Mastodawn

Andrew Faden May 13

feliks✨May 3

Andrew Faden Apr 10

kottke.org Apr 9

Someone ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii. “Since its launch in 2007, the Wii has seen several operating systems ported to it: Linux, NetBSD, and most-recently, Windows NT. Today, Mac OS X joins that list.” https://bryankeller.github.io/2026/04/08/porting-mac-os-x-nintendo-wii.html

Porting Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii

Mac OS X 10.0 (Cheetah) running natively on the Nintendo Wii

Bryan Keller’s Dev Blog

Andrew Faden Apr 9

John Rogers Apr 9

Bloody hell. Researchers invented a disease, published two fake papers to see if LLM’s would ingest them and kick them up as fact — and then it broke containment and all the major AI’s bought in. Information pollution. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Scientists invented a fake dis...

Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real

Bixonimania doesn’t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness?

Andrew Faden Apr 7

Tim Bray 🇨🇦Apr 7

Why those gorgeous shots from Artemis are courtesy of a 10-year-old Nikon camera, rather than anything shipped since then: https://petapixel.com/2026/04/06/the-10-year-old-nikon-d5-dslr-really-is-the-best-camera-for-artemis-ii/

#Photography #nikon

The 10-Year-Old Nikon D5 DSLR Really Is the Best Camera for Artemis II

The Nikon D5 may be relatively old, but it's also uniquely powerful in low light.

PetaPixel

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Some good ways to watch the moon flyby today, starting ~1pm:
- NASA live stream https://www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK8TEs
- NASA app has an interactive 3D view (AROW) https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-app/
- timeline https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/04/06/artemis-ii-flight-day-6-crew-ready-for-lunar-flyby/
- another nice timeline view https://charbonzickpean.com/artemis2mission.html

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Andrew Faden Apr 5

Thanks to @quephird for noticing this on the NASA feed: https://tech.lgbt/@quephird/116353383035378497

Danie🏒🏒e is officially a PWHL fan (@[email protected])

OMFG… I just heard Mission Control tell Artemis II literally, “Everything but email is go” LOLSOBBING MY ASS OFF NOW

LGBTQIA+ and Tech

Andrew Faden Apr 5

Famous quotes from NASA mission comms:
- Apollo 11: "The Eagle has landed"
- Apollo 13: "Houston, we have a problem"
- Artemis 2: "We are still updating Outlook so everything but email is go"

Andrew Faden Apr 4

Simon Willison Apr 3

Warning to open source maintainers: the Axios supply chain attack started with some
very sophisticated social engineering targeted at one of their developers https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/3/supply-chain-social-engineering/

The Axios supply chain attack used individually targeted social engineering

The Axios team have published a full postmortem on the supply chain attack which resulted in a malware dependency going out in a release the other day, and it involved …

Simon Willison’s Weblog

Andrew Faden Mar 28

Anil Dash Mar 28

You must picture Sam Altman holding a knife to Tim Berner-Lee's throat. We are in a truly existential level of danger when it comes to the survival of the open web, across every front. This year is when it all comes to a head. https://anildash.com/2026/03/27/endgame-open-web/

Endgame for the Open Web

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

Anil Dash