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November 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I set up Alexa Plus on an old Echo Dot and—reputation aside—it’s impressive. I also enabled early access on the Google Home devices we use daily, but no Gemini yet. I’ve come to prefer Alexa Plus for silly questions and smart-home control, but that could change when I can compare it with Gemini.
November 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I set up Alexa Plus on an old Echo Dot and—reputation aside—it’s impressive. I also enabled early access on the Google Home devices we use daily, but no Gemini yet. I’ve come to prefer Alexa Plus for silly questions and smart-home control, but that could change when I can compare it with Gemini.
This feels both more momentous and more silly than it should:
"The last penny was minted Wednesday afternoon at the US Mint in Philadelphia, overseen by US Treasurer Brandon Beach. […] The penny costs nearly four cents to mint, more than the coin’s worth."
🔗 cnn.com
"The last penny was minted Wednesday afternoon at the US Mint in Philadelphia, overseen by US Treasurer Brandon Beach. […] The penny costs nearly four cents to mint, more than the coin’s worth."
🔗 cnn.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:15 AM
This feels both more momentous and more silly than it should:
"The last penny was minted Wednesday afternoon at the US Mint in Philadelphia, overseen by US Treasurer Brandon Beach. […] The penny costs nearly four cents to mint, more than the coin’s worth."
🔗 cnn.com
"The last penny was minted Wednesday afternoon at the US Mint in Philadelphia, overseen by US Treasurer Brandon Beach. […] The penny costs nearly four cents to mint, more than the coin’s worth."
🔗 cnn.com
I thought The Onion was supposed to be parody. Reporting the truth is outside its role…
Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
November 4, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I thought The Onion was supposed to be parody. Reporting the truth is outside its role…
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Vladeck: Even if you accept the predicate that these drug cartels are foreign terrorist organizations, that still doesn’t get you anywhere close to legal authority to use military force. They’re trying to blur and sort of collapse the distinction between two regimes we have…
October 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Vladeck: Even if you accept the predicate that these drug cartels are foreign terrorist organizations, that still doesn’t get you anywhere close to legal authority to use military force. They’re trying to blur and sort of collapse the distinction between two regimes we have…
I imagine Sotomayor & Kagan sometimes ask Jackson to tone down her rhetoric & she replies “absolutely not, if the Republic must burn, let those who still love it see us defending it even as the flames climb our robes.” 🔥
🔗Supreme Court lets Noem end legal status for many Venezuelans in the U.S.
🔗Supreme Court lets Noem end legal status for many Venezuelans in the U.S.
October 16, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I imagine Sotomayor & Kagan sometimes ask Jackson to tone down her rhetoric & she replies “absolutely not, if the Republic must burn, let those who still love it see us defending it even as the flames climb our robes.” 🔥
🔗Supreme Court lets Noem end legal status for many Venezuelans in the U.S.
🔗Supreme Court lets Noem end legal status for many Venezuelans in the U.S.
October 15, 2025 at 5:15 AM
My 5yo daughter’s take on the Mona Lisa: “I wish they would have done braids and a better dress.”
September 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
My 5yo daughter’s take on the Mona Lisa: “I wish they would have done braids and a better dress.”
Has there ever been a greater gift than being given a playlist idea or request to agonize about and overthink and still remember and listen to long after the intended listener has outgrown it and moved on?
Asking for a friend, of course.
Asking for a friend, of course.
September 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Has there ever been a greater gift than being given a playlist idea or request to agonize about and overthink and still remember and listen to long after the intended listener has outgrown it and moved on?
Asking for a friend, of course.
Asking for a friend, of course.
The Internet Phonebook is “an annual publication for exploring the vast poetic web, featuring essays, musings and a directory with the personal websites of hundreds of designers, developers, writers, curators, and educators.” What’s ... https://joeross.me/2025/09/20/the-internet-phonebook-is-an.html
September 21, 2025 at 2:58 AM
The Internet Phonebook is “an annual publication for exploring the vast poetic web, featuring essays, musings and a directory with the personal websites of hundreds of designers, developers, writers, curators, and educators.” What’s ... https://joeross.me/2025/09/20/the-internet-phonebook-is-an.html
Palantir is often called a data broker, a data miner, or a giant database of personal information. In reality, it’s none of these—but even former employees struggle to explain it.
🔗 What Does Palantir Actually Do? ➚
🔗 What Does Palantir Actually Do? ➚
September 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Palantir is often called a data broker, a data miner, or a giant database of personal information. In reality, it’s none of these—but even former employees struggle to explain it.
