Ethical alternatives to the digital tools you use every day.
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”By appointing James to the ATEAC, Google elevates and endorses her views, implying that hers is a valid perspective worthy of inclusion in its decision making” – Inside the Google employee backlash against the Heritage Foundation #designethics theverge.com/2019/4/1/18290…
What’s going on here @Apple ? A covert new setting implemented - enabled by default - that promotes segregation. Not a written word to announce it. #a11y #accessibility
As noted by @hampelusken:
axesslab.com/digital-aparth…
Really bad move by Apple.
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@janeruffino Wow, that was long, but worth the read.
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@ifenn @Hilaryonline The only person I know who would stay here isn't on Twitter. 😅
@ifenn @Hilaryonline Interesting though to view how conscience hits in that end of the spectrum and whether or not it can have impact.
These are the 9 luxury hotels George Clooney wants his peers to boycott. They are financed by the oil-rich Sultan of Brunei, leader of a nation set to start stoning and whipping to death its gay citizens.
deadline.com/2019/03/george…
#GeorgeClooney #Brunei
I'm now wondering why these are not on the list:
Le Richemond in Geneva
Royal Plaza on Scotts
Grand Hyatt in Singapore
Grand Hyatt in Kuala Lumpur
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@tomsoderlund Shipshape
Which also means: in good order
"President Trump has spared no effort to help the coal industry, but more coal-fired power plants shut down during the first two years of his presidency than during President Obama’s entire first term. American coal consumption fell 4 percent in 2018."
nybooks.com/articles/2019/…
Opinion polls are such a sad form of journalism. Numbers with no context are presented as truths and differences within the margin of error are written about as indicators or effects of something significant.
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@ifenn A gimmick with someone likely invested in their growth 😝
@ifenn (and my mixed emotions do come from their appealing quirkiness)
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@ifenn True, but the conveyor belt was innovation for the 19th century. This is "innovation" for the 21st century.
So many conflicting emotions. How does a person with impaired dexterity eat here? Do they always need to bring an assistant to retrieve the food from the robot? x.com/CarlZha/status…
One word I constantly see people spell wrong on their profiles is "professional".
I'm embarassed by how satisfyingly ironic I find this.
A 2016 study by Carnegie Mellon University professor Dov Levin found that the United States intervened in 81 foreign elections between 1946 and 2000, with the majority of those being through covert, rather than overt, actions.
latimes.com/nation/la-na-u…
A flowchart for managing impact in design.
"Removing race and gender as explicit factors in the training data are basically table stakes -- the necessary bare minimum. It will not eliminate -- and potentially won't even reduce -- racial and gender bias in the model because it is still trained on historical outcomes." x.com/Liberationtech…
Suggestions of where to ask would also be helpful :)
@FortniteGame @OBSProject x.com/axbom/status/1…