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Sean Boots
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A better world, by listening.
Steve FaulknerA new accessibility strategy for the GOV.UK Design System
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Alex Howard“A world that doesn’t have privacy is a world where the power structures that exist now are cemented, almost impossible to perturb, and authoritarianism thrives in these conditions.”- @Mer__edith https://themarkup.org/hello-world/2023/01/07/back-into-the-trenches-of-the-crypto-wars
sasha mageeAt some point we're gonna have to admit the crime panic of the early 20s was some serious goddamn bullshit aimed to blunt the momentum of BLM-driven police reform.
https://sfist.com/2023/01/05/walgreens-ceo-says-maybe-we-cried-too-much-about-shoplifting-stores-may-see-less-private-security/
https://sfist.com/2023/01/05/walgreens-ceo-says-maybe-we-cried-too-much-about-shoplifting-stores-may-see-less-private-security/
Walgreens CEO Says 'Maybe We Cried Too Much' About Shoplifting, Acknowledges Private Security Didn't Work
The CEO of Walgreens now says that shoplifting seems to be down and maybe they made too big a deal about the issue — in SF and elsewhere — the last couple of years.
Dave Guarino“Hardware eventually fails. Software eventually works.” – Michael Hartung
vasta“If you’re trying to get through your work as quickly as you can, then maybe you should see if you can find a different line of work. And if you’re trying to get through your leisure-time reading and watching and listening as quickly as you can, then you definitely do not understand the meaning of leisure and should do a thorough rethink.”
Markus Feilner (has moved)
Sha HwangI did a talk at the Civic Design conference a couple months ago, and the first day's theme was about the decade cycle. I ended up looking back pretty far – fifty years back to disability rights activists, urban planners, and architects who've influenced the field we might call civic tech today.
We translated my talk into a post, where I try to advocate for understanding our own roots, rather than thinking of ourselves and new and shiny:
https://www.navapbc.com/insights/the-first-fifty-years-of-civic-design
Potato Enthusiast 🇵🇸Imagine if, instead of paying a one off fee for your landfill waste, you had to pay rent on it forever. Bit more realistic on the effect of all that plastic. Maybe put the rent/week price on the packaging when you buy it