Nick Heer
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Compostable*. Writes pxlnv.com, available here at pxlnv.bsky.social.
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i now believe that jeffrey epstein killed himself because if i wrote like that i would kill myself
November 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
i now believe that jeffrey epstein killed himself because if i wrote like that i would kill myself
We are so lucky to have Viagra Boys doing what they do better with each record. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl6CZD…
Viagra Boys - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
http://KEXP.ORG presents Viagra Boys performing live in the KEXP gathering space. Recorded September 13, 2025.
Songs:
Man Made Of Meat 01:09
Slow Learner 05:08
Waterboy 09:03
Troglodyte 12:23
Pyramid Of Health 16:15
The Bog Body 20:33
Uno II 24:12
Sports 26:58
Sebastian Murphy - Vocals
Tor Sjödén…
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November 13, 2025 at 5:14 AM
We are so lucky to have Viagra Boys doing what they do better with each record. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl6CZD…
Canada’s NDP is fundraising on the backs of a U.S. mayoral win.
November 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Canada’s NDP is fundraising on the backs of a U.S. mayoral win.
I wonder if Alberta’s Minister of Red Tape Reduction has heard about the new “Statement of Eligibility form”, introduced by Alberta’s government, required to be completed in triplicate for each voter, or the requirement to hand-count all ballots. Feels red-tapey to me.
October 21, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I wonder if Alberta’s Minister of Red Tape Reduction has heard about the new “Statement of Eligibility form”, introduced by Alberta’s government, required to be completed in triplicate for each voter, or the requirement to hand-count all ballots. Feels red-tapey to me.
I just finished “Lucky Loser” and the guy loves his ballrooms.
Also, it’s a pretty trite comparison, but imagine the Fox News reaction if Barack Obama so much as chipped the paint.
Also, it’s a pretty trite comparison, but imagine the Fox News reaction if Barack Obama so much as chipped the paint.
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I just finished “Lucky Loser” and the guy loves his ballrooms.
Also, it’s a pretty trite comparison, but imagine the Fox News reaction if Barack Obama so much as chipped the paint.
Also, it’s a pretty trite comparison, but imagine the Fox News reaction if Barack Obama so much as chipped the paint.
You can make a good case for lots of Miles Davis recordings to be his best. “In a Silent Way” will always be my favourite, though. What a perfect set of pieces.
October 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
You can make a good case for lots of Miles Davis recordings to be his best. “In a Silent Way” will always be my favourite, though. What a perfect set of pieces.
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Smith in 2014: The plan to change the motto on Alberta's licence plate is a politically motivated distraction.
Smith in 2025: Here's a plan to change the motto on Alberta's licence plate.
Smith in 2025: Here's a plan to change the motto on Alberta's licence plate.
October 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Smith in 2014: The plan to change the motto on Alberta's licence plate is a politically motivated distraction.
Smith in 2025: Here's a plan to change the motto on Alberta's licence plate.
Smith in 2025: Here's a plan to change the motto on Alberta's licence plate.
Moved by both of the essays the Verge has run so far in this series about being trans on the internet.
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
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How trans visibility became a trap
People who have documented their lives online are discovering the dark side of digital permanence.
www.theverge.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Moved by both of the essays the Verge has run so far in this series about being trans on the internet.
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
I love paying for Defector. defector.com/the-future-o...
The Future Of The Sneaker Business First Requires A Future | Defector
PORTLAND, ORE. — Global capitalism begins with apparel. Slaves were brought to the American South from West Africa to do farm labor, and by the 19th century that largely meant cotton, a ubiquitous puf...
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October 4, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I love paying for Defector. defector.com/the-future-o...
Some thoughts on Liquid Glass: pxlnv.com/blog/on-liqu...
I will probably need to bring the videos over to Vimeo. Also, I probably missed your favourite complaint or nitpick about it.
I will probably need to bring the videos over to Vimeo. Also, I probably missed your favourite complaint or nitpick about it.
On Liquid Glass
A brief, throat-clearing caveat: while I had written most of this pre-launch, I was unable to complete it by the time Apple shipped its annual round of operating system updates. Real life, and all tha...
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September 30, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Some thoughts on Liquid Glass: pxlnv.com/blog/on-liqu...
I will probably need to bring the videos over to Vimeo. Also, I probably missed your favourite complaint or nitpick about it.
