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

  • They Stopped 57 Shootings. Everyone Was Just Fired. “A... Jason Kottke

    They Stopped 57 Shootings. Everyone Was Just Fired. “A program called Peace Orlando hired neighborhood residents closest to the violence…who could see a shooting coming and talk people…

    Today · 07:42
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    • Have We Confused Having Good Taste With Being Creative?
    • “Local Wikipedia is Wikipedia, but only for things a half...
    • John Oliver on the Republican Party and the Far Right...
    • Once Upon a Time in Harlem
    • Apple Music’s 404 page features a fully functional iPod...
    • Short video teasing an new collab between Daft Punk and...
    • The American Divide on Empathy
    • OMG, the height of these waves hitting a seawall in...
    • Michael Pollan reflects on what has and hasn’t changed in...
    • Matt Webb is bunkering down, bracing for more LLM-driven...
    • Harry Kane is this year’s men’s winner of the Ballon...
    • A poignant short documentary about a mother who only...
    • From Charles Mann, a quick history of porcelain, which is...
    • Russian and East European Posters
    • Ten of the most bizarre films and their posters, as...
    • How Tree Rings Challenged the Myth of American...
    • NASA’s Perseverance Sets Off-World Record for Total Distance Driven
    • Simon Willison: “Battle Drones is heavily vibe coded —...
    • This exhibition of ukiyo-e (woodblock prints) by Utagawa...
    • Winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026
    • How to Install an App on Your Commodore 64. “Oh, don’t...
    • The Tiny Computers app lets you play with old computers...
    • The One Question I Can’t Stand at Restaurants. “The idea...
    • “US households are paying 62% more for drinking water...
  • Another Interview from “Head in the Cloud 2026” Marc Thiele

    Here is another little interview from mittwald’s “Head in the Cloud”. I was asked what makes an event more than just a conference. My answer is…

    Yesterday · 11:05
  • Arc-like automatic picture-in-picture in Chromium Dave Rupert

    There’s a lot to miss about Arc (RIP), but the feature I miss the most has got to be automatic picture-in-picture. You start a video and when you change tabs to jump to another task, the video anch…

    Two Days Ago · 09:31
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    • Bad at email
  • Autechre & Space Afrika Simon Collison

    Storm Boelo was hammering the Greenwich peninsula when I arrived. Inside, Autechre seemed to channel that violence into a dense ele…

    Two Days Ago · 07:00
  • Cult of Chucky Rob Weychert

    🎬 Don Mancini, 2017, ★★ I finally got around to seeing all the Child’s Play / Chucky movies, and pound for pound, this is probably the most tolerable deep dive of a long-running…

    Three Days Ago · 21:59
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    • Entries logged without comment for the week ending 10/24
  • Sick Day Project: Outlanders 2 “Wiki” Kellan Elliott-McCrea

    I was supposed to ride the NYC Century today, but I ended up coming down with a nasty cold and I’m spending the day on the couch. I enjoy the Outlanders 2 game, an easy going village sim. But someh…

    Three Days Ago · 18:13
  • Community Marco Arment

    I’ve been taking a break from Mastodon as my social home on the web for about six weeks. It has been more difficult than I’d usually admit. I have an amazing local community in my town that I lov…

    Four Days Ago · 09:44
  • The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon Jeremy Keith

    This is an infuriating book. So much so that I didn’t finish it. Don’t get me wrong; I love the idea of The Pirate Queen. Telling the life story of Gráinne Ní Mháille is an excellent premise…

    The Other Day · 08:57

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