The world’s last internet cafes

Read this at the original source. The photos really make this series of interviews, and it’s a reminder that there are large portions of the world that do not have desktop computer and internet access outside of cellphones.

Your Computer Should Say What You Tell It To Say – Cory Doctorow and Jacob Hoffman-Andrews, EFF

This is about a new feature that Google is developing to force browsers to tell servers true information about themselves and the computers running, as opposed to protecting their owners.

Is It Time To Embrace “Opinion Fatigue”? – Kate Lindsay, Bustle

I can confirm that some leftists are a bit harmful with purity testing, to the point that it’s hard to build communal trust and power when the worst is assumed of someone immediately based on a single statement out-of-context.

‘Full circle’: Why some high school seniors are going back to school with kindergarten backpacks – Kate Perez, USA Today

Look at my backpack, which I spent far too much time hunting down and curating the contents and design of, and tell me that it is not great. I will be taking no further questions.

How Police Make Up The Law (ft. LegalEagle) – Philosophy Tube

Wow, it’s almost like we shouldn’t let cops do whatever they want, right?

Staring into the Sun – Jacob Geller

I still haven’t played Tears of the Kingdom, because I would become fully consumed by it. But I am hyped!

How ’90s Internet Destroyed the Economy | The “Dot-Com” Bubble

How can we figure out if tech is in a bubble? It seems obvious at pretty much all times if you are an average tech user, but almost impossible if you are a VC.

Where Hollywood’s Printed Props Are Made!

Seeing Adam Savage nerd out over things is good.

Unionizing the Skies with Sara Nelson – Factually! – 222

The first fifteen minutes of this conversation broke my heart at least three times. Both in a negative way of how terrible things can be, and in a positive way for how we can all fight together for our rights and win.

Henrietta Lacks’ family gets justice; Professional hater targets grants for Black business women; Facebook pulls news in Canada; Online porn privacy update in Utah and Arkansas, Attenzione! New TikTok milkshake duck just dropped; Uber CEO has no idea how much Ubers cost – NEWSCAST – There Are No Girls on the Internet

Long title but I think that it gets everything across. I’m enjoying these semi-weekly techish news dumps.

#Humancore: Does a New Core Promote Surveillance? – Digital Void Podcast

It seems that every aesthetic has a problem in some way

What the History of Autotune Tells Us About the Future of AI – There Are No Girls on the Internet

T-Pain is a real nerd, and a real artist. I’m glad that he’s getting some of the credit that he’s due.

ASKAP J173608.2-321635 – Amie Waters

This album is an electronic, synth-heavy concept album that is a followup to a 2020 release called Cosmos of the Soul. Got it? Get in and vibe with it then.