My Poison Snake: Erika Kobayashi on Growing Up in a Household of Sherlock Translators
Caution! Poison Snake On Premises! So read a handwritten sign posted at the entrance of our house. Our house was in the outskirts of Tokyo, in a town called Ōizumi in a district called Nerima. The …
Should You Really Delete Your Period Tracking App?
Since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision depriving people of the right to abortion leaked last month, some have advised deleting period tracking apps to prevent that data from being used to target people seeking abortion care. But it’s useful to distinguish between the security and privacy threats that abortion seekers are actively experiencing now versus threats that may come in the future.
Microsoft rolls back decision to block Office macros by default
While Microsoft announced earlier this year that it would block VBA macros on downloaded documents by default, Redmond said on Thursday that it will roll back this change based on "feedback" until further notice.
In this essay from Protean's third print issue, now online, Kimberly Bain reflects on grief and memory: on the still-resonating echoes of Emmett Till's death and his mother's cry, on Nina Simone, on Black mourning across historical time.
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Holograms, light-leaks and how to build CSS-only shaders - Robb Owen
Get a shiny WebGL look without actually using WebGL. In this article we take a look at how CSS blend modes unleash the potential of cool compositing effects without the need for JavaScript
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When I spitballed [a lexicon for Stage Manager][], I hadn’t yet actually played with the feature. One would think not having actually used a feature would prevent someone from giving feedback…
I am [still not in love][] with the name “Stage Manager” because it mixes metaphors and is easily confused with “[Center Stage][]”. My opinion is evidenced by the many [gaff…
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Democrats Must Become As Brave and Righteous as Abortion-Clinic Escorts
To win back abortion rights, Democrats need to learn how to fight the moral battle being waged by anti-abortion theocrats—something clinic escorts do every day.