“All of this is to say, Mastodon has its flaws and Twitter has its flaws. And, as I read in Dan Diamond’s newsletter, leaving Twitter also has its flaws. But you know what? I’m on Substack RIGHT NOW! And Substack has just introduced “Notes”. Why not investigate ITS flaws?”
💬 Mike Pesca
There’s a lot of similarities between writing music and building websites ….
“Music making is like progressive enhancement in that you start with your drums (HTML), add the bass guitar (CSS), and then sprinkle screaming and synths and solos on top it all (Javascript).”
💬 Robin Rendle
I’m doing research on alien life, so I thought I’d start in America.
💬 Jim Woessner
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I’m glad to see these companies defending end-to-end encryption, but this letter dances around the repercussions of this proposed legislation in the U.K. What they mean in the third paragraph quoted above is that if the legislation passes, people in the U.K. won’t be able to use WhatsApp or Signal or any other end-to-end encrypted service. Apple isn’t a signatory of the letter, but I think iMessage would be banned too.
💬 John Gruber
There is so much idiocy in the UK government these days.
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“As a punishment for being the worst owner in sports–terrible teams, allegations of sexual harassment, and financial improprieties, Dan Snyder will sell the Commanders for more than any other sports team has ever been sold. Let that be a lesson to you.
💬 Dave Pell (I think)