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  • TypeParis Now26 🇫🇷 Elliot Jay Stocks

    See the full details on the event’s website…

    The Other Day · 10:00
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    • Issue 051: Positive tracking
  • Shipping todometer, version 3! Cassidy Williams

    I updated my app todometer after several years of it lying dormant, and it's better than ever!…

    Two Days Ago · 18:00
  • Ohhhhh dear, Richard Dawkins: Is AI the Next Phase of... Jason Kottke

    Ohhhhh dear, Richard Dawkins: Is AI the Next Phase of Evolution? Claude Appears to Be Conscious. “My conversations with several Claudes and ChatGPTs have convinced me that these intellige…

    Two Days Ago · 15:52
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    • Unruly Play : “A collection of 169 works of play...
    • Ada Palmer & Bruce Schneier: AI Learns Language From...
    • Who Merits the Longest NY Times Obituaries?
    • Am…am I “alternatively influential” ?...
    • The Supreme Court Is Corrupt. This Is What We Can Do About It.
    • The Film That Attacks You
    • I fixed a few bugs on the Rolodex yesterday — some of...
    • “Since 1900, scientists have observed more than 20...
    • On the futility of border walls . “The Ozymandian...
    • The Secret to Success Is ‘Monotasking’ ....
    • Farewell, Voting Rights Act
    • Come on everyone, we’re going to Cursor Camp !
    • Winners of the GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2026 .
    • The Angine de Poitrine Argument for UBI . “If...
    • Who Are the Unexpected Friends in Your Life?...
    • “There is a feeling I search for: being in good...
    • “Trump did not cause the attempts on his life. But...
    • On May 22, Boards of Canada is doing a handful of...
    • Holy moly, DJ Shadow is doing a 30th anniversary tour...
    • I Bought Friendster for $30k — Here’s What...
    • A Georgia teen diagnosed with a rare cancer used his...
    • The intelligence of LLMs is “a function of the...
    • Teaser trailer for season four of Ted Lasso . Looks like...
    • Remembering Roberto Clemente’s 3000th Hit
    • Five great book critics writing today (and where to find...
    • This is interesting: Talkie is a vintage LLM , trained...
    • Some Cool Movie Explosions
    • “A half-century after it was published, The Soul...
    • Do I Belong in Tech Anymore? “Why am I here? Does...
    • “British energy major BP on Tuesday reported that...
    • I Love Boosters
    • On the Propaganda of Early Nazism, and How We See it in...
    • The Era of AI Malaise . “The AI has learned to...
    • It’s the Age of Electricity and America...
    • Elizabeth Kolbert’s profile of EPA head Lee Zeldin...
  • You Need A (Gentle) Deadline! Tina Roth Eisenberg

    Do you need an invitation to step away from the algorithm? An invitation to reconnect with your creativity? Cool. But you also need a deadline! I got both: Cue RELEASE DAY! Release Day just launched a…

    Two Days Ago · 12:55
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    • Concious Endeavor
  • Studio Notes #82 Dan Cederholm

    Greetings, Friends. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🏊‍♂️ Lithuanian artist, Ray Bartkus’, Floatin…

    Two Days Ago · 08:26
  • The PHP License, Simplified Ben Ramsey

    I’ve been fascinated with copyright since high school and with open source licensing for most of my career. Yes, I’m a nerd, but I really do find it compelling to think about how humans communicat…

    Three Days Ago · 18:00
  • Early swifts Simon Collison

    Three soaring above at 7pm today, 30th April—much earlier than usual. Previously: 2025, 9th May (but I’d been away for the preceding week); 2024, 7th; 2023, 7th; 202…

    Three Days Ago · 13:15
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    • A week on the moors
    • Happy 15th, Beyond Tellerrand!
  • 🔗 XOXO Explore Rob Weychert

    In its founders’ own words, XOXO was “an experimental festival celebrating independent artists and creators working on the internet,” and its final edition, which included Cabel Sasser’s ch…

    Three Days Ago · 09:45
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    • Ring 2
    • The Spiral
  • Building for myself and delighting others Jonnie Hallman

    After building a feature I’ve always wanted, I hear from users that they’ve always wanted it, too—they just didn’t think to ask for it.…

    Four Days Ago · 06:41
  • The Drawing Hand Naz Hamid

    Design tooling, LLMs, and why I still use a pencil. A friend and I were talking about AI and the question of where I lie on the spectrum came up: “I’m now on the handmad…

    The Other Day · 21:42
  • When Sites Need to Walk Away Chris Coyier

    The Internet Archive has a new book: VANISHING CULTURE. (Digital copy is free.) According to a Pew Research Center report, 26% of pages from 2013-2023 are no longer accessible. But that’s not the wh…

    The Other Day · 10:58
  • Sister Ray Davies at The Library, Oxford Jon Hicks

    Sister Ray Davies, whose debut album Holy Island featured on my top 20 of 2025, played Oxford's diminutive The Library pub in Cowley Road last night. They're a dreamy shoegaze duo from Alabama's Muscl…

    The Other Day · 06:35

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