June 25, 2021
I’m only part of the cover-up if I choose to be. So from now on—I’m not.
Matthew Butterick, lawyer, programmer, creator of the Pollen open-source book publishing system; author of the authoritative Typography for Lawyers and Practical Typography, has written a long, thoughtful post about the systemic abuse he has experienced from Matthias Felleisen of Racket/FOSS, and why he is choosing to now speak up and withdraw from the community.
Matthew Butterick previously.
unusual flight characteristics
The long-awaited Preliminary Assessment of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, aka "that government UFO thing," has been released. According to the report, "a handful of UAP appear to demonstrate advanced technology."
We reaffirm our call for Warren Ellis to earn the opportunity
SoManyOfUs, a website created as a response to creator Warren Ellis' targeting and manipulation of women, has released a statement about Ellis' potential return to comics. [more inside]
How Peter Thiel Turned a Roth IRA Into a $5bn Tax-Exempt Piggy Bank
Roth IRAs were intended to help average working Americans save, but IRS records show Thiel and other ultrawealthy investors have used them to amass vast untaxed fortunes. (ProPublica, June 24, 2021) [more inside]
The world's greatest record store might be in Upper Darby
“[Val Shively] has a store called R&B Records in this sketchy neighborhood out past West Philly. ... The building is listing like the Tower of Pisa because he’s got five million records in there. It’s likely the biggest record store in the world and collectors fly in from the U.K., Germany, Japan and wherever else, in order to buy from Val. But if they say something wrong, or he doesn’t like their attitude, he explodes in an unbelievable rage and throws them out of the store.” [more inside]
A Browser for all Four Seasons
The Overlooked Queer History of Medieval Christianity
"As historians, our role is not simply to regurgitate what was written, but to read between the lines. That’s the only way we’ll unearth the realities of subjects whose lives were either shielded by secrecy or erased, often on purpose, by the history that followed." - Roland Betancourt writing in Time Magazine.
This chart is a work of art
Katelyn Gadd highlights a CNN chart which is more than a little misleading. Bonus: more terrible charts!
Information Engines
World's fastest information-fueled engine designed by university researchers - "The development of this engine, which converts the random jiggling of a microscopic particle into stored energy, is [informing] researchers' understanding of how to rapidly and efficiently convert information into 'work.'" [more inside]
"they did not conquer us, we are still here resisting"
"Five hundred years after Hernán Cortés and his men conquered Mexico, a small boatload of indigenous Zapatistas are making the return journey across the Atlantic to “invade” Spain, rail against capitalist oppression, and perhaps throw the odd cumbia party." [more inside]
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