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November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Meta has lost the rights to Punk Rock Girl
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Meta has lost the rights to Punk Rock Girl
There are not "coequal" branches of government. Congress determines how the others work. The fact that the executive has such dangerous tools at its disposal -- military, police -- is exactly why it's the most legally constrained. Or is supposed to be
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
There are not "coequal" branches of government. Congress determines how the others work. The fact that the executive has such dangerous tools at its disposal -- military, police -- is exactly why it's the most legally constrained. Or is supposed to be
the new Pulp Johnny Cash cover is incredibly good www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfXo...
The Man Comes Around
YouTube video by Pulp - Topic
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November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
the new Pulp Johnny Cash cover is incredibly good www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfXo...
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In several days you'll likely be sitting next to an ignorant relative who is 100% convinced he knows the difference between a sweet potato and a yam. Here's my primer on the topic. #thanksgiving #sweetpotato #yam #botany 🍠 colinpurrington.com/yams-versus-...
The difference between sweet potatoes and yams » Colin Purrington's blog
Every year at Thanksgiving, families in the United States sit down to argue about politics and the difference between sweet potatoes and yams. This page details how to tell them apart and explains how...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
In several days you'll likely be sitting next to an ignorant relative who is 100% convinced he knows the difference between a sweet potato and a yam. Here's my primer on the topic. #thanksgiving #sweetpotato #yam #botany 🍠 colinpurrington.com/yams-versus-...
@ryanlcooper.com great piece on unitary executive: I just filed a brief on it in the Slaughter case, and while I'm just cribbing from great scholars, it's sort of unbelievable how flimsy the historical and legal case is for it publicknowledge.org/no-one-wins-...
No One Wins Under the Unitary Executive Theory
The Trump administration's use of the "unitary executive theory" could reshape the executive branch as we know it.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
@ryanlcooper.com great piece on unitary executive: I just filed a brief on it in the Slaughter case, and while I'm just cribbing from great scholars, it's sort of unbelievable how flimsy the historical and legal case is for it publicknowledge.org/no-one-wins-...
dormant commerce clause doctrine does not say that states are prohibited from regulating interstate commerce. they are just not allowed to discriminate against out-of-state actors. I need to get this printed on a T-shirt or something
November 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
dormant commerce clause doctrine does not say that states are prohibited from regulating interstate commerce. they are just not allowed to discriminate against out-of-state actors. I need to get this printed on a T-shirt or something
this is what they took from us
November 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
this is what they took from us
Because it somehow now distinguishes between “to do” lists and “to-do” lists, Siri now fails about half the time at one of its only tasks
November 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Because it somehow now distinguishes between “to do” lists and “to-do” lists, Siri now fails about half the time at one of its only tasks
Sunday mornings are going to be different @wfmu.bsky.social!
November 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Sunday mornings are going to be different @wfmu.bsky.social!
Another utopian thing about Star Trek is that Ten Forward is an excellent “third place.” Also the arboretum
November 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Another utopian thing about Star Trek is that Ten Forward is an excellent “third place.” Also the arboretum
nothing beats the deeply humane, analog sound of Autechre on vinyl. Unmediated by computers, really captures their warmth
November 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
nothing beats the deeply humane, analog sound of Autechre on vinyl. Unmediated by computers, really captures their warmth
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cow tools like and share if u agree
November 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
cow tools like and share if u agree
I hope Mamdani told Trump privately stuff like, “You I can work with, it’s these nuts like Stephen Miller…he’s why your approval ratings are so low”
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I hope Mamdani told Trump privately stuff like, “You I can work with, it’s these nuts like Stephen Miller…he’s why your approval ratings are so low”
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How To Use the Internet (1995): a 23-year-old Cory Doctorow shows off Usenet, the Internet Underground Music Archive, Justin's Links from the Underground, and more to the CBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
How to use the internet, 1995
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November 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
How To Use the Internet (1995): a 23-year-old Cory Doctorow shows off Usenet, the Internet Underground Music Archive, Justin's Links from the Underground, and more to the CBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
I love visiting publishers directly, rather than relying on AI, to access critical information
November 21, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I love visiting publishers directly, rather than relying on AI, to access critical information
money generated by gambling, prediction markets, etc should probably be subtracted from the GDP
November 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
money generated by gambling, prediction markets, etc should probably be subtracted from the GDP
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How Trademark Ruined Colorado-Style Pizza
You've heard of New York style, Chicago deep dish, Detroit square pans. But Colorado-style pizza? Probably not. And there's a perfectly ridiculous reason why this regional style never spread beyond a handful of restaurants in the Rocky Mountains: one guy…
You've heard of New York style, Chicago deep dish, Detroit square pans. But Colorado-style pizza? Probably not. And there's a perfectly ridiculous reason why this regional style never spread beyond a handful of restaurants in the Rocky Mountains: one guy…
How Trademark Ruined Colorado-Style Pizza
You've heard of New York style, Chicago deep dish, Detroit square pans. But Colorado-style pizza? Probably not. And there's a perfectly ridiculous reason why this regional style never spread beyond a handful of restaurants in the Rocky Mountains: one guy trademarked it and scared everyone else away from making it. This story comes via a fascinating Sporkful podcast episode where reporter Paul Karolyi spent years investigating why Colorado-style pizza remains trapped in obscurity while other regional styles became national phenomena.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
How Trademark Ruined Colorado-Style Pizza
You've heard of New York style, Chicago deep dish, Detroit square pans. But Colorado-style pizza? Probably not. And there's a perfectly ridiculous reason why this regional style never spread beyond a handful of restaurants in the Rocky Mountains: one guy…
You've heard of New York style, Chicago deep dish, Detroit square pans. But Colorado-style pizza? Probably not. And there's a perfectly ridiculous reason why this regional style never spread beyond a handful of restaurants in the Rocky Mountains: one guy…
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I have a lot of doubts that we’ll have any kind of accountability for this era but I do think the next dem admin should dox everyone who ran these accounts
November 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I have a lot of doubts that we’ll have any kind of accountability for this era but I do think the next dem admin should dox everyone who ran these accounts
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while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
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8675309 is prime, and so is 8675311, so if you ever need a middlin'-large pair of adjacent primes to test your cryptographic suite, all you need is a 1980s earworm and a +2 and you're all set.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
8675309 is prime, and so is 8675311, so if you ever need a middlin'-large pair of adjacent primes to test your cryptographic suite, all you need is a 1980s earworm and a +2 and you're all set.
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The guest on the latest episode of Lingthusiasm is talking about all these topics I really like, and he seems to know what he's talking about
How are we still making discoveries about the 5000-year-old ancestor to English, Latin, Czech, Hindi and many other languages?
In our latest episode we get enthusiastic about figuring out Proto-Indo-European with @dannybate.bsky.social!
In our latest episode we get enthusiastic about figuring out Proto-Indo-European with @dannybate.bsky.social!
110: The history of the history of Indo-European - Interview with Danny Bate
Before there was English, or Latin, or Czech, or Hindi, there was a language that they all have in common, which we call Proto-Indo-European. Linguists have long been fascinated by the quest to get a
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November 21, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The guest on the latest episode of Lingthusiasm is talking about all these topics I really like, and he seems to know what he's talking about
due to a licensing issue they are disabling features on already bought and paid for laptops arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops’ CPUs
HEVC licensing gets more expensive in January.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM
due to a licensing issue they are disabling features on already bought and paid for laptops arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...