Decided to pay off my iPhone Air loan today, and I'll return it after the new year for a Pro.
This was a valiant experiment, but lead to such crippling anxiety over battery life -- especially when it was under 35% by 1pm most days -- that meant I began to resent the stupid thing.
Good try, Apple
This was a valiant experiment, but lead to such crippling anxiety over battery life -- especially when it was under 35% by 1pm most days -- that meant I began to resent the stupid thing.
Good try, Apple
December 28, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Decided to pay off my iPhone Air loan today, and I'll return it after the new year for a Pro.
This was a valiant experiment, but lead to such crippling anxiety over battery life -- especially when it was under 35% by 1pm most days -- that meant I began to resent the stupid thing.
Good try, Apple
This was a valiant experiment, but lead to such crippling anxiety over battery life -- especially when it was under 35% by 1pm most days -- that meant I began to resent the stupid thing.
Good try, Apple
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Notre Dame opting out of the Pop-Tart Bowl makes them moral cowards, but also worse: obstinately, repugnantly soulless. You cannot opt out of the Pop-Tart Bowl any more than you can opt out of the first day of spring, or the love of your mother, or life-saving grace.
December 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Notre Dame opting out of the Pop-Tart Bowl makes them moral cowards, but also worse: obstinately, repugnantly soulless. You cannot opt out of the Pop-Tart Bowl any more than you can opt out of the first day of spring, or the love of your mother, or life-saving grace.
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.
December 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.
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the people opposed to this are like a who’s who of who shouldn’t have the majority of the world’s wealth
“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.
Possible California Wealth Tax Causes Billionaire Freakout: Page, Thiel Threaten To Leave
“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.
www.forbes.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
the people opposed to this are like a who’s who of who shouldn’t have the majority of the world’s wealth
Very glad that I continue to have a face for radio!
Virtually all of the podcasts I subscribe to became worse this year because they pivoted to video. Kind of reminds me of the year when every blog decided to trust Facebook as their primary distribution system. You know, the year before blogs started dying off.
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
December 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Very glad that I continue to have a face for radio!
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
I dunno who needs to hear this, but marble is not a material for armrests.
However, they would be good for storming the castle with, so...
However, they would be good for storming the castle with, so...
December 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I dunno who needs to hear this, but marble is not a material for armrests.
However, they would be good for storming the castle with, so...
However, they would be good for storming the castle with, so...
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Pro tip: shovel the sidewalk for the old lady who lives next door.
December 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Pro tip: shovel the sidewalk for the old lady who lives next door.
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It's not even the same font, letter spacing or kerning
December 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
It's not even the same font, letter spacing or kerning
These people are just ... bonkers-ass weirdos. I don't get it!
They are SO WEIRD
Indiana State Senator wishes you a Merry Christmas by… posting images of himself assaulting Santa Claus.
Are the fascists okay?
Are the fascists okay?
December 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
These people are just ... bonkers-ass weirdos. I don't get it!
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WHO DID THIS?!?!?
December 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
WHO DID THIS?!?!?
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Love that Bryce Harper will be on Team USA for the WBC but am already dreading the insane measles-flu-polio combo that he's going to spread through that clubhouse
December 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Love that Bryce Harper will be on Team USA for the WBC but am already dreading the insane measles-flu-polio combo that he's going to spread through that clubhouse
I just played a game of Texas Rummy so bad, I set the family record for points.
December 24, 2025 at 5:05 AM
I just played a game of Texas Rummy so bad, I set the family record for points.
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December 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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The thing is:
They CAN do these things. There's literally nothing stopping them from doing it.
Congress would have to protest, and they won't. States will have to sue, and they will have to fight for YEARS to get their due.
The laws say one thing while behavior says another.
They CAN do these things. There's literally nothing stopping them from doing it.
Congress would have to protest, and they won't. States will have to sue, and they will have to fight for YEARS to get their due.
The laws say one thing while behavior says another.
1 - the exec branch can't decline to spend $ Congress appropriated
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
Sean Duffy on blue states: "What I can do is I can pull their money. That's the leverage I do have ... I guarantee you that the federal taxpayer is not going to fund their roads and bridges and their systems when they are putting illegals on the roads."
December 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The thing is:
They CAN do these things. There's literally nothing stopping them from doing it.
Congress would have to protest, and they won't. States will have to sue, and they will have to fight for YEARS to get their due.
The laws say one thing while behavior says another.
They CAN do these things. There's literally nothing stopping them from doing it.
Congress would have to protest, and they won't. States will have to sue, and they will have to fight for YEARS to get their due.
The laws say one thing while behavior says another.
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I've been looking for an excuse to make myself a redaction detection tool based on the open source FreeLaw project. This give me the perfect document to test.
github.com/freelawproje...
github.com/freelawproje...
GitHub - freelawproject/x-ray: A tool to detect whether a PDF has a bad redaction
A tool to detect whether a PDF has a bad redaction - freelawproject/x-ray
github.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I've been looking for an excuse to make myself a redaction detection tool based on the open source FreeLaw project. This give me the perfect document to test.
github.com/freelawproje...
github.com/freelawproje...
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I love The Verge
December 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I love The Verge
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CBS really Bari'd the story huh.
December 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
CBS really Bari'd the story huh.
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This is a pretty good reflection on the continued presence of National Guard troops in DC, by a longtime resident
Still Under Occupation
Some thoughts on the continued deployment of the National Guard in DC
open.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This is a pretty good reflection on the continued presence of National Guard troops in DC, by a longtime resident
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60 Minutes, dead at 57. The murder weapon was Bari Weiss.
December 22, 2025 at 5:01 AM
60 Minutes, dead at 57. The murder weapon was Bari Weiss.
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Got to hear the Biebl Ave Maria tonight, and that piece ALWAYS hits. The Sancta Maria at the end, and that Amen, are two of the finest moments in choral music. They always bring on the goose bumps and the tears.
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Got to hear the Biebl Ave Maria tonight, and that piece ALWAYS hits. The Sancta Maria at the end, and that Amen, are two of the finest moments in choral music. They always bring on the goose bumps and the tears.
There's no friends or family in Uno
December 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
There's no friends or family in Uno