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“If you stand with science, you wear the mantle of the scientist. If you stand with the animal rights movement, you wear the mantle of the advocate, the moral, ethical person. I have one foot on either side because I understand both sides. And it is a horrible place to be.”

Well-written piece about Lisa Jones-Engel who went from scientist (conducting experiments on monkeys) to activist.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/31/primates-monkeys-scientific-experiments-peta-stop-testing

#ethics #animalrights #activism

Now getting these emails about collaboration suggestions during July, from people not aware nobody works in Sweden during July 😅. Or even between midsummer and the middle of August.

A coarse generalisation but essentially true from a broader perspective.

To be fair not everyone is aware I'm in Sweden.

The standard joke is that if you want to get something published in the paper, the summer is the time to do it. Because all the news rooms are manned by teen summer workers.

Has anybody ever rejected cookies in the cookie consent dialog and suddenly gotten a much worse experience?

Curious minds want to know and all.

Hugely stressful day today. Fitting that it ends with @Beantin and me interviewing Katie Swindler for @uxpodcast

Her recent book is called Life and Death Design, and is about creating digital solutions for people in high-stress environments, as well as people going through a crisis or who have recently been in an accident. As always these design considerations make things better for everyone. You don't know who is going through a crisis or what can startle them.

https://rosenfeldmedia.com/people/katie-swindler/

@kazarnowicz Oh wow, excellent! Had not seen this.

@kazarnowicz Oh yeah, definitely. I pay $10 a year for Overcast. What I'm objecting to, which I obviously wasn't clear with, is that consumers are led to believe that podcasts are somehow "released" on big platforms and the platforms take advantage of this to build on user profiles / data surveillance and share consumption data with others.

Small tech for the win, and yes: pay them :)

I started my first podcast in 2007, before the first iPhone was released.

One development that has saddened me is the commercialisation of a phenomenon based on a completely open and free foundation. A podcast is essentially an RSS feed. No need to pay, no reason to be tracked.

That's why e.g. you'll never see me sharing a Spotify link to a podcast. I recommend Overcast (iOS), a self-funded app that has sustainably succeeded on its own merits and respected listener privacy for 8 years.

@davor I think I noticed that you commented using Commento on my blog (just trying it out) but when I went to approve it, the comment seemed already deleted. Was this the case, or should I be looking for issues with the app?

Just now deciding between:

* HEY email (likely in combination with something else)
* Proton.me
* Onmail.com

Any thoughts on privacy-focused, benevolent or self-hosted email is appreciated right now 😅

#email