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Sexual harassment in VC
Major bombshell story, many women on the record
2017-06-30 sexism • harassment • vc • startups • tech • sacca • mcclure • marccanter
Donald Trump is not well
Sharp editorial from the Morning Joe folks
2017-06-30 trump • politics
Lisbon's history with slavery
Details of a buried history
2017-06-30 portugal • lisbon • slavery • humanrights • via:hackernews
Using Matplotlib
Excellent guide to cutting through the confusing API and making nice charts
2017-06-30 python • plotting • matplotlib • via:hackernews • visualization
Minority counties
Visualization of counties in the US where >50% are members of one racial/ethnic minority
2017-06-30 demographics • us • america • maps • visualization • race
California maternal mortality
Detailed story of how my state has worked to better health outcomes, and how terrible most of the US is
2017-06-30 america • healthcare • death • maternal • women • via:metafilter
Sacca's mea culpa
Self-criticism and action on diversity in tech
2017-06-30 diversity • tech • sacca • venturecapital • vc • startups
The Tearoom game
Gay sex in public restroom simulator
2017-06-29 games • gay • lgbt • tearoom
NRA civil war ad
Amazingly inflammatory ad for the gun lobby
2017-06-29 guns • politics • nra • trump
Infowars and Goop run the same scam
Woo fake health products sold to the gullible on both sides of the political spectrum
2017-06-29 infowars • goop • woo • fakemedicine • fake • scam
LANL nuclear safety lapses
Includes photos of 8 plutonium rods together. Add a couple more and kaboom!
2017-06-29 photos • nuclear • lanl • losalamos • safety • complacency
Sexual harassment retaliation
Binary Capital tried to punish a woman after she left the firm for its sexist environment
2017-06-29 sexism • venturecapital • caldbeck
NSA's cyberdefense failure
Our weapons are leaking and the world is suffering
2017-06-29 nsa • badtech • security • virus • malware
Particle Mirror
New interactive art by Karl Sims
2017-06-28 art • museum • karlsims • particles • mirror
Yuba River rescue
Helicopter plucks a swimmer out of dangerously fast river
2017-06-27 river • yuba • grassvalley • nevadacounty • rescue • helicopter
History of scientific publishing
Details on how we have the current ruinous system
2017-06-27 publishing • science • economics • history • elsevier • springerverlag
TMZ and Trump
Gossip site makes a deal with the devil
2017-06-27 trump • politics • journalism • tmz • gossip
Alexis and Serena
Romantic, improbably relationship between the world's best tennis player and a nerdy software dude
2017-06-27 reddit • tennis • love • marriage • romance
FreeFileSync
Open source software for synchronizing two directories. Nice GUI, Windows, Mac, and Unix.
2017-06-27 gui • windows • unison • rsync • sync • backup • software
American Eid
Photos of Americans celebrating the end of Ramadan
2017-06-26 muslim • eid • ramadan • america • photos
MIT switches to NAT
A bad sign for end to end networking. OTOH, an alternate take is "MIT moves to IPv6"
2017-06-26 mit • network • nat • tcpip • via:hackernews
Intel CPU bug
Hyperthreading broken on Skylake and Kaby Lake processors; there is a microcode fix
2017-06-25 intel • microcode • bug • linux • cpu • badtech
Efficiency gap analysis
Another measurement of gerrymandering by the AP. /cc @migurski
2017-06-25 politics • gerrymandering • voting • voterrights • efficiencygap
Voter suppression
Argument that the election integrity commission should focus on a real issue and not something made up like voter fraud
2017-06-24 votingrights • voting • florida • votersuppression • trump • politics
Eye Tracking Overwatch
Where a gamer looks
2017-06-24 games • overwatch • eyetracker • hci • ui
MEOW_IRL
A subreddit of reaction GIFs of cute cats
2017-06-24 cats • funny • reddit • reaction • gif • meme
Gunpowder maps
Stencils filled with gunpowder and ignited
2017-06-24 gunpowder • maps • art • rivers • via:migurski
William C. Bradford, vile racist
Trump's appointee to the Energy Department’s Office of Indian Energy has many revolting tweets
2017-06-24 twitter • racism • trump • politics • energy • doe • indian • disgusting
Brands' Arabic Logos
How big brands translate logo into Arabic script
2017-06-24 brands • logos • design • arabic • calligraphy
The Queen's hat
Hilariously arch British editorial
2017-06-24 funny • england • uk • queen • eu • brexit • hat
Trump's Lies
A NYTimes list
2017-06-23 nyt • nytimes • trump • politics
Why is the Internet so slow?!
