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» How to be a fan of problematic things Social Justice League
"here are my suggestions for things we should try our darnedest to do as self-confessed fans of problematic stuff" - acknowledge, don't minimize, respect.
writing  arts  society  gender 
11 weeks ago by epersonae
The Gray Box: An investigative look at solitary confinement – Dart Society Reports
"Years ago, while assigned to cover Area 51 in Nevada, I had better access to a federal airbase that didn’t officially exist."
society 
11 weeks ago by epersonae
I'm Being Followed: How Google—and 104 Other Companies—Are Tracking Me on the Web - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic
google  privacy  marketing  webdev  society 
11 weeks ago by epersonae
How Do Open Source Communities Govern Themselves? | RandyFay.com
A comparison of several communities.
politics  opensource  drupal  linux  philosophizing  society 
11 weeks ago by epersonae
A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design
Something I noticed in the video (w/out audio) is that when the kid was asking Mom for a recipe, Dad was RIGHT THERE. (Getting a beer, apparently.) WTF casual sexism?
design  society  misctech 
november 2011 by epersonae
How Justin Bieber did not ruin Steampunk | Oakwright
"I would like to address my fellow Steampunkers: Stop being dicks." Very heartfelt post, really.
society  arts 
november 2011 by epersonae
The Income Disparity of Women in the Creative Class - Jobs & Economy - The Atlantic Cities
"Even when we control for hours worked and education in a regression analysis, creative class men out-earn creative class women by a sizable $23,700, or 49.2 percent."
gender  business  society  finance  webdev 
november 2011 by epersonae
Cruel America | The Nation
"It appears that no one is so unfortunate that he or she is exempt from spending cuts, while at the same time no one is so fortunate as to be ineligible for a tax cut." also: cheering the death penalty.
society  politics 
october 2011 by epersonae
The NLRB’s New Social Media Guide: What Employers Can (and Can’t) Do
Focusing on "Employer conduct that would be viewed as interfering with protected concerted activity" and "Where an employer acts “to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees” in the exercise of their Section 7 rights, which include the right to self-organize, form, join, or assist unions." You have the right to talk about your employer, to talk to your co-workers, and to generally be yourself online.
society  work  socialmedia  politics 
august 2011 by epersonae
A Terrifying Study and Chart | Leeds on Finance
"If this study turns out to be correct, by 2030 investors will have had close to 30 years of no real returns." the effect of demographics (age) on stock prices.
society  finance 
august 2011 by epersonae
Web Surfing Makes You Work Better, Study Says - WSJ.com
"According to a new study, Web browsing can actually refresh tired workers and enhance their productivity, compared to other activities such as making personal calls, texts or emails, let alone working straight through with no rest at all." And given the examples, possibly even more important for people doing routine work. (Which are those most often blocked from browsing!)
work  socialmedia  society  psychology 
august 2011 by epersonae
NYT: Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue?
Fascinating. Sugar boosts willpower, which is part of what makes diet changes so difficult.
psychology  science  health  society 
august 2011 by epersonae
Nickel and Dimed (2011 Version) | Mother Jones
troubling.
society  politics  finance 
august 2011 by epersonae
How Well Do Miss USA Contestants Represent Their States? | Guest Blog, Scientific American Blog Network
"This is not to say that Americans have no opinions about evolution until they get that call, only that there are several sets of information and intuition triggered by questions about evolution, and slight changes in circumstance can shift which of those sets will dominate a person’s mind at a given moment."
science  politics  society 
august 2011 by epersonae
My Name Is Me
"Supporting your freedom to choose the name you use on social networks and other online services."
personal  socialmedia  facebook  google  society  privacy 
august 2011 by epersonae
Anthony Weiner and the Infidelity Police | Workbench
"As long as the sex involves consenting adults and the person would not deny others the pursuit of the same happiness, it's none of our damn business." on the internal rules of marriages, Dan Savage, and minding your own damn business.
