Reading Log - December 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
Adobe's buy of Figma is 'likely' bad for developers, rules UK regulator - Paul Kunert
🎧 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
Supreme Court to consider multi-pronged constitutional attack on SEC - Ronald Mann
🎒 Everything Else
Solving the Wrong Problem - Nick Maggiulli