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The Pebble smartwatch is making a comeback
The Pebble smartwatch is making a comeback
The OG smartwatch is getting a second life.
As of Monday, all the Pebble firmware is available on GitHub, and Migicovsky is starting a company to pick up where he left off.
This is fucking awesome. I still have my Pebble Time, I'm looking forward to hopefully getting it running again. Hell, I might even get a new watch when they start shipping hardware.
·theverge.com·
The Pebble smartwatch is making a comeback
This Man is a Coward.
This Man is a Coward.
This man is a coward. And no amount of corporate jargon or performative masculinity can make that stain go away.
Zuckerberg transforms himself with each passing month, molding himself into whatever shape he thinks will please his new master.
·theindex.media·
This Man is a Coward.
I'm quitting Instagram. You should too.
I'm quitting Instagram. You should too.
Mark Zuckerberg's horrible changes for Instagram — and Facebook — have become untenable, writes Lennon Torres.
To know they have a ton of hate speech on their platforms, are building algorithms meant to addict young users to their products for life, and are actively moving to ensure less content safety, I can't sit idly by and use their platforms.
·mashable.com·
I'm quitting Instagram. You should too.
David Lynch’s influence on video games goes far beyond Twin Peaks
David Lynch’s influence on video games goes far beyond Twin Peaks
The late auteur’s legacy looms large over the medium of games
Video games owe a lot to the influence of David Lynch, whether it be something as simple as being able to perceive that which sight cannot see or a snakeskin jacket that symbolizes one’s individuality and belief in personal freedom.
·polygon.com·
David Lynch’s influence on video games goes far beyond Twin Peaks
In the face of this, who do you want to be?
In the face of this, who do you want to be?
The time for hypotheticals is gone. It's time to decide.
The question now is not a million miles away. Who will support? Who will collaborate? Who will decide that they are “not political” and look away as millions of people are harmed? Who will make excuses for it all?
·werd.io·
In the face of this, who do you want to be?
At 17 million views, the Switch 2 reveal is tracking ahead of PS5
At 17 million views, the Switch 2 reveal is tracking ahead of PS5
Nintendo’s Switch 2 reveal video is pulling in huge numbers…
In less than 48 hours, Switch 2’s reveal has been liked nearly 1 million times, so it’s likely to clear PS5’s all-time figures in the near future.
Can we please move away from this tribal, console wars bullshit already? It’s exhausting.
·videogameschronicle.com·
At 17 million views, the Switch 2 reveal is tracking ahead of PS5
I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers
I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers
Whether I am engaging with the news, or with Musk tweeting constantly like a man with no job or friends, or with Zuckerberg sending out weird videos and appearing on Rogan, I am in pain. Not just because I don’t like what they are doing but because they are so incredibly, painfully cringe.
Living your life to impress other men by hating women is one of the most embarrassing things I can imagine. Looking up to any of these men for how to live your life is even sadder.
·theguardian.com·
I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers
What the Zuck?
What the Zuck?
Though your Pika site is a social network of one, that doesn’t mean you’re alone. There are countless people out there just like you, blogging in their own space. To get started, visit The Pika Pulse to find some of your fellow bloggers. Quote their posts or send them an email about what they’ve written. Now that is real communication.
·pika.pika.page·
What the Zuck?
MacStories Won't Stand for Meta's Dehumanizing and Harmful Moderation Policies
MacStories Won't Stand for Meta's Dehumanizing and Harmful Moderation Policies
Just over two years ago, MacStories left Twitter behind. We left when Elon Musk began dismantling the company’s trust and safety infrastructure, allowing hateful speech and harassment on the platform. Meta is now doing the same thing with Threads and Instagram, so we’re leaving them behind, too.
·macstories.net·
MacStories Won't Stand for Meta's Dehumanizing and Harmful Moderation Policies
What Are We Even Doing Here?
What Are We Even Doing Here?
Wildfires rage in California while, one state over, tech giants brag about adding AI to everything.
·aftermath.site·
What Are We Even Doing Here?
Making social choices
Making social choices
If you can afford to be choosey… perhaps start choosing platforms that we know have our best interests in mind, that support the open web, and that won’t rug pull the moment they need to.
·cdevroe.com·
Making social choices
Platform Tilt
Platform Tilt
Platform Tilt tracks technical issues in major software platforms which disadvantage Firefox relative to the first-party browser.
·mozilla.github.io·
Platform Tilt
The Ghosts in the Machine
The Ghosts in the Machine
This treatment of music as nothing but background sounds—as interchangeable tracks of generic, vibe-tagged playlist fodder—is at the heart of how music has been devalued in the streaming era.
The roster of PFC providers discussed internally was long.
·harpers.org·
The Ghosts in the Machine
Never Forgive Them
Never Forgive Them
It isn’t that you don’t “get” tech, it’s that the tech you use every day is no longer built for you, and as a result feels a very specific kind of insane.
It isn’t that you don’t “get” tech, it’s that the tech you use every day is no longer built for you, and as a result feels a very specific kind of insane.
·wheresyoured.at·
Never Forgive Them
Dismissing critics has “real and dangerous” consequences
Dismissing critics has “real and dangerous” consequences
Casey Newton’s diatribe against AI skeptics illustrates a broader issue in tech journalism.
The problem is instead with a field of tech journalism that’s far too close to the people and companies they’re supposed to cover well to keep the rest of the public properly informed.
·disconnect.blog·
Dismissing critics has “real and dangerous” consequences
WordPress isn’t WordPress anymore
WordPress isn’t WordPress anymore
Contributor churn has reached a record high. WordPress growth has stagnated for several years. The adoption of Blocks and Full Site Editing (FSE) has also been slow, with FSE adoption being almost nonexistent.
·kraut.press·
WordPress isn’t WordPress anymore
WordPress CEO Rage Quits Community Slack After Court Injunction
WordPress CEO Rage Quits Community Slack After Court Injunction
Automattic is ordered to undo several of the actions of its CEO Matt Mullenweg in its ongoing legal battle with WP Engine. “It's hard to imagine wanting to continue to working on WordPress after this," Mullenweg said in a community Slack message.
·404media.co·
WordPress CEO Rage Quits Community Slack After Court Injunction
Spotify Is Using You
Spotify Is Using You
The streaming behemoth has once again ensnared us in its icky web with their latest Wrapped campaign.
·hearingthings.co·
Spotify Is Using You
Dodgers 2024 World Series exhibit on display at Hall of Fame
Dodgers 2024 World Series exhibit on display at Hall of Fame
Several artifacts from the Dodgers postseason run and World Series win are featured in an exhibit at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, including game-worn items from Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, Will Smith, Dave Roberts, and more.
·truebluela.com·
Dodgers 2024 World Series exhibit on display at Hall of Fame
The Facebook Files
The Facebook Files
Facebook knows, in acute detail, that its platforms are riddled with flaws but hasn’t fixed them. That’s a key finding of a Journal series that launched this week, based on an array of internal company documents.
·wsj.com·
The Facebook Files
Why I Lost Faith in Kagi
Why I Lost Faith in Kagi
Issues with Kagi's AI focus, finances and leadership
At one point someone suggested the idea that searching for suicide-related terms should bring up a helpline, and he rejected that idea because it would be "biased" (I guess towards not wanting people to kill themselves). But at the same time, Kagi partners with a service called Looria to provide "unbiased reviews" on products in Kagi's shopping page.
·d-shoot.net·
Why I Lost Faith in Kagi