- On GitHub and speaking out.
(And a reminder that Queens is a piece of shit. Yeah, I said it.)
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- Dorian Nakamoto's denial blows up Newsweek's bitcoin 'scoop'.
It sounds like he’s going to sue the paper.
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- What the Fox Knows.
Five Thirty Eight re-launches as a data-driven journalism site.
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- Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism And Intimidation Behind Her GitHub Exit.
Her story is crazier than I thought it would be. Even if you aren’t interested in startup scene inside baseball her complaints describe such a crazy train wreck of a situation. (For example, one of the founder’s wives was harassing her.) GitHub actually has a pretty good and on point response, more or less confirming her story. It’s pretty disappointing she had to publicly rage-quit to get anything done at that company. (This will no doubt complicate her career going forward.) This entire situation seems thoroughly avoidable. Regular 1-1 meetings seems like a good first step, but it sounds like there would be no one to meet with the way GitHub is currently structured. (Who needs managers—oh wait.)
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- Sexist culture and harassment drives GitHub's first female developer to quit.
The developer behind the passion projects series at Github has quit. It’s disappointing just how shitty the tech industry can be. No response from GitHub yet.
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- Measles Is Spreading In Our Largest Cities Because People Aren't Vaccinating Their Kids.
Dumb dumbs: Vaccinate your god damn children.
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- Amma And Appa.
Screened and received well at the Berlin Film Fest, ‘Amma & Appa’ is a personal documentary about the cross-cultural marriage of German director Franziska Schoenenberger & her South Indian fiance, co director Jayakrishnan Subramaniam.
This film looks fantastic.
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- Toronto doctor smacks down U.S. Senate question on Canadian waitlist deaths.
“On average, how many Canadian patients on a waiting list die each year? Do you know?” Republican Senator Richard Burr asked at the end of a prickly exchange with Dr. Danielle Martin, vice president of Medical Affairs at Toronto’s Women’s College Hospital.
“I don’t, sir, but I know that there are 45,000 in America who die waiting because they don’t have insurance at all,” she said.
Booyaka! Booyaka!
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- Highrise hell for low-income families in Toronto.
We can add this to the list of problems this city is not solving.
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- "Pain or damage don’t end the world, or despair or f*cking beatings."
A Lie Agreed Upon is a video essay by film and TV critic Matt Zoller Seitz, narrated by Jim Beaver and edited by Steven Santos, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the show’s premiere.
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- This One's for Me.
#A lot of people have wondered what in the hell I’ve been up to since I shipped my book in 2012. People think I’m being lazy, like I’m riding a wave of money and not working. I suppose I haven’t been working that much, but unfortunately, there is no wave of money. Usually, it is best not to jump into criticisms, and to let people think what they think, but I’d like to explain myself. Basically, everyone in my family died of cancer. Maybe I should step back a bit.
- YouTube. FIRST KISS.
A film by Tatia Pllieva. She asked 20 strangers to kiss for the first time, filmed what took place. (Can you kiss for the second time and still be strangers?)
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- Catch the Throne.
The official Game Of Thrones Hip Hop mixtape, of course.
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- YouTube: Save the Child's "Seconds a Day" video is unreal.
This video is so well done.
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- The Satoshi Paradox.
Newsweek is sure they found the creator of Bitcoin. Other people, not so much.
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- Trailer Park Boys to debut new seasons on Netflix!
Get hyped, people.
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- The Face Behind Bitcoin.
Leah McGrath Goodman may have tracked down the identity of “Satashi Nakamoto”, the anonymous inventor of Bitcoin. It turns out the creators name was in fact Satashi Nakamoto. Update: He denies any involvement, and in an interview refers to Bitcoin as Bitcom.
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- A Letter From Ray Jasper.
Texas death row inmate Ray Jasper is scheduled to be put to death on March 19. He has written us a letter that, he acknowledges, “could be my final statement on earth.” It is well worth your time.
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