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The Instagrammers documenting celebrity fits / Changing racist coding terms

On this episode, we’ve got stories about Shia LaBeouf and Jonah Hill stan accounts and the push to get rid of racially insensitive programming terms.

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Episode 20: The Instagrammers documenting celebrity fits / Changing racist coding terms

Name a stylish celebrity and chances are there’s an Instagram account dedicated to their outfits. Input senior editor Edgar Alvarez recently interviewed the unlikely influencers behind the popular Shia LaBeouf and Jonah Hill stan accounts. Edgar joins us to chat. And later: GitHub CEO Nat Friedman said the technology company is looking to replace racially insensitive terms like “master” and “slave” across its website and documentation. The move is part of a bigger trend in tech that Input news writer Matt Wille recently explored. He joins us to discuss.

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