Scott Murray @scott@vis.social

I’m formulating a plan for inclusion efforts on vis.social, with the goal of making this a more diverse (and therefore more valuable and sustainable) social space.

But… I don't know what I'm doing! Please review and comment to me here, or in the doc:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rRyzZBccr1vxx684YjcN5cSWq0W8DA4a9v-cXC5vyPw/edit?usp=sharing

❤️🙂

For my next DIY project, I successfully made my own cold brew coffee this weekend. ☕️

It turns out it's not rocket science, and coincidentally, the coffee shop markup on cold brew is insane. I mean, it takes less energy and is way easier to make than hot-brewed coffee, so it should actually cost less. 🙂

https://ineedcoffee.com/cold-brew-coffee-is-not-rocket-science/

Hey Mastodon admins: Anyone have ideas on how to direct people to my donate links? See my post: https://discourse.joinmastodon.org/t/insert-custom-text-in-web-ui/2036

@Curator @SocialCoop

Happy independence day (for those in the US)!

I successfully executed a DIY electrical repair yesterday, without electrocuting myself. So, yeah, I'm feeling #independent, at least from having to shell out $200 to an electrician. ⚡️💸

Handheld Multi-frame Super-resolution

https://sites.google.com/view/handheld-super-res

Great video demo showing a new image process that squeezes more pixels out of the pixels you already have. I ♥️ smart people!

Can “Indie” Social Media Save Us?
The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/can-indie-social-media-save-us

https://petapixel.com/2019/05/17/these-light-painting-photos-were-shot-by-splashing-in-water/

Wonderful interactive illustrating principles of diffusion in networks. https://meltingasphalt.com/interactive/going-critical/

(Recent measles outbreaks are top of mind for me right now.)

Hi, folks. I no longer have the capacity to run vis.social. Thank you for all of your donations over the past year to cover the costs. We're now spending ~$55/mo. on hosting, plus some administrative costs (like the domain name).

Anyone interested in shepherding vis.social?

Props to the Pudding for being brilliant as always: https://pudding.cool/2019/04/text-prediction/

Listening to become more human. Such an important conversation (to listen to): https://listenerspodcast.uoregon.edu/2018/08/09/8-celeste-headlee-listening-to-become-more-human/

👓 👀 😮 https://medium.com/@davidhgoldberg/putting-virtual-glasses-on-a-real-face-warby-parkers-virtual-try-on-placement-algorithm-beb1e81c1d62

📎👀

https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/22/18276923/microsoft-clippy-microsoft-teams-stickers-removal

So many spam accounts, so little time. May have to lock down new registrations for a while and clean house.

Amazing narrative video illustration of wealth inequality and a clear explanation of a “wealth tax”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTwPHuE_HrU

OMG @sophiewarnes you are awesome for sharing this: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/azjti7/leonardo_dicaprio_refuses_to_date_a_woman_over_25/

Everyone, go sign up for Sophie's email newsletter, Fair Warning. It's great.

@Typographigirl What a great username. Welcome!

Of course the brilliant @lisacrost was behind this: https://blog.datawrapper.de/weeklychart-pichart/

Hi, folks! Apparently we are up to ~4,000 users here on vis.social. Exciting!

I haven't been super active here (busy with lots of projects), but if you are getting something out of it, please consider a donation: https://vis.social/about/more

I just upgraded our hosting plan to ~USD$45 per month to handle all your toots. So, yeah, there's no such thing as a free toot. 🍍