Matt Brubeck @mbrubeck@mastodon.social

New blog post: "Tech veganism" https://nolanlawson.com/2019/05/31/tech-veganism/

Wherein I try to understand what makes a "tech vegan" (i.e. someone who avoids closed-source software and big tech companies, i.e. probably you), and whether there are parallels with real veganism.

JOHN: I know pony-fu
CHARON: Finally, a gun
WINSTON: I too can work a gun

This is a great article about my good friends Eric and Sonia, who are racing the clock to find a cure for her rare terminal genetic disease:
https://www.wired.com/story/sleep-no-more-crusade-genetic-killer/

(But because it's so rare, their life-saving research is not supported by grants. If their courage and determination make you want to help, this is the best month to contribute, because a generous donor is matching May donations in honor of their PhD defenses:
http://www.prionalliance.org/2019/05/01/donation-match-to-100k-in-honor-of-our-phds/
)

I just found out that Luca Mosca, who plays John Wick's tailor in part 2, is not an actor, but actually fashions clothing for films (including both John Wicks).

it would be so much more fitting if the two were swapped and Morse's first telegraphic message had been "just setting up my tlgrph" and Jack Dorsey's first tweet was "What Hath God Wrought"

Matt

I've seen a few things like "this is the end" or "this was 600 years old and now it's gone" or stuff,
and,
like. Notre Dame was built 600 years ago, yes, but it was and has been redone and changed and reworked almost constantly since then.
Most of the statues are from the 1800s. The spire which just burned down -- although there had been A spire at its construction -- was from the 1900s. Many of the iconic windows have been reconstructed twice over now -- at least once because of fire, even.
Notre Dame is a LIVING BUILDING, and it will be rebuilt and restored -- and redone, slightly, because things change.

This isn't the end of it's 600 year history. It's just another page.