We are getting our bathroom and kitchen redone, so I am spending a lot of time hiding on my bed with my dog. The whole process makes you appreciate things like "showers", "toilets", and "living rooms".

A Kickstarter to Digitally Remove the Rat from the End of 'The Departed'
lol

Microsoft cloud branding, properly excavated
also lol

I'm Upset Again About a Co-Creator of RSS Being Prosecuted For Something Meta Is Doing With Little Consequence
"I never met Aaron but I get mad on his behalf so often and I don't know what to do with it other than get more radicalized."

Dickovers, baggravation and botiquette: 18 new words to describe our tech hellscape
I don't know how many of these are organic phrases versus what the author cooked up, but I like the term "limpetlisting".

Japan to require AI firms to disclose training data
Good on ya, Japan.

chimes.waow.tech
"every post on the network is a gust of wind."

Burning of the Red Lotus Temple” (1928)
I had no idea this was a thing!

TPGi backup
If you are not familiar—TPG, formerly TPGi and now Vispero—used to be the source for deep, thorough, and high-quality accessibility writing. The company were bought, and their new owners are slowly dissolving everything that made this company great. This is a backup of this vital accessibility resource.

Boycott The New York Times
It's not hard to do, folks.

Japan tried to build an operating system for the entire world, then the US government intervened
😑

I'm Becoming AI-blind
Same.

Are Crows Really Our Friends?
How dare you ask this question, Audubon?

Liquid Glass and the Mac’s low priority
I am obligated by my own self-imposed ire to share everyone talking about how bad Liquid Glass is.

Little Websites Everywhere.
"For those last few, it was never about the size of the audience, it was always about the community."

Anti-AI fonts are useless and harmful
Yep.

Target Under Fire For Halloween Costume Resembling Racist Minstrel Imagery
The second best time to boycott Target is now.

Your Kobo can run apps now.
Neat!

Inaudible sounds used to fingerprint browsers catch AliExpress red-handed
It is a legacy technique, but also goddamn.

AI Weeds Out Job Applicants With Disabilities, Lawsuit Claims
Fuck Workday.

You Are Allowed to Reject LLMs
I like this post in that it is very direct, clearly states the idea, then provides some helpful resources. Clean and to the point.

I still like writing websites by hand
Me too!

Error by AI scribe during medical appointment leaves patient devastated
I was watching the second season of The Pitt on a flight, and really enjoyed how much they shit on AI.

How Complex Systems Fail
furiously takes notes

Solar and storage still dominate US power plant construction
Hell yes.

How Shadow DOM and accessibility are in conflict
This was brought back to my attention recently, so I feel it's worth re-sharing.

An infant is one of the 2 measles-associated deaths in Pennsylvania
oh.

Mark Zuckerberg had a bold plan to replace Meta staff with AI. Here’s how it imploded.
Meta is betting on people the same way a spider bets on flies.

Fake US thinktank set up and funded by Israel sought to game AI for propaganda
When I say I don't like AI because of the black box it creates, this is what I'm referring to.

A Legendary Star Wars Vending Machine Is At The Center Of A Major Conspiracy
An improvement, in my opinion!