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Don't give anything an Emmy until it's as good as this.
February 11, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Don't give anything an Emmy until it's as good as this.
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This is a great article, even if it carries an unnecessarily contrarian headline. The attention economy both distracts *and* overwhelms
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
What if the Attention Crisis Is All a Distraction?
From the pianoforte to the smartphone, each wave of tech has sparked fears of brain rot. But the problem isn’t our ability to focus—it’s what we’re focussing on.
www.newyorker.com
January 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This is a great article, even if it carries an unnecessarily contrarian headline. The attention economy both distracts *and* overwhelms
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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12 years. RIP my darling boy.
January 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
12 years. RIP my darling boy.
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Nothing is more embarrassing to me than showing up at a store just before they open. I just assume they’re inside, pointing at me through the locked door, laughing about how badly I want batteries or socks or whatever.
December 31, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Nothing is more embarrassing to me than showing up at a store just before they open. I just assume they’re inside, pointing at me through the locked door, laughing about how badly I want batteries or socks or whatever.
annual reminder that this is the best xmas music by far nicholaskrgovich.bandcamp.com/album/the-re...
THE RETURN OF CHRISTMASTIME, by CHRIS MASTHEIM
6 track album
nicholaskrgovich.bandcamp.com
December 25, 2024 at 7:06 PM
annual reminder that this is the best xmas music by far nicholaskrgovich.bandcamp.com/album/the-re...
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ME: [orders a Christmas gift]
COMPANY, one minute later: here is your confirmation email
ME: good, yes
COMPANY, thirty minutes later: welcome to our community of like-minded product enthusiasts. to celebrate your new lifestyle journey, we would like to brand you with our logo
COMPANY, one minute later: here is your confirmation email
ME: good, yes
COMPANY, thirty minutes later: welcome to our community of like-minded product enthusiasts. to celebrate your new lifestyle journey, we would like to brand you with our logo
December 9, 2024 at 3:39 PM
ME: [orders a Christmas gift]
COMPANY, one minute later: here is your confirmation email
ME: good, yes
COMPANY, thirty minutes later: welcome to our community of like-minded product enthusiasts. to celebrate your new lifestyle journey, we would like to brand you with our logo
COMPANY, one minute later: here is your confirmation email
ME: good, yes
COMPANY, thirty minutes later: welcome to our community of like-minded product enthusiasts. to celebrate your new lifestyle journey, we would like to brand you with our logo
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There’s a $2.99 app in the App Store right now “My Classic - Retro Console” that’s hiding its true feature: an iPod Classic emulator that utilizes your Apple Music library. It works amazingly well and if you want it, get it before Apple pulls it (they will).
December 9, 2024 at 2:13 AM
There’s a $2.99 app in the App Store right now “My Classic - Retro Console” that’s hiding its true feature: an iPod Classic emulator that utilizes your Apple Music library. It works amazingly well and if you want it, get it before Apple pulls it (they will).
fyi this is the best place for the low battery toggle
December 2, 2024 at 11:18 PM
fyi this is the best place for the low battery toggle
haptic feedback is just a fancy word for en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumble_...
Rumble Pak - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 2, 2024 at 1:13 AM
haptic feedback is just a fancy word for en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumble_...
if the Shortcuts app didn’t exist I don’t think I’d use my phone / HomePod
November 26, 2024 at 2:57 PM
if the Shortcuts app didn’t exist I don’t think I’d use my phone / HomePod
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Holy shit I am so excited about this. And it works!!!
Remember Nuzzel? A similar news-aggregating tool now exists for Bluesky
The creator of Sill says "the death of the link" has had disastrous consequences for journalism, art, and the web. His free social media tool entered public beta on Friday.
www.niemanlab.org
November 25, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Holy shit I am so excited about this. And it works!!!
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This incredible essay/comic by Kristen Radtke takes the history of the baby monitor and turns it into something else. (Also visually, a very tight piece of web engineering!)
How to Watch a Baby
A digital comic by Kristen Radtke.
www.theverge.com
November 25, 2024 at 2:28 PM
This incredible essay/comic by Kristen Radtke takes the history of the baby monitor and turns it into something else. (Also visually, a very tight piece of web engineering!)
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For anyone wondering, this is my all-time favourite Edward Steed drawing...
November 25, 2024 at 2:05 PM
For anyone wondering, this is my all-time favourite Edward Steed drawing...
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I think this is the plot of Ender’s Game
Pokemon Go players have been unwittingly mapping the entire world to train a geospatial AI model whose most obvious use cases are for robotic navigation and possibly the military
www.404media.co/pokemon-go-p...
www.404media.co/pokemon-go-p...
Pokémon Go Players Have Unwittingly Trained AI to Navigate the World
Niantic says it is using data generated by Pokémon Go players to create a “Large Geospatial Model” that can navigate the real world and power robots.
www.404media.co
November 22, 2024 at 12:23 AM
I think this is the plot of Ender’s Game
November 20, 2024 at 5:32 PM
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Reskeet if ur so so sleepy
November 19, 2024 at 6:55 AM
Reskeet if ur so so sleepy
having a newborn is closing your Stand ring by 3pm every day
November 5, 2024 at 6:04 AM
having a newborn is closing your Stand ring by 3pm every day
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Masterful Scocca blog. One of the greats: defector.com/its-time-to-...
It's Time To Vote | Defector
Welcome to Margin of Error, a politics column from Tom Scocca, editor of the Indignity newsletter, examining the apocalyptic politics and coverage of Campaign 2024. I voted. That was the one thing I k...
defector.com
November 1, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Masterful Scocca blog. One of the greats: defector.com/its-time-to-...
nothing like seeing someone w/ username "AmericanConservative" on the Peloton leaderboard to get me to do a harder workout
October 30, 2024 at 9:07 PM
nothing like seeing someone w/ username "AmericanConservative" on the Peloton leaderboard to get me to do a harder workout