Nelson Minar @nelson@lgbt.io

I'm very sorry Mastodon friends, but I think I'm going back to birdsite. Mastodon's tech is OK and I like the friendlier community, but it's just too small and too many people I want to communicate with aren't here. And I don't have the energy to split my attention between both.

I'm going to keep posting my linkblog posts here, they are automated. Won't be offended at all if you unfriend me because you're not interested in them. And I'll be over @nelson@twitter.com until the Nazis there get me down again.

Huygens • NTP replacement that synchronizes to 10s of nanoseconds https://www.usenix.org/conference/nsdi18/presentation/geng #linkblog

GEDMatch arrests • More cases of a genetic testing database being used by law enforcement https://www.fastcompany.com/90177794/data-from-open-source-ancestry-site-gedmatch-has-led-to-more-arrests #linkblog

It is as if you were making love • NSFWish: Windows 95 as a very specific lover. https://pippinbarr.github.io/itisasifyouweremakinglove/ #linkblog

Are you alone now? • to Alex, the act of family separation seemed quintessentially American. It was the cornerstone of his American experience. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/national/wp/2018/06/30/feature/are-you-alone-now-after-raid-immigrant-families-are-separated-in-the-american-heartland/ #linkblog

Portland Occupy ICE • Persistent protest https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3k4359/inside-the-portland-occupy-ice-camp-and-its-battle-with-the-feds #linkblog

Liberty University child predator • Falwell's hateful school has been harboring a monster who preys on little girls https://www.newsadvance.com/news/local/liberty-university-professor-arrested-and-charged-with-online-sexual-exploitation/article_9f510baa-9153-521f-afab-87363ab69afd.html #linkblog

Nevada County ISP purchase • Effort to bring fiber to homes may be purchased byRace Communications https://www.theunion.com/news/race-communications-to-acquire-nevada-countys-bright-fiber-and-its-fiber-network-project/ #linkblog

Willie Brown middle school • A tale of well meaning philanthropy and school design gone wrong https://www.wired.com/story/willie-brown-middle-school-startup-mentality-failed/ #linkblog

Another 1,768 snatched kids • Pilot program run before the most recent crisis https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/immigration-border-crisis/trump-admin-ran-pilot-program-separating-migrant-families-2017-n887616 #linkblog

Immigrant Children’s Jails • ProPublica is mapping all of ICE's jails for children https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/migrant-shelters-near-you #linkblog

Futuristic Space Drugs • New album by Gabe Oaks, my nephew. It's pretty good https://open.spotify.com/album/6LJ3taU8GlCfmUALOXGF02?si=ZiMlGO__ThmTePUP4Jwz7A #linkblog

Blockchain artist • System for verifying art ownership verifies a random guy as the artist of the Mona Lisa https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2018/06/how-i-became-leonardo-da-vinci-on-the-blockchain/ #linkblog

Apple Maps investments • Apple is working on building its own map data https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/29/apple-is-rebuilding-maps-from-the-ground-up/ #linkblog

DHS neo-Nazi code? • A weird coincidence or a terrifying demonstration of power https://www.buzzfeed.com/blakemontgomery/homeland-security-statement-theory#.hgOJlGZN3 #linkblog

Permit Patty 911 call • Woman lied about only pretending to call the police http://www.ktvu.com/news/listen-permit-patty-calls-911-on-little-girl-despite-claiming-she-never-did #linkblog

Amazon workers resist ICE • Amazon tech builders protest the use of their work to help ICE https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/amazon-workers-immigration-jeff-bezos-ibm-nazi-protest-a8411601.html #linkblog

Python 3 at Facebook • A story of heroism, or alternately a story of how hard it is to evolve software https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/758159/f1f631e1535ab9d6/ #linkblog

Google internal harassment • Really ugly problem inside the company; happening inside Facebook too https://www.wired.com/story/google-tries-new-rules-to-curtail-harassment-of-employees #linkblog

Toddlers alone in court • Child separation meets legal process, everyone is degraded https://www.texastribune.org/2018/06/27/immigrant-toddlers-ordered-appear-court-alone/amp/ #linkblog

ICE spokesperson quit • Schwab quit ICE after being forced to lie for them. Read to the end for the intimidation visit. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-ice-spokesman-james-schwab-opens-up-about-resignation-trump-administration/ #linkblog