Latency is about 37x theoretical minimum
2017-06-23 latency • internet • speed • network
Operation Tracer
Insane WW2 plan to maintain surveillance at Gibraltar in case the Nazis took over
2017-06-23 ww2 • history • germany • war • gibraltar
Best outdoor US towns
Nice writeup of places in the US
2017-06-23 america • outside • climbing • town • tourism
Obama's Russia response
Remarkably detailed story on the White House's responses to Russian election tampering
2017-06-23 russia • politics • trump • obama • hacking • badtech • security
Thuan Pham at Uber
The house is not completely cleaned
2017-06-22 uber • sexism • hr
Voter roll tampered in 2016
Voting data wasn't just stolen, it was altered
2017-06-22 politics • voting • russia • trump • election
India's Dinosaur Princess
Aaliya Sultana Babi, a remarkable woman. We visited in 2015.
2017-06-22 india • dinosaurs • paleontology
My experiment taking PrEP
Direct and honest account from a gay man
2017-06-22 lgbt • gay • aids • hiv • prep • medicine • health
Skydiving From the Edge of Space
Lovely story about Alan Eustace's recordbreaking skydive
2017-06-22 skydiving • kittinger • eustace • google • flying • aviation
Trans March
Friday in SF: first big event to kick off Pride weekend
2017-06-22 transgender • trans • lgbt • pride • gay
Cubs of the Caliphate
Depressing story about child soldiers and jihadis recruited by Islamic State
2017-06-22 is • terrorists • children • childsoldiers
Trumpgret
A collection of Trump supporter's salty tears
2017-06-22 trump • politics • funny
Trump Claims Database
WashPo tracking false claims made by Trump
2017-06-21 trump • politics • lies
katakana english font
A Japanese font designed to resemble English text
2017-06-21 font • chingchong • language • japan • fonts • design
15 Ken Dolls
Hilarious reads on Mattel's new diverse line
2017-06-21 funny • ken • barbie • mattel • toys • dolls • via:metafilter
FFKeyboard
Custom iOS keyboards for transcribing aviation shorthand
2017-06-21 aviation • flying • keyboard • ios
Determinism in League of Legends
Making a real time game simulation 100% reproducible
2017-06-20 programming • engineering • games • lol • leagueoflegends • determinism • clock • rng
Project Include on Erica Baker
Kickstarter's new Director of Engineering @ericajoy talks about diversity in the military and tech. Also chili.
2017-06-20 diversity • chili • ericajoy • engineering • inclusion
Babakiueria
Very sharp parody of ethnographic films, hilarious
2017-06-20 funny • australia • aborigine • parody • ethnography
Week 31
A weekly journal of all the crazy things the Trump White House has been doing
2017-06-20 politics • trump • diary • authoritarianism
Hiding from the press
Trump White House is dismantling a cornerstone of American democracy
2017-06-20 media • press • politics • trump
Trump / Russia timeline
Summary of the case so far
2017-06-19 russia • politics • trump • scandal • investigation
Cruising the Canal du Midi
Short tourist boat trip
2017-06-19 maps • canaldumidi • france • barge • tourism • travel
RNC voter data
Massive leak of political intel on 200M American voters
2017-06-19 voting • privacy • badtech • via:reddit • gop • republicans • civilrights • gerrymandering
Supreme Court / gerrymandering
They've agreed to take the Wisconsin case
2017-06-19 politics • Wisconsin • democracy • votingrights • voting • gerrymandering
Hōkūleʻa's return
Polynesian Voyaging Society's traditional canoe completes its around-the-world trip
2017-06-18 hawaii • polynesia • navigation • pvs • hokulea
Stardust vis lib
Visualization using WebGL, in Javascript
2017-06-18 javascript • webgl • d3 • visualization • via:hackernews
Senior House at MIT
University is dismantling the misfit's dorm
2017-06-17 seniorhouse • sportdeath • seniorhaus • mit • culture • university
Funeral Parade of Roses
Queer 1969 Japanese movie. /cc @strongthomas @arleavitt
