</p><p><a href=\"https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-races-to-weaken-environmental-and-worker-protections-and-implement-other-last-minute-policies-before-jan-20\">Trump races to weaken environmental and worker protections before January 20</a>. Actively ghoulish.</p><h4>Society</h4><p><a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-burden-falls-heavily-on-middle-aged-men-11604313002\">Why is Covid-19 is killing more men than women in middle age? Scientists are looking for answers not only in underlying health risks but also in biological and external factors</a>. \u201cOver\u00adall, how\u00adever, men make up about 54% of U.S. deaths, and a sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcantly higher por\u00adtion in mid\u00addle age. The death-cer\u00adtifi\u00adcate data through late Oc\u00adto\u00adber show men make up nearly 66% of more than 42,000 Covid-19 deaths oc\u00adcur\u00adring among peo\u00adple be\u00adtween their mid-30s and mid-60s.\u201d</p><p><a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/05/opinion/loneliness-weakness-america.html?smid=tw-nytopinion&amp;smtyp=cur\">Americans, Stop Being Ashamed of Weakness</a>. \"Too often in America, we are ashamed of being weak, vulnerable, dependent. We tend to hide our shame. We stay away. We isolate ourselves, rather than show our weakness.\"</p><p><a href=\"https://19thnews.org/2020/11/kamala-harris-will-be-the-first-hbcu-grad-in-the-white-house/\">Kamala Harris will be the first HBCU grad in the White House</a>. \u201cIt\u2019s not just about her being a Black woman. It\u2019s about her being more than that, the intersectionality of who she is.\u201d</p><p><a href=\"https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/living-with-a-qanon-family-as-the-prophecy-crashes-down\">Living With a QAnon Family as the Prophecy Crashes Down</a>. \u201cThey\u2019re treating it like there\u2019s going to be an apocalypse \u2014 no matter who wins.\u201d</p><p><a href=\"https://19thnews.org/2020/11/florida-amendment-2-passes-2020-election-gender-pay-gap/\">Florida passes $15 minimum wage, a hike that could narrow the gender pay gap</a>. Two important facts here: if a higher minimum wage can be passed in Florida, it can be passed just about anywhere. And it will disproportionately help women and people of color.</p><p><a href=\"https://19thnews.org/2020/11/women-lgbtq-buying-guns-2020/\">The new normal: Women and LGBTQ+ people are buying guns in 2020</a>. \u201cAlthough there is no official demographic breakdown of gun sales by race or gender, interviews with the gun community \u2014 new owners, sales people, analysts and activists \u2014 reveal a mounting anxiety among women and LGBTQ+ people, particularly those of color. And some are choosing to arm themselves for the first time.\u201d</p><p><a href=\"https://ourworldindata.org/us-life-expectancy-low\">Why is life expectancy in the US lower than in other rich countries?</a>. \u201cThe short summary of what I will discuss below is that Americans suffer higher death rates from smoking, obesity, homicides, opioid overdoses, suicides, road accidents, and infant deaths. In addition to this, deeper poverty and less access to healthcare mean Americans at lower incomes die at a younger age than poor people in other rich countries.\u201d</p><p><a href=\"https://www.ncrp.org/publication/responsive-philanthropy-november-2020/performative-philanthropy-and-the-cost-of-silence\">Performative philanthropy and the cost of silence</a>. \"Days after joining the Criminal Justice Reform department, I was warned by a senior member of the team that I should avoid pushing for grantmaking strategies that centered racial equity, as Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan did not believe race was relevant to the issue of mass incarceration. I was told that previous attempts to educate the couple on this matter had contributed to a former employee being terminated.\"</p><p><a href=\"https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/newscentre/news_centre/more_news_stories/less_screen_time_and_more_sleep_critical_for_preventing_depression\">Less screen time and more sleep critical for preventing depression</a>. \"A cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of data from the UK Biobank, involving almost 85,000 people, has found that lifestyle factors such as less screen time, adequate sleep, a better-quality diet, and physical activity strongly impact depression.\" Also, water is wet.</p><p><a href=\"https://19thnews.org/2020/11/lisa-montgomery-federal-government-execute-first-woman-since-1953/\">Federal government to execute first woman since 1953</a>. It was a heinous crime, but the death penalty is a disgusting, brutal practice that is not befitting of a supposed democracy.</p><p><a href=\"https://medium.com/@tonywright_80709/a-dinner-party-killed-my-dad-218101b758b4\">A dinner party killed my Dad</a>. Please stay safe this Thanksgiving.