Web accessibility benefits us all: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0018720816640962 #accessibility #disability #webdesign #basichumandecency

Internet shutdowns signal a possible coup in Burkina Faso (which authorities deny): https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-burkina-faso-amid-reports-of-coup-attempt-oy9Y9Qy3 #internet #coup #burkinafaso

A shortcoming of hedonism is that humans choose meaning over pleasure: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/jan/23/hedonism-is-overrated-to-make-the-best-of-life-there-must-be-pain-says-yale-professor #hedonism #pleasure #meaning #logotherapy #victorfrankl #value #axiology

Men and women have different preferences for same-sex friendships: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S109051382100074X Men value more transactional qualities and this is pretty inscrutable and grotesque to me. #friendship #men #women #psychology

On abuse and harassment on the blockchain: https://blog.mollywhite.net/abuse-and-harassment-on-the-blockchain/ #blockchain #abuse #harassment #onlineabuse

Workers at Raven Software unionize: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-01-21/workers-at-activision-blizzard-owned-game-studio-raven-software-vote-to-unionize #labor #unionization #class #videogames

Five levels of hype: https://johannesklingebiel.de/2022/01/12/hype-as-a-scale.html #hype

Papua New Guinea abolishes the death penalty: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/21/papua-new-guinea-repeals-death-penalty-30-years-after-reintroduction #papuanewguinea #abolishment #deathpenalty #civilization

A fascinating, data-driven report on deforestation: https://ourworldindata.org/forests-and-deforestation Particularly of note is the section on palm oil and how its ecological imprint is much better than popularly assumed #palmoil #deforestation #data #ourworldindata

Denmark's economic model is on Github: https://github.com/DREAM-DK/MAKRO #denmark #economics #opengovernment #transparency

Industrial ammonia production emits more CO2 than any other chemical-making reaction: https://cen.acs.org/environment/green-chemistry/Industrial-ammonia-production-emits-CO2/97/i24 #co2 #emissions #environment #environmentalism #chemicalengineering #ammonia

This has been shared already, but we have more proof that right-wing online cesspools are vectors for foreign disinformation campaigns: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/01/leaked-messages-show-gettr-crisis-mode-joe-rogan-jason-miller-guo-wengui/ How many Maria Butinas do we need before the right wing realizes that it has been played? They are either explicitly working with the enemy or useful idiots, repeatedly. #china #peoplesreublicofchina #propaganda #motherjones #joerogan #joeroganexperience #altright #cesspools #disinformation #rightwing

A very thorough look at the housing market in Ireland in the 21st century: https://www.worksinprogress.co/issue/why-irelands-housing-bubble-burst/ I am totally ignorant of this, so I cannot defend the views expressed here, but they seem competently argued and considered. Any perspective is appreciated #ireland #housing #housingmarket #housingcrisis #boomandbust

A study spanning 20 years and millions of cases finds that the prevalence of the Epstein–Barr virus greatly increases likelihood of developing multiple sclerosis: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abj8222 #epsteinbarr #epsteinbarrvirus #ms #multiplesclerosis #science

@kaehlys No reason to cry, K: he would not want us to, rite?

After almost a century, Nhất Hạnh has died: https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/thich-nhat-hanh-dies/ Tell Thomas Merton I said hi. #buddhism #zenbuddhism #engagedbuddhism #plumvillage #nhathanh

Massachusetts uses legislation to induce suburbs into making affordable housing: https://slate.com/business/2022/01/massachusetts-zoning-apartments-housing-transit.html #massachusetts #housing #middleclass

Nanoplastic pollution found at both poles: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/21/nanoplastic-pollution-found-at-both-of-earths-poles-for-first-time #pollution #nanoplastic #plastic #northpole #southpole

In case you were wondering where Confederate statutes have been torn down in the United States: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/2020-next-wave-statue-removals-afoot-map-n1230506 #statues #whitesupremacy #confederates #maps #antiracism

New polling out of Mainland China: favorite country, Singapore; least favorite country, Canada. https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202112/1243607.shtml #polling #publicopinion #china #peoplesreublicofchina #singapore #canada #authoritarianism