Vibing to the Samurai Champloo Song

Been a while since I heard this one. Didn’t expect to listen to all 10 minutes.. but it just kept getting better. Great song, even better live performance, this video deserves more views.

Windows 8 revival on Linux

This GitHub repository provides a shell for Wayland window managers that replicates the Windows 8 desktop experience on Linux. It includes features such as a wallpaper utility, lock screen, start menu, OSD for volume and brightness, and a settings app. Installation can be done locally or system-wide, and it can be used with different Wayland compositors.

feeling very surveiled rn

This is the anthem for everyone who’s ever used mitmproxy on a smart device app and found out their toaster was confessing to a data broker out in Virginia. It’s for anyone who’s ever looked at a smart device and thought “who the heck asked for this?”, but then woke up one da

AI Hackers Are Coming Dangerously Close to Beating Humans

Students at Stanford created a security tool to scan their systems and find vulnerabilities, then they let it loose on the Stanford engineering department's network. Here's the actual paper. Probably the most interesting thing about it is Sonnet 4.5 quietly beating everyone,

Diabeetus

An oldie but a goodie. This older fella pronounces diabeetus multiple times and then the hilarity continues thanks to the magic of video cuts.

During Hurricane Helene, I Just Wanted a Plain Text Website

This is an interesting story about someone remembering their experience during a local state of emergency. Service was difficult to find and slow. Websites were too bloated to load, even the emergency ones. All they wanted was some direly needed information in standard text forma

Don’t hit the camera man

The almighty algorithm blessed me with this absolute gem of a video today. It’s perfect.

KAGI: Is your browser a canary?

the chronically online will become a new underclass

This video explores the digital pollution theory, examining how social media, akin to environmental racism and extractive capitalism, harms our lives and creates a divide where only the privileged can afford a healthy offline existence. The speaker discusses the six pollutants and six solutions, emphasizing the need for collective action to mitigate these effects.

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The 2006 Notebook Computer Experience

The Honey Files Expose Major Fraud!

Now That He Has No Power, Mitt Romney Says “Tax the Rich”

Mitt Romney recently published a New York Times op-ed arguing for higher taxes on the rich, a reversal from his previous stance on tax cuts for the wealthy. The article critiques the tendency of powerful figures to change their positions only after losing power, suggesting such changes are often inauthentic and used to repair personal legacies. It emphasizes that real change and courage come from taking principled stands while in power, not after.

Times New American: A Tale of Two Fonts

This article explores the political and design implications behind the U.S. State Department's decision to revert to Times New Roman as its default typeface, highlighting the debate over professionalism, formality, and authority in official documents.

EFF's Investigation Exposes Flock’s Surveillance Abuses in 2025

Throughout 2025, EFF's investigations into Flock Safety's ALPR network revealed a system designed for mass surveillance and prone to grave abuses. This research led to state and federal investigations, litigation, and community action against Flock's discriminatory and invasive surveillance practices.

Zoom Stealer: Browser extensions harvesting corporate intelligence

A newly discovered campaign, called Zoom Stealer, is affecting 2.2 million Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge users through 18 browser extensions that collect online meeting-related data like URLs, IDs, topics, descriptions, and embedded passwords. The campaign is attributed to a single threat actor tracked as DarkSpectre, believed to be a China-linked threat actor. The collected data can be used for corporate espionage and sales intelligence, potentially enabling social engineering attacks or selling meeting links to competitors.

10 Things to Do on a Rainy Day in Sonoma County

This article provides a list of 10 activities to enjoy on a rainy day in Sonoma County, including visiting local coffee shops, exploring independent bookstores, shopping at boutiques, ice skating, enjoying soup at local restaurants, watching films at indie theaters, practicing hot yoga, visiting breweries, indulging in a spa day, and attending classical music performances.

Banished Food Trends for 2026

This article from Sonoma Magazine discusses food trends that are expected to fade by 2026, including pickle-flavored foods, Dubai chocolate, truffle oil, faux caviar, viral gimmicks, and overly Instagrammable restaurant interiors. The author suggests that diners are moving on from these trends and are seeking more authentic and less gimmicky dining experiences.

Do You Remember Silver Coins?

This article discusses the historical significance of silver coins and the shift from real money to fiat currency, exploring the nostalgia for a time when government was more restrained and the potential for a return to a silver standard.

Fed Minutes: Most Officials Expect More Rate-Cuts

The FOMC Minutes reveal that most Fed officials expect further rate cuts in 2026, although divisions remain over whether the primary threat to the economy is weak hiring or stubbornly high inflation. Some officials who supported the rate cut did so with reservations, suggesting the decision was finely balanced. The minutes also indicate that reserve balances have declined to ample levels, making it appropriate to initiate purchases of shorter-term Treasury securities.

The Future of Software Development is Software Developers

The hard part of computer programming isn’t expressing what we want the machine to do in code. The hard part is turning human thinking – with all its wooliness and ambiguity and contradictions – into computational thinking that is logically precise and unambiguous, and that can t

Your Cat Wants A Massage!

 D4vd likely to be indicted in killing of girl found dismembered in car

A grand jury is convening to hear evidence into the death of 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who was reportedly in a romantic relationship with singer D4vd. The teenager’s decomposing body was found in the trunk of D4vd’s car, and prosecutors are seeking to indict D4vd for her murder. However, the cause of death remains undetermined, and there is speculation that she may have died of a drug overdose.

Studs and Duds: Near-perfect Brock Purdy, unstoppable Christian McCaffrey lift 49ers over Bears

The San Francisco 49ers won a high-scoring game against the Chicago Bears, with standout performances from Brock Purdy and Christian McCaffrey. Purdy threw for 303 yards and three touchdowns, while McCaffrey rushed for 181 yards and a touchdown. Despite some defensive lapses, the 49ers' offense dominated, setting up a winner-take-all game against the Seahawks for the NFC West title and the conference's top seed.

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Cyberstress!

A Call for New Aesthetics

We are seeking to fund artists, architects, and designers who are consciously working to define New Aesthetics. We’re more than a quarter way through the new century and we can now ask: what is the aesthetic of the twenty-first century? Which are the important secessionist m

SSL Certificates Suck 👎

This blog post discusses the dangers of SSL certificates, using the example of an expired SSL certificate that disrupted the Bazel team at Google's build workflow. It highlights the risks of automated certificate renewal systems and the lack of operational experience when something goes wrong.

Nvidia Just Paid $20 Billion for a Company That Missed Its Revenue Target by 75%

Nvidia's $20 billion acquisition of Groq, a company that missed its revenue target by 75%, signals a potential AI bubble burst. Groq specialized in faster, cheaper, and more efficient AI chips but struggled to scale. The acquisition reflects a fear purchase by Nvidia to maintain market dominance. The deal also highlights concerns over the AI infrastructure boom's reliance on cheap and plentiful electricity, which is becoming a bottleneck. Additionally, the tech industry's reliance on venture capital and government support raises questions about sustainability and the potential for a significant market correction.