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it’s beautiful to think One Battle inspired a whole new generation to read Thomas Pynchon’s wikipedia page
Violence is the only remaining source of authority for a government that no longer has the consent of the governed. Every act of violence is an admission of weakness.
Thank you for understanding!
I’m sorry to hear that. I know it can be difficult to keep track of dependencies, but I provided more than six years of advance notice. I hate the idea of breaking something people relied on, but I had to shut it down at some point.
Has to be weird to be a Republican, where paying capital gains taxes is tyranny but getting shot in the face isn't
Yep!
It's remarkable how unwieldy the Google Docs comment UX is for having discussions about specific content within a document given that (I would estimate) millions of people use it for this every day.
Was starting to worry that we were gonna have a garbage night without a high wind advisory but nope, there it is, right on schedule.
If at first you don't succeed, redefine your success criteria.
Sorry pie haters I couldn’t hear you over the symphony of god’s light
I love it so much. Second season already greenlit, btw!
Screenshot of an example from the linked article about Google's Nano Banana Pro AI image model. The example shows an input image of a cinematic shot of a female astronaut standing in a city surrounded by tall buildings, and an output image of an AI-generated storyboard sketch of this scene, like the kind a filmmaker would create before filming the scene. The storyboard shows four separate shots: a wide establishing shot of the astronaut, then a medium shot of the astronaut, then a close-up of the astronaut's face, then a POV shot looking up at the tall buildings. Below the example is the text "Prompt: Create a storyboard for this scene"
Thank you Google Nano Banana Pro, I definitely needed a storyboard for this scene I already shot. And I did a smooth dolly in but sure, let's reshoot it and do two jarring axial cuts instead.
blog.google/technology/a...
Vaccines don't cause autism, but even if they did, sign me up for more of both. Enjoy your long covid and measles, allistics!
wapo.st/4idz3Wn
In movies when someone is stumped about how to dispose of a body they always phone a friend, but I feel like “ask the audience” would also be a fun option.
Watching movie characters try to dispose of a body: “You idiots! You absolute fools! You’re doing it all wrong!”
Disposing of an actual body: “Well fuck me this is harder than it looks. I hope no one’s watching me right now.”
Screenshot of a Slack thread text input field with a big red arrow pointing at the "Also send to #engineering" checkbox. Behind the arrow, the contents of the message in progress are, "I haven't been involved in any prior meetings or discussions about this and haven't looked at this channel in weeks, nor did I bother reading any of the preceding messages in this thread, but as the most powerful person in this channel, here's what I think..."
Slack pro tip: be sure to always check the "Also send to [channel]" checkbox before sharing your wisdom in a long and complex thread! It'll help everyone understand that they can ignore all the other opinions and focus on yours.
Nice work everyone! We broke Apple TV by all watching Pluribus at the same time.
My brain likes to wake me up at dawn for no reason at all, regardless of when I went to sleep. Even when I'm wearing a total blackout face mask and ear plugs, it knows.
The end of daylight saving time is the start of daylight zombie time for me. Do not approach me between November and March.
Tapestry has quickly become my favorite way to keep up with Mastodon, Bluesky, and other feeds. Everything’s woven together into a seamless chronological timeline with deduping, muting, and rock solid position syncing across devices. It’s great!
usetapestry.com
One of the huge perks of working at a software company is, when there's something about the product that bothers you personally, you can get your hands dirty and find out why it's basically impossible to get fixed
If you can break my code without making the tests fail then that’s a little bit your fault and a lot my fault.
Woke up laughing in the middle of the night with two words emblazoned on my murky consciousness:
ROBOT SHART
I don’t know where this came from, but the more I interrogate the concept, the funnier it gets.
"Can everyone see my screen?" is the ossified consequence of the UX failures of early video conferencing tools. Software is better now and we can usually see your screen! The question is no longer useful, but it will forever be part of the screen sharing dance. Usability matters.
The incentive structures of Agile development processes lead some people to think all solutions must be short-term solutions. Software developed this way will eventually collapse or freeze under the weight of its own tech debt. A decade of short-term solutions doesn't add up to a long-term solution.
If having to make small talk with JD Vance doesn’t qualify as suffering, then what does?
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Today we've (re)launched a campaign to protect 28 Million acres in Alaska, a partnership with Flickr, The Conservation Alliance, SalmonState, and Wild Salmon Center.
Read more about what we're working on, and watch our short film here:
protectalaskawildlands.com
I'll add some context in thread.
Evan! Good to see you again!
(The joke is that “temporary” code often ends up being permanent)
Broke my record in 2024 though! 😄
I watched a lot of movies in 2024! 🤩
letterboxd.com/yaypie/year/...
Congratulations, employee! You succeeded in spite of the many obstacles we put in your way. As a reward, please enjoy these new obstacles.