Five Links #18
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Five links for your inbox from this week.
1. Dave Rupert on climate change
I’m desperate to figure out a way I can help. I keep researching what ascetic life changes I could make to have the biggest impact. I could go vegan tomorrow if it made a big difference… but… and I hate to be a cynic… but one dude in Texas changing his diet isn’t going to save the Earth. It wouldn’t even move the needle.
We’re doing our part, dammit, but the ocean’s still full of trash and the CO₂ levels ain’t getting better. Does the government even have a plan? Why do consumers have to incur the costs, when closing one superfund site or shutting down some toxic industrial complex would be the same as millions of people “doing the right thing.” What if our government took some of the $649 billion dollars in oil and gas subsidies and put them towards something else? Something that isn’t killing us.
I’ve been reading Michael E Mann’s The New Climate War. Mann argues that putting climate change responsibility solely on the shoulder of individuals is one of the greatest tricks of climate inactivists. We can’t rely on voluntary collective action alone – we need systemic change as well – this seems related to Dave Rupert’s feelings here.
2. Maccy
Open source light-weight copy history for Mac.
3. Context Center
This open source project from Aram Zucker-Scharff has lots of links on complex topics that are often subject to misinformation. Well-worth an hour or two.
4. HackMd
Real-time collaboration in Markdown.
5. How to Target Email Clients
Development techniques to target specific email clients and platforms.
Projects + other things
- 182.5 days alcohol-free I unintentionally gave up alcohol for good six months ago. Here are some notes on how that happened, what I’ve noticed and a book recommendation.
- What’s the deal with privacy-focused analytics? If you start looking at how to make a website more privacy-focused, analytics will come up almost immediately. Why is this such a hot topic?
- Scruples: we’re booking new projects from September.
- My Unoffice Hours are available every other Wednesday. Next slot: August 24th.
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Dave