Reporting back on Jonah Tong's Maple Syrup Grilled Cheese situation. The bed head is a paid actor.

I love me some Factorio, but it's pretty undeniable that you are not the good guy in that universe. Would love to see any of the angles described in this thread, some really cool ideas.

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

BBQ sauce can be good, vinegar is tasty, but if they're hot and crispy I'm also fine with just the salt that came on them

Played basketball with cousins and am reeaallllyy feeling like a dad in his mid 30s who tried to play basketball

Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up. I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.

Before the Pandemic, I regularly attended the First Unitarian Society of Denver. It's a grand old stone building, which had one stained glass window that has been moved to the lobby and backlit to preserve it. Interestingly for a non-Christian space, it depicts a biblical scene: the Good Samaritan.

This is the funniest shit I have ever seen. He kicks the dude in the beans and then mocks him

oh brother, another bad post from political influencer beltway brian. i am furious at beltway brian all of the time. i share screencaps of beltway brian's posts with people who have no idea who he is. i hate all of beltway brian's posts and i read all of them every single day, including weekends

"La, a note to follow So" was complete bullshit by the way

DO YOU KNOW HOW BAD THINGS ARE WHEN JAZZ MUSICIANS DECIDE *NOT* TO SHOW UP FOR A GIG?

This will have you getting genuinely emotional over the fate of a nearly 200 year old cable resting at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

There's something uniquely satisfying about a ratcheting socket wrench, it makes me feel like I'm some kind of actual mechanic. That it's being used to assemble a little pink bicycle only slightly takes away from the image.

Had yet another brief moment where AI seemed to be useful for a second (giving some insight on how to use ffmpeg) before giving all that time back by being subtly wrong followed by misinterpreting the error message that it caused

It’s not really Christmas until Maker Secret Santa comes out! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBsfTOjKcQe_slfTHPbb-gyBOjDGiLl2j&si=bUT8MZwhxPd_dHjJ

Alt text is incredibly useful for sighted folks too. * It helps me understand the reference if I don't recognize the image you're posting * It makes the image searchable * It gives you many more characters in which to express your rapier wit Use alt text!

Long thread, but very good read.

I just finished watching this, and I think they might have had my 2 favorite challenges of the season in the same episode. The third one was pretty good too! Just a really great episode all around.

Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.

One of these days I'd love to cross a finish line in a manner other than a limp or crawl. Two more work days until Christmas vacation...

I see this argument made all the time and it's embarrassing for CCDH to keep making it, because it's a lie. Section 230, what they're talking about, does not give anyone a "get out of jail free" card. It simply puts the liability on the party who actually engaged in the violative behavior.

IT'S HAPPENING

Another way to restart the world’s idea machine is to restore funding and grants to universities, researchers, and artists.

Timeline cleanser: Sammy Sosa was one of my favorite baseball players when I was a kid. This was a gift for my EW Secret Santa recipient this year, but I’d been meaning to do a piece of Sosa for years.

In case there was any doubt: McSweeney's is the best

Just heard Don't Threaten Me with a Good Time by P!ATD for the first time in probably 10 years and... that's Rock Lobster. How did I never notice the very obvious Rock Lobster sample in this song. Past-Jeremy needs to get his crap together.

Is "Person of the Year" meant to be an honor? "The architects of AI" kind of were the defining characters of 2025, even if there's a good chance that's not actually a good thing for the rest of us.

Researchers have found two new vulnerabilities in React Server Components while attempting to exploit the patches last week. These are new issues, separate from the critical CVE last week. The patch for React2Shell remains effective for the Remote Code Execution exploit.

I really need to get better at using feeds on here. Like I don't want to unfollow certain political accounts that reskeet 40 times/day, but there's some very funny people that post once/day and get 20 likes, and I'd like to make that 21.

I see you, Clues By Sam

Dear Dropbox: My storage has been sitting at around 110/140 GB used for probably at least the last 5 years now. I'm barely adding to it at all, and it is not "almost full" by any reasonable definition. Please stop sending me notifications trying to sell me upgrades that I don't want.

Watched this when it went up on Patreon (look for me in the credits!), and I'm 100% going to watch it again on YouTube because it's just that good. Informative while also being funny and entertaining on a topic I wouldn't have thought to look into myself. In other words, it's a Jon Bois video.

It would appear we just might be so back

Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.

This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.

Well, it didn't save anyone from overwork, and it used enough energy to power a small city, but at least the end product is one of the most soul-crushingly bleak messages I think I've ever seen in an advertising campaign

As always, @hankgreen.bsky.social with a really fantastic attempt to be reasonable and thoughtful and just informed enough to outpace 99% of the population. When I grow up I wanna be Hank. youtu.be/H_c6MWk7PQc?...

I would love to see this take off across the country. I have FiOS at home, which compared to the alternatives has been pretty good, but I'd drop it in a heartbeat for a publicly or community-owned alternative like the one described here.

Had a nice moment remembering that Buttersafe exists today when they apparently fixed their RSS feed and everything suddenly showed up in my feed reader. The fact that this is the one that resonated with me the most probably isn't a great sign, though. www.buttersafe.com/2025/09/18/e...

The Guy Teams Were Willing To Face After Intentionally Walking Barry Bonds has now been elected to the Hall of Fame over Barry Bonds

perils of structuring your political beliefs according to political winds and issue polls

This series was an absolute treat, everybody mark your calendars for Tuesday

One of these days I'm going figure out how to trick my brain into thinking writing planning documents is interesting and I'm going to be unstoppable

this saga is inspiring amazing writing from everyone except the people involved

@molly.wiki heads up that there's been a couple of TikTok accounts that appear to be imitating you and tried to follow me recently, molly0xff and molly0xffff. I tried to report them to TikTok with the "imitating a celebrity" option, but couldn't get your real account to come up in the search.

Good to know it's still occasionally possible to pass laws without them being part of an annual budget shutdown crisis

Here’s a question I get a lot: > “Now that AI can generate front-end UIs for us, what’s the point of learning CSS ourselves?” I think there are lots of reasons, including that you can use AI much more effectively if you understand CSS yourself. But is that actually true? Let’s discuss. 🧵

[observing someone’s obsessive passion project] wow i really like whatever’s wrong with that guy

When I was looking around for a self hosted media server a few years ago, I ended up deciding against Plex, just getting a sense that they seemed to be moving more and more towards chasing profit and pushing their paid services. Sorry to see them continue to prove me right, but I've loved Jellyfin!

So do theaters always show ads in addition to previews now? I had an 11:30 showtime and they didn't even start the normal 15-20 minutes of previews until 11:40. Just a giant block of commercials one after another. I miss the terrible movie trivia.