Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want Did the tech industry get high on its own supply?

It's because this:

Guys! I'm subscribing to things in 2026. Just subscribed to the Verge today. Am I early or late to this party?

Extra data: I also have been a Wired subscriber since 1996

I've let my New Yorker subscription lapse three times, most recently because I don't want to be interested in rich people's kids

Ah, who cares. I forgot I hate Amazon

Oh nooooo! I have a dead old Kindle from 2011 that I was meaning to fix one of these days

Wednesday night rocks with New Zealand’s Night Lunch

Isn't teaching how to communicate your ideas in a way that is easily interpreted (and, if need be, acted on) by a reader just that old-fangled liberal arts education that we got rid of so everyone could STEMM?

A Mysterious Numbers Station Is Broadcasting Through the Iran War First heard as US and Israeli strikes on Iran began, the shortwave broadcast has since been traced to a US military base in Germany—but its purpose and its operator remain unclear.

Oh, man! I love numbers stations!

2024 called and it got me to finally try Balatro.

First few hands: I don't get all the hype. This game is stupid. Poker is stupid.
[Thirty minutes elapse]
I am MODOB, Mental Organism Designed Only for Balatro.

See ya never!

01_Start Point YouTube video by CaveStoryRap

Umm ... rap album/indie videogame walkthrough? Yes please

A handmade record cover for Coffinberry

A fun find in Cleveland! Indi rock in a homemade record sleeve

An early portrait of Western Toilet

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Hey, I've got another project in which I am visiting every subway stop in Chongqing. I'm up to 18 of 300+ ... no hurry :)
You can follow my progress on Instagram:
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I’ll probably never be famous enough for my refusal to be on Dancing With the Stars to mean anything.

If you’ve ever thought “Boy, that Dr Luke is a genius,” then AI music is for you

A letterpress card in cream with all caps writing: R.E.M. GAVE ME UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS FOR HOW I'D FEEL AT THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT.

A greeting card for my Bluesky friends

Everyone's all on Sam Reich to bring Taskmaster back to the US, but he already has a game show. Off the back of his Philadelphia win last night, I wanna see Chris Gethard take a swing.

Alive Internet Theory – Chongqing Punk This mind-bending creator may just be the epitome of social commentary.

My new #blog series “Alive Internet Theory” covers human artists around the globe.

This first entry is dedicated to my favourite dystopian creatives over at @chongqingpunk.bsky.social !

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Thanks for the shout out! We're so happy to be considered alive :)

26 hits of brilliant flawed HUMAN creativity YouTube video by struthless

Chongqing Punk was named one of 26 hits of HUMAN creativity! We're so human!

This is made funnier by realizing - after reading the first chunk of the book - I think they meant “Gen Z nonsense.” I mix those up all the time, too.

A one star book review reading in part “it is a horrible piece of Gen X nonsense.”

This is the kind of one-star review that makes me want to read a book.

“I’d listen to him read an audiobook” is the new “I’d listen to him read the phone book,” because who has a phone book anymore

It is! Chengdu is considered the gay capitol of China, but Chongqing is also very open. Some joke that Chengdu is for gay men and Chongqing is for lesbians ... so, whatever that means!

I don’t know if any of you are in Chongqing or Chengdu, but I have some upcoming standup dates …

Finding a revolutionary unifying theory of physics in the grips of AI psychosis is the new Pepe Silvia

I am terrible at video games, and I am finding it really challenging, but that's exactly what I wanted from the followup to Hollow Knight.

Has anyone noticed that the editors of the LA Times crossword are OBSESSED with Issa Rae?

Loading screen for Silksonh

This is maybe the first time in my entire life that I’ve played a video game anywhere close to its release date

When you see the title Super Mario Bros., do you pronounce the “Bros.” as “bros” or “brothers”? I do the latter and it never would have occurred to me to do the former, but I just listened to a podcast that went “bro.”

Oooooo! Fun 🤩