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Between Sex change and cleft lip procedures, two tales of doing the right thing and running on the fine line… Listen: Ep. 71: The Fox and the Hedgehog

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Yet another brilliant podcast from Radiolab. The first time I heard about the jury system here in the US, I was pleasantly surprised. This was a concept I never knew existed and while weighing the pros and cons of the system, I could never really decide which side weighed more. This talk runs along that fine ridge and broaches - jury nullification, yet another mighty ’toolset’ the jury holds. Source: Null and Void ...

LetsEncrypt makes you feel you’re doing highly technical stuff, yet makes it so simple to install certificates. I’d defer auto-renewals just to get to the meat every 90 days!

Even though we know that ordinary matter accounts for only about one-twentieth of the universe’s energy and a sixth of the total energy carried by matter (with dark energy constituting the remaining portion), we nonetheless consider ordinary matter to be the truly important constituent. Just read: Does Dark Matter Harbor Life?

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D-1 day! Hoping the weather system stays just like today’s. All set and packed for the run. Tomorrow by this time I should be somewhere near the finish!

I’m going to stick my neck out a bit and say that, online, identity is the most important factor in any conversation or transaction. That’s not to say I’m a believer in tying these things to real-world, offline identities. Just read: Some thoughts on Keybase, online security, and verification of identity

I believe it might be something to do with the media endpoint. As a workaround, I use the dsgnwrks Instagram importer plugin which does a great job fetching posts from Instagram. Responding to It’s Alive I have WordPress with all the indie web fixings, using the SemPress theme. Not sure about viability. One important use case is Instagram crossposting here via OwnYourGram.