The App Store was always authoritarian(infrequently.org)

104 points by bertman 1 year ago | 67 comments

Darwin: A framework for evolving decentralized web apps(evolutionary.arweave.dev)

74 points by k__ 3 years ago | 41 comments

Nuclear Exercising at NATO(walberque.substack.com)

5 points by georgecmu 1 year ago | 0 comments

Data and Democracy: Charting Assault on American Democracy and a Path Forward(data4democracy.substack.com)

58 points by heavyset_go 1 year ago | 9 comments

Random selection is necessary to create stable meritocratic institutions(assemblingamerica.substack.com)

330 points by namlem 1 year ago | 282 comments

Substack essay by Paul Melman arguing that random selection (sortition) is needed to keep meritocratic institutions stable against gamed selection criteria.

Canada ends official time signal(hackaday.com)

132 points by reaperducer 3 years ago | 64 comments