Listening to “Old Tape” by Lucius (feat. Adam Granduciel) 🎵 This song, whew. So good! “Once in a while / You turn up the dial / To an old tape playing in my head / I’ll tune it out and live instead” | Continue reading
The Shipwreck Detective | The New Yorker She’s One of Florida’s Most Lethal Python Hunters—but the Invasive Creatures Still Have a Hold on Her – Garden & Gun The 200 Best Inventions of 2024 TIME For Teens Online, Conspiracy Theories Are Commonplace. Media Literacy Is Not. | EdSur … | Continue reading
"It's horrible." Frustrated homeowner hit with warnings after considering irrevocable property decision: 'That's a death wish' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
(Lord's day). To our own church, and at noon, by invitation, Sir W. Pen dined with me, and I took Mrs. Hester, my Lady Batten's kinswoman, to dinner from church with me, and we were very merry. So to church again, and heard a simple fellow upon the... | Continue reading
The helicopter that airlifted the hikers had to leave a wildfire it was fighting for about three hours. 'Tired' hikers face massive fine after calling emergency helicopter for a lift: 'No injuries justifying the call' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Last Friday’s newsletter began: On a bike ride last weekend I chanced upon a neighborhood stop on the West Austin Studio Tour. One of the potters who makes under the name Mud Alchemysaid about her work, “I just go into the studio and play.” I drew her words the next morning in my … | Continue reading
The bidirectional research examines both laboratory findings and human clinical trial data, revealing that the medicinal use of white button mushrooms reduces the type of cells that suppress the immune system and facilitate the spread of prostate cancer. Researchers at City of Ho … | Continue reading
I have things pretty good at home. My favorite person is almost always there. My Internet is fast and my beloved MacBook Air is positioned right where I like to sit to surveil my little kingdom. Whatever I like to eat and drink is nearby and if I nod off, which I am prone to do, … | Continue reading
Linus Torvalds has announced the release of Linux kernel 6.12, and an eclectic assortment of changes contained within make it one of the most biggest kernel releases for a while. In terms of features, I mean. I didn’t sit bean-counting the code byte-by-byte! In his message to the … | Continue reading
Here’s another mixtape I made from a sealed, pre-recorded cassette I got for 99 cents at the record store. I tape over the cassette’s protection tabs and then I tape over the music and then I tape over the artwork. This one started out with Human League’s “Love Action” playing on … | Continue reading
I crumble a little inside when I see people mention cross-posting services that copy posts to Bluesky and Mastodon with a monthly subscription that is more than the cost of Micro.blog. But that’s all they do! Or you could use Micro.blog and get the same thing and a full-featured … | Continue reading
On this feedback episode, David and I talk about the M4 family of Macs, our RSS setups, and recent updates to some of our favorite apps. Then we discuss some listener feedback and our home networks. | Continue reading
Image: The Verge An Ohio man named Larry Dean Harmon will serve three years in prison and forfeit more than $400 million worth of cryptocurrency and other assets, the Department of Justice announced on Friday. Harmon was indicted in 2020 on money laundering conspiracy charges rel … | Continue reading
Get a new MacBook every two years with low monthly payments, AppleCare+ coverage, and effortless upgrades. You don’t have to pay for your device all at once. With our upgrade program, you spread the cost over 36 low monthly payments. Upgrade to a new device once you’ve made 24 pa … | Continue reading
McDonald's is working with authorities to contain the outbreak and figure out exactly which of its products are causing problems. McDonald's customers across multiple states fall ill from potentially life-threatening bacteria — here's what to watch for first appeared on The Cool … | Continue reading
Why spend $1,000 on a new MacBook Air? | Continue reading
There’s been a wave of people writing about their exodus from Twitter and the supposed joy they’ve found on Bluesky. The post Have Some Ambition | Weeknotes appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
We’ve written a couple of articles now about the US EV tax credit probably being killed by the Trump administration, and also other elements of the Inflation Reduction Act. In those articles, we’ve noted that this is bad for future US economic competitiveness. Some people don’t k … | Continue reading
Dominic Patten, reporting for Deadline Friday night: Netflix’s much hyped and much delayed live fight tonight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul is taking some hits even before the former heavyweight champion and the YouTuber turned boxer have climbed in the ring. From nearly the s … | Continue reading
Global carbon emissions hit a new high in 2024, with scientists urging swift action to avoid breaching the 1.5°C warming target. According to new research by the Global Carbon Project science team, global carbon emissions from fossil fuels have hit a record high in 2024. The 2024 … | Continue reading
A busy week of on-call (and some high priority work to support on Thursday) With Changelog doing a merch sale, I ended up getting some new swag, especially as the Maintainer, Maintainer, Maintainer Ended up missing an incident page (that was fortunately autoresolved) as my do-not … | Continue reading
