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Liberty University child predator
Falwell's hateful school has been harboring a monster who preys on little girls
2018-06-30
religion • falwell • libertyuniversity • scandal
Nevada County ISP purchase
Effort to bring fiber to homes may be purchased byRace Communications
2018-06-30
spiralinternet • spiral • nevadacounty • isp • internet • racecommunications
Willie Brown middle school
A tale of well meaning philanthropy and school design gone wrong
2018-06-30
sanfrancisco • school • williams • ev • bennioff • education
Another 1,768 snatched kids
Pilot program run before the most recent crisis
2018-06-29
trump • politics • children • immigration
Immigrant Children’s Jails
ProPublica is mapping all of ICE's jails for children
2018-06-29
ice • dhs • immigration • politics • maps • trump
Futuristic Space Drugs
New album by Gabe Oaks, my nephew. It's pretty good
2018-06-29
music • gabeoaks • electronica
Blockchain artist
System for verifying art ownership verifies a random guy as the artist of the Mona Lisa
2018-06-29
funny • prank • blockchain • art • authentication • badtech
Apple Maps investments
Apple is working on building its own map data
2018-06-29
maps • apple • via:hackernews
DHS neo-Nazi code?
A weird coincidence or a terrifying demonstration of power
2018-06-29
dhs • nazi • propaganda • politics • immigration
Permit Patty 911 call
Woman lied about only pretending to call the police
2018-06-28
911 • sanfrancisco • racism • permitpatty
Amazon workers resist ICE
Amazon tech builders protest the use of their work to help ICE
2018-06-28
politics • amazon • ice • immigration • labor
Python 3 at Facebook
A story of heroism, or alternately a story of how hard it is to evolve software
2018-06-28
python • facebook • engineering • via:hackernews • python3
Google internal harassment
Really ugly problem inside the company; happening inside Facebook too
2018-06-28
google • facebook • harassment • codeofconduct
Toddlers alone in court
Child separation meets legal process, everyone is degraded
2018-06-28
politics • immigration • trump • children • humanrights • civilrights
ICE spokesperson quit
Schwab quit ICE after being forced to lie for them. Read to the end for the intimidation visit.
2018-06-28
schwab • ice • whistleblower • politics • immigration
Border reporter AMA
Journalist who visited caged kids in Texas does an interview on Reddit. Lots of informal details here.
2018-06-28
border • immigration • politics • trump • nbc • nbcnews • reddit
Played by conservatives
The nonsense of Twitter and Facebook pandering to right wing whines about how they are treated
2018-06-28
twitter • facebook • politics
Deceived by Design
Government report on dark patterns used to coerce users into giving up privacy rights
2018-06-28
privacy • design • darkpatterns • via:metafilter • ui • google • facebook
Elon Musk ignores copyright
Artist's farting unicorn publically loved by Musk, then copied without compensation
2018-06-28
musk • elonmusk • copyright • art • tesla
Carbanak
$1.2B stolen from banks with hacking, malware
2018-06-26
hacking • badtech • banks • theft • fraud • via:hackernews
Diversity in tech
Detailed data updated for 2018
2018-06-26
race • gender • diversity • tech • siliconvalley • google
Life for snatched children
Nicely humanizing story of what life is like for kids taken away from their parents by ICE
2018-06-26
ice • immigration • politics • trump • children • humanrights
Don't serve ICE
ICE agents ate breakfast then arrested three workers at the restaurant
2018-06-26
ice • immigration • politics
2,053 separated children
According to the White House 522 children have been returned to their parents, over 2000 are still separated
2018-06-25
politics • trump • immigration • children • humanrights
NSA Internet surveillance
Details about eight city hubs
2018-06-25
nsa • internet • surveillance • privacy • via:hackernews • politics
Child jail busses
Photos from a protest for immigrants
2018-06-25
children • immigrants • politics • trump • ice
86ing Sanders
Remarkably well written article about what happened at the Red Hen
2018-06-24
redhen • restaurant • politics • trump • sanders
U.S. Water Use
Per-county visualization of water usage by type of usage
2018-06-23
water • america • usgs • visualization • maps
TrumpHotels.org
A parody site, quite on point
2018-06-23
trump • politics • hotel • immigration
Reuinited with her child
Immigrant woman sued and got a quick settlement to get back with her child. 2299 to go.
