href weekly | Dec 17 – Dec 23

Bits

Distribute and run with a single file https://github.com/Mozilla-Ocho/llamafile

“this is a useful, humbling reminder about the fragility of the institutions that connect us and protect us, and the importance of the work they make possible.” https://www.publicbooks.org/how-to-lose-a-library/

Game challenging you to guess the location & year of photos https://www.timeguessr.com/

Sound & Music

We know by the moon that we are not too soon,
And we know by the sky that we are not too high.
We know by the stars that we are not too far,
And we know by the ground that we are within sound.
I’ll ply the fire with kindling now
I’ll pull the blankets up to my chin
I’ll lock the vagrant winter out
And I’ll bolt my wandering in

All over by Christmas, this December
Is where we shall meet
All over by Christmas, over our town
All over our street
https://ladytron.bandcamp.com/track/all-over-by-xmas-2

Humor

And what’s our Redeemer’s name? “Jesus”? Sounds like an exclamation. https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/marys-mother-visits-the-manger

Politics & Economics

The Hottest Year https://www.reuters.com/graphics/CLIMATE-UN/WEATHER-EXTREMES/zdvxrmeakvx/

 

href weekly | Dec 10 – Dec 16

Bits

relies on people seeing persistent afterimages/tracers https://qri.org/blog/psycrypto-contest

If history is any guide, control over these raw materials by frontier platforms will eventually lead to the quest for a business model that allows for the extraction of rents https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/public-purpose/sites/bartlett_public_purpose/files/algorithmic_attention_rents-_a_theory_of_digital_platform_market_power_final.pdf

“Is this legal? YES- it is totally legal for phones and devices to listen to you. That’s because consumers usually give consent when accepting terms and conditions of software updates or app downloads ..” https://www.404media.co/cmg-cox-media-actually-listening-to-phones-smartspeakers-for-ads-marketing/

Sound & Music

Politics & Economics

I think there are forever-ongoing symbioses between technology and loneliness, technology and community. https://thewalrus.ca/why-we-need-community/