Some scary moments revealed about the Boeing Starliner flight, fluid CSS, a history of markdown and more.

Web Development

• The case for “old school” CSS - Chen Hui Jing
• Browser choice is an accessibility consideration - Beeps
• Item Flow, Part 1: A new unified concept for layout - Jen Simmons, Saron Yitbarek, Elika Etemad & Brandon Stewart
• A fluid CSS methodology - Willy Brauner
• The <select> element can now be customized with CSS - Adam Argyle

Technology

• How 18F Transformed Government Technology − And Why Its Elimination Matters - Kayla Schwoerer
• Poisoning Well - Heydon Pickering
• Thunderbird email is going pro to better compete with Gmail - Umar Shakir

Space

• Starliner’s flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought - Eric Berger

Economics

• Trade deficits do not make a country poorer - Noah Smith

Podcasts

• The Indicator: What $10 billion in data centers actually gets you
• Hardcore History Addendum: So, you say you want a revolution?

Everything Else

• Markdown and the Slow Fade of the Formatting Fetish - The iA Team
• Personal blogs are the best, I love yours and I’ll try and tell you why - Peter W

A Song to Leave You With

Mercy Union - Layovers