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.

Information Wanted • Heartbreaking documents of African Americans trying to reunite their families after slavery ended. http://informationwanted.org/ #linkblog

Gang of Eight • The last serious effort to reform immigration in the US, in 2013. The compromise bill had 68 votes in the Senate but was killed by the GOP in the House https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_of_Eight_(immigration) #linkblog

Ajit Pai's continued lies • FCC Chair lies about support for repealing net neutrality https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180615/07410640047/ajit-pai-now-trying-to-pretend-that-everybody-supported-net-neutrality-repeal.shtml #linkblog

They scream “Mami” and “Papá” over and over again • Audio recording of kids in internment camps while their guards make jokes https://www.propublica.org/article/children-separated-from-parents-border-patrol-cbp-trump-immigration-policy #linkblog

Supreme Court dodges gerrymandering case • Such a shame, this case is super important to the near-term future of our republic https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/us/politics/supreme-court-wisconsin-maryland-gerrymander-vote.html #linkblog

Fibonacci Hashing • An alternative hash algorithm that uses the Golden Ratio to evenly distribute things https://probablydance.com/2018/06/16/fibonacci-hashing-the-optimization-that-the-world-forgot-or-a-better-alternative-to-integer-modulo/ #linkblog

Cages for kids • Border Patrol says it's not inaccurate to say we're putting kids in cages, just they don't like the term https://twitter.com/CBSThisMorning/status/1008695502379077637 #linkblog

Child separation reality • Interview with an immigration advocate who describes in detail the process at the border right now https://www.texasmonthly.com/news/whats-really-happening-asylum-seeking-families-separated/ #linkblog

History of ICE child policy • Details on how America came to be a country separating children from their parents https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/16/us/politics/family-separation-trump.html #linkblog

Shahmeen Kasim • SF Twitch streamer does art and Fortnite https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Online-video-game-powerhouse-Twitch-the-future-12999233.php #linkblog

Imaqtpie profile • Portrait of a professional League of Legends player and $MM streamer https://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/news/meet-imaqtpie-the-worlds-best-league-streamer-w473364 #linkblog

Houston kids internment camp • Considering housing 1000 kids in a warehouse 5 miles from the house I grew up in https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Immigrant-children-s-shelter-considered-for-12999084.php #linkblog

Elle Mills coming out • Young YouTube star makes a sweet video. I'm totally baffled by YouTube culture but this is nice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDi7cezk9CA&t=2s #linkblog

Trump charity fraud • Details of the NY AG indictment sure look like Trump broke the law flagrantly. The question is, will anyone care? https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/06/the-disastrous-legal-implications-of-the-trump-foundations-activities/562895/ #linkblog

4am Apple ][ cracker • Interview with an archivist https://paleotronic.com/2018/06/15/confessions-of-a-disk-cracker-the-secrets-of-4am/ #linkblog

Paul Pressler, predator • Leader of the Southern Baptists has a long history of sexually abusing boys and young men https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/More-men-accuse-former-Texas-judge-Baptist-12831892.php #linkblog

Do not repeat lies • Direct and thoughtful writing from an excellent journalist https://medium.com/@dangillmor/dear-journalists-stop-letting-liars-use-your-platforms-as-loudspeakers-cc64c4024eeb #linkblog

Gay travelling businessmen • Scholarship on a cache of letters from the 50s https://daily.jstor.org/the-secret-gay-business-network-of-midcentury-america/ #linkblog

AI chips • Overview of the current trend in processor design https://www.economist.com/business/2018/06/09/artificial-intelligence-is-awakening-the-chip-industrys-animal-spirits #linkblog

Social media and happiness • Survey of young people in Britain https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/05/18/how-heavy-use-of-social-media-is-linked-to-mental-illness #linkblog