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I get to share some lovely personal news to end the year: NEON are picking up worldwide rights to IT ENDS! variety.com/2025/film/ma...
Neon Buys Gen Z Road Thriller ‘It Ends’ Following SXSW Debut (EXCLUSIVE)
Neon has bought 'It Ends,' a thriller that premiered at SXSW.
variety.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I get to share some lovely personal news to end the year: NEON are picking up worldwide rights to IT ENDS! variety.com/2025/film/ma...
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Part of the Chanukah tradition is to place the light menorah either outside or in a window where outsiders can see it. This is supposed to advertise the miracle of Chanukah. These days, it is also a way of saying, “This is a Jewish home.”
Every year I think about how it is also an act of bravery.
Every year I think about how it is also an act of bravery.
December 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Part of the Chanukah tradition is to place the light menorah either outside or in a window where outsiders can see it. This is supposed to advertise the miracle of Chanukah. These days, it is also a way of saying, “This is a Jewish home.”
Every year I think about how it is also an act of bravery.
Every year I think about how it is also an act of bravery.
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Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
December 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Making latkes, thinking about Bondi Beach
December 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Making latkes, thinking about Bondi Beach
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This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.
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In the first six months of congestion pricing, air pollution within Manhattan's toll zone dropped 25%.
Pollution fell across the five boroughs and in the suburbs, too. A clean air win all around.
Pollution fell across the five boroughs and in the suburbs, too. A clean air win all around.
Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
news.cornell.edu
December 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
In the first six months of congestion pricing, air pollution within Manhattan's toll zone dropped 25%.
Pollution fell across the five boroughs and in the suburbs, too. A clean air win all around.
Pollution fell across the five boroughs and in the suburbs, too. A clean air win all around.
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
I love this so much. The full paragraph for "The plan fails to mention how traffic would be rerouted." The additional closed streets. The turning parking spaces into public restrooms! All of it.
nypost.com/2025/11/29/u...
nypost.com/2025/11/29/u...
Zohran Mamdani hires car-hating activist Ben Furnas for NYC transportation team: ‘War on drivers’
Car-hater Ben Furnas has been appointed to Mamdani’s transition team for transportation, climate and infrastructure – and his agenda is a nightmare for the city’s drivers.
nypost.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:42 AM
I love this so much. The full paragraph for "The plan fails to mention how traffic would be rerouted." The additional closed streets. The turning parking spaces into public restrooms! All of it.
nypost.com/2025/11/29/u...
nypost.com/2025/11/29/u...
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A historic first today as Opus 4.5 scores 100% on SvelteBench - the first model to do so. We're hard at work on the next version of SvelteBench that will use an agentic approach, if you have feedback, submit it here: github.com/khromov/svel... #svelte #ai
November 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
A historic first today as Opus 4.5 scores 100% on SvelteBench - the first model to do so. We're hard at work on the next version of SvelteBench that will use an agentic approach, if you have feedback, submit it here: github.com/khromov/svel... #svelte #ai
anyone else reconsidering whether or not to turn on pnpm's minimum package age? #SHA1HULUD
November 25, 2025 at 7:37 AM
anyone else reconsidering whether or not to turn on pnpm's minimum package age? #SHA1HULUD
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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I will add: People who expected this teacher to be bummed do not know (good) teachers very well. A civics teacher? With a student who wants to run for office? That’s probably bliss.
November 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I will add: People who expected this teacher to be bummed do not know (good) teachers very well. A civics teacher? With a student who wants to run for office? That’s probably bliss.
Best things I've read this week:
How HS2 built a bridge to nowhere
martinrobbins.substack.com/p/how-hs2-bu...
My Truck Desk
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/10...
How HS2 built a bridge to nowhere
martinrobbins.substack.com/p/how-hs2-bu...
My Truck Desk
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/10...
How HS2 built a bridge to nowhere
A state-of-the-art road bridge has been built deep in the heart of rural Buckinghamshire. Designed to carry traffic over the HS2 railway, there's just one tiny problem - there's no actual road.
martinrobbins.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Best things I've read this week:
How HS2 built a bridge to nowhere
martinrobbins.substack.com/p/how-hs2-bu...
My Truck Desk
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/10...
How HS2 built a bridge to nowhere
martinrobbins.substack.com/p/how-hs2-bu...
My Truck Desk
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/10...
