Things that I think are worth your time.
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Simple.css
Simple.css, like its name implies, is a simple CSS framework. It includes styles for standard html elements with very little needed to make an html page look pretty nice and adapt to different screen sizes and light/dark mode. I stumbled…
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The Freedom to Let Children Die
Florida plans to become the first state to end all vaccine mandates, including for schoolchildren, rejecting a practice that public health experts have credited for decades with limiting the spread of infectious diseases. Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo, the Florida surgeon…
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A Notional Design Studio
Because, yes: this “America by Design” page is shoddily made, and poorly written. But the authoritarian impulse — to erase histories, to control a narrative, to single-mindedly focus on image and aesthetics — shapes not just the site’s text, but its design as well.…
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The Unforgivable Sin of Ms Rachel
This video from Lindsay Ellis discusses empathy, antisemitism, genocide, and Ms Rachel. It is long, but well worth watching. The Unforgivable Sin of Ms Rachel (YouTube – Lindsay Ellis)
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ChatGPT Assisted Suicide
Adam’s parents say that he had been using the artificial intelligence chatbot as a substitute for human companionship in his final weeks, discussing his issues with anxiety and trouble talking with his family, and that the chat logs show how…
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