society  politics 
june 2011 by epersonae
Report: 'Global War On Drugs Has Failed' : NPR
"Instead of punishing users who the report says "do no harm to others," the commission argues that governments should end criminalization of drug use, experiment with legal models that would undermine organized crime syndicates and offer health and treatment services for drug-users in need." commission includes Kofi Annan, George Schultz, Paul Volcker, and Richard Branson!
society  politics  drugwar 
june 2011 by epersonae
danah boyd | apophenia » A Customer Service Nightmare: Resolving Trademark and Personal Reputation in a Limited Name Space
"In a neoliberal environment, individuals have become corporatized just as corporations have become people. The lines are getting increasingly fuzzy."
society  misctech  facebook  socialmedia  business 
april 2011 by epersonae
The Y Article - By John Norris | Foreign Policy
"the authors [senior members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff] make the case that America continues to rely far too heavily on its military as the primary tool for how it engages the world"
society  politics  war 
april 2011 by epersonae
Legal disclaimers: Spare us the e-mail yada-yada | The Economist
"Lawyers and experts on internet policy say no court case has ever turned on the presence or absence of such an automatic e-mail footer in America, the most litigious of rich countries."
society  misctech 
april 2011 by epersonae
Power Kill
"No roleplaying game currently in print encourages players to act out roles that are fully in accordance with the laws and customs of society, either those of the real world or of the fictional world that the RPG is set in." a weird metagame to get at this.
gaming  society 
february 2011 by epersonae
Mapping America
2010 census data!
gis  ena  local  politics  society 
december 2010 by epersonae
6 reasons event organizers should adopt the Conference Anti-Harassment Policy | Geek Feminism Blog
"Think of it like a seatbelt: hopefully you’ll never need it, and maybe it’ll make a few folk uncomfortable, but you’ll be happy it was there if you have to slam on the brakes."
gender  society  writing  misctech 
december 2010 by epersonae
Invaders from Mars - Charlie's Diary
corporations as alien invaders. yep.
society  finance  politics  philosophizing 
december 2010 by epersonae
Leaked Cable #r?a?p?e?: An Open Rant Against the Perpetuation of Rape Myths | Vancouver Media Co-op
"You know, it IS POSSIBLE that Julian Assange DID sexually assault a woman in Sweden AND that the charges are trumped up in a way and dealt with in a certain way because of his work with WikiLeaks." - more on consent, rumors and icky people.
gender  society  wikileaks 
december 2010 by epersonae
Some thoughts on “sex by surprise” — Feministe
"I’m not particularly interested in debating What Assange Did or Whether Assange Is A Rapist" - instead, some thoughts about consent, etc.
gender  society  wikileaks 
december 2010 by epersonae
"Bullying" Has Little Resonance with Teenagers | DMLcentral
"Teens are seeing drama everywhere - they're seeing it as a legitimate part of adult society that can often lead to notoriety."
society  psychology 
november 2010 by epersonae
Worker Rights Extend to Facebook, Labor Board Says - NYTimes.com
"the labor board has stepped in to argue that workers’ criticisms of their bosses or companies on a social networking site are generally a protected activity"
facebook  society 
november 2010 by epersonae
danah boyd | apophenia » Risk Reduction Strategies on Facebook
"teens who have strategies for managing their online presence that are odd at first blush but make complete sense when you understand the context in which they operate" two girls in rough schools with drastic FB strategies.
facebook  society  privacy 
november 2010 by epersonae
My son is gay « Nerdy Apple Bottom
"Thirdly, I am not worried that your son will grow up to be an actual ninja so back off." preschool-age boy dresses as Daphne from Scooby-Doo for Halloween. other moms are jerks.
society  gender 
november 2010 by epersonae
America's Dirtiest Interview: Mike Rowe Talks About Work - Business - GOOD
"The flaw in our character is our insistence on separating blue-collar jobs from white-collar jobs, and encouraging one form of education over another. Why do we value one above the other, when our future depends upon both?"
