kottke
4h ago
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As it was foretold: the Trump regime gutted the NOAA and...
As it was foretold: the Trump regime gutted the NOAA and now weather forecasts are less accurate.
Torrid News
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kottke
4h ago
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Something for the digital crate-diggers: The 40 Best...
Something for the digital crate-diggers: The 40 Best Albums From the Last 40 Years That You Probably Didn’t Hear (But Should’ve). I’d only heard of one or two these…
kottke
28h ago
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There’s been so much crazy to pay attention to over the...
There’s been so much crazy to pay attention to over the past few weeks that I missed this: Midjourney, the AI image-maker that you access through Discord, is making a medical imaging machine.
kottke
8h ago
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Rebecca Solnit: What Is the United States of America...
Rebecca Solnit: What Is the United States of America Now? “The United States of America is a truck that has driven into a ditch.
kottke
8h ago
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The US Constitution Is for Simple Folk Still Burdened by...
The US Constitution Is for Simple Folk Still Burdened by the Belief That Words Have Meaning. “The true Constitution is not a document. It’s more of a gut feeling.
kottke
7h ago
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Parker Molloy on why the panic about trans women in...
Parker Molloy on why the panic about trans women in sports is not actually about fairness or protecting women & girls (in the similar way Gamergate was not about “ethics in games journalism”).
kottke
29h ago
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I love the aesthetic of Fresco , a video game where you...
I love the aesthetic of Fresco, a video game where you play as a character embedded into Egyptian wall paintings. In many ways, these wall paintings are ancient precursors to side-scrolling games.
kottke
27h ago
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My Family Has Been Here Since 1621. That Is Not What...
My Family Has Been Here Since 1621. That Is Not What Makes Me American.
kottke
30h ago
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How Do You Prove Arson When the Evidence Burns Away?
For the latest episode of Howtown, Adam Cole and Joss Fong look at wildfires and how investigators go about determining and proving how they start. The backdrop of video is the investigation into the Palisades Fire and the related arson trial that just concluded.
kottke
5h ago
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“ Dictionary of the Illegible proposes...
“Dictionary of the Illegible proposes illegibility as a strategy for navigating a world increasingly governed by visibility, efficiency, and total surveillance.”
kottke
7h ago
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Will America Ever Give White-Man Rights to Everyone...
Will America Ever Give White-Man Rights to Everyone Else?
kottke
31h ago
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You know sometimes you learn some ancient lore and...
You know sometimes you learn some ancient lore and suddenly some contemporary pop culture thing snaps into place? Anyway, I found out how Isadora Duncan died and now I better understand the “no capes” thing in The Incredibles.
kottke
26h ago
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Erling Haaland “brings the intensity of a raiding...
Erling Haaland “brings the intensity of a raiding party to the sport”.
kottke
9h ago
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Report from a cruise full of celebrity impersonators ....
Report from a cruise full of celebrity impersonators. “A woman sat a toddler down beside us, while another, larger toddler tugged at her capris.
kottke
6h ago
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“ The average paid newsletter costs $10 per month...
“The average paid newsletter costs $10 per month or $100 per year, according to analysis of thousands of publications hosted on Beehiiv.” KDO memberships start at $3/mo. and I haven’t raised prices since 2016. You folks are getting an incredible deal!