New terminally online archetype just dropped: the Peripheral Progressive. You won’t find them door knocking, participating in legitimate political ac...
Microsoft drops subtle hints about the future direction of Windows security.
Walking alone to the grocery store is, for me, like walking through a creepy hallway at night. Why? Because America is filled with liminal spaces.
"American suburbs are full of ugly, empty, liminal spaces: spaces you are not meant to linger in or enjoy. They’re the creepy hallways of the built environment, and you can’t feel comfortable traversing them unless you’re zooming past them in a car." https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2022/1/13/american-suburbs-are-a-horror-movie-and-were-the-protagonists
Captain Awkward is my favourite blog right now, and it’s reaching heights of internet popularity that are awesome (because more people get to read the Captain and co-bloggers’ fantastic…
It has come to my attention that some of you are unfamiliar with the BEC, or "bitch eating crackers," an extremely important concept to keep in mind when you hear someone talking shit: https://criminalreviews.wordpress.com/2012/12/19/a-captain-awkward-glossary/#bitcheatingcrackers
‘O’Connor intentionally undermined her pop world ascendancy by spurning the trappings of fame, and this attracted derision from those who could not understand the path she chose.’
Sinéad "O’Connor enacted courage in public, flooding the mainstream with her stirring insolence. In her passing, we realised how rare people like her were all over again." —Momtaza Mehri for @grantamag
https://granta.com/universal-mother/
#Longreads #EditorsPick #SinéadO'Connor #Memoir
Some therapists have found that cognitive behavioral therapy, designed to help patients see that they are “catastrophizing,” isn’t enough because the potential impacts of climate change are truly catastrophic.
In the Developing Field of Climate Psychology, ‘Eco-Anxiety’ Is a Rational Response
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26072024/eco-anxiety-is-rational-response-climate-psychology/
#psychology #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
We don’t talk a lot in public about the big vision for Tailscale, why we’re really here. Usually I prefer to focus on what exists right now, and what we’re going to do in the next few months. But let’s look at the biggest of big pictures for a change.
When did the Internet get so complicated — and can we fix it? Our CEO zooms out for a big picture look at Tailscale and "The New Internet." https://tailscale.com/blog/new-internet/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=owned-social&utm_campaign=devrel-social
On The Vergecast: SearchGPT, the Samsung Z Fold 6, and Apple Maps.
Lipan Apaches across Texas are challenging the myth that their tribe was wiped out.
“Since Texas was part of Mexico, they decided all the Indians were Mexicans. They were looked at not as Indigenous people but as Mexican immigrants.”
From the archives: Lipan Apaches are challenging the myth that their tribe was wiped out. https://www.texasobserver.org/labeled-hispanic/
#history #culture #Texas #Indigenous #news #photography #racism
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