All the leadership articles are great this week and not too long.
If you want mostly downers, have a look at the environment articles.
Leadership
Finding a buddy when you’re a team of one - if you can't avoid them.
Gelling your Engineering leadership team. - I think this should be read by a lot of C-level teams, but it also applies to most teams.
Imposter Syndrome - I love Angela's writing.
Technology
Big Tech can transfer Europeans’ data to US in win for Facebook and Google - "US to monitor compliance"
AlmaLinux to diverge (slightly) from RHEL - and so it begins.
SUSE to create a fork of RHEL - apparently they already had one? "SUSE Liberty Linux"
Environment
Europe’s Heatwave Death Toll [Podcast] - this is just the beginning after all. (also: Heatwave last summer killed 61,000 people in Europe, research finds)
The world just broke a stunning slew of heat records. Why right now?
Tuvalu – how do you save a disappearing country? [Podcast] - spoiler: you can't.
UK poised to drop plans to replace home gas boilers with hydrogen alternatives - someone should tell Germany.
How to protect your heat pump from theft - I heard this is a problem in Germany too. Does this happen with air conditioning too?
Nuclear power too expensive and slow to be part of Australia’s plans to reach net zero, study finds - if you don't have nuclear power already, don't bother starting now.
Pet problems: tropical fish are terrible for the environment – and dogs are a disaster - I am worried about the amount of food our pets consume.
The orca uprising: whales are ramming boats – but are they inspired by revenge, grief or memory?
Urbanism
548. Why Is the U.S. So Good at Killing Pedestrians? [Podcast] - Freedom! Or maybe they are perfecting the issues other countries have.
Cycles Outnumber Cars In City Of London
Slow cycling isn’t just for fun – it’s essential for many city workers - "By paying attention to slow cyclists, we can begin to plan our cities in ways that recognise and enhance the environmental and economic benefits they deliver."
‘They’re sticking the finger up at cars’: Amsterdam split by low-traffic roads - yes, yes we do.
Starting to hate cars — even if you drive one? There's an online community for you.
Random Bicycles
10 tech trends to copy off the Tour de France pros — wide tyres, chain catchers and tubeless are in, slammed stems and narrow cassettes are out - I agree with most of this.
Disruptive protest helps rather than hinders activists’ cause, experts say - “These sorts of tactics are uncomfortable for everyone concerned, but sadly this is how social change works.”
Study shows 87 percent of classic video games are unavailable to play right now - annoying! This will also get worse.
Devil's Advocate [Comic] - so true
The Pulse: VanMoof files for bankruptcy protection - they were not really my type of bike, but they are nice, and many people love them. See also:
- Hunting Down a Bike Thief [YouTube]
- Cowboy rides to the rescue of VanMoof owners with app to unlock threatened bikes
- VanMoof stores closed as “the most funded e-bike company in the world” files for protection from creditors
