Rewatched Ambulance the other night. - it’s my favorite Michael Bay film by a wide margin - the drone photography rules - if it was 15-30 minutes shorter, it would be truly excellent

I got to see David Byrne play tonight in Austin, and it was spectacular, and life affirming. Music is good, y’all.

E-bikes rule, their widespread availability is a completely transformative technology.

BITTER EVERYDAY

More seriously: In the Earth Again completely fucking rips chatpile.bandcamp.com/album/in-the...

[shiny future meme] The world if Chat Pile recorded with an acoustic drum kit

This jaw-dropping article discusses TxDOT's recent statements in support of public transit across Texas. Happy Monday, y'all! www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/t...

Tenet gets better every time I watch it.

Personally, I find the time the sun rises is vastly less important than the time it sets. Neither of Bryan’s examples resonate as problematic for me, but the difference between a 6pm sunset and a 5pm one is significant.

It’s basically Deep Space Nine.

New parent pro tip: go to therapy

Update on this: pick up that knife!!!

House of Dynamite has about 45 minutes worth of (pretty excellent) movie, but unfortunately it takes 2 hours.

Basketball is very good

I’ve been distracted, so I’m late to the game here: the new Wednesday is fucking sick. Early standout for me is “Wound Up Here (By Holdin On)” wednesdayband.bandcamp.com/album/bleeds

I have a rule of thumb: if @steveklabnik.com likes something, I will probably like that thing.

I’ve been on a serious “espionage” kick the last month or so, reading a ton of Le Carré. Two thoughts: - Slow Horses is so fucking good - We were robbed of a Gary Oldman “Smiley’s People”

If I hadn’t quit working for salesforce in disgust years ago, I sure would be doing so today. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

I’ve recently learned that if you binge watch The Pitt you get: 1. a medical degree, and 2. an anxiety disorder

The new @porcelainatx.bsky.social songs are the best yet, can’t wait for LP2.

Alien earth is pretty fun so far. 1. The eyeball monster is _gross_ 2. Whoever came up with the “/ | \” title sequence back in the 70’s really knocked it out of the park

The new @pile.bsky.social record has some completely sick guitar tones. A++ pile.bandcamp.com/album/sunshi...

no, yeah, everything's fine...why do you ask? www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Quite unimpressed with this. Leaving was good! Why would you come back, having extracted exactly zero concessions?

A reasonable and centrist position on trans people in sports would be that trans people should be able to compete in sports.

Announcing austinsystems.org, a meetup anyone who wants to learn more about how software works. We'll meet in-person every month. First meeting is August 19th. Hope to see you there!

“Perhaps worst of all, it’s not clear why this is happening or how to avoid it.” … Cool. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Episode 5 of Death Stranding 2 is the most impressive visual experience I’ve ever seen in a video game.

Not sure if I should be proud or ashamed.

*hasn’t yet revived

This game completely rules. The original might be my favorite game ever, and the sequel seems like an improvement on every front.

I've never understood Cursor as either a product or business model. They have exactly zero moat, and seem like they are doing essentially free UX research for microsoft. Also it is bad?

Real

Finals MVP TJ McConnell???

Very impressive first half from the pacers. Except for the (awful, horrible, gut wrenching) injury, this has been an excellent game so far.

9 points in 5 minutes is a pretty good start for Halliburton

Tragicomic irony: the tweet is likely understood to be complimentary by its subject and his supporters.

I don’t want any new features for Arc. I don’t use spaces, or boosts, or automatic folders, and I don’t care about any of the AI features. The full screen page rendering, command bar, and split windows are life changing, and I cannot live without them. browsercompany.substack.com/p/letter-to-...

I’m glad we got the full seven games of Thunder Nuggets. Not only was it truly magnificent basketball, it is also supremely satisfying to say out loud.

Flooding killed

I fucking love bands

Proun yearns so hard. prountx.bandcamp.com/album/podium

HELL YEAH

Sounds like they are _completely_ nailing the adaptation then!

This kid gets it.

Love to see the Grizzlies wearing the throwback Vancouver jerseys while dismantling the Mavs.

New Big Brave day!

Recently completed a re-watch of The Expanse. High level take: the setting is amazing, the plot is mediocre.