Thoughts:
Stop acting like those inpower are fair. force it’s hand or nothing will change.
— Adam Thomas (@TheHonorableAT) May 29, 2018
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There is a story: activists talk to Franklin Delano Roosevelt – President of the United States (1932-1945) and as much as he agrees with what they are saying, he has the wisdom to tell them they need to force his hand. As much as he wants to change things, he knows power doesn’t react well to change. There will be blowback.
Feel what you feel about “politics,” but this is a lesson in power dynamics. Power is not a meritocracy; it doesn’t react to “fair,” as George Washington once said, “Government is FORCE.” If you want to change, create pressure (this is why people who say strikes don’t do anything are either agents of the power structure or purely ignorant)
The headlines are getting so crazy it sounds like you are exaggerating.
— Adam Thomas (@TheHonorableAT) May 29, 2018
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The news has been crazy lately. Wow. Someone on TV just tweeted out racist slurs and the sitting president of the US said that if you don’t respect the flag you should get out.
Both of these things happened in the space of three days.
Environmental terrorism. https://t.co/ez0WPS2iFn
— Adam Thomas (@TheHonorableAT) May 29, 2018
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Not the biggest fan of Cory Booker, but this is one issue I’ve heard him speak on. He seems to be alone. There is a concerted effort to environmentally wreck black neighborhoods in the south and midwest. It’s awful, and I hope this gets amplificated.
My op-ed in the NYTimes https://t.co/MTwurIjgeH
— Andrew Kahrl (@andrewkahrl) May 28, 2018
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Sorry if you think racism is just down south. I’ve been subjected to far more racism in Manhattan than in the bible belt. Read this, please.
Because of #GDPR, USA Today decided to run a separate version of their website for EU users, which has all the tracking scripts and ads removed. The site seemed very fast, so I did a performance audit. How fast the internet could be without all the junk! ?
5.2MB → 500KB pic.twitter.com/xwSqqsQR3s— Marcel Freinbichler (@fr3ino) May 26, 2018
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I saw an email today about people “surviving GDPR.” It angered me. GDPR isn’t bad, in fact, we should be celebrating. Our beautiful web has been taken over by short-term thinking, GDPR could be a way we can get it back. I, for one, welcome websites under 1MB again.
From the desk of Adam Thomas 