The 30th anniversary celebration of Democracy Now!, held in New York City’s historic Riverside Church this week, featured live performances and appearances from writers and musicians including Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith. The musical performances were kicked off by singer-songwriter Alynda Segarra and their band Hurray for the Riff Raff, performing the Puerto Rico-inspired anthem “Pa’lante.”
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Performance tuning PostgreSQL for SquareSpace's TLS certificate service.
https://engineering.squarespace.com/blog/2019/performance-tuning-postgres-within-our-tls-infrastructure
saved 2019-08…
"Researchers ... have published a scientific study on how to ensure that the selection of committees and expert groups is mathematically fair and proportional, preventing significant minorities from being excluded. These findings could find applications in the political sphere, the commercial sector, or group activity planning to ensure all group members feel represented."
Proportional voting method could enhance electoral representation and group decision-making
https://phys.org/news/2026-04-proportional-voting-method-electoral-representation.html
CSS vs. JavaScript:
Exploring the performance implications of different animation strategies
One of the most common questions around animation performance is whether JS-based animations are slower than CSS-based ones. Should we always strive to use CSS transitions, or is it OK to use JavaScript animation libraries?
😉 https://www.…
Meta's Oversight Board says Community Notes aren't a proper substitute for fact checking, and warns expanding them beyond the US could pose human rights risks (Andrew Deck/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/03/metas-ov…
Trump Tells Aides to Prepare for Extended Blockade of Iran (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/trump-tells-aides-to-prepare-for-extended-blockade-of-iran-da3be7a4
http://www.memeorandum.com/260428/p139#a260428p139
Sources: the FCC is moving toward a review of Disney's broadcast licenses, putting pressure on the ABC owner as it faces scrutiny over Jimmy Kimmel's monologue (Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/04/28/2026/fcc-prepares-review-of-disneys-tv…
Pressed on latest Putin interactions, Trump prefers secrecy to transparency (Steve Benen/MS NOW)
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/pressed-on-latest-putin-interactions-trump-prefers-secrecy-to-transparency
http://www.memeorandum.com/260427/p110#a260427p110