Can't believe our tax dollars are going to be spent settling the upcoming exorbitant defamation suit with Sabrina Carpenter, but maybe this is just how public arts funding is going to work now.

after nearly a year of covering mostly what gets labeled a Trump administration “distraction”—threatening immigrants and trans people; empowering white nationalists —you know what if (what if), that being what Trump ran on and what Trump is doing, this is the actual substance of the Trump presidency

Exactly. It's disingenuous to call it a purity test to say "You shouldn't be beholden to right-wing billionaires pushing right-wing policies and right-wing candidates." newrepublic.com/article/2039...

Good article but why do they never mention that Sacks, Musk and Thiel are all white men from apartheid South Africa

“It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in a country where virtue and knowledge prevail.” ~Attributed to Samuel Adams. Image: Samuel Adams portrait by John Singleton Copley. Public domain.

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This is exactly right

“Although we all have 350 to 400 types of odor receptor, only about half of them are common to all people. That means that we don’t smell the same things.” — Bill Bryson, The Body

Easy DIY Book Lamp for Kids (11+) and adults: www.voltpaperscissors.com/diybooklamp "I invented this DIY book lamp to introduce children to electronics. I use it in STEM education, but it turns out to be a fun project for adults too."

Grid Paper: grid-paper.daverupert.com "Super convenient way to print out a (customizable) grid. Handy!"

Welcome Pickups: www.welcomepickups.com "via Cool Tools"

Meets Zohran on Friday, dressing like an East Village poet who wrote something called "A Fairest Autumn" by Saturday.

Megyn Kelly Anxiously Waits For Everyone Else To Start Condoning Pedophilia Too

Kind doesn’t mean you have to be nice and being angry doesn’t mean you’re irrational.

What if color harmonies were a continuum? Not fixed rules, and you could glide through them just by interpolating?

This is a man whose wife was SHOT IN THE HEAD having to act even-keeled when the President of the United States tries to incite violence against him. Trump has to go, right now.

Under the district+circuit three-judge panel procedure for redistricting cases, there's no appeal to the 5th Circuit on this, only direct to SCOTUS. The filing deadline for candidates is in 20 days.

Introducing Google Antigravity: antigravity.google/blog/introdu... "An AI-Assisted Software Development"

It's a revealing moment... J.D. Vance welcomes a two-legged robot helping on the job site. But if that helper is a person named Jose, he calls it a threat. Same tasks, same productivity boost. The inconsistency reveals this isn’t about economics.

"The man who runs naked across a football field certainly disrupts, but he does not change the rules of the game. The whole…"–Timothy Snyder www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_...

Improving frontend design through Skills: www.claude.com/blog/improvi... "Best practices for building richer, more customized frontend design with Claude and Skills."

ARIatHOME: daverupert.com/2025/11/aria... "*This is fantastic and uplifting.* Huge shout out to Dave Rupert for introducing some much needed art into my day."

"Sometimes institutions are deprived of vitality and function, turned into a simulacrum of what they once were, so that…"–Timothy Snyder www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_...

This is the easiest case for understanding gerrymandering. Salt Lake City, in the center of the state, is the only Dem leaning area in Utah. So GOPers divided the state into 4 districts, radiating out from SLC, cutting it into four quadrants, preventing the city from electing a Rep of their choice.

What the hell are we doing?

Trump threw another lavish party as his DOJ asked the Supreme Court to stop it from being forced to pay food stamps for 40 million Americans. Yes, this is *different* from last week’s Gatsby party. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-hosts-...

Tariff rate on China is still something like 45%, fyi

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Sadly relevant everyday

Someone want to tell Mikey here that 86% of all SNAP benefits go to households that include a child, an elderly person, or a person with disabilities? Or that almost 40% of SNAP recipients are children? And that Whites account for 37% of SNAP recipients?

Adding AVIF and WebP Support to My Craft CMS Site: matthiasott.com/notes/adding... "Matthias Ott is an independent user experience designer and web design engineer from Stuttgart, Germany. He also teaches Interface Prototyping at the Muthesius…"

Soooo...he lied. The White House is demolishing the entirety of the East Wing to make way for President Trump’s $200 million ballroom, a construction project that is far more extensive than he initially let on, a senior administration official said on Wednesday. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...

Actions For Obsidian: actions.work/actions-for-... "40+ Shortcuts actions for your Obsidian Notes"

Whimsical Animations: whimsy.joshwcomeau.com "Learn how to create charming interactions and delightful touches using the magic of CSS, JavaScript, SVG, and Canvas. I’m sharing all my tricks in this one!"

I guess “tried to strong arm an unconstitutional change in spending” is too hard to spell.

A Treatise on AI Chatbots Undermining the Enlightenment: maggieappleton.com/ai-enlighten... "On chatbot sycophancy, passivity, and the case for more intellectually challenging companions. Via Dave Rupert"

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What a crock of shit from Marc Benioff — who appears willfully ignorant of news and facts and so thirsty for approval and attention from the Trump tech bros (who in the past mocked him relentlessly) that he is soiling himself in public www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

A pragmatic guide to modern CSS colours - part one: piccalil.li/blog/a-pragm... "Whether you've got a firm grasp on modern CSS colour capabilities, or you're thinking 'I struggle to understand why I should use modern CSS…"

PRITZKER: "I genuinely think there is something wrong with him. I wish that his family would intervene, because I do think he needs mental health help."

In the US, "Christian" is often just a euphemism for "white and racist." Because again, the data shows that in the US, Hispanic folk attend church more frequently than white folk. 🤡 And Black folk attend church more often than Hispanic folk. Black folk attend church more than any other race. 🤡🤡

When Color Meets Constraints: A Guide to Brand–Product Collaboration: www.designsystemscollective.com/when-color-m... "When Color Meets Constraints: A Guide to Brand–Product Collaboration I’ve been through a few rebrands…"

Debugging Leadership: debuggingleadership.com/stdlib "Explore curated frameworks, templates, and guides for technical leadership. From 1:1 templates to architecture frameworks, find the tools you need to lead effectively."

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance. Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn. We have been sent here to fight for people.

Claude Desktop extension with bundled MCP Server for Bear app: github.com/vasylenko/cl... "Claude Desktop extension with bundled MCP Server for Bear note taking app - vasylenko/claude-desktop-extension-bear-notes"

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes: interestingengineering.com/science/chin... "Neat! The adhesive could eliminate the need for screws and metal fasteners."