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Musk and the Trump Administration are lying about not purging anyone from...
Musk and the Trump Administration are lying about not purging anyone from the FAA involved in safety. A fired FAA employee: “The danger to the national airspace can’t be understated....
In case you need a new t-shirt: READ BOOKS PUNCH NAZIS. “All...
In case you need a new t-shirt: READ BOOKS PUNCH NAZIS. “All proceeds from this campaign are going to SafePlace International in Oakland.”
150-Year-Olds Aren’t Collecting Social Security
Elon Musk has claimed that his “DOGE” team has found evidence of “massive fraud” at the Social Security Administration, alleging that 150-year-old Americans were receiving benefit checks. I saw this...
Marisa Kabas: Elon Musk & his young acolytes are actual, open Nazis....
Marisa Kabas: Elon Musk & his young acolytes are actual, open Nazis. “Whatever comes to mind when you think of a Nazi, that is for whom this country is currently...
The Personal Toll of the Trump/Musk Government Purges
Brian Merchant, author of the excellent Blood in the Machine (about the Luddites), talked to a bunch of federal tech workers about the illegal purge of federal employees and shuttering...
“The future of the Department of Education — and of the students...
“The future of the Department of Education — and of the students with disabilities who depend on it — will likely hinge […] on the world views of two billionaires...
NBA star Victor Wembanyama brought a book with him to the All-Star...
NBA star Victor Wembanyama brought a book with him to the All-Star Game and said that he reads before every game. My new favorite player! 📗❤️ 💬 Join the discussion...
The Global Economic Policy Uncertainty Index is at an all-time high right...
The Global Economic Policy Uncertainty Index is at an all-time high right now, besting even the economic uncertainty at the start of the pandemic (May 2020).
“We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart,” says Hamilton Nolan. “How...
“We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart,” says Hamilton Nolan. “How do regimes manage to impose minority rule on enormous populations? By getting the majority to give up. Don’t...
Amid shortages of air traffic controllers & fatal aircraft events, the Trump...
Amid shortages of air traffic controllers & fatal aircraft events, the Trump administration has purged several hundred FAA employees. Casual detail: the firing email came from a Microsoft email address,...
Elon Musk’s attack on key US government systems and agencies continues with...
Elon Musk’s attack on key US government systems and agencies continues with the IRS: “US tax agency has received request for access to classified system containing personal financial records of...
From Heather Cox Richardson, an overview of what the Trump administration is...
From Heather Cox Richardson, an overview of what the Trump administration is doing in terms of foreign policy. Their war on liberalism in the US is being matched by a...
The Evolution of Electronic Music (1929-2019). Interesting that it took so long...
The Evolution of Electronic Music (1929-2019). Interesting that it took so long for electronic music to creep into pop music and now you can barely find any music that doesn’t...
Cool thing that I did not notice about The Wild Robot: at...
Cool thing that I did not notice about The Wild Robot: at first the robot was computer-generated but gets more and more hand-painted throughout the film. “She literally begins to...
New Evidence Suggests Humans Developed Written Language To Avoid Breaking Up In...
New Evidence Suggests Humans Developed Written Language To Avoid Breaking Up In Person. “Early Mesopotamians created the first cuneiform tablets in 3200 BCE because they couldn’t bear the idea of...
My Recent Media Diet, the Endless January Edition
Hey look at this, a media diet post that’s not months and months since the last one! Phew, it’s a been a long-ass six weeks since the beginning of the...
How Trying Became Cool Again
Nathan Zed argues that a lack of effort and vulnerability has made art, media, design, music, and architecture boring — that everything has the “soulless, monotonous no-personality vibe”. But artists...
Ken Burns’ Criterion Closet Picks include Seven Samurai, a Fellini box set,...
Ken Burns’ Criterion Closet Picks include Seven Samurai, a Fellini box set, and Wim Wenders’ Pina. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Thought-provoking musings on AI from Robin Sloan. “The language model reads Everything,...
Thought-provoking musings on AI from Robin Sloan. “The language model reads Everything, and leaves Everything untouched???yet suddenly this new thing exists, with strange and formidable powers. Is that okay?” 💬...
The Crazy Thing About Babies
This is lovely: man the crazy thing about babies is that like, some people would think that reading a baby a book about farm animals is teaching them about farm...