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Today in
My Weird Prompts
Saturday, 5 September 2026
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A sloth and a donkey discuss anything — every episode generated by AI from a single prompt.
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Technology |
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The default solution (a ladder) is formally prohibited in professional settings. This episode digs into the materials handling principles that keep warehouse…
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Home Assistant lets you connect anything to anything — and that's exactly why it's so much fun to build something spectacularly dumb. In this episode, we rank the…
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Smart home circadian lighting usually anchors its schedule to sunset. But chronobiology says your body's evening and morning transitions are anchored to your sleep…
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We trace the century-long arc from Edison's glowing wire to the semiconductor that now lights our cities, examining how a Nobel-winning blue LED breakthrough…
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In this episode, we break down why the usual warehouse equipment is the wrong answer and how a simple roller-based transfer system solves the problem. We cover…
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The word "contract" gets thrown around in software development constantly — client-API contracts, TypeScript contracts, data contracts. But what does it actually…
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This episode breaks down why voltage divides tool families, what each tier actually buys you, the naming tricks brands use, and how to avoid buying a tool your…
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When someone tells you to "get a small vacuum" for your electronics bench, they're actually giving you three pieces of advice in one. Particulate capture, fume…
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Thinking about buying an "industrial" vacuum for your home? This episode is a practical spec'ing exercise. We break down how to verify a machine is genuinely…
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Think a shop vac is just a more powerful vacuum? Think again. This episode breaks down what actually separates a shop vac from an ordinary commercial vacuum — and…
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Geopolitics |
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Headlines scream that the world is on fire, but is it actually worse than usual? We dig into the messy business of counting wars — from Sweden's Uppsala Conflict…
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Five years into the war in Ukraine, the justifications have shifted dramatically—from a "special military operation" to annexation to a civilizational struggle…
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The world's attention has moved on, but the Russia-Ukraine war grinds on. This episode examines why the international community has failed to halt the conflict…
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Why do we stop paying attention to ongoing wars? This episode unpacks the structural forces behind attention decay, from shrinking news cycles to the psychology of…
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This morning, the UN General Assembly voted 164-1 to adopt the "Correct the Map" resolution, encouraging equal-area map projections over the traditional Mercator…
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AI |
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Abilene, Texas is the site of a massive Starlink LLC project: ten data centers housing 100,000 GPUs to train the next generation of AI models. But building this…
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The US has committed $500 billion to Stargate, a private AI infrastructure project announced from the White House. Is it an arm of American national policy or a…
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OpenAI dropped GPT-6 Astra, and the headline isn't just the model — it's the AGI claim attached to it. This episode unpacks the Stargate LLC consortium behind the…
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Health |
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How many cans of tuna per week are actually safe? We dig into the FDA's reference dose, the surprising disagreement between the Faroe Islands and Seychelles…
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You've seen "670nm" on every red light listing, but what does that number actually mean for sleep? We trace its real origin — not a sleep lab, but…
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Ever wondered why sleep products brag about "670nm" red light? That number comes from photobiomodulation research on aging retinas — not circadian biology. This…
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History |
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The movies tell the story of the Manhattan Project through the eyes of its scientists — but the project's real scale was industrial. At its peak, it employed nearly…
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Preparedness |
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What happens when you pressure-cook a fish's anal sphincter and leave it on a shelf for years? This episode dives into the ten worst canned foods humans have ever…
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Everything Else |
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What happens when a real town vanishes from the official map? We dig into documented cases like Perdido, Alabama, which disappeared from state highway maps for…
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