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/health-equity/ama-racism-threat-public-health\">AMA: Racism is a threat to public health</a>. \u201cThe AMA recognizes that racism negatively impacts and exacerbates health inequities among historically marginalized communities. Without systemic and structural-level change, health inequities will continue to exist, and the overall health of the nation will suffer.\u201d</p><p><a href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-51629880\">Period poverty: Scotland first in world to make period products free</a>. I miss living in a progressive nation.</p><h4>Technology</h4><p><a href=\"https://digg.com/@Joanwestenberg/becoming-unwanted-vgcF8pon\">I became an unwanted woman in tech.</a>. \u201cThere is something innately different now about my words. They\u2019ve not changed, but their context has entirely shifted. It\u2019s as though I walk around now with a badge that invites dismissal and disrespect. That badge is called womanhood.\u201d</p><p><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FeldThoughts/~3/d0nFMSa151M/roam-my-new-favorite-software-product.html\">Roam: My New Favorite Software Product</a>. I have a Roam account but I haven\u2019t made it work for me yet. Articles like this make me want to try harder to get on the bandwagon.</p><p><a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/?p=1718573\">A new way to plug a human brain into a computer: Via veins</a>. Do not want. (But future iterations might be more interesting / palatable.)</p><p><a href=\"https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/ice-dhs-cell-phone-data-tracking-geolocation\">DHS Buying Cellphone Geolocation Data To Track People</a>. \"The Department of Homeland Security is purchasing consumer cellphone data that allows authorities to track immigrants trying to cross the southern border, which privacy advocates say could lead to a vast \u201csurveillance partnership\u201d between the government and private corporations.\" Hands up if you're surprised.</p><p><a href=\"https://obviousstartupadvice.com/2020/11/04/user-stories-not-wireframes/\">User Stories Not Wireframes</a>. \"User stories provide the context of what a wireframe is for. When you give user stories to a developer, you greatly increase the chances they will be thoughtful about the product and features they are implementing. When they understand the bigger picture \u2014 who is this for, what are they trying to accomplish and why are they trying to accomplish it \u2014 they can take ownership over the project.\"</p><p><a href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yrU5F6Gxhkfma91wf_IbZfexw8_fahbGQLW3EvwdfQI/edit\">Product Hunt requirements document</a>. A wonderfully concise example of what a good requirements document can look like.</p><p><a href=\"https://pluralistic.net/2020/11/06/horrible-products/#inkwars\">HP ends its customers' lives</a>. There's a reason why the free software movement started with printer drivers. It's mind-boggling to me how HP can continue to be so antagonistic to their customers. (Inkjet printers are the worst deal in technology.)</p><p><a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/?p=1720056\">What using AT&amp;T\u2019s 768kbps DSL is like in 2020\u2014yes, it\u2019s awful</a>. A reminder that if you\u2019re serving all of America, you can\u2019t assume a high-quality broadband connection.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.macrumors.com/2020/11/11/m1-macbook-air-first-benchmark/\">Apple Silicon M1 Chip in MacBook Air Outperforms High-End 16-Inch MacBook Pro</a>. I\u2019m waiting for version 2, but this is super cool.</p><p><a href=\"https://sneak.berlin/20201112/your-computer-isnt-yours/\">Your Computer Isn't Yours</a>. \"This means that Apple knows when you\u2019re at home. When you\u2019re at work. What apps you open there, and how often. They know when you open Premiere over at a friend\u2019s house on their Wi-Fi, and they know when you open Tor Browser in a hotel on a trip to another city.\"</p><p><a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/parler-backed-by-mercer-family-makes-play-for-conservatives-mad-at-facebook-twitter-11605382430\">Parler, Backed by Mercer Family, Makes Play for Conservatives Mad at Facebook, Twitter</a>. Bleuch.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.protocol.com/discord\">How Discord (somewhat accidentally) invented the future of the internet</a>. I\u2019m not a gamer, so I was late to Discord. But it does feel like pet of the future of online communities.</p><p><a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/?p=1723206\">The iOS COVID-19 app ecosystem has become a privacy minefield</a>. \u201cIt's hard to justify why a lot of these apps would need your constant location, your microphone, your photo library.\u201d Relatively few of these apps use the comparatively privacy-protecting APIs developed by Apple and Google.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgqm5x/us-military-location-data-xmode-locate-x\">How the U.S. Military Buys Location Data from Ordinary Apps</a>. \u201cA Muslim prayer app with over 98 million downloads is one of the apps connected to a wide-ranging supply chain that sends ordinary people's personal data to brokers, contractors, and the military.\u201d This is spectacularly not okay.