Evan Hahn @EvanHahn@bigshoulders.city

👋 #introductions

I'm a software developer living in a haunted mansion in Chicago. I'm originally from Silicon Valley, a fact that I am both proud and ashamed of.

My pronouns are he/him/his; my website is evanhahn.com; my musical taste is embarrassing.

"How to shop, cook and eat in a warming world" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/30/dining/climate-change-food-eating-habits.html

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #NYTimes #NYT #diet #cooking

Nice! "San Francisco bans city use of facial recognition surveillance technology"
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/San-Francisco-bans-city-use-of-facial-recognition-13845370.php

#privacy #surveillance #FacialRecognition #SanFrancisco

"A Regulatory Framework for the Internet" describes a world where #advertising-powered platforms are #government-regulated and others (like Mastodon) are not.

Haven't settled on whether I agree with these ideas, but they're thoughtful and it was an interesting read.

https://stratechery.com/2019/a-regulatory-framework-for-the-internet/

#internet #regulation #privacy #ethics

Despite being sick, #Lizzo was amazing as always.

"Why Won’t Twitter Treat White Supremacy Like ISIS? Because It Would Mean Banning Some Republican Politicians Too." https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/a3xgq5/why-wont-twitter-treat-white-supremacy-like-isis-because-it-would-mean-banning-some-republican-politicians-too

#birdsite #WhiteSupremacist #Twitter #USPol

If you find yourself wanting to work on a product I earnestly love, #Airtable is hiring—if you're interested, let me know!

The new @protonmail update seems to fix the bug that caused macOS's Mail app to lock up. Huzzah! #ProtonMail #macOS #email

I cannot believe it is snowing in #Chicago in mid-April

"Congress is about to ban the IRS from offering free online tax filing. Thank TurboTax."

https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/irs-free-tax-software-congress-ban-turbotax-hrblock-income-tax-april-15/

#USPol #taxes #IRS

If you're looking for more good folks to follow on the fediverse, try #Trunk, a very helpful, curated list: https://communitywiki.org/trunk

I hope YouTube comments are not preserved in the corpus of human history

"Where Would You Draw the Line?" by @PrivacyProject@twitter.com has you decide where you are on the #privacy spectrum with social networks, smart doorbells, etc, and then see what has happened that you're uncomfortable with https://nyti.ms/2Z2t1Pj

"Three protocols and a future of the decentralized internet" by @darius
https://blog.datproject.org/2019/03/22/three-protocols-and-a-future-of-the-decentralized-internet/