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"Cities are meant to stop traffic. That is their point. That is why they are there. That is why traders put outposts there, merchants put shops there, hoteliers erect inns there. Rationally one wants to have traffic *stop* there, not go *through*."
—Kirkpatrick Sale, Human Scale.
—Kirkpatrick Sale, Human Scale.
January 5, 2026 at 6:11 PM
"Cities are meant to stop traffic. That is their point. That is why they are there. That is why traders put outposts there, merchants put shops there, hoteliers erect inns there. Rationally one wants to have traffic *stop* there, not go *through*."
—Kirkpatrick Sale, Human Scale.
—Kirkpatrick Sale, Human Scale.
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"This is a neat encapsulation of the whole AI story: the chatbot can't do your job, but an AI salesman can convince your boss to fire you and replace you with a chatbot that can't do your job."
Wonderfully hope-inspiring talk by @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy on the better future of the internet!
Wonderfully hope-inspiring talk by @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy on the better future of the internet!
Pluralistic: The Post-American Internet (01 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
January 5, 2026 at 1:52 PM
"This is a neat encapsulation of the whole AI story: the chatbot can't do your job, but an AI salesman can convince your boss to fire you and replace you with a chatbot that can't do your job."
Wonderfully hope-inspiring talk by @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy on the better future of the internet!
Wonderfully hope-inspiring talk by @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy on the better future of the internet!
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I will be governing your country remotely via shitposting and late night threats on social media. If you don’t do what I say, I will blockade, bomb and eventually starve you. This is called freedom
January 5, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I will be governing your country remotely via shitposting and late night threats on social media. If you don’t do what I say, I will blockade, bomb and eventually starve you. This is called freedom
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holy fuck
OMG 😭
Huntington's is an inherited disease that's like Alzheimers + Parkinson's all in one. NOW: "once the gene therapy has been delivered into the brain... [it] injects a piece of DNA to reprogram the neuron to become a factory for its own cure."
LIFE SAVING!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhEx...
Huntington's is an inherited disease that's like Alzheimers + Parkinson's all in one. NOW: "once the gene therapy has been delivered into the brain... [it] injects a piece of DNA to reprogram the neuron to become a factory for its own cure."
LIFE SAVING!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhEx...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
www.youtube.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:39 AM
holy fuck
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Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
January 1, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
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Resisting him almost always works, trying to bargain with him never ever works
BREAKING: After legal setbacks, President Trump says he's dropping push for the National Guard in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland for now.
Trump says he's dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for now
President Donald Trump says he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.
bit.ly
December 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Resisting him almost always works, trying to bargain with him never ever works
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shel silverstein was a prophet
December 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
shel silverstein was a prophet
Fulfilled my life-long dream of eating the entire jar of olives by cooking a Christmas dinner so good that nobody complained when I ate the entire jar of olives
December 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Fulfilled my life-long dream of eating the entire jar of olives by cooking a Christmas dinner so good that nobody complained when I ate the entire jar of olives
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I just finished Hardspace Shipbreaker, what a fun and lovely game! The story is pretty good too!
What I wasn't expecting was to have concept art with the names of the artists scrolling by during the credits. That's a nice touch!
What I wasn't expecting was to have concept art with the names of the artists scrolling by during the credits. That's a nice touch!
December 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I just finished Hardspace Shipbreaker, what a fun and lovely game! The story is pretty good too!
What I wasn't expecting was to have concept art with the names of the artists scrolling by during the credits. That's a nice touch!
What I wasn't expecting was to have concept art with the names of the artists scrolling by during the credits. That's a nice touch!
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US electricity prices continue to rise in inflation data released today, up 41% since 2020 and 7% since this time last year
December 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
US electricity prices continue to rise in inflation data released today, up 41% since 2020 and 7% since this time last year
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The vote could cost DIA $90 million in federal grant money, city councilwoman says.
Denver council rejects airport lease for ICE contractor Key Lime Air
The Denver City Council shot down a deal with the Colorado-based airline, citing the its transporting of ICE detainees.
coloradosun.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The vote could cost DIA $90 million in federal grant money, city councilwoman says.
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Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
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The world is full of whispers for those who will listen.
"Offering Vessels for Dead Gods and Forgotten Spirits" my first collection of decorative hardwood hollowware is available now.
www.galdrecraft.com/category/tur...
"Offering Vessels for Dead Gods and Forgotten Spirits" my first collection of decorative hardwood hollowware is available now.
www.galdrecraft.com/category/tur...