</p><p><a href=\"https://continuations.com/post/172413445510/when-deleteuber-was-a-trending-hashtag-it-was\">We Need Mandatory Enduser APIs for Social and Search Systems</a>. This is an older piece (from 2018) but it still holds up, and I agree with it completely.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.engadget.com/2020-02-27-internet-forums-dying-off.html\">As internet forums die off, finding community can be harder than ever</a>. It feels like this problem has been solved lots of times over on the internet - but it's both a huge problem and a real opportunity for the right startup.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.protocol.com/christine-su-twitter-safety\">How a young, queer Asian-American businesswoman is rethinking user safety at Twitter</a>. \u201cSu's goals sit at the heart of what could become a very different Twitter one day, if \u2014 and it remains a very big conditional \u2014 the company is serious about the changes it's been signaling over the last year.\u201d Fingers crossed.</p><p><a href=\"https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/25/rock-star-programmer-rivers-cuomo-finds-meaning-in-coding/?tpcc=ECTW2020\">Rock-star programmer: Rivers Cuomo finds meaning in coding</a>. The only time \"rock star programmer\" is an acceptable phrase.</p><p><a href=\"https://gamehistory.org/monkeyisland/\">The Secrets of Monkey Island's Source Code</a>. A deep look into assets and code behind my favorite game of all time.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/27/technology/coinbase-cryptocurrency-black-employees.html\">\u2018Tokenized\u2019: Inside Black Workers\u2019 Struggles at Coinbase</a>. \u201cOne Black employee said her manager suggested in front of colleagues that she was dealing drugs and carrying a gun, trading on racist stereotypes. Another said a co-worker at a recruiting meeting broadly described Black employees as less capable. Still another said managers spoke down to her and her Black colleagues, adding that they were passed over for promotions in favor of less experienced white employees.\u201d</p><p><a href=\"https://www.protocol.com/blogging-is-back\">Building your own website is cool again, and it's changing the whole internet</a>. All hail the indieweb. I\u2019m here for it.</p>"
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "Colin Walker",
        "url": "https://colinwalker.blog/",
        "photo": null
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    "url": "https://colinwalker.blog/26-11-2020-2045/",
    "published": "2020-11-26T20:45:00+00:00",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><a href=\"https://colinwalker.blog/26-11-2020-2045/\">#</a> If you've been paying attention recently you'll have noticed that things have been changing. Take this recent screenshot:</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://colinwalker.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/not_multiple_posts.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" /></p>\n<p>It looks like four posts when it is, in fact, only one divided into sections with each one linkable. So, why do this?</p>\n<p>I wrote in the <a href=\"https://colinwalker.blog/editions/muse-letter-14-a-change-is-as-good-as-a-rest/\">latest muse-letter</a> that I was <em>'considering taking the \"blank slate\" metaphor for each day even further'</em>, something that has been developing over time - the logical conclusion is for each day to become a single post along similar lines to Dave Winer's <a href=\"http://scripting.com/\">scripting.com</a> - Winer uses his own purpose built software creating each day in an outliner.</p>\n<p>I have now created a version of my Daily page template that takes the inline editing to the next level; the previous content filters originally designed for the digital garden are fully available and have been extended to add more functionality. If I choose to go this route I <em>will</em>, unlike before, be <a href=\"https://colinwalker.blog/02-04-2020-1048/#%23literally+editing+a+blank+page\">literally editing a blank page</a>.</p>\n<p>A couple of challenges presented themselves:</p>\n<ul><li>how to create sections and make them linkable</li>\n<li>how to retain the ability to post webmention 'likes'</li>\n</ul><p>Both have been solved by adding additional content filters. To send a 'Like' I just need to enclose a link in double bracket delimiters '(())' - the filter simply replaces them with the relevant code.</p>\n<p>Creating linkable sections needed a slightly different approach and I was initially unsure as to what markup to use but settled on adding two @ symbols. Why? Because two @s together are not used anywhere else in common parlance, at least as far as I can see. Markdown has a monopoly on a number of characters (#*-&gt;) and I've already used [, {, ( and ~ (I have two tildes as delimiters for strikethrough) so needed another option.</p>\n<p>The filter counts the instances of double @s and then replaces each one with sequential links so that each section can be referenced separately.</p>\n<p>I've already set the daily RSS feed as the default so that isn't an issue, the only thing it means is that there will not be the ability for comments on individual sections unless I can find a way round that.</p>\n<p>Now I just need to think about when to make the switch.</p>",
