morgan sung is on Close All Tabs

and this is why i'm sus of age verification laws. none of this is ever secure!!

The only mitigating thing here is that the map doesn't contain PII, just user IDs. But still unbelievable* that this company promoted itself as a safe space for women and asked for driver's license photos and promised to delete verification images and did not and lost custody of 13,000 of them.

new banner ... in my professional era

like yeah we do live in different worlds i guess

last week at a happy hour in sf i met someone who had just moved to the bay area and was shocked at how expensive everything was, which, fair. and then she said she could barely afford to uber eats "once or twice a day" the way she did back home

SF-Based Internet Archive Is Now a Federal Depository Library. What Does That Mean? | KQED The Internet Archive, thanks to its designation by California Sen. Alex Padilla, joins a network of over 1,100 libraries that make government documents accessible to the public.

a KQED exclusive: the Internet Archive joins a network of federally recognized libraries that archive government records and make them accessible to the public. i wrote about how that affects Archive's legal challenges and what it means to be a library in the digital age
www.kqed.org/news/1204942...

What Happens if the Internet Archive Goes Dark? | KQED For decades, the Internet Archive has preserved our digital history. Lately, journalists and ordinary citizens have been turning to it more than ever, as the Trump administration undertakes an ideolog...

this story is a follow up to our internet archive episode, which you can listen to here :)
www.kqed.org/news/1203198...

these government records can account for "millions of millions of pages" & storing them can take up entire floors of libraries, which face the monumental task of digitizing everything themselves. as part of this program, the Internet Archive can help out
www.kqed.org/news/1204942...

SF-Based Internet Archive Is Now a Federal Depository Library. What Does That Mean? | KQED The Internet Archive, thanks to its designation by California Sen. Alex Padilla, joins a network of over 1,100 libraries that make government documents accessible to the public.

a KQED exclusive: the Internet Archive joins a network of federally recognized libraries that archive government records and make them accessible to the public. i wrote about how that affects Archive's legal challenges and what it means to be a library in the digital age
www.kqed.org/news/1204942...

new episode of close all tabs is sooo sweet - our producer maya profiles her dad, who grew up in a rural village in peru and went on to work on the early microchips that paved the way for today's computers

Beautiful piece from Close All Tabs producer Maya Cueva

OGs of Tech: A Latino Engineer in Silicon Valley | KQED In a field obsessed with the future, sometimes it’s worth looking back. OGs of Tech is a new occasional series from Close All Tabs that looks beyond the billionaires to spotlight the often-overlooked ...

listen wherever you get your podcasts!!

www.kqed.org/news/1204930...

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this episode is especially cool because it has snippets of maya's animated short about her dad
open.spotify.com/episode/18qG...

i've been having a lot of fun turning the close all tabs IG into a little digital scrapbook :)
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new episode of close all tabs is sooo sweet - our producer maya profiles her dad, who grew up in a rural village in peru and went on to work on the early microchips that paved the way for today's computers

highly recommend dating someone who is also Online but in a different way than you are. for example my beautiful perfect gf will say something like "the chef at the tesla diner is also the culinary lead at mr. beast burger"

this sucks idk

🧵 When you’re talking to a human, whether it’s a parent, or a teacher, therapist, friend, frenemy, enemy, humans have bullshit monitors. We’re hardwired to see through other people’s bullshit. Conversely, we’re not very good at seeing through our own bullshit.

Teens Under the Influence (of Chatbots) | KQED Young people are increasingly turning to AI “companion chatbots” to meet their emotional needs. But a new study shows that these chatbots, which are designed to mimic real social relationships, may co...

🧵 — me, talking to @morgansung.bsky.social of #closealltabs, @kqednews.kqed.org's weekly podcast about internet culture and digital life. To quote the movie "Casablanca," I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. And I'm not talking about #AI #chatbot "friendship" ...

Furry Family Ofrenda by Changa_Husky Welcome to the Furry Family Ofrenda world in VRCǃ We created this room to remember some furs that are no longer with us‚ and some people who have inspired us for Día de Muertos （The Day of the Dead‚ O...

VR chat!
vrchat.com/home/launch?...

Modern life is quietly crying at a public radio podcast about furry funerals while driving to a screening of Waterworld at a non-profit theater after grabbing an Andromeda Strain 4k from the public library

How the Furry Fandom Says Goodbye | KQED Furries are a community often known for wearing full-body animal suits at conventions — but the characters they inhabit, called “fursonas,” are much more than costumes. They’re deeply personal express...

this episode is really special - it's a deep dive into queer history, virtual reality, and what grief looks like for furries

thank you @dogpatch.press and @changa.gay for walking me through this part of the internet!

www.kqed.org/news/1204677...

haha yesss we timed this for anthrocon!

we did it guys we got furries on the npr app

one.npr.org/i/fis-126707...

i don't usually get emotional writing about the internet, but this one got me. i hope it gets you in the feels, too

listen wherever you get your podcasts

open.spotify.com/episode/1lFN...

and! my first time interviewing someone in vr chat!!! @changa.gay figured out how to call into streamyard from the furry family ofrenda :)

www.kqed.org/news/1204677...

thank you again for talking to me!!