Link Dump 02 - October 2024

This is the second-ever link dump I've done. As always it comes after a need to clear out my tabs, and keep the links that are worth it. In this drop we're focusing on technology, the open and beautiful web, squeeze-you-out capitalism, and a fine, fine font.

Luciole, a font designed to be easy to read for people who are visually impaired. Good news, it's under a Creative Commons license!

The Facebook Receipts, a project aiming to expose the lobbying Facebook is doing for regulations that may do more harm than good.

Static.Quest aims to create a list of amazing static websites, good web content given to you in its pure hard-boiled HTML form. Static sites are extremely useful in many cases. Don't kill a fly with a bazooka!

No!Spec outlines the harm that comes from spec work, a kind of work where creatives pitch their ideas for free, and only a few (or one) are selected.

Autonomy and The Machine, in short form, begs the question: when does technology stop being an extension of our body and start building walls around it?

When Objects Become Extensions of You on that note talks about a study that brings us much closer than we think to inanimate objects.

Reasonable Agreement is where Cory Doctorow (you'll see me cite him often enough) talks about the increasingly tightening grip publishers have on writers, and points to a few points that should always be carefully considered.

Thooughts on Content Aggregation is where Veselin takes a jab at (some aspects of) the source-lacking future of our digital consumption.

The medium is the message. Copy, acquire, kill, Fix the information loop is a three-part article series about the new Threads abomination, Meta's predatory acquisition model, and possible lines of defense the open web community can come up with.

Oh, and if you're feeling disappointed from the state of the Web and our general presentation online these days, I Wish I Didn't Miss the '90s-00s Internet from Rohan is right there with you. Hold tight bud, we'll make it better yet.

That's it. Until next time, where I'll try to have learned how to make my RSS updating a little less buggy. Tchüss