It's really incredible that so many people fell for normal companies acting like software start-ups. That anyone thought wool shoes were going to go up in value like a payment app is very funny.

"The 45-second film, made around 1897, was the first appearance on film of what might be called a robot" HELL. YES.

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

One of my favorite side projects this year was my story for @technologyreview.com about the history of the Armatron robotic toy. I had one as a kid, and it is a miracle of mechanical engineering. I got to interview its inventor, retired toy designer Hiroyuki Watanabe. ter.li/JKeegan (gift link)

listen, we gotta live. we have to outlast them. we have to turn their graves into trans inclusive toilets.