Everyone Is Building Flying Cars What do flying cars and AI innovation have in common?

Great essay on the limitations of LLMs and the remarkable achievements in AI that have happened outside of that overhyped space: medium.com/@groundtruth...

Sunset Dunes

[EVENT] RESONATE YouTube video by Bpi

BPI dropped a new level this week!

youtu.be/uIM5SQRF9jY?...

One vaccine may provide broad protection against many respiratory infections and allergens Stanford Medicine researchers and their colleagues invented a new vaccine that protects mice from respiratory viruses, bacteria and allergens — the closest yet to a universal vaccine.

This sounds pretty exciting! med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...

People Really, Really Despise AI — Even More Than ICE, Poll Finds According to a new national survey conducted by NBC News, AI is viewed even more negatively than the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

futurism.com/artificial-i...

Every Day, the Chocolate We Eat Gets Worse. Some of It Is No Longer “Chocolate.” Even as the price of chocolate returns to lower levels, companies are realizing something scary: Americans will buy their fake chocolate.

Enshittification has come for our chocolate.
www.jezebel.com/fake-milk-ch...

I had a great time!

Memorize this for when “sensible moderate” politicians try to get you to throw your trans friends and relatives under the bus. Not only is it shitty and evil, it’s (say it with me) BAD POLITICS!

Ok 55 minutes

The World's Most Important Machine YouTube video by Veritasium

If you haven’t watched this, spend 20 minutes learning about the most complex machine mankind has ever created.

youtu.be/MiUHjLxm3V0

Cory Doctorow is on a tear: youtu.be/3C1Gnxhfok0?...

The Case For A 100-Justice Supreme Court With the current mess that the US is in, there has been plenty of talk of “what comes after” and how to think about the big structural changes needed to prevent another authoritarian fr…

I'm sure this idea could have unintended consequences, but... I think I like it, www.techdirt.com/2026/01/16/t...

This Flock Camera Leak is like Netflix For Stalkers YouTube video by Benn Jordan

And then Benn Jordan on the ridiculously-hackable Flock cameras: youtu.be/vU1-uiUlHTo?...

Exposing a $10,000,000,000 Debt Industry YouTube video by Coffeezilla

Couple of great YouTube exposés today (!)
Coffeezilla on those creepy debt settlement companies.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBNWInRS6hM

First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.

And trans lives are grounded in reality.

We see y'all. No matter what.

www.popsci.com/science/tran...

An Oral History Of How Donald Trump Came To Love Tiny Cars I think some journalists need to sleep with their sources to get the full story, if necessary.

@eschatonblog.com this made made lol!

"INITIATION" by Bpi | Geometry Dash 2.2 YouTube video by Viprin

My kid made another gorgeous level in Geometry Dash. Anyone in the videogame industry looking for an intern next summer? www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRFn...

The time has come to declare war on AI "It's now in everything, even if you don't want it there."

@edzitron.com you will enjoy this: www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

Me, Missing You - Album by Roxie Dobrer Listen to Me, Missing You by Roxie Dobrer on YouTube Music - a dedicated music app with official songs, music videos, remixes, covers, and more.

I did engineering and production on Roxie Dobrer’s beautiful new record. Check it out:

music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Gotta love Luck. And what amazing serendipity on this shot!

Anyone live in any of these districts and want to take on one of these losers?

From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."

Not a fan of this at all but at least the sample ad was clever.

Check out coyote media in the Bay Area.

The No. 1 Country Song in America Is by a Non-Human Artist A country tune currently sitting atop the Billboard charts was made by a machine.

www.thedailybeast.com/the-no-1-cou...
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.

My Message to Muslim New Yorkers — and Everyone Who Calls This City Home. YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

I love this guy. youtu.be/uGBQwCsIhn0?...

If I see one more sci-fi show or movie where there is breathable air on a planet with no plants, I swear. I know the desert/stone/lava/metal planet the art department whipped up looks cool, but your actors are gonna have to put on those space suits with the interior helmet lights.

I am just so fucking proud of her.