Mastodawn

Biggs Jul 13, 2024

ian bremmer Jul 13, 2024

moose reporting for duty

Biggs Jul 1, 2024

Missing The Point Jul 1, 2024

On this Canada Day the US Supreme Court gave its citizens another reason to move there.

Biggs Oct 16, 2023

Flipboard Culture Desk Oct 15, 2023

Suzanne Somers, who starred as Chrissie Snow in U.S. sitcom “Three’s Company” and parlayed her success into a personal fortune as a health and fitness pitchwoman, has died a day before her 77th birthday. Variety has more:
https://flip.it/l2_i6c
#Culture #Entertainment #SuzanneSomers #ThreesCompany #TV #Sitcoms

Suzanne Somers Dead: 'Three's Company' Star Was 76

Suzanne Somers, who starred in the hit sitcoms 'Three’s Company' and 'Step by Step,' has died. She was 76.

Variety

Biggs Oct 10, 2023

spaf Oct 10, 2023

Found in my archive:

Interviewer: What's your biggest strength?

Me: I'm expert in machine learning.

Interviewer: What's 7+9?

Me: Zero

Interviewer: No, it's 16.

Me: Ok, 16.

Interviewer: What's 10+20?

Me: 16

Biggs Sep 14, 2023

Joel Abrams 🫖Sep 14, 2023

Great quote from @pluralistic #enshittification https://doctorow.medium.com/an-audacious-plan-to-halt-the-internets-enshittification-and-throw-it-into-reverse-3cc01e7e4604

Biggs Sep 6, 2023

@billyjoebowers That and Trader Joe's soy chorizo. Texture is spot on and all you really need for good chorizo are the spices anyway.

Biggs Sep 6, 2023

@billyjoebowers As someone who likes meat, and whose partner is vegetarian:
There is some fake meat out there that does a decent job of mimicking the real thing. But a lot of it falls into a sort of uncanny valley where it tastes just enough like meat, but with something off either in flavor or texture, so my brain interprets it as rancid or spoiled in some way.
The best vegan meals I have had don't try to pretend to be things they aren't.

Impossible burger meat is basically identical though.

Biggs Sep 4, 2023

Aral Balkan Sep 4, 2023

If you’re still on Twitter/X does that mean you’re a fascist?

No, of course not.

It just means fascism isn’t a deal breaker for you.

Christopher Mims Sep 4, 2023

Evidence of America’s — and the world’s — climate migrations are mounting.

In this thread, I’ll collect all the papers, news items and anecdotes I find on the subject. Feel free to contribute by using this tag:

#climatemigration

It’s starting with insurers. When homes are destroyed and homeowners lose everything, with no recourse, market forces herd people away from the zones of greatest vulnerability:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/09/03/natural-disaster-climate-insurance/

#climate #climatechange #adaptation #climateimpacts

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Home insurers cut natural disasters from policies as climate risks grow

Major insurers say they will cut out damage caused by hurricanes, wind and hail from policies underwriting property along coastlines and in wildfire country.

The Washington Post