Learn a new web development and hosting platform, write and design a site, publish it to the web, redirect the domain there, all on the bus to the conference where I intend to promote it? Yes, I just did that.

Sometimes I do deserve the productivity guru persona. :-)

http://www.spusa.org

(You may see the old site for a while longer; the new one is all text.) SPUSA Org template

Holy crap. Last hand before WSOP final table was *insane* this year.

2018 World Series of Poker final table set with crazy ending | ESPN

The quid pro quo of common carrier status is that ISPs have blanket protection against liability for what they transmit. So if this is the argument, let’s be sure every ISP understands that such protection is permanently stripped from every byte they transmit. Trump’s Supreme Court pick: ISPs have 1st Amendment right to block websites

You have to be fucking kidding me. At least now we know what Trump and Kim discussed in private for 50 minutes, all that remains is what percentage is going to the Trump Org. Sheldon Adelson Wants To Open A North Korea Casino

A very smart friend of mine just released a book on all sorts of digital storage options, and how to pick the right ones for your needs. Check it out: Take Control of Your Digital Storage

There is one way to make our politics reflect democratic values again, and that’s with thirteen (or more) Justices on SCOTUS in 2021.

13 | The Vast Jeff Wing Conspiracy

So he’s moved on from people who acted traitorously and is now with people who actively took up arms against the government.

NPR Politics on Twitter

Yes, by all means, the financial system is unfair and ruthlessly excludes the unbanked from key services necessary to function in society, so we must regulate the retailers rather than banks. As restaurants go cashless, a backlash is building. Will D.C. intervene?

This is excellent on so many levels. ‘Wonder Woman’s’ Gal Gadot visits children’s hospital dressed in full superhero costume

“And each time a fresh outrage emerges or a disappointing piece of news breaks, a chorus rises up from politicians and everyday citizens alike: “This is not who we are.” Americans don’t keep children in cages. Americans don’t ask travelers for their citizenship papers. Americans don’t turn away the huddled masses. Americans don’t elect white nationalists to political office.

Except: We do.

Of course this is who we are. The truthful response is obvious and tautological: If this weren’t who we are, then it wouldn’t be happening. We Americans are doing these things or, at the very least, seeing them done in our names.” Opinion | Of course this is who we are. But who do we want to be?

I thought 74 hot dogs would be the most disgusting food concept of the day, but once again I underestimated the malevolent creativity of humanity. Reuters Top News on Twitter

This thread about how the brain creates visual information (poorly and subjectively) is amazing.

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