This is like watching a really crappy used car salesman try to convince me to come on down to the lot.

JOKES ON US - dashare.zone ADMIN

Visited my childhood mall, and now there's a place where you can play with goats?

This Avatar Fire & Ash Ikran bucket is ridiculous. I need it.

I struggle with taking direct action. But I've been unexpectedly fulfilled by being, of all things, treasurer of the PTA. We're directly supporting the school, kids, and families. I'm not the big idea person there, and that's ok. I smooth out logistics and make their work possible.

Seeing this garbage held out as “good design” because it has large sans serif type is farcical. It’s an insult to designers, it’s an insult to people who build with thought and care, and it’s an insult to your intelligence as a consumer of websites.

This tweet from Big Balls says the new “Tech Force” website is their first using the “America Design System.” Here are just a few reasons why that sucks. 🧵

Anytime the Trump admin says they are doing some design thing, here is what they are doing: removing accessibility. Designs that work for fewer Americans is their explicit goal.

A font that works for dyslexic people *really is* DEI -- it is Inclusion. Trump personally ordered all government documents to use fonts that work less well for dyslexic people, explicitly because it is DEI. A hugely costly change for no purpose other than exclusion.

In line for Grinch meet and greet in the passholder section. VIP tours keep coming up. Grinch goes “these people are cutting you because they’re rich! You have to wait because you’re poor! On 3, boo them!” Amazing

"North Carolina is the only state in the country expected to enter the new year without a state budget" and they won't even consider it til April. This isn't a D/R conflict. It's 2 Republican halves of the legislature unable to get along. Shamefully dysfunctional. dailytarheel.com/article/city...

Using AI to generate "new ideas" is unlikely to get you out of a local maxima/hole you've societally dug for yourself thanks to systems, incentives, and psychology, never mind coordination problems.

Google now displays AI summaries of Reddit pages in their results. I hate it, don't need it, and can't turn it off. Finding Reddit discussions is the last thing Google's good at. Stop it.

Finished rewatching Andor season 1, compelled to share Nemik's manifesto. youtu.be/-asb8zTiuZ4?...

This Disney-OpenAI deal is breaking my brain. It's not OpenAI paying for the right to use Disney characters, it's Disney paying THEM. All OpenAI does is give Disney access to its API so that they can use ChatGPT and Sora to replace their animators, other employees, and 3rd party contractors.

the press photos in the Disney / OpenAI announcement are just the dumbest things. Who wants to watch this? Who's excited? What possible context would make this an attractive way to spend my limited free time?

deep sigh

I always kind of assumed this was happening, but seeing it spelled out with data and research is something else. Sorry for the clickbait video title, but Consumer Reports and More Perfect Union teamed up to investigate dynamic grocery pricing. Instacart is the worst www.youtube.com/watch?v=osxr...

I think I figured out how to repair a longstanding fridge water dispenser problem for $~15 in parts, and I'm PSYCHED.

Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.

These are the amazing suggestions for how I should remix the screenshot of news that my parents sent me. What a complete and utter waste of time.

In the default app for Messaging on Android, when you try to view an image at full size it now prompts you to "remix" the image with AI before you can see it full screen. Every. Single. Time. One of the worst UI decisions they've ever made, and indicative of where the company/platform is going.

on the E.T. ride at Univesal Studios, you give them your name and E.T. says goodbye to you at the end. apparently he says over 20,000 names. (no cabel of course. he called me charles.) anywayyyy I took a picture of the E.T. name computer. and there's one possible name I can't stop thinking about…

16 years later, The Protomen's Act III album is complete! And it's Bandcamp Friday, so they keep more of the sale today: theprotomen.bandcamp.com/album/act-ii...

they’re not missing the point, you’re missing theirs

My top five artists for the year are all from various Tron soundtracks, and I'm very proud of myself.

Worth a hike to see this one on the big screen

Casting a tiny rant into the void: Got a new Toyota, and it's a solid car as always. But their touchscreen UI is god-awful, I'm not convinced they've ever talked to an actual user. Circular logic just to get devices connected, poor documentation, unorganized menus, confusing labels, it's got it all.

My one and only product recommendation post today. I bought a Shield in January 2017, and it's been running our home Plex server ever since without complaint. It's an incredible little device.

This is the most interesting Star Wars book I've ever read. Another recommendation for fans of Andor in particular

"Your four-by-four wouldn’t last two seconds in a naval battle with a German U-boat. But Cybertruck would. And that last one is a realistic scenario for Cybertruck because our CEO said it can be used as a boat."

harold's auto center, horizontal view, sinclair gas station, route 19, spring hill, florida, 1979

This SO TRUE--UNC has failed its students, with only a handful of folks (thanks @aaup.org, SUNRISE, TransparUNCy, our Faculty and SBP, plus our Staff leaders) speaking up.

Spotted a wild @atariarchive.org today at @limitedrungames.com

A personal and sincere FU to the design trend of requiring emailed codes to log into things. I have a perfectly robust password manager, thank you very much. Give me the option!

local parents facebook group is a surreal mix of posts about coordinating ICE resistance and posts asking for recommendations of the best Santa to go see. The multitudes are getting really hard to contain.

BREAKING: Federal agents detained at least three people in Durham on Tuesday, chasing them through a shopping center parking lot as stores locked down and shoppers fled.

This is one of my favorite trivia facts about Disney World: Nixon's "I am not a crook" moment happened in a ballroom at the Contemporary Resort.

The Mask of Fear is down to $1.99 on various ebook platforms. If you're a Star Wars fan who especially enjoyed Andor, this is for you. www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Ma...

We've been shopping for a new car. Had been talking to a Hendrick dealership, but learned today that they're providing SUVs to ICE in Charlotte. I'm happy they decided to help us so easily take one off our list of where to buy from.

All these folks popping out of the woodwork to tell me to just download or pirate a movie I want a physical copy of. Babes, I was forged in the fires of Napster. I do not need to be taught about pirating media. I am an Old Millenial. I have seen it all.

Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming before vanishing day to all those who celebrate.

This is the most egregiously stupid and negligent product design I've ever seen. I've been slowly coming around to the idea that conversational AI can have some productive niches in society. But then I see something like this, and I'm back to zero. Burn it all down.

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considering buying a car, trying to get info from dealers, and it's all AI bots replying to me. Dumb ones, too. This is hell.

Do they think they're playing 4D chess? Do they still not realize the board & table got flipped over ages ago?

P.S. The McRib is back!

[Werner Herzog voice] Actually, the McRib never goes away. It is we who are here for a limited time.

Pluribus has some real phone numbers to interact with, and one signs you up for future text messages. Good stuff! But imagine my disappointment when that number just sent me an ad for the show.