Sage

@sageolson
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Not a plant, nor a wise man.
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pronounshe, him
I’ve come to the realization that when I recite Fifty Nifty United States in my head, I now drop 2 states
@atpfm I enjoy how SpeechTranscriber messed up @siracusa’s telling of the how SpeechTranscriber messed up
Tom Scott: England — I helped break a 142-year-old bell, and that's okay.

In Leicestershire, at the John Taylor Bell Foundry, there's fire, sledgehammer swinging, and metal hotter than a volcano. Also, several questions about cheese.

Nebula

Well, I have now been quoted calling SpaceX "fuckweasels" in a real publication by real journalists: https://au.pcmag.com/ai/116598/spacex-to-start-small-with-1-million-satellite-plan-pushes-back-on-critics

I guess I am proud of myself? (They are, indeed, fuckweasels, for their complete lack of care for the atmosphere that we all depend on, as well as not caring about Kessler Syndrome, or light pollution, or smashing people on the ground...)

SpaceX To Start Small With 1 Million Satellite Plan, Pushes Back On Critics

The company's rebuttal to the FCC mentions launching orbital data center constellation in phases, and studying potential atmospheric impacts. SpaceX also threw plenty of shade at Amazon.

PCMag Australia
ship it

@hotdogsladies @alexcox Have you seen earlier videos of Claudia Winkleman

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/h7me5ewyBsI

1996: CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN talks CHAT-UP LINES | GOOD MORNING WITH ANNE AND NICK | BBC Archive

YouTube
The MacBook Neo is such an interesting machine that it coaxed a thousand-word-essay out of me: https://samhenri.gold/blog/20260312-this-is-not-the-computer-for-you/
“This Is Not The Computer For You” · Sam Henri Gold

Sam Henri Gold is a product design engineer building playful, useful software.

@siracusa @hotdogsladies Just saw this ad.
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If you also hate the new “Most relevant” section on your YouTube Subscriptions page, I have some CSS you can use:

ytd-two-column-browse-results-renderer[page-subtype="subscriptions"]
ytd-rich-grid-renderer > #contents > ytd-rich-section-renderer:nth-of-type(2) {
display: none !important;
}