Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service. “…the most devastating attack on the U.S. Forest Service in the agency’s 121-year history. Not a budget cut. Not a policy shift. Not a ‘reorganization.’ An execution.” [hatchmag.com]
A Day in the Life of an Enshittificator. Imagine your car interrupts you while driving: "Braking is now a premium feature. Please enter your credit card details." [kottke.org]
What it’s like to take an 11-day filmmaking workshop with Werner Herzog (in the Azores). “Take your camera, get the shot, forgo storyboards, don’t overdo it and, above all else, do the doable.” But also: “What will the local priest think?” [nytimes.com]
Nine Inch Nails and Boys Noize are releasing a collaborative album called (maybe?) Nine Inch Noize. Available April 17. [brooklynvegan.com]
Not sure if you were kidding or not... www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNb-...
The Most Beautiful Moment of the Artemis II Mission. It had little to do with science or celestial bodies; instead it was a moment shared by four curious, caring humans, united in purpose, far from home. [theatlantic.com]
I was delighted to learn how this 19th century sunshine recorder worked: by focusing the Sun to burn arcs in paper. So simple and straightforwardly physical! [kottke.org]
Oh, about that story you may have read about one guy single-handedly building a “billion-dollar company” using AI: The New York Times Got Played By A Telehealth Scam And Called It The Future Of AI. Oopsie! [techdirt.com]
The latest big exposé on the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the secretive inventor of Bitcoin, names cryptographer Adam Back as the likeliest suspect. John Carreyrou has won Pulitzers & helped expose the Theranos scam, but his evidence seems thin. [nytimes.com]
I collected a bunch of phone-sized wallpapers from the Artemis II mission: gorgeous photos of the Moon, Earthrise, the solar eclipse, and more that are perfect for your lock screen. I even made a few of my own — check them out! [kottke.org]
“I have a feeling that everyone likes using AI tools to try doing someone else’s profession. They’re much less keen when someone else uses it for their profession.” [gilest.org]
Resident Advisor: there are signs that Boards of Canada might release some new music soon. Please let this be true, we need this! [ra.co]
This shot from Artemis II of the Moon eclipsing the Sun is one of the most breathtaking astronomical photos I've ever seen. Holy *shit*. [kottke.org]
A guide to which Apple chargers to use with which Apple products in order to charge the quickest. (Your charger’s wattage really matters when the device’s battery level is 0-50%. After that, less so.) [randsinrepose.com]
The presidential order of succession is set by the Presidential Succession Act of 1947, as amended. The order consists of congressional officers, followed by the members of the cabinet in the order of the establishment of each department, provided that each officer satisfies the constitutional requirements for serving as president. In the table below, the absence of a number in the first column indicates that the office is either vacant, or that the incumbent is ineligible. No. Office Incumbent Party 1 Vice President JD Vance Republican 2 Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson Republican 3 President pro tempore of the Senate Chuck Grassley Republican 4 Secretary of State Marco Rubio Republican 5 Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent Republican 6 Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Republican 7 Attorney General Todd Blanche Republican 8 Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum Republican 9 Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins Republican 10 Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick Republican 11 Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer Republican 12 Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Independent 13 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner Republican 14 Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy Republican 15 Secretary of Energy Chris Wright Republican 16 Secretary of Education Linda McMahon Republican 17 Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins Republican 18 Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin Republican
This is fucking bleak tho
The best time to impeach Donald Trump was 9 years ago. The second best time is now.
This shot from Artemis II of the Moon eclipsing the Sun is one of the most breathtaking astronomical photos I've ever seen. Holy *shit*. [kottke.org]
I missed that author Tracy Kidder died a few weeks ago. Kidder wrote the excellent The Soul of a New Machine, which won a National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize. [theatlantic.com]
Hollywood, Ending is John Green’s forthcoming book, “a deeply observed novel about the tension between a public and a private life, and finding your safe someone to hold onto”. [bookshop.org]
For four years, Barbara Iweins took a photo of every single thing she owned, "from my daughters torn sock to my sons Lego, but also my vibrator, my anxiolytics... absolutely everything. 12,795 photos of 12,795 objects." Explore the collection here. [kottke.org]
Teenager Michael Haskell “buys abandoned storage lockers at bargain prices…with the aim of selling their contents for profit”. But: “Two years into his pursuit, he knows all too well that every locker tells a story, many of them bleak.” [nytimes.com]
Shoe Pop Dream Gaze, a three-hour playlist from Christina Hendricks’ all-vinyl DJ set. (You may remember Hendricks as Joan on Mad Men.) [deezer.com]
new minimal lock screen photo
NASA's Artemis II spacecraft approaching the Moon which appears as a dimly lit crescent in the background against the blackness of space. A small sliver of Earth is visible just beyond the Moon's edge. The NASA logo is displayed in the upper right corner.
The spacecraft, the Moon, and the Earth are all currently captured in one view on the video feed
“What caught my eye as a designer, as with most industrial plants and control rooms of that time, besides the knobs, levers, and buttons, was the use of a very specific seafoam green…” It’s time for some color theory… [bethmathews.substack.com]
Really interesting piece from Jodi Ettenberg about microdosing a GLP-1 to manage her mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS). She’s noticed “way less pain” and can eat more foods without reactions (yoghurt, oats, mild curry pastes). [jodiettenberg.com]
The Astor Place Riots of 1849 resulted in “the greatest loss of life in a civic insurrection in American history up to that time”. And they were incited over the “wrong” actor playing Macbeth. [daily.jstor.org]
