Campus political correctness: Data paints a different picture - Vox https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/3/12/17100496/political-correctness-data

The impossible architecture of video games • Eurogamer.net https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-02-12-the-impossible-architecture-of-video-games

Gender-swapped and race-flipped remakes aren’t living up to their potential - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/12/18220797/what-men-want-ghostbusters-the-hustle-remakes-gender-race-flipped?curator=MediaREDEF

Hackintosh Culture: The Joy of Subverting Apple https://tedium.co/2019/02/12/hackintosh-cultural-trend/

Kali Linux Cheat Sheet for Penetration Testers - blackMORE Ops https://www.blackmoreops.com/2016/12/20/kali-linux-cheat-sheet-for-penetration-testers/

Recording of David Bowie and Brian Eno’s jam session with Devo has been found by Mark Mothersbaugh | Consequence of Sound https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/12/recording-of-david-bowie-and-brian-enos-jam-session-with-devo-has-been-found-by-mark-mothersbaugh/

The Caviar Con https://longreads.com/2019/02/12/the-caviar-con/

The Narkomfin Building in Moscow (1928-29): a Built Experiment on Everyday Life “ SOCKS http://socks-studio.com/2016/12/04/the-narkomfin-building-in-moscow-1928-29-a-built-experiment-on-everyday-life/

Feeling the Future https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2017/12/07/feeling-the-future/

“Something Runs Through The Whole Thread” https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2018/12/07/something-runs-through-the-whole-thread/

Let’s stop copying C / fuzzy notepad https://eev.ee/blog/2016/12/01/lets-stop-copying-c/

Towards a theory of software development expertise | the morning paper https://blog.acolyer.org/2018/12/21/towards-a-theory-of-software-development-expertise/

Twenty-Five Useful Thinking Tools | Scott H Young https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2018/12/04/25-thinking-tools/

What Cafés Did for Liberalism | The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/12/24/what-cafes-did-for-liberalism

Understanding Generic Cell Rate Limiting - cat /dev/brain https://blog.ian.stapletoncordasco.com/2018/12/understanding-generic-cell-rate-limiting.html

Beyond Branching: Quality-Based, Salience-Based, and Waypoint Narrative Structures | Emily Short’s Interactive Storytelling https://emshort.blog/2016/04/12/beyond-branching-quality-based-and-salience-based-narrative-structures/

The real story behind Margot Robbie’s wild Queen Elizabeth I makeup. https://slate.com/technology/2018/12/queen-elizabeth-makeup-margot-robbie-mary-queen-of-scots-real-story.html

The World through the Eyes of the US https://pudding.cool/2018/12/countries/

The Anime Cult - The Mike Toole Show - Anime News Network https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-mike-toole-show/2015-12-13/.96470

Luigi Moretti’s Structures and Sequences of Spaces (1952) “ SOCKS http://socks-studio.com/2018/12/09/luigi-morettis-structures-and-sequences-of-spaces/

White Mirror: How did Microsoft’s 2009 predictions for the world of 2019 hold up? / Boing Boing https://boingboing.net/2018/12/31/how-did-microsofts-2009-predic.html

Why conspiracy theories matter - Vox https://www.vox.com/2018/12/31/18144710/conspiracy-theories-trump-2018-qanon-soros-false-flags

Tedium Trends 2019: Copyright Law is Shifting https://tedium.co/2018/12/27/tedium-trends-2019/

The Great Recession inspired minimalism in clothes, homes, and branding - Vox https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/12/27/18156431/recession-fashion-design-minimalism

Economists calculate the true value of Facebook to its users in new study | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/12/economists-calculate-the-true-value-of-facebook-to-its-users-in-new-study/

How Much of the Internet Is Fake? http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/how-much-of-the-internet-is-fake.html

Seat Belt History: The Patent That Was Given Away https://tedium.co/2018/12/25/seat-belt-history/

Interview: Bruce Sterling Answers Your Questions - Slashdot https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/13/12/23/157257/interview-bruce-sterling-answers-your-questions

A Survey of $RANDOM « null program https://nullprogram.com/blog/2018/12/25/

Take Script, Add Snow https://longreads.com/2018/12/24/take-script-add-snow/

The Internet of Unprofitable Things – The ongoing struggle http://strugglers.net/~andy/blog/2018/12/24/the-internet-of-unprofitable-things/

Towards the Future Book https://kottke.org/18/12/towards-the-future-book

The Wavefunction Collapse Algorithm explained very clearly | Robert Heaton https://robertheaton.com/2018/12/17/wavefunction-collapse-algorithm/

Against Peter Jackson’s “They Shall Not Grow Old” https://kottke.org/18/12/against-peter-jacksons-they-shall-not-grow-old

The year social networks were no longer social – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/23/the-year-social-networks-were-no-longer-social/

How BioWare’s ‘Baldur’s Gate’ Saved the Computer RPG - The Ringer https://www.theringer.com/2018/12/21/18150363/baldurs-gate-bioware-1998-video-games

The Truth About AI: A Secular Ghost Story https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/12/20/the-truth-about-ai-a-secular-ghost-story/

Every once in a while I’m reminded that Cory Doctorow is a brilliant & deep thinker. This interview is one of those times: https://boingboing.net/2018/12/15/first-days-better-nations.html

Playing with P2P protocols and Firefox http://andregarzia.com/2018/12/playing-with-p2p-protocols-and-firefox.html

I don’t buy this at all. All the political radicals I know have incredibly elaborate meta-cognition and constantly-shifting meta-justifications, because you don’t become radical without curiosity. https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/12/radicals-dont-evaluate-their-mistakes-very-effectively/

Elon Musk is the first influencer CEO - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/21/18150813/elon-musk-influencer-ceo-social-media-tesla-spacex

I Used The Web For A Day Using A Screen Reader “ Smashing Magazine https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/12/voiceover-screen-reader-web-apps/

Facebook workers are the only people who can hold the company accountable. https://slate.com/technology/2018/12/facebook-workers-privacy-violation.html

Why Your iPhone Selfies Don’t Look Like Your Face - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/12/your-iphone-selfies-dont-look-like-your-face/578353/

Bowie Knives, Concealed Rifles, and Caning Charles Sumner https://longreads.com/2018/12/17/bowie-knives-concealed-rifles-and-caning-charles-sumner/

Star Wars is Really a Cautionary Tale About Devoting All Technological Advancements to Death | Tor.com https://www.tor.com/2018/12/17/star-wars-is-really-a-cautionary-tale-about-devoting-all-technological-advancements-to-death/

The Cost of Living in Mark Zuckerberg’s Internet Empire - The Ringer https://www.theringer.com/tech/2018/12/19/18148701/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-year-in-review

Mark Zuckerberg did everything in his power to avoid Facebook becoming the next MySpace “ but forgot one crucial detail… • The Register https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/12/20/facebook_disaster/

Dirty dealing in the $175 billion Amazon Marketplace - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/19/18140799/amazon-marketplace-scams-seller-court-appeal-reinstatement

Smart Speakers and Thermostats Will Monetize Life at Home - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/12/smart-home-devices-data-privacy/578425/