There’s been a mini-spate of “I Quit Running” essays recently… What does it mean?? https://kottke.org/24/05/addicted-to-exercise
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kottke.org (kottke@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 17-May-2024 04:04:32 JST kottke.org
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kottke.org (kottke@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 16-May-2024 07:39:51 JST kottke.org
Google is replacing their search results with AI answers. There’s a very simple explanation for this: it’s better/cheaper to provide potentially wrong answers to keep you clicking within Google than it is to send you away for the right answers. https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/14/24155321/google-search-ai-results-page-gemini-overview
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kottke.org (kottke@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-May-2024 07:01:48 JST kottke.org
“The student left is the most reliably correct constituency in America. Over the past 60 years, it has passed every great moral test American foreign policy has forced upon the public”: Vietnam, apartheid South Africa, Iraq War, civil rights, etc. https://kottke.org/24/05/the-kids-are-right-and-alright
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kottke.org (kottke@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-May-2024 00:42:25 JST kottke.org
An update on the internet famous Broccoli Tree that was vandalized & chopped down: it’s growing back! https://kottke.org/24/05/an-update-on-the-beloved-broccoli-tree
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kottke.org (kottke@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-May-2024 06:48:37 JST kottke.org
The Flashlight Gun Is Peak WTF America. How does a police officer “accidentally” shoot his gun thinking it’s a flashlight? Because they *put a second trigger on the gun for the light, right below the first trigger!!!* https://kottke.org/24/05/the-flashlight-gun-is-peak-wtf-america
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kottke.org (kottke@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-May-2024 02:16:37 JST kottke.org
“What they are afraid of grows even as they starve it, which is why these people, with all their power, are always so insecure. They know how bad it would be for them to be seen clearly; they are fucking terrified of being treated as they treat others.” https://defector.com/they-are-insecure-for-a-reason
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kottke.org (kottke@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Apr-2024 01:05:21 JST kottke.org
“I blame Facebook for January 6.” Aaron Sorkin is writing a sequel to The Social Network. “There’s supposed to be a constant tension at Facebook between growth and integrity. There isn’t. It’s just growth.” https://variety.com/2024/film/news/aaron-sorkin-social-network-2-sequel-january-6-facebook-1235983390/
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kottke.org (kottke@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Apr-2024 08:56:13 JST kottke.org
Yo-Yo Ma performs Bach for Earth Day amidst the melting permafrost in a birch forest in Alaska. “If we find the time to truly listen, we might recognize ourselves in the melting permafrost or the fallen birch…” https://kottke.org/24/04/yo-yo-ma-performs-bach-in-alaska-for-earth-day
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kottke.org (kottke@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-Apr-2024 12:18:30 JST kottke.org
Hey everyone, I'm moving to a new account (this one!) from the old one. Welcome.
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