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Updating the updates
UPDATE: Thursday, Oct 27, 2022 · 4:20:12 PM +00:00 · elfling The gate! Yes, the gate is open! may the daily chaos ensue UPDATE: Thursday, Oct 27, 2022 · 4:18:43 PM +00:00 · elfling At last! The soft...
View ArticleMy Vote Forward letters are prepared - GOTV!
Saturday, October 29th is Mailing Day for Vote Forward — a campaign that reminds voters about election day through personalized, handwritten letters.Calling people on telephones is not my thing, and...
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The second Recommend button you requested on mobile is here!
When we released the beta test of the new mobile version, there was one clear consensus: having a recommend button only way up at the top of the story was not functional. The normal user path is to...
View ArticleCould Rheumatoid Arthritis be a matter of guts?
Many years ago, I learned about the importance of the microbiome the hard way, by having mine wiped out and replaced with a nasty hellscape of toxic bacteria. Ever since then, I’ve been fascinated by...
View ArticleSometimes dinosaur tails are just for smacking each other, it's Science!
I love this story about ankylosaurs and everything about it. Finally, even scientists come around to the hypothesis that sometimes animals just like whacking each other with their tails, that it’s not...
View ArticleLet's celebrate Schoolhouse Rock
As someone who grew up with the iconic Schoolhouse Rock! videos of the 1970s, I’m saddened to hear the last creator has died after living a long full life.Ars Technica: Schoolhouse Rock! inspired...
View ArticleSite Issues Update (this is your open thread)
Friends, our apologies for all the site instability. There seems to be a widespread issue at AWS that has affected us, and has caused some lingering problems. Commenting seems to be okay, but there are...
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A new story page is coming to a desktop near you
For a while now, we’ve been working at modernizing the code that runs our story pages, in an effort to pay down what is cheerfully known as “technical debt” — not so much because we’ve made...
View ArticleThumbs up on Recommend icons?
A few months ago, I asked the community about Recommending. Why did you do it? Why didn’t you do it? How could I encourage you to do it at least once a week for a story you really enjoyed?I got a lot...
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A new look for stories on desktop and tablet
For a while now, we’ve been working at modernizing the code that runs our story pages. It’s an effort to pay down what is cheerfully known as “technical debt”—not so much because we’ve made...
View ArticleRelease notes: Multiple small changes to your Daily Kos experience
As promised, we’re continuing to make updates to the story page based on your feedback and requests since the release of our new responsive version. Here are some of the changes we’ve made:Font and...
View ArticleTell us what you think of Daily Kos!
Daily Kos is always interested in what you, the people who make up our community, think. We also want to know how we can do better, and to be able to measure whether we are doing better or not. And, we...
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