I used "aaaa" as the placeholder for the intro while drafting up the links. But also, aaaa

Microsoft’s new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what Outlook Classic does instantly on Windows
Every version of Outlook is a bad version of Outlook.

The Siren Song of ariaNotify()
I think Mat nails this perfectly. ariaNotify() is very good, but only if used responsibly.

Human Dignity
"But the nudging of user be­haviour, the denial of reality, and the paternalistic arrogance that this reveals is something I find deeply repulsive. "

the girly wellness aesthetic as a white supremacist dog whistle
"What this content is after is somewhat an image of the Übermensch - the one basically never sick, always strong, beautiful, fertile, white or white-passing, disciplined, hardworking."

inkwash
"A watercolor simulator in one HTML file"

Privacy vs. Profit: The Impact of Google's Manifest Version 3 (MV3) Update on Ad Blocker Effectiveness
I wish more people knew there's other, better browsers out there.

Wiki Spy
Definitely lost 10 minutes clicking around on this.

The Retweeting Class
"They simultaneously have the greatest amplification factor, access to levers of power, and are largely impervious to critical thinking."

Tractorbeam
What a pretty website.

Millions of Copyrighted Songs Were Fed to AI Music Generators – Now There’s Proof
I wish we still had consequences.

How to design arrows
You've got a point there, article.

Where to Find the Colors Your Screen Can’t Show You
"When God was designing birds, this was the debugging bird He used to check whether all the parts of the bird were working correctly."

Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good
uh oh

In Praise of a Dumb House
Preach.

screen toys
oh my god play road trip

The Art Of Marathon
I really, really, really wanted to like Marathon just become of how wild it looks. It's just way too sweaty, though.

I am obsessed with these two ads
If I have to see it so do you.

The Web is for People
"The web is a philosophical choice to build a system that puts humans as its core constituency."

tunarr
I am so doing this if I ever get a media server stood up.

Liquid Radius
I'm glad I'm not the only one who is so mad about how dogshit Liquid Glass is.

Scientists Scanned the Brains of Authoritarians and Found Something Weird
ah.

I Stored a Website in a Favicon
Incredible.

Matt’s Script Archive: The Scripts That Reshaped The Web
Past chaos aside, this is really sweet.

How the New York Times Changed Its Coverage of Trans People
Once again, fuck the New York Times.

Toxic Tempeh: Death by Bongkrekic Acid
"But if you thought moldy tempeh was bad, it gets worse."

Your brain was never designed for this much bad news
Well, yeah.

.noddef
h/t Pablo

Fried Chicken Street Vendors in Boston
We used to be a proper city.

Mushroom Behind 'Tiny Human' Visions Lacks Genes For Known Psychedelics
Uh, what.

Adversarial Communication
"My request to you, dear reader, if you are going to use such tools, is to always ask yourself, “who might I be hurting, if I use an LLM for this?”"

New Orleans man becomes first in Louisiana functionally cured of sickle cell disease
Hell. Fucking. Yes.