The digital countermove to Trump tariffs America’s mid-air dismantling of the global system of trade represents a one-time chance to compete

Cory Doctorow wrote a nice opinion/sustain in the FT.

I hope some EU decision makers read it.

@ec.europa.eu #EU #Europe
#CoryDoctorow #pluralistic

www.ft.com/content/b882...

The stock market won't save us Sometimes reality bites back at Trump, but not always.

Trump’s dumb trade ideas backfire almost immediately via market reaction.

Unfortunately not every bad idea has the same tight feedback loop.

www.slowboring.com/p/the-stock-...

"This coronavirus belongs to a subgroup of viruses that are classified alongside the one that causes MERS & that can have fatality rates far higher than that of the virus that caused the Covid pandemic." These studies were done in a BSL-2 lab, rather than BSL-4 that airborne lethal viruses require.

American democracy is doomed Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters expl...

www.vox.com/2015/3/2/812... by @mattyglesias.bsky.social from 2015 is insightful a decade later. Eg “some future president could have his political opponents murdered … and then issue pardons … the practical issue would be … what people, including the people with guns, would actually tolerate.”

Mozi: A Place For Your People Mozi is the best way to privately share with your friends where you are and where you're going.

Neat: mozi.app

Reminds me of Path a bit

ChatGPT generated explanation of visual cues of water temperature when heating water for preparing tea

I was wondering about how hyper specific water-temperature instructions for fancy tea fits with traditional tea making. Clearly you can geek out about this just as with coffee machinery. #TIL

15 Observations About Artificial Intelligence Thoughts about DeepSeek, ChatGPT, and the future of humanity.

AI is the "third humiliation of humanity" after Copernicus and Darwin.

From (imho) balanced thoughts on AI by Yascha Mounk: yaschamounk.substack.com/p/15-observa...

Well Garmin since you keep asking me to review my purchase of the Edge 1040 bike computer, here it is:

The instability and unpredictability of the 1040's software has been aggravating across updates. E.g. wifi updates to maps never succeed because the device turns off during the 10+ hour download.

I bought the Patagonia M10 rain pants after reading Colin Haley's blog post about their development colinhaley.com/nugget-3-the... ; I have yet to try them in "technical" terrain but they were amazing on a bike ride through freezing rain in Berlin and another hour through town.

A Third World War? Let's help those who are holding it back

What is preventing World War III? Ukrainians are containing the ongoing war in Europe to their own country; they are deterring war in the Pacific; and they are preventing spread of nuclear weapons. These scenarios have not played out because Ukrainians take risks
snyder.substack.com/p/a-third-wo...

Caffeine is the world's most popular psychoactive drug, but no one has any idea how much they're taking. Which is wild. You just don't have a clue, and I'm not sure that's ok. I might be pro coffee, but I can't help but feel that caffeine is due a cultural reckoning.

Strava’s just announced some massive changes that will ultimately kill off a lot of 3rd party apps, impact other platforms, and reduce the value of Strava. Here’s why this matters, who’s it going to break, and more: www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/11/stra...