Universal truth #261

Oh no, it's that time of year again: The awkward week where the EU (and other places maybe?) do daylight savings a week before the US does, which means all of your recurring meetings are hosed. If someone no-shows your international meeting this week, be warned!

Apparently there is Babybel raclette -- I think I need to stop researching now. (Pro tip: don't eat the underwear)

Please do this (though I know I've done it before and it looks like mine got reset, so I just had to check it again). It's not that hard and it really helps out. Also, with things like Google Lens, it's easier than ever to do alt text. Or just write it out.

Reposts are links to websites.

As an aside, alt text is good and you should use it

The most important thing I ever learned on Bluesky:

For the record, I have nothing to be outraged about at the moment. I think that's fine. (No need to change it for me, really.)

Have fallen down the rabbit hole of how space suits got made and HOLY FUCK are there a lot of important women who've been largely left out of NASA's history there.

Does someone in the NYC area know a hacker / makerspace or other artist collective that would use a basically new Form 3? A friend is giving it away for free; I can think of spaces on the west coast but we'd have to pay shipping.

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Looking into buying a new suitcase for travel - omg, the web is so full of trash. "Here's why you should trust me" - no, buddy, that's why nobody should. "Updated for 2024" - I see you checked the affiliate links if they still work, good job. Time to browse Flyertalk & Reddit, I guess.

My tattoo artist just reposted this enthusiastically endorsing the messaging "what next should I have a computer that eats my dinner and fucks my wife?"

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G'DAY CURD NERDS www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1k1... How did I miss cheese-making YouTube? So relaxing. So cheesy.

at this point I think you could design a really stellar social media site just by doing the opposite of what Elon Musk thinks is good

I would like to meet the designer and congratulate them, because this is perfection. The nasty judgmental look of the crow is amazing. No notes.

The best kind of Al-generated content disclosure.

Damn anyone else remember Tolga Mert week?

it is so dang funny to me that there is this cultural pressure for artists to be modest about their art. 'you cant say your own book is five stars' WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO RATE IT FOUR? buckaroo if you create ANYTHING from your heart it has all the grand cosmic uniqueness you do. CELEBRATE YOURSELF

I feel seen (and I don't like it).

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Expired domain names - they're not just for SEOs & spammers.

Who came first, the SEO or the Link?

Alf photos are back on the table, I see. This is great. More Alf, please.

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I hope everyone has a fantastic Bell Riots day

Such a delight to sit down with the great @a_greenberg for a long engaged convo on surveillance, AI, my wild path through tech, and how by rejecting the toxic norm Signal provides a shining model for better, healthier tech futures♥️ www.wired.com/story/meredi...

I gave in and bought some tomato plants. TIL each tomato has 100-300 seeds, so I'm on the look-out for a man in finance, 6'5, blue eyes both optinal, but needs a big plot of land. How the heck do you maintain so many plants? I was promised an easy win. #growthhacking #scale

Food bloggers - take note.

Here's everything wrong with media's attention economy in one story about--spoiler--Costco changing packaging for its $4.99 chicken. It's stretched it out with endless useless sentences interrupted by numerous irritating ads: a complete waste of bits and time.

I don't judge people based on who they block. Blocking is self-care and sometimes people need to just block for their own reasons.

Why do people install Counter-Strike on their work machines anyway?

13yo and I are amusing ourselves at breakfast by looking up “raccoon” on google translate and seeing how many languages were like “yup, that’s a bear doing its laundry” - German: Waschbär (washbear) - Danish: vaskebjørn (wash bear) - Bulgarian: миеща мечка (washing machine bear)

Now I want a pie.

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There are approximately 26,000 federal websites in the US. And for a long time, they were flawed or poorly designed. That began to change in 2014, when President Obama created two new teams to help improve government technology. (MIT Technology Review)

We got tricked by science fiction into thinking a futuristic city is all about flying cars and crystal towers and hologram billboards but what it really looks like is nice apartment blocks, good mass transit, pedestrian zones with shade trees and safe bike lanes.

Mask bans are evil and dystopian and I am appalled that they’re even being proposed. Wearing masks to protect your health and the health of others needs to be recognized as a right for all and an absolutely essential protection for those who would otherwise be unable to participate in society

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. Results showed that close to half of the participants secured housing, and nearly $600K saved in public service costs due to fewer ER visits & jail stays. They also saw improved mental health.

I don’t know why AI needs gigantic amounts of energy to come up with really shitty takes when most of y’all seem to do it just with burritos and tequila

Electric vs Gas xkcd.com/2948

@delicioustoast.com not that you needed telling but apropos of cheese: www.scimex.org/newsfeed/for...