@joanna Hi, Joanna! Long time no see…
@kyle Many of the feeds I follow are blogs that post infrequently, so it's not a problem. They just sit there quietly until something is posted. I should probably cut down the number of tech feeds I follow, though, as they're noisy and I rarely read many of them.
// @matigo @jws
@matigo Here in the U.S., we have a fairly broad definition of allowable free speech, thanks to the First Amendment of the Constitution. This has both good and bad aspects to it, as everything does, because while it protects our free speech, it also means we've ended up with Alex Jones and the Klan. My personal opinion is that free speech protects everyone, and it's good to shine a light on things that scuttle out from under a rock, so that the world can see them for what they are. That being said, we haven't found the perfect balance by a long shot.
Here in California, the concept of a "hate crime" is used to add additional penalties to other crimes. For example, one could be charged with assault with a deadly weapon with a special allegation of a hate crime, which if convicted leads to harsher penalties. I was a juror on a case like that, and we did in fact find the defendant guilty (it's hard to argue otherwise when someone is beating someone else up while screaming the N-word).
// @JeremyCherfas
@matigo The number of feeds I'm subscribed to exceeds what the free version of Feedly offers, so…
// @jws
@matigo I'm seeing some spam messages make it through the spam filter on my contact page. Just an FYI.
@thrrgilag Google Maps says it would take me 3 hours 19 minutes to bike to work. This is probably wildly optimistic, given that it doesn't take into account the need to take a dirt trail through officially designated open space to avoid the 7% freeway grade [en.wikipedia.org], or the time spent in the ambulance after the inevitable myocardial infarction and detour to the hospital.