society  academia 
october 2010 by epersonae
The Big Lie About Private vs. Public Innovation | NewAmerica.net
"The next time someone tells you that the private sector is the engine of innovation in the US economy, laugh in their face" - indeed.
society  politics  misctech 
september 2010 by epersonae
rc3.org - Victims of economic restructuring are people too
"It wasn’t strategic thinking that led me to choose software development, it was the realization that I didn’t really like interviewing people."
society  finance  politics  misctech  webdev 
september 2010 by epersonae
The Poverty Nation Washington Built | The Nation
"Today's poverty is the accumulated toll of two forces that have advanced in tandem for decades: The corporate fleecing of family wealth and the bipartisan destruction of a refuge to which those shorn families can turn."
society  politics 
september 2010 by epersonae
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg opens up : The New Yorker
interesting personal story from the author at the end.
facebook  society  privacy 
september 2010 by epersonae
Retiring Later Is Hard Road for Laborers - NYTimes.com
"In all, the researchers found that 45 percent of older workers, or 8.5 million, held such difficult jobs. For janitors, nurses’ aides, plumbers, cashiers, waiters, cooks, carpenters, maintenance workers and others, raising the retirement age may mean squeezing more out of a declining body." (musing: should retirement age be based on years in the workforce?)
society 
september 2010 by epersonae
Reading, Writing, and RFID Chips: A Scary Back-to-School Future in California | Electronic Frontier Foundation
:(
privacy  society  academia 
september 2010 by epersonae
Op-Ed Contributor - Google’s Earth - NYTimes.com
"We’re citizens, but without rights." An elegant expression of where we are now.
google  society  privacy  psychology 
september 2010 by epersonae
Dejobbing society
side note: I haven't thought about Beguines in ages. (I took medieval women's lit in college. Yes, really. Fascinating stuff, as it happens.)
history  finance  society  gender 
august 2010 by epersonae
How Three News Outlets Handled the WikiLeaks Dump : CJR
war  journalism  news  politics  society 
july 2010 by epersonae
Stubbornella » Blog Archive » Woman in technology
"I believe CS and Web Development currently select for certain masculine qualities that are largely unrelated to someone’s prowess as a coder." indeed. dude, it's typing, not coal mining.
society  gender  misctech  webdev 
july 2010 by epersonae
Die young, live fast: The evolution of an underclass - life - 22 July 2010 - New Scientist
"Once you are in a situation where the expected healthy lifetime is short whatever you do, then there is less incentive to look after yourself." - and why reducing economic inequality is more important than education programs, etc.
society  politics  psychology  science 
july 2010 by epersonae
Nursing Home for Your Backyard in a Medical Care Cottage
another tiny-house concept. basically, the "mother-in-law cottage" taken to the next level with health care services.
adu  society  health  urbanstudies 
july 2010 by epersonae
The Wrong Stuff
fascinating interviews about being wrong, making mistakes, etc. especially good one with guy overseeing reduction of medical mistakes at VA hospital...who also was almost on the Challenger.
society  politics  psychology 
july 2010 by epersonae
On World Population Day, take note: population isn’t the problem | Grist
population growth is slowing, mostly from urbanization & the decline of childhood diseases.
eco  society  gender 
july 2010 by epersonae
Psychotherapy for All: An Experiment - New York Times
"He hoped to prove that Western concepts of mental illness did not apply in the developing world. Instead, he came to the opposite conclusion, that the ailments were in fact just as common and just as treatable as in the West."
depression  science  society  health 
june 2010 by epersonae
Floating World (FacePainting)
"The Last Airbender offends [...] with its casting of newcomer/lesser known White actors over equivalent Asian actors to portray its starring Asian characters" GRAR. (loved the show, been ambivalent abt the idea of the movie. M Night Whatshisname aside, I can't imagine it w/out the voice of Mako.)