        "text": "# If you've been paying attention recently you'll have noticed that things have been changing. Take this recent screenshot:\n\nIt looks like four posts when it is, in fact, only one divided into sections with each one linkable. So, why do this?\nI wrote in the latest muse-letter that I was 'considering taking the \"blank slate\" metaphor for each day even further', something that has been developing over time - the logical conclusion is for each day to become a single post along similar lines to Dave Winer's scripting.com - Winer uses his own purpose built software creating each day in an outliner.\nI have now created a version of my Daily page template that takes the inline editing to the next level; the previous content filters originally designed for the digital garden are fully available and have been extended to add more functionality. If I choose to go this route I will, unlike before, be literally editing a blank page.\nA couple of challenges presented themselves:\nhow to create sections and make them linkable\nhow to retain the ability to post webmention 'likes'\nBoth have been solved by adding additional content filters. To send a 'Like' I just need to enclose a link in double bracket delimiters '(())' - the filter simply replaces them with the relevant code.\nCreating linkable sections needed a slightly different approach and I was initially unsure as to what markup to use but settled on adding two @ symbols. Why? Because two @s together are not used anywhere else in common parlance, at least as far as I can see. Markdown has a monopoly on a number of characters (#*->) and I've already used [, {, ( and ~ (I have two tildes as delimiters for strikethrough) so needed another option.\nThe filter counts the instances of double @s and then replaces each one with sequential links so that each section can be referenced separately.\nI've already set the daily RSS feed as the default so that isn't an issue, the only thing it means is that there will not be the ability for comments on individual sections unless I can find a way round that.\nNow I just need to think about when to make the switch."
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Jamie Tanna www.jvt.me

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    "url": "https://www.jvt.me/mf2/2020/11/muaw8/",
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        "text": "Well, tonight at #HomebrewWebsiteClub Nottingham I managed to get my staging site using my new #indieauth server, and aside from a couple of hiccups, it works \ud83c\udf89 now I just need to clean up a few bits and add some logging for debugging, then we're good to go \ud83d\ude31",
        "html": "<p>Well, tonight at <a href=\"https://www.jvt.me/tags/homebrew-website-club/\">#HomebrewWebsiteClub</a> Nottingham I managed to get my staging site using my new <a href=\"https://www.jvt.me/tags/indieauth/\">#indieauth</a> server, and aside from a couple of hiccups, it works \ud83c\udf89 now I just need to clean up a few bits and add some logging for debugging, then we're good to go \ud83d\ude31</p>"
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        "name": "Jamie Tanna",
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Craig Pilcher pilch.me

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "Craig Pilcher",
        "url": "https://pilch.me",
        "photo": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ff89520c8850b3ba32199402875fb153?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fimages%2Fblank_avatar.png"
    },
    "url": "https://pilch.me/2020/2020-11-23-2253/",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>In an attempt to <strong>capture</strong> my content, I spent all day working on parsing Indieweb content in WordPress export files. How time flies when your figuring out regular expressions <a href=\"https://pilch.me/tag/mbnov\">#mbnov</a></p>",
        "text": "In an attempt to capture my content, I spent all day working on parsing Indieweb content in WordPress export files. How time flies when your figuring out regular expressions #mbnov"
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    "published": "2020-11-24T03:53:00+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
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Jeremy Keith adactio.com

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2020-11-22T14:57:07Z",
    "url": "https://adactio.com/links/17645",
    "category": [
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        "organic",
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        "nurture",
        "maintenance",
        "websites",
        "personal",
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    "bookmark-of": [
        "https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2020/the-organic-web/"
