"When [Larry Kramer] tried to get the producers of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton to deal with Alexander Hamilton’s bisexuality and love for John Laurens, he was rebuffed and Laurens was portrayed as a devoted friend instead" https://www.gaycitynews.com/larry-kramer-whose-anger-activism-art-fueled-fight-against-aids-dies-at-84/
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Are you interested in an entirely #FreeSoftware and #FreeHardware laptop? How about if it's meant to be modified and upgraded?
In this episode of Libre Lounge, @emacsen sits down with Lukas Hartmann from @mntmn to talk about his history in Free Software, the MNT Reform project, and the future!
https://librelounge.org/episodes/39-mnt-reform-with-lukas-hartmann.html
This is really sweet https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-china
RIP Larry Kramer😿. He was a great role model for me in the coming out process, and I feel fortunate to have met him at a performance of The Normal Heart https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/us/larry-kramer-dead.html
Can't exactly say I'm surprised to learn that the racist Central Park dog lady is a Buttigieg donor https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/amy-cooper-central-park-racist-dog-walker-trump-a9533581.html
A judge just approved the retrieval of the Titanic's Marconi radio equipment https://www.icqpodcast.com/news/2020/5/24/judge-approves-retrieval-of-titanic-marconi-wireless-equipment
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Texas Instruments is making it harder to run programs on its calculators https://www.engadget.com/ti-bans-assembly-programs-on-calculators-002335088.html
what is a doja cat?
This is a good birdsite thread on the stupidity of Wikipedia's "notability" guidelines https://twitter.com/danluu/status/1257474151754764294
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TIL that the reason those "lo-fi beats" channels on YouTube always have anime characters is because that's the music from the Adult Swim bumpers, so a generation of Americans associate the two things https://switchedonpop.com/episodes/why-lo-fi-is-the-perfect-background-music
Given mutually assured destruction, Russiagate-obsessed centrist Dems have no right to argue for Biden on the grounds of "lesser evilism"after spending years criticizing Trump for being insufficiently hostile towards the US's most nuclearly-armed adversary https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/21/us/politics/trump-open-skies-treaty-arms-control.html
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sony: the new playstation will be able to push a gajillion polygons
squeenix: my god, think of the twinks that can render
Some much needed good news: "re-positive" coronavirus cases (people who test positive after recovering) are not contagious https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/05/feared-reactivation-of-covid-19-infections-disputed-by-new-data/
TIL Nunavut has had zero covid19 cases https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Nunavut
Such a wasted headline opportunity. Should have gone with "If you can't handle the HEIC..." https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/20/21262302/ap-test-fail-iphone-photos-glitch-email-college-board-jpeg-heic
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