[SC 2.4.4] Two muffins are baking in the oven
Two muffins are baking in the oven. The first muffin says, "Hot enough in here for ya?" to which the second muffin replies, "HOLY SHIT, A TALKING MUFFIN!"
The raccoons who made computer magazine ads great
Every day we stray further from god's light.
IKEA’s web fonts
A very cool writeup on how web safe fonts reflect the bias of the area they're created in, and what IKEA did about that.
How Italy got its citizens — and me — to adopt a rigorous recycling scheme
I liked the optimism in change management this article represents.
This Mushroom Contains the Most Bitter Compound Ever Discovered
Good job, little guy!
Only 5 people could see the world’s newest color. Then Stuart Semple bottled it for everyone
This guy has one trick he pulls, but it's a helluva trick.
Spain hits first weekday of 100% renewable power on national grid
Another optimism link for ya.
The TESCREAL bundle: Eugenics and the promise of utopia through artificial general intelligence
"Like their first-wave eugenicist predecessors who believed that “improving the human stock” was the only way to safeguard “human civilization,” leaders of the TESCREAL bundle argue that creating aligned AGI is a way to safeguard civilization, and thus, the most important task for humanity this century."
The World After Amazon
"In 2023, the Worker as Futurist Project supported 13 rank-and-file Amazon workers to write short, speculative fiction about The World After Amazon. The result is the book featured on this website."
Consumers make their voices heard as Microsoft's huge venture flatlines in popularity
laughcry
Generative AI is not replacing jobs or hurting wages at all, economists claim
more laughcry
Intel admits what we all knew: no one is buying AI PCs
even more laughcry
Pluralistic: The enshittification of tech jobs
"The point of AI isn't to make workers more productive, it's to make them weaker when they bargain with their bosses."
One Million Chessboards
Delivers what it promises.
No Skimping on Imp Puns: Implementing Impressive Localizations in Hearthstone
h/t Ben, who correctly guessed this would be 100% a thing I'd be into.
Tiny Emus
Neat!
NFTs That Cost Millions Replaced With Error Message After Project Downgraded to Free Cloudflare Plan
lol
Abandoning the accessibility consultant career path
"Instead, a relauch in the future is promised, with a more accessible version of the product. But without further information on when this will be."
ICE promises bystanders who challenged Charlottesville raid will be prosecuted
oh.
Researchers Secretly Ran a Massive, Unauthorized AI Persuasion Experiment on Reddit Users
What in the goddamn fuck.
At These Grocery Stores, No One Pays
"Free grocery stores won’t solve hunger or its various root causes, and the people who lead these initiatives know that. But these spaces can play a crucial role in responding to local needs and gaps in real time, while offering a safe, dignified space."
The Alabama Landline That Keeps Ringing
Here's to 70 more years of this.
New study reveals wealth inequality was never inevitable
"Instead, [economic inequality] seems to be a consequence of political choices and governance structures."
What Disabled People Have to Give Up in the Name of Accessibility
"For years, I have been saying that detecting the use of access technology, in apps and on websites, violates a person’s right to keep their disability information private. "
Physics of the perfect cacio e pepe sauce
Can confirm, corn starch is magic.
Focus priming
So this is the name of the thing I do!
Why I Am Leaving the USA
Hard to argue with, honestly.
The Sex Lives Of Common Vegetables
"Cucumber plants, it turned out, are neither fully male nor female but a shifting kaleidoscope that changes with environmental conditions."