Thomas Wilburn

@thomaswilburn

Small-batch, artisanal data journalism for . B-boy, blogger, and author of Caret text editor.

Seattle, WA
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  2. 6 hours ago

    (Checks Ello, finds that it's still a stylish but desolate wasteland, goes back to shouting from a street corner in Ballard.)

  3. 6 hours ago

    Man, I already quit Facebook on principle this week. Can we finally all just go back to blogging and RSS?

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    10 hours ago

    This, now, is a glimpse of the future of journalism we're building: unexplained takedowns by faceless, spineless internet giants. Enjoy.

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  5. 6 hours ago

    Women constantly and virulently harassed: eh, no bigs. But heaven forbid the NFL see a GIF they don't like.

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  6. 9 hours ago

    The contrast in Twitter's response to harassment vs. funny NFL GIFs is my new go-to example for "follow the money."

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    10 hours ago

    Imagine if there was a framework for taking down harassing/threatening content as effectively as a sports GIF.

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  8. 10 hours ago

    It is old, but I will always love this guide to eating in Argentina for tourists:

  9. Oct 11

    So Gremlins is on Amazon Prime now, in case you feel like watching the second best Christmas movie ever made.

  10. Oct 10

    Let's just be honest: Fox Mulder is kind of a dick a lot of the time, and I don't see why Scully puts up with it.

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    Oct 8

    Great piece by on the harms of Facebook's "real name" policy on :

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  12. Oct 8

    "...why can we still not imagine anything more interesting than a woman making dinner alone?"

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  13. Oct 8

    Pixar's next movie is built (partly) on USGS topo data. Public science benefits us in strange ways sometimes.

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  14. Oct 7

    Let's be clear: a web that's 50% AMP (for static article pages) and 50% crazy mindblowing interactives is probably a healthier web.

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  15. Oct 7

    AMP isn't coming for news apps and interactives. It's coming for the article pages your IT department writes. Because generally, they suck.

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  16. Oct 7

    I've got quibbles with the format. I love JavaScript. But the kinds of stuff I do can't go into our CMS anyway, so it's not my problem.

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  17. Oct 7

    Page speed, infinite flexibility, happy advertising department: pick two. But don't tell me custom elements constitutes "forking HTML."

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  18. Oct 7

    Saying AMP is "forking HTML" seems silly when the point of Instant Articles & Apple News is literally to build a privately-controlled Web.

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  19. Oct 7

    We're going to have a hell of a time subsisting on the good will of the tech industry if we insist on remaining passive about our fate.

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  20. Oct 7

    How frustrating is it that stuff like AMP comes from outside the news industry? Why is it that we have to wait for other peoples' solutions?

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