“Enshittification” is such a needlessly vulgar term when “degradation” is right there!
Sutton Hoo Warriors fought in the Byzantine Army, historian argues 6 Reasons to Be (Cautiously) Optimistic About Movies in 2025: A Statistical Analysis by Daniel Perris Letterboxd’s popularity spiked during the pandemic, and the site has since continued its rapid growth from 1.5M users in 2019 to over 14M users in 2024. Letterboxd has become the...
While practicing less presentism I want to work on having less opinions.
Between the new Pika Pulse, the Bear Blog Discovery Feed, and the Kagi Small Web it’s never been easier to read independent, thought-provoking digital gardens, blogs, what have you. These all feel really special in their own way, this moment feels sorta special.
Just like that we have a speaker, and on the first ballot. Betting against Mike Johnson, so far, has proven to be a failing strategy, despite what a lot of political journos continuously wish-cast.
What was once a once-in-a-century occurrence — a speaker of the House losing a leadership vote on the floor — has now happened on the opening day of consecutive Congresses. Annie Karni
Does anyone know if there is an easier way to use the long dash than using alt codes + the keypad?
Seems like Meta has launched their AI profiles. I think that this could actually go well for them, and that the profiles will be higher in quality than the median instatwitbook-er. Maybe I’m just less pessimistic than others? I will be watching from afar in my AI agent-less corner of the internet.
A Bloody, Fiery Start to 2025 by Jim Geraghty But it often feels as if in circumstances like this the FBI has a definition of “terrorism” that is as specific and pedantic as Rob Lowe’s character’s definition of champagne in Wayne’s World. Unless it is imported from the specific “Terrorista” region of the Islamic State, it’s merely sparkling mass...
This is what this game is all about. 🏈
SEC has written off $10 billion in fines they were unable to collect over the past decade Tintin is now part of the public domain Likely the most beautiful photo you’ll see today There are more trees on Earth, than stars in the Milky Way, ~3 trillion vs ~100-400 billion. 15 dead, 35+ injured in incredibly heartbreaking situation still unfolding...
Not sure where to put this, really, but I’m really quite rattled by today’s news. I hope that everyone is staying safe.
Can Ohio St. and Texas both lose? Is that possible? 🏈
[New Orleans] will rise again, stronger and more united. Rep. Troy Carter (D-La.) You will find out what happened and who is responsible or I will raise fresh hell Senator Kennedy (R-La.)
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That some people think that this is a bad thing is truly a sign of the times www.404media.co/pornhub-i…
FBI makes historic explosives bust on a Virginia farm Ancient manuscript depicting Jesus’ youth translated Scientists predictions for the year 2025, from 1925 I hope that everyone has/had a safe and happy new year! Let’s make 2025 great.
H5N1 seems to be spreading quite rapidly. There would be reason to expect our leaders would be a bit more proactive about the spread of viruses given the recent global pandemic, but our national response has been essentially null. To make matters worse, the virus seems to have already evolved in one of its human hosts stateside. Hats off to Alex...
[Jimmy Carter’s “Malaise” 1979 speech on energy and political turmoil] (https://youtu.be/sXwZSzy9Ies) Customer data from 800,000 electric cars and owners exposed online, still a bit unsure why a car would need to phone home at all to be honest Inside a Sinaloa Cartel Fentanyl Lab in Culiacán In the years since fentanyl took off in the United...
We ought to be especially careful in the cases where what we delegate to a device, app, agent, or system is an aspect of how we express care, cultivate skill, relate to one another, make moral judgments, or assume responsibility for our actions in the world—the very things, in other words, that make life meaningful. L. M. Sacasas
How to watch a baby - a comic Azerbaijan rebukes Kremlin and blames Russia for shooting down passenger aircraft. “We can clearly say today that the plane was shot down by Russia,” Pigment mixing into digital artwork New DJI Flip images surface 39th President Carter passed away at 100. May he rest in peace. A very beautiful, cozy photo via ...
Kindness in a transactional world A must read from @manuelmoreale.com
Jewish artists being frozen out of British cultural life, widespread antisemitism in England is unfortunately not new, but nonetheless depressing. China ramping up detention center construction following CCP clampdown Scottish betrayal battle
OpenAI is Lehman Brothers 6th century Anglo Saxon sword discovered in grave near Kent Poker cheaters using tiny cameras to spot cards, how long until AI/LLM cheating, I wonder? David Brooks Sidney Awards Valve (in 2018) makes more money per employee than Amazon, Microsoft, and Netflix combined The rizzler and Steve Jobs, skibidi toilet and alpha...
In case you needed a reminder that you own nothing on “social media” Several conservative critics of billionaire Trump surrogate Elon Musk were stripped of their verification badges on X, Thursday after publicly challenging Musk’s stance on immigration. Trump ally Laura Loomer, New York Young Republican Club president Gavin Wax, InfoWars host...
Was fortunate enough to see Nosferatu (2024) last night. A truly frightening flick that only Robert Eggers could have put together. I was really impressed by Lily-Rose Depp’s performance. 🍿 5 🌟
A very Merry Christmas to all! Pope calls for Peace on Christmas NR Editors wish all a merry Christmas John Donne on the evening of Christmas Day at St. Paul’s in 1624 Mullvad review of 2024
The animation / art in Klaus is truly just jaw dropping. A lovely movie. 🍿