Creepy.

Fuck Substack now and forever.

I didn't even know who Andrew Tate was until now. I clicked over and almost vomited at the dreck that guy is shilling. Substack ensh*ttified fast!

The Dangers of California’s Legislation to Censor 3D Printing California’s bill, AB 2047, will not only mandate censorware on all 3D printers; it will also criminalize the use of open-source alternatives. Repeating the mistakes of DRM won’t make anyone safer,

Compared to other 3D printer laws proposed this year, California’s is the most troubling. It criminalizes open source, reduces consumer choice, and creates a new bureaucratic burden. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

"Now I've got claws and a harness!!"

*That's an interesting question, what's the world's most Doctorow-enshittified situation/place/institution/business that doesn't involve surveillance-capitalist platforms

Proud of us for this.

*The "space junk debris belt." Space enthusiasts don't like to look at this any more than petroleum engineers like to look at global warming

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler...

No email is worth reading that contains the phrase “just wanted to follow up.”

"Pothole Pappadums"

*That mayor is so good with video that you'd think his Mom was a famous Bollywood film director

Despite all the worthy celebration of Cory's latest writings, I still regularly quote, and re-read *Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town* with the same awe I get reading *Alice in Wonderland,* the nostalgic swoons of reading old loveletters, or having a father mountain mother washing machine.

I would like to order this on a t-shirt. Because: hilarious.

If when you read this you think that Cory is addicted to the Swiss Lotto, you'd be wrong. But, just imagine him scouring Geneva tobacco shops for that one GOLDEN TICKET. Just imagine. Then you realize its the lottery for wifi.

Photo of a man standing in a messy studio withe windows behind him. He is wearing dark clothing and is holding his arms up, making the horned hand gesture. His head is covered by a knitted octopus, mostly bright orange with green, yellow and orange tentacles, and big black eyes .

Here's my brother being eaten by knitted octopus. Also not bothered.

Here’s hoping this is widely read by the EC leadership

*Those who live in multi-billion-dollar NVIDIA glass palaces shouldn't throw stones

Alert: The file "nope" already exists. Do you want to replace it?

I keep naming files the same thing, apparently.

We can make him better, faster, stronger…

And I thought this was an image of a stick person scratching the back of a lion's head.

NASA's Artemis 2 pilot Victor Glover listens to 'Whitey on the Moon' every Monday. This is why. "It ain't about racism. It's about the human condition."

A few people have replied to my Artemis posts with links to Gil Scott-Heron's "Whitey on the Moon." Here's a story from Space.com about Artemis II pilot Victor Glover, currently en route to fly around the Moon, and his connection to that piece. www.space.com/space-explor...

Super well-written.

Scientists Create Plant That Produces Ayahuasca, Shrooms, and Toad Psychedelics All At Once The proof-of-concept system produces psilocybin, DMT, and other compounds in leaves of the tobacco plant, potentially easing pressure on wild species and preserving Indigenous traditions.

Scientists have genetically engineered tobacco plants to produce five psychedelic compounds, including psilocybin, DMT, and psychedelic compounds secreted by the Sonoran Desert toad. [404media.co]

Spanish king reopens debate on conquest of Mexico by acknowledging 'abuse' King Felipe appears to have helped thaw frosty relations with Mexico while reviving a fierce debate over events 500 years ago.

This feels very Pluto in Aquarius trine Saturn and Neptune in Aries.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

“[I]f you think none of the shit you believe in is stupid, I'm afraid we've just identified at least one kind of stupid shit you believe” — another doctorowism worth your time.

Finland looks to end "uncontrolled human experiment" with Australia-style ban on social media Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP), the Finnish public health authority THL and two-thirds of Finns are in favour of banning or restricting the use of social media by under-15s.

End the days of being the product yle.fi/a/74-2020749...

'They saw them on their dishes when eating': The mushroom making people hallucinate dozens of tiny humans Only recently described by science, the mysterious mushrooms are found in different parts of the world, but they give people the same exact visions.

"It's not psilocybin that's giving the L. asiatica mushrooms their lilliputian effect"

bbc.com/future/artic...

It's all fun and games until it has to be fun and a game

There's No One to Blame for the Reiner Murders When a mentally-ill son stabs his parents to death, we're left with only sadness, and hopefully our compassion

Grounding, hopefully healing, words from someone (a parent) Who Knows and Has Been There. (His newest books is my favorite book.) Worth watching.
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