Notes

A few things we’re worrying about in the Netherlands this Christmas:

• Bikes with crates taking up too much space
• International influence leading some of us to work on the holidays
• The sea will swallow us all because you eat animals and drive everywhere

Twitter violence predicts real life violence. https://doi.org/c9qh

Some hope, for…

…redressing of the bias reportedly present in ‘predictive policing’ efforts, by refocussing the algorithmic lens away from those historically targeted by police, onto those that perpetrate harms

…om de uitstoot van broeikasgassen per eind 2020 met minstens 25 procent terug te dringen ten opzichte van 1990 definitief in stand blijft.

A functioning government holds itself accountable to honor commitments.

We generally get less narcissistic as we age. (n=747)

So it’s true, the kids are snowflakes.

Yet! Somehow the boomers started out so hyper-sensitive they remain the most self-absorbed, even in old age.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/12/191210111655.htm

I know this controversy is a month old, but I think Apple is wrong to remove apps that control vaping devices. The world is not safer or healthier with only disconnected vape sticks.

“We can no longer pretend that Google is a positive force in the world.”

https://notochrome.org/