[SC 2.4.4] CSS is so good, y'all
I got to write a lot of CSS this week. :has() feels like cheating. CSS is so good, y'all.
Japan is running out of its favorite beer after ransomware attack
Life continues to resemble cyberpunk, part X in a regrettably ongoing series.
A Bullet Crashed the Internet in Texas
Life continues to resemble cyberpunk, part Y in a regrettably ongoing series.
Hue shifting when you have to work in RGB
Jim is wicked smart. I love it when he writes about stuff.
Under-investment
"There is a long list of things that we, as a larger community, aren't investing in in the sense of wider particpation and real funding from browsers, but I think we should..."
GOOD WEB GRAVEYARD
"Avoiding exploitative business models isn’t itself a guarantee of failure, but plenty of other things are, and by reading up on what’s gone defunct, we can learn to recognize the warning signs."
Big Ass Lake
Delivers what it promises.
The Dark Triad at work: How toxic employees get their way
This is up there with research into the disproportionate prevalence of psychopathy in leadership roles.
The Most Complicated Word in English Is Only Three Letters Long
Spoilers: It's "run".
Improving numerical measures of human feelings: The case of pain
This is the most American measurement of something I can think of.
Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog
Oh shit!
Introducing Glide, an extensible, keyboard-focused web browser
Life keeps evolving screen readers.
Solar Windchime
I'm listening to this while I write this newsletter. It's oddly soothing.
The 4th Amendment will no longer protect you
oh.
A Delivery Robot Collided With A Man With Cerebral Palsy. The Aftermath Is Getting Ugly
Oh hey, it's another example of all the ire I feel when I see rentable e-scooters carelessly dumped across the sidewalk.
Frog or Frogs?
Judeo-Christian kaiju confirmed.
Comic Book Grammar & Tradition
I love things like this.
The Ultimate Slop-Bowl Ranking
Mostly sharing this for the term "slop bowl".
The 3,000-year-old story hidden in the @ sign
I had no idea it was first used to represent an amphora.
Delusions of a Protocol
They're literally speedrunning Twitter and I hate it so much.
Indigenous Nations Plan a Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across the US-Canada border
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Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs
Yet another contemporary example of all the things privacy researchers and advocates were concerned about coming to pass in the actual.
Phase behavior of Cacio e Pepe sauce
Scientifically perfect cacio e pepe.
Deloitte to refund government over AI errors
Who could have foreseen, etc.
Scientists have created a mushroom-powered toilet. Really
Hell yeah.
Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity
Also hell yeah.
A relic of horny Hollywood: why The Mummy remains a classic bisexual awakening movie
Finally! A good headline!
Feeling Less Lonely
"So yea. Social media kind of hammered the culture there for a while, molding the authentic self into an inauthentic version that parrots common platitudes in pursuit of a personal brands."
Security posters
I would hang so many of these in my house, you have no idea.