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I have a principled stance on incorporating information about gender in structured data: I do not think it should be added without a person’s permission, or without considering how the person would want it presented. I strongly believe that Wikidata’s P21 (sex or gender) property is a property that may violate the privacy of living people. One of my deepest frustrations about this in Wikidata is the prevalence of people and bots that add P21 statements by making strong assumptions based on a person’s given name. I have written and presented a lot about knowledge organization, autonomy, and liberation, and as such, I ask you to respect my privacy and not include this information.

I’m hiring for a mid- to senior-level software developer to join our team at Stanford Libraries. We’re very remote-friendly, and we have great colleagues. Apply by August 19 for earliest consideration!

Thrilled to receive such a thoughtful and complementary review from Frans de Waard for Black Tent’s Managed Retreat 10":

“Active listening … ambient on edge, spacious and down to earth. Ritual music … for an urban environment.”

#theStudio

I’ve been mulling over the idea of registering a RFC 1480-style locality domain under .us for a long, long while (think 20 years or more). However, it’s been pretty borked for over a good portion of that time. There’s a reasonable guide to obtaining a locality domain that was updated last year that relies heavily on archived websites (well, text files on HTTP servers) for critical resources.

It’s honestly a bit disappointing; if this process were smoother, I’d argue it was a good prospect for a process of commoning aligned with the Indieweb ethos, but instead, it’s experiencing a bunch of obsolescence and subject to organizational failures and privatization. Entirely disappointing, but fundamentally unsurprising.

envelopes and escapades - sunday afternoon composition sketches #theStudio

work/ms in progress 🪱 🚀 ✈️