🔗 What Does Palantir Actually Do? ➚
🔗 What Does Palantir Actually Do? ➚
Most people’s to-do lists are, almost by definition, pretty dull, filled with those quotidian little tasks that tend to slip out of our minds. Pick up the laundry. Get that thing for the kid. Buy milk, canned yams and kumquats at the ... https://joeross.me/2025/09/17/most-peoples-todo-lists-are.html
September 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Most people’s to-do lists are, almost by definition, pretty dull, filled with those quotidian little tasks that tend to slip out of our minds. Pick up the laundry. Get that thing for the kid. Buy milk, canned yams and kumquats at the ... https://joeross.me/2025/09/17/most-peoples-todo-lists-are.html
This has been the administration’s primary approach to both domestic and foreign policy since day one. The problem with him brining defamation suits is that it has to be a lie. Does even a single lawyer who contributed to this complaint honestly believe any of that is a lie? Unlikely, but 🤑
September 16, 2025 at 5:15 AM
This has been the administration’s primary approach to both domestic and foreign policy since day one. The problem with him brining defamation suits is that it has to be a lie. Does even a single lawyer who contributed to this complaint honestly believe any of that is a lie? Unlikely, but 🤑
“So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their ending!”
Currently reading: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien 📚
Currently reading: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien 📚
September 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
“So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their ending!”
Currently reading: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien 📚
Currently reading: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien 📚
Just because apparently too many people either are too ignorant to know, or too bad-faith to care: it’s not political violence, it’s gun violence.
September 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Just because apparently too many people either are too ignorant to know, or too bad-faith to care: it’s not political violence, it’s gun violence.
If your spouse or partner hasn’t decided they are going to make a brown sugar and cinnamon sourdough loaf from scratch every week, I feel sorry for you.
September 10, 2025 at 8:33 AM
If your spouse or partner hasn’t decided they are going to make a brown sugar and cinnamon sourdough loaf from scratch every week, I feel sorry for you.
If Holden Canfield found a good therapist, he’d be all:
It’s a cool night, an early taste of fall, and I can hear my neighbor‘s jazz band practicing as I walk my dogs. Sometimes I think no one was ever luckier than me
September 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
If Holden Canfield found a good therapist, he’d be all:
I follow almost 200 RSS feeds. It’s is the most efficient, consistent, and privacy-respecting way to track updates on the web.
But I set all the feeds in my “Bloggers” folder to “web view” because seeing how real people cultivate and evolve their site is the best part of the web.
But I set all the feeds in my “Bloggers” folder to “web view” because seeing how real people cultivate and evolve their site is the best part of the web.
September 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I follow almost 200 RSS feeds. It’s is the most efficient, consistent, and privacy-respecting way to track updates on the web.
But I set all the feeds in my “Bloggers” folder to “web view” because seeing how real people cultivate and evolve their site is the best part of the web.
But I set all the feeds in my “Bloggers” folder to “web view” because seeing how real people cultivate and evolve their site is the best part of the web.
Please be very careful about wording on future discussions of the post below, as I am in imminent danger of having my domain buying pathology triggered here…
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September 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Please be very careful about wording on future discussions of the post below, as I am in imminent danger of having my domain buying pathology triggered here…
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Wherein I learn I give off “civil vibes”: https://joeross.me/2025/08/29/wherein-i-learn-i-give.html
August 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Wherein I learn I give off “civil vibes”: https://joeross.me/2025/08/29/wherein-i-learn-i-give.html
August 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
James Ball, in his Transformer newsletter:
"It has been noted that Amodei told staff the company would accept investment from Gulf states just days after Alsup said the case would go to trial, a major reversal for the firm. Anthro... https://joeross.me/2025/08/19/james-ball-in-his-transformer.html
"It has been noted that Amodei told staff the company would accept investment from Gulf states just days after Alsup said the case would go to trial, a major reversal for the firm. Anthro... https://joeross.me/2025/08/19/james-ball-in-his-transformer.html
August 20, 2025 at 2:33 AM
James Ball, in his Transformer newsletter:
"It has been noted that Amodei told staff the company would accept investment from Gulf states just days after Alsup said the case would go to trial, a major reversal for the firm. Anthro... https://joeross.me/2025/08/19/james-ball-in-his-transformer.html
"It has been noted that Amodei told staff the company would accept investment from Gulf states just days after Alsup said the case would go to trial, a major reversal for the firm. Anthro... https://joeross.me/2025/08/19/james-ball-in-his-transformer.html