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“You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress, simultaneously.” —Sophia Bush

Why should you care about data privacy, even if you think you have "nothing to hide"?

Because our data is being used to push increasingly polarized content and capitalize on divisiveness.

Disrupt surveillance capitalism. Take back your privacy. Use Tor.

vox.com/recode/22250897/facebo

With the exception of Netflix, I treat streaming services like curable STIs.

“You haven’t seen ‘Mulan’‽ We should watch it while we’re still Disney positive.”

What happened to Entropic? Npm seems no less problematic under Github/Microsoft.

What are some _specific_ fair labor practices you wish were more common in tech companies?

• Balanced Employee IP Agreement (BEIPA)
• post-termination exercise (PTE) windows > 5 years
• open pay bands
• remote work in all countries
• 9+ months gender equal parental leave

Bitcoin is a massive, massive ongoing ecological disaster. You can not in any way pretend you are an environmentally conscious company, and support bitcoin.

At the moment, one of the biggest things that could be done to help fight global warming is to destroy bitcoin.

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I finally got to try Clubhouse.

zoh my gourds, call-in AM talk radio has been disrupted

"The web is something different" by @davatron5000 daverupert.com/2021/02/the-web

"I’ve come to accept that if there are bugs on the web or if there’s a massive quality dip on a site you’re visiting… that is a sign the web is working. It means some unqualified person was able to skip past the gatekeepers and put something online."

Nice, nuanced perspective in this post. I appreciate it.

Can I get a dose of whatever it is causing RuPaul to laugh 10× harder than the joke is funny in the workroom?

Free idea worth billions: a water-pressure-powered mini garbage disposal for bathroom sinks and shower drains

Reality tv inevitabilities

: discovering the value of lists

: some queen not learning to sew for the sewing challenge

: men being upset about the shero falling in love with multiple men

Oh you know just a video of some birds playing basketball

Watching “Muppet Babies” as a kid prepared me for enduring a pandemic as an adult.

🎶 When your world looks kinda weird
and you wish you weren’t there,
close your eyes and make believe
that you could be anywhere 🎶

February 2021 is ISO 8601 week perfection: first day is a Monday and lasts precisely 4 weeks long.

My husband made me watch “Psycho Goreman” tonight and I don’t know if I can trust him anymore.

Redditors taking out hedge funds is the Occupy Wall St tactic we should have figured out sooner. Genius.

The companies I am referring to are Cloudflare, Microsoft, Mozilla, Netflix, and Stripe. They already have some level of international and EU presence. It’s not about legal overhead.

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