2017-06-17 lgbt • queer • japan • 1960s • transgender • trans
Trump's 50% poll
Amazing cherry-picking for a dismal result
2017-06-16 politics • trump • polling
Removing bug inside monitor
The article is good, but this comment is just *gold*
2017-06-16 funny • monitor • bug • ritual • magick
Hypothesis testing library
Python code to do randomized tests of software
2017-06-16 python • testing
Facebook moderation fiasco
Total security breach putting moderator's lives at risk
2017-06-16 facebook • security • badtech • terrorism
Physical Visualizations
A list of objects that visualize data
2017-06-16 visualization • data • via:metafilter • art
Email inventor fraud
An update on the lawsuit-wielding Shiva Ayyadurai
2017-06-16 via:metafilter • email • history • gawker • techdirt • legal • lawsuit • copyright
Uber deliveries
Muscling in with their monopoly power
2017-06-15 uber • food • deliveries • jwz
Maciej / Pinboard interview
Great details on how Maciej thinks of his business
2017-06-15 maciej • pinboard • business • startups
Sibierian mammoth tusking
Hunting the wilderness for ethical ivory
2017-06-15 ivory • russia • siberia • via:reddit • mammoths
Modern Falconry
“Video-game design is, to my mind, the art of creating endorphin releases in the brain within a predetermined window,” Iseppi said. “Falconry is similar.”
2017-06-15 games • falcons • flying • birds
Moonlight map style
Another very simple style for use as a base for projects
2017-06-14 maps • mapbox • toner
Mounir Mahjoub​i
Macron's tech expert, fought off Russian attacks on the campaign
2017-06-14 russia • politics • france • macron • tech • badtech
Boycott the Trump Summit
Well worded editorial that tech CEOs should not collaborate with Trump
2017-06-14 trump • politics • tech • amazon • google • oracle • ibm • microsoft • apple
Uber and Lyft in SF
Excellent detailed report from the city
2017-06-13 sanfrancisco • sf • uber • lyft
Houston fake antifa denouement
Details on the fake Facebook group that led to an armed protest
2017-06-13 texas • houston • facebook • fakenews • propaganda • antifa • fascism
200,000 SF rides
Visualized data from Uber and Lyft. /cc @enf
2017-06-13 uber • lyft • rideshare • sanfrancisco • transit
More Russian vote hacks
The attacks on our election in 2016 were bigger than originally reported
2017-06-13 russia • hacking • vote • politics
Chelsea Manning profile
Detailed NYTimes article, interview, photos, etc
2017-06-13 via:metafilter • wikileaks • chelseamanning • transgender • lgbt • trans
Amazon and non-competes
Trying to prevent a former employee from working
2017-06-12 washington • amazon • noncompete • ethics • smartsheet
AWS Inter-Region Latency
Simple table of round trip times between datacenters
2017-06-12 aws • amazon • latency • ping
Russia psyops vs US military
Getting chummy online with soldiers, sharing propaganda
2017-06-12 russia • military • trump • politics • propaganda
White House leak template
Journalism as Mad Lib
2017-06-11 funny • nytimes • journalism • trump • politics
Five genders
Bugis society has five gender roles
2017-06-11 gender • lgbt • transgender • indonesia • bugis
LGBT in Indonesia
Interesting report on gay rights and economics in Indonesia
2017-06-11 indonesia • lgbt • gay • economics • via:ckline
Lisa UI controls
In the days before sliders were invented
2017-06-10 lisa • hci • ui • controls
Fascist trolling
Weird series of people creating fake "antifa" groups; Houston's newspaper fell for it
2017-06-10 antifa • fascism • texas • houston • media
Houston fascist event
Suburbanites with assault weapons, a bit frightening
2017-06-10 houston • texas • facism • antifa
Apple App Store scams
Advertising enables a new wave of predatory apps
2017-06-10 apps • appstore • apple • fraud • scam
Twitter Trump replies
Inside the struggle to be the top reply visible to Trump's tweets
2017-06-09 trump • politics • seo • spam • twitter
