Ok, "hierarchically and spatially" is a sick burn here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYU_geUwQoA&t=1699

This video from Unlearning Economics does a great job of tying together a lot of smart sources that Cory Doctorow has also referenced but in a non-strident way. """ The only kind of information that such a constrained channel can carry is a scream. Populist politics acts as a signalling system […]

Love seeing the documentation steadily get improved. Learn git!

Julia Evans@b0rk.social.jvns.ca.ap.brid.gy · 3d ago

we just got a new official Git tutorial for beginners merged! Thanks to all the test readers who tested it, everyone’s feedback made it so much better. My dream was to be able to recommend “to learn Git, you can start with the project’s official tutorial” and we’re getting closer to that! You […]

we just got a new official Git tutorial for beginners merged! Thanks to all the test readers who tested it, everyone’s feedback made it so much better. My dream was to be able to recommend “to learn Git, you can start with the project’s official tutorial” and we’re getting closer to that! You […]

LOL of course: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/11/claude-code-settings-files-expose-thousands-of-secrets-on-github/

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I just used the first of 10 (disposable) Google account 8-digit backup codes generated 13 and a half years ago. Glad that worked.

If you think the problem is the French students, or a minority of them, perhaps you need to re-examine how you form your world view. Perhaps challenge your assumptions, your biases. Get information from a more diverse set of sources. Could government agents be the ones inciting violence? Not […]

I think there is a difference in kind between owning the shirt on your back and, say, owning a multinational clothing manufacturer and I hate that so many people treat them as if they were interchangable.

Government bonds (or T-bills) are just cash for rich people. Because they are rich, their cash accrues interest, unlike us poor schlubs.

This is an amazingly creative gift:

You know how when you're a kid, birthday presents are a much bigger deal than when you're an adult? This year, my mother gave me a birthday present that even 10-year-old me would have agreed was the most. awesome. birthday. present. EVER. A 1:12 scale model of Terry Pratchett's study. (it's a "compound study" based on multiple pictures she'd found of what his study or home office looked in the various homes he'd had over the years)

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Wuf, DEF CON 34 has overwhelmed my YouTube feed today. I know everything was available on their website previously but now perhaps some of the better talks will gain an audience. Any must-sees from any of you? Here's their channel (there are playlists for many things like villiages (sections) […]

Its rare in markets for firms to document features that do not exist in their product. Props to sync.com for doing so:

Why does our (western) political economy not optimize for the quality of human relationships?

Hard to believe we are less than two years before the centennial of the commercial production of pre-sliced bread loaves.

Could this Canada-EU thing portend a much looser, more decentralized, more self-sovereign coalition-federation of middle powers than even the EU itself is, with the possibility of Australia and Japan eventually joining in? Stephen Marche talks with Vass Bednar and Jon Shell about what this […]

It turns out that the AI Singularity is a financial valuation problem of capitalism in the form of a S-1 SEC filing for Anthropic's IPO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic1Jf7VlXRM What do you think, @8ball?

Learn about experience designer N. D. Austin in this episode. Experience designer sounds like such a bougie job but he is a very interesting person. https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/688-tony-hawks-real-life-willy-wonka/

Tony Hawk’s Real-Life Willy Wonka

This week, we’re featuring a story from Death, Sex & Money about N.D. Austin, a man who makes a living creating experiences that are supposed to change you. His projects have included secret sewer speakeasies, coming-of-age rituals on deserted islands, funeral board games, and, for Tony Hawk, a homemade train ride through the desert designed to mend a few frayed relationships. Host Anna Sale talks with Tony about what it’s like to step into one of N.D.’s carefully constructed worlds, and with N.D. about how growing up in a doomsday cult in Alaska shaped the way he thinks about ritual, generosity, and the possibility of designing a little more magic into everyday life.

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Goodness this conversation thread turned out to be both productive *and* informative!

Julia Evans@b0rk.social.jvns.ca.ap.brid.gy · 2w ago

git diff cheatsheet would love to know what you think is missing!

Congress could remove the requirement that Treasury issue notes bearing interest:

Don’t let the system, the people who most benefit from it, and those who seek to perpetuate it change you into someone who would do the things most likely to perpetuate it as well. Have hope, try to do what you can, when you can, to lift others up. It can be empowering. But in any case, connect […]

Debt is a social construct and therefore always up for debate. Of course, debate is as well.

That age when a toddler finds everything hilarious…

Wise words:

Alan is @cogdog 🇨🇦@cogdog.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 3w ago

@virtuous_sloth Heck I can only wish to be as recognizable as a corndog.

“S&P 493” LoL:

We should call these people Reagan Democrats:

Dear LazyFedi, are Brother all-in-one scanner/printer/copy monochrome laser printers still the least-enshittified no-brainer brand choice among technologists in the know?

I am astounded at how bad iOS is at basic things. Want the clock to display seconds? Not in the app unless you are using the stopwatch or countdown timer. But the actual time? No way! You can add the clock widget to the home screen and choose an analog clock face! But not digital! Also why […]

The Lord doth protest too much, methinks: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/france-protests-macron-government/689089/?utm_source=feed

France Will Never Be Enough for the People Desecrating It

No society, no matter how equal or enlightened, can satisfy nihilists.

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@virtuous_sloth And maybe He will grant this request: https://flipboard.com/@ctvnews/edmonton-05m5ijd8z/-/a-r31o-_RFRMi-UbgPBgDUIQ%3Aa%3A2823982346-%2F0 It's easier to tell the separatists to get out than to actually oust them, to be sure. #abpoli

Accept the results or look elsewhere: Danielle Smith’s message to UCP separatists | Flipboard

ctvnews.ca - SUNDRE, Alta. – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling on separatists who want to represent the governing United Conservative Party to respect the …

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