Chris Bedford

Technically a writer... content strategy, information architecture, user advocate... I write documentation so you don't have to.

[Yann LeCun @ylecun]

This could have covered the entire budget of the National Science Foundation for 10 years.

Instead, Trump wants to reduce the NSF budget by 50% ($5B a year instead of $9B), which would decimate the American scientific research ecosystem, dramatically reduce the number of PhD graduates, and destroy the technology innovation flywheel.

[Chris Bedford @strangereading]

@jennleaver One of many to follow.

[Chris Bedford @strangereading]

Please consider donating to food banks and charities that provide food and shelter to those less fortunate. No one should be hungry in a world with so much wealth.

[David Leavitt 🎲🎮🧙‍♂️🌈 @DavidLeavitt]

It costs you nothing to retweet this.

For every $1 you donate to your local food pantry you'll be providing 12 pounds of food — the equivalent of 10 meals — to families in need this holiday season.

#GivingTuesday

[Chris Bedford @strangereading]

@jennleaver Well said! I'm fortunate that my circle of friends and family voted inline with my beliefs and morals (Harris-Waltz), but someday i will have to interact with extended family who did not, and I'm having to consider how I will approach that.

[Chris Bedford @strangereading]

Indeed you will!

[Jake (the 80s & 90s never ended in my world) Rudh @JakeRudh]

If unfamiliar, get to know the underappreciated Talk Talk discography.

You’ll be happy you did.

[Chris Bedford @strangereading]

@remoquete I use Twitter very infrequently today, largely due to the "management changes." Perhaps you'll encourage me to use the Mastodon acct. I set up seemingly an eon ago.

[Chris Bedford @strangereading]

@remoquete Curious... do you first use a translation tool such as Google Translate and then review the results and add your corrections, or are you doing it word by word yourself?

[Chris Bedford @strangereading]

@remoquete My father was British, and I had his accent until I began school and acclimatized to California English. However, people in Asia and Europe often ask if I’m British, so there is still something there… British people think I’m Canadian.

[Chris Bedford @strangereading]

Both the media, and the social media recommendation systems that only show us what we want to see, and not contrary points of view.

[Andrea Junker @Strandjunker]

The fact that I know more about Joe Biden’s one bad debate night than I do about Donald Trump’s years of raping and sexually assaulting girls within Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.

[Chris Bedford @strangereading]

@remoquete Prepare for the latter, hope for the former. Writing from the United States at this point in time it is difficult to envision “okay,” but I work towards a better future while being mindful of reality.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

So let me get this straight: The so-called "originalists" on the Supreme Court have essentially given the U.S. president the power of monarchs. Just days before the 4th of July, mind you. The hypocrisy is staggering.

[Chris Bedford @strangereading]

The HTTP Observatory is a very useful tool that enhances web security by analyzing compliance with best security practices. It you are not familiar with it, I highly recommend taking a look.

[https://front-end.social/@chrisdavidmills @chrisdavidmills]

Mozilla's HTTP Observatory tool has been updated and migrated to MDN: https://t.co/CJbvRYzWOa. I worked on the copy and associated documentation — this was a great project to work on, and I'm proud of the results. Try it out!

[Chris Bedford @strangereading]

@remoquete I am reading Erik Larson's "The Myth of Artificial Intelligence," which has this quote from Eliezer Yudkowsky: "AI does not hate you, nor does it love you, but you are made out of atoms which is can use for something else."

[Chris Bedford @strangereading]

@jarango I saw RoboCop for the first time since it was released earlier this year as part of the Castro Theatre's closing party (double feature with Blade Runner!). Like Total Recall, Verhoeven's satire of sci-fi is brilliant. I'd forgotten how on point it was.

[Chris Bedford @strangereading]

The list of countries Donald Trump can no longer visit: https://t.co/SP1VyrYQ1d

[🦋the-michael-datson.bsky.social🦋 @fuller_sean]

Tristan god bless ya but why should this matter to MAGA? You put out all these facts but you don't connect them in a way that would make sense to someone standing at the ballot box.

The reason, folks, why it matters that Trump can't now legally enter Canada, Mexico, Australia, China (where he has multiple bank accounts), the UK/England & Ireland (his own homeland & where his other golf courses are) is because these countries represent our most important bilateral relationships on the planet.

Everyone would have to come to HIM, which could begin to be viewed as insulting. He can't check on his own "prized" overseas investments in the UK and China. He can't even leave the four corners of our country to meet with Canadian or Mexican leaders.

I would be shocked if most (if not all) countries NOT on this list quickly also draft up laws forbidding felons to visit their own countries, as a passive-aggressive show of unity against DT.

Mr. Trump may find himself unable to actually "be" president, if he were to win.

Back to you Tristan

[Chris Bedford @strangereading]

See the following post as to why this matters: https://t.co/5xJMzIhmSd

[Tristan Snell @TristanSnell]

Here are the 37 countries Donald Trump can no longer enter now that he is a convicted felon:

1. Argentina
2. Australia
3. Brazil
4. Cambodia
5. Canada
6. Chile
7. China
8. Cuba
9. Dominican Republic
10. Egypt
11. Ethiopia
12. Hong Kong
13. India
14. Indonesia
15. Iran
16. Ireland
17. Israel
18. Japan
19. Kenya
20. Macau
21. Malaysia
22. Mexico
23. Morocco
24. Nepal
25. New Zealand
26. Peru
27. Philippines
28. Singapore
29. South Africa
30. South Korea
31. Taiwan
32. Tanzania
33. Tunisia
34. Turkey
35. Ukraine
36. United Arab Emirates
37. United Kingdom

[Jeffrey Wright 🥜 @jfreewright]

Isaac Asimov - 44 years ago. Never gets old, it seems.

“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
https://t.co/n4WpEWOM93

[Andrea Junker @Strandjunker]

@JoyceWhiteVance Reminder: Russia also stole RNC emails in 2016. Putin released DNC emails so Hillary would lose, but withheld RNC data to keep the GOP in control. — This gigantic blackmail aria explains why Congress Republicans have as much backbone as a piece of toilet paper in a hurricane.

[Chris Bedford @strangereading]

@jennleaver I experienced this when twice broke her leg while in England. Wonderful service and prompt appts in the UK. Upon returning home 6 weeks to see a doctor and get follow up x-rays. It was also stunning how inexpensive care in the UK was in comparison to our system.

[Chris Bedford @strangereading]

Happy birthday, Mark!

[Jake (the 80s & 90s never ended in my world) Rudh @JakeRudh]

Happy 74th birthday to singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer, visual artist and Devo co-founder / lead singer Mark Mothersbaugh.