Nelson Minar @nelson@lgbt.io

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor • 1985 TV movie featuring Wilford Brimley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfMWlAF5RW0 #linkblog #tvstarwarsewokstootme

Tattoos and Cheap Booze • New album by my nephew! A mix of EDM and Hip Hop, mostly kind of chill https://open.spotify.com/album/2T5F4GlLiXgzK9GrxKxGwV #linkblog #musicedmhiphopgabeoakstootme

Turbo colormap • Google redesigns the stupid angry rainbow palette.. for some reason? A weird compromise between ugly aesthetics and non-correctness https://ai.googleblog.com/2019/08/turbo-improved-rainbow-colormap-for.html #linkblog #googlerainbowvisualizationcolormapscaletootme

Noe Valley cheesemonger • Nice profile of a good cheese shop http://www.sfweekly.com/news/get-to-know-your-local-cheesemonger/ #linkblog #cheesenoevalleysanfranciscotootme

Ottawa Mayor comes out • Sweet but also sad; he's 70, spent his whole life in the closet https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/columnists/mayor-jim-watson-after-40-years-im-opening-the-closet-door #linkblog #gaylgbtottawapoliticstootmecomingout

X11 tools • For many years this is what computers looked like https://cyber.dabamos.de/unix/x11/ #linkblog #computersuigraphicsx11uglydesigntootme

TikTok and Chinese innovation • Good perspective on how the Chinese Internet economy has grown to a formidable strength https://onezero.medium.com/tiktok-is-a-wake-up-call-to-silicon-valley-a286d698c7e6 #linkblog #chinainternetfirewalleconomicstiktoktootme

Indigenous Data Sovereignty • Keoni Mahelona on indigenous people controlling their own data and culture https://www.greaterthancode.com/indigenous-data-sovereignty #linkblog #hawaiihawai'inewzealandkeonimahelonatootmeindigenous

Mullenweg on Tumblr • Detailed interview from the new owner of Tumblr, very thoughtful https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/14/20804894/tumblr-acquisition-matt-mullenweg-ceo-automattic-wordpress-verizon-changes-vergecast #linkblog #tumblrwordpressautomatticmullenwegtootme

Museum of Westward Expansion animatronics • Now gone, a badly considered National Parks installation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwdibSXn59A #linkblog #npsanimatronicsstlouisnationalparkrobotwestworldtootme

China-centric map • Cool vertical projection https://priorprobability.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/img_5360.jpg #linkblog #via:redditmapschinatootmeprojeciton

System Shock 2 revival • Mysterious patches from "Le Corbeau" may have come from a found disk of original source code https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/08/12/no-one-knows-who-is-patching-system-shock-2/ #linkblog #systemshock2gameslookingglasstootme

YouTube and Brazilian politics • Recommendation algorithms radicalize a nation https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/11/world/americas/youtube-brazil.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share #linkblog #brazilyoutuberadicalizationpropagandaethicsgoogletootme

Qname minimisation • A small change to DNS usage that greatly improves privacy https://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2019-08/qmin.html #linkblog #dnsprivacyqnametootmeinternet

SPY 11 kids • Bizarre corporate structure for an ETF pins it to the lifespans of 11 random people https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-09/meet-the-spy-11-kids-with-250-billion-riding-on-their-lives #linkblog #etfspyfinancetootme

Vanguard tax weirdness • Mutual funds exploit a hole mostly used by ETFs https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2019-vanguard-mutual-fund-tax-dodge/ #linkblog #taxesetfirscapitalgainstootme

ETF tax weirdness • How ETFs defer capital gains; it's a sham https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2019-etf-tax-dodge-lets-investors-save-big/ #linkblog #etfcapitalgainstaxesirsfinancetootme

Moderating Hacker News • The people managing the tech world's problematic community https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-silicon-valley/the-lonely-work-of-moderating-hacker-news #linkblog #hackernewsmoderationtechpoliticstootme

Recycling failing in SF • Private company that collected recycling just closed. Our utility garbage company can't recycle plastic anymore. http://www.sfweekly.com/news/major-bay-area-recycling-company-closes/ #linkblog #sanfranciscorecyclingenvironmenteconomicstootme

Mapping North Korea • Details about the contributors to OpenStreetMap of North Korean data https://cartographers-nk.wonyoung.so/ #linkblog #northkoreamappingtootmeopenstreetmaposm