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Welcome to the new edition of rdela.com powered by Lume and Xeo . I am still your host, Ricky de Laveaga. Like the new Artist Activist website and many more I have brewing, this site thrives on the open source creations and contributions of Óscar Otero , particularly Lume and the elegant Simple Blog theme that is the root of Xeo. Thank you Óscar. I spent several years surveying the landscape of…
Poisoning political discourse for peanuts Cannot think of a better example of how woefully unprepared we are to deal with foreign influence operations than the defenestration of Twitter by repressive governments ( Saudi 🇸🇦 / UAE 🇦🇪 ) using their favorite stooge Elon Musk as a patsy. That such an obvious and easily traceable gambit to poison political discourse was such a wild success at a…
the silent peal the quiet wail the hollow well the empty pail
Update 6 April 2025: As far as I can tell, Apple Photos Shared Albums now function fully and without issue when Advanced Data Protection is enabled. I have not found anything to link to about this (please share it if you do). I wholeheartedly recommend you turn ADP on immediately . I have had mixed results trying to use iWork collaboration with Advanced Data Protection enabled, but it is hard to…
These are dark days, and I expect darker days await. So much to feel despondent about, but these three videos cheered me up a bit today. Found the top two on Kornel’s Mastodon and then the third on Stevie Martin’s channel . Both recommended.
Looking at the Guardian US site this morning, I was dismayed to see these two Opinion pieces featured so prominently with no counterpoint. It is in the best interests of Ukraine, and the west, to end this war as soon as possible Christopher S Chivvis The west’s calls for a total victory in Ukraine can lead only to ruinous escalation Simon Jenkins Both articles display a wild misunderstanding of…
Imagine Russia, China, and the USA suddenly became radically open-minded and loving to all of their inhabitants, embracing and accepting each other, practicing abolition of all forms of oppression and enslavement, upholding egalatarian principles, and recognizing the intersectionality that makes us whole. When you hear the speech Ravyn Ariah Wngz gave at Ryerson University, you know it is the…
Should Humans Colonize Other Planets? 🚀 Why wouldn't we? 🌱 If we cannot survive here where we evolved for billions of years in adaptation to the environment why would we fare better anywhere else? 🚀 So the argument is to just give up? 🌱 Resolve not to give up or give in to escapism. To focus on repairing our damage instead of exhausting crucial resources further to chase fantasies of…
Turquoise water leads up to the beach and a lush green hill above the overwater bungalows at the Bora Bora Nui Resort in French Polynesia , with puffy white clouds in the sky over Motu Toopua . Mount Otemanu can be seen in the distance rising over the bluffs on the left.
Often, while building a website, clients and designers will ask something like: Will you make the links open in a new tab so we don’t take people off the site? I am super against this for various reasons, the main one being that target=_blank breaks the back button , the only browser feature most people understand. Jakob Nielsen in 2005 : Since 1999, it’s been a firm Web usability guideline to…