fyi to all you parents out there

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/is-your-child-suffering-from-brain-rot-or-quoting-finnegans-wake?fbclid=IwY2xjawQo4dhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEetSX0iQWPcFsNu6R7v1uvAhKww9l2fz3ifFrvfpMjUsuTo5vblkzUWxTWq_M_aem_c5C0exZwxw9QYShBE2vKvA

In the competition to hold our attention, there's little incentive to regulate the stuff that gets clicks, no matter how harmful that stuff is.

It's hard not to notice the uptick in inflammatory content, and not surprising at all that these companies are well aware of it, even encourage it.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqj9kgxqjwjo

Such a beautiful piece about species reintroduction.

At some point, the fate of the Guam Kingfisher looked hopeless. There were none left in the wild, and only 120 remained in captivity. Human activity had nearly eradicated the species entirely, but through purposeful, conservation-focused human activity they are coming back.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/billfrist/2026/03/05/beating-extinction-what-a-tiny-pacific-bird-taught-me-about-hope-and-where-we-fit/

Events that made it unlucky to say rat on the Isle of Man

> the Duke of Athol goes to England to get knighted (1600s)
> success
> he travels home
> most people on the island come greet him
>> he steps onto port
>> step is on a rat's tail
>> rat bites
>>> he squeals in pain
>>> stumbles around (presumably comically)
>>> trips
>>>> falls face-first into a barrel
>>>> breaks his nose
>>>>> law that no member of the ruling class may have a disfigured face
>>>>>>> stripped of Dukedom