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These are two brand new webapps from Chris Hannah that I absolutely adore already. Miniroll is a simple and sleek way to make an embeddable blogroll and Miniship does the same, but for changelogs. They are both super simple, have a fun vibe and aesthetic, and are a joy to use.
Iāve started putting together a changelog for Foofaraw and a Friends of Foofaraw blogroll. Iām excited to continue building these out, creating more, and seeing where Chris takes his little āminiā empire.
SB 244, which Republican supermajorities in the Kansas Legislature voted last week to enact into law over Gov. Laura Kellyās veto, will go into effect on Thursday upon the publication of the Kansas Register. The legislation provides no funding to help people who need to replace their licenses. Kansas driverās licenses typically cost around $30.
This is incredibly fucked upāitās also why we need to pay more attention to local elections. The people of Kansas voted overwhelmingly against an abortion ban and I have to think (hope) those same people wouldnāt want their neighbors being arrested for merely existing and driving.
If youāre in Kansas and your representative voted for this, I urge you to do everything in your power to vote these bigots out this November.
Imagine going from winning a gold medal to having to listen to this imbecile ramble like an incoherent madman do 2+ hours. Even if most of these guys are Trump supporters, I guarantee you none of them were planning on watching the SotU.
In China, censorship relates to red lines. You cannot cross some red lines. Itās about state policy and discussions (about) state power. Itās also related to what they would call minority or religious issues, which can be very sensitive, so people would not touch those topics. If touched, it could cause you different levels of damage. But in the West, especially now, you also see censorship everywhereā not necessarily just from the state but from companies, from institutions, from schools or museums.
Anything by or about Ai Weiwei (č¾ęŖęŖ) is worth a read. Heās dynamic and nuanced, and I donāt always agree with his views, but his passion, compassion, and willingness to speak truth to power are unimpeachable.
A quick reminder, heās the artist who dropped a 2,000-year-old urn in a series of black and white photos in the '90s.
Historically speaking, iconoclasm is pretty ugly and makes for some craven, manipulative bedfellows, but those urn drop images are still important and potent today.
Meanwhile, in Chinaā¦
This isnāt a ācount your blessingsā moment. Itās a preview.
Fun FAKE NEWS Fact: During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln curbed freedom of speech by suspending habeaus corpus.
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