Tim Berners-Lee proposed a hypertext system that would sit atop the internet #OTD in 1989, and now we all live in it.

Happy 34th birthday to [sweeps arm in a grand gesture, revealing this Hieronymus Bosch tableau of the damned all around us] the Web.

Image: Tim Berners-Lee / CERN

Turns out the existence of an "alpha" wolf is a myth.

It was based on old/bad experiments, conducted when unrelated wolves were thrown together in captivity.

In actual wild wolves, packs are just families. There's no dominant alpha battling for the top spot -- and in the rare cases there is, it's an alpha *female* wolf.

Insert obvious implications for the use of this term in human societies.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-the-alpha-wolf-idea-a-myth/

It was only a matter of time: a Texas lawmaker has proposed a bill that would force ISPs like Comcast and AT&T to completely block websites containing information about how to obtain an abortion.

This is why we need #netneutrality & a functioning FCC. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/03/texas-republican-wants-isps-to-block-a-wide-range-of-abortion-websites/