Mike :verified:I'm just gonna say it - there are about 3 good John Waters movies
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Operations Support different organizations. Donuts. Parks.
Christopher MimsFinally getting around to doing an #introduction post.
I write a weekly column on tech for the WSJ and love being an involved dad and yes the dog in my profile pic is wearing a matching Steve Jobs-style turtleneck.
I also wrote a big, deep book about how everything gets from the factory to your front door -- aka supply chains -- and people seem to like it; it's called Arriving Today.
book: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/arriving-today-christopher-mims?variant=33080441274402
documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KtTAb9Tl6E
WSJ columns: https://www.wsj.com/news/author/christopher-mims
kate congerCurrently at Twitter:
- Seattle office faces eviction
- people are bringing their own toilet paper to work as janitorial services are cut
- workers scrambled to deal with the aftermath of a data center shutdown on Christmas Eve
(un-paywalled link)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/29/technology/twitter-elon-musk.html?unlocked_article_code=VgRUNNm_WiVdC4UQEMlklKIzkCg-CdCSZscqTNvGoiusn7if4Ovf4XYsLnMqfUOyJzZmN-zJDGl5je3ZZhzn0thD1RGC2qWb_Bq7LHrAhzBDsTZYsUJqrqHyC5u6xpETToPQb5PKgWFVuoS6D8aTfzR2C7cV_HlQ6lQoecldCGptqAPeTr1qvpna6d15I4GmcKSKtil5rDcqpEaDtl_okEOw_voUSR4lYgUfK_UX8R2fHemvdTcWWoKbGLssrrp-9KuCZXToEcjuxT6ivu8ZR0fr4khjqCTM2sqDqPhL8kuvGRDmyFzanNGojEU1rkd8ayzIqkeNE3UDRGv8XDs&smid=share-url
- Seattle office faces eviction
- people are bringing their own toilet paper to work as janitorial services are cut
- workers scrambled to deal with the aftermath of a data center shutdown on Christmas Eve
(un-paywalled link)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/29/technology/twitter-elon-musk.html?unlocked_article_code=VgRUNNm_WiVdC4UQEMlklKIzkCg-CdCSZscqTNvGoiusn7if4Ovf4XYsLnMqfUOyJzZmN-zJDGl5je3ZZhzn0thD1RGC2qWb_Bq7LHrAhzBDsTZYsUJqrqHyC5u6xpETToPQb5PKgWFVuoS6D8aTfzR2C7cV_HlQ6lQoecldCGptqAPeTr1qvpna6d15I4GmcKSKtil5rDcqpEaDtl_okEOw_voUSR4lYgUfK_UX8R2fHemvdTcWWoKbGLssrrp-9KuCZXToEcjuxT6ivu8ZR0fr4khjqCTM2sqDqPhL8kuvGRDmyFzanNGojEU1rkd8ayzIqkeNE3UDRGv8XDs&smid=share-url
Abandoned AmericaThe mostly-abandoned Old Town Mall in Baltimore - a pioneering attempt at an urban pedestrian mall that failed badly. Find out why: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/kaufmans-department-store
Humanist Engineer
Just now realizing how much I enjoyed Twitter news feature. It is gone now
Jeroen BaertA lot of "So Long, Twitter" pieces lately, but this one from David Simon (The Wire, The Deuce, ...) is delicously scathing. https://davidsimon.com/die-of-boils-mr-sparky-car/ #xp (Content Warning: A lot of excellent swearing)
Die Of Boils, Mr. Sparky Car.
Leaving this up for a weekas a pinned tweet before locking the account. It’s been a lovely little war, folks, and some good fun was had,But until this platform gets better and more honorable management, fuck it, no. D.S. A long decade ago, my assistant, a millennial of course, explained to me that there was this sort of bulletin board, a tweeting, chirping sort of collective, where you post what you want to hype – a new season of television, an essay on your blog, a cute picture of your ferret. Okay, I said. You kids have fun with
Eugen RochkoHaving been here since 2016, I can tell you there is definitely no such thing as a consensus on usage of content warnings on the fediverse. It's a decentralized network that doesn't belong to any one party, so by definition there is no single culture on it. Different corners have different expectations and customs.
I've made a deliberate choice against a quoting feature because it inevitably adds toxicity to people's behaviours. You are tempted to quote when you should be replying, and so you speak at your audience instead of with the person you are talking to. It becomes performative. Even when doing it for "good" like ridiculing awful comments, you are giving awful comments more eyeballs that way. No quote toots. Thank's
Taylor Lorenz
