Something notable about the “X/Twitter added a 5 second delay on links to websites Musk doesn’t like” story is that it’s well understood in the tech industry that every second matters for retention.
You lose about half of your would-be traffic if your link doesn’t “load” within 3 seconds.
They’re leveraging a dark pattern to reduce traffic at scale.
That is the kind of thing that should be illegal to do as a massive platform. Twisting the web.
In Vox, I explained how federal policy encourages car bloat, making American vehicles more enormous, polluting, and dangerous than they'd otherwise be.
That's the exact opposite of what we should be doing.
When events like The Fifth Circuit ruling this week that fathers have the right to deny daughters access to #birthcontrol making it clear that the #Dobbs decision was just the beginning of the rollback of women’s rights, we have loudly question who exactly gets to be "We" in "We the People.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Civil rights activists cheered when Ron DeSantis pardoned four Black men wrongfully convicted of rape as one of his first actions as Florida’s governor. But four years later, as DeSantis eyes the presidency, their hope that the Republican would be an ally on racial justice has long faded.
Thanks to F-, you can search & download their database. Search by name, state, or sector. DOZENS of sectors--for profit, nonprofit, government, etc. Gives the lobbyist's name or company name & who they've worked for.
In this weeks Week in Insights, I look at Finland's progressive traffic ticketing system as an example of what is possible for #tax#policy.
"Finland runs a ‘day fine’ system that divides a driver’s daily income by two and applies a progressive rate to the fine, leading to whopper speeding tickets such as a former corporate director’s $103,000 payout for a 25 km/h violation. No drivers can simply ‘price in’ the cost of being ticketed.”
I’m impressed by Abrome, an alternative K-12 school in Austin, Texas, that has had ✨zero✨ COVID-19 cases throughout the pandemic, just by sticking to protocol: https://www.abrome.com/layers-of-protection
TL;DR: the entire school masks (N95+), rooms are ventilated with CO2 monitors ensuring <800ppm, daily screening and surveillance testing, vaccines mandated. The 22-page plan is available at the link above.
The Cyber Resilience Act is being finalised in the next two weeks, despite the parts that could deeply harm #OpenSource. Rather than suggesting changes to the #CRA (plenty of others doing so), here's an article explaining why changes are still necessary despite the 11th hour.
As of today, June 5th, 2023, a large number of moderators, curators, contributors, and users from around Stack Overflow and the Stack Exchange network are initiating a general moderation strike.
The @EU_Commission has launched a public #policy consultation on the rules defining the European #standards system (aka regulation 1025). The top-line for me is it completely ignores #OpenSource while making both engagement in standardisation and use of standards very hard for open source community members.
Unsurprisingly, the consultation's survey makes it extremely hard to tell them this! I think @osi will be attaching a letter to its input! The deadline is July 25.
(For the new reader, there is a famous essay called Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names. It has since spawned a long list of Falsehoods Programmers Believe About....)
Everyone has fingerprints!
The BBC has a grim tale of a family with a genetic mutation which means they have no fingerprints. It det
Leveraging my #privacy and #ai friends. A super talented and capable undergraduate student graduating at the end of the quarter reached out to me asking for career routes forward, prior to (or perhaps instead of) law school, that would allow for the exploration of #dataprivacy, #compliance, and AI #policy.
I know about IAPP and their training and certification programs, but didn't immediately have any additional resources off the top of my head. Thoughts? Tips? Thanks!
I posted this in a thread but reposting this educational video from #GenZ for Change drawing comparisons between #fascism in 1930’s Nazi Germany and modern day #America, which also applies to #Canada, and now the #UK.
An educational video with a split screen comparing historical fascism in #Germany to modern day #fascist#policy
In 2023, #auDA undertook community consultation on proposed amendments to the .au Licensing Rules.
We made a submission, specifically commenting on the Public Interest Test for domain allocation.
We are disappointed that our recommendation to include malicious #misinformation as part of the Public Interest Test was not adopted and look forward to working with auDA to better shape #policy in an age of #generativeAI.
Haven't sent one of these out in a bit -- if you're a #law or #legal adjacent professional in the #fediverse looking for purpose-built instance to move to instead of the big .social general purpose dealies, we're here.
"We" being esq.social. We've been a presence in the #lawfedi space for a year and change, and aren't going anywhere.
From bounty-hunters to “fetal personhood” bills, GOP state #lawmakers are finding new ways to criminalize not only terminating pregnancies, but nearly all forms of bodily autonomy.
@andreagrimes breaks it all down in this essential read.
Do you have an in-depth knowledge of EU institutions? Do the EU’s legislative and #policy processes tickle your interests?
We are looking for a Public Affairs Manager with excellent analytical, English language and writing skills to join our EU Liaison Team in #Amsterdam and bridge the gap between policy and practice.
Bicycled to the library
Bicycled to a garage sale
Bicycled to the store (solely to buy snacks for the pet rabbits 🤔)
Saw some fitness cyclers
A few kids on bikes
No adults doing any utilitarian cycling
Eight bazillion cars (Nobody walks/bikes in LA!)
Annoyed the clerks in a store asking them where the nearest bicycle rack was (answer: nowhere nearby)
Observations: Although it's great the city here has added bicycle lanes, I personally think putting bicycle lanes on ALTERNATE ROUTES (not primary routes) would be a better way to entice people to ride. I find I am taking parallel (non-car intensive) routes INSTEAD OF BICYCLE LANES (on very high speed, car intensive routes) almost everywhere now. #bicycle#cycling#policy#infrastructure#BikeTooter
"We have identified three key findings from the research described here: (a) safe parking programs bolster upward cycles for those with the capacity to work, draw on social ties, or access housing assistance; (b) safe parking programs prevent downward spirals for those with fewer resources by acting as safety net, are preferred as a safety net by clients who have used both safe parking programs and emergency shelters over the latter, and provide greater access to resources than is possible through street outreach efforts; and (c) expanded access to lots, case management, and showers would benefit all clients of safe parking programs." #SafeParking#homelessness#unhoused#policy
Analysis: DeSantis is defending new slavery teachings. Civil rights leaders see a pattern of 'policy violence' (apnews.com)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Civil rights activists cheered when Ron DeSantis pardoned four Black men wrongfully convicted of rape as one of his first actions as Florida’s governor. But four years later, as DeSantis eyes the presidency, their hope that the Republican would be an ally on racial justice has long faded.
Moderation strike: Stack Overflow, Inc. cannot consistently ignore, mistreat, and malign its volunteers (meta.stackexchange.com)
As of today, June 5th, 2023, a large number of moderators, curators, contributors, and users from around Stack Overflow and the Stack Exchange network are initiating a general moderation strike.