2015-07-30 (Thursday)
Writing
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The natural order of things
Bits from an LRB review of a book about how socialism has disappeared from America.
Links
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Jackson Lears reviews ‘The Age of Acquiescence’ by Steve Fraser · LRB 16 July 2015
How left-leaning beliefs have disappeared in the US, mostly over the first half of the 20th century. (Subscribers only)
Tweets
@doteveryoneuk Not off the top of my head I’m afraid. So hard to find the simple, nicely compatible, well-made, *and* good-looking ones!
@doteveryoneuk Also, the ‘About’ link in the footer goes to a page which says “This is an example of a page.” #doteveryone
@doteveryoneuk Please use a WordPress theme that doesn’t require JavaScript to function. It’s the basics! #doteveryone
@textfiles .ly is already done! citizen-ex.com/stories/
I doubt that .io’s colonial baggage is part of your company’s desired brand. Unless your startup is some kind of nation-level Airbnb.
This, by @jamesbridle, is why when I see your hip .io domain I think of people forcibly removed from their homeland: citizen-ex.com/stories/io
@gwire I imagine that established radio-controlled plane hobbyists must be annoyed at all the attention these days.
@katyslemon You should try reading more of someone’s tweets before you spam them. Goodbye!
@holgate Yeah, there’s definitely a balance there, but, well, yeah, you know, ugh.
@holgate The weird siloing around CMSes seems worse than around languages. People who make every site they do fit WP, or EE, or whatever etc
@Aroma_Softech Maybe you should actually read peoples’ tweets before you spam them. Goodbye.
Ugh, now I keep getting tweeted at by strangers offering WordPress help to anyone and everyone. Report for spam report for spam report for s
It’s no wonder that anyone non-techy who looks for “a nice-looking WordPress theme” ends up with something broken in one way or another.
I’m more disappointed in WordPress theme creators tbh. Such a mess of over-eager, style-over-substance, look-at-me, incompatible rubbish.
I expect it was choosing a WP theme for style without looking deeper, but a blog that requires JS isn’t a good start doteveryone.org.uk
@alexforey It's over the bay from SF, but I want to go to en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Army… and have never made it yet.
Liked tweets
At the bank I was told "pick your four digit pincode but it can't be a year." "Aren't they all years?" I asked. We sat in silence for a bit.