2018-06-23
children • immigration • politics • trump
Uber safety driver watching TV
Car that killed someone in Arizona had no driver at all, really
2018-06-23
uber • badtech • cars • manslaughter • selfdrivingcars • ai
Twitter vs Smyte
Mismanaged acquisition results in customers being screwed by Twitter
2018-06-22
twitter • smyte • shutdown • acquisition
Immigrant child jails
WashPo trying to collect information on where 2500 kids are being held
2018-06-22
immigration • politics • trump • gop
Anti-gay execution
Jury explicitly decides to execute someone because he is gay
2018-06-22
gay • lgbt • prison • southdakota • justice
Hateful meme study
Details on how racist and vile political memes travel
2018-06-22
via:metafilter • meme • politics • trump • reddit • 4chan • memes
Your rights in the US border zone
What you can do inside the US if stopped by ICE
2018-06-22
ice • immigration • rights • civilrights • politics
Twitter screws Smyte customers
Buys company, immediately shuts off service
2018-06-22
smyte • twitter • company • badtech
Hats of the Royal Ascot
A fabulously over the top fashion event
2018-06-21
hats • clothing • fashion
We Make Kids Disappear
highly visible billboard on I-80 got turned into an ICE protest
2018-06-21
ice • immigration • politics • trump • culturejamming
Stephen Miller's dead soul
Profile of architect of Trump's outrages on immigration policy. Even a support says "He’s Waffen-SS."
2018-06-21
politics • trump • immigration • stephenmiller • miller
Child abuse in ICE detention
Court case with testimony from teenagers beaten by guards
2018-06-21
children • immigration • abuse • violence • trump • politics
HAU politics
Anthropology open access journal explodes with allegations of a hostile work environment
2018-06-21
openaccess • academics • anthropology • journals • hau
Holly Maniatty
Sign language interpreter performs at rap concerts, signs translations at a blistering pace
2018-06-21
rap • hiphop • music • sign • deaf • asl • americansignlanguage
Uses This / Nelson Minar
I wrote up my current tech stuff
2018-06-21
usesthis • me • technology • software
RAICES can scale
Immigrant legal aid charity can effectively use all the money coming in
2018-06-21
raices • politics • trump • immigration
Chickenpox in immigrant prison
Victorville prison also housing immigrants; now there's a varicella outbreak
2018-06-20
disease • chickenpox • varicella • trump • politics • immigration
At a tender age internment camp
Trauma for immigrant children
2018-06-20
children • politics • trump • ice • immigration
Dangerous shelters
Texas companies caring for immigrant child prisoners have a history of neglect and abuse
2018-06-20
texas • politics • ice • immigration
White People Are Cowards
Dangers of passive racism and inaction by white people. " the most obvious parallel between the Third Reich and the Trump administration is the willing silence of the majority."
2018-06-20
race • politics • trump
Information Wanted
Heartbreaking documents of African Americans trying to reunite their families after slavery ended.
