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Adam Curtis is great, definitely check out his other work. Hypernormalisation is a good place to start: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr7T07WfIhM

I’ve found it interesting that fashion-forward women I know have begun wearing glasses that look remarkably similar to these. A friend wore a pair this week I would have sworn were…

I insist you listen to them tell it: https://thisislovepodcast.com/episode-33-on-the-way-to-dinne...

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What are your best-evers?

Grandfather died of colon cancer at 43. Went into my PCP at 40 asking for a colonoscopy, he said insurance wouldn’t cover it until I was 50. …

I think a lot of institutions and people would love the chance to give them money.

There needs to be a large pool of government-backed capital specifically for commercial to residential redevelopment and fast-track zoning approvals for this (somewhere along the l…

> The Gini coefficient is normally used to measure how the light in an image of a galaxy is distributed among its pixels. This measurement is made by ordering the pixels that make …

Joseph Cox is probably the most important journalist alive breaking stories about the darker sides of technology and its societal impact. He earned a voice here many times over.

That doesn’t mean they’d have ceased to exist. Likely shareholder equity would be wiped out and they’d reorganize. Isn’t the whole deal that investors get the upsides for taking th…

How much of an issue is lithium ion battery fires these days? The batteries in these must be enormous.

Not one-to-one (node vs layer metaphor) but Fusion is stupid powerful and free within Davinci Resolve. It’s an incredible piece of software that, in addition to being best in class…

The “cocktail party effect” externalized. Extremely cool. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocktail_party_effect

Old Wired issues made great use of spot metallics, neons, and UV too.

No snark, just a great life tip: - put unpasteurized milk in a saucepan - bring it to slow simmer (~180F) - add a splash of an acid (lemon, white vinegar, etc) and remove from heat…

I don’t mind the ad, just liked it better 16 years ago: https://x.com/asallen/status/1788428991118164356?s=46

Very happy with US Mobile. $30/mo unlimited everything, and I average 50gb/mo with tethering. Uses both the Verizon and T-Mobile networks, best of both worlds. And very happy to no…

From TFA: > Tesla is not just laying off Daniel Ho, director of vehicle programs and new product introduction, but also his entire team.

Not necessarily. Depends on the woman, depends on the man, and often on their reps. More likely because it was an advertorial, both for the brand and the “models”. Fun read.

Maybe for an actual porcelain bidet in $5M house. I have at least 10 friends that all rent that have bidets, ranging from a Tushy cold water to high end Toto ones. You can buy one …

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Do you still smoke? If not, how did you quit? Quitting is an interesting grey area for cannabis; culturally and functionally people misusing the drug are able to do so indefinitely…

So he’s extorting $83.5 billion to do his job …or else tank the value of all the snake oil he already sold the public? The board should fire him immediately.