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How the plastic bottle cap became a parable for the value of EU regulation - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/27/how-the-plastic-bottle-cap-became-a-parable-for-the-value-of-eu-regulation "The red tape explosion that would allegedly account for the widening growth gap with the US is a fiction." great analysis, great emblem

How the plastic bottle cap became a parable for the value of EU regulation

Supporters of deregulation want Europe to be more like the US. But that would serve only American interests, says Alberto Alemanno, a professor of EU law

The Guardian

Patrick Nesbitt 1d ago

JA Westenberg May 23

Half the internet is people optimizing routines they don’t like for a life they’ve never once paused to confirm they want.

The dashboard is gorgeous though.

Patrick Nesbitt May 26

Jeff Parker, ETA Ivet “Happy Today” #jazzsky #jeffparker #internationalanthem #nonesuch

Patrick Nesbitt May 25

The Guardian view on 100 years after Miles Davis’s birth: why he still shapes modern music

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/24/the-guardian-view-on-100-years-after-miles-davis-birth-why-he-still-shapes-modern-music

The Guardian view on 100 years after Miles Davis’s birth: why he still shapes modern music

Editorial: The trumpeter, composer and band leader still towers over jazz because he treated reinvention not as a betrayal, but as necessary for its survival

The Guardian

Patrick Nesbitt May 19

pockets and sedition May 14

holy crap. an after-exposure pill that can actually prevent covid.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01546-0

At last, a pill that can prevent COVID after exposure to infected people

Drug arrives years after pandemic’s peak, but could still offer protection to vulnerable populations.

Patrick Nesbitt May 16

Frere-Jones Type May 14

As Monotype continues to minimize and/or alter Tobias' role in the story of Gotham, it seems like a good time to highlight this blog post written by @onpaperwings , which goes into detail about Tobias’ role as Gotham’s designer. Here at Frere-Jones Type, we will always give proper credit to designers where credit is due. https://frerejones.com/blog/designing-gotham

Designing Gotham

The story behind the Gotham type family

Patrick Nesbitt May 15

Six Colors May 13

35 years ago, the Mac got an era-defining upgrade (Macworld/Jason Snell) https://sixcolors.com/offsite/2026/05/35-years-ago-the-mac-got-an-era-defining-upgrade/

35 years ago, the Mac got an era-defining upgrade

Multitasking! Aliases! File sharing! System 7 had it all. A lot of Mac users don’t remember a time before Mac OS X (or macOS, or OS X, depending on the era), but before OS X arrived on the sc…

Six Colors

Patrick Nesbitt May 12

Koen Hufkens, PhD May 11

The slow death of the power user.

"This isn’t an accident. This is the result of two decades of deliberate, calculated effort by the largest technology companies on earth to turn users into consumers, instruments into appliances, and technical literacy into a niche hobby for weirdos. They succeeded beyond their wildest expectations"

https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/the-slow-death-of-the-power-user/

#technology #tech #sustainability

The Slow Death of the Power User — fireborn

Patrick Nesbitt Apr 3

Metin Seven 🎨Apr 2

Adobe’s Creative Cloud bloatware / malware strikes again…

Users say Adobe Creative Cloud rewrote hosts file to detect installed app

https://piunikaweb.com/2026/04/01/adobe-creative-cloud-rewrites-hosts-file/

#adobe #CreativeCloud #photoshop #data #tech #technology #BigTech #enshittification #InfoSec

Users say Adobe Creative Cloud rewrote hosts file to detect installed app

Adobe’s latest Creative Cloud update is editing system hosts files behind the scenes. It’s not stealing data, but it needs admin rights and has corporate security tools lighting up. Full details here.

PiunikaWeb

Patrick Nesbitt Apr 2

Punkrock History Apr 1

In memory of Dennes Dale "D." Boon, guitarist, singer and songwriter of the American punk rock trio Minutemen, born on this day in 1958 in San Pedro, California, and died in a traffic accident in 1985 at the age of 27

📸 Naomi Petersen

#punkrock #dboon #minutemen #history #punkrockhistory #otd