[SC 2.4.4] The routine of assembling
Here's hoping the routine of assembling this week's newsletter will stave off the horror I'm feeling about the ramification of today's events.
This blog is running on a recycled Google Pixel 5
I like things like this. Smartphones are tiny powerhouses in their own right, it's nice to see them getting used that way.
The web behind glass
"Browsers are supposed to be a window to the web, getting out of the way and making sure websites are displayed correctly without needing adjustments for each individual one. Now we have Apple saying their new design “gets out of our way” while doing the exact opposite."
Luigi Mangione appears on Shein as a model for a gentleman’s shirt
Sure, why not.
Microsoft Engineer Dies at Work at 35 as His Family Warns of Overworking Employees
Things are very Not Okay over in Microsoft land.
Internet Sculptures
"These computing-infused objects felt so magical to use with other people."
Wplace – Paint the world
Explore, or paint pixel art over a map location.
Robots - The Old Robots Website
This is some of that good-ass old internet.
The cat mayoral race: meet 11 runners and riders in the US’s most furious – and furriest – election
I love where I live.
UK government trial of M365 Copilot finds no clear productivity boost
cool great, glad we melted society for this
RS.S JOY.lol dev
I recently re-stumbled across this site, and it's now a permanent addition to my phone's open browser tabs. Such a great place to go when you want to read something interesting.
How Are You Supposed To Get The COVID Vaccine Now? An Explainer
"Navigating this will be extremely annoying."
RFK Jr., American Psycho
"The case is clear: He should never have been let anywhere near public health, healthcare and biomedical science in this country."
Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion to authors in landmark AI settlement
It's not enough.
‘The Largest IP Theft in Human History’: Breaking Down The Years-Long Investigation Into How AI Firms Are Stealing Music
"ICMP says that the dossier contains “comprehensive and clear” evidence of the unlicensed use of digital music on a “global and highly extensive scale” for AI training and GenAI music, songwriter and performer image outputs."
Warner Bros. sues Midjourney to stop AI knockoffs of Batman, Scooby-Doo
In the third of three related links, it is clear how absolutely shameless and predatory these companies are.
'One and done' dose of LSD keeps anxiety at bay
Huh!
‘Amazing feat’: US man still alive six months after pig kidney transplant
This is very cool to see.
Watch a Timelapse of the Notorious Kowloon Walled City Built to Scale in Minecraft
Delivers what it promises.
Pay-per-output? AI firms blindsided by beefed up robots.txt instructions.
How very solutioneering of these folks to create something based on the very handshake agreement that every company gleefully ignored.
Baby Steps Accessibility – Page Titles
Big fan of this series Dennis has been doing.
The Internet Will Be More Dead Than Alive Within 3 Years, Trend Shows
"Because of these developments behind the world of online content, it’s easy to draw the inevitable conclusion that, as Renzella and Rozova say, the internet is no longer “for humans, by humans.”"
Disability Inclusion Requires More Than a Lanyard
Sheri never misses.
Kong Studios
Oh my gosh, it's alive again.