the article in question about how a bunch of americans were taught how to read wrong, for those who haven't read it: www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...

How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers

For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...

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My review of Jeppson's Malort: It's not good. Also I kind of like it. But yeah, no one should drink this.

For some reason everything2.com popped into my head earlier today and its nice to see its still going strong.

Sometimes you find an old note you've written and it just sparks questions that you aren't equipped to answer.

hot take: we fucked up when we let computers get so important to society that developers had to stop putting easter eggs into software because they were seen as unprofessional and untrustworthy

I randomly came across this gadget in a 2007 Popular Science magazine, and... it certainly is an idea, not a good one though.

convincing people that computers are smart was a huge mistake. computers are exactly as stupid now as they were in 1975, they're just much faster at stupid.

So. I did it. Lotta people gonna be mad about this one. Show it some love?

A Jewish Case for AI work exemptions

or: why should CHICAGO POPE have all the fun

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Statement from VGHF director Frank Cifaldi on the discontinuation of physical PlayStation media, and the closure of the PS3 and PSP digital storefronts.

This looks neat! Just ordered a copy.

Ingrid Burrington@lifewinning.com · 2mo ago

networksofny2026.bigcartel.com/product/netw... hi, did you like my book Networks of New York when it came out in 2016? you might like the updated 2026 edition which I'll be releasing in September and you can pre-order now

Happy Pride, it's when I repost my feature-length too-niche gaymer history video essay so it gets another like 4000 measely views a year lol 💙💜💓 happy birthday to bidimensional bisexual polyam monsterman icon Curtis Craig youtu.be/O0yvSzPSqrQ?...

A Puzzle of Flesh in an Era of Strife ️‍🌈

YouTube video by VoidBurger

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Hi, we saw you from across the bar, and we'd like to give you health care.

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Rep. AOC posts new photo on Instagram celebrating the Knicks alongside Mayor Zohran Mamdani

This might be one of the most insane scandals in game history When Pokemon Go players scan PokeStops, theyve been unknowingly building a detailed visual model of the world which is being sold to a military contractor to build a no-GPS positioning for the new generation of unmanned killing machines

Finally bought a stream deck... And set it up just so that I can easily see and set my mute status on Teams meetings. I am a huge dork.

IMPORTANT: For any artists/writers/etc etc, using Linktree to point people to their work, from 5 July, they'll be feeding all imagery you use on your landing page into DALL-E by OpenAI. I deleted my account this morning.

Arte es Ética@arteesetica.bsky.social · 2mo ago

¡ATENCIÓN! 🚨 El 5 de Julio de 2026 entra en vigencia la actualización de los ToS de Linktree. Esto incluye el uso de IA generativa (Dall-E de OpenAI) con los textos, imágenes y links que el usuario suba a su cuenta. Incluso compartirán toda la info del usuario con otros proveedores externos de IA ⚠️

Woke up way too late today, but I mowed the lawn, played some of that 007 game, and watched a few episodes of The Boroughs and Spider Noir... all in all a good Saturday was had.

Bugs don't belong inside, especially if they have too many legs.

Was watching someone use facetime while in line at the store the other day. I started to think about where the disconnect on public phone etiquette started. Is it people who did not grow up with landline telephones? something else?

Very cool and not concerning at all that the technology that the worst people in the world want to proliferate into every facet of our lives and is boiling the oceans and ruining the lives of vulnerable people carries the same warning as Psychic Readers Network commercials from 25 years ago.

👏🏼The Choctaw Nation has purchased a warehouse in Oklahoma that ICE was trying to buy and use as a detention center. www.projectsaltbox.com/p/choctaw-na...

Choctaw Nation Buys Former Big Lots Warehouse, Closing Off Oklahoma ICE Detention Site

The sale is the second time in months that a large Oklahoma warehouse pursued by ICE for detention use has instead gone to another buyer.

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I was asked to give my thoughts on generative AI usage in games - here they are!

GamesIndustry.biz@gibiz.bsky.social · 5mo ago

What place will AI have in game development? Senior figures from across the games industry weigh in on the future of AI use. https://bit.ly/4uB8396

A sharp warning in an ordinary news release: "President Trump’s Justice Department.” Today at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/news-relea...

ok so I drifted away from my Art Is My Middle Name repost project, but it's back in the best way: my art historical deep dive into Dogs Playing Poker keithpille.com/a-painting-y...

Just saw someone call Ai users "sloppers" and I think I'm going to adopt it as well.

BREAKING: We've freed Cookie. Following an investigation by VGHF, Ukie and Web Capio have suspended DMCA takedowns for Cookie's Bustle on behalf of Graceware, SL. More info:

We've freed Cookie's Bustle from copyright hell. Here's how. | Video Game History Foundation

We've stopped a persistent copyright troll who was trying to impede our work. Here's everything we learned—and how we beat them.

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This says everything that I feel about "AI" and more. www.baldurbjarnason.com/notes/2026/n...

'AI' is a dick move, redux

Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland

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Starting to think these weren’t really applied with the consideration required by law

Art and writing is a form of protest. It is a form of empowerment. It is part of being human. That is why you write when the world is on fire.

But the bigger reason that you should write and make art, is that your work is someone else's respite. You don't know who they are. They may be someone in the future. But if you have escaped into a book, or a painting, or a TV show... Someone created that. You can do that for someone else.