Stranger Things 5 finale spoilers ahoy, but also great for those who have finished the season: collider.com/stranger-thi...

2026 Heinlein Society Scholarships Open locusmag.com/2026/01...

Los Angeles Fire Chief Jaime Moore admitted that his department’s after-action report on the Palisades fire was watered down to shield top brass from scrutiny. Read the full story here: www.latimes.com/california/s...

More info on Vietnam banning unskippable ads and ads with fake cancel buttons: www.neowin.net/news/unskipp...

The future Los Angeles depicted in Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash is an libertarian city-state in which government institutions have been sidelined and anarchocapitalism dominates. It's one of the most well-remembered cyberpunk depictions of the city.

And they'd do it again! (Please don't fact-check that allegation with the governor's office) www.popsci.com/environment/...

Comic Sans and Blackletter, I hope.

I hate it here right now. So much.

Twice in the last few months, @wired.com has reported on AI image generator startups that have left databases of images they create exposed. In both cases, the technology was being used for AI CSAM and harmful images of women. (The companies pulled their services when we got in touch)

Per slashdot (click through link appears to be in vietnamese) Vietnam is banning unskippable ads- Yay! yro.slashdot.org/story/26/01/...

Shasta Lake, the largest reservoir in California, rose more than 30 feet over the past two weeks as a series of winter storms pounded the state, according to state data.

@minakimes.bsky.social - Pavement playing in the Bay!

Remembering the quiet heroism of Daryl Davis, bluesman. dangerousminds.net/history/dary...

A pretty good list, tho there are a handful of movies I wouldn't really consider comedies at all on it. I'd probably have American Pie and There's Something about Mary, as well as some Belushi - Animal House and The Blues Brothers. Spinal Tap too. variety.com/lists/best-c...

Five years ago.

At least there are some CEO's and corporations with something resembling Integrity. popular.info/p/five-years...

#thebluesbrothers 🎥 BTS

Xitter is Godwin's Law incarnate.

"All right," said the hacker. "I'm in." "You hacked the Gibson?" "No. God no. But I got my deck onto the hotel wifi."

Want to join your library board but don't know how to get started? The For the People Library put together this searchable database of library systems that may have openings!

"If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money." I keep thinking about this post and how it's one of the best, most succinct messages Democrats could use in 2026 campaigns.

Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them

Cat butt photo bomb. Photo from my collection. 1955.

Have you any idea what the street value of this mountain is?

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/w...

Journalists often talk about how the media's business model is broken, but I would gladly pay the first news organization that starts profiling the individual ICE and CBP agents involved in terrorizing people

Just finished Stranger Things. What a wonderful and fun ride. Something good in 2026.

OUT: Helping you pay for health care. IN: Helping oil companies pay for their infrastructure in a foreign country.

Have you dreamt of drawing live models, just like artists in the Getty collection? 💭 Well, now you can—virtually! 💻 Join London’s Royal Drawing School and Getty for a free class celebrating the Getty Center exhibition Learning to Draw. ✍️

This seems dangerous.

My dad painted this exact poster art on a wall in his childhood bedroom and it mesmerized me decades before I became a Star Wars fan.

Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession

I still have an unbuilt Lego Mindstorms Droid Developer kit, but these seem pretty cool. I wonder how well they work when a kid swallows them tho? www.wired.com/story/lego-s...

hate it when my elite pedophilia related government cover up gets in the way of my domestic ethnic cleansing and starvation campaigns while I’m trying to invade other countries

Such a bananas horror movie classic. I remember seeing it in the theaters after an @sfchronicle.com review in the pink section - "Anyone who lets anyone under 17 see this movie should be shot and tossed in a toxic waste dump" yeah, instant must see! www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/horror/r...

In case it's helpful, here's a guide to vaccine recommendations as of the end of 2024 for both children and adults

Hmm, a new Tolkien short story in 2025? One suspects @sundance.bikesky.social might like it too! lareviewofbooks.org/article/isen...

I'll admit that I use spiceworks more often than stack overflow, but it has been useful in the past. What I do think will be interesting is what happens when AI/LLM scrapers no longer have good info to scrape? Here's the graph from the slashdot post developers.slashdot.org/story/26/01/...

Very cool story about the Prince of Persia, and Broderbund/computer gaming's early years. I never got a chance to work on a Prince of Persia game at Broderbund, but The Last Express was a masterpiece, and I do recall the initial demo for Prince of Persia in 3D.

You thought there were ribs in there? We were just ribbing you! boingboing.net/2026/01/05/l...

Yes, the US is a Surveillance State with the Stasi kidnapping people off the streets, and building on it, why do you ask? www.theregister.com/2026/01/04/t...

AI gets Religion, in the most US/AI/Tech Oligarch way possible... www.wired.com/story/ai-dee...

BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped. The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.

This arrived today. It's a little booklet from the Polish government wth advice about how to prepare for it All Kicking Off, and what to do when it does.

Stranger Things may have ended, but there's plenty of Kids on Bikes, '80s horror, and D&D adaptations lying around to keep you busy. Here's what we recommend watching next: #StrangerThings #StrangerThings5

One of the best articles I've seen on NFL QB development and why most young QB's fail... www.nytimes.com/athletic/658...

Let's prop her up @meidastouch.com @briantylercohen.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social 1. Dr. Andrews more than deserves our help 2. Lindsey Graham more than deserves to GTFO of the Senate

I'm in my 50's and I still haven't figured out my backstory!