Reading Log ForDecember 4, 2023 (#53)
This week I read about the US' complete lack of data privacy, an old look at the Space Shuttle, and more.
Web Development
- The
hanging-punctuation property
in CSS - Chris Coyier
General Development
- Maintenance Matters: Good Tests - David Eisinger
The Internet
- Harvard Gutted Initial Team Examining Facebook Files Following $500 Million Donation from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Whistleblower Aid Client Reveals - Whistleblower Aid
- Musk’s Faulty Vision Of ‘Free Speech’ Is Driving Speech Off ExTwitter - Mike Masnick
- Okta admits hackers accessed data on all customers during recent breach - Carly Page
Technology
- We Spied on Trump’s ‘Southern White House’ From Our Couches - Aram Sinnreich & Jesse Gilbert
- Our Ongoing Refusal To Regulate Data Brokers Is Going To Bite Us On The Ass - Karl Bode
Space
- Neptune-sized exoplanet is too big for its host star - John Timmer
- Beam Me Out Of This Death Trap, Scotty (1980) - Gregg Easterbrook
- “Low Earth orbit is now open for business” - Kai Ryssdal & Maria Hollenhorst
Business & Finance
Podcasts
- NPR’s Fresh Air: NPR host Mary Louise Kelly reflects on juggling motherhood and chasing the news
- Coffee & Open Source: Chris Klug
- Radiolab: The Library of Alexandra
- The Indicator #1491: Putting the 80/20 rule to the test
- Freakonomics #538: A Radically Simple Way to Boost a Neighborhood
Media & Entertainment
- The surprisingly robust careers of Star Trek stars who became video game voice actors - Anna Washenko
Politics
Everything Else
- Solving the Wrong Problem - Nick Maggiulli