[SC 2.4.4] It's a fun distraction
I wrote about a tiny little TV I bought. It's a fun distraction, you should get one!
Renewable energy passes 30% of world’s electricity supply
Nice!
The Walls Are Closing in on John Deere’s Tractor Repair Monopoly
Also nice!
Slop is the new name for unwanted AI-generated content
I am hanging this term right next to chumbox in the run-down portrait gallery that is my mind.
Meet AdVon, the AI-Powered Content Monster Infecting the Media Industry
Speaking of slop and chumboxes.
North Yorkshire Council to phase out apostrophe use on street signs
You can tell this was born of a small horror movie of an errant apostrophe ping-ponging its way through a series of ancient databases.
Community is a Tamagotchi
Yup. This.
The wasps that tamed viruses
What the hell, nature.
That time an Army supply clerk accidentally ordered a $28,000 anchor at Fort Carson
Whoopsiedoodles!
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I kind of love this idea.
Study reveals how much carbon damage would cost corporations if they paid for their emissions
screaming
How a Government Agency’s Offbeat Twitter Memes Landed in the Library of Congress
"It’s this shift in communication that attracted the Library of Congress to the CPSC memes when Galbo pitched them the idea."
Dell responds to return-to-office resistance with VPN, badge tracking
It is wild how quickly organizations can enact this sort of needless Orwellian nightmare simply because real estate is expensive.
Emoji history: the missing years
"So what does this all mean? I’d say mostly that the history emoji isn’t as clean cut as you might have thought."
Post Brain
Sharing this one because I see myself a lot in it as of late.
Confronting the Whitewashing Of Disability: Interview with #DisabilityTooWhite Creator Vilissa Thompson
That said, one of the many things I miss about Twitter is learning about, and from folks like Vilissa.
Warner Bros. gives Adult Swim games back to their creators rather than kill them
Heaven forbid number not go up the most!
Alabama follows DeSantis' lead in banning lab-grown meat
I hate how I'm surprised that this sentiment is catching.
Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers
This is nice. Be the villain.
Virtual Boy: The bizarre rise and quick fall of Nintendo’s enigmatic red console
"lateral thinking with withered technology"
A Pattern Language
"This project is an abridged, hyper-textual, and copyleft manifestation of the 1977 architecture classic A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander."
Elephants use gestures and vocal cues when greeting each other, study reports
😭
Project Random
"Project Random randomly serves obscure content from around the web."