tired: it's always DNS inspired: ICANN feel it coming in the air tonight

I feel like an alien sitting in meetings with my coworkers complaining about the possibility of losing parking spots around our building. I just sit in silence thinking about how we all have access to ride the bus for free and how much fun it is to ride my bike

If anyone already has a method for this please share!

Every intersection should have cameras that ticket drivers for “blocking the box”. Look at this absurdity. Doesn’t matter if the lights are red or green. Total free-for-all, do whatever you want, just days after a woman was gruesomely killed by a driver in similar gridlock.

So nice, so convenient, that automatic post deletion is just built into Mastodon. I mistakenly thought that Bluesky did the same thing. Now I'm on the hunt for something I can use to delete old posts on this site.

I went away for the weekend and while visiting family had a lot of very plain/bitter grocery store coffee. I came home today and had my specialty local light roast coffee for the first time in days and even these stuff that I had them grind well over a week ago was so heavenly and flavorful. 🤤

Don't be assholes when people post about the things that being them joy! You can mute, you can unfollow, you can even just... shut the fuck up! It's all quite simple.

University Blvd is a horrible stroad that runs through several DC suburbs and neighborhoods. @marylanddot.bsky.social needs to fix this. This kid shouldn't have had to cross 4 lanes of car traffic to go get a snack from 7-11. www.thebanner.com/community/lo...

“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

‘Nickname’ is not ‘nick’ + ‘name.’ It was originally ‘ekename.’ ‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.” Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it. Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'

It's fucking insane that the NYT did a profile on the nazi boy and now everyone and their fucking brother is having him on their show/podcast

When an entry-level Volvo can get to 60 mph quicker than a Porsche 911, and in the same time as a Ferrari, electric car makers need a reset. Read more: wrd.cm/3W2xAb1

Can’t wait to break Sinclair up. Corporate media consolidation doesn’t jibe with democracy. And although Sinclair isn’t a fan of democracy, most people are.

one thing I wish I’d known before I got raptured up to heaven is that they apparently don’t really keep track of sins anymore. I guess once global population hit ten million it just got unwieldy. as long as it’s not one of the “Big 5” you’re basically fine. I can’t tell you what those are though lol

What if today is the rapture but we are in the Good Place universe and nobody made the cut?

As a Baltimorean we are painfully aware of the presence of Sinclair in our city.

Disney's furious backtracking doesn't change the underlying problem but I am looking forward to Kimmel's opening monologue tomorrow night.

You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes. #romancelandia

Fun fact: surveying random Americans on their perception of crime is not actually how you measure crime.

"The driver of the car that caused the crash fled the scene and no arrests have been made."

"Lunch & Learn" is the most *galaxy brain* corporate idea in the history of the world. Literally zero people want to work during their lunch break.

Reject the notion that you need to be more efficient in your work

I'm so tired of having to hear executives obsess over AI

Just a reminder that if you ever visit an Atlas Restaurant Group location you are putting money in the evil Smith family's pockets

The Dish: Why Baltimore’s bakeries are quietly becoming pizza hot spots

I'm currently being prevented from getting logged into our baby shower registry because the "email a code" thing isn't emailing a code and I'm losing my mind. This shit is not the way JUST LET ME USE MY PASSWORD FFS

I like seeing safe streets and related topics covered by channels that don’t focus on urbanism

I kind of wish I could make everyone I know watch this video. It's obviously based in London and London seems to be a really good cycling city but so much of what he talks about resonates with me on an atomic level. youtu.be/Dmf6aEx09Oo?...

this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either

Senator Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland, endorsed Zohran Mamdani for mayor of New York City on Saturday and called on his party’s leadership to do the same, criticizing them for a delay that he said allowed President Trump to exploit Democratic divisions.

Happy Defenders Day, Baltimore. You're welcome for your continued existence, America. Always remember that DC got itself burned to the ground but Baltimore could not be conquered by the rockets' red glare or the bombs bursting in air.

On Wednesday when I told my wife about what happened, I started by asking her, "do you know who Charlie Kirk is?" And honestly I just envy how incredibly offline she is that I can't assume. Dear Reader, she only had a vague idea of who he was. "He's one of those far-right guys, right?"

West end of Mount Vernon Square part this beautiful afternoon.

Just to be blunt, if you want Wired and 404 and The Verge to employ reporters who understand the memes on bullet casings and can connect them to gaming culture while having the legal and support resources to deal with waves of harassment when we do it… you have to subscribe and pay for the work

In Columbia Heights D.C., memorial signs are going up for residents abducted by the state. (📸 Igor Bobic)

Authorities are still searching for the suspect in the shooting death of Charlie Kirk, mayor says.

GOP: Kids can't handle reading about Anne Frank Also, GOP: Kids need to see America's secret police hunting familes on the streets in broad daylight

Just a travesty that did nothing but destroy jobs and raise prices from start to finish www.theverge.com/news/773645/...

Not a great leap to go from killing civilians overseas to doing the same thing domestically.

Every once in a while I tell people from other countries about how the health insurance system works in the US and they are aghast. Yesterday a guy straight up didn’t believe me when I said people can die because of not being able to afford medicine. He was sure I meant in the distant past.

You ever get kicked in the head by a mule and then immediately write 3000 words about social media? Nate Silver has

my personal feeling is we should have a federal program that pays for every us citizen to spend one beautiful late summer day at the US open watching tennis

Find me a single person (besides an airline executive) who wants this.

Your occasional reminder that the 40-hour workweek is an arbitrary, anachronistic compromise between Henry Ford and Unions more than one hundred years ago, and has little relevance in a post-digital age. Happy Labor Day.

Television legend Stephen Colbert has just signed a $13.5 million deal with Netflix for a 7-episode series.

To be clear: this is yet another reason why many of these laws are so problematic. If people want to run fediverse instances of any size, the fact that costly age verification requirements could put them in legal jeopardy, is very bad. Regulators make laws as if every website is Facebook.

I've been exploring this small town in Michigan today. Here for a wedding that's happening tomorrow. Downtown is very cute (albeit would probably be doing better with at least one car-free street). I'm just walking back to the hotel and notice these mail boxes in the median of the street ✨America✨