Linklist 9 juni 2019

Crowds of Tourists Are Ruining Popular Destinations - The Atlantic
Massive crowds are causing environmental degradation, dangerous conditions, and the immiseration and pricing-out of locals.
De Nederlandse kruiwagen voor Slayer en Metallica - NRC
Metalgeschiedenis: ‘Metal Mike’ van Rijswijk, hoofdredacteur van metalmagazine Aardschok, is in eerste plaats een fan die bands wil helpen. Zo chauffeurde hij Slayer en logeerde Metallica bij hem na een concert.
Srcset and sizes — ericportis.com
Responsive Image Breakpoints Generator by Cloudinary
The Responsive Image Breakpoints Generator efficiently analyzes each hi-res image and finds the best dimensions for embedding in your website
Alarming climate report says 25m sea level rise on the way | Newshub
Its authors are calling for a "wartime level of response" to climate change.
Opinion | I Want to Live in Elizabeth Warren’s America - The New York Times
The Massachusetts senator is proposing something radical: a country in which adults discuss serious ideas seriously.
Coco Chanel's Secret Life As A Nazi Agent And Partner
From Nazi love affairs to partnerships with the Abwehr, Coco Chanel kept more than little black dresses in her closet.
Menopause and Alzheimer’s
Dr. Lisa Mosconi’s grandmother had two sisters and a brother. All three sisters died of Alzheimer’s. Their brother was spared. Why?
Cake or death: AMP and the worrying power dynamics of the web
AMP continues to be a large part of the way people view web content on mobile devices. Following AMP Letter, what we’ve seen from Google is largely nice sentiments accompanied by business as usual, and the web ecosystem is suffering for it.
Deadwood Was the Rare Show About Men That Did Women Justice | Time
You can't discuss men and power without creating equally vivid female characters
Dune (2020) - Everything We Know So Far [Regularly Updated]
One of my all time favourite books, can't wait for this!
WebAIM: The WebAIM Million
An accessibility analysis of the top 1,000,000 home pages
I Used The Web For A Day On Internet Explorer 8
IE8 was released a decade ago today. Chris Ashton tries it out against the modern web, and considers how we can build our sites to last.
Oversharing: how Napster nearly killed the music industry
Twenty years ago, the idea of free music was so compelling that up to 80m users downloaded Napster and broke the law. The aftershocks are still being felt today
New Report Suggests ‘High Likelihood of Human Civilization Coming to an End’ in 2050
The climate change analysis was written by a former fossil fuel executive and backed by the former chief of Australia's military.
Why and how to use WebP images today
WebP is an image format developed by Google in 2010. It was created to be an alternative to formats like PNG and JPG, producing much smaller file sizes while maintaining similar image qualities.
Police Post Racist And Violent Messages On Facebook, A Review Shows
She compiled posts that represented troubling conduct in a database that is replete with racist imagery and memes, and in some cases long, vitriolic exchanges involving multiple officers.
The CSS background-image property as an anti-pattern
The CSS back­ground-image prop­er­ty allowed us to do some amaz­ing things, but in most cas­es, it’s time to leave it behind.
Why we prefer CSS Custom Properties to SASS variables | CodyHouse
Building the most inaccessible site possible with a perfect Lighthouse score