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
A fascinating look from @cynduja at the Trump administration's erosion of the H1-B visa program, keeping skilled immigrants teetering on the edge of uncertainty and possible unemployment:
NEW: Inside the Trump administration's "stealth strategy” for keeping out skilled immigrants bit.ly/2Rfdo5B
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They're also really easy to propagate. Cut branches off an existing one, stick them in a pot with dirt, and water the pot a little more than usual the first month.
This is how I currently have 5 of them in my apartment despite buying 1. (Maybe gave 1 or 2 to friends too?)
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Plants like the ones in the second and fourth pictures definitely don't need a ton of light -- best kept out of direct sunlight, although a decent amount of indirect light in the room is good.
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Bay Area transit peeps: on the blog today, three immediate next steps for Caltrain. caltrain-hsr.blogspot.com/20…
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Only 3 per cent of Britons speak ‘the Queen’s English’ but recruiters favour them still – are we wasting talent based on accent? Simon Kuper takes a look on.ft.com/2OQkLgZ
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Reckoning with the affordable housing shortage in cities like SF and Seattle means reckoning with the longer history behind it. My latest for @nytopinion.
We look to Big Tech to solve the housing crisis, when the solution involves things only government — and voters — can do, like changing land use rules and tax laws, says @margaretomara nyti.ms/2r1TGPZ
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Name another product that 1) is known to be deadly, 2) is designed to be deadly, 3) is advertised in ways that encourage deadly behaviors, 4) kills more humans under 40 than anything, & 5) faces literally no consequences from regulators.
Cars occupy a very unique product space
Teens die in 116mph tesla crash, parents sue, Tesla spokeswoman said “unfortunately, no car could have withstood a high-speed crash of this kind."
The top speed of this car is *130mph.* Why are cars that can't withstand a 116mph crash able to go faster?
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
The annual public cost that a city bears for each suburban home is more than double that of each urban infill home, concludes @SP_Inst. And that’s before factoring in the costs of big consequences like the #ClimateCrisis. #CityMakingMath
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If I had someplace to throw food waste to compost, I'd do that.
What I'm wondering is whether putting food waste & soiled paper in a municipal compost bin is actually a win, or if it's a loss because of the energy needed to break down the "plastic" forks/cups mixed in with it.
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How effective is composting?
I've heard (from a friend not in the field, but who did a bit of research on the topic) that commercial composting is energy-intensive to the point that, at least from a carbon footprint perspective, we'd be better off putting it in a landfill.
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
How Chinese media - and probably the leadership - became so convinced of a Beijing victory in Hong Kong's elections they wrote the story in advance.
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Forecast models are trending slightly wetter with the cold storm system due to impact the #BayArea and Central Coast from Tue afternoon through Thanksgiving. Most areas expected to pick up 0.50-1.50" of rain, with up to 2" forecast for the coastal mountains. #CAwx
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Forecast models suggest it could get quite smoky tonight in the San Francisco Bay Area as winds bring a lot of smoke down from fires in Oregon.
I'm hoping this will be the last big blast of smoke this season thanks to the rain that's coming.
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The Wednesday-Thursday rain forecast (ok, arriving a little before the holiday weekend) is starting to look firmer, and likely to move down the whole CA coast. It looks like there's a decent chance at a second storm Sunday-Monday as well, although that could stay to our north.
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
One of the white nationalist groups I reported on is now tweeting about me so I’ll likely lock this account soon. If you would like to show any solidarity, please read and share my article on how Facebook is continuing to host white nationalists.
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
MTC modelling assumes fares are fixed, so it seems more equitable to spend billions to replicate Caltrain greencaltrain.com/2019/11/mt…
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
NEW: Indicted Giuliani associate Lev Parnas is willing to tell Congress about meetings Devin Nunes—the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee—had in Vienna last year with a former Ukrainian prosecutor to discuss digging up dirt on Joe Biden. cnn.com/2019/11/22/politics/…
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
With Manhattan officials starting to talk about charging for parking on residential streets, I did some quick calculations of what a Manhattan parking space is worth bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Schiff: "The day after [Mueller testified], Donald Trump is back on the phone, asking another nation to involve itself in another US election. That says to me, this president believes he is above the law—beyond accountability. And in my view, there is nothing more dangerous.”
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