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        "text": "The Organic Web - Jim Nielsen\u2019s Weblog\n\n\n\n\n  Growing\u2014that\u2019s a word I want to employ when talking about my personal sites online. Like a garden, I\u2019m constantly puttering around in them. Sometimes I plow and sow a whole new feature for a site. Sometimes I just pick weeds.\n\n\nI like this analogy. It reminds me of the the cooking analogy that others have made.\n\n\n  Most of my favorite websites out there are grown\u2014homegrown in fact. They are corners of the web where some unique human has been nurturing, curating, and growing stuff for years. Their blog posts, their links, their thoughts, their aesthetic, their markup, their style, everything about their site\u2014and themselves\u2014shows growth and evolution and change through the years. It\u2019s a beautiful thing, a kind of artifact that could never be replicated or manufactured on a deadline.\n  \n  This part of the web, this organic part, stands in start contrast to the industrial web where websites are made and resources extracted.",
        "html": "<h3>\n<a class=\"p-name u-bookmark-of\" href=\"https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2020/the-organic-web/\">\nThe Organic Web - Jim Nielsen\u2019s Weblog\n</a>\n</h3>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>Growing\u2014that\u2019s a word I want to employ when talking about my personal sites online. Like a garden, I\u2019m constantly puttering around in them. Sometimes I plow and sow a whole new feature for a site. Sometimes I just pick weeds.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>I like this analogy. It reminds me of the <a href=\"https://adactio.com/links/16441\">the cooking analogy</a> that <a href=\"https://adactio.com/links/13484\">others have made</a>.</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>Most of my favorite websites out there are grown\u2014homegrown in fact. They are corners of the web where some unique human has been nurturing, curating, and growing stuff for years. Their blog posts, their links, their thoughts, their aesthetic, their markup, their style, everything about their site\u2014and themselves\u2014shows growth and evolution and change through the years. It\u2019s a beautiful thing, a kind of artifact that could never be replicated or manufactured on a deadline.</p>\n  \n  <p>This part of the web, this organic part, stands in start contrast to the industrial web where websites are made and resources extracted. </p>\n</blockquote>"
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David Shanske david.shanske.com

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        "name": "David Shanske",
        "url": "https://david.shanske.com",
        "photo": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/681eba02e72ba1d894097034a8110e61?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fimages%2Fblank_avatar.png"
    },
    "url": "https://david.shanske.com/2020/11/19/3586/",
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        "html": "<p>Continuing my periodic chore of uploading all Indiewebcamp videos to archive.org, just uploaded all of the videos I could find from <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/2018/Nuremberg/Sessions\">IWC Nuremberg 2018</a>. Because\u2026why not?</p>",
        "text": "Continuing my periodic chore of uploading all Indiewebcamp videos to archive.org, just uploaded all of the videos I could find from IWC Nuremberg 2018. Because\u2026why not?"
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    "published": "2020-11-19T06:08:26+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "33380035",
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Sebastiaan Andeweg seblog.nl

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2020-10-01T17:18:04+0000",
    "url": "https://seblog.nl/2020/10/01/2/webmention-livestream",
    "category": [
        "indieweb"
    ],
    "content": {
        "text": "Watching a livestream by @jlengstorf and @waterproofheart trying to make Bridgy work on a Netlify app. Lot of debugging still, with unhelpful errors.\nEdit: they just brought next-netlify-webmention.com to solve the problem.",
        "html": "<p>Watching a livestream by <a href=\"http://twitter.com/jlengstorf\">@jlengstorf</a> and <a href=\"http://twitter.com/waterproofheart\">@waterproofheart</a> trying to make Bridgy work on <a href=\"https://next-netlify-webmention.netlify.app/\">a Netlify app</a>. Lot of debugging still, with unhelpful errors.</p>\n<p>Edit: they just brought <a href=\"https://next-netlify-webmention.com/\">next-netlify-webmention.com</a> to solve the problem.</p>"
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    "author": {
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        "name": "Sebastiaan Andeweg",
        "url": "https://seblog.nl/",
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Jeremy Keith adactio.com

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    "url": "https://adactio.com/links/17630",
