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The Running Man (1987)

There's an old saying - "you may not care about politics, but politics cares about you."

Siouxsie Sioux's three desert island artists: War, Prince, and Roxy Music

Interviewer: "If you had to choose three songs to never get rid of, which three would you choose?" Siouxsie: "Low Rider by War, Around the World in a Day by Prince, and Virginia Plain by Roxy Music." Interviewer: "He's a bit of a hero of yours, isn't he, Prince?" Siouxsi

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"It Can't Happen Here" (1935)

A vain, outlandish, anti-immigrant, fear-mongering demagogue runs for President of the United States—and wins. Sinclair Lewis' chilling 1935 bestseller is the story of Buzz Windrip, who promises poor, angry voters that he will make America proud and prosperous once more, but take

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If I ever start a queer Lord of the Rings themed bar, I’m calling it Withywindle Valley

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Scroll Wikipedia like TikTok

Scroll through random Wikipedia articles and click "Wiki" when you want to see the full entry

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PalmOS on Raspberry Pi

This blog post explains the process of porting PalmOS to a Raspberry Pi 4B, including the selection of a compatible display, installation of display drivers, and optimization of screen access for performance. The author highlights the successful integration of the TFT display and the potential for future improvements in touch functionality.

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Dec 6th

Simpsons screencap search engine

Search over 3 million screencaps from The Simpsons with Frinkiac

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Dec 1st

Slop Evader — a browser extension that only returns results from dates before ChatGPT was first released

Slop Evader is a browser extension available for Chrome and Firefox that filters out AI-generated content from search results, ensuring users access only human-created content published before November 30, 2022.

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Dec 1st

A vector graphics workstation from the 1970s

A Tektronix 4051 from 1975 with a graphic display using the same technology as arcade games like Asteroids and Battlezone. Designed for researchers, analysts, and physicians, this machine cost the modern equivalent of $36,000 at the time. It was used in several movies and TV

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Nov 29th

Decker - a modern take on Hypercard

Decker is a multimedia platform for creating and sharing interactive documents, with sound, images, hypertext, and scripted behavior. It draws strong influence from HyperCard, as well as more modern "no-code" or "low-code" creative tools like Twine and Bitsy.

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Nov 23rd

Google is bad at math

I think I know what’s happening here, but it’s a massive fail for Google Home.

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Nov 20th

Trump voter dismayed as his green-card-holding Irish wife is held for months in ICE detention in "absolutely awful" conditions

“I patiently waited for Donna to call me to pick her up after her flight but ICE decided to detain her and put her in a prisoner transport van for a six-hour drive to Kentucky, with no seat belts and no food or water for 12 hours. Since being detained there, she has been degraded

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Nov 20th

Declining sales lead Target to add ChatGPT to app, ignoring boycott over Trump support

Following a nationwide boycott over Target’s elimination of DEI programs at Trump’s behest and donations to Trump’s inauguration, and the subsequent resignation of their CEO in the wake of slumping sales, the lesson Target has learned is… Maybe putting ChatGPT in the Target app

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Nov 17th

A dad builds a synth for his daughter's 3rd birthday

The good news - she loves playing with it, and it is in fact very cool. Sounds good, too.

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Nov 16th

Open source project makes Airpods full-featured on Android & Linux

LibrePods is an open source project that unlocks Apple's exclusive AirPods features on non-Apple devices. Get access to noise control modes, adaptive transparency, ear detection, hearing aid, customized transparency mode, battery status, and more - all the premium features yo

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Nov 14th

A text-only social site

https://cyberspace.online is definitely niche and small, and that's why I like it. A bonus feature of the text-first interface is that you can navigate and use the whole site without ever taking your hands off the keyboard. There's something about going text-only that makes inte

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Nov 13th

Wealthy foreigners paid £80k to shoot civilians in besieged Sarajevo, Italian prosecutors claim

“[There was] a price tag for these killings: children cost more, then men, preferably in uniform and armed, [then] women, and finally old people, who could be killed for free,” I think that when a person becomes too wealthy, they stop seeing other people as people. FTA: Pr

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Nov 13th

Digg Swarm (2007) - when the iPhone was announced

Folks from the original Digg might remember a cool thing from Digg Labs called "Swarm." To quote the website "Cool Infographics" from 2007: You can watch in real-time stories that get "Dugg" to become more popular. The visual size of the story bubble grows as the story's pop

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Nov 12th

American WWII memorial in The Netherlands sparks outrage by removing African American soldiers from its displays

Relatives, local communities, politicians and historians have called for a permanent memorial to African American servicemen after it emerged that displays commemorating black soldiers had been removed. The move has sparked shock in the Netherlands, with critics of the removal

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Nov 12th

US Mint in Philadelphia to press final penny as the 1-cent coin gets canceled

Donald Trump has ordered that the US cease production of pennies. “We have been advocating abolition of the penny for 30 years. But this is not the way we wanted it to go,” Jeff Lenard of the National Association of Convenience Stores said last month. Some retailers have

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Nov 12th

Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire

Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in areas of Gaza that have remained under its control since the ceasefire with Hamas started on 10 October, satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show.

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Nov 4th

Ford Probe V (1985)

I'd buy this if it came out today.

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Nov 3rd

Buckminster Fuller Tells the World “Everything He Knows” in a 42-Hour Lecture Series (1975)

Made in January of 1975, Buckminster Fuller: Everything I Know captured Fuller’s “entire life’s work” in 42 hours of “thinking out loud lectures [that examine] in depth all of Fuller’s major inventions and discoveries from the 1927 Dymaxion car, house, car and bathroom, through t

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Oct 31st

Pentagon Admits It Has No Idea Who’s on “Drug Boats” Being Bombed

The Trump administration has admitted that they are not trying to identify anyone aboard boats they accuse of sending drugs to the U.S. before bombing the vessels. Speaking to CNN Thursday, Democratic Representative Sara Jacobs said she was told in a Pentagon briefing “that t

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Oct 30th

As a UX designer, I really, really dislike the new "New Post" interface

I think I get the concept, that it's supposed to be more like writing a blog post, with "blocks" and all. But it's strange that the devs are focused on fixing things that weren't broken instead of improving things that need it. There's still no ability to upload an image if Di

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Oct 30th

Judge Skeptical Over Trump Administration Decision to Suspend Food Stamps

The arguments at times appeared to frustrate and confound a federal judge, who promised to rule soon on a lawsuit filed by roughly two dozen states that seek to ensure people do not go hungry as a result of a budgetary dispute.

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Oct 20th

Space Elevator

A fun diversion and a chance to learn some things as you scroll up through the atmosphere

neal.fun

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Oct 19th

Space debris may have struck a passenger jet

Authorities are now considering whether a falling object, possibly from space, caused damage to the windshield and frame on a United 737 MAX over Colorado on Thursday. Various reports that include watermarked photos of the damage suggest the plane was struck by a falling object

United MAX Hit by Falling Object at 36,000 Feet - Featured Image

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Oct 16th

Tor browser removes Firefox AI features

Statement from Tor: "Mozilla has been working on integrating various AI features and integrations into Firefox (e.g. the AI chatbot sidebar). Such machine learning systems and platforms are inherently un-auditable from a security and privacy perspective. We also do not want to im

New Alpha Release: Tor Browser 15.0a4 - Featured Image

torproject.org

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Oct 12th

Serge Gainsbourg - L'eau à la bouche

Written for the film of the same title, " L'eau à la bouche" means "mouth-watering." Serge Gainsbourg was just past 30 when this was recorded, still finding his voice, but already had his legendary effortless charisma.

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