I fully realize that this is Thursday evening, and not Wednesday evening. Nothing too bad here, just life got busy and I chose hanging out with a friend.

I also wrote about a version of CSS-Tricks I'd like to see, following its extremely frustrating re-abandonment by Digital Ocean.

I don't say the quiet part out loud about a lot of my outrage about this in the post because I'm hoping for a good outcome to all this. Other people have, and I hope more do considering what it represents.

And that's three paragraphs in a row that start with "I" statements, which makes me feel uncomfy 😅

Relativity Park: Walking at the speed of light
Ow, my brain.

Don’t Let Anyone Take Away Your Big Box of Cables
The second I get my printer repaired you better believe I'm also printing out that skeet.

‘This is dangerous’: slime moulds and the bitter debate over the nature of intelligence
Good job, slime molds!

Dark energy debunked? Cosmic acceleration may be an illusion
huh.

Sometimes it's better not to say anything
I realize the irony of sharing, and commenting on this, but also fart sound.

German Man Cheats Recycling Machine Out of Over $47,000 Using a Single Bottle
Have system, will game!

The False Narrative of Economic Anxiety
"The problem, in contrast, was the implicit aspect of the narrative: the idea that explaining voters’ behavior via economic anxiety rendered other explanations unnecessary, particularly those that highlight the role of racism, misogyny, and xenophobia and the machinations of political actors who stoke and exploit these attitudes. "

Broken Orchestra
I love this.

Vintage scientific papers with LaTeX
This is twee as all hell.

Why is my mustard spicier than normal? An investigation into a global Dijon mystery
Asking the tough questions here.

No cervical cancer cases in HPV-vaccinated women
Fuckin' awesome.

How to adjust the Liquid Glass effect on your iPhone with iOS 27
The slow walking back of this usability crime begins in earnest.

How Do I Avoid Becoming A Doomsday Prepper?
"The way you view the world determines how you live in it."

The death of ‘hello’: how gen Z – and scammers – put paid to the greeting
Voice cloning attacks driving behavior change, you love to see it.

A Digital Fly Brain Has Taken Over the Internet
I don't know if you've also been following the mapped fruit fly brain thing, but it's spooky and uncomfy as all hell.

How I Curate Accessibility Weekly
The thought process behind one of my favorite newsletters, from the man himself.

Nobody pays for open source. We can force them to.
"Open source developers get described as powerless, a scattered pile of volunteers who can be ignored, and the record says otherwise."

The end times fascists are plotting their escape from our world. Our mission is clear
"The fact that this capacity seems to be missing from the men who hold our collective fate in their hands is a personal loss for them – and an existential crisis for the rest of us."

WCAG 3’s road to hell is paved with supplemental requirements
Yup.

Hacking a computer using DNA is now a reality, researchers claim
lol

AI models don't kill people – people kill people
Man, I remember having accountability.

The mascots, design and visual history of Wikipedia, the encyclopedia that puts functionality above aesthetics
I would die for the Wikipede.

fugleramme - E-ink bird frame for Raspberry Pi
Man, I'm such a sucker for anything e-ink.

Rediscovering the rete ovarii, a secreting auxiliary structure to the ovary
The medical misogyny runs so goddamn deep.

WordArt is still supported… in Microsoft Outlook!
As a fan of backwards compatibility I unfortunately have to hand it to Microsoft.