Extenuating Circumstances

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for September 12th from 09:09 to 12:06:

• Twitter – sometimes, the @guardian page layout is near perfect
• The Enduring Lessons of “Star Trek” – The New Yorker – "TNG was utopia, a thought experiment on how [we] would behave under terminally improved material circumstances."
• Glowing unsolicited feedback about “Org Design for Design Orgs” – Org Design for Design Orgs – Glowing unsolicited feedback about “Org Design for Design Orgs”
• California’s “gang” database is a sick joke; today, you can do something about it / Boing Boing – California's "gang" database is a sick joke; today, you can do something about it
• Twitter – California's "gang" database is a sick joke; today, you can do something about it
• Untitled (http://give.xoxofest.com) – RT @t: I’m also matching $1k donations to #xoxofest JOIN fundraiser:

  Thanks @hondanhon …

• I’m also matching $1k donations to #xoxofest JOIN fundraiser: give.xoxofest.com

  Thanks @hondanhon and anonymous matching donors for setting a good example.

  The JOIN fundraiser is to help Portland homeless families into permanent housing.

  XOXO Festiva – RT @t: I’m also matching $1k donations to #xoxofest JOIN fundraiser:

  Thanks @hondanhon …