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Living in the Future benefit: the combination of Google Maps public transit directions and phone-tap onboard payment makes it SO EASY to take public trams/buses/metros when traveling now. It’s fantastic not to have to resort to taxis just for lack of easy access to the local transit ticketing system
October 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Living in the Future benefit: the combination of Google Maps public transit directions and phone-tap onboard payment makes it SO EASY to take public trams/buses/metros when traveling now. It’s fantastic not to have to resort to taxis just for lack of easy access to the local transit ticketing system
This is wonderful news, but waiting for the day after the Nobel Prize is announced to mention it is a class act.
youtu.be/bhExSMZt1zs
youtu.be/bhExSMZt1zs
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
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October 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This is wonderful news, but waiting for the day after the Nobel Prize is announced to mention it is a class act.
youtu.be/bhExSMZt1zs
youtu.be/bhExSMZt1zs
Learning about customer support principles from my local soup dealer
October 2, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Learning about customer support principles from my local soup dealer
I have complained here that YouTube ads were really irrelevant. They aren’t getting much better (who wants to buy a university-lab grade microscope?) but they occasionally…
Look, I know I should be unloading the dishwasher and not watching Chandrila Niamos remixes, but trying to sell me tablets…
Look, I know I should be unloading the dishwasher and not watching Chandrila Niamos remixes, but trying to sell me tablets…
September 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I have complained here that YouTube ads were really irrelevant. They aren’t getting much better (who wants to buy a university-lab grade microscope?) but they occasionally…
Look, I know I should be unloading the dishwasher and not watching Chandrila Niamos remixes, but trying to sell me tablets…
Look, I know I should be unloading the dishwasher and not watching Chandrila Niamos remixes, but trying to sell me tablets…
I can’t believe that Apple didn’t provide all those people whose lives were saved by Apple Watch with a webcam from this century.
I mean it would be rude to ask for more, but…
I mean it would be rude to ask for more, but…
September 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I can’t believe that Apple didn’t provide all those people whose lives were saved by Apple Watch with a webcam from this century.
I mean it would be rude to ask for more, but…
I mean it would be rude to ask for more, but…
Sometimes, genius doesn’t need good lighting.
Irish pubs vs Scottish pubs with Craig the tourguide #eleanormorton
YouTube video by Eleanor Morton
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September 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Sometimes, genius doesn’t need good lighting.
In the SciFi novel The Ministry for the Future, Kim Stanley Robinson imagines a city dying because of a heatwave, and survivors radicalizing. International action follows in the shadow of their terrorist threats. It couldn’t imagine the incident to be widely ignored. And yet…
EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN JAPAN
Never ending scorcher in Japan, nothing like this had ever seen anywhere in the world outside the tropics:
Records every single day for months .
Today's September new records:
35.6 Taketa
35.2 Miyakonojo
35.2 Kaseda
34.6 Amagi
33.4 Kasari
Never ending scorcher in Japan, nothing like this had ever seen anywhere in the world outside the tropics:
Records every single day for months .
Today's September new records:
35.6 Taketa
35.2 Miyakonojo
35.2 Kaseda
34.6 Amagi
33.4 Kasari
September 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
In the SciFi novel The Ministry for the Future, Kim Stanley Robinson imagines a city dying because of a heatwave, and survivors radicalizing. International action follows in the shadow of their terrorist threats. It couldn’t imagine the incident to be widely ignored. And yet…
Fox News couldn’t stop talking about the mass shooter more. I guess that’s what counts as Swan Lake in the US? That’s grim.
Newsmax isn’t particularly focused.
Newsmax isn’t particularly focused.
August 30, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Fox News couldn’t stop talking about the mass shooter more. I guess that’s what counts as Swan Lake in the US? That’s grim.
Newsmax isn’t particularly focused.
Newsmax isn’t particularly focused.
For people at the back: this week, or maybe next year, millions will die, some survivors will be radicalized and attack carbon-intensive infrastructure or decision-makers. Mass migration in the billions will flee the hottest area.
EXTRAORDINARY HEAT WAVES
Dozens of thousands are falling ijn over 150+ countries from Oceania hroughout the whole Asia (from East Asia to Middle East) to the Arctc to Europe (west to east) and Africa
We are witnessing the most extreme days in world climatic history
Stay tuned with many updates later
Dozens of thousands are falling ijn over 150+ countries from Oceania hroughout the whole Asia (from East Asia to Middle East) to the Arctc to Europe (west to east) and Africa
We are witnessing the most extreme days in world climatic history
Stay tuned with many updates later
August 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
For people at the back: this week, or maybe next year, millions will die, some survivors will be radicalized and attack carbon-intensive infrastructure or decision-makers. Mass migration in the billions will flee the hottest area.
You know how some ads have to add caveats at the end because they are promoting a regulated service? And how are always read way too fast to not eat into the ad time budget?
I just heard one of those in Polish. Eminem *wished* he had a flow that quick and that smooth.
I just heard one of those in Polish. Eminem *wished* he had a flow that quick and that smooth.
July 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM
You know how some ads have to add caveats at the end because they are promoting a regulated service? And how are always read way too fast to not eat into the ad time budget?
I just heard one of those in Polish. Eminem *wished* he had a flow that quick and that smooth.
I just heard one of those in Polish. Eminem *wished* he had a flow that quick and that smooth.
I lived in touristy Paris too long: I notice lost tourists. Last night, step into Stockholm town hall. A guy was looking around, maybe lost? Then his wife pulls a camera, and he pulls a large golden medal from his pocket & a big smile.
