Marty McGuire

Marty Likes Things (Sometimes)

2021
Mon May 10
★ Liked https://medium.com/@taliajane/how-we-cope-2e04c8c3c1d7
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Sat May 8
★ Liked https://maya.land/responses/2021/05/07/i-would-read-a-whole-book-about-the.html
Maya
post from I would read a whole book about the history of this virtual pet game
...so I'm glad this post is the first of a series.
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Wed May 5
★ Liked https://crookedtimber.org/2021/05/04/what-is-ours-is-only-ours-to-give/
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Mon May 3
★ Liked https://www.phirephoenix.com/blog/2021-05-03/privacy
www.phirephoenix.com
post from left alone, together
There’s a depressing sort of symmetry in the fact that our modern paradigms of privacy were developed in response to the proliferation of photography and their exploitation by tabloids. The seminal 1890 Harvard Law Review article The Right to Privacy—which every essay about data …
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Sat May 1
★ Liked https://blog.adafruit.com/2021/04/30/why-diversity-is-important/
Trevor
post from Why Diversity is Important
Basecamp announced it would ban “societal and political discussions” at work. Although I’m sure some folks were ecstatic to hear that mentions of BLM or social awareness talks are banned from the work place and work space, the majority of folks were not happy to hear this news. …
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Thu Apr 29
★ Liked http://robinrendle.com/notes/one-of-those-photographs.html
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Wed Apr 28
★ Liked https://librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2021/04/28/they-meant-well-or-why-it-matters-who-gets-to-be-seen-as-a-tech-critic/
librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com
post They meant well (or, why it matters who gets to be seen as a “tech critic”)
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Tue Apr 27
★ Liked https://werd.io/2021/the-dei-rollback
Ben Werdmüller
post from The DEI rollback
Yesterday, Jason Fried, Basecamp’s CEO, shared an internal memo he’d written about changes at the company. In it, he details how political discussions are no longer acceptable at work, and how benefits he considers to be “paternalistic” - like gym memberships and farmer’s market …
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★ Liked https://drewdevault.com/2021/04/26/Cryptocurrency-is-a-disaster.html#fnref:3
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★ Liked https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/04/my-imaginary-children-arent-using-your-streaming-service/
@edent
post from My imaginary children aren’t using your streaming service
Whenever I start up Netflix, I’m asked if I want to create an account for my children.I don’t have children. I don’t want children. I find most children annoying – not yours, obviously, yours are lovely. But I resent being asked every single time whether my imaginary kids want an …
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★ Liked https://wh0.github.io/2021/04/25/glitter.html
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Mon Apr 26
★ Liked https://rootedinrights.org/working-from-bed-isnt-lazy-its-accessible/
Rachel Charlton-Dailey
post Working from Bed Isn’t Lazy. It’s Accessible.
Image: Photographee.eu/Shutterstock2020 was a year of change and adapting, something disabled people are already pros at doing.
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Thu Apr 22
★ Liked https://thereboot.com/the-infrastructural-power-beneath-the-internet-as-we-know-it/
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Tue Apr 20
★ Liked https://cubicgarden.com/2021/04/20/jury-convicts-derek-chauvin-of-all-charges-for-the-murder-of-george-floyd/
Ianforrester
post Jury convicts Derek Chauvin of all charges for the murder of George Floyd
#Black Lives Matter and thankfully today accountability started. There is a long journey ahead as lets be very clear, there is a very long journey ahead to over throw systematic racism in policing and justice.
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★ Liked https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s09e17-the-sky-above-the-port-snow-crashing/
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Mon Apr 19
★ Liked https://www.manton.org/2021/04/19/how-does-microblog.html
Manton Reece
post from How does Micro.blog even work?
I’ve been upgrading servers and improving performance in Micro.blog lately, a theme which will continue throughout the year to make everything as stable as possible. Sometimes this introduces new bugs or weird behavior that makes people scratch their heads. What is Micro.blog …
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★ Liked https://adactio.com/notes/18036
Jeremy Keith
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“Get to the choppa!” + “Get your ass to Mars!” = a helicopter on Mars.
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Sun Apr 18
★ Liked https://adrianroselli.com/2021/04/xpath-for-in-browser-testing.html
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Thu Apr 15
★ Liked https://holly.substack.com/p/herd-immaturity
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★ Liked http://robinrendle.com/notes/how-to-be-hopeless.html
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Wed Apr 14
★ Liked https://anonymoushash.vmbrasseur.com/2021/04/13/future-of-free-software-and-fsf
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★ Liked https://kimberlyhirsh.com/2021/04/14/lt-cmdr-doctor.html
Kimberly Hirsh
post from
Lt. Cmdr. DOCTOR Kimberly Hirsh here… I mean Data, whoops… I passed my dissertation defense! Yay me! And immense thanks to the people who attended. It felt great to have so much support.
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★ Liked https://tinyletter.com/aworkinglibrary/letters/remote-to-who-a-working-letter
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★ Liked https://aaronparecki.com/2021/04/13/26/indieauth
Aaron Parecki
post from How to Sign Users In with IndieAuth
This post will show you step by step how you can let people log in to your website with their own IndieAuth website so you don't need to worry about user accounts or passwords.
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Mon Apr 12
★ Liked https://mxb.dev/blog/space-jam/
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★ Liked https://werd.io/2021/i-just-want-a-computer-that-works-man
Ben Werdmüller
post from I just want a computer that works, man
I have a persistent, infuriating problem with typing.The only laptop I own with a functional keyboard is my iPad Pro - the one device in this form factor that doesn’t actually ship with a keyboard. Even my work laptop suffers from the notorious broken butterfly keyboard …
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Fri Apr 9
★ Liked http://tom7.org/lowercase/
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Wed Apr 7
★ Liked https://melanie-richards.com/blog/highlights-minisite/
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★ Liked https://pluralistic.net/2021/04/06/digital-phrenology/#weaponized-nostalgia
Cory Doctorow
post from Pluralistic: 06 Apr 2021
Today's links
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Tue Apr 6
★ Liked https://www.wired.com/story/healing-power-javascript-code-programming/
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