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
We've published two pieces on Belarus and global aviation - @yuvalweber on whether this effectively constituted state hijacking washingtonpost.com/politics/… and Ashley Nunes on the implications under the Chicago Convention washingtonpost.com/politics/… Thanks to both for quick turnaround.
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
2/2 Comprehensive ventilation standards must be developed by professional engineering bodies and the wide use of monitors displaying the state of IAQ must be mandated.
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Philadelphia spent ~$500K preparing its bid for Amazon HQ2. It made the group of half-dozen finalists. But @bradstone reports things started to go south after Bezos' top deputy (the next CEO) declared that, as a NY Giants fan, he couldn't stand the city. inquirer.com/news/amazon-hq2…
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
That is why it is so deeply important for Jews in the diaspora to speak out, to reject an ideology that reduces Judaism to political support for Israel—and reduces support for Israel to Jewish exclusivity.
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
It's really concerning that so many people seem willing to just abandon safety measures right now even though almost no kids under 12 have been vaccinated.
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
New: A confidential assessment prepared by DOE and DHS found the U.S. could’ve only afforded another 3-to-5 days with the Colonial pipeline shut down before mass transit, chemical factories and refineries would shut down. Cyber resilience? Doesn’t exist. nytimes.com/2021/05/14/us/po…
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Silicon Valley has remained one of the most unequal regions in the U.S. -- and for many midlevel engineers, food truck workers and longtime residents, it has become increasingly inhospitable. nyti.ms/33ugQ1f
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Increasing all wages (while good!) will not help people afford housing in supply-constrained states like California because it’ll inflate housing prices. If you want workers who can afford housing, rather than landlords who capture wage increases, we need more homes too.
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
The WHO just updated its page on how COVID-19 transmits. Those few sentences on aerosols represent one of the most crucial scientific advances of the pandemic. My NYT piece on the century-long history of the error, the year of delay—and what it means now. nytimes.com/2021/05/07/opini…
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Köppen Climate Classifications for the 1991-2020 and 1981-2010 periods using the new NCEI (gridded) climate normals (2.5 arc second).
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
There is no right to remain a breeding ground for dangerous coronavirus variants or a threat to small number still susceptible to breakthrough infections. We’re near the point when we must stop catering to those bent on endangering themselves and others. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
The U.S. death rate in 2020 was the highest above normal ever recorded in the country — surpassing the 1918 flu pandemic.
A New York Times analysis shows how much 2020 deviated from the norm. nyti.ms/3eoNJ4t
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The San Francisco Bay Area now seems to have flipped from "vaccine appointments, have fun finding one" to "vaccine appointments, we have plenty". (Santa Clara County, anyway, at least for the county hospital system and for Stanford Health.)
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
A big moment for California is at hand: @California_HCD must decide whether to certify San Diego's still-totally-inadequate housing plan, having given the city a 6-month grace period.
What the dept decides will shape expectations for every other city going forward. 1/n
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
In sum, the time has come for @California_HCD to decertify San Diego's housing element until city provides *some* information about rate of redevelopment of nonvacant sites, and adjusts claims of "realistic capacity" accordingly. 16/end
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Breaking News: Walter Mondale, the former vice president and champion of liberal politics whose own presidential bid in 1984 ended in crushing defeat, is dead at 93. nyti.ms/3gmZACy
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
VACCINE UPDATE: County of Santa Clara Opens Thousands of Additional Vaccine Appointments and Expands Eligibility to All Individuals Age 16 or Older:
sccgov.org/sites/covid19/Pag…
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