2018-06-19
slavery • history • america • juneteenth • family • newspaper • classifiedad
Gang of Eight
The last serious effort to reform immigration in the US, in 2013. The compromise bill had 68 votes in the Senate but was killed by the GOP in the House
2018-06-19
immigration • politics • rubio • america
Ajit Pai's continued lies
FCC Chair lies about support for repealing net neutrality
2018-06-19
netneutrality • fcc • politics • lies • ajitpai • via:reddit
They scream “Mami” and “Papá” over and over again
Audio recording of kids in internment camps while their guards make jokes
2018-06-18
america • politics • immigration • trump • ice
Supreme Court dodges gerrymandering case
Such a shame, this case is super important to the near-term future of our republic
2018-06-18
america • politics • gerrymandering • supremecourt
Fibonacci Hashing
An alternative hash algorithm that uses the Golden Ratio to evenly distribute things
2018-06-18
hasing • algorithms • fibonacci • goldenratio • phi
Cages for kids
Border Patrol says it's not inaccurate to say we're putting kids in cages, just they don't like the term
2018-06-18
cages • immigration • politics • trump • humanrights
Child separation reality
Interview with an immigration advocate who describes in detail the process at the border right now
2018-06-18
children • kids • politics • trump • immigration • ice • humanrights • asylum
History of ICE child policy
Details on how America came to be a country separating children from their parents
2018-06-18
politics • immigration • policy • history • trump • obama • bush
Shahmeen Kasim
SF Twitch streamer does art and Fortnite
2018-06-17
twitch • culture • games • streaming • sanfrancisco • sf
Imaqtpie profile
Portrait of a professional League of Legends player and $MM streamer
2018-06-17
lol • games • leagueoflegends • twitch • qtpie • imaqtpie
Houston kids internment camp
Considering housing 240 kids in a warehouse 5 miles from the house I grew up in
2018-06-17
houston • politics • immigration • ice • trump • children • humanrights
Elle Mills coming out
Young YouTube star makes a sweet video. I'm totally baffled by YouTube culture but this is nice.
2018-06-17
youtube • lgbt • gay • bisexual • ellemills
Trump charity fraud
Details of the NY AG indictment sure look like Trump broke the law flagrantly. The question is, will anyone care?
2018-06-17
trump • politics • charity • fraud • newyork
4am Apple ][ cracker
Interview with an archivist
2018-06-16
apple2 • apple • games • via:hackernews • cracking • archiveorg
Paul Pressler, predator
Leader of the Southern Baptists has a long history of sexually abusing boys and young men
2018-06-16
lgbt • politics • baptists • texas
Do not repeat lies
Direct and thoughtful writing from an excellent journalist
2018-06-16
journalism • trump • politics • lies
Gay travelling businessmen
Scholarship on a cache of letters from the 50s
2018-06-16
gay • lgbt • history • via:hackernews
AI chips
Overview of the current trend in processor design
2018-06-16
chips • intel • ai • machinelearning • gpus
Social media and happiness
Survey of young people in Britain
2018-06-15
twitter • socialmedia • facebook • mentalhealth • depression
Data Propria and Trump 2020
Cambridge Analytica folks are back and doing more political work
2018-06-15
politics • trump • elections • facebook • demographics
Methods of Comparison
A very nice Observable demo notebook showing data visualization options
2018-06-15
maps • visualization • notebooks • observation
The Update Framework
A cross-platform system for securely shipping software updates
2018-06-15
security • python • opensource • packaging • signatures • pgp • gpg
Problems with package signing
Well written essay on why package signing doesn't solve all software security problems. (I still think it's a good idea though.)
2018-06-15
security • python • badtech • pypi • pgp • gpg • signatures • weboftrust
Know your Meme AMA
Interview with the folks who research Internet culture
2018-06-15
memes • internet • reddit
Lighthouse Maps
Lovely collection of data about lighthouses, simple useful presentation
2018-06-14
maps • lighthouses • via:metafilter
Tu vs Vous
Confusing French grammatical politesse explained
2018-06-14
french • grammar • politeness • funny
Aphyr is amazing
Gaying it up for keynote at #VelocityConf
2018-06-14
aphyr • gay • lgbt • velocity • talk
Laurene Powell Jobs' philanthropy
Profile of Steve Jobs' widow and her $20B career of philanthropy
2018-06-14
philanthropy • charity • stevejobs
The Trump flag issue
Story behind the $100,000 payment
2018-06-14
trump • flag • palmbeach • politics
Tesla worker complaints
Details about working for an egomaniacal part time CEO. Injuries, discrimination.
