Author of "Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World", ๐Ÿ“– amzn.to/2VX1qxC Also: NYT mag, Wired, Smithsonian, Mother Jones ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

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Joined January 2007
"What coding really teaches children": theglobeandmail.com/opinion/โ€ฆ Ontario's adding programming in primary schools. The @globeandmail asked my thoughts. Le voila! tl;dr -- I'm divided. Coding can be joyful, maddening, creative, so ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿฆ‘๐Ÿ›ธ. Adding to teacher load is ๐Ÿ‘Ž though (1/2)
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Sound science will touch every aspect of what the Biden Administration doesโ€“from new policy, to addressing social inequality, to the implications of new technologies. As Deputy Director for Science and Society, inclusive and trustworthy science will have a place in government.
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Finally started reading @pomeranian99's (sure-to-be wonderful) "Coders," and am absolutely taken with this description of the pathology common among lifelong programmers: "It's a boundless, nigh masochistic ability to endure brutal, grinding frustration." *chef's kiss*
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Some Trump supporters have tried claiming the attack on the Capitol was actually "antifa", but they've been running into a problem: Actual Trump supporters who are eagerly and excitedly claiming credit for it theatlantic.com/technology/aโ€ฆ
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So, the FBI investigated @doctorow over ... a blog post that linked to a Popular Mechanics piece about the physics of toppling statues: pluralistic.net/2021/01/15/hโ€ฆ WhatEVER is/was going on here? Cory suspects some troll filed a complaint. But why would the FBI would *act* on it?
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A law to protect human footprints on the moon the way we protect heritage sites: astronomy.com/news/2021/01/nโ€ฆ A weird one, this. It'd only affect US firms, yet countries worldwide are heading to the moon's surface; and the US also never signed the Moon Treaty
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you have forgotten, have you? birch pale as bones in the moonlight a white rose amongst the coals
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