Coming October 21st...
"Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile."
A new book about how cars ruin everything and what we can do to fight back.
Pre-order here:
Today’s episode of the podcast The War on Cars has some cogent and encouraging discussions of the Tesla Takedown protests.
(Fuck Musk)
https://thewaroncars.org/2025/04/08/episode-149-inside-the-tesla-takedown-protests/
The most obvious explanation is Trump shorted the market.
Saw the Minecraft movie with the family. If you know the game or have a kid who does…
GO. See it THIS WEEKEND.
It was so, so stupid… and so, so fun.
Everything was loudly cheered by an entire theater of nerdy middle schoolers, occasionally yelling out smart, funny one-liners. It was like this generation’s Rocky Horror.
I’m so glad I got to be a part of it. (Really.) I was laughing so hard — at and with the audience — that I was crying.
I do not want your Gemini,
I do not want any AI.
I do not want it in my Chrome,
I do not want it in my home.
Not in my mail,
Even on sale,
Not in my app,
None of this crap.
I do not want it here or there,
I do not want it anywhere!
(with apologies to the estate of Dr. Seuss 🍳🍖)
Elusive stem cells discovered in human retina may lead to treatment for blindness
https://www.science.org/content/article/elusive-stem-cells-discovered-human-retina-may-lead-treatment-blindness?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into News from Science @news-from-science-SciMag
I’m never using a screwdriver without a magnetic bit ever again. 🤬
You have to live through it to understand it. I would never compare our situation as EQUIVALENT to what Germans dealt with under Hitler's reign, but it's RELATABLE. Growing up, I always wondered: why didn't "people" stop Hitler? Because "people" thought he "wasn't that bad" until it was too late.
Terminology 5 is out!
Combining a great offline dictionary with easy browsing of related content in online resources. Make Terminology the first place you go to satisfy your curiosity!
All-New Version featuring:
• New modern interface
• Updated offline dictionary
• Multiple term lists & notes
• Enhanced in-app browser
The biggest update in Terminology's 15-year history!
https://itunes.apple.com/app/id687798859?ls=1&mt=8&at=11l4Cf&ct=website
idk what is happening here but i do not think it is a valid i2c clock
Holy shit, @codinghorror is committing another 50 MILLION DOLLARS to Guaranteed Minimum Income projects: https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-road-not-taken-is-guaranteed-minimum-income/
We need more people in the world like Jeff Atwood and his family.
Sold one of my Tesla vehicles today! ✅
One down, one to go.
Fuck that guy.
The world is complicated, but I think the great challenge of our time is simple to express:
To learn how our natural life support systems work (our planet and our own bodies), to understand that they are complex and should be treated with respect, and to work with them rather than against them.
Did my first video call with @signalapp , using the desktop app. Worked perfectly. Will probably make it my default video call app from now on.
These kids give me hope
“Students stand in solidarity for teacher told to remove ‘everyone is welcome here’ poster”
Hi US folk - want to take 5 minutes to push back on the Trump regime? There are public comment periods open for 3 proposed passport changes that would be awful for trans people. This site - https://transequality.org/news/freedom-fly-passport-access-action - makes it easy for you to submit comments. Please do so if you can.
Telo has unveiled the pre-production test build of their electric mini truck!
I’m psyched. I love this thing.
The videos and articles published this week are super positive, which is encouraging!
It’d be amazing to have one of these in my driveway next to my Aptera.
GOP: States rights!
States: Okay, we want to protect immigrants.
GOP: No, not that.
States: Okay, we intend to allow abortion.
GOP: No, not that.
States: Okay, we would like to allow transgender athletes.
GOP: No, not that.
States: What about making decisions about cars in our cities?
GOP: Not, not that.
States: DEI?
GOP: Hell no.
States: I thought you cared about states' rights?
GOP: That was when Biden was president. Now we want a strong Federal government!
Apple added “Split View” to the iPad 9 years ago, and they were already selling keyboards for the iPad then. And yet still, 9 years later, the feature is fundamentally broken in terms of focus and keyboard events. WTAF.
On Friday, my uni, like many others, received a “Dear Colleague” letter from DoE acting assistant secretary Trainor. The letter threatens to withhold funding unless we demonstrate compliance with the administration’s anti-DEI program. It uses words like “depraved” and “shameful” and promises that the days of “overt and covert discrimination” are over. It also says that higher ed has engaged in “toxically indoctrinat[ing] students with the false premise of structural and systemic racism.”
And now for something COMPLETELY different:
Linux booting *inside* a PDF file. (Uses embedded JS to run a RISCV emulator and boot Linux to a command line prompt):
https://github.com/ading2210/linuxpdf?tab=readme-ov-file
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/16/dev_linux_pdf/?td=rt-3a
