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I'm obviously now working on a blog post entitled "Hostile design most harmful when invisible"
Strike that. It's now "Hostile design most harmful when it benefits the privileged."
Deleted my Voi account today.
Asked why, I responded:
"These scooters add to environmental impact, accidents, social friction and obstacles for people with disabilities."
I suppose the most surprising thing about this is that I even had an account. 😂
Scooters pointed out as being obstacles for a blind person, likely still parked in a way where most people wouldn’t think of them as being in the way. The irony being how people are generally blind to the struggles of others.
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These companies are essentially paying to cause harm... and yet of course many will come out wealthier from it.
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↪ Replying to @suthen
@suthen Client-friendly as in free, or client-friendly as in compatible with other software?
↪ Replying to @Wedge
@Wedge This is true. I planned on adding that I acknowledge some support is invisible. But I was heading into a meeting and my capacity to tweet quickly diminished. 😄
Sometimes I'm frustrated when others don't seem to be as appalled as me by some of the things I tweet. And then I realize I can only communicate and describe issues as best I can, not force others into what they value.
So that feeling of frustration is on me.
↪ Replying to @patriciadiaz
@patriciadiaz Haha. Var har vi hamnat när högläsning och öppen diskussion i muntlig form beskrivs som det vore undermåligt! 😂🤨😫
↪ Replying to @cydharrell
@cydharrell Looking forward (you know what I mean) to reading up on it. I’ve never consumed this much US news before but I’m obsessed.
How not to write a letter to a business associate. A primer by the president of the US.
No, this is not a joke.
Source: https://twitter.com/trish_regan/status/1184559361638748161?s=21 (Trish Regan at Fox News)
That it’s Fox News leading the way in running the polls showing a majority for impeachment, and now this letter, is strangely gratifying.
(This bizarre letter has been verified.) x.com/trish_regan/st…
↪ Replying to @berkun
@berkun Yes! I’m often wondering if the author really wants me to read the preface first, or if it’s just there to fulfil a normalized layout.
↪ Replying to @Anders_Lindberg
@Anders_Lindberg Ah, good point, thank you Anders!
The mining industry in Kiruna (northern part of Sweden) is causing underground deformations that are putting buildings at risk. This means they’re moving large parts of the town about 3km due east. No joke. This video shows the bizarre visual of a large house being moved. x.com/Anders_Lindber…
Here’s that same house arriving close to its destination.
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And another house. x.com/angrytheinch/s…
I wonder about packing for a move like this...
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Check out the wheels used to steer and turn this contraption!
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This is a much better explanation than mine of what’s going on here. They’re moving the town and they’re doing it long before anything is in danger.
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Asking to be deleted from a company because they are sending me client text messages based on a cell number that I took over from someone else 9 years ago. To be deleted I have to fill in a request form and provide them with many more details than they already have about me. 🤬
You may be reading about how only 2 women were awarded Nobel prizes this year. Not true.
Actually, Olga Tokarczuk received the 2018 award for literature. And Duflo's economics prize is not formally a Nobel prize.
The total number of female Nobel prize winners in 2019 is zero.
Here's why the economics prize is not technically a Nobel Prize: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Mem…
Those in the know will of course remember that the 2018 Nobel Prize in literature was announced this year since it was suspended last year due to a sexual assault scandal.
theguardian.com/books/2019/oct…
Analogy I heard on Greta Thunberg's success the other week: she is like the child who pointed out that the emperor has no clothes. This gives others the courage to also speak up and point out the same.
"Men är det verkligen skolans uppgift att lära eleverna hur man använder mobilen på rätt sätt?"
Motfråga: Hur många samhällsfunktioner tror du att en majoritet av svenskarna kommer nå via en mobil enhet i framtiden?
Forskare: ”Vi måste rusta eleverna för den digitala världen” | SVT Nyheter