[SC 2.4.4] Incredibly cozy
This was supposed to go out last night, but in my defense I was incredibly cozy in my bed.
Hyperclay HTML apps
This is one of those things I'd love to explore more, but if I'm being honest I'll perpetually put on the backburner until the "time is right".
Lowriders & websites
"Should every website be the subject of maximal craft? No, of course not. But in a industry rife with KPI-obsessed, cookie-cutter, vibe-coded, careless slop, we could use more lowriders."
The “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Era of DEI
Sad, slow nod
Microsoft Exec Asks: Why Aren't More People Impressed With AI?
I know the Upton Sinclair quote is overused for things like this, but man, is it apt.
Joe Rogan Subreddit Bans 'Political Posts' But Still Wants 'Free Speech'
lol
A New Method for Inducing a Depression-Like Behavior in Rats
Mentally reviewing some friendships I've let drift and feeling a strange new pang of guilt.
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia Is a Warning
Worth reading, given this.
Moss spores survive 9 months outside International Space Station
🎵 Moss and tardigrades floating in space, o-u-t-l-a-s-t-i-n-g the human r-a-c-e 🎵
I converted a rotary phone into a meeting handset
More things like this, please.
Scientists now know that bees can process time, a first in insects
Operating on Bee Time™ from here on out.
Open Source Developers Are Exhausted, Unpaid, and Ready to Walk Away
The vibes, my friends, are in shambles.
In the Netherlands, we’re closing our emptying prisons. What can other countries learn from how we did it?
"You can lose your job, home and social network. And you rarely become a better person during a short stay in jail."
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
No buneo, mis amigos.
Darkman
Priscilla Page wrote about the movie Darkman! This is not a drill!
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
Crappy headline aside, this was a great read from a very thoughtful person.
after my dad died, we found the love letters
"i didn't know my dad's favourite cuts of meat. i didn't know he drank wine. i didn't know he listened to music."
This hacker conference installed a literal antivirus monitoring system
I'd love to see other conferences adopt this. Businesses too. And schools. And, you know, everywhere else.
Can You Draw A Cool S?
Well, can you?
This tropical tree species has evolved to benefit from lightning strikes
Hell yeah, tree.
Congratulations, You've Unlocked 'Expert Mode'! (Whether You Wanted It or Not)
One of the better essays on disability I've read in a bit.
Squircle Everything
Incredible.
Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors
This reminds me of the time Dorsey-owned Twitter's internal research crew figured out that they were artificially boosting Right wing outrage, despite claims of censorship, and then made to bury it.
Fighting back against proper noun feature names
"All features do have to be called something. But sometimes a chair is just a chair, and not, for instance, an Eames Lounger."
Hollywood’s Cheesiest New Star? Parmigiano Reggiano Reportedly Signed By UTA for Film and TV Placement
Talk about a cheesy movie.
Mind-altering ‘brain weapons’ no longer only science fiction, say researchers
oh.
Trump’s Anti-Woke AI Policy Puts Patients’ Lives at Risk
These people already have so much blood on their godforsaken hands.
A Cell So Minimal That It Challenges Definitions of Life
What the hell, little guy.