Poppy’s World
Update on synthetic celebrity
2017-06-09 via:waxy • poppy • youtube • music • culture
Trump as predator 1
Broader theme of Trump's creepy, abusive behavior
2017-06-09 trump • comey • politics • women
Trump as predator 1
Comparing Trumps dinner with Comey to a creepy man hitting on a woman
2017-06-09 trump • comey • politics • women
Bad volume sliders
Funny bit of anti-design
2017-06-09 funny • reddit • design • hci • ui
Moffats Piano and Keyboard Masters
A remarkable website
2017-06-09 via:reddit • funny • web • html
RNC Comey talking points
The prepared response
2017-06-08 comey • politics • trump • rnc
Anti-Comey ads
Ads trying to discredit the former FBI director running live during news event
2017-06-08 comey • trump • politics • propaganda • ads
Deleted City
Pad++-like zoomable UI for Geocities archive. /cc @bederson
2017-06-08 geocities • archive • pad • pad++ • zoomable • bederson • via:waxy
One Thicc Bih
Internet culture never ceases to surprise
2017-06-08 gay • lgbt • funny • thicc • via:metafilter • meme
Apple privacy breach
Employees selling user personal info
2017-06-08 apple • china • scandal • privacy • tech
Gay white nationalists
How America's most virulent racists are allying with some evil gay men
2017-06-07 gay • lgbt • nazis • whitenationalism • altright
History of a fake news story
Details of how Russian parody ended up on Fox News
2017-06-07 russia • politics • propaganda • journalism • fakenews • foxnews
1930s American Nazis
Great set of photos
2017-06-07 america • history • nazis • facism • trump
$110B Saudi deal is fake
No real new contracts
2017-06-06 trump • politics • saudiarabia • saudi
Tabletop Whale
Amazing infographics with a unique look
2017-06-05 infographics • design • via:metafilter • stats
Russian attacks on US voting machines
Leaked NSA analysis
2017-06-05 nsa • government • russia • voting • votingrights • trump
Lavatory Self-Portraits in the Flemish Style
Hilarious photographs
2017-06-05 photos • funny • flemish • art • photography
4D Toys
Nice demo of hyperdimensional geometry
2017-06-04 toys • math • geometry • iphone • ios
Base emoji
Why use ascii?
2017-06-03 emoji • base64 • encoding • ascii
Real Businesses
A reflection on VC and "lifestyle businesses"
2017-06-03 startups • funding • business • investment • indievc
More Uber wage theft
Uber lied about how long they've had the problem
2017-06-02 uber • fraud • theft • newyork
Cloudflare AMP Cache
Third party AMP implementation
2017-06-02 amp • cloudflare • google • mobile • html • web
Bitcoin mine closes
Major Chinese facility has been shut down
2017-06-02 china • bitcoin • mining • power • currency
Unicorns are overvalued
Looking skeptically at abuses of preferred shares
2017-06-02 tech • investment • startups • via:hackernews
Using AWS Lambda
Notes from the field about a cloud computing model
2017-06-02 programming • aws • amazon • lambda • python
Presidential vote by district
Per-congressional district data in spreadsheet form
2017-06-01 vote • politics • gerrymandering
Delicous for $35k
Pinboard buys old bookmarking site for next to nothing
2017-06-01 delicious • pinboard • bookmarks • blogs
gron for JSON
Make JSON greppable by translating it into a line format
2017-06-01 json • grep • jq • data • processing
Have I been pwned?
Important tool for checking your personal password security
2017-06-01 security • badtech • passwords • privacy
1890 Portland Oregon
Fanciful paper map
2017-06-01 maps • oregon • portland • history
Pro LoL franchises
Riot revamps the business model for esports teams in North America
2017-06-01 games • riot • lol • leagueoflegends
Evergreen and Race
Ugly dispute about racism at the Washington State school
2017-06-01 evergreen • racism • college • freespeech • race • america
OneLogin Breach
Password manager / identity system suffers catastrophic breach
2017-06-01 onelogin • security • passwords • login