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This, so much, this.

Hello non-technical people. Just a heads up. Musk isn’t a programmer, a systems architect, or anyone with experience building or running large systems of any kind. However, he’s taken credit for others building large systems which makes him think he’s That Guy. He is not.

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Some geese, on a frozen pond.

A frozen pond with geese surrounded by dry grass and trees under a clear blue sky, with sunlight casting shadows on the ground
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More of this please

New “WikiTok” web app allows infinite TikTok-style scroll of Wikipedia. arstechnica.com
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As a music listener, I want to press play on a purchased track in Apple music that says “downloaded”, so that I can…successfully listen to the song I had purchased and downloaded.

Apple music management just keeps getting more and more terrible. I just want to play the tracks I own.

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Think I will take the train next time.

Trump Vows ‘Great Computerized System’ for Air Traffic politicalwire.com
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The amount of attempts being made to sign in to my Microsoft account is pretty wild.

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Dan Sinker explains why we have to write it down.

Part of the design of of all this is to overwhelm you and the other part is to deny that you are seeing what you’re seeing.

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Never heard of this service but seems like a clean and easy way to blog, directly from the notes app in iOS or macOS, blog.montaigne.io

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I decided months ago to really shore up our emergency fund. I’ve been recommending the same to friends, family, and strangers. Saving is hard, it can feel impossible, but even $10 a month is better than zero. Cheeto Prez is lighting his matches.

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RIP Marianne Faithful

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Learning basic baião patterns on the kit.

Content or trigger warning: photosensitive folks should not watch. My lights started flickering during recording and flashes throughout the video. Apologies for that.

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Marketplace has been my go to news show since 2006 and here’s host, Kai Ryssdal, answering why they didn’t pause their regular programming to respond to everything Trump has done, and I love his answer.

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Had mine since April, 2010. It doesn’t turn on anymore, on my list of to-dos to try and revive it.

Photo of original iPad I've had since April 2010. Photo of original iPad I've had since April 2010.

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Yeah, a resolution condemning things Trump does, that’s going to make him pause and reflect. Keep on winning, Dems.

Democrats Move to Condemn Trump for January 6 Pardons politicalwire.com

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A small hike yesterday to close off a highly bizarre week.

Blue skies, amber winter grassland and rolling hills during a hike in Nebraska.Blue skies, amber winter grassland and rolling hills during a hike in Nebraska.Blue skies, amber winter grassland and rolling hills during a hike in Nebraska, with a large bale of rolled up hay.

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Netflix sent me notice about my rate increasing. While I could absorb the cost (and normally didn’t pay attention to the increases in the past) I decided on a whim to just cancel my account. They are clearly baller because there was no attempt to retain me (member since 2009), just good luck and thanks for the great years. 😂

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Pluralistic: Enshittification isn’t caused by venture capital (20 Jan 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

When tech critics fail to ask why good services turn bad, that failure is just as severe as the failure to ask why people stay when the services rot.

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I’m in Kansas City helping out a relative recover from a health issue. My wife sent me this awesome video of the kiddo trying his ice skates for the first time.

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Also a Cymbals wiki.

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Cymbalsmiths of the world

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Regardless of what happens to Tik Tok, a large number of people are taking a well deserved detox from the platform today.

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From @gruber@mastodon.social: Google Search, More Machine Now Than Man, Begins Requiring JavaScript

The web would be better off if browsers had never added support for scripting. The web would be much faster; much better for its original purpose of delivering content to consume, not software to interact with; and much more secure and private.

One reason why I support NPR: their html-only version of their news site. I wish more sites did this.

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Immigrants drive Nebraska’s economy. Trump’s mass deportations pledge is a threat

The town I live in has two primary employers: Tyson beef packing and a Walmart Supercenter. Trump (unsurprisingly) got north of 70% of the votes in the area.

Last January, the state’s economic chamber released a report saying Nebraska had no choice but to welcome immigrants to “address the workforce gap.”

Nebraska might need immigrants, but it also voted overwhelmingly for President-elect Donald Trump, who has threatened to carry out mass deportations of people living in the U.S. illegally.

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RIP David Lynch. I hope that he, every day, once a day, gave himself a present. Like Agent Cooper said.

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I’m visiting a relative who is battling a health issue. She has cable tv, which I haven’t watched or had access to in 20 years and there it is: a commercial with Tony Hawk peddling a supplement to combat the side effects of statins he is on.


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