[SC 2.4.4] I guess I'm maudlin at heart
I edited out a few bummertown links this week because I try to walk a balance between that sort of content and more positive things.
I guess I'm maudlin at heart. Or maybe my humors need rebalancing.
The mining of the public domain
"I wish, sometimes, that library and archive websites were better looking, more showy and appealing. But more than that, I wish that sites like these honored the work that goes into sharing these images, because the internet is richer highlighting the work of all of us."
After private equity takes over hospitals, they are less able to care for patients, top medical researchers say
Hey, maybe we should stop this sort of thing.
Give our people back
I'm sorry I linked to Substack, but wow yes, this.
Kroger's new dynamic AI pricing scheme is 'corporate greed out of control': critics
Wow, I hate this!
FDA Approves First Cellular Therapy to Treat Patients with Type 1 Diabetes
Heck yeah.
Normcore Was Always a Misunderstood Fantasy
The kids are all right.
AI Can’t Save Us By Itself
Horrific.
I Know What the Apple Vision Pro Is For
I don't think the Vision Pro will be successful, but through this lens it is a bummer.
Nobody wants to use any software
Louder for the people in the back.
Order of the Occult Hand
It was as if some occult hand placed a link in this newsletter.
Scientists Use Nanoparticles to Remote Control Brains of Mice
Like many things, this is simultaneously terrifying and exciting.
Noah Lyles' collapse underscores our collective COVID denial
"We're all suffering from pandemic fatigue after being put through the wringer over the past four years. But COVID doesn’t care how long we’ve been dealing with this crap."
Pass the mayo: Condiment could help improve fusion energy yields
I prefer my non-Newtonian fluids to be aiolis, personally.
CERN’s breakthrough experiment captures high-energy neutrinos for first time
Gotcha!
Mushroom Color Atlas
Delivers what it promises.
Horses can plan and strategise, new study shows
Clever girl.
University of Houston researchers make nasal vaccine that prevents COVID from spreading
Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh.
Artists celebrate as copyright infringement case against AI image generators moves forward
Goooooooooooooood.
Study finds 94% of business spreadsheets have critical errors
The miracle is not that the bear dances well, but that it dances at all.