Short posts
Really helpful reporting on Chicago teacher contract bargaining –> What Are The Key Sticking Points In Chicago’s Teacher Contract Talks?
Journalism matters, look at this impact. And if you haven’t read the Abused by the Badge series, please do. –> https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/12/12/justice-department-school-police-child-sex-abuse-guidelines/
Hall of Famer indeed –> https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/12/10/thomas-boswell-baseball-hall-of-fame/
“These represent the first ever models trained exclusively on open data, meaning data that are either non-copyrighted or are published under a permissible license.” –> They Said It Couldn’t Be Done
Honestly this design is so smart though. Left hand picks chord type + extension, right had picks note, dial switches voicings. Really great ideas in here. –> Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker Announces New Instrument
This looks big for the news nerds –> Foursquare Open Source Places: A new foundational dataset for the geospatial community
“The future shape of workers’ rights in the United States may depend on who wins a legal debate about whether the NLRB can be insulated from direct political interference” –> https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/11/21/musk-trump-nlrb-amazon-spacex/
Really good reporting here –> Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking US Soldiers and Spies to Nuclear Vaults and Brothels in Germany
Cooking on some improvements to my little tool jump-start: A shortcut to your favorite code. It’s basically a directory of code you like, with a prebuilt web interface for exploring and downloading it. I’ve got a CLI and a neovim plugin starting to work, which I’m super excited about. Now I can search for starters by text or code. –> @storybook/cli - Storybook