I will probably need to bring the videos over to Vimeo. Also, I probably missed your favourite complaint or nitpick about it.
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weird how "the demands of the market" means "report twice a year" and not "report monthly, more data for shareholders' informed decisions"
September 29, 2025 at 4:22 AM
weird how "the demands of the market" means "report twice a year" and not "report monthly, more data for shareholders' informed decisions"
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Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide!
It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.
It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!
It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.
It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!
September 26, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide!
It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.
It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!
It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.
It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!
Find some of the dumbest people with an internet connection by searching X for “to:grok is this true”.
September 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Find some of the dumbest people with an internet connection by searching X for “to:grok is this true”.
Look, I love @techmeme.com as much as anyone, but are we learning anything when they aggregate and link to a fringe conspiracy blog like Zero Hedge? www.techmeme.com/250917/p45#a...
September 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Look, I love @techmeme.com as much as anyone, but are we learning anything when they aggregate and link to a fringe conspiracy blog like Zero Hedge? www.techmeme.com/250917/p45#a...
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When All You Have Is a Robots.txt Hammer https://pxlnv.com/blog/when-all-you-have-is-a-robots-hammer/
When All You Have Is a Robots.txt Hammer
Last year, Robb Knight figured out how Perplexity, an artificial intelligence search engine, was evading instructions not to crawl particular sites. Knight learned that Perplexity’s engine would use an unlisted user agent to scrape summaries of pages on websites where Perplexity was blocked. In my testing, I found the summaries were outdated by hours-to-days, indicating […]
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September 11, 2025 at 4:43 AM
When All You Have Is a Robots.txt Hammer https://pxlnv.com/blog/when-all-you-have-is-a-robots-hammer/
Minolta XD-7, Minolta 50mm f1.7 and Tokina 100–300mm f5.6
Cinestill 800T
Develop, scan, and processing by Neat Film Lab
Cinestill 800T
Develop, scan, and processing by Neat Film Lab
September 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Minolta XD-7, Minolta 50mm f1.7 and Tokina 100–300mm f5.6
Cinestill 800T
Develop, scan, and processing by Neat Film Lab
Cinestill 800T
Develop, scan, and processing by Neat Film Lab
How about the murders though?
September 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
How about the murders though?
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The reason why the FP sold for so much — relative to its small output — is because it has a world view that is embraced by a readership of very wealthy people. Weiss isn't anti-establishment. She comforts the comfortable.
September 4, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The reason why the FP sold for so much — relative to its small output — is because it has a world view that is embraced by a readership of very wealthy people. Weiss isn't anti-establishment. She comforts the comfortable.
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There’s one policy that Democrats could run on that guarantees they’d sweep back into power: making .webp images illegal
August 29, 2025 at 4:07 AM
There’s one policy that Democrats could run on that guarantees they’d sweep back into power: making .webp images illegal
We’ve been here before. Automatically reinforcing echo chambers were demonstrably a problem so YouTube changed its recommendations system. And then OpenAI went and built an even more personalized echo chamber.
Adam Raine, 16, died from suicide in April after months on ChatGPT discussing plans to end his life. His parents have filed the first known case against OpenAI for wrongful death.
Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
We’ve been here before. Automatically reinforcing echo chambers were demonstrably a problem so YouTube changed its recommendations system. And then OpenAI went and built an even more personalized echo chamber.
Quick question regarding the party of free speech. www.newsnationnow.com/politics/tru...
www.newsnationnow.com
August 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Quick question regarding the party of free speech. www.newsnationnow.com/politics/tru...
I reviewed “Apple in China”, kind of. I rarely think this, but this might be one of my favourite things I have written in a while. pxlnv.com/blog/mcgee-a...
‘Apple in China’
When I watched Tim Cook, in the White House, carefully assemble a glass-and-gold trophy fit for a king, it felt to me like a natural outcome of the events and actions exhaustively documented by Patric...
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August 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I reviewed “Apple in China”, kind of. I rarely think this, but this might be one of my favourite things I have written in a while. pxlnv.com/blog/mcgee-a...
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the canadian government should seize on the hostility with the US to finally ditch the US paper sizes and switch the country to a-series sizes
August 16, 2025 at 4:23 AM
the canadian government should seize on the hostility with the US to finally ditch the US paper sizes and switch the country to a-series sizes