30yrs ago, I started using the internet as an escape from reality.

These last few years, I've started using reality as an escape from the internet.

I made a thing to help me find RSS feeds, and I really liked it. So I made it prettier so you can use it too, if RSS feeds are your thing.

As it turns out, in my corner of the fediverse there’s a ton of them…

https://rss-is-dead.lol

#rss #fediverse

"We need a weight tax on vehicles, including one on electric vehicles, to encourage cars of all types to become lighter and less damaging to the environment, roads and pedestrians."

Agreed!

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-rolling-suv-fatsos-including-their-plumper-electric-versions-need-to/

The Blue Hour at Loch Tollaidh, in Wester Ross, North West Scotland

#Bluehour #Scotland #WesterRoss #NC500 #Poolewe #Autumn #SeasonofMists

I have a new article in DPReview (which is still publishing despite an impending shutdown)! In it, I look at several current methods of removing unwanted objects from photos, from healing tools to content-aware fill to incorporating Generative AI tools like DALL-E into the process.

https://www.dpreview.com/articles/9142896115/remove-all-the-things-using-modern-software-to-erase-pesky-objects-in-photos

"Cistercian Numbers" are incredibly cool

It's a rare numeric system designed by 13th century monks

Each number is a based on a single vertical stick, with patterns you draw in all four quadrants off it -- top right, top left, bottom right, bottom left

A single glyph can represent a number from 1 to 9,999

It's in my recent weekly "Linkfest" newsletter, here: https://buttondown.email/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-3-cisterian-numbers-robots-that-hug-and/

Want to subscribe? Pay-what-you-want here: https://buttondown.email/clivethompson

I call it "The opposite of doomscrolling"