The world has always been global. People were always born equal. Our responsibility is to make our governments & businesses reflect that.
In our connected world, it's insane that we care more about fellow citizens than other fellow people. Crazy that we only care for our tribe.
The Internet gives us this incredible opportunity to connect and learn from each other. It's an amazing opportunity for peace.
"Social justice" just means "correcting inequalities". "Political correctness" just means "being considerate". Not bad things.
We speak to people every day in other countries, with wildly different backgrounds, contexts and beliefs. We're all people. All connected.
I'm wary of "tolerance" because it implies ambivalence towards people who are different to ourselves. I think we should strive for love.
People endure unspeakable violence for important parts of their identity. They should be safe to find community on the Internet.
Not having to conceal at least some aspects of your identity is incredible privilege.
@fmanjoo Based on what I know of the food industry, I'm totally cool with the government enforcing the definitions of common foods.
@verywhiteguy The dev team is more than just me, I promise! @erinjo, and then an amazing open source community. @withknown
For a while, I was one of the leading developers of WinHelp files. A game company tried to hire me. I was 16 and didn't care about money.
20 years ago, I ran a magazine distributed in Windows Help format. Files were self-contained, small, and could contain hypertext & media.
@SunFoundation Sorry to hear about Politwoops. Let us know at @withknown if we can help find it a new home.
@cleverdevil I think it'll require core changes not least to support multiple uploads with upload status. Taking to mailing list! @withknown
@cleverdevil This is probably our single most requested feature. Hadn't seen this gallery before - will take a look! @withknown
Little Brother was published in 2008. The only thing that doesn't ring true in 2015: that the Bay Guardian would be publishing journalism.
@kylewmahan I'm experiencing some "strong motion" "farther away" to my "discomfort zone". "How to be alone" 101.
I try not to have my devices out during meals at all if I'm with other people. If I'm at home there's a chance I'm streaming something to watch, which counts.
I'm on Cape Cod right now, and although I'm working, I'm downing all devices when I stop. It's making me realize how much my life is punctuated by notifications when it really doesn't need to be.
@dbounds Definitely interested. Fwiw, agree 100% with what you said then about leveraging existing social graphs.
@dbounds We don't have cross-site search yet. It's something we want to do and is needed - but need resources to pull that off.
@dbounds I'm using a Known Firefox extension, but there's a Chrome one & a bookmarklet. All let you reply to / bookmark / share any page.
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