Adam Bowen

Senior Application Developer at ej4

[DHH @dhh]

Firefox now blocking tracker cookies by default ❤️. We must come to terms with the fact that Chrome is institutionally incapable of protecting users from surveillance capitalism, and make our browser choice accordingly. https://t.co/y7pKu20vDB

[Adam Bowen @adamnbowen]

@notthegymnast The real Game of Thrones are the friends we made along the way

[DHH @dhh]

Silicon Valley’s economic model leads directly to this. It’s a sickness of greed and hubris. When that’s “just” about addicting you to the next social media phenomenon, that’s bad enough. When it’s literally the life and death of medicine? Fucking hell.

[Adam Bowen @adamnbowen]

Going over to the RailsConf Warm-Up in a few minutes. Come hang out with us! https://t.co/zqMGFvj24k #railsconf

[Francesco Cesarini @FrancescoC]

It is with great sadness that I share news of Joe Armstrong's passing away earlier today. Whilst he may no longer be with us, his work has laid the foundation which will be used by generations to come. RIP @joeerl, thank you for inspiring us all.

[Community Builders Network of Metro STL @CBNSTL]

The CBN awards reception is happening now! So many wonderful people gathering to celebrate.

[Myk is Walking Backwards @mykola]

lol what a great definition of 'eventual consistency'

[Community Builders Network of Metro STL @CBNSTL]

Today’s the LAST DAY to buy discounted $20 tickets for CBN’s 2019 Awards Night! Come help us celebrate STL’s community builders & everything they’re doing to make our neighborhoods stronger & more equitable. Appetizers, drinks, & parking all included! https://t.co/mdekQG8Hps

[Adam Bowen @adamnbowen]

@imathis It’s pretty easy to get in over your head when we’re all playing armchair economist ;)

[Adam Bowen @adamnbowen]

@imathis Yeah, for me it’s more about trying to find the appropriate hammer to bring down on them that also helps to prevent further abuses on that scale. I personally don’t know all the available mechanisms for this so if breakup isn’t the best method, NBD.

[Adam Bowen @adamnbowen]

@imathis Not sure what specifically separating those three services would actually accomplish: I’d probably rather have a split that said social network companies cannot also be ad companies. Something that drives at the core of their mixed up incentives.

[Adam Bowen @adamnbowen]

@imathis For me it’s more about trying to find a remedy for the current problem. They’re a company that has consistently shown no respect for ethics related to privacy, and there is no incentive for them to start respecting it. They’re making record profits while behaving badly.

[DHH @dhh]

Been using https://t.co/lsHVyufnhd as my primary search engine on desktop for a few weeks now. The best thing I can say is that I've hardly noticed a difference from Google! The results are totally fine, and reducing reliance on Google is extra fine 😍.

[Cardiff Garcia @CardiffGarcia]

This retweet is an endorsement https://t.co/uKdNUmniwR

[Michael Scharnagl @justmarkup]

So, in Safari Technology Review 75 the Do Not Track user setting was removed because some sites used it for fingerprinting.

A user prefers not to be tracked, the browser exposes this setting and some sites use it for even more tracking. What the f....

https://t.co/S8QAcDH985

[UrbanHarvestYFB @UrbanHarvestYFB]

Come join us in 3 weeks for a trivia night hosted by @BrickRiverCider benefiting the Young Friends of @UrbanHarvestSTL! That's Thursday, February 21st at 7pm at 2000 Washington Ave: we'll have a great time together! https://t.co/MhdJornGuW #stlevents

[DHH @dhh]

Speaking of protecting the web: DEFEND MULTIPLE BROWSER IMPLEMENTATIONS!! Last time we had a browser hegemony, it didn’t turn out so well. Microsoft people of all should remember this 😬🙈

[Rich Miner @richminer]

Nothing about MLK's name makes it a common mistake to insert a racial slur in the middle. This only happens if you are used to saying it that way or hanging with people who do - St. Louis newscaster apologizes for inserting slur into MLK's name on air https://t.co/JPxggaDYJv

[Clint Smith @ClintSmithIII]

2019 marks the 400th year since enslaved Africans were brought here, before this was even a country. Black people have only had any semblance of full citizenship for about 50 yrs. I don't think the public always grasps the enormity of state-sanctioned oppression on that timeline.

[Community Builders Network of Metro STL @CBNSTL]

CBN is hiring! Our current team of 3 needs an enthusiastic, self-starting team member to help further our community building work by providing support with program coordination, project management, & communication. Learn more here! https://t.co/ygHw8ijmlS