Engineer on @googlechrome. Involved in CSS and W3C standards. Previously @mozilla, @w3ctag. Mastodon: @dbaron@w3c.social
Rockville, Maryland, USA
Joined March 2008
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
NEW: Civil Rights Division alums tell me they’re really alarmed by what they see as DOJ’s political targeting of four Democratic governors: huffpost.com/entry/coronavir…
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Exclusive: Carter Centre to launch first-ever US election initiative, citing "erosion" of democracy in the country.
The organisation, founded by Carter, monitors elections in hotspots around the world. This is the first time it has worked in the US.
independent.co.uk/news/world…
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If you look at the current 5 day forecasts for TD 13 and TD 14, they show (with substantial probability of error) two separate hurricanes making landfall on the Gulf of Mexico coast on Tuesday night, one in Florida's panhandle and one in Texas.
Tropical Depression #Thirteen Advisory 5A: Heavy Rains From the Depression Expected Over the Northern Leeward Islands On Friday. go.usa.gov/W3H
L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
COVID Update August 20: You have been hearing Biden and Harris say he wont "do the work" to discuss Trump's failed pandemic response. They're being polite.
Here's what doing the work looks like and what it doesn't.
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Qelbinur Sedik has witnessed wanton cruelty, gratuitous violence, humiliation, torture, and death meted out to her people on an unimaginable scale — but has been forced to keep the crushing secret until now.
thediplomat.com/2020/08/conf…
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Managing ventilation for the combination of COVID-19 + fire smoke + heatwave is going to be interesting...
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
They are almost, but not exactly, the same. My latest.
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Some of us are old enough to recognize that this was the 1996 Democratic convention before we see the "96" in the corner of the screen. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macare…
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Stellar example of effective science communication from @JamesEKHildreth who clearly but matter-of-factly explains a latest key paper on aerosol transmission, and why, by itself, distance isn't all protective indoors—especially in low ventilation settings.
1. Dr. James Hildreth, CEO of Meharry Hospital and adviser to Nashville Mayor John Cooper, makes a powerful statement about schools and airborne transmission. A MUST WATCH example of excellent public health communication about #COVID19
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
This new ad featuring former @DHSgov Chief of Staff under Trump is a bombshell: he claims @realDonaldTrump ordered the feds to cut off aid to Californians during wildfires, because CA voters didn't support him.
NEW: Testimonial ad from Trump's Former DHS Chief of Staff @MilesTaylorUSA, declaring his support for Joe Biden and describing Trump's presidency as "terrifying" and "actively doing damage to our security."
WATCH & go to RVAT.org for more.
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Paging all lawyers who want to prevent Trump’s postal coup: Forget DOJ. All states have laws against election interference. Because mail-in ballots include candidates for state office, AGs and DAs have standing to bring criminal cases against USPS. Start with PA, WI and MI.
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And the record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season continues:
"Josephine is the earliest tenth tropical storm of record in the Atlantic, with the next earliest tenth storm being Tropical Storm Jose on August 22, 2005."
Tropical Storm #Josephine Advisory 8: Depression Becomes Tropical Storm Josephine. go.usa.gov/W3H
Some trivia stuck in my head: @JoeBiden is campaigning to be:
- the second Catholic President (after Kennedy)
- the second President born in Pennsylvania (after Buchanan)
- the second Vice President to become President with a gap in time between the jobs (after Nixon)
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
This seems like a good idea from Bill Gates: third-party payers should require COVID tests to come back in 48 or no reimbursement. wired.com/story/bill-gates-o…
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
How Trump Allies Work the Refs in Silicon Valley nytimes.com/2020/08/09/busin…
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
"Trump Considers Ordering Post Office Not to Deliver Ballots" feels like something that should get a little more attention.
NEW: Last week, aides and advisers began pondering possible executive actions Trump could take to curb mail-in voting — everything from directing the postal service to not deliver certain ballots to stopping local officials from counting them
politi.co/3koknFu
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