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The Big Sick is such a lovely movie. I laughed and cried. Romantic and hilarious. Worth catching in the theater if you haven't yet.

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Greedily reading through these stories (and thinking about one of my own). https://seat14c.com/future_ideas

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This simply isn't how life should be. A sad story, and a warning. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/15/business/lawyers-addiction-mental-health.html

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The more we think of the human body as an ecosystem, the more we may be able to cure. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/07/14/opinion/sunday/alzheimers-cure-south-america.html?referer=http...

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If the US wanted to be more like the Netherlands, that would be okay with me, too. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/07/us-worst-health-care-commonwealth-2017-report/533...

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Actual healthcare outcomes put the UK 10th - still above the US, where healthcare is a brutal, market-based system. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/40608253

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A reasonable theory. Now, if we can convince the American public to be less obsessed with war and the military ... http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world-0/alibaba-founder-jack-ma-has-a-brutal-theory-of-how-america...

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I just set myself a new challenge. http://seat14c.com/

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The proof just gets stronger and stronger. Although, always remember: a bunch of people really voted for this joker. https://thinkprogress.org/amp/p/5a2a952f5690

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Unacceptable in any context; regressive beyond belief and not up for debate. Everything in this article has to stop. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/06/30/technology/women-entrepreneurs-speak-out-sexual-harassment.htm...

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I really like this. I've worked on remote teams for most of my career, and there are strong arguments for it. https://medium.com/@meganberry/the-complete-guide-to-working-on-a-remote-team-6bb11213e37c?source=li...

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Facebook has 2bn users. Its content guidelines affect how much of the world learns - and black voices are silenced. https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-hate-speech-censorship-internal-documents-algorithms

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It's time for media companies to help build the web. My first post for the International News Media Association: http://www.inma.org/blogs/media-leaders/post.cfm/why-media-companies-should-support-a-decentralised-...

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Demoing my beautiful new site theme!

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Does anyone know if there's any beer or hamburgers in this town?

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http://www.andy-j-miller.com/ being held up as an example of a great personal website. It's beautiful. Inspiringly organic.

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For clarity: I won't tolerate or work with, in any capacity, anyone I know to be a misogynist or bigot. And I'll warn others.

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I need more

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Just came across Open Signal: a new kind of community media center. Looks really impressive. https://www.opensignalpdx.org/

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Too many projects think "if we build it they will come". It's not about building cool tech. It's about making something people need.

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