Scripting News: Monday, August 26, 2024
I know it doesn't matter why the NYT are so fucked up about covering the election, but I can't stop thinking about it anyway. Then, Greg Sargent's podcast gave me an idea. The oppressor in a fascist state doesn't need you to love them, so long as you don't love anyone else. The NYT isn't trying to make us love Trump, that's impossible. But they are trying to make us not fall in love with Harris. I doubt they foresaw that possibility. But our feelings about Harris are very much love. The NYT is our only master, they must think. There's no room for us to love someone else, because we might listen to them. In a sense they respond like a first born child on the arrival of their little sister or brother. I don't know. As I said it doesn't matter why. That's their problem. Our problem is to get them out of the way.#I don't want to give Trump any ideas, but he's complaining that Harris is forcing him to run as an incumbent, so he might as well take credit for all the things Biden did. #
The NYT et al aren't even doing a fair job of covering the election as a horserace, because they're making sure it's a virtual tie, so even if our team has overwhelming power, speed and depth, and gets on base in every at bat and plays by the rules, our odds are no better than the other team. #
The Twitter API still works, with some serious limits. Not easily incorporated into products, but useful for individuals with developer accounts. Not an insurmountable hurdle, it seems, though I was a developer from before. A few bullet points.#
My linkblog now reliably works on Twitter and Threads, in addition to Mastodon, Bluesky, RSS and WordPress. #
I was confused about the status of the Twitter API, but it turns out it's still there, and there is a package that connects to it for Node apps. #
It took me a few hours to add support for Twitter in my textcasting server app which is how my software connects to all the various services. #
I should probably add a plugin abilitiy for textcasting so that other services could easily be added, without modifying the core app. Totally doable. It's already factored that way internally.#
Anyway, the deal with Twitter is that it's free for up to 1500 posts per month, as I read it, which seems manageable for one person (me), but no way is it enough for a community of users. #
Why connect to Twitter? People are there. Until they aren't we're going to need a way to push stuff to Twitter.#
Doing the investigation into getting UserTalk running in 2024 has been a trip. The last time I did any work on this code, or even in this area of computer science, was approx 1990. It comes right back, like riding a bike. I saw a tremendous amount of potential fun here, but I had to move on to runtime, object database, verbs, user interface -- for Frontier. In the 34 years between then and now -- a lot of software has been written, and I'm only looking at a fraction of it, limited to stuff that runs in Node, the browser and Electron. And I have to say I'm totally enjoying reading about what they've done. I'm learning about evolution of technology, a facet of development I am extremely drawn to, in a whole new way, as if viewed through a tunnel in time. #Linkblog items for the day.
Why do we have to keep getting COVID? theglobeandmail.com
People have been saying that podcasting is dead or Spotify is gonna own it or Google's gonna own it or who knows and podcasting keeps on going just fine. spyglass.org
Roseanne Roseannadanna on King Tut. youtube.com
I'm going to have to delete all these test posts. First thing tomorrow. :-) feedland.org
A fourth test. I hate that you're seeing this. feedland.org
A third test post. Another one to ignore. feedland.org
This is another test. Ignore this one too. feedland.org
SpaceX ready to launch historic Polaris Dawn mission. nasaspaceflight.com
More than 200 Bush, McCain, Romney alums endorse Harris, hit Trump. usatoday.com
Madison Wisconsin Cap Times endorses Kamala Harris. captimes.com
This is a test. Please ignore. feedland.org
A lot of new in-car tech is "not necessary," survey finds. arstechnica.com
The NYT isn't trying to make us love Trump, that's impossible. But they are trying to make us not fall in love with Harris. scripting.com
Imagine the NYT were narrating this moment. When we win they don't report it. x.com
"We suspect Trump's team has not even told their boss about this dispute because it would be too embarrassing to admit they don't think he can handle himself.." politico.com
The NYT et al aren't even doing a fair job of covering the election as a horserace, because they're making sure it's a virtual tie, so even if our team has overwhelming power... scripting.com
The Twitter API still works. It is useful for cross-posting, but not easily incorporated into indie developer's products, but useful for individuals with developer accounts. scripting.com
Kamala Harris and the strategy of joy. theframelab.org
Pro-Trump "Undecided" Panelist Says CNN Knew He Supported Trump. meidasnews.com
Must-read thread, expands on theme of podcast I linked to earlier. x.com
How Kamala Wins: Inside the Clever Strategy Causing Trump to Unravel. I listen to this podcast every day. newrepublic.com
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