Christmas Haul of books to read. Bought by those who know me best📚
Format: Status
“"They are only as secure as the least secure apps on their phones." True of all of us. https://t.co/GllmKpKj0m”
At the same time, political parties are beginning to collect and purchase phone location for voter persuasion.
All of us
Giggles and ‘joy jumps’: rats love games of hide and squeak, scientists find a shorter version of this was in The Observer today as a year defining moment. Quite delightful.
Greg McVerry (quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com)Sad day as I add @mozilla Thimble to #IndieWeb site death page.
neocities.org might work for some folk as a thimble replacement.
Just had a lovely last day of term.
Last day of the year fun in the Biggies pic.twitter.com/OfWyW6fbfZ
— Banton Primary (@Banton_Pr) December 19, 2019
Over on micro.blog @sketchbookb explained the concept of Fav8, this is your own choice of the best of your intagram, as opposed to generated by others faving your photos. reminded me of some map photos I made ( example). I’ve made one & a generated best 9.
7am
Dark, clearing sky, bright waining moon, frost,
windscreen scraping, traffic and trains,
high above the sound of geese.
We’re almost forgotten that links are powerful, and that restraining links through artificial scarcity is an absurdly coercive behavior.
I’ve seen this linked (ironically) all over the place. Great metaphor and explanation. Pretty much all quotable.
killing off links is a strategy.
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it is a strategy, designed to keep people from the open web, the place where they can control how, and whether, someone makes money off of an audience. The web is where we can make sites that don’t abuse data in the ways that Facebook properties do.
Watched: Marriage Story ★★★★★ lovely performances. Touching. 🎥