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        "text": "Zonelets Home\n\n\n\n\n  Zonelets is a simple HTML blogging engine with scrappy, DIY spirit! I made it because I really want everyone to blog, but I felt that the existing options were generally overcomplicated and commercially-focused in a way that made web creativity feel intimidating and arcane.\n\n\nI love the philosophy behind this blogging tool, which actively encourages you to learn a little bit of HTML:\n\n\n  Plenty of services can help you to \u201ccreate a professional-looking website without writing a single line of code.\u201d Now, thanks to Zonelets, you can create an UNPROFESSIONAL-looking website by writing NUMEROUS lines of code!",
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Ian Forrester www.cubicgarden.com

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        "html": "Some Indiewebcamp influence on my gratitude habit <a href=\"https://cubicgarden.com/2020/11/16/some-indiewebcamp-influence-on-my-gratitude-habit/\">cubicgarden.com</a>",
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    "post-type": "note",
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{
    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2020-11-15T21:06:29-05:00",
    "url": "https://miklb.com/blog/2020/11/15/5764/",
    "content": {
        "text": "Didn\u2019t wind up touching any code this weekend during #indiewebcamp. I did do a lot of writing that I hope to publish at some point. Which is kinda the point in having a blog. And as it often works out, the code issue I wasn\u2019t seeing jumped right out tonight.",
        "html": "<p>Didn\u2019t wind up touching any code this weekend during #indiewebcamp. I did do a lot of writing that I hope to publish at some point. Which is kinda the point in having a blog. And as it often works out, the code issue I wasn\u2019t seeing jumped right out tonight.\n</p>"
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    "url": "https://kongaloosh.com/e/2020/11/14/i-unit-tes",
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        "https://twitter.com/kongaloosh/status/1327724382526050304"
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    "content": {
        "text": "I unit-tested a personal project and now I feel like I deserve a gold star or a cookie\n        \n\n        \n        \n            \n            \n        \n        \n\n\n        \n\n\n                                 \n                                            \n                \n                \n                \n                dev\n                \n                life\n                \n                indieweb\n                \n                code",
        "html": "<p>I unit-tested a personal project and now I feel like I deserve a gold star or a cookie</p>\n        \n\n        \n        \n            <p></p>\n            \n        \n        \n\n\n        \n\n\n                                 \n                                            \n                \n                <i></i>\n                \n                <a href=\"https://kongaloosh.com/t/dev\">dev</a>\n                \n                <a href=\"https://kongaloosh.com/t/life\">life</a>\n                \n                <a href=\"https://kongaloosh.com/t/indieweb\">indieweb</a>\n                \n                <a href=\"https://kongaloosh.com/t/code\">code</a>"
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Alex Kearney",
        "url": "http://kongaloosh.com",
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    "url": "https://kongaloosh.com/e/2020/11/14/indiewebca",
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        "text": "IndieWebCamp East\n        \n\n        \n        \n            \n            \n        \n        \n\n\n        \n        \n            At: IndieWebCamp East\n            \nFrom 2020-11-14T10:45\n            To 2020-11-15T18:00",
        "html": "<p>IndieWebCamp East</p>\n        \n\n        \n        \n            <p></p>\n            \n        \n        \n\n\n        \n        \n            <h4>At: IndieWebCamp East</h4>\n            <p></p>\n<b>From</b> <a class=\"dt-start\">2020-11-14T10:45</a>\n            <b>To</b> <a class=\"dt-end\">2020-11-15T18:00</a>"
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    "type": "entry",
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    "url": "https://miklb.com/blog/2020/11/14/5759/",
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        "text": "Saw a reference to Ushahidi in a demo @indiewebcamp that took me down a rabbit hole thinking about @blogorlando and the key note speaker. Which led me to this awesome photo by @markjaquith of @ringmaster https://flic.kr/p/5r6oud",
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Tantek Çelik tantek.com

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    "url": "http://tantek.com/2020/319/t1/indiewebcamp-east",
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        "https://2020.indieweb.org/east"
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    "content": {
        "text": "attending #IndieWebCamp East today & tomorrow!\n\nGreat first keynote by David Dylan Thomas (@movie_pundit)!\n\nUp next, Sarah Hibner (@practicing_dsgn)\n\nGrab a complimentary ticket at https://2020.indieweb.org/east and join us in Zoom & online chat: https://indieweb.org/discuss",
