Saturday, September 7, 2024

Doctor Hannibal Lecter, he will have you for dinner. You know that he will have you for dinner x.com

Apalachee HS teacher shares account of protecting students during shooting. npr.org

The Media’s Trump Sanewashing Problem. newrepublic.com

Trump’s New E. Jean Carroll Defense Is That He Assaulted Other Women. newrepublic.com

Fantastic interview on the Bulwark podcast with David Frum, another Republican who will vote for Harris. podcasts.apple.com

As my friend Jeff Jarvis points out, the endorsement of Harris from the Cheneys is historic, esp if it's followed by other prominent Republicans. Is a new coalition forming? medium.com

Witnesses in the criminal cases against Trump have received significant financial benefits, including large raises, severance packages, new jobs, and a grant of shares and cash from Trump’s media company. propublica.org

Dick Cheney Says He Will Vote for Kamala Harris. #history nytimes.com

New Harris campaign ad. m.youtube.com

Friday, September 6, 2024

When someone leaves an idiotic comment on one of your posts, you.. x.com

They’re worse than “going easy” they’ve let him hijack their reps for doing journalism, replacing best efforts to tell truth, to openly and knowingly transmitting lies. wnycstudios.org

Jeff Jarvis: An Unprecedented Grand Coalition. medium.com

Dick Cheney will vote for Kamala Harris, daughter says. texastribune.org

Stranded astronauts' capsule to head home without them. bbc.com

"Journalism in the US is gone," would be a more accurate title for this piece in the Guardian. theguardian.com

Thursday, September 5, 2024

JD Vance says that school shootings are a 'fact of life.’ apnews.com

Gannett’s ‘AI’ Scandals Result In Closure Of Wirecutter-esque Review Website, Layoffs. techdirt.com

JD Vance personifies the joylessness of MAGA. publicnotice.co

OAK flyers are mistakenly going to SFO following airport rebrand. sfgate.com

If democracy depends on journalism, then it's gone. scripting.com

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Internet Archive’s e-book lending is not fair use, appeals court rules. arstechnica.com

Liz Cheney says she's voting for Kamala Harris. thehill.com

The web's clipboard, and how it stores data of different types. alexharri.com

Has anyone tried SearchGPT? chatgpt.com

What Trump 2.0 Would Mean for Texas. texasobserver.org

The Big Five publishing houses, John Green sue Florida over book bans. cfpublic.org

This is the kind of debate-bomb Trump is getting ready for the debate. threads.net

Why Lyft's CEO says 'it would be insane' not to go all in on bikeshare. techcrunch.com

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Tony Levin: The Iconic Bass Sounds Of Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, Paul Simon and more. m.youtube.com

Automattic Welcomes Pedraum Pardehpoosh as VP of Product. automattic.com

Oprah’s upcoming AI television special sparks outrage among tech critics. arstechnica.com

Is My Short-Term Los Angeles Rental Legal? propublica.org

The growing number of Trump clemency recipients who’ve already committed other crimes. emptywheel.net

I have a Tesla and Starlink, both bought before Elon Musk bought Twitter and revealed who he really is. I don't know anyone who works for a Musk company. How do they get up every day and try to do your best work for him. techmeme.com

Today in 2024, AI cannot create art. But a human being can use AI to create art. It's a medium, like paint and canvas except it's not static. It gets new skills all the time. I can't wait to see what it can do in a few months or years. kottke.org

Trump's first term is a warning. (Every NYT story or op-ed that presents Trump as warm and fuzzy should be linked to this piece.) nytimes.com

For some reason I love this Sprint commercial from 2014. Best line: "let's go honey those tacos ain't gonna eat themselves over there." ispot.tv

The latest shows from my favorite podcast feeds. news.scripting.com

Young male voters are flocking to Trump – but he doesn’t have their interests at heart. theguardian.com

Monday, September 2, 2024

smays notices he’s in my blogroll. 😀 smays.com

Molly Maguires. en.m.wikipedia.org

Show notes for the podcast I recorded from the road in Saskatchewan on this day in 2004 (twenty freaking years ago). If you're a fan of Adam Curry's podcasting you'll like this one. It's about this time that the collaboration starts becoming a community. shownotes.scripting.com

One of the nicest things about ChatGPT is that it's always up for working with you. The critics of AI don't begin to understand this. scripting.com

Show notes page for my first in-the-car podcast on Sept 1, 2004. I love cross-country driving, as you can tell from the tone. shownotes.scripting.com

How podcasting got its name. The real story, not the bs on Wikipedia. scripting.com

The voting rights situation in some swing states is quite alarming. slate.com

Sunday, September 1, 2024

Dear NY Times, before we get rid of the penny, let’s open up your op-ed page to include criticism of the NYT. You can handle a little pushback, you need it desperately. nytimes.com

Dialysis May Prolong Life for Older Patients. But Not by Much. nytimes.com

The networks should put Trump on time delay and when he says you can legally murder babies in some states, that should be treated as if he said fck or sht. Put up a screen that explains why he was cut off, then go to commercial. mastodon.social

Paul Graham wrote a very useful piece about "Founder Mode." As a founder myself, I think I can tell you why founders have a central role to play as a company grows. scripting.com