Should U.S. be worried about AI bubble? — Harvard Gazette
It depends, says Andy Wu, on how much risk investors, vendors take on, but Big Tech seems well insulated.
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The Secrets of Sega Channel: VGHF recovers over 100 Sega Channel ROMs (and more) | Video Game History Foundation
Our project to preserve the history of Sega Channel — including over 100 new Sega Channel ROMs.
The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Thirteen: Raiders of the Lost Ark
You can really see how Scalzi got his start as a film critic.
Thought of the Day – What is a Trad RPG?
Much like the word “immersion,” the term “trad RPG” is one that I’ve lately seen confusing conversations more than illuminating them.The key thing to understand is that “trad RPG”
“AI”: A Dedicated Fact-Failing Machine, or, Yet Another Reason Not to Trust It For Anything
Just not fit for purpose.
Oh No, a Tech Company is Buying a Movie Studio
I think this is mostly right except about AI as a democratizing force
Because it's silly in 2025 to think that every movie should play in a movie theater first – let alone for months at a time.
The Mastermind Box Cover: What the Hell Were They Thinking?
This is almost exactly the design my parents had
COVID Isn’t a Cold. It’s Cigarettes All Over Again
It's going to be more like lead I think.
I’m Robert F. Kennedy and I Hate Your Kids—I Mean, Um, Vaccines
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Steam Machine today, Steam Phones tomorrow
Pretty interesting stuff, especially the funding angle. I wonder if Apple is just way off with Metal.
The Hubris of Security Hub
I'm the poor soul.
This physics professor transformed his country to 98% renewable energy in five years
Wow. Feels like we're just staying behind on purpose.
Amazon takes on AI's biggest nightmare: Hallucinations - Fast Company
Seems promising.
Rare set of varied factors triggered Black Death
Huh!
The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Seven: Moana
I will begin this piece noting that I am not unbiased in my thoughts about Moana, as my friend, the Oscar-nominated writer Pamela Ribon, helped write a significant chunk of this film’s story.…
Large language mistake
They literally cannot think and anyone who says otherwise is selling something.
An artful answer to the AI crisis in education
Brief note from a kid about what makes learning worthwhile.
Fran Sans Essay — Emily Sneddon
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Train Station ADA Construction Reduces Accessibility - The Phoenix
Well that's kinda crappy of SEPTA
L.P.D.: Libertarian Police Department
I think I missed this back in the day
The new conservatives - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Been saying this for years.
TikTok · antinbath
Amazing
IDEA - nonverbal algorithm assembly instructions
Funny and accurate but I don't think these would make sense unless you already know them.
Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
"They're not like us" indeed. The secret info as currency when you have all the money is interesting.
The Performance Inequality Gap, 2026 - Infrequently Noted
I didn't realize how massive the performance gap is.
MythBusters, computer science edition
Heard about this article via Seattle Now podcast. Aligns with my experience so far, but also emphasizes the need for the fundamental creative and critical thinking skills that come out of a program like UW's
Why Nature will not allow the use of generative AI in images and video
Good policy
The Slop Tax, a Brief Introduction
An interesting UBI variant that I don't think will work... but it's absolutely the case that we need to invest in cultural generation.
The slop layer
How AI has encrusted our culture and social sphere in a sedimentary layer of slop.
Seattle Public Schools floats new districtwide cellphone policy
Don't think I agree with this but