2018-06-14
tesla • work • labor • elonmusk • factory
Trump Foundation fraud lawsuit
New York Attorney General suing Trump's non-profit
2018-06-14
trump • fraud • politics • newyork
ICE child shelter
Inside a facility in Brownsville holding 1500 boys
2018-06-14
ice • immigration • politics • trump • brownsville • children • humanrights
Provo anti-LGBT bigotry
Fourth of July parade excludes LGBT groups for a second year
2018-06-14
lgbt • utah • religion • politics • mormons • lds • civilrights • gay • parade • july4 • via:reddit
Glass Gem Corn
Ornamental variety, many colors
2018-06-13
plants • agriculture • corn
The Kid Should See This
Collection of smart YouTube videos
2018-06-13
youtube • video • science • education
Bitcoin / Tether fraud
Detailed academic paper finds evidence of manipulation
2018-06-13
tether • bitcoin • markets • badtech • bitfinex • fraud
Webpack and Rollup
Comparison of two similar Javascript tools for packaging code
2018-06-13
javascript • webpack • rollup • programming • webgl
Russian election meddling testimony
Details from a security expert, a good summary of substantive evidence of Russian influence
2018-06-13
trump • politics • russia • elections
Images from Ramadan 2018
Nice photoset.
2018-06-12
ramadan • religion • iftar • muslim • food • islam • holiday • photos • photography
John Kelly was hacked
Trump's chief of staff had his phone and email breached while he was head of Homeland Security
2018-06-12
homelandsecurity • dhs • trump • security • politics • badtech • butheremails
Trump / Kim cult indoctrination film
Bizarre video shown at the Singapore meeting
2018-06-12
politics • trump • cult • korea • northkorea
Honolulu Chinatown was burned
1899 event where the city burned down Chinatown trying to contain a disease
2018-06-12
chinatown • honolulu • racism • history • hawaii • hawai'i
Voter suppression OKed
Supreme Court decision for Ohio is very bad
2018-06-11
ohio • voting • votingrights • politics
AISHub
Central exchange of ship location tracking data
2018-06-11
ships • boats • ais • tracking • gps • marine
China's Sputnik Moment
ZTE embargo creates a national conversation about tech independence
2018-06-11
china • technology • zte • tech
Trump tears his paper
Insane and childish behavior at odds with the most basic of good government laws
2018-06-10
trump • politics • presidency • sunlight
Annexation of Santo Domingo
In 1870 the US almost annexed the Dominican Republic
2018-06-09
reconstruction • history • civilwar • america • caribbean • dominica • dominicanrepublic
More FCC malfeasance
Lies about DDOS are now being walked back. IT chief David Bray is made out to be the villain in this telling
2018-06-08
fcc • ddos • lies • government • politics • corruption
Microsoft/GitHub IAmA
Nat Friedman answering questions on Reddit
2018-06-07
github • microsoft • reddit • software • opensource
José
A story of one 5 year old boy separated from his father by the US
2018-06-07
america • family • immigration • trump • politics • border • ice
Take Five
As sung by an Indian woman with a drone in the background
2018-06-07
music • takefive • jazz • india
Lockdown kids poem
Horrifying elementary school poster
2018-06-07
guns • nra • politics • trump • schools • kids
New Steam policy
This will end poorly; Valve decides to stop having a content policy
2018-06-06
games • steam • valve • tirefire
CrossFit homophobia
Executive for the organization classified gay pride as "sin"
2018-06-06
gay • lgbt • crossfit • bigotry
Self Racing Cars
Hacker / tinkerer friendly self driving car event
2018-06-06
cars • autonomous • ai • racecars
Remote worker data
Remote vs. on-site workers time spend traveling, grooming, working
2018-06-06
remote • remotework • work • statistics
Submarine data center
No idea why you'd do something this difficult, but it's cool
2018-06-06
microsoft • datacenter • hardware • submarine • underwater
LA county vote snafu
118,000 voters left off the rolls by accident
2018-06-06
losangels • voting • politics • votingrights • voterrights
FCC DDOS lie
Federal agency directly lied to journalists
2018-06-06
fcc • ddos • corruption • politics • netneutrality • ajitpai • davidbray • markwigfield
David Hogg SWATted
Parkland survivor terrorized by hoax police calls
2018-06-05
nra • politics • hogg • swatting
Political ad lawsuit
State of Washington sues Facebook and Google for not keeping and disclosing data on advertisers
2018-06-05
politics • google • facebook • tech • election • ads
Planet Money REDMAP
Podcast on 2010 Republican gerrymandering
2018-06-05
politics • gop • republican • gerrymandering
GitHub acquisition gossip
Google was also at the table. Microsoft paid 25x revenues (!)
