@jeffsussna

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Some very smart, talented, and creative friends of mine recognized that "herculean tasks" and "sisyphean tasks" seems a bit limiting, so they came up with some more.

I love these and have now collected them:
https://another.rodeo/tasks/

Tasks | Another Rodeo

Herculean tasks, Sisyphean tasks, what else have ya got?

US court ruled that when a company is choosing what to show to people (e.g. seeks to keep them addicted to sell more ads), they can’t pretend it’s everyone else’s fault when horrible thing happens. Is this the end of liability waiver of Section 230? That would end the current Big Tech economic model as we know it. https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/judges-rule-big-techs-free-ride-on
Judges Rule Big Tech's Free Ride on Section 230 Is Over

Algorithms are no longer a Get out of Jail free card. The Third Circuit ruled that TikTok must stand trial for manipulating children into harming themselves. The business model of big tech is over.

BIG by Matt Stoller
RIP Steve Silberman, to whom the autism community owes a huge debt of gratitude https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeuroTribes
NeuroTribes - Wikipedia

Watching Sergio Leone’s spaghetti westerns. Groundbreaking films. Unfortunately, through Clint Eastwood they created a highly toxic model of masculinity for boys of my generation.
Stop the celebrations – Oasis are the most damaging pop-cultural force in recent British history

Dismal lyrics, plodding tunes and prehistoric political views: why is everyone so happy that the Gallagher brothers are back, asks Simon Price

The Guardian
Does anyone else find the prospect of an Oasis reunion completely and utterly uninteresting?
Yet again the Internet (except for Tidal) has failed me by not alerting me to the existence of Le Tigre.
On today’s episode of Why I Hate Jim Harbaugh: he’s super excited because Justin Herbert was cool under pressure while stuck in an elevator. Justin Herbert gets paid $50M/year to be cool under pressure.
Because I am a pedant, I get annoyed by news like “Danny Jansen will play for both teams” in the upcoming Blue Jays-Red Sox. He won’t *play* for both teams. The Blue Jays will immediately pinch-hit for him so he will never take the field for them. 😡
Anyone know anything about robot lawnmowers? I can’t tell whether they’re still before their time.