Kin Lane @[email protected]

Every worker in every industry deserves a union, and tech right now is having a clear demonstration of how our lack of unions hurts us.

I just heard an exec say that it was "unfortunate" that we couldn't fire people faster in other parts of the world because of labor protections. Sit with that for a moment.

In the US unions are one of our very very few tools to give us any chance at all.

We need strong unions to push back against this sort of callous insensitivity backed by unchecked greed.

Antarctic Biodiversity Data Portal API - The SCAR Antarctic Biodiversity Portal (biodiversity.aq) is an international effort that seeks to increase our knowledge and understanding of Antarctic and Southern Ocean biodiversity. - https://data.biodiversity.aq/api/v1.0/swagger/

Getty API - As part of Getty's Open Access program, we're pleased to provide public access to much of our collection data via APIs. These APIs are the same ones that we use behind-the-scenes for our website, Getty Guide, and other key applications. - https://data.getty.edu/

Hey Desantis!

New blog post: “This Mastodon Will Explode, Session 1” https://bavatuesdays.com/this-mastodon-will-explode-session-1/

The tech press doesn't understand that Twitter just killed the only thing that ever made them innovative:

3rd party access to their API

This should be a bigger story because, in reality, almost all of Twitter innovations came from 3rd parties -- including the word "tweet" itself.

🚨 BREAKING: This week, @CenDemTech & 6 technologists with expertise in online recommendation systems filed an amicus brief in Gonzalez v Google. The brief urges the U.S. #SupremeCourt to hold that #Section230’s liability shield applies to claims against interactive computer service providers based on their recommendation of third-party content, because those claims treat providers as publishers. Read more of our analysis & the full brief 👇 https://cdt.org/insights/cdt-and-technologists-file-scotus-brief-urging-court-to-hold-that-section-230-applies-to-recommendations-of-content/

Twitter quietly updates its developer agreement with a clause banning third-party clients, after claiming the company was enforcing "long-standing API rules" (Karissa Bell/Engadget)

https://www.engadget.com/twitter-new-developer-terms-ban-third-party-clients-211247096.html
http://www.techmeme.com/230119/p31#a230119p31

"Third-party clients don't make us any money so of course we're not allowing them" is a bold stance from the one platform that doesn't share revenue with its creators. #Twitter