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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
  • The SpaceX IPO Is A Giant Unworkable Con Orchestrated By... Jason Kottke

    The SpaceX IPO Is A Giant Unworkable Con Orchestrated By An Overt White Supremacist Huckster. “He’s endlessly mythologized by a shitty corporate press, eager to ignore his virulent raci…

    Today · 13:58
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    • Telescope Ranchers
    • How to get out of bed . “There is no 28 point shot...
    • DJ Shadow and the BBC Symphony Orchestra will be...
    • On Inherent AI Risk: “Extinction-Level Capitalism”
    • Paul McCartney on Song Exploder . I think he was with...
    • The Knicks Starting Five Painted on One Dollar Bills
    • Sports but make it wealth inequality :...
    • The world’s first trillionaire is a killer . “A...
    • Two competing (?) thoughts kept going through my head...
    • Joe “Handyman” Negri, a Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood...
    • US Authorities Investigate Huge Etching of ‘8647’ on...
    • David Hockney, iconic British artist known for his...
    • Ian’s Shoelace Site Is Still The Best Site For...
    • “This song has no instruments in it.” This is cool: a...
    • This is clever & depressing: the Apocalypse Early...
    • A Hand-Drawn Visual Guide to Chili Peppers
    • John Thomson’s photos of China (1860s-70s) ....
    • A close-up look at some of Spain’s oldest & most...
    • For the first time on record, solar overtook coal in the...
    • Becoming by Max Cooper
    • “It’s so dumb!” I quote this line from Benoit Blanc in...
    • Billionaires’ Billions Are Increasing Faster Than Ever ....
    • The White House’s Top Science Goal Is Ignorance . “The...
    • The Last Surviving Japanese Porsche 912 Police Car
    • Your Search Results Are Getting Sloptimized . SEO (and...
    • The Best Headlights in the World Are Illegal in America...
  • Speaking in Dublin Jeremy Keith

    I’m giving a talk this week. Usually this wouldn’t be a big deal. I’ve been giving talks for over twenty years now. But this one is different. I’m going to speaking at Na Píobairí Uillea…

    Today · 03:24
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    • A tale of two browsers
    • Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler
  • KeyCon 2026 recap Cassidy Williams

    I spoke at KeyCon, a mechanical keyboard convention!…

    Two Days Ago · 18:00
  • The Raven Tattoo Chris Coyier

    I’ve long been envious of my friends with sweet sleeve tattoos. It’s a cool place for a tattoo. You get to see it yourself a lot. Some of it sticks out from a rolled-up shirt-sleeve which…

    Three Days Ago · 10:49
  • Studio Notes #88 Dan Cederholm

    Greetings, Good Folks. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🥏 Master type and lettering designer, Simon Walker, made The Cover Let…

    Three Days Ago · 07:45
  • tweet Derek Sivers

    India tech friends: I just bought my ticket to IndiaFOSS in BLR Sept 26-27: fossunited.org/indiafoss/2026 Want to meet? Email me: sive.rs/contact…

    Four Days Ago · 21:34
  • Where’s the holistic AI productivity data? Rachel Andrew

    For most of my career I ran a very small company. When you run a tiny company your resources (both time and money) are limited, and you want to use them on the things that will have the most impact. Y…

    Four Days Ago · 09:44
  • Your brain is an asshole. Greg Storey

    I'm supposed to be slightly vertically inverted right now, sporting blue shades like a three dollar Bono. My mouth pried open, completely numb, with fingers and tools occupying what little space…

    The Other Day · 15:57

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