The Economist has published a deeply-researched story about car bloat -- and it's very, very damning.

"For every life that the heaviest 1% of SUVs and trucks save, there are more than a dozen lives lost in other vehicles."

Well worth your time: https://www.economist.com/interactive/united-states/2024/08/31/americans-love-affair-with-big-cars-is-killing-them

Bad idea: a website that tracks how long it's been since U2 played "I still haven't found what I'm looking for" in concert.

That way we'll know if they ever find it, since we can assume they'll stop playing the song.

It's like a musical warrant canary: as long as they keep playing it, we know they've not found it

my wife had to go into work today so i got put in charge of pumpkin carving

i'm sure you'll agree that halloween is an important day to scare children by rattling the bones of our dead culture

suspect next year she'll decide to stay home instead.

#halloween #retroComputing

Because of the y2k ivy drawing, I've been told by a few people that it gave them the motivation to draw.

I think that's one of the best compliments you could give to an artist, I think.