arts  society 
june 2010 by epersonae
slacktivist: Rendering unto Krugman
"So let me oversimplify things a bit more." indeed. getting back to the moral underpinnings of society. so to speak.
society  politics  finance  history 
june 2010 by epersonae
Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names: MicroISV on a Shoestring
awesome. related assumption: there is exactly one way to represent the names in a household with two adults.
society  gender  misctech 
june 2010 by epersonae
Should You Boycott BP? | Mother Jones
"What matters is whether, in 20 years, people still get the heebie-jeebies when they think about BP." also: use less oil overall, obvs.
society  eco 
june 2010 by epersonae
lis.dom » girl meets copyright
society  library  writing 
june 2010 by epersonae
The Female Factor - In Sweden, the Men Can Have It All - NYTimes.com
"laws reserving at least two months of the generously paid, 13-month parental leave exclusively for fathers [...] have set off profound social change" fascinating...also, jealous!
society  politics  gender 
june 2010 by epersonae
Balkinization - Copyright: The Elephant in the Middle of the Glee Club
"The absence of any mention of copyright law in Glee illustrates a painful tension in American culture." Have never seen Glee, but imagine it would be a damn good thing if this came up on the show.
society  arts  politics 
june 2010 by epersonae
A failure of economic and environmental regulation : The New Yorker
"'the economy of esteem' is crucial to making public service work" in this case talking about regulation and regulators, but I think true of any sort of public employees.
society  politics  finance 
june 2010 by epersonae
You're (Probably) Wrong About Crime : NPR
Actual stats show clear decline ever since the mid 90s, and it's almost as low as the 50s & early 60s. BUT...70+% believe that crime is on the rise.
society  politics  weird  history 
june 2010 by epersonae
Street Giant » Leroy Stick – the man behind @BPGlobalPR
"The point of this story is that if someone is terrorizing your neighborhood, sometimes it’s alright to grab a stick and take a swing."
marketing  society  politics  blogosphere  funny 
june 2010 by epersonae
The Laboratorium: The Internet Is a Semicommons
"a mixture of property theory and Internet history; I argue that the conventional split between “private property” and “free for common use” on the Internet is overblown; both private and common need each other online" intriguing.
society  history  webdev 
june 2010 by epersonae
The Google Pac-Man Time Suck: Best Marketing Ploy Ever? | The Atlantic Wire
"a few days after the media flurry, a pair of diligent thinkers have raised doubts about RescueTime's findings"
society  productivity  google  misctech 
may 2010 by epersonae
Project ‘Gaydar’: An MIT experiment raises new questions about online privacy - The Boston Globe
"Using data from the social network Facebook, they made a striking discovery: just by looking at a person’s online friends, they could predict whether the person was gay."
facebook  privacy  society 
may 2010 by epersonae
Left out in the cold: How tech innovation favors the rich - Computerworld
"It is no surprise then that much of the gadgetry and Web services leaping from the minds of talented young innovators are geared toward young, well-educated, affluent white kids -- people just like them"
society  gender  politics  finance  misctech  webdev 
may 2010 by epersonae
how metafilter saved two russian women from potential human trafficking the woman behind the rescue speaks out - The Human Condition Blog - Newsweek.com
"members of the MetaFilter community have been offering everything from translation services to hugs and beer, and have accompanied the women on sightseeing tours and social calls" fucking awesome.
weird  society  blogosphere 
may 2010 by epersonae
MetaFilter Saved My Pals From Sex Traffickers
Ask MetaFilter is the most amazing thing ever. "Hi, I'm from the internet and I'm here to help." (not in the article, but someone quipped about that in the MeTa thread.) Also, most appropriate username ever: internet fraud detective squad, station number 9
weird  society  blogosphere 
may 2010 by epersonae
A Generation Gap Over Immigration - NYTimes.com
"baby boomers and older Americans [...] came of age in one of the most homogenous moments in the country’s history" that part I did not realize.
