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Posts from blogs I read written in the last few days.

  • TypeParis Now26 🇫🇷 Elliot Jay Stocks

    See the full details on the event’s website…

    The Other Day · 10:00
  • From Heatmap News & MIT, the Electricity Price Hub is... Jason Kottke

    From Heatmap News & MIT, the Electricity Price Hub is “a new public data platform that provides monthly, utility-level estimates of residential electricity rates and bills across the Unit…

    Today · 14:53
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    • Scientists have genetically engineered tobacco plants to...
    • On Stewart Brand’s Maintenance: Of Everything
    • Not sure what level of prank/gag/stunt this is (note...
    • The Pioneering Coffee House Serving Since 1645 ....
    • After two years off, Tom Scott is back with a new...
    • “All of Humanity’s Problems Stem From Marc Andreessen’s Inability to Sit Quietly in a Room Alone”
    • Nothing Works in Trump’s America — Except Racism ....
    • The 2026 issue of the HTML Review , “an annual...
    • Mark Simonson reminisces about when he discovered type...
    • “By focusing its narrative on the tech industry...
    • For the latest episode of Design Matters, Debbie Millman...
    • Endgame for the Open Web , brought on by LLM bots,...
    • NASA’s LRO found a new crater on the Moon...
    • The US Is the Last Big Petrostate
    • Help! My Favorite Athlete Is an Idiot (Alt headline:...
    • Astronaut Michael Fincke was rendered unable to speak...
    • A new study shows that since 1990, the United States has...
    • Jesus Clarifies Return Will Be Strictly Limited To...
    • I love these looping GIF animations from...
    • Ultra-Rare DJ Set From Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter
  • 🔗 Endgame for the Open Web Rob Weychert

    Anil Dash makes the case that we’re running out of time to save the last vestiges of the open web from the big-tech robber barons’ multifaceted (but mostly AI-shaped) rampage, which probably is…

    Today · 13:09
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    • Closed on Sundays
    • Weimar/Nazi/evangelical films
    • Entries logged without comment for the week ending 3/28
    • 🔗 Claire Tabouret’s Stained-Glass Windows for Notre-Dame Divide French Society, with a Legal Threat Looming
  • A letter to John Ternus Marco Arment

    As Apple celebrates its fiftieth birthday, we celebrate the spirit of its formation, when people who loved computers started making great computers to inspire more people to love computers. That spir…

    Today · 12:00
  • Tyler Ramsey at The Jericho Tavern Jon Hicks

    Tyler Ramsey (ex Band of Horses) played the Jericho Tavern last night. This is the hallowed local venue where Radiohead played their first ever gig (back when they were called 'On a Friday'). He playe…

    Today · 09:15
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    • Making apps out of Spite
  • Claude Dispatch and the Power of Interfaces Josh Clark

    Ethan Mollick reviewed the research that chat interfaces introduce heavy effort that undermines complex, specialized work. His conclusion is that the future of AI-powered interfaces is specialized i…

    Today · 05:50
  • Why We Need to Be in the Same Room – aka Reasons to Attend Events Marc Thiele

    Something has been is on my mind lately all the time – or rather, it’s been confirmed by the words of others I respect. People are writing about…

    Today · 05:33
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    • ⇾ A “Speaker Rider” – Good Help for Event Organisers
    • Ride: Lunch Ride in the Fields
  • My rainbow sweater Cassidy Williams

    My sweater is weird but it is special and important to me.…

    Three Days Ago · 18:00
  • Recent gigs and talks Simon Collison

    Torn Sail at Squire PAC; L-R: Jim Baron, Henry Claude, Huw Costin, John Thompson and Jeff Davenport. John Newling at Beam, 19th February. I’ve known renowned artist Jo…

    Three Days Ago · 10:00
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    • Return to Tokyo, Part 3

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