“They didn’t give a shit about journalism; they just wanted prime real estate
that they could develop. And news organizations had it in the form of buildings
in the middle of town. So financiers squeezed the news orgs until there was no
money to be squeezed and then they hung them out to dry.”
posted 12/7/2022 8:28pm ∞
“[O]ctopuses can alter the coloration of their skin, with darker colors
typically being indicative of aggression. The authors found that octopuses with
dark coloration threw debris more forcefully and were more likely to hit another
octopus.”
posted 11/26/2022 8:00pm ∞
“For all the grandiose talk about The Light Of Consciousness and The Future Of
Humanity that has come out of Silicon Valley during its ascent, what it has
delivered has mostly been spectacularly useless, lifeless, and anti-human. In
this sense, it reflects its owners perfectly.”
David Roth ,
Everything Is Silicon Valley Now
(Defector ,
November 14, 2022 ,
via Nick Heer )
posted 11/21/2022 8:00pm ∞
“Twitter encourages a very extractive attitude from everyone it touches. The
people re-publishing my Mastodon posts on Twitter didn’t think to ask whether I
was ok with them doing that. The librarians wondering loudly about how this
‘new’ social media environment could be systematically archived didn’t ask
anyone whether they want their fediverse posts to be captured and stored by
government institutions.”
Hugh Rundle ,
Home invasion
(November 8, 2022 ,
via Andy Baio )
posted 11/16/2022 8:00pm ∞
“As you become familiar with common LEGO parts, you should
try sorting them into categories based on their type. A good place to start
would be to separate ‘Bricks’, ‘Plates’, and ‘Other’ LEGO
parts into three different containers.”
Tom Alphin ,
The LEGO Storage Guide
(Brick Architect ,
September 3, 2020 ,
via Rob Ketcherside )
posted 11/8/2022 8:00pm ∞