2018-06-05
google • microsoft • github • acquisition • tech
Melania Trump fantasies
Reflection on what we do when we imagine what the First Lady is doing
2018-06-05
politics • trump • imagination • melania • melaniatrump
Tom Rubnitz
Collection of videos by the late great queer / drag filmmaker, famous for Pickle Surprise
2018-06-05
picklesurprise • lgbt • trans • drag • funny • 1980s • video • gay
Project Blitz
Laying the groundwork for Christian nationalism in the US, at the expense of LGBTs and others
2018-06-05
lgbt • politics • christian • nazi
Disqus and hate speech
Alt right targets online discussions
2018-06-05
disqus • nazis • internet • culture
Giuliani asserts President cannot be prosecuted
Literally says Trump could shoot someone and not be prosecuted. It's insane, and so, so dangerous to democracy
2018-06-04
politics • trump • giuliani • constitution
Baron Von Steuben
A nice comic about American gay history
2018-06-03
lgbt • gay • vonsteuben • america • revolution • military • revolutionarywar
Dependency computing
New notebook automatically only recalculates the minimum it needs to
2018-06-03
notebooks • computing • make • dependencies • observable • javasacript
Throttlestop
Hacker tool for changing CPU speed, voltage, etc. Useful for laptops; either to speed up or to undervolt to make more efficient
2018-06-03
laptop • cpu • intel • hardware
Intellectual Ventures is a failure
The horrible patent troll company has lost a lot of money
2018-06-03
investment • patents • intellectual • property • scam
Droid slaves in Solo
Great article about one of the creepiest plot points in the mediocre movie
2018-06-03
solo • droids • starwars • slavery
Steamed Hams Javascript
Final punchline is delicious
2018-06-02
javascript • funny • steamedhams • meme
Far-flung Faroes
Postal-delivery oriented stories about remote Scandanavian life
2018-06-02
faroes • travel • via:metafilter
USA Really
Brand new Russian propaganda site full of bizarre new stories about the US
2018-06-02
america • russia • politics • propaganda • trump
Game harassment example
Popular streamer woman posts video of the sort of bullshit she gets
2018-06-02
games • online • voicechat • harassment • feminism • twitch
bud.com delivers
Justin Hall lands on his feet
2018-06-01
marijuana • pot • bud.com • weed • bayarea • startup
Trump screws the bond market
Reveals a hint about the jobs report ahead of the embargo
2018-06-01
trump • bonds • finance • politics • incompetence
White House vs GAO
This sounds like a big step towards further corruption
2018-06-01
politics • whitehouse • government • gao • corruption • trump
Google Drone AI
Details on the controversial program; company expects it to be highly valuable
2018-06-01
google • politics • military • ai • drones
Reed and Bromo
The myth of my alma mater's unique brand of synthetic mescaline
2018-06-01
2c-b • mescaline • drugs • psychedelics • reed • reedcollege
Red Shell
Ad tracking / spyware platform for games
2018-06-01
eso • conan • games • spyware • malware • ads
Fellow gays
#brands during Pride
2018-06-01
gay • lgbt • funny • brands • advertising • fellowkids