Very cool. She has more doohickeys, thingamabobs, gadgets, doodads and gizmos than I could ever hope to keep track of.
Names Matter
Unfortunately I think this is basically correct. This is similar to the fact that a lot of left would get behind space colonization and/or exploration if we called it “space trans-ing” or “space deocolonialism” or something equally asinine while changing nothing else at all.
The reality is that names matter. They are built-in propaganda. We should probably call data centers “Tax Concentration Areas” or “Vital National Infrastructure” or a “Digital Sovereignty Facility” or something like that to make them more normie-palatable.
Army Revives Giant Cannon to Advance Hypersonic Testing.
The AI Boom Is Transforming the American Economy Beyond Recognition.
Venus's polygonal plains could point to a watery past.
The Income Needed to Afford Typical American Home Holds Steady Near Record High of $110,000.
Texas halts data center connections to power grid amid overwhelming demand.
Japan to cut off the supply of advanced packaging equipment to China starting August 1st.
Visa guts executives who were paid nearly $500K in latest round of AI layoffs.
For a Brief Time in the 1930s, Radio Station WLW in Ohio Became America’s One and Only “Super Station”. 500KW. Gawd-damn.
Conched
The Fat Acceptance movement was atrocious and dumb. It’s dying out now, though, since it has become clear all their claims were utter nonsense and because GLP-1s are widely available. The reality is no one wants to be fat. It is miserable.
But the “feminists” are attempting to best the FA nutters by waging a war against normal attraction itself. And that is so far beyond chowderheaded we don’t even have words for it.
Anat
Indeed, why don’t tattoo parlors do this? When can they start? Pretty please?
Justified
And good fucking riddance.
Karina reminds me an Israeli girl I knew once, long ago, in another life.
How Hollywood Stopped Making Movies in Hollywood.
Why did we wait so long for the bicycle?
The War That Could Swallow the World.
Apple launches legal challenge against UK government demand to access encrypted data.
AI Is Replacing Customer Service Jobs at CBA, Microsoft, Uber. All those jobs that econs claim aren’t being replaced by AI are in fact being replaced by AI.
With Russia at the door and the US backing away, Europe has to build its own ‘way of war’.
The Dilemma of Picking Winners.
Landmark Deal Would Officially Add Laser Weapons to US Army Arsenal.
Yes, Emily Wilson, Odysseus has been changed for the movie. Deal with it.
One of the hardest lessons for any software engineer is accepting that we are not our users.
‘Cursed island’: the $100bn luxury development hosting tech nomads and scammers.
Next To Last FM
Here’s one example of Last.fm lying to me:
Of course, it was not an availability issue; their services were fine. They were just blocking me specifically.
Very Last
Wow, Last.fm really did not want me to have an account for some reason. I needed one of their API keys, and I tried 9 different browsers, four different ISPs, six different email addresses and three different OSes before one worked (using an Azure exit point in East US on a generic Windows VM using a temporary email address on a rarely-used domain I have access to).
There is protecting against bots and then there is whatever this modern shit is. Can’t believe I had to go through all that hassle.
Grace Cummings – My God (Live at Altona Arts)
Great performance. But I’m wondering if they could try lighting the front of the performers rather than their backs? Crazy idea, I know.
Whyte Horses – Ça Plane Pour Moi
C’est parfait pour ce soir.
Home Insurance Is the Stealth Political Issue of 2026.
The Age of Unstoppable Wildfires Has Reached Europe.
A New Age of Missiles Reshapes Battlefields Around The World.
Over 4 million people are no longer receiving food aid amid sweeping changes to SNAP.
Homeowners Associations Are Foreclosing on More Residents.
People Are Ghosting Long-Term Partners. Some Don’t Regret It.
Enshittification Relies on Broken Economic Math.
For Immigration To Be Successful You Need a Much Higher Birthrate.
People are rightly upset about the migrant situation in Europe.
US company’s AI lets Ukraine’s cheap kamikaze drones track targets on their own.
It’s Here
Correct. We have AGI. It just doesn’t look quite like some old sf stories so people can’t see it. What is present becomes quotidian; always, we grasp for something that never was to be and pass our eyes over the miracles right before us. That seems to be a part of human nature.
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4934-4940: In the Land of the Polygons.
Here’s how engineers plan to save the satellite sent to save NASA’s Swift mission.
Fleeing Opportunity. How immigration distorts internal mobility, and why it matters.
AI Lowers Wages But Doesn't Cut Jobs. Mostly wrong, but also only for now.
A digital iron curtain is threatening the global economy.
Historian Peter Frankopan: ‘Powerful Men Often Miscalculate’.
Drones Are Reshaping the Soundscape of War.
Plug-In Solar Panels Are Starting to Sprout in U.S. Backyards.
Peaked
Yes, or perhaps Austria and more specifically Vienna 1900-1914. Also a good candidate.