Rich Harris
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Stay alert
A short while ago, Chrome broke the web by disabling alert(), confirm() and prompt() dialogs from... Tagged with javascript. → Read More
Dressel vs. Phelps. McLaughlin vs. Muhammad. Visualizing Olympic Champions, Present vs. Past
See how the fastest swimmers and runners from Tokyo 2020 compare with past champions, plus watch visualizations of more than 40 Olympic races. → Read More
Olympics Live Updates: U.S. Men’s Basketball Will Play for Gold Medal; U.S. Women’s Soccer Wins Bronze
In the men’s 4x100 relay, a bungled baton handoff cost the U.S. team a spot in the finals. Keegan Palmer of Australia won in men’s park skateboarding. Nevin Harrison took gold in canoe sprint. → Read More
See Covid-19 Risk in Your County and a Guide for Daily Life Near You
See the risk of contracting the disease in your county, and read our county-specific guidance for common activities to help you lower your risk and protect your community. → Read More
See How Coronavirus Restrictions Compare to Case Counts in Every State
Using an index that tracks policy responses to the pandemic, The Times analyzed outbreaks in each state relative to the state’s most recent containment measures. → Read More
Even in Defeat, Trump Found New Voters Across the U.S.
Though turnout was explosive for both candidates, President Trump found 10.1 million new supporters across the country, allowing him to expand his base. → Read More
Phoenix’s Blue Wave Pushes Arizona Toward Biden
The presidential race in Arizona remains close, but Joseph R. Biden Jr. was able to draw voters in Phoenix who could help him flip the state. → Read More
How Biden Flipped Pennsylvania and Won the Election
As eastern counties shifted left, Joe Biden was propelled into victory in a state that President Trump narrowly won in 2016. → Read More
Michigan County by County Election Analysis
Joe Biden was propelled to victory in this historically Democratic battleground with the help of increased turnout in Detroit and its wealthy suburbs. → Read More
Record-Setting Turnout: Tracking Early Voting in the 2020 Election
More than 100 million ballots have already been cast in the general election. More Democrats are voting early by mail than Republicans. → Read More
In defense of the modern web
I expect I'll annoy everyone with this post: the anti-JavaScript crusaders, justly aghast at how much... Tagged with javascript, react, svelte, webdev. → Read More
13,000 Missing Flights: The Global Consequences of the Coronavirus
The disappearance of thousands of flights from China’s skies in recent weeks points to how the coronavirus has hobbled a nation and is posing a threat to the global economy. → Read More
How the El Paso Killer Echoed the Incendiary Words of Conservative Media Stars
Language like “invasion” and the “replacement” of Americans has increasingly become a regular part of Fox News broadcasts, Rush Limbaugh shows and other prominent conservative media. → Read More
8 Places Where Smartphones Tracked People’s Movements
A New York Times investigation showed that data from over a million devices in the New York area exposed people’s daily habits. → Read More
Twitter Followers Vanish Amid Inquiries Into Fake Accounts
Federal and state authorities are investigating the sellers of artificial followers and other fraudulent social media engagement. → Read More
On Reddit, Intimate Glimpses of Addicts in Thrall to Opioids
Dispatches left on a now-banned forum show the role one of the world’s largest online communities played in facilitating access to drugs tied to a mounting toll. → Read More
Live U.K. General Election Results
Maps and results from the British general election. → Read More
Webpack and Rollup: the same but different – webpack –
This week, Facebook merged a monster pull request into React that replaced its existing build process with one based on Rollup, prompting several people to ask ‘why did you choose Rollup over webpack… → Read More
Swing states: how changes in the political landscape benefit Trump
Historically, presidential candidates as unpopular as Donald Trump faced decimation in the electoral college. But thanks to the increasing polarization of both parties and voters, that has become a thing of the past → Read More
How we made the RioRun progressive web app
Service workers, manifest files and HTTPS: what we learned making the Guardian’s first PWA → Read More