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Through our carbon.txt project we propose a standardised, yet distributed place on website domains, to efficiently surface the structured data that companies now have to publish anyway.

Carbon.txt would become a single place to look on any domain for public sustainability data relating to that company, that would allow anyone to build a database.

(From: Introducing carbon.txt - Applying lessons from crowdsourcing net zero data - Green Web Foundation)

The stance that works in standards making and in the workplace in general, is ‘quicksand’ when it comes to politics, Joan Westenberg argues:

The fatal flaw of Radical Centrism is its obsession with the middle ground, as if that's inherently where truth and wisdom reside.

(From: @Westenberg | The Radical Centrism Fallacy)

I think there are multiple implicit dimensions to the meanings of behaviour words. That compounds questions about where to draw boundaries, and it can lead to discussion at cross purposes and confusion.

(From: Do LLMs REALLY reason, understand, think, summarise...? — UlrikeHahn)

Mayank explains how to use the inert attribute in React 19, in earlier versions and with or without TypeScript:

The answer is a bit tricky.

(From: Using the inert attribute in React)

Scott O'Hara shares his thoughts around the ideal way to code spoilers on the web:

I’m just going to tell you what I’d expect from a spoiler component if someone were to build one, or if one were to ever be standardized.

(From: Spoiler Alert: it needs to be accessible | scottohara.me)

Thom Holwerda on the 30% fee Patreon is going to be forced to pay to Apple when users want to donate to creators on iOS:

Remember that ad Apple made where it crushed a bunch of priceless instruments and art supplies into an iPad – the ad it had to pull and apologise for because creators, artists, writers, and so on thought it was tasteless and dystopian?

Who knew that ad was literal.

(From: Apple forces Patreon to charge Patreons 30% tax, or have its iOS application banned from the App Store – OSnews)

What happened to the company that won respect with Think Different?

Ladybird is a new browser, written from scratch, including the engine. It plans not to be funded by ads or ad companies:

The world needs a browser that puts people first, contributes to open standards using a brand new engine, and is free from advertising’s influence.

(From: Why we need Ladybird)

W3C is looking for community input:

We want to get to know our community better, investigate needs, and understand our community’s vision of how we fulfill our mission for the world-wide web.

(From: W3C opens community-wide survey | 2024 | News | W3C)

Hadley Beeman of the Technical Architecture Group:

After reading Google’s announcement that they no longer plan to deprecate third-party cookies, we wanted to make our position clear.

(From: Third-party cookies have got to go | 2024 | Blog | W3C)

The founders and namesakes of the famous Silicon Valley venture capital firm A16Z decided to back Trump, and discussed why on a podcast.

Elizabeth Lopatto of The Verge took one for the team and listened to the whole thing. It sounds like their sole reason for backing this extreme party, ultimately, is money:

this VC cabal is trading against the basic principles of America — not merely against personal freedom, but democracy itself — in the hopes of profit.

(From: The moral bankruptcy of Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz - The Verge)

Selfishness and motivation by money isn't new (or inherently wrong). But A16Z-backed companies used to allude to more inspiring ideals, like changing the world for the better by connecting everyone. The marketing/morality ratio increasingly seems off.