thx to cory doctorow (@pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy) for this review:
"The authors are offering more than a psychoanalysis – they're surfacing the material basis for Muskism, the benefits it delivers to its adherents, and the victories it has racked up."
pluralistic.net/2026/04/21/t...
I was lucky enough to see the authors speak when they visited Rotterdam a few weeks ago. This is really important work to understand what is going on right now.
This:
Hey man, we cool? I just noticed that when I look at you the reticle turns red.
And a new one brewing too. This really is wonderful stuff and I recommend it to the house
I'm sorry Dave, I really need you to agree to these new terms and conditions.
The First WORLD FENCING LEAGUE is happening April 25th!!! I'M GEEKING!!!
Japanese engineers developed this "Sword Tip Visualisation" tracking technology specifically for this event that will make it so much easier for the average person to see what's going on!
I MUST WATCH THIS ENTIRE TOURNAMENT
Nobody understands the war between honesty and deception better than @judithmedia.bsky.social, who will be speaking here at Indiana University and live on Zoom tomorrow at 4pm Eastern. Tune in and register (it helps) here: events.iu.edu/bloomington/...
VERY COOL PERSON: It's four-twenty, you know what that means?
ME: Hell yeah! [starts shoving blackbirds into a pie]
We're publishing occasional anonymized artifact-first pieces documenting our research and tool development processes. Each describes something we built or discovered — why it exists, how it works, one decision that shaped it and one honest observation from making it.
We are often asked "What do you actually do when you do client work?" Well, we've added a new section to our website called Working Intelligence to pull back the curtain, so to speak.
changeist.com/working-intelligence
Happy 2026! A new year means it’s time for a new thread of all the games I beat this year! I love tracking this in real time as I go. Feel free to follow along!
You can also follow my progress over on my podcast’s Patreon if you prefer: www.patreon.com/posts/147431...
Question for anyone who makes things (professionally or personally or somewhere in between):
What would you do if you had a whole year, fully funded, with the one requirement that you NOT make anything for public consumption during that year?
“The $2 trillion private credit market is a black box, grown in the regulatory shadows to facilitate high-risk corporate loans that traditional banks were forced to abandon after the passage of Dodd-Frank.”
newrepublic.com/article/2091...
Hartzog said lawmakers need to create more specific rules tailored to the unique threat posed by the combination of facial recognition and nearly undetectable surveillance technology before it becomes ubiquitous. Those laws need to target not only people using the technology, but also the companies behind it, he said. “A lot of these conversations tend to focus on, ‘is it OK to use these glasses or this tool to surveil other people?’” he said. “What often gets lost in this conversation is, ‘is it OK for companies to design these really socially hostile tools in ways that will foreseeably lead to massive violations of privacy?’”
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Me: Want to watch a doc about LARPs called "DARKON" or "Austenland"?
Her: Austenland is about?
Me: I think Jane Austen... & it has The DIPLOMAT as the lead!
Her: Hard "no" on Darkon.
Me: Cool
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If you never see me again, I have been murdered... I'll die laughing.
Blake. He looks at least forty to me
I'm sorry but I still refuse to believe this man is only seven
If you have started this amazing audio series yet - dive in with - The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. It’s the best thing you will do today www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
Yeahhhhhh
(See also: bsky.app/profile/wolv...)
Cannot wait:
Very fun audio dramas - check it out:
Found an ancient forbidden tome. Gonna read aloud from it I think
Microsoft and other US tech companies successfully lobbied the EU to hide the environmental toll of their data centers, Investigate Europe reports in collaboration with Tech Policy Press and other media partners.
I prefer socks to t-shirts or water bottles.
This is your reminder to play weird little indie games and support the devs
It’s been ages since I’ve posted simply because I’ve been buried in the work of building #decentralized #digitalidentity and #trust infrastructure. But today I’m going to share posts from the Harvard Digital Identity Symposium to give a sense of how quickly this space is getting to critical mass.
Promote your game here.
MÖRK BORG is a pitch-black, rules-light apocalyptic fantasy RPG about scum and fools seeking redemption, forgiveness or the last remaining riches in a bleak, dying world. Inspired by extreme metal music, it's grimdark turned to 11. A spiked flail to the face.
morkborg.com
Irish BOTANY jobs! Please share with anyone interested!
