Accidental Command LinePoetry
Running a script to pull data for a story I’m working on, my terminal produced the following which I liked a lot:
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"It made me think in new ways."
I can't remember a piece of media thinking I've enjoyed as much as Mel's Sandbox by Melody Joy Kramer. The above is just a line she used her her latest epistle, and I think it captures what I've always wanted in my media: To make me think in new ways....
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The real cost of broken FOIA
Besides the anecdotes you got related to nail-salon culture, what's the most shocking thing you found? It took me over nine months to get the Labor Department to give me information from their database, which they are legally required to do based on the Freedom of Information laws. And the...
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MuckRock's evolution
Above, a few years of MuckRock usage visualized, showing how we've moved from mostly free accounts (yellow) to community (green) and professional (blue) accounts. I find it utterly unhelpful and delightful.