Prediction markets are playing a dangerous game Kalshi and Polymarket are cosplaying as the news

Great deep dive into prediction markets www.theverge.com/podcast/8891...

Best gas masks “How did these people go out and get gas masks?” AG Bondi asked.

When normies like me are pricing riot gear, shit has gone wrong. www.theverge.com/policy/86857...

It’s worse than it looks in Minneapolis But locals are organizing to keep each other safe from ICE agents.

www.theverge.com/policy/86419...

If you’re near the DC area on Thursday, go see @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social

I mean Razr flip phones back in the day were close, but yeah that Motorola he pulled out of the envelope was cool af

Kudos to towns like Mountville who support their libraries. Many are way underfunded in PA.

Let me state the obvious that seemingly needs restated. You can BOTH condemn the murder of Charlie Kirk, and still disagree with what he said.

This is the USA.

@davidpierce.xyz watching sports is a nightmare on streaming everywhere EXCEPT @mls.bsky.social on AppleTV. Pick a team and have a good time.

Some of you need some gentleness to break up your feed. Enjoy.

@elizabethstoltzfus.bsky.social we can relate, huh?

‎Focus Friend, by Hank Green ‎If you interrupt your Bean by turning off the timer, they'll be really really sad. Complete your focus session, and this cute Bean will give you prizes to buy decorations to help furnish their room....

Hey all, this is a fun little app that turns putting your phone away to focus on real-world things into a game.

apps.apple.com/us/app/focus...

I learned about the death of Ozzy Osbourne on LinkedIn. Nothing makes sense anymore.

I just put a deposit down today for a
@slateauto.bsky.social. I hope we live in a world where a venture like this will work out.

Every LLM I’ve tried has gotten this hilariously wrong. “Can you summarize who is being promoted into and relegated out of the premier league this year”

ChatGPT included Wrexham and Gemini had Sheffield being both promoted and relegated.

quick salesforce admin trick I'm posting for future me - syntax for sending someone THEIR login is...

[salesforcedomain].my.salesforce.com/

i.e. jimstoltzfus.my.salesforce.com?un=jim.stolt...

The 2025 Vergecast Streaming Draft Podcast Episode · The Vergecast · 04/15/2025 · 1h 27m

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Jake Kastrenakes won me with @pbs.org passport and @kanopy.com, but @davidpierce.xyz kudos on Britbox

Gulp

Chihuahua mix dog looking handsome

I’d like everyone to enjoy how handsome my dog looks this morning.

Bot? No. I wrote this post in January when it was new and it got no attention until this week. Not sure why the algo is picking it up and showing to people now.

This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.

Why Western Designs Fail in Developing Countries YouTube video by Design Theory

Some thought-provoking takes on humility in design youtu.be/CGRtyxEpoGg?...

…and no I don’t even care that it’s basically an ad for an action cam.

AI Vision Explained (and How to Avoid Paying for It) YouTube video by FortNine

sat down to watch a dumb motorcycle video and got a better AI explainer than gurus on LinkedIn youtube.com/watch?v=pqO1...

Mocktails & Meaning: Finding Our Voice - Calling out Church Sanctioned Anti-Trans Bigotry - Church of the Apostles UCC Join us on March 20th, 2025, at 6:30 PM in the Narthex for an important conversation on “Finding Our Voice: Calling out Church-Sanctioned Anti-Trans Bigotry.” Malinda Clatterbuck, Associate Director a...

Come join us: Calling out Church Sanctioned Anti Trans Bigotry apostlesucc.org/event/mockta...

It's All About Grace | 2/23/24 | 10am YouTube video by Church Of The Apostles

Why "forgive and forget" is bad theology, and how to reconcile mercy with accountability www.youtube.com/live/Q7gdk_q...

We have to start speaking more directly. “People are going to die because Park Rangers got fired” hits harder than “layoffs at the National Forest Service are going to have an impact on the safety of visitors who visit our national parks”

Whenever that happens to me I’m reminded of the John Mulaney line about looking like a shitty magician.

“Novelty fatigue” is a product design concept I need to dig into. Thanks @davidpierce.xyz (by way of Josh Miller)

@blunderchief.blather.ing is right the humane pin would have been “better as a Siri microphone you could wear” except the Apple Watch is that already.

Why Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl Halftime Show Is America YouTube video by Josh Johnson

"...books, and every revolutionary that the government was scared enough to murder, almost all of them wrote one before they died. They're so confident you won't read it they have them for free at the library" oof so many good lines in this youtu.be/TgKsG6NZSIo?...