        "html": "attending #<span class=\"p-category\">IndieWebCamp</span> East today &amp; tomorrow!<br /><br />Great first keynote by David Dylan Thomas (<a class=\"h-cassis-username\" href=\"https://twitter.com/movie_pundit\">@movie_pundit</a>)!<br /><br />Up next, Sarah Hibner (<a class=\"h-cassis-username\" href=\"https://twitter.com/practicing_dsgn\">@practicing_dsgn</a>)<br /><br />Grab a complimentary ticket at <a href=\"https://2020.indieweb.org/east\">https://2020.indieweb.org/east</a> and join us in Zoom &amp; online chat: <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/discuss\">https://indieweb.org/discuss</a>"
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Jeremy Keith adactio.com

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    "url": "https://adactio.com/links/17621",
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        "text": "Personal Data Warehouses: Reclaiming Your Data\n\n\n\nI like the way that Simon is liberating his data from silos and making it work for him.",
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{
    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2020-11-12T22:38:41-05:00",
    "url": "https://miklb.com/blog/2020/11/12/5754/",
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        "https://cdn.miklb.com/content/uploads/2020/11/12222256/wsi-imageoptim-My-WordPress-Comments-Wishlist-CSS-Tricks-04-ms.jpg"
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    "syndication": [
        "https://twitter.com/miklb/status/1327093519589183492"
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    "content": {
        "text": "Nothing more meta than the 1st comment  to @chriscoyier\u2019s WordPress Comments Wishlist https://css-tricks.com/my-wordpress-comments-wishlist/\n\nIn all seriousness anytime someone mentions WordPress and Webmentions I get excited. Broader adoption is what\u2019s needed, tools exist.",
        "html": "<p>Nothing more meta than the 1st comment  to <a href=\"https://twitter.com/chriscoyier\">@chriscoyier</a>\u2019s WordPress Comments Wishlist <a href=\"https://css-tricks.com/my-wordpress-comments-wishlist/\">https://css-tricks.com/my-wordpress-comments-wishlist/</a></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>In all seriousness anytime someone mentions WordPress and Webmentions I get excited. Broader adoption is what\u2019s needed, tools exist.\n</p>"
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{
    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2020-11-12T20:19:48-05:00",
    "rsvp": "yes",
    "url": "https://miklb.com/blog/2020/11/12/5751/",
    "syndication": [
        "https://twitter.com/miklb/status/1327058567908757504"
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    "in-reply-to": [
        "https://2020.indieweb.org/east"
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    "content": {
        "text": "Seeing if I can knock out some bugs on my personal site I\u2019ve been putting off so I can work on Jekyll IndieWeb this weekend.",
        "html": "<p>Seeing if I can knock out some bugs on my personal site I\u2019ve been putting off so I can work on <a href=\"https://github.com/miklb/jekyll-indieweb\">Jekyll IndieWeb</a> this weekend.\n</p>"
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    "post-type": "rsvp",
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Jamie Tanna www.jvt.me

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    "url": "https://www.jvt.me/mf2/2020/11/iecle/",
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        "text": "Reminder that it's #HomebrewWebsiteClub Nottingham tomorrow! I hope to see you there at 1730 for some website stuff! https://events.indieweb.org/2020/11/homebrew-website-club-nottingham-8eXBVZsBh40O",
        "html": "<p>Reminder that it's <a href=\"https://www.jvt.me/tags/homebrew-website-club/\">#HomebrewWebsiteClub</a> Nottingham tomorrow! I hope to see you there at 1730 for some website stuff! <a href=\"https://events.indieweb.org/2020/11/homebrew-website-club-nottingham-8eXBVZsBh40O\">https://events.indieweb.org/2020/11/homebrew-website-club-nottingham-8eXBVZsBh40O</a></p>"
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Jeremy Keith adactio.com

Bookshop

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2020-11-09T11:35:26Z",
    "url": "https://adactio.com/journal/17596",
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        "text": "Back at the start of the (first) lockdown, I wrote about using my website as an outlet:\n\n\n  While you\u2019re stuck inside, your website is not just a place you can go to, it\u2019s a place you can control, a place you can maintain, a place you can tidy up, a place you can expand. Most of all, it\u2019s a place you can lose yourself in, even if it\u2019s just for a little while.\n\n\nLast week was eventful and stressful. For everyone. I found myself once again taking refuge in my website, tinkering with its inner workings in the way that someone else would potter about in their shed or take to their garage to strip down the engine of some automotive device.\n\nColly drew my attention to Bookshop.org, newly launched in the UK. It\u2019s an umbrella website for independent bookshops to sell through. It\u2019s also got an affiliate scheme, much like Amazon. I set up a Bookshop page for myself.