I guess he’s been here before. Looks different in winter.
I guess he’s been here before. Looks different in winter.
June 16, 2025 at 5:58 AM
I lived in touristy Paris too long: I notice lost tourists. Last night, step into Stockholm town hall. A guy was looking around, maybe lost? Then his wife pulls a camera, and he pulls a large golden medal from his pocket & a big smile.
I guess he’s been here before. Looks different in winter.
I guess he’s been here before. Looks different in winter.
My bus driver just put on some racing gloves. We are about to Harry-Potter-Night-bus this traffic jam…
June 11, 2025 at 6:25 AM
My bus driver just put on some racing gloves. We are about to Harry-Potter-Night-bus this traffic jam…
My job is made a little bit harder by having to explain that a lot of very smart people, using enormous computers, have decided that about 30% of my time should be spent watching ads for the same video game, that, inexplicably, is nothing like those ads.
June 4, 2025 at 4:20 AM
My job is made a little bit harder by having to explain that a lot of very smart people, using enormous computers, have decided that about 30% of my time should be spent watching ads for the same video game, that, inexplicably, is nothing like those ads.
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"First the leader removes those with expertise and independent thinking from the government and replaces them with leaders who are arrogant, ignorant, and extremely loyal. Next he takes steps to centralize his power and claim unprecedented authority."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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April 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"First the leader removes those with expertise and independent thinking from the government and replaces them with leaders who are arrogant, ignorant, and extremely loyal. Next he takes steps to centralize his power and claim unprecedented authority."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Today, I saw more than 25 ads encouraging me to:
- sell my car;
- get a new car;
- get new tires for my car;
- fix the windshield of my car;
- effortlessly change tires of my car;
- buy a much better car than the one I have.
If you work with cars, you ad agency is stealing from you.
- sell my car;
- get a new car;
- get new tires for my car;
- fix the windshield of my car;
- effortlessly change tires of my car;
- buy a much better car than the one I have.
If you work with cars, you ad agency is stealing from you.
April 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Today, I saw more than 25 ads encouraging me to:
- sell my car;
- get a new car;
- get new tires for my car;
- fix the windshield of my car;
- effortlessly change tires of my car;
- buy a much better car than the one I have.
If you work with cars, you ad agency is stealing from you.
- sell my car;
- get a new car;
- get new tires for my car;
- fix the windshield of my car;
- effortlessly change tires of my car;
- buy a much better car than the one I have.
If you work with cars, you ad agency is stealing from you.
Black Mirror Season 7.
No, really, they can somehow think of something worse.
I’ll be hiding under my bed.
No, really, they can somehow think of something worse.
I’ll be hiding under my bed.
March 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Black Mirror Season 7.
No, really, they can somehow think of something worse.
I’ll be hiding under my bed.
No, really, they can somehow think of something worse.
I’ll be hiding under my bed.
It might not be a top priority for everyone but I think we can all agree “Don’t make Steve Rosenberg concerned” should be a rule for a lot of people.
March 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
It might not be a top priority for everyone but I think we can all agree “Don’t make Steve Rosenberg concerned” should be a rule for a lot of people.
Here’s how I think about global warming (and a couple other things)
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
January 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Here’s how I think about global warming (and a couple other things)
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Early on at Facebook, the nascent Content Policy team organically developed a set of aphorisms to guide our work. A set of simple-ish “north stars” to navigate by, keeping us on track while coping with of the ever growing and diversifying torrent of reports. 🧵1/9
January 21, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Early on at Facebook, the nascent Content Policy team organically developed a set of aphorisms to guide our work. A set of simple-ish “north stars” to navigate by, keeping us on track while coping with of the ever growing and diversifying torrent of reports. 🧵1/9
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The Mr. Rogers advice for moments of crisis is a useful thing to remember right now.
Look for the helpers.
Look for the people organizing to protect the most vulnerable.
Look for the people who have been concretely planning for how to respond, and are ready to implement.
Join them, if you can.
Look for the helpers.
Look for the people organizing to protect the most vulnerable.
Look for the people who have been concretely planning for how to respond, and are ready to implement.
Join them, if you can.
November 6, 2024 at 12:02 PM
The Mr. Rogers advice for moments of crisis is a useful thing to remember right now.
Look for the helpers.
Look for the people organizing to protect the most vulnerable.
Look for the people who have been concretely planning for how to respond, and are ready to implement.
Join them, if you can.
Look for the helpers.
Look for the people organizing to protect the most vulnerable.
Look for the people who have been concretely planning for how to respond, and are ready to implement.
Join them, if you can.
There’s something genuinely endearing about having the back-end engineer and CTO seeing the numbers go up suddenly, knowing that the infrastructure will hold, and whose first reaction is: let’s welcome newcomers!
If you’re just joining us, welcome! I work on the app, so AMA!
January 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
There’s something genuinely endearing about having the back-end engineer and CTO seeing the numbers go up suddenly, knowing that the infrastructure will hold, and whose first reaction is: let’s welcome newcomers!
I must know people who can help Craig out.
(Yes, it’s that Craig, and he’s trying to help teachers in the US get supplies.)
(Yes, it’s that Craig, and he’s trying to help teachers in the US get supplies.)
Does getting the word out to help teachers using #teachersky actually help?
I'm not good at social media engagement, need advice.
Thanks!
I'm not good at social media engagement, need advice.
Thanks!
January 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I must know people who can help Craig out.
(Yes, it’s that Craig, and he’s trying to help teachers in the US get supplies.)
(Yes, it’s that Craig, and he’s trying to help teachers in the US get supplies.)