Finished Governable Spaces by Nathan Schneider (@ntnsndr@social.coop) 📚 A positive read with a bunch of interesting branches to explore next. You can see some short chapter overviews: www.goodreads.com/review/sh…
Appreciated this discussion about operations research and the “universal science” of advertising. Surviving adtech like I have, I was really nodding my head along with the discussion about how ad agencies play both sides of the transaction
Really itching to go out on a photowalk. I’ve been on the backstreets at night but need to capture more. This rando snap I took since I liked the mix of stopping and going in one moment. 📸
Anywho, next week the sakura 🌸 will bloom so I will definitely be taking lotsa shots
This is fun to play with
RIP Vernor Vinge
Haunting #longread on Irish remembrance & forgetting against the background of extremely low corp tax rates, 80+ datacenters (with 40 more approved!) using a fifth of electric output causing
Appreciated this accessible piece on the antitrust case against Amazon. (TLDR; jacking Marketplace fees to subsidize other parts of the business)
Really enjoyed this interview of renowned scholar of Japanese history Thomas Conlan by the always excellent @becedo.bsky.social on his fascinating account of the Ouchi family. I am definitely picking up this book
newbooksnetwork.com/kings-in-…
#japan #history #podcast
Handy comparison of Free and OpenSource Photo Libraries
https://meichthys.github.io/foss_photo_libraries/
#photography #FOSS
Getting a boba at this neighborhood Taiwanese and Vietnamese cafe🧋
Lovely day to explore the backstreets of Nakazaki, home to many tiny coffee shops and art galleries #osaka #coffee ☕️
Currently reading: Governable Spaces by Nathan Schneider 📚
I would really like browsers to track the “Referrer” for new tabs. For example, if you click on a link in an email, from a social media post, or Discord/Slack/Signal/Messages/etc please store a link back. Especially useful in the age of the cozy web, where I have a number of small social networks.
Started Northern Ireland: The Fragile Peace by Feargal Cochrane 📚
Takoyaki right from the traditional source 📸
Started listening to Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1) by China Miéville 📚
Want to learn how to make digital music with visual programming? Or do you just want your mind blown for 10 straight minutes? Either way, we got you 🤯🎶🐸💘🦜 https://youtu.be/DNBKdU6XrLY?si=B0AQToJ2PLAQpCZZ
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Mallory Knodel (@mallory@techpolicy.social) points out that 2024 is a big year for Internet governance. One of the challenges that I witnessed at IGF in Kyoto last year was the multilateralism v. multistakeholderism fight. Mallory writes:
States are currently empowered– see: regulation, “digital public infrastructure”, and AI for sustainable development; while the technical community has no clearly articulated affirmative and practical vision for the future of the open and interoperable internet.
Technology is politics.
We have been considering moving away from DnD as we wrap up our current campaign. Started reading this as one of the candidates The Wildsea: RPG by Felix Isaacs 📚#ttrpg
Monthly newsletter is out. This month’s message is short since there are so many links to photos of plum blossoms and castles and Tokyo!