[SC 2.4.4] The 12 foot Home Depot skeleton
I got a new phone today. There was a shipping notification and text message alerts, and the whole rest of the song and dance routine. However, I've got to confess that I'm far more excited for the 12 foot Home Depot skeleton that will be showing up tomorrow if the gods are good.
This company is turning empty offices across America into farms
Hell yeah, vertical urban farms.
Opinion: FUCK!
agree
'Hail' from the chimp: zoo ape stockpiles stones to throw at visitors
I love that the first evidence of non-human planning for the future involves giving humans grief.
Lower Than Cowards
"These cascading acts of cowardice from the people best positioned to resist Trump’s authoritarian power grabs have made Trump seem exponentially more powerful than he actually is, sapping strength from others who might have discovered the courage to stand up."
For too long, colonial language has dominated space exploration. There is a better way
"How we talk about space exploration shapes the futures we imagine and build."
I'm an American software developer and the "broligarchs" don't speak for me
Co-signed.
How thousands of ‘overworked, underpaid’ humans train Google’s AI to seem smart
And speaking of.
Martin Shkreli has to face claims of copying one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album
This album should be given away to the children after all this mess.
Pluralistic: The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh
"The most important thing [about AI] is the investor story and the ensuing mania that has teed up an economical catastrophe that will harm hundreds of millions or even billions of people."
Digital Threat Modeling Under Authoritarianism
"Whatever you do, be smart about it." he wrote in a somewhat hypocritical way, storing this newsletter forever on the public web.
Riding the Wave
oh dear
Obelisk (biology)
Reminder that we have these little guys and nobody knows what the hell they are.
The ADL Defended Elon Musk’s ‘Awkward Gesture.’ Now He Calls It a Hate Group
"lol" said the scorpion, "lmao"
Donald Trump’s Assault on Disability Rights
Monsters.
What will it take for us to eat lab-grown steak?
What is meat? Baby don't hurt me.
Just for fun: animating a mosaic of 90s GIFs
"What you’re seeing is a Canvas animation of random old-school GIFs, pulled from the Internet Archive’s GeoCities collection, stitched into a scrolling mosaic, and finished off with a CRT shader."
NASA backs lunar Wi-Fi project to connect astronauts and rovers on the Moon
MOON WIFI
OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out
So, they stole content, then want us to say not to use it? Got it.
Mormon church gunman was marine ‘who supported Trump’
Interesting what gets covered—or not covered—in different news sources from different areas.
MagnePins: A Modular, Affordable, and DIY Refreshable Braille and Tactile Display
This is incredible news. If you don't believe me, go look up the cost of existing refreshable Braille display.
Gaming with a Facial Difference
"A willingness to fix these issues is great, but avoiding these mistakes altogether is even better. It makes gaming a more inclusive experience from the start."
Standing up to ICE in the suburbs, the People’s Patrol puts its faith in resistance
More of this, please.
Want to buy a dinosaur? You can buy animatronics from Bergen County exhibit before closure
It's not not affordable!