Science must step away from nationally managed infrastructure

The United States faces a terrifying prospect: the destruction of multiple parts of its national scientific infrastructure. […] Link

Detroit Community Technology Project

The Detroit Community Technology Project’s (DCTP) mission is to use and develop technology rooted in community needs that strengthens human connections to each other and the planet. We work towards demystifying technology and expanding digital literacy in our communities. Learn more about DCTP. […] Link

Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website

The doge.gov website that was spun up to track Elon Musk’s cuts to the federal government is insecure and pulls from a database that can be edited by anyone, according to two separate people who found the vulnerability and shared it with 404 Media. […] Link

Mechanical Movements

Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements, now Animated for the Internet. […] Link

Mastodon Blog Survey

Why did you start blogging in the first place?

Humans Are All More Closely Related Than We Commonly Think

The late esteemed English actor Christopher Lee traced his ancestry directly to Charlemagne. In 2010 Lee released a symphonic metal album paying homage to the first Holy Roman emperor—but his enthusiasm may have been a tad excessive. […] Link

Interview with Eddo about the UCLA Game Lab

The UCLA Game Lab, housed within the Design Media Arts department and supported by the School of Arts and Architecture and the School of Theater, Film, and Television, fosters game production and research within an experimental art and design context, emphasizing conceptual risk-taking and new modes […] Link

Tech Workers Coalition

Guided by our vision for an inclusive & equitable tech industry, TWC organizes to build worker power through rank & file self-organization and education. We are a coalition of workers in and around the tech industry, labor organizers, community organizers, and friends. […] Link

Allison Parrish- Language models can only write ransom notes

“I would prefer for my poems to not also be threats.”

DIY Web Archiving

A 22-page standard-size, full-color zine co-created by Quinn Dombrowski, Tessa Walsh, Anna Kijas, Ilya Kremer, and Amanda Wyatt Visconti. CC BY-NC. Current version: v2, 1/22/2025. v1, 01/03/2025. […] Link