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April 23, 2025

[SC 2.4.4] Maybe almost hopefully time

I got clover! For my yard! It's maybe almost hopefully time for Spring!

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Winner, winner, lab-made dinner! Team grows nugget-sized chicken chunk
Delish!

Bring Back RSS Feeds to Browsers
Co-signed.

Yes, there really is a black hole on the loose in Sagittarius
Go little guy, go!

Shelf Life 06: The Tiniest Fossils
Go other little guys, go!

Hypertext TV
Incredible

‘Why would he take such a risk?’ How a famous Chinese author befriended his censor
"He copies censorship orders page by page, then uploads them to cloud servers outside China’s great firewall. After four years, he comes to believe the material is extraordinarily significant."

This is Peak Featurecide
"It’s Featurecide: the slow killing of a product’s soul in pursuit of every trend that moves the needle on engagement metrics, no matter how disconnected it is from the original mission. "

Bluesky Firehose in 3D (live)
Delivers what it promises.

This blog is hosted on a Nintendo Wii
Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.

Hue new? Scientists claim to have found colour no one has seen before
I'm not sure I'd be willing to risk shooting a laser into my eyes to see this.

Youth Foraging Trend “Gangking” is Going Global on Xiaohongshu
"While initial motivations differ—Chinese users often seek local culinary experiences, Americans explore ecological connections—the shared passion for wild foods creates a unique digital ecosystem."

Thread by Ernie Smith (@ernie.tedium.co) on Bluesky
"This all raises the question: Is Web Designer Depot a splog? Answer: It’s iffy."

FTC Approves Final Order Requiring accessiBe to pay $1 Million
"The final order bars accessiBe from representing that its automated products can make any website WCAG-compliant or can ensure continued compliance with WCAG over time, unless it has the evidence to support such claims."

Business Insider Founder Creates AI Exec For His New Newsroom, Immediately Hits On Her
You could simply not do any of this!

US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts
It's fun and cool and good that we're speedrunning all the reasons why we had these painstakingly established protections in the first place.

‘Spiral of silence’: climate action is very popular, so why don’t people realise it?
"Their biggest result was a huge, globe-spanning survey that revealed the remarkable fact that people across the world are united in wanting action to fight the climate crisis but remain a silent majority, because they wrongly think only a minority share their views."

Typography troubles: Balancing lines in Japanese & Korean
This is the kind of frontend shit I am extremely into.

A Man Powers Home for 8 Years Using 1,000 Old Laptop Batteries
" In its eight years of operation, not a single battery cell has needed to be replaced, a remarkable achievement considering the operating conditions and the nature of the recycled batteries."

RFK Jr. Set to Launch Disease Registry Tracking Autistic People
Horrifying.

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