solar dust @coldwave@qoto.org

https://medium.com/backticks-tildes/the-s-o-l-i-d-principles-in-pictures-b34ce2f1e898

happy NB day, fedi

RT @arvidkahl@twitter.com

Genius. They wrote a script to make a PDF look like it's printed, signed, and then scanned again. Because digital signatures are still not accepted in many places while a signed and scanned printout is.

This is hacking bureaucracy. I love it!

https://gitlab.com/edouardklein/falsisign

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/arvidkahl/status/1248523267712917504

Really, asking "what should replace Facebook" is putting things the wrong way around.

A more interesting way to ask the question is, "what did Facebook replace."

People used to build their own websites. People used to have blogs. People used USENET which was truly distributed and un-censorable.

Facebook and Google took the open internet and open standards and monetized and made everything crappy. Enough of that. Nothing should replace Facebook, it's done, stick a fork in it.

The good news is: There are climate friendly alternatives to flying. A train ride can emit as much as 70 times less emissions than a flight.

How to travel differently: https://stay-grounded.org/lets-stay-grounded/travel-differently/

...also, something that's six years old, but still makes a good point that I intend to make use of in my blog:

https://www.chrisstucchio.com/blog/2014/why_xkcd_style_graphs_are_important.html

xkcd-style sketchy rendering of computer-generated graphs is an important visual cue to drive home to humans (who "don't read") not to assume too much precision or accuracy out of a graph intended more to visualize patterns.

https://tourofrust.com/

When you wear a mask, you’re saying “I value your life, not just mine.” #COVID19 #coronavirus #2019nCoV #WearAMask

A Mathematician’s Guide to How Contagion Spreads https://www.wired.com/story/a-mathematicians-guide-to-how-contagion-spreads/