society  history  politics 
may 2010 by epersonae
The Rise and Fall of the G.D.P. - NYTimes.com
fascinating stuff, and not simple to figure out what to do, either!
infographic  society  politics  history  science 
may 2010 by epersonae
Doubt Is Cast on Many Reports of Food Allergies - NYTimes.com
"for now, Dr. Fenton said, doctors should not use either the skin-prick test or the antibody test as the sole reason for thinking their patients have a food allergy" also, food intolerance != allergy.
society  medicine  science 
may 2010 by epersonae
My Favorite Privacy Quotes – A Top Ten Countdown | Librarian by Day
privacy  society  blogosphere  facebook  politics 
may 2010 by epersonae
The cloud and the future of the Fourth Amendment
"The "reasonable expectation of privacy" test actually has two requirements. First, the person must have had a subjectively reasonable expectation that the item was private. Second, that item must also be something that society in general is willing to objectively recognize as reasonably private."
privacy  society 
may 2010 by epersonae
Gen X Has a Midlife Crisis - NYTimes.com
"I wish I could inflect those paired pop-sociological clichés with the requisite irony, but my air-quote fingers are afflicted with incipient arthritis." (*guy* midlife crisis, btw.)
society  personal  arts  writing  history 
may 2010 by epersonae
Workplace sexism: Glass ceilings are supported by glass walls | Career Management | TechRepublic.com
gender  society  misctech 
may 2010 by epersonae
Enemy Lurks in Briefings on Afghan War - PowerPoint - NYTimes.com
in which powerpoint continues to be evil.
war  society  infographic  misctech 
april 2010 by epersonae
Post #1000: A Strawman for Everything « Scott Berkun
"For post #1000 it seemed i should try and sum up. Be concise. Get to the point of whatever it is I’m trying to do. Here are five big swings, themes you’ll find in much of my other writing. It’s preachy as hell, but hey, it’s post 1000."
society  philosophizing  misctech 
april 2010 by epersonae
ASCII by Jason Scott / Library of Tweets
"F*** YES I TOTALLY APPROVE" ranty, but in a good way.
society  history  library  blogosphere 
april 2010 by epersonae
How Facebook won the web - CNN.com
gnashing of teeth.
facebook  society  privacy 
april 2010 by epersonae
Facebookipedia? Here come 'Community Pages' | The Social - CNET News
:(
facebook  society  blogosphere  webdev 
april 2010 by epersonae
Five Destructive Company HR Policies - BusinessWeek
which all basically boil down to: we don't trust you.
society  business 
april 2010 by epersonae
Out of the Loop in Silicon Valley - DealBook Blog - NYTimes.com
gender  webdev  society  misctech 
april 2010 by epersonae
Wealth And Inequality In America
"The poor are getting poorer, wages are falling behind inflation, and social mobility is at an all-time low." told in charts.
history  society  politics  finance 
april 2010 by epersonae
The single mother's manifesto | J.K. Rowling - Times Online
"I cannot help feeling, therefore, that it would have been contemptible to scarper for the West Indies at the first sniff of a seven-figure royalty cheque. This, if you like, is my notion of patriotism." F***ING AWESOME.
society  politics  writing 
april 2010 by epersonae
Beating Obesity - Magazine - The Atlantic
"If we are to solve the many problems that obesity is creating for American society, we must first move beyond the stale “willpower versus the food-industrial complex” debate."
health  politics  society 
april 2010 by epersonae
BLDGBLOG: Nakatomi Space
"While watching Die Hard the other night—one of the best architectural films of the past 25 years—I kept thinking about an essay called "Lethal Theory" by Eyal Weizman—itself easily one of the best and most consequential architecture texts of the past decade"
architecture  society  history  arts  philosophizing 
april 2010 by epersonae
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