Links
Everything’s More Ironic in Texas
Adi Robertson: Supreme Court blocks Texas social media moderation ban
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defended the law in a
Blog
Links
We're All Walking Live Chats
Arielle Pardes: It's Time to Bring Back the AIM Away Message
Which is that asynchronous messaging is real-time
Links
We've Tried Doing Nothing, and That Hasn't Seemed to Work
The Science Is Clear: Gun Control Saves Lives, by the editorial staff at Scientific American:
The science is abundantly clear:
Ranking Every Default iOS Wallpaper
iOS 16 is just around the corner (in beta form, at least) and that means I'll be using
meta
Birchler’s Hierarchy of Apps
The world is tough if you are someone who is prone to switch apps. It seems like there's
Podcasts I've Never Missed
I listen to a good number of podcasts, but shows end and others lose my interest over time. But some
Links
How Web3 Folks See Video Games (it’s not what you expect)
Luke Winkie: Play-to-earn gaming sounds too good to be true. It probably is.
“We started with a very simple thesis,
Links
Nobody Wants to Go There
Casey Newton:
All of this sets aside the fact that there is a strong market demand for content moderation. Platforms
Links
Round and Around We Go
2019: Apple poaches top Google machine learning expert as it continues to expand AI team
Apple has poached one of
Links
The Perfect Currency for a Fraud-Free World
This interview is pretty long, but it's worth a read. This bit stood out to me because it
Links
Sometimes There Aren't Words
Internet Blue: Disregard the Words
Yet looking back on the last decade or two, the most transformative consumer products – and
Links
The Dark Side of Celebrity Fandom
Kaitlyn Tiffany: Johnny Depp and the Dark Side of Celebrity Fandom
Depp supporters have also suggested that Heard’s daughter,
newsletter
Zelda, Fonts, and Magic (Newsletter #112)
Happy…late Friday! I've decided that in order to avoid burnout, I need to be more flexible with
Links
A Haven for Forbidden Apps
Jared Newman: How AltStore is building a haven for forbidden iPhone apps
“You would think that allowing high performance apps
Links
Dogecoin is Going to the Moon on WordPress!
I saw this headline,455 Million WordPress Websites Can Now Accept Dogecoin, and of course I had to see what
A Fandom That Doesn’t Want Me
This post is a day late, but all the Star Wars talk yesterday and the new Obi-Wan Kenobi trailer got
meta
Why Discord Isn't a Viable Twitter Alternative (for me)
I'm not really convinced when people say that things like Discord or Slack are a good replacement for
Just Like the 5th Most Popular Bar in Town, Twitter Isn’t the Town Square
Some people like to call Twitter, “the modern town square,” and that this distinction means that everyone should be able