This $159 sling from gnuhr is cool. Dyneema is plastic, which I don’t love, but in terms of design this hits a sweet spot for me.
I believe Matt Webb is right about how not only are humanoid robots coming sooner than we think, but they are going to be exceptionally capable.
Just switched the DNS for my main blog over to micro.blog. Previously it was on a subdomain. Feels good to be all in on micro.blog. I’m sure I screwed something up in the move, so I’m doing some testing over the coming days. Still have to figure out what to do with the 20+ years of WordPress posts.
I’ve noticed more frequent posts from Bijan Sabet in my RSS feed. It’s nice to see him blogging (and posting photos) so frequently again. No surprise to see him posting intelligently about the shit show unfolding in our country.
McSweeney’s, probably best known for its indisputably good humor, is cataloging Trump’s cruelties, collusions, corruptions, and crimes. No joke.
The safer you are in an environment of rising authoritarianism, the more obligation you have to make some noise on behalf of the people who are more vulnerable than you. Indeed, this is the only way you might avoid having the leopards eat your face. – Eva Galperin
23andMe has filed for bankruptcy. Bottom line: You have no idea who will buy 23andMe and what they will do with the data (your genetic info). Delete your genetic data as well as your test sample from 23andMe NOW. Please repost. The California AG even issued a consumer alert.
“Rome wasn’t built in a day, but it burned in one” - John Heywood
That was quite the finale.
Seriously though, how come no one has been able to do better than Plaxo for contacts. The paradigm is so old and broken and dumb.