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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A photo of an urban environment I like [27/N]:
中国湖北省武汉市武昌区自由路 (户部巷附近)
Zìyóu Road, Wǔchāng District, Wǔhàn, China (near Hùbù Alley)
January 2019
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Inside the TR: Reactor Department was the first to go down. Dr's estimated 50-67 could die. Other senior officers wanted to co-sign Crozier's letter, but he declined saying the burden was his alone to bear. Story w/ @Tmgneff @EricSchmittNYT @helenecooper nytimes.com/2020/04/12/us/po…
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Another story that should be completely shocking and impeachable: A US president wants to destroy the postal service because it carries packages for a company whose owner also owns a newspaper that prints stories he doesn’t like
Yet it will barely make a ripple
The admin demanded Congress not include money for the postal service in the rescue package because Trump doesn’t like some Post stories and therefore wants to get back at Bezos, whose little delivery company uses the mail
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
The Postal Service needs a bailout. The Trump Administration keeps shooting one down.
Trump threatened to veto the $2.2 trillion CARES Act if it included a grant for the post office.
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A photo of an urban environment I like [25/N]:
rue Montmartre, 75002 Paris, France
(facing south, from near rue Léopold Bellan)
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How about "require" in the sense of requiring it, but with a somewhat moderate fine to push the ecosystem in the right direction? (Maybe NZ$5 or 10 per un-updated user per month?)
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What happens if the government requires the cell carriers to ship the update for all phones they've sold within the last N years?
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
A progressive response to this pandemic is not possible without USPS.
- Vote by mail.
- More direct payments.
- Rx delivery for isolated seniors and those with disabilities.
This isn’t just another squabble.
This is at the core of all we’ve fought for.
#SaveThePostOffice
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
I spoke with the Postmaster General again today. She could not have been more clear:
The Postal Service will collapse without urgent intervention, and it will happen soon.
We’ve pleaded with the White House to help. @realDonaldTrump personally directed his staff not to do so.
NEW w/@jimtankersley: The coronavirus pandemic is ravaging the United States Postal Service.
Mail vol down 30% this week, compared to same time last year. Could be down 50% by end of June
USPS told Congress today it needs a cash infusion and fast.
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I feel like nobody cared back when Schwarzenegger misused it, though...
reuters.com/article/californ…
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"The research revealed a previously hidden spread of the virus that might have been detected if aggressive testing programs had been put in place."
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"So far, [...] researchers have identified seven separate lineages of viruses that entered New York and began circulating."
The hidden history of #Covid19 is written in the genomes of coronaviruses. Here’s my @nytimes story about its discovery. nytimes.com/2020/04/08/scien…
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Lucky to get some time with Dr. Cody ...Meet the Bay Area doctor who ordered America’s first coronavirus lockdown mercurynews.com/2020/03/29/s… via @mercnews #coronavirus #Covid_19
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
All over the world, the authorities are closing down parks and trails—but that's unsustainable, counterproductive and probably even harmful. Instead, we should adapt to the pandemic and retool them for social-distancing. My new piece on why and how. theatlantic.com/health/archi…
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Hey, I grew up in a state with a state liquor monopoly, and then went to college in a state where grocery stores could sell alcohol but they had to block off the aisle on Sundays...
I like Norway's honesty; they just call it "vinmonopolet".
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
In the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, THIS is the line for in person voting as the polls open for Election Day in Wisconsin. #COVID19 #ElectionDay
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