James Britt @jamesbritt@mastodon.social

https://web.archive.org/web/20220519091412/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/19/opinion/privacy-technology-data.html

"Digital Technology Invaded Our Lives. Now Women May Pay For It."

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https://brunobavota.bandcamp.com/album/for-apartments-songs-loops

https://hbr.org/2022/05/cautionary-tales-from-cryptoland

Cautionary Tales from Cryptoland

Ex-Philadelphia officer charged with murder in killing of 12-year-old

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/05/02/philadelphia-officer-murder-charge-siderio/

Psaki to cede White House lectern to her history-making deputy, Karine Jean-Pierre

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2022-05-05/psaki-to-cede-white-house-lectern-to-her-history-making-deputy-karine-jean-pierre

https://thequietus.com/articles/31482-new-cd-vinyl-hybrid-format-unveiled

New CD-Vinyl Hybrid Format For Audio Unveiled

Its founder, musician T Bone Burnett, has described it as "the pinnacle of recorded sound"

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Don't see how this is a better storage format then a flac or wav file on a disk.

Nearly 15 million deaths related to covid-19, WHO estimates

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/05/05/covid-excess-global-deaths-nearly-15-million/

This is some cool stuff.

I want it.

https://news.mit.edu/2022/low-power-thin-loudspeaker-0426

"Researchers develop a paper-thin loudspeaker"

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-61097386

This is both crazy and sad.

"Rivalry between stars of a unique accordion-based style of music in the southern African kingdom of Lesotho has sparked years of deadly gang warfare that has turned the tiny country into the murder capital of the continent."

https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/olympic-athletes-mindfulness/

TIL: Difference between action-oriented and state-oriented individuals

"Disney's self-governing district says Florida cannot dissolve it without paying off its debts"

Curious how this will play out.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/27/us/reedy-creek-disney-florida/index.html

But sometimes it does.

"The temptation is therefore strong to turn to social media for the expression of what feel from the inside like genuinely held commitments. But this temptation should be resisted. The only appropriate use of social media, beyond simple announcements of personal milestones or professional engagements, is shitposting. It is a medium that deserves nothing earnest, and that can facilitate no real project of social betterment."

https://justinehsmith.substack.com/p/books-become-games?s=r

Books Become Games
Simulation, Gamification, and the Rise of Algorithmic Capitalism

"Trump says he won’t rejoin Twitter. Some advisers don’t believe him. "

Loser. He's afraid he won't get asked back.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/04/25/trump-twitter-elon-musk-reinstatement/

I see also that Mastodon doesn't load Web cards from sites.

Wow. Seems *some* people really hate fact-checking.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/04/22/chicago-reader-free-speech-goodman/?