It is true that this is a beautiful pluralistic country with everything good you could ever possibly want in the world and also a corrupt stinking hell hole presided over by demons who want us all dead.
every time I say this, someone didn't know: you can get the NYRB, the New Yorker, the LRB, Paris Review, The Spectator (weirdly not New Statesman), The Week, both French & Italian Vogue & New Scientist among many many other magazines FREE via the Libby app from your local library?
I was today years old when I learned what this actually means.
matt@windows98support.bsky.social · 3mo agoOh. Oh no.
This is the best product review I’ve read: samhenri.gold/blog/2026031... It doesn’t matter if you’re interested in the MacBook Neo or not; this is the kind of essay that makes you think about the potential of technology and the joys of exploration.
“This Is Not The Computer For You” · Sam Henri Gold
Sam Henri Gold is a product design engineer building playful, useful software.
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gdi I think I'm in the octopus rights camp now. Thanks @adapalmer.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social
The AI hackathon week at work has a very strong "train your replacement" feel to it.
For groundbreaking synthetic music pioneer Wendy Carlos' birthday, enjoy her in her home studio with cats and friends
@mmasnick.bsky.social have you considered starting Teen Techdirt?
nice to see that the local news is having a perfectly normal day
With the awful news from the last couple hours, this post from the political optimism subreddit helped to break through a bit of the despair fog. Repubs know this is political suicide, ICE's support is crumbling despite the budget increase, and there's a myriad of ways to fight back. Keep strong.
THE TRANS MEDICAID BAN HAS BEEN STRUCK BY THE PARLIAMENTARIAN!!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY AND NEVER STOP FIGHTING!!!! www.madycast.com/p/senate-par...
Senate Parliamentarian Strikes Trans Medicaid Ban from GOP Megabill
In a major win for trans healthcare rights across the country, the trans Medicaid ban provision has been removed from the GOP’s megabill after advocates pressured Democrats to invoke the Byrd rule.
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Skipping the lidocaine cream for electro today is tempting.
my weird little birb apparently traveled all the way to Tokyo just to watch American cartoons
Why is Weird Al's Your Horoscope for Today living rent-free in my head and how do I get it out?
When you feel yourself becoming complacent or surrendering to hopelessness or apathy, remember that everything that exists today exists because someone(s) dreamt it up and decided to put in the work to make it a reality. We can create new ways of doing things, new ways of being, new worlds.
The problem with Twin Peaks is that I know in my bones that a stargate is somehow involved and keep waiting for it to show up.
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce. Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
You go to the DMV with the face you have, not the face you want.
Putting paperwork with my deadname into a shredder is gender-affirming care.
Decoding what folks mean by "everyone" is an art. It can mean less politically aware people, anyone in some outgroup, the noisiest people in some space, the majority of a group of leaders or any number of other groups depending on the writer's perspective. It's such an unhelpful lossy shortcut.
BlueSky is trying to monetize so let's show them some numbers: Reskeet this if you refuse to pay for BlueSky+ until trust & safety decides to prioritize marginalized users. That's $96 / year of lost revenue for each reskeet...
I guess the party's officially over. Now we get to find out how well bluesky's model holds up and where it breaks down. (gift link since my cancelled subscription hasn't ended yet) wapo.st/4fLVAYb
Analysis | X is Elon’s world. Threads is a mess. Is Bluesky any better?
Is Bluesky any better than X? It certainly seems to be better than Threads.
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The Canadian Bar Association of BC has such a satisfying abbreviation