Highlighted section of the Copilot ToS which says "Copilot is for entertainment purposes only"

www.microsoft.com/en-us/micros... is it good to build an entire economy and software infrastructure on this

One man, messing it up for the other 8 billion

It was just 24 days between when Zuck went on Rogan and talked about how "never again" would he suppress info based on gov't demands (misrepresenting those demands) and when he texted top gov't employee Elon Musk to say "we're all set up to take down info you want removed."

I wrote about it here.

They'll never do it, or they'll do it half-assed and fail anyway

I think a desperate all-hands-on-deck moonshot effort to build EVs affordably is the only thing that could save any western automaker from being completely cooked

A greener city has to be a fairer city.

We’re bringing fast, affordable EV charging to working drivers and underserved communities—starting with a new hub in Flushing, Queens.

Eight chargers. 80% charge in under 15 minutes. The first of 10 sites coming this year.

GM idles Factory Zero again, lays off 1,300 EV workers for a month GM has idled Factory Zero for the second time in three months, laying off 1,300 workers as Hummer EV and Silverado EV demand continues to collapse.

People 👏🏻 want 👏🏻 affordable 👏🏻 EVs

"GM bet Factory Zero on the wrong EVs. A $100,000+ Hummer EV and a $130,000+ Escalade IQ were never going to sustain a factory at meaningful volume"

American automakers are run by idiots electrek.co/2026/03/31/g...

What a fascinating denouement to the fight over "real names" on Google Plus... fifteen years ago. web.archive.org/web/20111222...

Jesus Clarifies Return Will Be Strictly Limited To Carpentry Business JERUSALEM—In an effort to soften the blow for a human race eagerly awaiting His glorious arrival, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, clarified Monday that His return would be strictly limited to His carpen...

“While I will soon appear once more upon the earthly realm, My sole focus during this Second Coming will be various woodworking projects and not the establishment of a messianic kingdom,” said Christ, the Light of the World

*sigh* FINE

github.com/blowdart/idu...

A #dotnet package for basic SSRF protection.

6 hours later and 1.1 is out, because @vcsjones.dev has way more worrying knowledge of RFCs

I Decompiled the White House's New App The official White House Android app has a cookie/paywall bypass injector, tracks your GPS every 4.5 minutes, and loads JavaScript from some guy's GitHub Pages.

The official White House Android app has a cookie/paywall bypass injector, tracks your GPS every 4.5 minutes, and loads JavaScript from some guy's GitHub Pages.

GitHub - microsoft/markitdown: Python tool for converting files and office documents to Markdown. Python tool for converting files and office documents to Markdown. - microsoft/markitdown

Interesting utility for converting various files to Markdown for use with LLMs and related text analysis pipelines, with a focus on preserving important document structure and content as Markdown (including: headings, lists, tables, links, etc.)

github.com/microsoft/ma...

‘How Apple Became Apple: The Definitive Oral History of the Company’s Earliest Days’ Link to: https://www.fastcompany.com/91514404/apple-founding-50th-anniversary-apple-1-apple-ii-jobs-wozniak?mvgt=E5Loo3fO74zl

daringfireball.net/linked/2026/...

#NoKings

Study: Only 4 Scenic Routes Left In Country

Study: Only 4 Scenic Routes Left In Country theonion.com/study-only-4-scenic-rout...

Zuckerberg: good job with DOGE, I’m censoring Facebook for you and Trump

Musk: ❤️

Spot art. Photo of presenter(s) text reads: ASP.NET Community Standup: Zstandard compression comes to .NET 11

In case you missed it...
.NET 11 is getting first‑class Zstandard support built in to HTTP compression in ASP .NET Core. ⚡️In this #ASPNET Community Standup replay, we walk through the new APIs and some eye‑opening benchmarks. 🎥
buff.ly/sDkeEq3

I bet he's a connoisseur of hard boiled eggs

And will the County be held responsible for anything? Also unlikely.

Yolo County officials aware of illegal fireworks at Esparto site years before explosion, grand jury says Top Yolo County officials were aware of illegal fireworks operations at the site of the deadly 2025 Esparto explosions for at least three years but “no code enforcement occurred,” according to a civil...

The property owners worked for the Sheriff's department. I will be absolutely stunned if they get more than a slap on the wrist. www.kcra.com/article/yolo...

I thought you were messing around. Here's what Gemini came up with 🤣

I thought you were messing around. Here's what Gemini came up with 🤣

This is low key one of the most beautiful places I have ever visited

Public Land Action Alert: Congress Could Discard Protections for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Proposed congressional action threatens Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and our Grand Staircase Loop route...

Public Land Action Alert: Congress Could Discard Protections for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument bikepacking.com/news/protect...

You Can Jump Right to the Updates Screen in the App Store App on iOS 26.4 Link to: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/03/24/ios-264

This bugged me, too. Glad there's a workaround daringfireball.net/linked/2026/...

Wikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content “In recent months, more and more administrative reports centered on LLM-related issues, and editors were being overwhelmed.”

NEW: Wikipedia has banned AI-generated content.

A comparison of different sorting algorithms (bubble, merge, heap, timsort) kottke.org/26/03/004855...

Historic March Heat Wave Smashed Records From California To The East | Weather.com It's already rewritten March's record books and soared to top records from April. This March heat wave still has some gas left in the tank this week. Here's what's to come in the week ahead.

Remarkable Weather Channel article about the unprecedented heat wave and not a single word about #climatechange.
Embarrassing, and journalistic malpractice in this day and age.

weather.com/forecast/reg...

Graph from USDA of snow water equivalent in California from the beginning of the water year (October) over the year, showing the maximum, minimum, median amounts of SWE and the 2026 values, plunging to 20% of normal for late March, very close to the minimum.

California's miserable snow season, and the rapid decline (black line) in snow water equivalent from the recent unprecedented heat wave in the west.
This is #climatechange and the long predicted impacts of rising temperatures.