My mother with her father, 50 years ago today. (She’s holding my cousin Danny.)

Erin McKean’s latest Things I learned while looking up other things is well worth a read. Yesterday was the annual celebration of people, like me, whose dominant hand is their left one, yet its Wikipedia page can’t decide if it’s spelled Lefthanders, Left-Handers, or Left Handers—all three appear in the article...

Today is HTML Day, an annual celebration of HTML going 4 years . Here in San Francisco, our HTML Day meetup was at Robin Williams Meadow in Golden Gate Park. Eryn, EJ, and I biked there & back. We Stopped by Say Cheese on our way there for sandwiches and snacks. After a little bit of confusion we found several...

Shai-Hulud and the risks of external dependencies, by Elia Scotto. The 90 day disclosure policy is dead, by Himanshu Anand, via Faisal. A missing underscore sent innocent man to prison for 18 months, by Nate Anderson. AOC Must Run For President, by Hamilton Nolan. Independent Watch Retailer Collective Horology Sues...

On Friday I finished Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Atmosphere, a sapphic romance set during the early days of the Shuttle program, and really enjoyed it. In addition to the obvious reasons (space! lesbians!), the story’s focus on an unconventional motherhood hit both Eryn and me right in the feels. #atmosphere #books #NASA...

Ecma International 65 years: A milestone celebrated. Nied, Earl. Royalty-free Licensing in Standards. 2026. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.7080858 Why in Building Protocols, Like Code, Starting Over Is Dumb, by mt. Tigers, Giants Locked in Heated Pennant Race, by Yuri Karasawa. HSE’s head of gender healthcare to...

Popped up to Washington this weekend. Previously. #seattle #travel #WA #work

I’m a Scholar of Genocide. We’re Entering a Terrifying New Era, by עֹמֶר בַּרְטוֹב, via Kottke. Confessions of an emigrant, by Elia Scotto. In Poland, for the first time, a majority of citizens opposed accepting Ukrainian refugees – poll, by Stepan Haftko. Being queer in Ukraine: tales of citizenship and resistance,...

Judges Paved the Way For the Federal Government’s Deadly Occupation of Memphis, by Madiba K. Dennie. Garrett Bucks asks, Do you believe that everybody should have fun or that only a few people should have fun? (Via Kottke) I Bought a House and Became Part of the Problem, by David Moscrop, via David Larlet. Bonne...

My parents, my sister, her husband, Eryn, EJ, and I spent this weekend in Sonoma celebrating my folks’ 50th wedding anniversary. We stayed in a hillside AirBnB a bit west of Glen Ellen. The drive up to the house was pretty harrowing, so we spent most of our first day lounging around and enjoying the pool. Then we...

Shot: The Supreme Court Is Going Where Anti-Trans Activists Are Leading It, by Jay Willis. & Chaser: Supreme Court Rules Title IX Means “Biological Sex” In Devastating Anti-Trans Ruling, by Erin Reed. More coverage of the ruling: Supreme Court rules trans people not entitled to most equal protections under law, by...

I visited San Francisco International Airport (SFO) on Sat Jul 04 2026. [map, swarm]