\n\nI\u2019ve been tracking the books I\u2019m reading for the past three years here on my own website. I set about reproducing that list on Bookshop.\n\nIt was exactly the kind of not-exactly-mindless but definitely-not-challenging task that was perfect for the state of my brain last week. Search for a book; find the ISBN number; paste that number into a form. It\u2019s the kind of task that a real programmer would immediately set about automating but one that I embraced as a kind of menial task to keep me occupied.\n\nI wasn\u2019t able to get a one-to-one match between the list on my site and my reading list on Bookshop. Some titles aren\u2019t available in the online catalogue. For example, the book I\u2019m reading right now\u2014A Paradise Built in Hell by Rebecca Solnit\u2014is nowhere to be found, which seems like an odd omission.\n\nBut most of the books I\u2019ve read are there on Bookshop.org, complete with pretty book covers. Then I decided to reverse the process of my menial task. I took all of the ISBN numbers from Bookshop and add them as machine tags to my reading notes here on my own website. Book cover images on Bookshop have predictable URLs that use the ISBN number (well, technically the EAN number, or ISBN-13, but let\u2019s not go down a 927 rabbit hole here). So now I\u2019m using that metadata to pull in images from Bookshop.org to illustrate my reading notes here on adactio.com.\n\nI\u2019m linking to the corresponding book on Bookshop.org using this URL structure:\n\nhttps://uk.bookshop.org/a/{{ affiliate code }}/{{ ISBN number }}\n\nI realised that I could also link to the corresponding entry on Open Library using this URL structure:\n\nhttps://openlibrary.org/isbn/{{ ISBN number }}\n\nHere, for example, is my note for The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie. That entry has a tag:\n\nbook:ean=9780356506999\n\nWith that information I can illustrate my note with this image:\n\nhttps://images-eu.bookshop.org/product-images/images/9780356506999.jpg\n\nI\u2019m linking off to this URL on Bookshop.org:\n\nhttps://uk.bookshop.org/a/980/9780356506999\n\nAnd this URL on Open Library:\n\nhttps://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780356506999\n\nThe end result is that my reading list now has more links and pretty pictures.\n\nOh, I also set up a couple of shorter lists on Bookshop.org:\n\nFavourite Non-fiction\nFavourite Fiction\nThe books listed in those are drawn from my end of the year round-ups when I try to pick one favourite non-fiction book and one favourite work of fiction (almost always speculative fiction). The books in those two lists are the ones that get two hearty thumbs up from me. If you click through to buy one of them, the price might not be as cheap as on Amazon, but you\u2019ll be supporting an independent bookshop.",
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I set about <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/reading-list\">reproducing that list on Bookshop</a>.</p>\n\n<p>It was exactly the kind of not-exactly-mindless but definitely-not-challenging task that was perfect for the state of my brain last week. Search for a book; find the ISBN number; paste that number into a form. It\u2019s the kind of task that a real programmer would immediately set about automating but one that I embraced as a kind of menial task to keep me occupied.</p>\n\n<p>I wasn\u2019t able to get a one-to-one match between <a href=\"https://adactio.com/notes/reading\">the list on my site</a> and <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/reading-list\">my reading list on Bookshop</a>. Some titles aren\u2019t available in the online catalogue. For example, the book I\u2019m reading right now\u2014A Paradise Built in Hell by Rebecca Solnit\u2014is nowhere to be found, which seems like an odd omission.</p>\n\n<p>But most of the books I\u2019ve read are there on Bookshop.org, complete with pretty book covers. Then I decided to reverse the process of my menial task. I took all of the ISBN numbers from Bookshop and add them as <a href=\"https://adactio.com/journal/1274\">machine tags</a> to my reading notes here on my own website. Book cover images on Bookshop have predictable URLs that use the ISBN number (well, technically the EAN number, or ISBN-13, but let\u2019s not go down a <a href=\"https://xkcd.com/927/\">927</a> rabbit hole here). 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Jeremy Keith adactio.com

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        "text": "Digital gardens let you cultivate your own little bit of the internet | MIT Technology Review\n\n\n\n\n  Some suggested that the digital garden was a backlash to the internet we\u2019ve become grudgingly accustomed to, where things go viral, change is looked down upon, and sites are one-dimensional. Facebook and Twitter profiles have neat slots for photos and posts, but enthusiasts of digital gardens reject those fixed design elements. The sense of time and space to explore is key.",
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