December 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The world is full of whispers for those who will listen.
"Offering Vessels for Dead Gods and Forgotten Spirits" my first collection of decorative hardwood hollowware is available now.
www.galdrecraft.com/category/tur...
"Offering Vessels for Dead Gods and Forgotten Spirits" my first collection of decorative hardwood hollowware is available now.
www.galdrecraft.com/category/tur...
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Is this a coin toss?
December 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Is this a coin toss?
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A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
December 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
I maintain that the great tech advances of this century are going to be biomedical - descended from CRISPR and mRNA breakthroughs - and this will be one of those TIME covers that convinces future generations that TIME has always been fucking stupid.
Fucking incredible dystopian shit, comparing super rich people risking millions if not billions of lives just to make more money to people that risked their life actually building incredible things that would then make millions of dollars for super rich people.
December 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I maintain that the great tech advances of this century are going to be biomedical - descended from CRISPR and mRNA breakthroughs - and this will be one of those TIME covers that convinces future generations that TIME has always been fucking stupid.
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We are making a behind the scenes to honor the incredible work done by an incredible team of artists and researchers. Here is a sneak peek at what it took to get us where we are today!
December 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We are making a behind the scenes to honor the incredible work done by an incredible team of artists and researchers. Here is a sneak peek at what it took to get us where we are today!
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They could’ve bankrupted OpenAI in lawsuits. Instead, they’re adopting OpenAI APIs and giving them a billion dollars.
December 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
They could’ve bankrupted OpenAI in lawsuits. Instead, they’re adopting OpenAI APIs and giving them a billion dollars.
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BEAN BOX 6 – Vigna and Runner and Lima
Crowder southern peas Red Bean Paste Moon Cake Urad Dal /Black Gram Lima Butter Beans Runner Beans "Gigante" Bean Letter 6
Crowder southern peas Red Bean Paste Moon Cake Urad Dal /Black Gram Lima Butter Beans Runner Beans "Gigante" Bean Letter 6
BEAN BOX 6 – Vigna and Runner and Lima
Crowder southern peas Red Bean Paste Moon Cake Urad Dal /Black Gram Lima Butter Beans Runner Beans "Gigante" Bean Letter 6
beanyear.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
BEAN BOX 6 – Vigna and Runner and Lima
Crowder southern peas Red Bean Paste Moon Cake Urad Dal /Black Gram Lima Butter Beans Runner Beans "Gigante" Bean Letter 6
Crowder southern peas Red Bean Paste Moon Cake Urad Dal /Black Gram Lima Butter Beans Runner Beans "Gigante" Bean Letter 6
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Centrism isn't so much a belief system as a permanent coping strategy
like incredible takeaway from a huge overperformance by Democrats in fucking *TN*
December 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Centrism isn't so much a belief system as a permanent coping strategy
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More traditional media experimentation! Watercolor, ink, color pencil, and a little bit of digital touchup.
December 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
More traditional media experimentation! Watercolor, ink, color pencil, and a little bit of digital touchup.
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JOLTS thread:
1/ Today's report, which included September and October data, showed recent mild cooling in the labor market. Hiring and quits are both slightly lower than they were in the summer; layoffs modestly higher.
1/ Today's report, which included September and October data, showed recent mild cooling in the labor market. Hiring and quits are both slightly lower than they were in the summer; layoffs modestly higher.
December 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
JOLTS thread:
1/ Today's report, which included September and October data, showed recent mild cooling in the labor market. Hiring and quits are both slightly lower than they were in the summer; layoffs modestly higher.
1/ Today's report, which included September and October data, showed recent mild cooling in the labor market. Hiring and quits are both slightly lower than they were in the summer; layoffs modestly higher.
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This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
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Like ten years ago I made this comic/essay about masculinity…kinda wanna run that back because the discourse about manhood, male-hood, and the overall function of masculinity today has ripened enough that I MIGHT have something to say
thenib.com/the-black-bo...
thenib.com/the-black-bo...
The Black Box: Where Race and Masculinity Intersect | The Nib
This comic is featured in Eat More Comics: The Best of The Nib—available here!
thenib.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Like ten years ago I made this comic/essay about masculinity…kinda wanna run that back because the discourse about manhood, male-hood, and the overall function of masculinity today has ripened enough that I MIGHT have something to say
thenib.com/the-black-bo...
thenib.com/the-black-bo...