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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Reporting by the Economist, music and lyrics by Tom Lehrer.
The world is facing an upsurge of nuclear proliferation. To stop it, powers that already have the bomb need to act fast. Our cover this week
econ.st/2Ympkox
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Read this story and weep. This, after masks, is the biggest failure—both scientific and communication—of the pandemic in Western nations: the airborne nature of the pathogen. CDC changed this guidance last October. Japan and many other nations had it right on *February* of 2020.
Six feet and 15 minutes became coronavirus gospel. The NFL had data that showed otherwise: The virus could be spread in under 15 minutes and from over six feet. on.wsj.com/3j3ZjDW
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Was thinking about turning off TLSv1.2 (in favor of 1.3-only) on dbaron.org/, but it turns out 1.2 is still 30% of my traffic.
Also, amusingly, tls.imirhil.fr/ doesn't support 1.3, so it says a 1.3-only site doesn't support TLS.
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California is now the state with the largest age difference between its two US Senators (39y 9m), ahead of Iowa (36y 9m 14d) and Oklahoma (33y 3m 17d).
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In other postal service news, I just today (January 19, Palo Alto, CA) received a standard-sized first-class mail envelope, postmarked Philadelphia, PA on December 26.
A few years ago first class mail between Philadelphia and Palo Alto typically took 3-7 days. Now 24!
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Seems like @MarketUrbanism came pretty close to getting his wishes, with #2 as DOT secretary (
buildbackbetter.gov/nominees…) and #1 as deputy secretary (buildbackbetter.gov/nominees…).
Hopefully a good sign for transportation policy in the Biden administration.
Of those floated for DOT secretary, here's my ranking:
1. Polly Trottenberg
2. Pete Buttigieg
3. Elaine Chao
4. Rahm Emanuel
5. Eric Garcetti
6. Earl Blumenauer
∞. Sarah Feinberg
L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Dr. Offit told me we should be greeting the Covid vaccines with the same enthusiasm that greeted the polio vaccine: “It should be this rallying cry.”
Here’s my attempt at summarizing what we know – and don’t yet know – about the vaccines. (fin)
nytimes.com/2021/01/18/brief…
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Good coverage of the latest messaging disaster, in a year with many. We are dramatically underselling the amazing vaccines, exaggrating the uncertainties and people trying to emphasize the good news are being drowned out, or worse. nytimes.com/2021/01/18/brief…
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Animals interrupting wildlife photographers. A thread:
1. 📸 Dan Dinu
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
A year into the pandemic, a big, simple difference between China and the West is clear: on average Chinese people are far likelier to think catching Covid would be a disaster. My Chaguan exploring possible reasons why... economist.com/china/2021/01/…
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There still hasn't been a presidential impeachment when peaches were in season in the United States. 🍑
(Feb-May 1868, Dec 1998 - Feb 1999, Dec 2019 - Feb 2020, Jan 2021)
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
The US designation of the Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization could be the final straw that tips Yemen into not just a small famine, but a truly huge one.
📺 Tune in on Thursday, 10:00am EST as I brief the @UN Security Council:
webtv.un.org/
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Don't blame me, I voted for Kevin de Leon
CALIFORNIA. US Sen Dianne Feinstein (D) has filed FEC paperwork to seek reelection in 2024 to a six year term ... when she will be 91 years old. docquery.fec.gov/pdf/729/202…
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Three Democrats — Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman, Pramila Jayapal, and now Brad Schneider — have tested positive for COVID after their Republican colleagues refused to wear masks while they were sheltering in the same room during the attack on the Capitol. buzzfeednews.com/article/sal…
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
In the NY Times today, I argue w/ @brianbeutler that a Civil War amendment to the Constitution--barring those who've "engaged in insurrection" from holding office--authorizes a broader response, one that goes beyond impeachment and beyond Trump alone.
nyti.ms/2MWMnE1
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