306: Seemed Like A Good Idea at the Time - This American Life (podcast)
00:59:11 - A girl signs up for a class. A couple hires an accountant. A group of co-workers decides to pool their money and buy a couple of lottery tickets. In…
The invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloat
How one crew risked radiation, storms, and currents to save Japan from digital isolation.
about as thin as a garden hose.
Notes on Notes | Are.na Editorial
True freshness in a bottle…
Our Two Cents: The Weirdest Automotive Words - Hagerty Media
We asked the staff of Hagerty Media about weird automotive words, and we definitely received some interesting candidates to share!
The hidden gems of moreutils - Jiri Pospisil
Google’s New Gmail Tool Is Hallucinating Emails That Don’t Exist
Google just plugged Bard into a variety of its products — but the AI chatbot might not be the helpful assistant that Google wants it to be.
Flappy Dird: Flappy Bird implemented in MacOS Finder
Unity who??
PlatinumSelf-Checkout Is a Failed Experiment
Please, not another “unexpected item in the bagging area.”
The rebel group stopping self-driving cars in San Francisco – one cone at a time
The Safe Street Rebel group has waged a war against robotaxis in an effort to end vehicle dominance in the city and promote public transport
Digital culture and entertainment insights daily: Startup Ideas for 2023
Mark Zuckerberg is ready to fight Elon Musk in a cage match
The ball is now in Musk’s court.
Meta and Reddit prove the social web is over - The Vergecast (podcast)
01:26:38 - The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss the vibe shift that is happening on social media and the communal internet.
Further re…
What we’re learning from the Reddit blackout
Five lessons, and one open question
r/formula1
The Toyota Corolla Theory of College
Higher education risks becoming a cut-price assembly line. There’s a better way of producing good learning.
Audio Clipping (And Normalisation And More)
New York City tells car owners to use AirTags to stop theft, will hand out 500 freebies
As New York City battles with growing numbers of car thefts, officials are turning to Apple’s AirTag item tracker and...
The entire Super Mario Bros. movie keeps getting posted to Twitter
A major social media platform with no moderation team is a major social media platform with hilarious DMCA problems.
What Makes Life Meaningful? Views From 17 Advanced Economies
Family is preeminent for most publics but work, material well-being and health also play a key role.
Losing Religion and Finding Ecstasy in Houston
Christianity formed my deepest instincts, and I have been walking away from it for half my life.
100 gecs: “It often sounds like saccharine bullshit, but seriously, do what you love”
100 gecs share the story behind their nostalgic inspirations, working with their idols, and relying only on the essential
Kayfabe content and podcasts that don't exist
Read to the end for a good crab video
How to change the region on an HP OfficeJet printer in 57 easy steps (printer companies hate this!)
Don’t you “incompatible cartridges” me, you horrible machine.
The Space Force Now Has an Official Song
CNET Is Quietly Publishing Entire Articles Generated By AI
The popular tech site has employed the use of AI for its financial explainer articles under the byline of "CNET Money Staff."
Crawl diary - The Something Awful Forums
State of the Word 2022
In the State of the Word 2022 annual keynote address, WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg reflects on WordPress in 2022 and aspirations for the coming year.
You wouldn’t retweet a car
Posted on Friday 25 Nov 2022. 654 words, 6 links. By Matt Webb.
Screentime: The Millennial Tech Founder Who Wonders If She’s Too Old for TikTok
Kathryn Minshew, founder of online jobs marketplace The Muse, has basically been on a nationwide tour for the past month. Traveling from her home in New York’s East Village, she’s turned up in Aspen, Colo.; the Catskills, N.Y.; Dana Point, Calif.; and Boston. Though some of the travel was just ...
This one email explains Apple
An email has been going around the internet as a part of a release of documents related to Apple’s App Store-based suit brought by Epic Games. I love this email for a lot of reasons, not the least of which is that you can extrapolate from it the very reasons Apple has remained such a […]