Luke Yoquinto
@lukeyoquinto.bsky.social
yoquinto.com MIT AgeLab Books: * Grasp: The Science Transforming How We Learn * Longevity Hubs: Regional Innovation for Global Aging
Whatever the Heinlein estate has done to explore avenues of legal redress over the usage of the term “grok,” they almost certainly haven’t done enough.
Casey Newton@caseynewton.bsky.social · 2h agoGrokipedia just stopped updating after eight months ... and it took another four for anyone to notice www.lawfaremedia.org/article/grok...
Lord Byron’s grandfather (Lovelace’s great-grandfather) was one of the few survivors of the Wager shipwreck. One of those history-could-have-turned-out-very-differently moments.
Jennifer Ouellette@jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 9h agoHow Ada Lovelace, Daughter of Lord Byron, Wrote the First Computer Program in 1842–a Century Before the First Computer www.openculture.com/2026/08/how-...
Re cyclosporiasis: Are we just avoiding iceberg at this point or all types of lettuce? Other produce? Help me I'm going shopping later today
If I were a nationwide chain of sandwich shops I would avoid having unwritten rules. Just write em down Mike you’re selling sandwiches not 33rd-degree Freemasonry www.tastingtable.com/2228052/unwr...
Unwritten Rules To Know Before Visiting Jersey Mike's - Tasting Table
To have the best experience at Jersey Mike's, follow these unwritten rules regarding everything from ordering etiquette to how to customize your sandwich.
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I'm struck by these because so many (hurting yourself while opening plastic packaging; dropping heavy water bottles from a high store shelf; injuring your back while putting on pants) are the kinds of things we encourage designers to consider while designing objects/spaces for older adults.
Cooper Lund@cooperlund.online · 5d agoLet's remember some Baseball Injuries! I'll go first: Glenallen Hill having a nightmare about spiders that was so bad he fell out of bed and through a glass table
it is time once again to play the fun game of "let's spot all the jobs in this data center"
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoHassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."
Rare to open up NYT opinion and find yourself pounding the breakfast table with the palm of your hand, but @jamellebouie.net made that happen this morning. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...
Opinion | Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary?
Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there?
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This is neither here nor there, but turns out writing a diary that will be eventually be subpoenaed is a deeply underrated way to let the world know what you think of certain people.
Hypoautonomic, BS@hypoautonomic.bsky.social · last wk.From Fauci's diary, September 29, 2021. TLDR: Matthew Memoli is a contrarian who doesn't make any sense. Ah, this is how you get selected by Jay Bhattacharya.
Article about a college classmate of mine who’s out there saving the elms grist.org/solutions/th...
The deadly experiment that could save the American elm
Researchers in Vermont infected 5,300 American elms with a lethal dose of Dutch elm disease. Those that survive could help them build the most genetically diverse, disease-resistant population yet.
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why isn't the photographer reflected in her glasses. The Photographer Lestat.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2w agoUnder Weiss’s stewardship, CBS News has killed critical stories in order to save face for the Trump administration. trib.al/qpyQILA
“Zero people died because I walked around pulling the plug on them in the ICU; the proof is because someone else could have plugged them back in.”
Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 2w agoHe goes on to say zero people have died because of DOGE, and his *proof* for that claim is that the amount of money cut could easily be replaced by Gates or McKenzie Scott. Illogical and demonstrably untrue. USAID spent about 50-40 billion per year, more than Scott's net worth.
dude is roughly the same age as me and I have to say it sounds exhausting to start a new basketball season in order to play 82 games just to reach the playoffs again. What I would do is simply get everyone in a room where we could shake hands and agree to just skip ahead to the playoffs.
Ian Rapoport@rapsheet.bsky.social · 2w agoPer Shams Charania, LeBron James is signing with the Philadelphia 76ers.
Scrooge’s origin story? You mean the thing the Ghost of Christmas past tells in every single Christmas Carol adaptation?!?
DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · 2w agoFirst poster for ‘EBENEZER’, a new film based on ‘A Christmas Carol’ starring Johnny Depp. “Before he was Scrooge, he was Ebenezer”
Dems should run on tripling Biden-era research funding imho
Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 2w agoOnce you understand that this is a model of science written by non-scientists who hate universities but love venture capital and redirecting money to political allies, everything makes a lot more sense. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...
To be fair the journey was by ship, so they had to dig the Erie Canal first
Lake. Big Lake.@lakebiglake.bsky.social · 2w ago
the countries bordering the strait of malacca have an opportunity to do the funniest thing right now (form a toll cartel)
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2w agoGonna need to start tracking Red Sea traffic now, too. 😞 #BabElMandeb
I think a general ban on facial recognition technology in public spaces—traffic cams, Meta glasses, you name it—would find a larger-than-expected base of support. I wonder who will be the first political entrepreneur to figure this out.
Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 2w ago"For the time being, if you or someone on your crew has availability to secure black plastic bags (or something else) over the cameras, that would be great." www.404media.co/flock-object...
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“And take that ridiculous thing off!” #uhf #movie #funny #weirdal #weirdalyankovic #comedy
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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoWow -- Ken Paxton and his team abruptly shut down a news conference and bail after journalists try to ask him about his various scandals
I can only imagine the economic effects of this would spill across borders to purplish states such as Wisconsin, Nevada, and (dare I say it) Iowa. Dems should make this clear.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2w ago* U.S. HHS SECRETARY SAYS CMS IS PAUSING MEDICAID PAYMENTS TO CALIFORNIA AND MINNESOTA @reuters.com
That would be me… if it were based on this! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Win...
The Wine-Dark Sea - Wikipedia
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Jeff McMahon@jeffmcmahon.bsky.social · 3w ago
"I had a momentary heart attack"—David Alan Grier's publicist
Teddy Wilson@reportbywilson.bsky.social · 3w agoTrump-backed Senate candidate is linked to white nationalist influencer – his son-in-law
If this is the world we're living in, why shouldn't newspapers, the AP, Bloomberg etc offer an a "super-fast" tier? "For just $10,000/month you can see market-moving news 20 minutes before your counterparties!"
Jim Pickard@pickardje.bsky.social · 3w agoit’s happening in broad daylight www.ft.com/content/32db...
We used to have Johnny Cash Steve Jobs and Bob Hope. Now we have logorrhea and diarrhea
Adam Klasfeld@klasfeldreports.com · 3w agoLogorrhea. Nothing of news value.
I’m a fan of sliding time zones. Your GPS tells you what time it is. If you’re two miles west of your friend it’s two minutes later. Nothing makes sense and yet everything is perfect. It’s the continuously variable transmission of life.
Nicky 2@nickyflowers.com · 3w agopermanent daylight savings doesn't go far enough
You seem to get a lot more disagreement in the weather apps over smoke than, say, a rainstorm. Wonder why that is. Maybe just less data over the years since smoke season is NEW and STUPID
If it’s illegal then it seems to me that it’s not legal tender; if I owned a store I would simply not accept it as payment.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 3w agoThe U.S. Mint will soon begin producing a new $1 gold-hued coin with President Trump’s face on it to commemorate America’s 250th birthday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced.
I'm at the combination apocalyptic air quality/mass diarrhea event
What this misses is that when Rooney promises to “put one hell of a dent in [Ferris’s] future,” it’s a depraved thing for an educator to say; akin to a surgeon promising to put one hell of a dent in a patient’s skull. Under these conditions Ferris’s antics start to feel righteous.
The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 3w ago“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” the classic teen comedy, just turned 40—and still feels eerily fresh, Megan Garber argues.