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Many families enjoy the Twelve Books of Christmas Challenge, a delightful tradition that encourages reading during the holiday season. This fun activity involves gifting twelve books to unwrap and read each day before Christmas. Like an advent calendar, it helps count Santa’s arr … | Continue reading
The ‘Family Ties’ star, who came out swinging against wokeness after the election, speaks for a generation tired of being told what to think. | Continue reading
I don't know where I got this recipe but it's buffalo sauce so I suspect it's mostly the same from everyone but here we are, final day of recipe week. Enjoy. Buffalo Sauce 300g Hot Sauce 4 Garlic Gloves 20g Worcestershire Sauce 15g Distilled Vinegar 120g Unsalted Butter Add hot s … | Continue reading
We have an ambitious goal. And we need your help to get there. | Continue reading
Red One might not light the theatrical world on fire, but Amazon's confident Prime VIdeo will more than pick up the slack. | Continue reading
The fine comes after a two-and-a-half-year battle with the Environmental Protection Agency. DuPont to pay nearly half a million dollars over harmful chemical release from facility: 'We are pleased to resolve this matter' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Rust and Bone — I love this movie! Just watched it for the third time. The acting is phenomenal and the story, with its almost documentary style, is captivating. 🍿 | Continue reading
This Microsoft-Verified Partner is selling this version with AI Copilot at a ridiculously low price. | Continue reading
Scientists from CAS and BGI Research found that immunoglobulins are both drivers and markers of aging, with IgG accumulation inducing aging across tissues. A research team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and BGI Research has unveiled the complex mechanisms through whic … | Continue reading
Costco will have great Black Friday deals, so it's a perfect time to get a Gold Star membership at a low price. | Continue reading
A full week, in which my cold stayed around taking away energy and focus. Also a few urgent unexpected things to attend to. So I didn’t get around to my own stuff much, mostly responding to things landing on my plate. This week I Prepared and then hosted the bimonthly session of … | Continue reading
LLM 0.18 New release of LLM. The big new feature is asynchronous model support - you can now use supported models in async Python code like this: import llm model = llm.get_async_model("gpt-4o") async for chunk in model.prompt( "Five surprising names for a pet pelican" ): … | Continue reading
"*Sighs* Gets into car to drive to HomeGoods." READ MORE... | Continue reading
Whether you're dealing with poor soil quality or want to improve your garden's health naturally, this simple trick proves that sometimes the best solutions come from working with nature, not against it. Gardener reveals easy hack for improving soil quality without starting all ov … | Continue reading
You can stack up to 15 months of subscription at a low price. | Continue reading
Here is something that hardcore music buffs will cherish to the core. Apple Music has launched a new book that can be considered a visual representation of the Apple Music: 100 Best Albums that the company launched earlier this year. The book, as AppleInsider revealed is also unl … | Continue reading
I’ve ended up seeing a stack of movies featuring Irish-American actor Saoirse Ronan, over the years. Tracking all the way back to Atonement in 2007, I think. Maybe I’m not so much of a Ronan fan, as I am the movies she’s in. But it’s an impressive list of titles. The Lovely Bones … | Continue reading
She went to the hospital 30 times during those three years with breathing problems. UK government settles unprecedented case about young girl's death from air pollution: 'It won't bring my daughter back' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Bluesky introduced "Starter Packs" to help users build their feeds, accumulating nearly 30,000 packs. The Jetstream service, replacing the more complex firehose, simplifies data streaming, using JSON for easier access. Today's Bonus Drop discusses leveraging Deno, Red Panda, and … | Continue reading
A hitman fighting other hitmen while also trying to be a great dad and small business owner? You've got our attention, Sakamoto Days. | Continue reading
Why do we have a certain taste in music, different than others? When you turn on the radio, some songs grab your attention while others might make you change the station. Even the tunes you skip often have their own dedicated fans. For example, you might not enjoy older music, bu … | Continue reading
I was surprised the other day to see that Tesla drivers were more likely to be in fatal car crashes than drivers of any other auto brand. The results are based on US data, but there is no way to split out the numbers to know what caused the fatal ... [continued] The post More The … | Continue reading
Among the paradoxes of friendship is this: All friendships of depth and durability are based on a profound knowledge of each other, of the soul beneath the costume of personality — that lovely Celtic notion of anam cara. We bring this knowledge, this mutual understanding, to ever … | Continue reading
Here is a son’s frantic effort to deal with his mother, who is diagnosed with anterograde amnesia and tends to forget things. So what does the son do? He drew upon a simple yet effective plan that the son, Jan Miksovsky, said helped deal with the situation remarkably well. As Boi … | Continue reading
Here is a son’s frantic effort to deal with his mother who is diagnosed with anterograde amnesia and tends to forget things. So what does the son do? He drew upon a plan that is both simple yet effective, something that the son, Jan Miksovsky said helped deal with the situation r … | Continue reading