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November 12, 2025

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Horrible edge cases to consider when dealing with music
"Some artists and albums will benchmark your utf8 support and annoy your operating system"

Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
Surely this will address the boycot!

The Island Where People Go to Cheat Death
Well, I can't unlearn the phrase "textbook medical libertarianism" after reading it, thanks.

I Want You to Understand Chicago
Here's a computer safety researcher writing what a lot of press won't.

How to Brew Solar Powered Coffee
This seems like a long walk for a ham sandwich, but I appreciate where its coming from.

Alchemy
"The more gold you make, the less the gold is worth."

Narrative String Theory (NST)
A collection of conspiracy string boards.

‘Take On Me’ has been stuck in our heads for 40 years.
Here's a breakdown of the song in more detail than you ever wanted.

In Praise of dhh
"Life is hard. But we can choose to make it better. We can be kind."

The Authoritarian Stack
oh.

Wikipedia urges AI companies to use its paid API, and stop scraping
I'm sure all these companies who exist by stealing things over and over again will definitely listen here.

In Iceland, a Shifting Sculpture for a Changing Arctic
Art is so cool.

“A.I.” browsers: the price of admission is too high
Bruce lays it all out.

After This Shutdown Surrender, Chuck Schumer Needs to Go
Get rid of this feckless dipshit.

DOCTYPE magazine
I ordered a copy!

Ancient Greeks didn’t kill ‘weak’ babies, new study argues
The more we learn, the more the historical appeal to eugenics doesn't hold water.

The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
Monsters.

New opabiniid diversifies the weirdest wonders of the euarthropod stem group
New weird little guy just dropped!

J.P. Morgan calls out AI spend, says $650 billion in annual revenue required to deliver mere 10% return on AI buildout — equivalent to $35 payment from every iPhone user, or $180 from every Netflix subscriber 'in perpetuity'
Definitely not a bubble.

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