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I'm against capital punishment except for people who drive loud sports cars before noon.

iTunes (2001)

Good morning! The internet archive is currently down due to a power incident in San francisco. It'll be back when the power is back.

I swear something cool always happens 3 days after I delete all my social media apps.

Myst (1993)

"Man, I shoulda just said, 'Yeah.'"

Every behavior is a need trying to be met.

I bet if I lot of people were 30% less online (socials), they would instantly realize how toxic a lot of the discourse they subscribe to is.

At least 27 are dead in Missouri in Kentucky after severe weather alerts were delayed overnight because of DOGE cuts. www.mesoscalenews.com/p/tornado-wa...

Three days ago: theonion.com/sean-combs-a...

Photos of the Inside of a Particle Accelerator. “I’m always drawn to photographing hidden or complex spaces, and this was one of the most intricate objects I could possibly shoot.” (It looks like a building in a sci-fi film.) [kottke.org]

Every new episode that I see just blows my mind at this point.

I took some time for introspection today and have unfortunately discovered that I want to live in a house based on the Myst video game.

I wonder if one of the things the internet has done is allowed all the high-neuroticism people (probably myself included) to come together and form groups where we can spiral into our neuroticism instead of being tempered by other social forces in the in-group.

"Productivity & Finance" is ironically the least useful automatic folder on iPhone because it's overly inclusive. Notes, mail, calendars, tasks, work chat, video chat, banks, budgets, passwords/mfa, docs/spreadsheets, storage, AI assistants... I have like 5 full screens of apps in that folder.

I think it's the same phenomenon that drives internet arguments out of control. If you get sucked into debating the idiot on their point, then you lose. The correct response is, "You're an idiot, let's talk about the actual issue." It's why the "you're weird" meme played so well.

What's your favorite Fleet Foxes album and why is it Crack-Up?

Anyone else's iPhone keep autocorrecting to double words? Like I tried to type "talking about because" and somehow ended up with "talking because because." This kind of thing happens very frequently.

Donald Trump spent $23M on golf (up to mid march). Over 56 days, he spent $410k of our tax dollars each day at his own clubs. That is one 3-year NSF grant per day. Waste and abuse, my ass. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Kennedy is among the most malevolent figures in all of American history.

I do not recommend it, but "dropping out" seems to have paid off for my son Sam. I'm incredibly proud of him. Here's a review of his comedy game show "Game Changer," which you can watch on his streaming platform Dropout.  https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/arts/television/game-changer-dropout.html

Good WiFi names.

Watch how internet freak-outs happen over things you don't care about or aren't connected to. Apply that same skepticism next time you feel yourself getting pulled into a mass freak-out over something you do care about.

Every time I put together cheap shelving, I get a little indignant that the flimsy cardboard back is what keeps the whole thing from collapsing.

If you played this game, you need this in your life. youtu.be/AjdLlz2YSGQ

my endorsement for any democratic presidential candidate who promises to send the entire DOGE team to prison

Drake Catches Himself Singing ‘Not Like Us’ In The Shower

I try not to think about the thing because I don't think it's good for me. But I get online and I see the headlines and I think about the thing. I can't help it.