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New York to Chicago by train:
1905: Pennsylvania Railroad, 18 hours
2025: Amtrak, 19.5 hours
1905: Pennsylvania Railroad, 18 hours
2025: Amtrak, 19.5 hours
November 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
New York to Chicago by train:
1905: Pennsylvania Railroad, 18 hours
2025: Amtrak, 19.5 hours
1905: Pennsylvania Railroad, 18 hours
2025: Amtrak, 19.5 hours
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i’ve become radicalized on crime, looking for some serious motherfucking tough-on-crime politicians, but tough on serious crime, the kind that causes massive rather than just particularized harm, the “nonviolent” (despite mass casualties) crimes of the rich and powerful.
November 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
i’ve become radicalized on crime, looking for some serious motherfucking tough-on-crime politicians, but tough on serious crime, the kind that causes massive rather than just particularized harm, the “nonviolent” (despite mass casualties) crimes of the rich and powerful.
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ECMAScript excitement 😉
Congrats to @manishearth.bsky.social on unflagging TC39 Stage 3 Temporal in V8 today. Heading for Chrome 144 🎉
By many metrics this new date-time API is the single biggest change to JS ever 🔥
V8 uses Boa's temporal_rs by @jason-williams.co.uk Kevin Ness & Manish 👍
Congrats to @manishearth.bsky.social on unflagging TC39 Stage 3 Temporal in V8 today. Heading for Chrome 144 🎉
By many metrics this new date-time API is the single biggest change to JS ever 🔥
V8 uses Boa's temporal_rs by @jason-williams.co.uk Kevin Ness & Manish 👍
November 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
ECMAScript excitement 😉
Congrats to @manishearth.bsky.social on unflagging TC39 Stage 3 Temporal in V8 today. Heading for Chrome 144 🎉
By many metrics this new date-time API is the single biggest change to JS ever 🔥
V8 uses Boa's temporal_rs by @jason-williams.co.uk Kevin Ness & Manish 👍
Congrats to @manishearth.bsky.social on unflagging TC39 Stage 3 Temporal in V8 today. Heading for Chrome 144 🎉
By many metrics this new date-time API is the single biggest change to JS ever 🔥
V8 uses Boa's temporal_rs by @jason-williams.co.uk Kevin Ness & Manish 👍
New York Times, welcome to @thewaroncars.bsky.social
> Studies increasingly find links between higher concentrations of certain pollutants and the prevalence of dementia.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/h...
> Studies increasingly find links between higher concentrations of certain pollutants and the prevalence of dementia.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/h...
What the Air You Breathe May Be Doing to Your Brain
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
New York Times, welcome to @thewaroncars.bsky.social
> Studies increasingly find links between higher concentrations of certain pollutants and the prevalence of dementia.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/h...
> Studies increasingly find links between higher concentrations of certain pollutants and the prevalence of dementia.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/h...
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Mainmatter is looking for an experienced, Svelte freelancer for a few weeks of work or more. Immediate availability, 4 to 5 days a week, EU timezones, excellent English communication skills. Daily rate of 500€–800€/day. Please email [email protected] with your résumé, rate and availability.
October 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Mainmatter is looking for an experienced, Svelte freelancer for a few weeks of work or more. Immediate availability, 4 to 5 days a week, EU timezones, excellent English communication skills. Daily rate of 500€–800€/day. Please email [email protected] with your résumé, rate and availability.
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Scientists? Everyone opposes this except the tech bruh nutter who came up with this.
Soon the ultra rich will be able to pay to have huge satellite mirrors redirect sunlight onto their property in the middle of the night.
You know what happens to men who steal fire from the gods, right?????
You know what happens to men who steal fire from the gods, right?????
Scientists Oppose Huge Array of Mirrors in Space That Shines Nighttime Sunlight on Wealthy Customers
The astronomical community is horrified at plans made by a for-profit company to flood the night sky with sunlight.
futurism.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Scientists? Everyone opposes this except the tech bruh nutter who came up with this.
I hung the dry cleaning in the back
October 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I hung the dry cleaning in the back
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While pretending to deplore it, this administration has been basically doing everything possible to calculatedly provoke violence against ICE agents as a pretext for ratcheting up brutality.
When ICE comes to Philly it’s going to be brutal
Portland resists with whimsical improv theater, Chicago resists by screaming at weird jagoffs that don’t belong in the neighborhood. Every city brings its own strengths to the fight
October 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
While pretending to deplore it, this administration has been basically doing everything possible to calculatedly provoke violence against ICE agents as a pretext for ratcheting up brutality.
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House