“But it was [Tré Seals’s] typeface ‘Ruby,’ named in honor of Ruby Bridges, the
first child to integrate a previously all-white elementary school in the South,
that grabbed my attention. Ruby is Vocal Type Co.’s reclaiming of
ATF ’s Jim Crow.”
Sarah K. Kramer ,
J for Jim Crow
(The Believer ,
December 15, 2021 )
“Little reportage has been devoted to unpacking Korean players’ personal
histories and the context in which they compete. Esports, like everything else,
is inextricably tied to questions of race, class, and structures of power.”
posted 3/27/2021 11:02pm ∞
“Ironically, the Times reports that Crossover’s own employees so resented the
company’s intrusive monitoring of them (as they created and sold intrusive
monitoring tools) that Crossover hemorrhaged employees and struggled to hire
replacements. Eventually, Crossover had to turn off its most intrusive features
so that it could keep the employees needed to make and sell its bossware
product.”
posted 12/17/2022 3:19pm ∞
“They didn’t give a shit about journalism; they just wanted prime real estate
that they could develop. And news organizations had it in the form of buildings
in the middle of town. So financiers squeezed the news orgs until there was no
money to be squeezed and then they hung them out to dry.”
posted 12/7/2022 8:28pm ∞
“George W. Bush didn’t originally want to create the Department of Homeland
Security; he was persuaded into doing so by Democrats, who were themselves
mostly grasping for an opportunity to score political points. Almost no one
pushed for a new department because they thought it was a good idea.”
Amanda Chicago Lewis ,
The 20-Year Boondoggle
(The Verge ,
November 16, 2022 )
posted 11/29/2022 8:00pm ∞