I was in Geneva this week for a meeting of Ecma’s Executive Committee, the group charged with advising Ecma’s General Assembly on governance matters. I arrived the night before & had dinner just up the hill from my hotel (the citizenM) at La Favola in Geneva’s Vieille Ville. We jumped right into business the...

A Century in Sound photobook, by Lee. Hanshin Tigers Clinch Central League Pennant, by Yuri Karasawa. Hell yeah! Effective altruism is worse than traditional philanthropy in the way it excludes the extreme poor in the global south, by Anthony Kalulu, via Eric W. Bailey. Elon Musk Calls For “Death Sentence” for GAC...

It’s somehow been twenty five years since I graduated from Rose. Our reunion was this weekend at Homecoming and, for the first time since graduation, I actually went. Moench Hall I took a redeye to Indy, and met up with Eryn’s friend Leslie for breakfast before heading west to Terre Haute. I killed time at Loose...

Dan Sinker asks, What If We Just Stopped? Nikole Hannah-Jones asks, In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (via Kottke) Equality PAC, Political Arm Of Congressional LGBTQ Caucus, Endorses Marcy Kaptur Days After Her Anti-Trans Ad, by s. baum. W3C IRC bots now open source, by Gerald. DOJ asks SCOTUS...

Happy birthday, Kathleen! Here she is at Sandhills with EJ in 2023. 🎂

Managers Are Catalysts, by Kellan Elliott-McCrea. Lost oyster beds rediscovered thanks to Gaelic and Scots language, via Language Hat. On not becoming a cyborg, by Nolan Lawson, via David Larlet. See also Other people’s voices, by Frances Crossley, which I linked to the other day. Agents: The new, New Kingmakers, by...

Many congratulations to Erin and Ian, who got married today! ∎

Switching Password Managers in 2026, by Ricky. Une société de lectrices et de lecteurs ne se construit pas toute seule, par Bibliomancienne, via Karl: Car on ne devient pas lecteur ou lectrice par la seule force de sa volonté. On le devient parce que des livres se trouvent à portée de main. Parce que quelqu’un nous...

How was that twenty five years ago? ∎

I do something similar, especially with writing. In seventh grade, for instance, my teacher accused me of plaigarism because, when I wrote book reports, my writing style would take on elements of the author’s. She and my mother (also a writing teacher) poured over the source material and never found the alleged...