Why do the Japanese like their buns askew (2026)

Listen I thought I knew how complicated doors could get but look at that door. Look at all the metal bits and little wiggly things. Very impressive door.

Make It Myself xkcd.com/3233/

thomas points out that claude code does "sentiment analysis" in the same extremely sophisticated way we did it in 2008 for the twitter zeitgeist tool we built for pepsico's sxsw experience

For the first time ever, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will stream the two opening songs of the Springsteen & E Street Land of Hope & Dreams American Tour kickoff in Minneapolis — live and free at approximately 7:30 p.m. CT tonight!

one of the under-discussed problems with genAI is the stole the definition of Vibe Coding from this

Best sign from the March 28th protest in downtown Cleveland 🃏

If you don't want GitHub Copilot trained on your code, you've been automatically opted in. You have until April 24th to opt out.

I never thought I'd be excited to read threads on men's fashion, but Derek's takes are always interesting, well-researched and sourced, and ooze his care for his work

Kagi Translate has launched “LinkedIn Speak”, allowing users to turn simple updates into satirical corporate posts with short sentences emphasizing personal growth, reflection, and achievement, and including hashtags and emojis for complete parody. alternativeto.net/news/2026/3...

DANG this is absolutely gorgeous

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Star Wars: "We don't serve their kind in here." Me, a child: rude! Let the droids in! Me, a teen: ah, this is a metaphor for racial segregation and slavery. Me, an adult: ah, droids don't drink so it is his business to manage his space. Me, now: YES! KICK THEM OUT! BURN THE JOB STEALING AI!

Jesus when he comes back to Earth:

the vibes so far in 2026

But putting all of that aside... $100k revenue is *nothing* in the context of making games $100k revenue = roughly $50k to the dev, after Valve's cut + taxes How many multi-person studios do you know that could survive after making $50k from their game launch? Not many!!

Cos graph is going up, right? So it must be good! But hang on... it says "5,863 games". It does *not* say, "5,863 games that launched in 2025". So what it's actually saying, is that of the nearly 150,000 games available on Steam, 5,863 of them (4% of them) made $100k in revenue in 2025.

I try not to do ranty threads anymore, but man, this Valve GDC graph has just rubbed me up unbelievably badly This was presented as a good thing - "more games are finding success!" -- when actually the data has just been presented in a tricksy way to make it look like everything is fine

I spent 4 months trying to answer a simple question: has this book been translated into my language? Turns out no one tracks this. Not ISBN registries. Not Amazon. Not Google. Not libraries. So I built a tool that crosses four databases to piece it together. zenodot.app

One of my favourite sides of politics/media.

The way that the original PCjr release of King's Quest (1984) draws and then 'paints in' each scene element in the same way that golf games and graphic text adventures often do due to technical limitations is very pleasing to watch.

The birthright citizenship IS an easy case. That’s the point. That’s the flex. “No matter what rights you think you have, no matter how universally acknowledged you think they are, no matter how central to American values those rights are, WE decide whether or not you have those rights”…… /1

There are two different Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade NES games; one published by Taito, the other by UbiSoft. (Doesn't help that their boxes look so similar!) @darklordzagato.bsky.social has mapped both of them! See them on VGMaps.com: vgmaps.com/Atlas/NES/in... vgmaps.com/Atlas/NES/in...

Oh hey, this sounds familiar encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/t...

I actually got warned off using the word "fascism" multiple times when writing the press copy for the game we're announcing in a few weeks, too! I ended up leaning in harder instead, to avoid any confusion Funding machines resist self-critique, the only way to avoid it is self-funding smaller art

Yeah, that line stuck out to me, too. Like... right there, the paper is editorializing and framing this as if trans people aren't actually a thing. Just people who "identify as transgender."

When you put it like this, a $75 million bribe to Melania and gutting the Washington Post seems like a small price to pay.

Something about the Commodore64 sound chip just tickles my brain (probably nostalgia, if I'm being brutally honest). The music just sounds so GOOD to me!

1981 Williams Hyperball ⚡️ arcade game (it’s not exactly a pinball machine). 5,000 units produced. Designed by Steve Ritchie with art by Seamus McLaughlin. As seen at Past Times Arcade in Girard, Ohio. Continued… #pinball #arcade #1980s #hyperball #classicarcade

YES, this thread puts into words a lot of the reasons I think I haven't gelled with AI coding, but couldn't articulate. I especially like Friction sometimes helps me realize the idea is actually bad Often I'll create some interface/API/etc, start using it, and go "...huh, *this sucks* to use."

Bookmarking this video for the next time someone claims that science communication can’t be engaging unless it’s about an inherently exciting topic or made personally relevant to people’s lives

[intense guttural screaming]

This is exactly the kind of thing the internet / social media is for.

The drunk uncle theory. You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there

The CBC made this clever & cute video that uses kids to explain the rules of curling:

I'm excited to release Just the Browser! It helps you remove AI features, ads, shopping integrations, and other annoyances from desktop web browsers. This project includes configuration files, a simple setup script, and guides for manual installation. It supports Chrome, Firefox, and MS Edge.

It's everywhere, man youtu.be/mEVl0NS0vu8 (via @metafilter.bsky.social) (Also the filmmakers say no "AI" was actually used in the short)

One of my favorite old-school tables, was in the restaurant my mom worked at. Satisfying left-right alternating ramps, very clear call-to-action (pick up 5 passengers) & mechanism when figuring out the pinball table's goals could often only be done by reading the tiny paragraph at the bottom-left

The No ICE in Minnesota bundle has launched, raising funds for the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. Over 1400 items for $10.00! itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

this is incredibly frustrating. By framing this as a policy demand Dems are aiding a disinformation campaign that is intended to confuse the public about what is constitutionally required.

why we stop making computers look fresh

Yeah I’m looking for my dog (girlfriend who has a restraining order against me and she has a dog) and here’s the picture of the dog (she walks this dog and I can use it to figure out her schedule) thanks for sending all footage my way

Someone on reddit said the Sonic 1 title screen was off center I couldn't believe it, so I checked on my own copy of the game, and IT ACTUALLY IS OFF CENTER Even without counting the overscan, which would be hidden on a CRT, it still is off center by like ~2cm on my screen I CAN'T UNSEE THIS NOW D:

From the magical Goldilocks Zone between the original "generic beige box" times, and modern "generic black box" computers