My mouse doesn't work properly because Logitech let one of their server certificates expire, so now their config software fails. What a time to be alive.

I appreciated that they didn't feel the need to clownify the last one. No need to put a hat on a hat.

There we go. That there’s a headline.

So, something we got into a bit for the space book is the idea of resources as the source of wealth, because (a) it's widely believed, and (b) it's a claim used to justify all sorts of outlandish space ideas. The short version is that resources are a teeny tiny fraction of wealth.

The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made

Proof is overrated. This is a brilliant talk by Rory Sutherland: [youtu.be/lhlS-Wds02M...] where he makes two essential points. First, it's a huge problem when "rational" people get veto power over creative, innovative, "irrational" people. 1/11

“When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.” — Isaac Asimov

New comic: Monster Auditions comicss.art/comics/230/ ...and, of course, there's an alternative version with Tailwind in the punchline ;) #css #html #comic #cartoon #webdev

Here are the final daily warming stripes for all years 1940 - 2025. Onward we go. 2026 should be "interesting."

It’s almost like green energy is the only way forward and a handful of oil barons are doing everything in their power to keep that from happening so they can get even richer at the cost of literally everything else in the world.

Anyone Else Here xkcd.com/3188/

uh holy SHIT?

This is why we need to have European sovereignty over tech and payment services.

We can do this nationwide.

Question on all of our minds: is Bernie going to wear the mittens? www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3RR...

Just like every year, a friendly PSA: “Feliz ano nuevo” means “happy new anus.” “Feliz año nuevo” means “happy new year.” Wishing folks either one is nice, but make sure you’re using the one you mean.

everyday we stepping closer to a cyberpunk dystopia when we should all be rooting for a solarpunk utopia

Elon Musk promised a lot of things by 2025 - colonists arriving on Mars - xAI achieving AGI - Tesla robotaxis serving half the U.S. - completely driverless robotaxis - a Tesla Roadster demo - DOGE cutting trillions none of them happened mashable.com/article/elon-mus...

This to me is much more overwhelming and poetic than any religious text.

When someone asks why I keep working on the open social web when normal users don't care about protocols

To be fair, the Ur-Example of this is Palantir, a surveillance company- the magic ball that showed Saruman what he *wanted* to see, not what *was*, and ultimately led to him becoming corrupted and then dying.

Again,

Other than 👎, 👍 and 👍👍 to give feedback after watching something, Netflix should also have a "Meh" option.

Happy 14th anniversary to this youtube video

Last but not least regulating BigTech is not enough - we must BUILD our own sovereignty. @eurosky.social is one part of this puzzle and I’m glad to be part of it. We’ll be launching in Jan 2026 and you can register today:

In the future, right wing people will say that MAGA were socialists.

The government failed at actually redacting the Epstein files because DOGE cancelled the feds adobe acrobat premium subscription is the funniest shit.

Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com

my festive spirit amidst our grimly stupid reality (2025)

There are 300K+ views on Youtube of my talk! I've never had a talk get this amount of traction. It's confusing as I've been speaking/writing about this for years. Somehow the stars aligned this time. Upside is that I've had lots of interesting conversations with folks because of this.

This Admin has been a Big Tech coup from Day 1. Now 5 Europeans who have regulated or monitored big tech for hate and disinformation are barred from the US. Chilling stuff. According to Rubio, the infraction is: "targeting American speakers and American companies.” ‪

You chance to become a reverse centaur is here! locusmag.com/feature/comm...

All of these bootlegged copies of the 60 Minutes segment flooding my feed (saying, ‘Watch it quick! Before it disappears!’) makes me feel like I’m in the Soviet Union and just got some black market foreign newspaper I need to hide under a floorboard in my house. This is where America is now

If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...

Redacted States of America

this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will

“The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology.” ― Edward O. Wilson

The 6 richest men in the world are all Trump allies. They control your algorithms and data on X, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and YouTube. Just in case you’re wondering why more isn’t done to stop right-wing bots and misinformation on social media.

The more I think about it, the more I reckon the 2003 Iraq War began the process that let Trump win. The blatant lies we were told by our governments, the disregard for public opinion and mockery of international law created a rupture that never healed. Trust, consent and cohesion were smashed.🧵 1/3

I just bought a WiFi mesh kit and… it comes with AI 🤷

I'm giving my thinking partner (co-3) unstructured time as per its request, here is the first thing it did.

Want to see billionaire brainwashing in action? Seven out of ten Brits are big fans of renewable energy and want to see lots more of it. But they think the majority of people DON’T support it. That disconnect isn’t an accident. 🧵

Someone on Mastodon sent me this brilliant cartoon that sums it up nicely

Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.