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

  • West of England Design Forum 🇬🇧 Elliot Jay Stocks

    See the full details on the event’s website…

    The Other Day · 12:00
  • Understanding AT Protocol Rachel Andrew

    I’ve been playing around with AT Protocol. The posts on this site are now published to standard.site, and I’ve written a (very basic) WordPress plugin to display posts from my PDS on the N…

    Today · 02:29
  • It’s Cool to Be Weird Jason Kottke

    I really like what Razaak Eniola has to say here about human difference. Before Prince was Prince, Prince was weird. And that goes the same for probably any of your favorite artists. Befor…

    Yesterday · 15:00
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    • Walmart is busy building out their fast EV charger...
    • A terrarium iPhone case that houses actual growing...
    • “ Zugunruhe is a German term describing the...
    • Some Interesting Apples
    • Participants in a recently published study spoke 28%...
    • The Thomas Crown Affair? Directed by and starring...
    • OnlyMarms: Funding Science Research on OnlyFans
    • Study: Dinosaurs Were Charbroiled After Chicxulub Impact...
    • Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary?...
    • On the experience of the long haul flight . “The...
    • “ The Booker Prize 2026 longlist has now been...
    • Please Use AI . “Be sure to use AI when planning that...
    • Where Do European Country Names Come From?
    • 30 notable sales of rare books by AbeBooks over the past...
    • 19th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints Creatively...
    • All US Cities Which Used to Have More Than 100,000 People But Don’t Anymore
    • How the Words We Teach English Language Learners...
    • Don’t use AI until you’re 40 . “We have been so...
    • We Used to Be Able to Buy Things in This Country ....
    • A Shortlist of Potential Future Euro Banknote Designs
    • “ Datatype is an OpenType variable font that turns...
    • The Batman Effect : people in an experiment acted more...
    • Once Upon a Time in Space
    • An Uncomplicated Man , Emily Wilson’s review of Nolan’s...
    • Astronauts returning from long missions report a “jet...
    • Trump’s Assault on Science Continues
    • Welp, right at the top of the CDC page on autism and...
  • As long as it takes Simon Collison

    A few people have asked, so… Yep, there will be new music from Site Nonsite next year. For almost four years now, I’ve been working on an album of personal stories,…

    Yesterday · 06:40
  • A Permanent Home Jeffrey Zeldman

    Your writing needs a permanent home—a domain that you own and control. Every few years, the internet convinces writers that a new digital paradise has arrived. First, it was social media l…

    Yesterday · 06:20
  • When the update of the UI redesign was so fast that they missed privacy WonderProxy

    My immediate concern was that the same issue could exist in production. Unfortunately, it did. We treated it as a critical privacy and security incident.…

    Yesterday · 04:37
  • Before I go: Double your business with companies you like Dave Rupert

    I’ve had the pleasure in my career of sitting in tons of different board rooms talking with executives and getting a rundown on different charts and graphs they care most deeply about. As expected,…

    Two Days Ago · 09:29
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    • The new yet familiar CodePen 2.0
  • tweet Derek Sivers

    I write to see what I can write. I code to see what I can code.…

    Three Days Ago · 09:56

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